Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
PC 186
Washington State University. Office of Student Media.
Washington State University Office of Student Media Chinook Photographs
1955-1984
9.25 Linear feet of shelf space
19 Boxes
20,000 Images, Approximate
Photographs from Washington State University’s yearbook, the Chinook, covering student and campus life between 1955 and 1984.
Collection materials are in English
The Chinook is the WSU yearbook, which was first published in 1899. It was produced
by the Junior Class until 1926, when the Associated Students of the State College of
Washington took control of publishing the yearbook. Since 1974 it has been the
responsibility of Student Publishing / Student Media.
This collection is comprised of 19 boxes of Washington State University images
created for the Chinook yearbook, dating between 1955 and 1984. The materials
consist primarily of black and white positive images with accompanying negatives, as
well as two sheets of slides. The images, many of which were hand-labeled by the
staff and student workers who originally created or worked with them, include (but
are not limited to) athletics, university clubs and organizations, departments,
events, buildings, and people.
The majority of the materials consist of sheets of black and white positive strips
with their accompanying negatives. These were re-foldered and organized to create
seven main series of images: Athletics, Campus, Clubs and Organizations,
Departments, Events, People, and Students. An eighth series consists of spiral-bound
books of negatives.
In most of the first seven series, materials are organized alphabetically by subject,
and then chronologically within those subjects. However, that is reversed in the
Clubs and Organizations series, with materials organized chronologically by year,
and then by subject within each year. In box 6 of Clubs and Organizations, folders
10 through 13 are photographic print orders for individual WSU clubs, containing
subject and date information.
The final series, Negative Books, consists of one box containing negative strips that
came to the MASC in six spiral-bound books. These negative strips remain in their
original books and their original order within folders in box 19, and the contents
of each book, as given by original labeling found in the books, is listed in the
container list below.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
Washington State University Office of Student Media Chinook Photographs, 1955-1984 (PC 186)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections,
Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This collection was received as a number of individual accessions over the years.
From Publications and Printing / the Publications Office, they came in as UA1985-51
(Chinook Photographs, 1981-1982, .5 linear feet), UA1985-02 (Photographs, 1950-1970,
1 linear foot), UA 1982-30 (Campus and Yearbook Photographs, 1978-1981, 3 linear
feet received on Dec. 2, 1982 from Norm Nelson), UA1983-02 (Photographs, 1965-1970,
1 linear foot received on Jan. 25, 1983), UA1984-03 (Photographs, 1959-1980, 1
linear foot), UA1984-13 (Photographs, 1958-1962, .5 linear feet), UA1984-42
(Negatives and Contact Prints, 1960-1970, .1 linear feet), and UA1985-07 (Terrell
Photographs, 1960-1970, .05 linear feet). From the Student Publications Office came
UA 1984-10 (Chinook Photographs, 1983, .5 linear feet). These were all amalgamated
into one accession, UPC 007, in April of 1999 by University Archivist Lawrence
Stark.
This collection was processed by WSU student Kaitlyn Van Vleet between October 2019 and January 2020.
WSU MASC holds a number of series of photographs which document the campus and its
students, taken either by Student Media and its predecessors, or by WSU’s Photo
Services and its predecessors. Rather than listing them all here, we’d suggest
looking at the list of the MASC’s photograph collections, as well as at the
unprocessed collections (accessions).
MASC has a digital Evergreens collection, as well as a digital Chinooks
collection. Each collection is complete, excepting a few Evergreen
issues where no known copy still exists, from the first issue up to the point at
which the individual collections stop.
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.
Washington State University -- Students.
Washington State University -- Students -- Yearbooks.
Colleges and Universities
Washington (State)
Student Life
Photographs
Series 1: Athletics.
1
1
Baseball.
1960s
1
2
Baseball.
1960s
1
3
Baseball.
1968
1
4
Baseball.
1969
1
5
Baseball.
undated
1
6
Baseball.
undated
1
7
Men's basketball.
1970
1
8-11
Men's basketball.
undated
1
12-13
Basketball.
undated
1
14-16
Football.
1960s
1
17
Football.
1967
1
18
Football.
1978 August
1
19
Football.
