Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
PC 110
Meinert, Lawrence D.
Lawrence D. Meinert Photographs of the Flooding of Pullman, Washington
1996
1.5 Linear feet of shelf space
3 Boxes
Photographs of the flooding of Pullman, Washington in 1996, taken by Lawrence Meinert, Professor of Geology at Washington State University.
Collection materials are in English
Professor Larry Meinert attended Carleton College and subsequently earned his Doctor of
Philosophy at Stanford University in 1980. In 1981, he joined the Geology faculty at
Washington State University. Prof. Lawrence Meinert specializes in the exploration
for ore deposits by applying geological and geochemical methodology to find
undiscovered deposits.
In February of 1996, flooding of the South Fork of the Palouse River, and other small
streams, inundated parts of Pullman, Washington. Major flooding was averted largely
due to sandbagging efforts that were arranged spontaneously by citizen volunteers.
Lawrence Meinert, Prof. of Geology at Washington State University, photographed
Pullman extensively during the period of the flooding, and later, in August,
re-photographed many of the same sites with the purpose of illustrating the
contrasting situation of a low-water situation. These photographs were subsequently
exhibited at the Art Gallery at Washington State University's Compton Union Building
(CUB). The images consist chiefly of color enlargements of various sizes.
The collection is arranged around themes, continuing the presentation employed in the
exhibition at the CUB. A numbering system that was employed in the exhibition serves
to give each print an unique number. These same numbers are employed in the
exhibition captions that are filed at the end of the sequence; these captions
provide interpretative explanations as well as identification, in many cases.
Decimal numbers are the original item numbers employed by the photographer.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Lawrence D. Meinert Photographs of the Flooding of Pullman, Washington, 1996 (PC 110)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Photographs of flooding in Pullman and elsewhere on the Palouse River were donated to
the Washington State University Libraries by Prof. Lawrence Meinert in 1997,
following exhibition at the Compton Union Building.
The collection was processed by Lawrence Stark in 1999.
Lawrence D. Meinert Photographs of Russia and the Former Soviet Union, 1982-1998 (PC 109)
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.
Meinert, Lawrence D. -- Archives.
Pullman (Wash.) -- Photographs.
Flood damage -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Photographs.
Historic buildings -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- Photographs.
Washington (State)
Photographs
Introduction
1
1
1.1
Watershed map, Palouse River drainage
1
1
1.2
Pullman Street map, with photo locations
and main streams
1
1
1.3
University, snowpack before flooding
1
1
1.4
Viento Street, snowpack
1
1
1.6
Flood marker
1
1
1.25
Fountain at Olsen and Kamiaken Sts
Stream flow at bridges
1
2
2.1
Culvert. 500 S. Grand Ave
1
2
2.2
Culvert. 500 S. Grant Ave. Dry Flat Creek
in Summer
1
2
2.3
Kamiaken St. Bridge, with viewers of flood
1
2
2.4
Kamiaken St. Bridge near Swilly's, August,
low water
1
2
2.5
Grand Ave. Bridge, South Fork of the
Palouse River
1
2
2.6
Grand Ave. Bridge, South Fork of the
Palouse, August
1
3
2.7
Spring Street Bridge during flood
1
3
2.8
Spring Street Bridge, August and low water
1
3
2.9
Railroad bridge near Reaney Park in flood
1
3
2.10
Railroad bridge near Reaney Park in summer
1
3
2.11
Railroad bridge near Neill Library in
flood
1
3
2.12
Railroad bridge near Neill Library in
summer
South Palouse River near city center
1
4
3.1
Palouse River along Olsen Street, in flood
1
4
3.2
Palouse River along Olsen Street, in
summer
1
4
3.3
Palouse River behind Ken Vogel store, high
water
1
4
3.4
Palouse River behind Ken Vogel store,
summer
1
4
3.5
439 North Grand Avenue
1
4
3.6
439 North Grand Avenue, summer
1
4
3.7
Trucking on North Grand during early stage
of flood
1
4
3.8
Benewah Street Mobile Home Park in flood
1
4
3.9
Benewah Street Mobile Home Park in summer
Flood Plain
2
5
4.1
City Playfield baseball field, under flood
2
5
4.2
City Playfield baseball fields
2
5
4.3
Pullman City Swimming Pool, in winter
2
5
4.4
Pullman City Swimming Pool in August
2
5
4.5
Benewah Street, car in flooded field
2
5
4.6
Benewah Street, car in field during August
2
5
4.115
Cars in area of University Mobile Homes
Park
2
5
4.05
City Playfield sign
2
6
4.7
Benewah Street, Al's Auto Body shop during
flood
2
6
4.8
Benewah Street, Al's Auto Body in August
2
6
4.9
Benewah Street, Deda Auto Repair on Feb.
7, 1996
2
6
4.10
Benewah Street, Deda Auto Repair, August
2
6
4.11
Benewah Street, cars awaiting repair
during flood
2
6
4.12
Benewah Street, "car surfing"
2
6
4.13
Benewah Street, recycling facility during
flood
Emergency Crews
2
7
5.1
Sandbagging crew
2
7
5.2
Ken Vogel, operator of flooded clothing
store
2
7
5.3
White Drug Store, with sandbags and
plastic sheeting
2
7
5.4
Budget Records. Pumping out basement of
store building
2
7
5.5
Main Street, pumping out utility corridors
Colfax and Palouse River
2
8
6.1
Colfax, North Palouse River at entry point
of concrete channel, during flood
2
8
6.11
Colfax, North Palouse River. Channel entry
in summer
2
8
6.2
Colfax, Palouse River in channel during
flood
2
8
6.3
Colfax, Palouse River channel in summer
2
8
6.4
Colfax, Standing wave
2
8
6.5
Palouse Falls, high water
2
8
6.6
Palouse Falls, August
2
8
6.7
Palouse Falls during flood, close-up
2
8
6.8
Washed-out railroad tracks
2
8
6.9
Washed-our railroad tracks
2
8
6.10
Small building moved by water
2
3
Captions used for exhibition of
photographs at Compton Union Building