Cull A. White Photographs and Negatives

Cull A. White Photographs and Negatives, 1861-1950

Overview of the Collection

Creator: White, Cull A., 1889-1964.
Title: Cull A. White Photographs and Negatives
Dates: 1861-1950 (inclusive)
18611950
Quantity: 1.5 Linear feet of shelf space, (3 Boxes)
Collection Number: PC 86 (collection)
Summary: The collection consists of photographs and negatives by Cull A. White of images of the north-central Washington region.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Cull A. White was born on December 17, 1889 in Omaha, Nebraska. He later attended Miami University, in Ohio. White moved to Washington in 1909. Other than a brief time in military service during the first world war, White made this state his lifetime home. He was associated with the Coffin Brothers Sheep Company of Yakima from 1918 to 1936. White also worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as an inspector at Grand Coulee Dam. He died on August 21, 1964 at his home in Elmer City. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s White researched and wrote about the history of the peoples of north-central Washington. He focussed on the lives of Indians, especially the descendants of Chief Moses and Chief Kamiakin, and the lives of whites who inhabited the region in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The collection consists of photographs and negatives taken or collected by Cull A. White. Most of the images are of the north-central region of Washington State. Included are photographs of Chief Jim James, Howard Ball, Henry Covington, Cleveland Kamiakin, Chief Moses, and John McAdam Webster.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

The photographs in this collection have been digitized and are available online in the Cull A. White Digital Collection

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Cull A. White Photographs and Negatives, 1861-1950 (PC 86)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The photographs comprise the first two boxes, and are sorted alphabetically by subject. The five digit numbers, e.g. 92-093, following the image captions refer to copy negatives held by MASC. The third box comprises the negatives.

Acquisition Information

In the 1950s Cull A. White donated his papers (Cage 203) to the WSU Libraries, which included these photographs. Katherine Hartley of Freeland, Washington donated an addition collection in June 1983 (MS83-22).

Processing Note

In 1991, Ling Jinqi and Robert W. Hadlow reprocessed the Cull A White Papers, Cage 203, at which time the photographs were separated into this distinct collection, PC 86. In 2002, Mark O'English prepared this guide from a list of images, and it was in turn revised in 2011 by Nathan Sowry during the creation of the digital collection.

Separated Materials

Cull A. White Papers, 1885-1970 (Cage 203)

Related Materials

Frank S. Matsura Photographs, 1907-1913 (PC 35)

Nez Perce Photographs, circa 1877-1905 (PC 83)

