Whitman College and Northwest Archives
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Archives@whitman.edu
https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
Whitman College media collection
Whitman College
WCA.024
25 linear feet
38 boxes
1931-2008
Audio and video cassettes, reel-to-reel audio and video, film depicting events taking place at or featuring individuals associated with Whitman College.
English
.
Collection is open for research.
Beginning in the mid-20th century, it became more common for individuals to have access to video and audio recording devices. Insitutions and individuals within Whitman College began to record significant events involving campus life at the college. The earliest recording contained in the Whitman College Media Collection is a privately-made video of the 1931 flood which was considered the worst-ever in Walla Walla area. In later years, the College began to systematically record events such as Commencement, Baccalaureate, athletic events, musical and theatrical performances, and the installation ceremonies for new Presidents.
The Whitman College Media Collection contains video and audio recordings of events including commencement and baccalaureate; professorial lectures, athetic events, visiting lecturers, musical and theatrical performances, and interviews with alumni and staff. Various media formats include 16mm film, 8mm film, video cassette, audio cassette, and reel-to-reel audio. Some of the material has been copied into more contemporary formats.
Some of the Collection is physically located within the video collection of the Archives.
Colleges and Universities
Media and Communication
Commencement, Convocation and Baccalaureate Exercises and Speeches
1
1950-2007
English.
Commencement Exercises and Speeches
1
1950-1959, 1983-2007
English.
Reel: Whitman College Commencement
1950
15
6/7
12
Reel: Commencement address, Stephen Beasley Linnard Penrose
1953
9
2 Reels: Commencement
1953
8
2 Reels: Commencement
1957
8
Reel: Commencement
1959
10
Videocassettes: Commencement
1983-1988; 1997-98, 2000, 2002
Q1.9,6
Audiocassette: Frances Penrose Owen, Whitman College Commencement Address
May 20, 1984
1
3
Audiocassette: Commencement
1990
Q1.10,2
Videodisc: Commencement
2007
Q1.9,6
Convocation Exercises
2
1959-2005
English.
Reel: Convocation
1959,1975,1982-1983
9
Film: Convocation and Inauguration of President Skotheim
1975
Q1.9,3
15
Videocassettes: Convocation
1975, 1998
Q1.10,5
Audiocassette: Convocation
1989
1
11
Videodiscs: Convocation
1998-2002, 2005
Q1.10,5
Baccalaureate Exercises
3
1976, 1999-2006
English.
Reel: Baccalaureate
1976
8
Videodisc: Baccalaureate
1999; 2001-2001; 2005-2006
Q1.9,6
Professorial Lectures and Symposiums
2
1964-2006
English.
Sixth Annual Friends of the Library Lecture: Edward P. Morgan
February 1, 1974
10
5
17
"Reel: The Four Horsemen on Brown"
May 1974
9
"Audiocassette: The Four Horsemen on Brown"
May 1974
6
6
Chester C. Maxey - History of Whitman College
January 15, 1975
9
6
7
Seventh Annual Friends Lecture: Agnes Newton Keith
January 31, 1975
10
Reel: John Goodlad, Dean of Graduate School of Ed., UCLA Tape 1
February 28, 1975
12
Reel: John Goodlad, Dean of Graduate School of Ed., UCLA Tape 2
February 28, 1975
12
Assorted professors: Walla Walla Railroads
October 22-23, 1975
5
16
Eighth Annual Friends Lecture: Hayes B. Jacobs: The Writer at the Bicentennial Feast
February 19, 1976
10
Audiocassettes: All-Student Form
January 8-9,1977
2-3/1
7
Reels: All-College Forum
January 8-9, 1977
8
Ninth Annual Friends Lecture: Robert G. Athearn In Search of the American West
March 11, 1977
10
1
7
Audiocassette: Chester C. Maxey, first class taught in Maxey Hall
May 4, 1977
1
9
Reel: Dr. Stuart, Econ II
October 21, 1977
11
Reel: Philpot Lecture
September 29, 1977
11
Dr. Ball - Religion 1-B
October 27, 1977
11
Tenth Annual Friends Lecture: Frances Penrose Owen, early Penrose years counter-clockwise
February 19, 1978
10
Audiocassette: Chief of the Soviet KGB
August 5, 1978
5
6
Thomas Howells: Shakespeare
February 27, 1979
9
Thomas Howells: Romeo and Juliet
March 13, 1979
9
Thomas Howells: Richard II
March 27, 1979
9
Thomas Howells: Measure for Measure
April 9, 1979
9
Reel: Sen. Patrick Moynihan at Cordiner Hall
April 16, 1979
8
1
5
Audiocassette: Dr. Maxey reading part of Longo's Chinook Dictionary
January 9, 1980
1
10
Taylor/White
February 11, 1980
8
Audiocassette series:"Changing Institutions: Family and Marriage"
September 8-11, 1980
English.
