Katherine Crystal Ross (later Howell) was employed at Washington State College in 1919-1920 as an Assistant Professor and acting Head of Physical Education for Women. She attended Western Michigan University (then the Western State Normal School) in Kalamazoo, MI, from 1913-1916, and in the summers there was employed as "playground director" for the Normal School's Physical Education program.
The album contains 81 labeled black and white photographs of children playing in Kalamazoo, MI school or city playgrounds, as well as students enrolled in a Western Michigan University college teacher's program.
The album is retained in its original order and binding.
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Katherine Ross Howell Student Teaching Photo Album, 1916 (PC 52)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) holds no information on the provenance of this collection, though it most likely came to MASC prior to the late 1970s.
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