Lucullus Virgil McWhorter Photographs, circa 1868-1950 (PC 85)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
1	1	Arickaree woman plastering her house
1	2	Anton, Park, son of Charles, and unidentified man
1	2	Five unidentified Native American men
1	2	Unidentified female students at Cushman Indian School
1	2	Unidentified male and female students at Cushman Indian School
1	2	Unidentified Native American boy holding a baby
1	2	Unidentified young man and two children, riding in a carriage
1	2	Unidentified family portrait
1	3	Bannock Indian Woman, 112 years old
1	4	Bill, Matthew
1	5	Black Ferry - Early Gold Placer
1	5	Ray Hunter, Joe Hodgen, Glenn Hunter, and Jack Fuller and sheep on "Lady of the Lake"
1	6	Brunot Hall, School for Girls, Spokane
1	7	Budd, Jack - noted Train Robber
1	8	Burge, Milt
1	8	Burge, M.O. (?)
1	8	C.M. Longmire, Milt Burge, Guy Longmire
1	8	Burge, Andy with son Mariam (?) Francis
1	8	Burge Homestead in Wenas
1	8	Burge, Elizabeth Powell
1	9	Busload of Men
1	10	Canary, Martha Jane (Calamity Jane)
1	11	Cilico-Ki-Sas-Kin, Father of Coxit George 92-093
1	12	Cody, William Frederick (Buffalo Bill Cody)
1	13	Columbia River
1	13	Sanpoil River
1	14	Covington, Bob at the 1905 Portland World's Fair 92-096
1	15	Curlew, Billy 96-074
1	16	Billy Curlew, Harry Nanampkin, Cleveland Kamiakin 92-071
1	16	Cull A. White (front, center) with others, including Billy Curlew, Harry Nanampkin, Cleveland Kamiakin
1	17	The Dalles, Oregon, Pease & Mays Store
1	18	DeSmet, Father Pierre Jean and Indian Chiefs at Close of the Oregon War
1	19	Drumheller Flock Ranging, March 11, 1947
1	20	Drumheller, Jerome, c. 1885
1	21	Drumheller, Jerome and Grace Drumheller, California 1890s
1	22	Drumheller, Jerome with party, California 1890s
1	23	Drumheller, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse, 1861
1	24	Dry Coulee, north of Soap Lake, rock carving 92-086
1	25	Dunn, Mrs. Millie, son James, and sister Bell Elwell
1	26	Entiat, Washington
1	27	Ephrata Depot
1	28	Father of the Methow Valley 92-082
1	29	Ferry "Okanogan" run by "Wild Goose Bill" Condon, 1880s 92-087
1	30	Fife, Thomas X. and John M. Fife, tombstone
1	31	Original site of Fort Colville, near Kettle Falls
1	32	Unidentified Native American woman and Spokane Police Officer
1	32	Women at Fort Spokane
1	32	Young Native American boys at Fort Spokane Boarding School
1	32	Young boys and girls at Fort Spokane Boarding School
1	32	Young men, women, and children at Fort Spokane Boarding School
1	32	Male baseball players at Fort Spokane Boarding School
1	33	Nez Perce at Nespelem
1	33	Nez Perce at Nespelem
1	33	Nez Perce at Nespelem
1	33	Nez Perce at Nespelem
1	33	Chief Joseph
1	33	Judge William Compton Brown in Minnesota
1	33	Judge William Compton Brown with companions in Minnesota
1	33	Judge William Compton Brown in Mexico
1	33	Boat at Five Finger Rapids, Yukon River
1	33	Boat at Five Finger Rapids, Yukon River
1	33	Homebuilt harness
1	33	Whipsaw, April, 1898, on Tagish lake, Alaska
1	33	Judge William Compton Brown
1	33	Bateaux
1	33	Judge William Compton Brown with horses
1	33	Dog team
1	33	Judge William Compton Brown at Republic
1	33	Horse race at Republic
1	33	Outdoor gathering
1	33	Judge William Compton Brown with dog
1	33	Chiliwhist Jim
1	33	Steamer North Star lining Guthrie Rapids
1	33	Chief Moses and other Native American leaders of the 1879 delegation to Washington, DC
1	33	Black Horn, Charlie Wil-Pachen, Cleveland Kamiakin
1	33	Chief Peo, Chief Homile, Young Chief Cayuse, John McBain, Showaway, Chief Walt
1	33	Mary Madeline, age 103
1	33	Owhi (Looks like Chief David Williams)
1	33	Chief David Williams (Looks like Owhi)
1	33	Chief Skolaskin
1	33	Andrew Johnson or Robert Hayes
1	33	Chief Moses
1	33	Lo-quat (kokout) Nez Perce and Indian policeman with Keller Charles
1	33	Ox cart, Chihuahua, Mexico, May, 1897
1	33	Mule carts, Chihuahua, Mexico, May, 1897
1	33	Dog team and driver near Tagish Lake
1	33	Transporting supplies, near Tagish Lake
1	33	Main street in Skaguay
1	33	Moose killed near Stewart River, Yukon Territory
1	33	Prospecting Stewart River
1	33	Judge William Compton Brown (?) on bike
1	33	Unidentified Chinese Man in Western town
1	33	Women on horses in Fourth of July Parade
1	33	Chief Joseph