1980-1981
1
20
Football.
1984
2
1
Football.
undated
2
2
Football.
undated
2
3
Golf team.
1970
2
4
Gymnastics.
undated
2
5
Sports: Bowling - Golf: Bowling teams;
Fencing team; Men's Golf.
some dated
2
6
Sports: Skiing - Swimming: Ski team;
Soccer; Softball; Swimming.
undated
2
7
Sports: Water Polo and
Wrestling.
undated
2
8
Tennis.
1970
2
9
Tennis.
undated
2
10
High school state track meet at
WSU.
1968 May
2
11
High school state track meet at
WSU.
1970
2
12
WSU track meet.
1967
2
13
WSU Track.
1969
2
14
WSU Track.
1969
2
15
WSU Track versus California.
1970
2
16
WSU Track versus UW.
1970
2
17
WSU Track.
undated
2
18
Volleyball.
undated
2
19
Wrestling.
1969-1970
Series 2: Campus.
3
1
Aerials.
1970-1983
3
2
Aerials.
undated
3
3
Aerials.
undated
3
4
Architectural decorations.
1966 June
3
5
Bookstore.
1964 October
3
6
Bookstore.
undated
3
7
Buildings with interior and exterior
damages.
undated
3
8
Businesses.
some dated
3
9
Campus and building (slides).
1955
3
10
Campus and buildings.
1967
3
11
Campus and buildings.
some dated
3
12-14
Campus and buildings.
undated
3
15
Classes - some identified.
undated
3
16
Computer Science Center (CSC)
equipment.
undated
3
17
Computer Science Center (CSC)
offices.
undated
4
1
CUB.
undated
4
2
CUB images, including hotel
rooms.
undated
4
3
Laboratories.
1958
4
4
Laboratories.
some dated
4
5
Laboratories.
some dated
4
6
Laboratories.
undated
4
7
Library photos for Spring
Review.
1965
4
8
WSU library.
undated
4
9
Machinery.
undated
4
10
Objects and exteriors.
undated
4
11
Off-campus: Palouse snow
scenes.
undated
4
12
Off-campus: Spokane hotels, including
Ridpath.
undated
4
13-14
President Terrell's house in
snow.
1968
4
15
Removal of Ferry Hall cupola.
1975
4
16
Residence halls and other
buildings.
1968 May
4
17
Stephenson Center.
1966
4
18
Stevens Hall teacups.
undated
Series 3: Clubs and Organizations.
5
1
Alpha Kappa Lambda sisters.
1979
5
2
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: A-Z. Alpha Gamma Rho sisters; Alpha Kappa Lambda sisters; ASML; ATO; ATO sisters; Boyer Buddies; Dads Weekend Committee; Delta Tau Delta; Fire Department; Fish Fans; Hak Mod Taekwondo; Hawaii Club; Home Economics Club; Homecoming Committee; Horticulture Club; Kappa Psi Pharmacy; Kappa Sigma sisters; Lambda Chi Alpha lil sisters; Phi Delta strikers; Phi Delta Theta Sisters; Phi Kappa Tau sisters; Phi Sigma Kappa sisters; Rho Chi; Shaky Puddin; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Sigma Alpha Epsilon sisters; Sigma Chi sisters; Sigma Phi Epsilon sisters; YMCA Board of Directors.
1980
5
3-4
Identified.
1980
5
5
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: A-Bellhop. Acacia sisters; ACTS; Agricultural Engineering Department; Agricultural Mechanics Club; Air Force ROTC groups; Alpha Delta Pi brothers; Alpha Epsilon Rho; Alpha Gamma Rho sisters; Alpha Tau Alpha; Army ROTC Rangers; Arnold Air Society; ASCA; ASCE; Asian American students; ASID people and displays; Association of Computer Mechanics; ASWSU Assembly; ATO lil sisters; AWS; Bellhop.
