Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
PC 9
Wilson, George.
Wilson Family Photographs
1895-1928
.5 Linear Feet of Shelf Space
1 box
The George Wilson family farmed near Colton, Washington. This collection of photographs include scenes in and around Colton, Washington, Baseball teams with Leon Wilson, the flood of 1913 in Burke, Idaho, and Whitman College, and Squally John of the Nisqually tribe.
Collection materials are inEnglish
The George Wilson family farmed near Colton, Washington. There were four sons: Leon, Robert, Byron and Lewis. Leon attended Whitman College in Walla Walla for two years around 1910. During the summer of 1911 he played baseball for the Chicago White Sox as a pitcher. Neighboring farms near Colton included the Nathan Maynard and the M. A. Ferguson farms.
The Wilson family photographs include scenes in and around Colton, Washington, Baseball teams with Leon Wilson, the flood of 1913 in Burke, Idaho, and Whitman College, and Squally John of the Nisqually tribe. Most of the photographs are from between 1895 and 1913 with a few taken later.
This collection is open and available for research use.
[Item description]
Wilson Family Photographs, 1895-1928 (PC 9)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections,
Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The Wilson family photographs were donated to the Washington State University Library in November, 1976 by Claude Simpson of Pullman.
This collection was processed by David Smestad in March, 1978.
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.
Wilson, Leon.
Wilson Family.
Wilson Family.
Colton (Wash.) -- Photographs.
Walla Walla (Wash.) -- Photographs.
Universities and colleges -- Washington (State) -- Photographs.
Baseball -- Photographs.
Washington (State)
Colleges and Universities
Sports and Recreation
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1
7 items
Baseball teams (with Leon Wilson), including Whitman College, Johnson, Washington, and the Bishop’s Bar Boys.
1
2
2 items
Group class portraits with Leon Wilson
1
3
9 items
Informal group and individual photographs of family members.
1
4
3 items
Boyd Maynard.
1
5
5 items
The Bishop family and ranch on the Snake River.
1
6
3 items
Burke, Idaho, including the flood of 1913.
1
7
3 items
The M. A. Ferguson ranch harvest scenes.
1
8
2 items
Early street scenes of Colton, Washington.
1
9
11 items
Miscellaneous, including 1910 Whitman College scene, Jim Wiley of Colton and "Squally John" of the Nisqually tribe.