3
13-17
Reel: William Meredith
September 29, 1980
10
Tom Howells at Northern Kentucky University
October 1980
Q1.9,3
Reel: "The Rites of Spring" - George Ball
April 13, 1981
10
Reel: "The Rites of Spring" - Ron Evans
April 13, 1981
10
Reel: Debate - Timothy Leary and Farris
April 15, 1981
9
Reel: "The Rites of Spring" - The Origin of Story, Ron Evans
April 16, 1981
10
Audiocassette: John Houseman
October 3, 1981
1
6
Reel: Rhodes - What Am I?
September 2, 1982
9
3rd Annual Skotheim Lecture: Stephen Penrose's Williams College in the 1880s
September 15, 1982
6
5
Economic Round Table
September 28, 1982
8
Reel: Thomas Howells on The Merry Wives of Windsor
January 27, 1983
9
Reel: Donald Hodel, secretary of the Department of Energy
February 14, 1983
9
Excellence in Education Symposium
October 20, 1983
8
Excellence in Education Symposium
October 27, 1983
8
Religion and Revolution Symposium
November 16, 1983
8
Skotheim: Whitman Past and Present
April 28, 1984
8
China/Japan Presentations
April 28, 1984
8
Reel: Frederick Santler Founder's Day Address
December 16, 1984
8
Kate Bracher: Alumni College Lecture
June 25-26, 1987
English.
6
3-4
Whitman Symposium: Defense Wastes
January 15, 1988
English.
4
1-17
Paul Menzel: Medical Ethics Symposium
March 28, 1988
5
2
James Speer: Medical Ethics Symposium
March 29, 1988
5
1
Frances Owen: Faith Journey
July 5, 1992
3
12
Senior Alumni College - Faculty Presentations
June 13, 1994-June 18,1994
English.
5
7-13
Whitman College Undergraduate Conference
April 5, 2005
Q1.9,5
Hurricane Katrina Symposium
September 7, 2005
Q1.9,5
Whitman Symposium
November 9, 2006
Q1.9,5
Maxey, Chester C. - The Maxey View of the Historical Walla Walla Valley
Undated
1
9
Dr. George Sheehan - Running
Undated
1
4
Bainton: Erasmus
Undated
9
Stevens: Knights Law and All of That
Undated
9
Shattuck: Why Read Proust?
Undated
9
Norsworthy: Women and Minorities
Undated
1
1
Barbara Ehrevireich: Lecture
Undated
3
10
Erwin Thompson: Sager Talk
Undated
3
11
Edwards: Discussion on Whitman during the 1960s and 1970s
Undated
5
3
Symposium on The Quest for Peace
Undated
5
14
N. Sheehan - Public Lecture
Undated
5
15
William O. Douglas Symposium: Enduring Free Speech Controversies
Undated
Q1.9,5
E. Chertok panel discussion
Undated
10
Athletic Events
3
1976-1978
English.
Soccer team tape 1
October 2, 1976
11
Whitman vs. WSU soccer
October 2, 1976
11
Women's Soccer Whitman vs. WSU 1st half
October 22, 1977
11
Men's Soccer Whitman vs. Alumni 1st half
October 22, 1977
11
Men's Soccer Whitman vs. Alumni 2nd half
October 22, 1977
12
Men's Soccer Whitman vs. U of M 1st half
October 23, 1977
11
Men's Soccer Whitman vs. U of M 2nd half
October 23, 1977
12
Men's Soccer vs. Gonzaga part 1
November 12, 1977
11
Men's Soccer vs. Gonzaga part 2
November 12, 1977
12
Women's BB Gonzaga vs. Whitman tape 1
January 20, 1978
11
Women's BB Gonzaga vs. Whitman tape 2
January 20, 1978
12
Student pool practice
Undated
11
Kayaking pool demo
Undated
12
Musical and Theatrical Performances
4
1948-1999
English.
Reel: Joan of Lorraine
1948
10
Unidentified performances
1967
9
David Grimes Guitar Concert
September 27, 1974
10
Whitman College Concert Choir
November 13, 1983
8
Whitman College Choral Contest, tape 1
1985
8
Whitman College Choral Contest, tape 2
1985
8
Choral Contest
1991-1992
English.
7
9-10
Women's Choral Concert
September 6, 1996
5
5
Renaissance Consort Gala Alumni Concert. department of music 1997-1998.
April 25, 1998
Q1.9,4
Hello, Again. by Charlie Dresden; Poetry written and performed by David Stevens
December 1, 1999
Q1.9,3
Sorority/Fraternity Songs
Undated
3
9
Special Events
5
1931-2008
English.
