In 1965, William G. Priest and his wife Bonnie established the Shamrock Photographic Studio in Moscow, ID, while he was attending law school at the University of Idaho. It is currently unclear when the business closed.
Negative strips and some photographic prints of approximately 600 images from Washington State University campus social events, taken by Shamrock Studio of Moscow, ID. These are primarily balls and dances, often fraternities or sororities. Included is University president Glenn Terrell's Inaugural Ball, 3-16-1968.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Items are in sleeves dated with month and date (but not year), and given a short identifying event title. In-house identifying numbers at the top of each folder are likely chronological. The folders are in no further order.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the Shamrock Studio Negatives of Washington State University Events, circa 1967-1968 (UPC0042)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The photographs were donated prior to 2008, but no further donor information was retained. Presumably they were donated when Shamrock Studio closed.
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