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William Stimson WSU History Correspondence, 1987-1989

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Stimson, William, 1946-
Title
William Stimson WSU History Correspondence
Dates
1987-1989 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 linear feet of shelf space, (2 boxes)
Collection Number
Cage 836 (collection)
Summary
The collection compiles correspondence received by Bill Stimson in the course of writing his 1989 book "Going to Washington State: A Century of Student Life." The correspondents are primarily Washington State University alumni, discussing their college experiences, and range from the 1890s to the 1980s.
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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Biographical Note

William L. Stimson collected this correspondence for his published book "Going to Washington State: A Century of Student Life." After graduating from Eastern Washington University, Stimson worked as a reporter for the Spokane Chronicle, United Press International and Reuters, and was editor of "Spokane Magazine" and "Universe Magazine." He received his MA and PhD degrees in history from Washington State University, and became a Professor of Journalism at Eastern Washington University.

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Content Description

The collection consists primarily of photocopies of correspondence received by William Stimson while preparing his book. The correspondence all took place in 1987-1989, but discusses the correspondents’ memories of their time as students at Washington State University from the 1890s to 1980s. In some places, photocopies of letters or articles from the relevant period may have been included in the correspondence. Mr. Stimson’s personal notes are often written onto letters.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] William Stimson WSU History Correspondence, 1987-1989

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

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection is primarily arranged chronologically by the graduation dates of the correspondents and then alphabetically by the correspondents' last names within each folder, on the assumption that the primary use would be by researchers interested in given time period. A few unusual formats (a cassette tape and several reporters notebooks) are at the end of these files. In cases where a correspondent's marital name is obviously different from the name used while a student, their student-era name is used here. However, this is not always clear, and so may not be consistent. In a few cases (mostly those predating 1920), the letters are from children about their parents' experiences, and in those cases the parent is treated as the correspondent for purposes of determining filing dates and names. Letters from non-alumni are filed at the end of the years referenced in the letters.

Correspondence ranges from one page to thirty-plus pages, and the larger or more significant sets of correspondence are filed singly in their own folders.

Following those, about six folders collect letters very specifically in response to requests by Mr. Stimson for information about specific subjects; the correspondence in this set almost never touches on other topics. Keep in mind that letters in the chronological files might also touch on these topics.

Acquisition Information

These materials were gifted to Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) by William Stimson on December 11, 2015 (MS.2015.21). Additional materials were donated on May 3, 2019.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by University Archivist Mark O’English in December, 2015. He reprocessed the collection in May, 2020 to incorporate the newly gifted materials, and to replace existing photocopies with originals.

Related Materials

WSU MASC’s Photo Collection (PC 141), the William Stimson Collection of Donated Photographs of Pullman & WSU, 1890s-1980s, was received and processed at MASC prior to any knowledge that these papers would be coming. Several of the papers reference enclosed photographs; those photographs might be found in PC 141.

