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Clarence Eugene Graves Papers, 1907-1947

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Graves, Clarence Eugene
Title
Clarence Eugene Graves Papers
Dates
1907-1947 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 containers., (1 linear feet of shelf space.), (400 items.)
Collection Number
Cage 307
Summary
Photographs, correspondence, clippings, pamphlets and other papers. Photographs of family and friends; business and personal correspondence of Graves and family; Grenville Kreiser's Personal Mail Course in Practical English", from 1911 (20 lessons); photographic manuals, catalogs and handbooks. Contains folder, "The Eastman School of Professional Photography" highlighting artura paper.
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 for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Photographer, Pullman, Washington, b. 1885.

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Content Description

Photographs, correspondence, clippings, pamphlets and other papers. Photographs of family and friends; business and personal correspondence of Graves and family; lesson books and study guides of correspondence schools; photographic manuals, catalogs and handbooks.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 307, Guide to the Clarence Eugene Graves Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Bibliography

Note: A biography of Graves can be found in The Focus, 18:9(1942), in Box 1.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Description: Evalyn Green Graves, correspondence
    31 items.
    Dates: 1907-1918
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: Phyllis Elaine Graves Hooper, correspondence and other papers
    9 items.
    Dates: 1929-1944
    Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  • Description: Clarence E. Graves, correspondence, clippings, advertisements, horoscopes, certificates, notes and other papers
    42 items.
    Dates: 1914-1945
    Container: Box 1, Folder 3
  • Description: Correspondence school lessons, examinations and certificates of C. E. Graves
    25 items.
    Dates: 1916-1920
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
  • Description: Photography handbooks, camera catalogs and brochures
    12 items.
    Dates: 1912-1942
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
  • Description: Correspondence course lesson books and pamphlets
    31 items.
    Dates: 1904-1927
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
  • Description: Photographs of Eva Graves
    92 items.
    Dates: 1909-1940
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: Photographs of Phyllis Graves
    71 items.
    Dates: 1925-1947
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
  • Description: Photographs of Clarence E. Graves
    66 items.
    Dates: 1910-1946
    Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  • Description: Family trips and celebrations, photographs
    80 items.
    Dates: 1926-1946
    Container: Box 2, Folder 10
  • Description: Misc. photographs
    46 items.
    Dates: 1913-1941
    Container: Box 2, Folder 11
  • Description: Glass negatives.
    22 items.
    Container: Box 2, Folder 12

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Subject Terms

  • Photography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  • Photography -- Washington (State)--Archives

Personal Names

  • Eastman, Julia M. waps (signer)
  • Graves, Clarence Eugene --Archives (creator)

Titles within the Collection

  • The Modern way in picture making: published as an aid to the amateur photographer
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