The departments which became the College of Engineering and Architecture at Washington State University were in place when the school opened in 1892, with the first graduates in 1897. In 1946, a reorganization established the Washington State Insitute of Technology as the entity which included the academic departments as the College of Engineering, the School of Mines, the Division of Industrial Research and the Division of Industrial Service. The Instutute was again reorganized in July 1966 into a College of Engineering with academic departments, a Research Division and a Technical Extension Service. In 1984, it was redefined as the College of Engineering and Architecture.
The approximately 4000 images were taken by employees of the Engineering Extension office, and document the programs, research, and day-to-day life of the faculty, students, and staff of the College of Engineering and Architecture. Many of the originals to photographs found in Quest and other Engineering and Architecture publications can be found within this collection.
The collection consists of one major chronological series of contact strips and negatives, followed by two smaller chronological series. The 3 series are identified by the creators of those images: David C. Flaherty (Series 1), Brian T. Harvey (Series 2), or Harvey and Sue Ehrstine (Series 3).
The majority of the prints and negatives are contact sheets or strips mounted on paper; these frequently have notes from the College identifying them and have thus been retained exactly as they came to MASC. Photographs prior to 1970 have little to no labeling.
The photographs in this collection are maintained in their original order.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item Description]
Washington State University College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1964-1987 (PC 144)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This collection was donated to the Washington State University (WSU) Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) on August 16th, 1990 by Kathleen Warren of WSU's College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA). It was accessioned as UA1990-05. The collection was received in a sequence of 29 large three-ring binders, which were discarded during processing.
This collection was processed by University Archivist Mark O'English in March, 2011.
MASC holds a few other sets of photographs from the College of Engineering and Architecture:
Washington State University College of Engineering and Architecture Photographs, 1956-2000
WSC College of Mechanic Arts and Engineering Photo Album, 1928
Washington State University Department of Architecture Scrapbooks, 1963-1967
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.