1981
5
6
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: Beta-H. Beta Alpha Psi; Block and Bridle club; Bowling team; Chinook Yacht Club; Chorale Company; Clothing and Textile; Coliseum Events Committee; Coliseum Tech Crew; Consumer Protection and Legal Services; Cougs Cottage Mug Club; Coug Gals and Guys; Criminal Justice Club; Crops and Soils; Dads Weekend Committee; Dairy Club; Delta Sigma Phi; Delta Upsilon sisters; Eatonville Club; Farm House sisters; Fencing Club; Fish Fans; Flying Turtle; Forestry Club; 4-H; Future Veterinarians; Gay People's Alliance; Gannon Hall Officers; Hilltop Stranglers; Home Economics Club; Honors Student Advisory Committee.
1981
5
7
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: I-Phi Gamma Delta. Industrial Education Association; Intercollegiate Knights; Kickers International; KUGR Staff; Kung Fu Club; Lambda Kappa Sigma sisters; Mayfest Committee; Men's Swim Team; Men's Volleyball Team; Military staff; Mind Expansion Research; Moms Weekend Committee; Mortar Board; Naval ROTC; Omicron Nu; Orchesis; Order of Omega; Parks and Recreation Club; Personal Management; Pan Hellenic Council; Performing Arts Committee; Pharmacy Awards; Phi Epsilon Kappa; Phi Gamma Delta sisters.
1981
5
8
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: Phi Kappa Tau-Y. Phi Kappa Tau sisters; Phi Sigma Halfway House; Phi Sigma Kappa sisters; Pi Kappa Alpha sisters; Rally Squad; Range Management Club; Real Estate Club; Recreation and Parks Club; Residence Hall Association; Rho Chi; Rho Nu; ROTC Color Guard; SAPA; SAPhA (Student American Pharmaceutical Association); Senior ROTC; Sigma Chi sisters; Sigma Pi Alpha Mu; Ski Team; Society of Women Engineers; Special Events Committee; Spurs; Student Council for Children; Student Dietetics Association; Tau Beta Pi; Theta Chi sisters; TKE sisters; Women's Athletics Staff; YMCA Cabinet.
1981
5
9-11
Identified.
1981
5
12
Unidentified.
1981
5
13
Unidentified.
1981-1982
6
1
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: ABOF-Asian American Students. ABOF; Acacia House little sisters; ADP big brothers; AGR big sisters; Agricultural Economics Club; Agricultural Education Club; Agricultural Engineering Club; Air Force Groups; Air Force ROTC Staff; AKL little sisters; Alpha Delta Pi; Alpha Zeta; American Institute of Architects; Army Cadets; Army ROTC Juniors; Army ROTC Rangers; Army ROTC Seniors; Army ROTC Staff; ASCA; Asian American Students.
1982
6
2
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: ASID-Evergreen. ASID; Association for Computing Machinery; Association of Women Students; ASWSU Assembly; ASWSU Ski Team; Men's Athletic Staff Group; Ball Bashers; Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Theta Pi; Bowling Club; Bowling Team; Bushwood Co. Club; Business Computer Club; Clothing and Textiles; Consumer Protection Legal Services; Coug Guys and Gals; Cricket Club; Crimson Company; Crimson Rally Squad; Crops and Soils Club; CUD's Group; CWLE Club; Dads Weekend Committee; Dairy Club; Delta Sigma Theta; Delta Sigma Phi little sisters; Delta Upsilon little sisters; Delta Tau Delta little sisters; Economics Club; Friends of Eddie Haskell Club; Egyptian Student Association; Evergreen Staff.
1982
6
3
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: F-M. F Troops and Company; Farmhouse little sisters; Finance; Food Science; Forestry; 4-H; Geo Dickel Awards Society; Grass Roots Journal; Hak Mod Taekwondo; Hawaiian Club; High Time Clam Diggers; Higher Flyers; Homecoming Committee; Homecoming groups; Horticulture Club; Industrial Education; IFC Panhellenic; Institute of Architects; Institute of IEEE; Intramural Staff; Kappa Alpha Psi; Kappa Sigma little sisters; KUGR; KWSU AM; KWSU Radio; Lambda Chi Alpha; Lambda Chi little sisters; Landscape Architects; Lima Beans; Livestock Center Staff; Marketing; MARS Hotel; MECHA Club and Officers; Miki's Palouse Pals.