During the writing of his book, Stimson referenced multiple other collections and publications held in the MASC. Notable among these is the WSU Centennial Oral Histories (Archives 202).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: 1897: Smith, Joe
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 1
  • Description: 1898: Bucklin, Robert
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 2
  • Description: 1907: Gay, Robert E.
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 3
  • Description: 1908: Lewis, Lewis F.
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 4
  • Description: 1921: Hamilton, Fred; Roberts, James; Twigg, Glenn
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 5
  • Description: 1922: Bugge, William; Clodius, Ted; Redington, Betty and Stewart, Don
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 6
  • Description: 1923: Cline, V.R.; Compau, Cecil; Maughmer, G.F.
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 7
  • Description: 1925: Avery, Frank; Bucklin, Robert W
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 8
  • Description: 1926: Strauss, Matthew
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 9
  • Description: 1927: Bageant, Kenneth; Detering, Fred; Sisler, George; Wilson, Lee
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 10
  • Description: 1928: Dils, Gene; Keener, Isobel; Stilson, Esther; Sweet, Violet; Winger, Carlyn
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 11
  • Description: 1929: Bowen, Howard; Brown, Dorothy; Buckley, Mary
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 12
  • Description: 1929: Appel, Lylia
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 13
  • Description: 1929: McLarney, Felix and Siebenbaum, Dorothy
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 14
  • Description: 1930: Bollman, Elsie; Mitchell, Leonard; Pittmen, Chester; Stover, Donald
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 15
  • Description: 1931: Bonn, Marjorie; Hein, Mel; Kennedy, Ken; Rideout, James
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 16
  • Description: 1932: Barstow, Grace; Jenkins, Herb; Loeper, William; McCabe, C.R.
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 17
  • Description: 1933: Bowen, Howard; Newcomb, Reuben
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 18
  • Description: 1934: Bement, Kenyon; Bohler, John
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 19
  • Description: 1935: Caraher, Joe; Lynch, Frances; McLarney, Art
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 20
  • Description: 1936: Camp, Elizabeth; Davis, Miriam; Jorgenson, Rolf; Klessig, Elizabeth; Lewis, Walter; Miles, Francis; Olson, Allan; Rice, Charles; Sandberg, Robert; Thornton, Genevieve
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 21
  • Description: 1937: Bassett, Henry; Brewster, Jo; Faler, Delia; Gilbert, Wilbur; Holz, Robert; Kienitz, Jean; Le Cocq, Rhoda; Rasmussen, Ruth; Scheyer, Dwight; Schlademan, Karl; Schreck, Sarah Marie; Stewart, Shirley
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 22
  • Description: 1938: Carroll, Dorothy; Conway, M.W.; Hill, Joe; Johnson, Randall; Miller, Louisa; Miller, Wayne; Ott, Esther; Rice, Charles; Schuchman, Clarence; Swanson, Byron
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 23
  • Description: 1938: Gibson, Weldon "Hoot"
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 24
  • Description: 1938: Sage, Jerry
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 25
  • Description: 1939: Schalow, Walt
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 26
  • Description: 1940: Davidson, Glen; Tomita, Junichi
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 27
  • Description: 1942: Floyd, Ellis and Thomas, Pat; Handy, Frances; Neilson, Bob
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 28
  • Description: 1943: Gay, Richard; Wood, Ralph
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 29
  • Description: 1944: Keithly, Margaret; Pease, Margaret; Rodney, Marie; Thomas, Jennie
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 30
  • Description: 1945: Piovesan, Irma
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 31
  • Description: 1946: Roberts, Janet
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 32
  • Description: 1948: Loeffelbein, Bob; Pozzi, Ron
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 33
  • Description: 1949: Bushaw, Don; Johnson, Wynne; Price, Miles; Whitely, Virgil; Whitson, J. Harry
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 34
  • Description: 1950: Fitch, Alice and Bill; Sorenson, Phil and Lyon, B.J.; Webb, Betty; Wood, Herb
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 35
  • Description: 1951: Degerstrom, Joan; Mullen, Jack; Sonnemann, W.K.
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 36
  • Description: 1952: Goudy, George; Hagie, Daryl and Jean
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 37
  • Description: 1953: Nordquist, Dave; Veatch, Sarita
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 38
  • Description: 1954: Eberhart, Rosemary; Trefry, Walter
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 39
  • Description: 1956: Kadow, Kenneth; McCormmach, Russell
    Container: Box 1 , Folder 40
  • Description: 1957: Gale, Nancy; Smith, Chellis
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 1
  • Description: 1958: Johnson, Maecel
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 2
  • Description: 1959: Stuart, Bill; Tiede, Tom
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 3
  • Description: 1960: Horn, Monita; Jeswine, Miriam
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 4
  • Description: 1963: Peter, Laurence
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 5
  • Description: 1966: de Michele, Barbara
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 6
  • Description: 1969: Jones, Harlan; Scherr, Bev
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 7
  • Description: 1970: Cross, Nola; Eliassen, Gary; Short, James
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 8
  • Description: 1971: Atkins, Ralph; Ferguson, Louise; Hendrickson, Scott; Turner, John H.
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 9
  • Description: 1972: Martin, Molly
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 10
  • Description: 1973: Walker, Bill
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 11
  • Description: 1980: Wheat, Lori
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 12
  • Description: 1985: Coe, Stanley; Jensen, Jeff
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 13
  • Description: Cassette tape: interviews about football under Buck Bailey
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 14
  • Description: Reporters notebooks: Jennie Harold; Wes McCabe; Glenn Oman; James Quann
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 15
  • Description: Edward R. Murrow and Ida Lou Anderson. By Adams, Harold; Boyce, Barbara; Cavanaugh, Ed; Foraker, Phillip; Fox, Richard; Johnson, Virginia; Long, Cliff; Murrow, Janet; Nelson, Marjorie; Newcomb, Reuben; Plaskett(?), Bill; Rideout, James; Sackett, Manley; Stover, Donald; Walker, Corinne; Watt, Virginia; Williams, Orus
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 16
  • Description: Correspondence from Ida Lou Anderson to Art Gilmore, 1936
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 17
  • Description: Strike of 1936. By Giles, Lawrence E.; Lewis, Walter; Yothers, Robert
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 18
  • Description: Compton firing, 1951. By Sandberg, Robert
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 19
  • Description: Frank and Irene Potter. By Beard, Max; Bissinger, Mildred; Carter, Alice; Carter, Bert; Cauvel, Jane; Chisholm, Thelma; Click, Grace; Downie, Jack; Feagin, Susan; Franzen, Ellen; Goodrich, Dorris; Grosshans, Harry; Lampson, J.H.; Maurier, Frances; McClure, Aretta; McCormmach, Russell; Ogden, Daniel; Pilkey, Walt; Roberts, Beryl; Roberts, Janet; Sadoff, Frances; Stiern, Richard; Thompson, Albert; Thompson, Lois; Towne, Frank; Wells, Donald; Young, Joan
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 20
  • Description: Question form blanks, sent by Stimson to alumni
    Container: Box 2 , Folder 21

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Personal Names

Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English.
2016

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