Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
PC 189
Washington State University. Office of News and Information Services.
Washington State University News and Information Services Photographs
1982-2002
9.5 Linear feet of shelf space
19 Boxes
39,000 images, approximate
Photographs from Washington State University’s News and Information Services illustrating activities and life on all WSU campuses from 1982-2002.
Collection materials are in English
WSU News is the central news office for Washington State University. The roots of the
department date to 1907, when students with newspaper experience began sending news
to northwest press on a volunteer basis. This informal start evolved into the Office
of Publication, and in 1946 the College News Bureau was split off from that. Circa
1985 it became News and Information Services. Circa 2012, the Washington State
University News Service and WSU Today merged to become WSU News.
This collection consists of 19 boxes of Washington State University images taken by
staff members in WSU’s News and Information Services. The department was responsible
for providing WSU stories for the media and for in-house publications such as WSU
Week, Hilltopics, and Universe. Many of the photographs were also used in student
publications such as the Chinook or the Evergreen.
There are several different formats in this collection, which includes three boxes
of contact sheets, seven boxes of print photographs that are either loose or taped
onto paper, eight boxes of slides, and one box of positive transparencies.
The various images, many of which are identified and described via hand-labeling by
those who originally created or worked with them, are broken into six loose subject
categories: athletics, campus, departments, people, students, and the three WSU
branch campuses. Campus consists of buildings, classrooms, Greek life, events,
laboratories, and sometimes individuals. Departments consist of various photos of
students and/or faculty from specific university departments, sometimes working with
department equipment or materials. The departments include fine arts, performing
arts, language, engineering, a variety of sciences, and more. The images date from
1982 to 2002.
The materials consist of contact sheets, print photographs, slides, and positive
transparencies. The materials came to the MASC in several overlapping series of
folders of images. These series were separated out, reorganized, and foldered to
create four main series of images based on format. Within each series are a number
of subseries based on subject content; these subjects are campus, departments,
people, students, and branch campuses. Within these subseries the materials were
organized alphabetically by subject then chronologically by date.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
Washington State University News and Information Services Photographs, 1982-2002 (PC 189)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections,
Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This collection of Washington State University photographs was received from News and
Information Services in 2003 and retained in the WSU Libraries’ Manuscripts,
Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) as UPC-0018.
This collection was processed by Kaitlyn Van Vleet over February to March and July to August of 2020.
WSU MASC holds a number of series of photographs which document the campus and its
students, taken by Student Media, News and Information Services, Photo Services, and
those department’s 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).
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. Office of News and Information Services -- Photographs.
Washington State University -- History -- Photographs.
Washington State University. News Bureau -- Photographs.
Universities and colleges -- Public relations -- Photographs.
Colleges and Universities
Washington (State)
Photographs
Series 1: Contact sheets.
Subseries 1.1: Athletics.
1
1
Annual Report.
1998
1
2
Baseball.
1986-1987
1
3
Men's Basketball.
1990-1992
1
4
Men's Basketball.
1996-1998
1
5
Women's Basketball.
1987-1988
1
6
Women's Basketball.
1989-1993
1
7
Women's Basketball.
1990s
1
8
Women's Basketball.
1996-1998
1
9
Crew team meet.
1986 March
1
10
Football.
1992
1
11
Football: Alamo Bowl.
1994
1
12
Football.
1996
1
13
Football vs. UCLA.
1996 November 9
1
14
Football.
1995-1997
1
15
Football.
1997
1
16
Football vs. UW: Apple
Cup.
1997 November 22
1
17
Women's Rowing.
1993
1
18
Women's Soccer.
1992-1993
1
19
Women's Soccer.
1996
1
20
Women's Soccer.
1997-1998
1
21
Track.
1986-1993
1
22
Volleyball.
1987-1993
1
23
Volleyball.
1994-1995
1
24
Volleyball.
1996
1
25
Volleyball.
1997
1
26
Men's Club Volleyball vs.
Oregon.
1996 October 25
1
27
Various athletic
activities.
1986-1988
Subseries 1.2: Campus.
2
1
Campus buildings.
1984-1985
2
2
Campus buildings.