1982
6
4
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: N-Y. Navy ROTC; Omicron Nu; Orchesis Dance Club; Performing Arts Committee; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Gamma Delta little sis; Phi Kappa Alpha lil sis; Phi Sigma Halfway House; Phi Sigma Kappa; Pi Kappa Alpha; Pi Lambda Theta; Poultry Club; PRSSA; Pullman Resident Fire Fighters; Range Club; Recreation Club; Residence Hall Association; Rho Chi; Rho Nu Nursing; Rifle Team; ROTC Color Guard; Rugby Club; Second Floor Scott Social Club; Show Biz Kids; Sigma Alpha Epsilon little sis; Sigma Iota; Sigma Phi Epsilon sisters; Society of Women Engineers; Special Events Committee; Spurs; St. Thomas Students; SAPhA; Tau Beta Pi; Tau Kappa Epsilon; Theta Chi little sis; TV Crew; WAMI Group; Women's Soccer Club; Yacht Club; YWCA Staff.
1982
6
5-7
Identified.
1982
6
8-9
Unidentified.
1982
6
10-13
Photographic print orders for clubs and
organizations.
1982
7
1
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: A. Acacia lil sis; ACM; Advertising Club; Agricultural Engineering; Agricultural Mechanization; Alpha Epsilon Rho; Alpha Kappa Lambda lil sis; Alpha Phi Alpha; Alpha Tau Omega; Alpha Zeta; Architecture 3rd year, 4th year, 5th year; Army Color Guard; Army ROTC; Arnold Air Society; ASCE; Asian American Students; ASID/IBD.
1983
7
2
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: B-H. Beta Alpha Psi; Biology Club; Chinook Yacht Club; Construction Management; Crops and Soils; Delta Sigma Phi; Delta Upsilon; Eatonville Club; Farm House lil sis; Finance Club; Fire Staff; Food Science; Forestry; Future Vets; Grass Roots Journal; Greek Week Committee; Hawaii Club; High Tide; Home Economics; Honors Student Advisory Committee.
1983
7
3
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: I-M. Intercollegiate Knights; Indonesian Students; Industrial Tech; Judicial Board; Kappa Sigma; KUGR-FM; KWSU-AM; Lambda Kappa Sigma; Livestock Center; Marketing Club; Moms Weekend Committee; Moosehead; Mortar Board; MSA; Music Group; Omicron Nu; Orchesis; Order of Omega.
1983
7
4
Identified individually foldered positives in alphabetical order: P-Y. Personal Management; Phi Kappa Tau; Phi Gamma lil sis; Phi Kappa Sigma; Pi Lambda Theta; Range Management Club; Recipe Club; RHA; Rodeo Team; ROTC; The Shady Bunch; Sigma Alpha Epsilon lil sis; Sigma Chi lil sis; Sigma Iota; Softball; Spurs; Student Dietetics Association; T+M Standard Deviations; Tau Beta Pi Honor Society; Theta Chi; Tri Delta Group; TV Sports Staff; Wazzu Whirlers; YMCA.
1983
7
5-11
Identified.
1983
7
12-14
Identified Greek.
1983
8
1
Identified Greek.
1983
8
2
Identified.
some dated
8
3-4
Identified.
undated
8
5-11
Unidentified.
undated
9
1-11
Unidentified.
undated
10
1-4
Unidentified.
undated
Series 4: Departments.
11
1
Agricultural Sciences.
1964
11
2
Agricultural Sciences.
1964
11
3
Agricultural Sciences.
undated
11
4
Agricultural Sciences.
undated
11
5
Art.
undated
11
6
Art.
undated
11
7
Art gallery opening, with Andy Warhol
paintings.
undated
11
8
Biology.
undated
11
9
Chemistry.
undated
11
10
Fine Arts.
undated
11
11
HEP Program.
undated
11
12
Home Economics.
undated
11
13
Honors Program.
undated
11
14
KWSC-TV and Communications.
some dated
11
15
KWSU Radio.
some dated
11
16
Marketing photos.
undated
12
1
Music.
1966 January
12
2
Music (negatives).
1966 January
12
3
Music performance.
some dated
12
4
Pharmacy.