1	33	Judge William Compton Brown (?)
1	33	Unidentified man with horse and teepee in background
1	33	Four-horse Stagecoach
1	33	Unidentified Military Officer
1	33	Unidentified Native American man
1	33	Steamer Okanogan
1	33	Lithograph of A.M. Pease (?)
1	33	Unidentified Furtrapper and Horse loaded with furs
1	33	Native Americans on horses
1	33	Jackson Sundown at 1916 Pendleton Round-up
1	33	Native Americans on horses
1	33	Emily Paul and Charley Frank, Yakama Indians
1	33	Native American women on horses
1	33	Steamer North Star and Chas. Borsen (?)
1	33	Native Americans on horses
1	34	Friedlander, Nellie Moses, George or Emily (?), Isabel Friedlander, and Mary Moses 92-092
1	35	Grand Coulee Dam
1	35	Grand Coulee Dam
1	36	Heaverlo, Jesse and granddaughters Linda and Judy
1	37	Hil-ketsa, Pete, "Genuine Colville" 92-091
1	38	Howard, General O.O.
1	39	Geo. Hull, Owner of Yakima's Finest Horses
1	40	Ray Hunter, Joe Hodgen, Glenn Hunter, and Jack Fuller and sheep on Lady of the Lake
1	41	J.R. Jarman and Sheriff Sam Hutchinson, standing at 7'4
1	41	Trick-Riding, presumably at the 1916 Ephrata Rodeo
1	41	Unidentified men standing near roped and tied horse
1	41	Hutchinson, Ben on horse, Huckleberry, at 1916 Ephrata Rodeo
1	41	C.M. Longmire, Milt Burge, Guy Longmire
1	41	Men on horses, with family in horse-drawn wagon
1	41	Bucking Contest at 1916 Ephrata Rodeo
1	42	Unidentified Native American policeman and family
1	43	Indian Teepee [MISSING, 6-1-2011]
1	44	Unidentified Native American man and Chief Jim James of the Colville Tribe, at Grand Coulee Dam
1	45	James, Chief Jim, Howard Ball and Henry Covington 92-100
1	46	James, Chief Jim, Cleveland Kamiakin and Billy Curlew 92-088
1	47	Jemima, the most celebrated basket maker of the Northwest 92-101
1	48	Jennings, Chuck and Stage Coach vs. Air Mail
1	49	Chief Joseph
1	49	Chief Joseph painting at Spokane Public Library
1	49	Postcard of Chief Joseph
1	50	Kamiakin, Cleveland and Billy Curlew, May 1, 1950 92-075
1	51	Kettle Falls
1	51	Kettle Falls
1	51	Steamer Paul Bunyan passing over Kettle Falls
1	52	Kettle Falls
1	53	Jennie Page Hall LaFleur, daughter of Major Page 92-065
1	53	Long Hair Alec, Jennie LaFleur, and unidentified Native American woman, all on horseback 92-066
1	54	Lake Roosevelt
1	54	Roy Kerswill and Monty Alford with their canoe on Lake Roosevelt
1	55	Liptrap, Thomas, William Henry "Bill" Liptrap, and their Mule Freight Team
1	56	Liptrap, Charley and his sisters, Okanogan, 1890s
2	57	Long Alec (Skot-se-che-lawe) also called "Rolling on the Ground" 92-085
2	58	Longmire, Merritt
2	58	Longmire, Merritt
2	59	Lynch, Jennie (Nelson) and son Willy 92-098
2	60	McDonald, Dr. Archibald
2	61	McDonald, Benjamin (son of Archibald McDonald) 92-090
2	61	McDonald, Angus (nephew of Archibald McDonald)
2	62	McKee, Ruth Karr
2	63	McWhorter, Lucullus V.
2	64	Madeline, Mary, age 103 92-089
2	65	Moses, Chief
2	66	Moses, Mary Owhi (wife of Chief Moses) 92-077
2	67	Moses, Nellie (daughter of Chief Moses) 92-076
2	68	Thomas X. Fife Boy Scout Camp Dedication
2	68	Nelson, Jack at Thomas X. Fife Boy Scout Camp Dedication
2	68	Unidentified Women, Men, and child at Thomas X. Fife Boy Scout Camp Dedication
2	69	Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry 92-103
2	70	Native Americans on horses
2	70	Nespelem
2	71	Nespelem George, Mrs. 92-079
2	72	Olney, Major Nathan, father of George Olney
2	73	James, Jim (?), Peter Dan Moses, Harry Owhi, George Friedlander, Life William, Harry Nanankin 92-084
2	74	Osborne, Charley
2	75	Owhi, Harry and [unknown] 92-083
2	76	Ox Team Display with Conestoga Wagon, post-card
2	77	Photograph of Painting of Native Americans
2	77	Photograph of Painting of Native Americans
2	78	Paradis family of Colville
2	79	Paradis, "Grandpa," of Colville
2	80	Pingston, Mrs. Alfred (Martina) 92-067
2	80	Pingston, Mrs. Alfred (Martina) holding unidentified child 92-068
2	81	Plan of the Battle of the Four Lakes, of 1858
2	82	Plan of Colonel Steptoe's Battlefield on the Ingossomen Creek, of 1858
2	83	"Poker Joe," George Comedown, Robert Johnson, and Tommeo at Fort Spokane, 1910-1911 92-078
2	84	Rain-in-the-Face, [Sioux Chief]
2	85	Reeder, John, Freight Line
2	86	Republic, Washington, horse race
2	87	St. Paul, Cashmere (in middle) with friends 92-081
