WAUUWCollegeofFisheriesPHColl202.xml Guide to the University of Washington College of Fisheries Album circa 1928 University of Washington College of Fisheries Album Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2009 (Last modified: 4/19/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections PH0202 University of Washington. College of Fisheries University of Washington College of Fisheries album circa 1928 1 album including 29 photographic prints (1 box) ; 8 x 10 in. Collection materials are in English. Report consisting of mixture of text and photographs prepared by the UW College of Fisheries

The College of Fisheries at the University of Washington was formally established on April 2, 1919 at the urging of prominent members of the fisheries community and the United States Bureau of Fisheries. The program was the first in the nation offering training in fisheries-related subjects. The University of Washington was an ideal location for such a college because of its close proximity to the fishing communities of the Pacific.

John Nathan Cobb became the College’s first Director in 1919. The College offered courses in fisheries, ichthyology, fundamentals of canning, fishery products and cannery management. During its first year 13 students were enrolled in the program. By the end of Cobb’s tenure in 1930, the school had over 100 students; a testament to the need and desire for training in fisheries during the early part of the 20th century.

Housing for the College consisted of four wooden buildings located at the south end of campus near lake Union and the Montlake Cut on NE Pacific Street. These four buildings housed classrooms, an ichthyology laboratory, hatchery ponds and a cannery and salting facility. By 1928, the College facilities were no longer adequate to meet the needs of the program as it continued to grow.

Around 1928, the College of Fisheries submitted a report, along with a letter from the President of the University of Washington, Matthew Lyle Spencer, to the General Education Board requesting financial support to aid in construction of a new fisheries building. It is unclear if the GED responded to this request.

It is interesting to note that after President Spencer presented this report to the education board in 1928, he proceeded to close down the College of Fisheries. With only one faculty member left, Leonard Peter Schultz, Spencer created the Department of Fisheries, located within the College of Science, to allow remaining students to complete their degrees (it would later return to the title College of Fisheries, but not until after several additional departmental changes and restructurings).

William F. Thompson, who was appointed director after Cobb’s death in 1930, continued to lobby for new facilities beginning in the late 1930s. It wasn’t until 1950 that the College of Fisheries moved into their new facilities, the Fisheries Center. In 1999 the fisheries department, now known as the School of Aquatic and Fishery Science, moved to their new facilities in the Fisheries Sciences building.

The collection is comprised of a report consisting of a mixture of text and 29 photographs prepared by the University of Washington, College of Fisheries, circa 1928, in the hopes of acquiring financial support from the Education Board in order to build new facilities to house the College.

The report includes the history of fisheries on the Pacific coast and outlines the present conditions of salmon and halibut fisheries, what needs to be done for continued preservation and the immediate need for an institution of higher learning to teach fish and fisheries. The report also describes the specific research the college intends to conduct, what the College of Fisheries has already accomplished and details the financial need of the College in order to meet their research goals.

The photographs with the report show images of the College of Fisheries, proposed locations for a new fisheries building, canneries and fishing vessels from around the Pacific Northwest and recently constructed University of Washington buildings with their associated building costs.

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Donated by Edmond S. Meany

Processed by Karin Hoffman; processing completed in 2007.

The original album cover was made from materials determined to be harmful to the collection and was removed. The original order of the album has been retained. The sub-series relate to the order of the exhibits presented in the report.

Stickney, Robert R. (1989) Flagship: A History of Fisheries at the University of Washington, Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.

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Report to the General Education Board 1 1-23 Report to the Education Board requesting financial support in order to build new facilities to house the College of Fisheries at the University of Washington, Seattle. circa 1928 College of Fisheries circa 1928

Each numbered album page is divided into a and b; a) is a cover page describing the photo and b) is the photo.

 2 24 Fisheries buildings one and three circa 1928 2 25 Fisheries buildings two and four circa 1928 2 26 Interior of fish preservation laboratory located in old shack circa 1928 2 27 Old garage utilized as the fish preservation laboratory circa 1928 2 28 Fisheries students in the fish culture laboratory circa 1928 2 29 Fish culture laboratory with students working with salmon eggs in troughs circa 1928 2 30 Fisheries students working in the pond system circa 1928 2 31 Gill net launch boat named "Salmonidae" circa 1928 Canneries and Fishing Vessels circa 1928 3 32 Inlet with a typical salmon cannery circa 1928 3 33 Interior of salmon cannery circa 1928

Photographer: Webster and Stevens, (#10524)

 3 34 Salmon on cannery floor ready for dressing circa 1928 3 35 Empty salmon cans ready for filling circa 1928 3 36 Retorts in which canned salmon are cooked circa 1928 3 37 Canned salmon cooling in warehouse after cooking circa 1928 3 38 A typical codfish plant with cod drying on racks outside circa 1928 3 39 Oyster cultivation on Puget Sound circa 1928 3 40 Frozen herring in cold storage plant circa 1928 3 41 Halibut in freezing room of cold storage plant circa 1928 3 42 ThePacifica, a typical halibut fishing vessel circa 1928 3 43 Power vessels purse seining for salmon circa 1928 3 44 Scow fish wheel used in fishing for salmon on the Columbia river circa 1928 Aerial Views of University of Washington Campus circa 1928 4 45 Aerial view of campus showing proposed location of fisheries building circa 1928

Photographer: Frank Jacobs, Seattle

 4 46 Aerial view of campus circa 1928 4 47 View of campus from Lake Union showing proposed location of fisheries building circa 1928 Cost of University of Washington Buildings and Equipment circa 1928

The cover page for each photo has the costs for the building and equipment

 5 48 Alfred H. Anderson Hall, College of Forestry and Forest Products Laboratory circa 1928 5 49 Mines Laboratory circa 1928

Photographer: Linkletter Studio, (#3410)

 5 50 Education Hall circa 1928 5 51 Philosophy and Commerce Hall circa 1928

Now called Savery Hall.

 5 52 Physics building circa 1928 Supporting information circa 1928 6 53-67 Report of cost data for proposed fisheries building and equipment required circa 1928 7 68 October 23, 1928 letter of support from Hon. John P. Babcock, President of International Fisheries Commission, to UW President Lyle Spencer, as to need for a new fisheries building circa 1928 8 69-70 Index of bulletins published by College of Fisheries circa 1928