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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Typescript letter, dated February 14, 1940, with envelope, to Mr. Frank Balmer, asking for his assistance in saving $285,000 in U.S. currency. The author, "A," was attempting to secure outside assistance as he was in jail for bankruptcy. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Mimeographed typescript of Chinook jargon words and translations, created by A. H. Hodgson for reference purposes by United States Forest Service officers. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Creationist scientist Duane Gish and Washington State University anthropology professor Grover Krantz engage in a public debate in WSU's Compton Union Building (CUB), 1987 March 03, regarding the merits and flaws of creation and evolution theories. It consists of two cassette tapes, approximately 3 hours total. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Typescripts by various authors and editors of "a series of thumbnail sketches of Washington history prepared under the editorial supervision of the Washington State Historical Society in recognition of the Washington Territorial Centennial" (note included in each essay). Most of these essays, along with others not included in this collection, were published together in a pamphlet in 1954 as Grassroot Cuttings: Sources of the History of the Territory of Washington, by the Longview Daily News. The Washington Territorial Centennial History Committee was responsible for the Grassroot[s] Cuttings project. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Kennewick Man is the name given to skeletal remains of a prehistoric man found in Kennewick, Washington in 1996. A long legal battle soon ensued over the remains, which are estimated to be between the ages of 5,650 and 9,510 years old. The collection contains eighteen video cassette tapes, most of which were apparently used for a KWSU production of a program titled “Kennewick Man on Trial." Also in this collection are papers relating to the production of “Kennewick Man on Trial” and to the legal battle over the remains. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Pageant script (bound volume) by E.A. Bryan, "Pageant Commemorating Foundation Day of the State College of Washington." The pageant was presented May 11, 1928. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Report of laboratory research on a disease found in ground squirrels in eastern Washington State, circa 1906-1909. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | 1991 guide compiled by Michele Krause and Elizabeth Roberts, listing manuscript collections held in Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections at the Washington State University Libraries, documenting women in society. It includes brief descriptions for each collection. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | History of the communities of St. John and Ewan, WA, and the first telephone service in the area (reproduced typescript). |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | This collection consists of a single volume, a scrapbook of mementos of brothers Hermon and Floyd McCroskey. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | This collection consists of a manuscript draft of a dictionary by an unidentified author, in five bound volumes. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | WSU Presents broadcast addresses by WSU and visiting scholars, as well as events on the Washington State University campuses, especially Pullman. The WSU Presents collection groups those recordings made between 1992 and 2004 that were selected by KWSU-TV staff to broadcast on WSU Presents and then preserved here. A 4-page manuscript A Short History of the Television Program 'WSU Presents' written by Robert Curry in 2002 accompanies the collection. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | In 1960, Cal Watson produced a 30 minute film titled “The Great Russian” about Russian author Leo Tolstoy in observance of the 50th anniversary of Tolstoy's 1910 death. The collection consists of ten reels of film apparently used to produce “The Great Russian,” including the interview with Tolstoy’s daughter (on two reels). |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Letters to family and friends about army experiences. Also, one volume of typescript transcriptions. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Correspondence, writings, newspaper clippings, certificates, genealogies, and other papers of Warren W. Tolman. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Collection compiled for E. O. Holland. Includes three stories by E. A. Bryan and one story by M. Elmina White, a bibliography, "Early Days in Washington," and accompanying documentation. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | None |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | None |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | A typescript address prepared for and delivered to the Rosalia Study Club, Rosalia, Washington. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | None |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Concerning convention in Seattle, Washington, June 1-4, 1965. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Printed bill, S. 1898, with corrections ("reported by Mr. Platt with amendments ... "), to form the State of Tacoma from the Territory of Washington and part of the Territory of Idaho. From the 48th Congress, first session. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Historical sketch (typescript) of the life saving station at Neah Bay, WA. |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | None |
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| Repository: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Summary: | A Nez Percé grammer/dictionary written at Pendleton, Oregon. |