1967 and 1975
12
5
Physics.
1968-1970
12
6
ROTC.
1981
12
7
ROTC.
1983
12
8
ROTC.
undated
12
9
ROTC.
undated
12
10
ROTC.
undated
12
11
Theater: A Moon for the
Misbegotten.
1970
12
12
Theater.
some dated
12
13
Veterinary College.
some dated
12
14
Veterinary Medicine.
undated
12
15
Zoology.
1960s
12
16
Zoophysiology.
undated
12
17
Miscellaneous departments -
labelled.
undated
Series 5: Events.
13
1
Agriculture awards.
1980
13
2
Agriculture awards.
1981
13
3
Agriculture awards.
1982
13
4
Air Force Spring Review.
1970
13
5
Awards: outstanding seniors and
teachers.
1982
13
6
Awards.
undated
13
7
Bellhop.
1981
13
8
Commencement.
1970
13
9
Commencement.
1978
13
10
Commencement.
1980 June
13
11
Commencement.
1981
13
12
Commencement: Air Force and Army
groups.
undated
13
13-17
Commencement.
undated
13
18
Conference: Washington and Idaho
International Order of Rainbow for Girls.
1979 June
14
1
Conference: National Science Foundation
(NSF).
1980 July
14
2
NWREU Fire.
1967
14
3
Pharmacy Awards.
1980
14
4
Publications Building, naming after
Caroline Cooper.
1979
14
5-8
Racism Workshop.
1970 October
14
9
Registration.
1960s
14
10
Registration for spring semester in
gymnasium.
1979
14
11
Rodeo.
1970s
14
12
WSU Speakers and awards.
undated
14
13
WSU Speakers, presentations, and
awards.
undated
14
14
WSU Speakers, presentations, and
awards.
undated
14
15
Miscellaneous events: most
identified.
1958-1959
14
16
Miscellaneous events: most
identified.
undated
14
17
Miscellaneous events:
unidentified.
undated
Series 6: People.
15
1
Board of Regents.
1967 October
15
2
Board of Regents.
1969 October
15
3
Walter Mondale.
undated
15
4
Betty Rodeen in Science
Library.
1976
15
5
President Glenn Terrell.
1970 February
15
6
President Glenn Terrell.
undated
15
7
President Terrell at
registration.
1967 September
15
8
President Terrell and Barry
Jones.
1969 March
15
9
President Terrell and Gen
DeVleming.
1969 December
15
10
Groups.
some dated
15
11
Groups.
undated
15
12
Individuals, identified.
1970s
15
13
Individuals, identified.
1980-1982
15
14
Individuals, identified.
some dated
15
15
Individuals, identified.
some dated
15
16
Individuals, identified.
undated
15
17
Individuals, unidentified.
dated
16
1-10
Individuals, unidentified.
undated
17
1-12
Individuals, unidentified.
undated
17
13
Individuals and others,
unidentified.
undated
Series 7: Students.
18
1
Alumni: Class of 1942.
1967
18
2
Alumni: Class of 1955.
1970
18
3
Golden Grads - photos used in Fall
Review.
1965
18
4-8
Golden Grads.
1968
18
9
Golden Grads.
undated
18
10
Student life; Laboratories
(slides).
1955
18
11
Labelled photos of WSU students in front
of buildings.
1958-1959
18
12
WSU students, some events and students
labelled.
1958-1959
18
13
Student life.
1960s
18
14
Student life; Regents Hill
Halls.
1960s
18
15
Students on campus.
1967
18
16
Student life.
some dated
18
17
Student life.
undated
18
18
Student life: studying.
undated
Series 8: Negative Books.
Book 1. 1958-1959
19
1
Page 1: IFC Caucus.
19
1
Page 2-4: Ref. 10.
19
1
Page 5: Stadium Commons.
19
1
Page 6-7: Choir Tour.
19
1
Page 8: Student Health.
19
1
Page 9: Registration.
19
1
Page 10: College students.
19
1
Page 11: Hydraulics Lab
personnel.
19
1
Page 12: Experimental
School.
19
1
Page 13: Seed House.
19
1
Page 14: Air Force Band.
