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Cooper Publications Building Departmental Photographs, 1949-2001

Overview of the Collection

Title
Cooper Publications Building Departmental Photographs
Dates
1949-2001 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 linear feet of shelf space, (2 boxes)
Collection Number
PC 168 (collection)
Summary
Photographs dating from 1949-2001 and relating to Caroline Cooper and the units housed in the Cooper Publications Building: Mailing Services and University Publishing.
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.
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Historical Note

In 1964, Washington State University built the Publications Building on Farm Way (later Grimes Way), and moved the Duplicating and Main Services there, as well as the Office of Publications and Printing. The functions of the building have remained fundamentally the same since, though the departments are today known as Mailing Services and University Publishing.

In 1936, Caroline Cooper joined the Correspondence Office (predecessor to Mailing and Duplication) as a mimeograph operator. She was made head of that department in 1948 and remained in that position until retiring in 1975. She passed away in 1978, and in 1979 the Publications Building was renamed the Cooper Publications Building.

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Content Description

The photographs primarily depict social activities within the departments located in the Publications Building. A large portion of the photographs fully identify all people shown and are dated.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] Cooper Publications Photographs, 1949-2001

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

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two boxes. The first box contains a loosely chronological scrapbook of photographs, dating from 1954 to 1980, of the employees of the department. The second box contains folders of loose photographs dating from 1949 to 2001. The loose photographs are primarily arranged in chronological folders, but a few subject-based folders can be found at the end of the collection. In a few cases, sets of photographs of an event are separated out into their own folders, filed at the end of that year. Within each folder, items remain in their original order. A few negatives and slides are interfiled in the appropriate folders.

Acquisition Information

The materials in this collection were transferred to the Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collection by Ed Sala of University Publishing on October 30, 2017, and retained as accession UPC 2017-02.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by James Feller in November, 2017. The front and back covers of the scrapbook were discarded for space reasons during rehousing, but the album is otherwise retained in its original format and order.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Scrapbook, 1954-1980
    Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  • Description: 1949
    Container: Box 2, Folder 2
  • Description: 1960
    Container: Box 2, Folder 3
  • Description: 1962
    Container: Box 2, Folder 4
  • Description: 1968
    Container: Box 2, Folder 5
  • Description: 1971
    Container: Box 2, Folder 6
  • Description: 1973
    Container: Box 2, Folder 7
  • Description: 1974
    Container: Box 2, Folder 8
  • Description: 1975
    Container: Box 2, Folder 9
  • Description: 1976
    Container: Box 2, Folder 10
  • Description: 1977
    Container: Box 2, Folder 11
  • Description: 1979
    Container: Box 2, Folder 12
  • Description: 1980
    Container: Box 2, Folder 13
  • Description: 1981
    Container: Box 2, Folder 14
  • Description: 1982
    Container: Box 2, Folder 15
  • Description: Jan Cyr retirement, 1982
    Container: Box 2, Folder 16
  • Description: 1983
    Container: Box 2, Folder 17
  • Description: 1984
    Container: Box 2, Folder 18
  • Description: Tom Sanders, mid 1980s
    Container: Box 2, Folder 19
  • Description: 1986
    Container: Box 2, Folder 20
  • Description: 1987
    Container: Box 2, Folder 21
  • Description: Press installation, 1987
    Container: Box 2, Folder 22
  • Description: 1988
    Container: Box 2, Folder 23
  • Description: Photographs for 1989 calendar, 1988
    Container: Box 2, Folder 24
  • Description: 1992
    Container: Box 2, Folder 25
  • Description: 1994
    Container: Box 2, Folder 26
  • Description: 1996
    Container: Box 2, Folder 27
  • Description: 1997
    Container: Box 2, Folder 28
  • Description: JoAnn Ailor retirement, 1998
    Container: Box 2, Folder 29
  • Description: Becky Veliz retirement, 1998
    Container: Box 2, Folder 30
  • Description: Dwayne Downing retirement, 1998
    Container: Box 2, Folder 31
  • Description: 1999
    Container: Box 2, Folder 32
  • Description: 2001
    Container: Box 2, Folder 33
  • Description: Undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 34
  • Description: Caroline Cooper, undated.
    Container: Box 2, Folder 35
  • Description: OUPP (Office of University Publishing and Printing) event at the CUB, undated
    Container: Box 2, Folder 36
  • Description: Announcements, 1975-1997
    Container: Box 2, Folder 37

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