Videocassette (3 copies): Walla Walla Flood
March 31, 1931
Q1.10,3
Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized tapes speeches
circa 1930s-1940s
15
Inland Empire - Agriculture, video; wheat/peas; Walla Walla Fair
1941
Q1.9,3
Life at Whitman, V-12 Parade on Ankeny. Damon, Tom, '43; Harrison, Paul; parade in whites
1943
Q1.9,3
Reel: Dedication of the Hall of Science
June 6, 1964
9
What's New in the Schoolhouse KOMO radio, Seattle Whitman College - Dr. Perry
June 21, 1964
10
Dedication of Cordiner Hall
April 1968
15
Super 8 Film:Richard Nixon visit to Walla Walla, filmed by Luke Williams
September 26, 1971
17
Reel: Dedication of the Stuart wing
April 19, 1974
9
Film - Groundbreaking of Maxey Hall
December 1, 1975
Q1.9,3
15
Reel: Dedication of the Brown Telescope
October 14, 1978
8
Skotheim: C and C Annum Meeting Town and Gown Award
1981
5
4
Communications Milestone: Invention of the Transistor
1982
10
1934 Reunion: Class Session
May 21, 1984
8
Lunch speech, Skotheim
May 21, 1984
8
Campaign address by President Skotheim
March 1987
1
2
Service of Reconciliation
1987
Q1.9,5
Nancy Pryor on the Founding of Whitman College
February 10, 1989
Q1.9,4
Senior Colloquium: Habits of the Heart
Spring 1991
Q1.9,5
News story by NW Public Radio on Karl Freitag '92
December 4, 1991
10
Videocassettes: Maxwell Retreat
December 6, 1992
10
Whitman Farm Tour
June 30-July 2, 1992
Q1.9,3
Roofing Memorial Building
Summer 1992
Q1.9,4
Past Presidents and Chairmen of the Board of Trustees of Whitman College. four tapes; invoice for tapes in one of the boxes.
December 6-7, 1992
Q1.9.4
Senior Alumni College. Intensive View of the Middle East: Stephen B.L. Penrose, Jr. in the Middle East; Palestinian Profile; The Golan: Facts & Fiction; Working in the Eye of the Storm; Historical Perspective of Critical Middle East Issues Today. WC; Arthur Whitman, Shirley Farley, Frances Stickles, and Ali Ahmida. Note: a part of Ahmida's presentation is missing due to tape change during talk.
June 21-22, 1993
Q1.9,4
English.
Reunion: Class of 1983, predictions for 2008
October 10, 1993
Q1.9,4
Dedication of Ruth Reynolds Portrait in Penrose Memorial Library.
June 13, 1994
Q1.9,3
Senior Alumni College: Presidential Perspectives. 1st day: Cronin, Skotheim, Perry; paper copy of schedule included. 1st and 2nd days: Panel of Presidents filmed; Tom Cronin section not filmed, at his request.
June 13-14, 1994
Q1.9,5
Women of 515 Boyer, 1994 Senior Alumni College; intro by R.A. Skotheim
June 14, 1994
Q1.9,5
Helen Smith, Whitman Memories at Urrutia's Home. includes note from R.R. "Pete" Reid, assistant to the president, to Larry Dodd, curator, about the video.
May 1995
Q1.9,3
80th Birthday Celebration of George Hudson Ball. Chism Hall, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA; a Phillips Video Production
September 30, 1995
Q1.10,4
Reunion: Class of 1946. produced by Adele Harris Goss; A Phillips Video production.
1996
Q1.9,4
Reception for Marilyn Sparks. Penrose Memorial Library, WC; Class of 1952.
June 13, 1997
Q1.9,4
Examining the Collision of Cultures in an Age of Multiculturalism: The Whitman Tragedy 1847-1997. 5 tapes: Interaction or Imposition, with Ronald Candon, Jennifer Hillman, and Derek Michael; Keynote Speaker Patricia N. Limerick, Cultural Interactions on the Columbia Plateau, with Nina Lerman, Larry Cebula, Steve L. Grafta, Ron Pond, Marjorie Wcheneka, 120min; Retrospectives of 1847 with Tara Penry, Bill Gulick, and Andrea Hammilton; The Mission Imperative, with Roger Miles, Jason Lindenburger, and Genevieve McCoy, 120 min.
November 14-15, 1997
Q1.9,3
Reunion: Class of 1949
1999
Q1.9,4
Foxstar Productions/Van Ness Films: "Adam West: Behind the Cowl". Texted version. 44:00
May 12, 2000
Q1.10,4
Rina Imperial Memorial Service
April 5, 2001
Q1.10,4
Reunion: Class of 1952
2002
Q1.9,4
Reunion: Class of 1965
2005
Q1.9,4
Reunion, "Class of '67 You Are Here." A Whit-Flic Film, produced in association with Clocktower Productions, DPN Films. Printed in Port Ludlow, Washington.
2007
Q1.9,4
Pete Reid: Whitman Traditions Interview
Spring 2007
Q1.10,4
Tom Edwards, Spring Alumni Weekend
April 26, 2008
Q1.10,5
Memorial Service: Raymond V. Borleske
Undated
9
Memorial Service: Arthur Metastasio
Undated
9
Whitman College Film Festival
1998-2001
20
Whitman College Film Festival
2002, undated
21
Flyers, Scoring Sheets, Judge's Correspondences, VHS cassettes of the student films.
Peace rally, Whitman students (audio CD)
2003
22