After World War II, the State College of Washington experienced a population boom which required rapid construction of student housing. Four men's dormitories known as the Quad were constructed in 1946 and 1947, and originally known as North, South, East, and West Houses, though most would later acquire other names. North House was constructed in 1946, from war surplus housing which had been located at Camp Farragut in Northern Idaho. It became known as Esquire House, then returned to being North House, then became Sherwood House. In 1963 it became a temporary home for a campus fraternity, and was finally demolished in early 1964; French Administration Building was built on that spot a few years later. The Quad area was also known colloquially as Mud Hollow.
The scrapbook consists of clippings and photographs documenting the lives and events of the students living in the State College of Washington's Esquire Hall (also known as North House).
The scrapbook pages remain in their original order of creation.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item Description]
State College of Washington Esquire Hall (North House) Scrapbook, 1947-1954 (Archives 356)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This scrapbook was received in the Washington State University Libraries sometime between 1955 and 2000, and eventually placed in a set of loose general university scrapbooks in the University Publications collections (WSU 177-7).
This collection was processed as its own collection in August of 2015 by University Archivist Mark O'English.
The general university scrapbooks set with which this was filed for several years is
held as WSU 177. Various other dorm-specific scrapbooks are held in numerous
University Archives collections, including ones for East House
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