1986
2
3
Campus buildings.
1987-1989
2
4
Campus buildings: Holland library new
addition.
1994
2
5
Commencement.
1986-1987
2
6
Commencement.
1988-1989
2
7
Events: Most identified.
1985-1994
2
8
Events: Most in Beasley
Coliseum.
1986-1988
2
9
Events in Beasley
Coliseum.
1984-1988
2
10
Fire department recruit
academy.
1994 June
2
11
Freshmen activities.
1995
2
12
Greek life.
1985-1987
2
13
Housing.
1984-1988
2
14
Laboratories.
1985 December
2
15
Military review.
1984 May
2
16
Pullman (off-campus).
1987
2
17
Registration.
1985
Subseries 1.3: Departments.
2
18
Agricultural Engineering.
1988 June
2
19
Agriculture.
1986
2
20
Agriculture.
1989 May
2
21
Architecture.
1985-1994
2
22
Business and
Communications.
1986-1988
2
23
Computer Science.
1986-1988
2
24
Education.
1986
2
25
Engineering.
1989-1992
2
26
Fine Arts.
1984-1992
2
27
Fine Arts.
1986-1994
2
28
Foreign Language.
1984 December
2
29
Geology.
1986
2
30
Honors program.
1988 April
2
31
Horticulture.
1985-1989
2
32
Interior Design.
1989 April
2
33
Language.
1987-1988
3
1
Mathematics.
1985-1988
3
2
Nursing.
1985-1994
3
3
Performing Arts: Music.
1986-1993
3
4
Pharmacy.
1984, 1992
3
5
Physical Education.
1985, 1992
3
6
Physics.
1986-1988
3
7
Sciences (biological, nursing,
pharmacy, etc.).
1984-1988
3
8
Sociology.
1987 July
3
9
Veterinary Science and Wildlife
Management.
1984-1993
Subseries 1.4: People.
3
10
Faculty.
1984
3
11
Faculty.
1984-1986
3
12
Faculty.
1987-1988
3
13
Faculty.
1988
3
14
President Sam Smith with various
faculty.
1985
3
15
President Smith with
others.
1985-1988
3
16
Student activities on campus:
Exteriors.
1985
3
17
Student activities on campus:
Exteriors.
1986-1987
3
18
Student activities on campus:
Exteriors.
1988-1990
3
19
Student activities on campus:
Exteriors.
1996
3
20
Student activities on campus:
Interiors.
1984-1985
3
21
Student activities on campus:
Interiors.
1986-1989
3
22
Students in classrooms.
1984-1985
3
23
Students in the CUB.
1984-1985
3
24
Students moving in.
1985 August
3
25
Students with their
parents.
1985
Series 2: Photographic prints.
Subseries 2.1: Athletics.
4
1
Athletic administration and football
portraits.
1989-1991
4
2
Baseball.
circa 1989
4
3
Girls' Basketball Camp at
WSU.
Undated
4
4
Men's Basketball.
1990-1992
4
5
Men's Basketball practice.
Undated
4
6
Women's Basketball.
1990-1994
4
7
Women's Basketball vs.
ASU.
1997
4
8
Women's Basketball vs.
Cal.
1997
4
9
Women's Basketball vs.
USC.
1997
4
10
Football.
1988-1992
4
11
Football vs. UCLA.
1997 August 30
4
12
Football vs. Boise State.
1997 September 27
4
13
Football vs. Cal.
1997 October 18
4
14
Football vs. Arizona.
1997 October 25
4
15
Football vs. Stanford.
1997 November 15
4
16-17
Football vs. UW: Apple
Cup.
1997 November 22
5
1
Football vs. UW: post-Apple Cup
win.
1997 November 22
5
2
Soccer vs. ASU.
1997
5
3
Soccer.
1998
5
4
Soccer vs. Portland State.
1998 September 18
5
5
Soccer vs. Montana.
1998 October 4
5
6
Soccer vs. Stanford.
1998 October 30
5
7
Women's Soccer: Identified
players.
1991
5
8
Track.
1990
5
9
Volleyball.