19
1
Page 15: Air Force Band; Robert
Scalapino; USC football game.
19
1
Page 16: Theater Production; Idaho
football player hurts knee.
19
1
Page 17: Bartered Bride comedic
opera.
19
1
Page 18: PowWow.
19
1
Page 19: House presidents.
19
1
Page 20: Agricultural
Extension.
19
1
Page 21: Faculty.
19
1
Page 22: Faculty; House
presidents.
19
1
Page 23: Play production.
19
1
Page 24: Greek house
presidents.
Book 2. 1959-1960
19
2
Page 1: Washington State
Review.
19
2
Page 2: Theater production of I Like
It Here.
19
2
Page 3: House presidents.
19
2
Page 4: Washington State
Review.
19
2
Page 5: Bank; Agricultural Extension;
Bookie.
19
2
Page 6: WSC Review; Pat Randall
print.
19
2
Page 7: WSC Review.
19
2
Page 8: Pat Randall with people in
CUB.
19
2
Page 9: Chariot race; Nursery
school.
19
2
Page 10: Campaign sign in front of
library for Hudson.
19
2
Page 11-14: General publication; High
School Summer Camp.
19
2
Page 15: IBM machine.
19
2
Page 16: TV class - Director Cal
Watson of KWSC.
19
2
Page 17: Speaker Sally Adams, director
of WSU alumni magazine.
19
2
Page 18: Agricultural Extension: Kirby
Bromfield.
19
2
Page 19: KWSC with Watson.
19
2
Page 20-24: Football.
Book 3. 1961
19
3
Page 1: Gymnastics meet.
19
3
Page 2: Classes.
19
3
Page 3: Track.
19
3
Page 4: Gymnastics meet.
19
3
Page 5: Gymnastics meet; Campaign
signs.
19
3
Page 6: Classes.
19
3
Page 7-8: Baseball fan.
19
3
Page 9: Track; Baseball; Weight
training.
19
3
Page 10-11: Speakers.
19
3
Page 12-13: Baseball.
19
3
Page 14: Art Gallery.
19
3
Page 15: Holland Terrell
library.
19
3
Page 16: Football.
19
3
Page 17: Halftime of football
game.
19
3
Page 18: Football.
19
3
Page 19: Football; Marching
band.
19
3
Page 20: Classes; Campus
buildings.
19
3
Page 21: Campus buildings.
19
3
Page 22: Play production.
19
3
Page 23: Football.
19
3
Page 24: Cheerleaders.
Book 4. 1961
19
4
Page 1: Students working on Stadium
model; Classes; Labs.
19
4
Page 2-7: Classes and
labs.
19
4
Page 8: Empty lecture
hall.
19
4
Page 9-11: Classes and
labs.
19
4
Page 12: Gymnastics.
19
4
Page 13: Basketball coach.
19
4
Page 14-15: Students on
campus.
19
4
Page 16-17: Track.
19
4
Page 18-19: Baseball.
19
4
Page 20: Baseball; Graduation;
Equestrian.
19
4
Page 21: Peace Corps training;
Equestrian.
19
4
Page 22-24: Peace Corps
training.
Book 5. 1962
19
5
Page 1: Sports.
19
5
Page 2-3: Campus views.
19
5
Page 4: Computer lab.
19
5
Page 5-9: Peace Corps
training.
19
5
Page 10-11: Students.
19
5
Page 12: Football.
19
5
Page 13: Basketball;
Baseball.
19
5
Page 14-15: Baseball.
19
5
Page 16-17: Plane travel.
19
5
Page 18-19: Stephenson
Complex.
19
5
Page 20: Students
studying.
19
5
Page 21: Odor and air pollution
testing.
19
5
Page 22: Odor and air pollution
testing; Football.
19
5
Page 23: Marching band;
Football.
19
5
Page 24: Football; Campus
Buildings.
Book 6. 1960s
19
6
Page 1: Oregon vs WSU
baseball.
19
6
Page 2-3: Football halftime
show.
19
6
Page 4: Football.
19
6
Page 5-6: Football halftime
show.
19
6
Page 7: Football.
19
6
Page 8: Live Butch cougar.