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Will Photographs & Postcards, 1891-1921
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Will, Roy E
- Title
- Will Photographs & Postcards
- Dates
- 1891-1921 (inclusive)18911921
1908-1912 (bulk)19081912 - Quantity
- 2 Boxes, (18 Folders), (327 Images)
- Collection Number
- PC 125 (collection)
- Summary
- Portraits of Washington State College ca. 1908-1917, accumulated by then-students Roy Will and Jane Atherton Will. Notable is a series of photographs depicting a ROTC training camp at Clarkston, WA, held in 1912.
- Repository
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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
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Roy E Will and Jane (Jennie) E Atherton Will were students at Washington State ca. 1908-1913. Portraits of Washington State College ca. 1908-1912, accumulated by then-students Roy Will and Jane Atherton Will. Notable is a series of photographs depicting a ROTC training camp at Clarkston, WA, held in 1912. While a few images predate or postdate 1908-1912, the bulk of the materials are within that period. Roy Will's parents owned farmland near Harrington, WA, and the majority of the post-1913 farming photos are from that location.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] Will Photographs (PC 125)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The scrapbook, associated materials, and acquisition materials are placed at the back of the collection. The remaining materials are organized loosely by place, with an informal alphabetical series of Washington State College files at the beginning, then Pullman materials, then materials further afield.
Acquisition Information
The Will photographs were gifted to Washington State University's Archives from Donna Setterberg of Portland, OR, granddaughter of Roy E Will and Jane (Jennie) E Atherton Will. They were received at the Archives on May 7, 2009 as UPC 2009-01. Two additional images were received from Donna Setterberg on Nov. 9, 2012, and added to the collection. 187 images, mostly postcards, were received in early 2019.
Processing Note
This collection was processed by University Archivist Mark O'English in May of 2009.
Related Materials
One notebook of fabrics and writings was removed from the collection for separate processing as Cage 4946. This notebook belonged to Jane Atherton Will, and is believed to have been from a WSC Home Economics course.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 1 | 1 | WSC buildings, 1907-1913. (23 images) |
| 1 | 2 | WSC cadets, students, & crowd scenes, 1908-1917. Inc. one image of visit by "Fighting Bob" Evans, March 19, 1909. (21 images) |
| 1 | 3 | WSC campus views, 1907-1913. (9 images) |
| 1 | 4 | WSC football scenes, 1907-1908. (12 images) |
| 1 | 5 | WSC Foundation Day & Campus Day, 1911-1913. (11 images) |
| 1 | 6 | WSC to Moscow Mountain outing, ca. 1910-1911. (5 images) |
| 1 | 7 | WSC ROTC Encampment, Clarkston, WA, 1912. (20 images) |
| 1 | 8 | WSC, Roy Will, 1909 & 1912. (3 images) |
| 1 | 9 | Pullman, 1908-1913. (11 images) |
| 1 | 10 | Pullman & Colfax, flood scenes, 1910. (8 images) |
| 1 | 11 | Pullman, "flu muzzles," 1918. (1 image) |
| 1 | 12 | Near Pullman - agricultural scenes, 1910-1913. (10 images) |
| 1 | 13 | Other locations, 1909-1917. Includes Moscow, Palouse, Yakima River, Medical Lake, UW. (9 images) |
| 2 | 14 | Roy Will's birthplace: Milton, OR, July 30, 1891. (1 image) |
| 2 | 15 | Hand-drawn postcards, 1908. (2 images) |
| 2 | 16 | Scrapbook. Group and campus scenes at WSC, 1913; family and farmland at Harrington, WA, ca. 1915; San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915. (155 images) |
| 2 | 17 | Loose scrapbook pages and images: WSC, 1913; Pasadena, 1919; farming at Harrington, WA, 1920-1921. (26 images) |
| 2 | 18 | Acquisition information, 2009 & 2013. (3 sheets) |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Universities and colleges -- Washington (State) -- History.
Personal Names
- Will, Jane E Atherton (Jennie E Atherton) -- Archives
- Will, Roy E -- Archives
Corporate Names
- Washington State College -- History.
- Washington State University -- History.
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Will, Jane E Atherton (Jennie E Atherton) (creator)
Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English
2016
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