2	88	Sandpoint, Idaho, light plant
2	89	Schelly, John, hauling wheat, 1917
2	90	Seaton, Sam J., May 7, 1948
2	91	Sharkey, Fred J., December 5, 1949
2	92	Slada Lakes Trail, old irrigation flume, August 15, 1939
2	93	Hiram "Okanogan" Smith's Cabin
2	94	Smitkin, Mrs., and Mrs. Michele 92-094
2	95	Snively, Harry, Jr., and Jim, Chinese cook, 1892
2	95	Snively, Harry, Jr., and Jim, Chinese cook, 1893
2	96	Snively, Harry, Jr., and hounds
2	97	Snively, Harry, Jr., on Welsh pony, 1896
2	98	Standing Holy, daughter of Sitting Bull, 1885
2	99	Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Terr., Sioux Encampment
2	100	Stanton, Mathias, family cabin, 1894
2	101	Steamer Columbia on Columbia River, 1900
2	102	Steamer North Star and Chas. Borsen (?)
2	103	Steamer North Star, and high bridge
2	104	Steamer Okanogan coming down stream 92-102
2	105	Steveson, Rebecca and family
2	106	Unidentified young man
2	107	Tonasket, Antonia 92-099
2	108	Toppenish, Washington, Community Day, June 10, 1921 automobile "polo"
2	109	Troy, [Idaho], post office
2	110	Unidentified man, possibly Jerome Drumheller
2	110	Unidentified Native American Women and Child, walking away
2	110	Unidentified young boy and girl
2	110	Unidentified child and baby at historical marker
2	110	Unidentified young boy wearing cowboy hat and chaps, riding a horse.
2	110	Log Cabin
2	110	Unidentified Native Americans on horses
2	110	Log Cabin
2	110	Dog on the hood of a delivery truck
2	110	Unidentified woman
2	110	Unidentified man and Native American woman
2	110	Two unidentified men
2	110	Unidentified Native American man, walking away
2	110	Horses
2	110	Unidentified Native American women with baby
2	110	Unidentified Native American man
2	110	Unidentified man
2	110	Three unidentified men, with large waterfall in background
2	110	Two unidentified Native American women on horses
2	110	Two unidentified Native American women on horses
2	110	Unidentified man and woman, on horses
2	110	Hunting party
2	110	Interior of a bank, with employees
2	110	Unidentified Native American man, holding calumet
2	110	Unidentified Native American man, sitting inside teepee
2	110	Team of Oxen
2	110	Unidentified family, riding in a horse-drawn carriage
2	110	Horses
2	111	Unidentified elderly couple
2	112	Unidentified family, with horses, in front of their house
2	112	Log Cabin, covered in snow
2	112	Unidentified family, with horses and guns, in front of their house
2	113	Two unidentified Native American men in traditional dress
2	113	Three unidentified Native American men in traditional dress, playing drums
2	114	Unidentified Native American woman
2	115	Unidentified landscape
2	115	Unidentified men at waterfall
2	115	Lumber processing
2	115	Unidentified farm
2	115	Camping near large trees
2	116	Unidentified family portrait
2	116	Unidentified woman
2	117	Section of Vantage Rock art taken to Ellensburg, WA
2	118	Wapato, Peter, with his cousin Arcot 92-104
2	119	Waring, Guy, "L 5" orchard, October 22, 1911
2	120	Webster, John McAdam and Major James McLaughlin
2	121	Webster, John McAdam (middle) with unidentified woman and man
2	122	Webster, Winifred, daughter of J. McA. Webster
2	123	Wellpochese and family 92-095
2	124	Two unidentified Native American men, Billy Curlew, and Cull A. White
2	124	White, Cull A. (second from left), and friends at dinner 92-073
2	124	White, Cull A. (second from left), and friends at dinner
2	124	White, Cull A. (left), and friends at dinner
2	124	Friends of Cull A. White
2	125	Unidentified woman, and Cull A. White, wearing a combination of traditional Native American and pioneer clothing
2	125	White, Cull A. (second from left), and others wearing traditional Native American and pioneer clothing
2	125	White, Cull A. (second from left), and others wearing traditional Native American and pioneer clothing
2	125	Unidentified women and child wearing traditional Native American and pioneer clothing
2	126	Wild Horses herded to ferry on Columbia River, 1927
2	127	Yakima, Washington, Northern Pacific railroad stockyards, Harry Snively, Jr., shipping cattle
2	128	Yakima City, Washington, 1884
2	128	Yakima City, Washington, 1884
2	129	Yellow Wolf, Mrs. Minnie 92-097
3		Negatives

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