1989-1990
5
10
Volleyball: Children playing on court
during break.
1997
5
11-12
Volleyball vs. USC.
1997
5
13
Volleyball vs. Wyoming.
1997
5
14
Volleyball vs. Idaho.
1997 September 16
5
15
Volleyball vs. UW.
1997 October 10
5
16
Volleyball vs. Stanford.
1997 October 17
5
17
Volleyball vs. Arizona.
1998 September 19
5
18
Volleyball vs. OSU.
1998 October 9
5
19
Volleyball vs. UCLA.
1998 November 13
6
1
Crowd scenes and spirit.
1987-1992
6
2
Various athletic
activities.
1985-1992
Subseries 2.2: Branch
Campuses.
6
3
Spokane campus:
Classrooms.
1989-1992
6
4
Spokane campus:
Commencement.
1992-1993
6
5
Spokane campus: Downtown
location.
1989-1992
6
6
Spokane campus: Events.
1992
6
7
Spokane departments:
Architecture.
1992-1995
6
8
Spokane departments: Communications
control room.
1989-1990
6
9
Spokane departments: Computer
Science.
1989-1995
6
10
Spokane departments: Engineering
Management.
1992-1995
6
11
Spokane departments: Health Research
and Education Center (HREC).
1992
6
12
Spokane departments: Human
Nutrition.
1990-1995
6
13
Spokane departments:
Pharmacy.
1992
6
14
Spokane departments: Speech and
Hearing Science.
1989-1992
6
15
Spokane: Individuals.
1989-1993
6
16
Spokane: Small business
development.
1992
6
17
Tri Cities campus.
1990-1992
6
18
Tri Cities campus:
Classrooms.
1990-1992
6
19
Tri Cities campus:
Classrooms.
1992-1994
6
20
Tri Cities campus:
Commencement.
1992
6
21
Tri Cities campus:
Commencement.
1992-1994
6
22
Tri Cities campus: Computer
lab.
1990
6
23
Tri Cities campus: Diversity
mural.
1993
6
24
Tri Cities campus: Events.
1993
6
25
Tri Cities campus:
Library.
1990-1993
7
1
Tri Cities departments: Agriculture at
Prosser Station.
circa 1993
7
2
Tri Cities departments: Electrical
Engineering lab.
1990-1992
7
3
Tri Cities departments:
Nursing.
circa 1990
7
4
Tri Cities people: Groups.
1991-1993
7
5
Tri Cities people: Individuals-most
identified.
1990-1992
7
6
Tri Cities people: Individuals-most
identified.
1992-1994
7
7
Tri Cities people: Individuals-most
identified.
1992-1994
7
8
Tri Cities people: Student body
representatives.
1992-1994
7
9
Tri Cities people: Student
candids.
1991-1992
7
10
University photos for WSU
advertisements.
Undated
7
11
Vancouver campus:
Exteriors.
1991-1992
7
12
Vancouver campus:
Interiors.
1992
7
13-14
Vancouver campus:
Classrooms.
1991-1992
7
15
Vancouver campus:
Classrooms.
1992-1993
7
16
Vancouver campus: Computer
lab.
1991-1992
7
17
Vancouver campus: Events.
1991-1993
7
18
Vancouver campus: Library.
1992-1993
7
19
Vancouver campus: New campus site at
Salmon Creek.
1991-1996
7
20
Vancouver departments:
Nursing.
1992 April
7
21
Vancouver faculty and
staff.
1991-1992
7
22
Vancouver MIT program at elementary
school.
1992
7
23
Vancouver students.
1992-1993
Subseries 2.3: Campus -
Pullman.
8
1
Aerials.
1986-1990
8
2
Autumn photos with negative
strips.
Undated
8
3
Campus buildings.
1988-1993
8
4
Campus buildings.
1988-1995
8
5
Campus buildings: Bryan
Hall.
1985-1990
8
6
Campus buildings: Bryan
Hall.
1987-1992
8
7
Campus buildings: Thompson
Hall.
1986-1993
8
8
Commencement.
1987-1992
8
9
Commencement.
1992
8
10
Commencement.
circa 1998
8
11
Events: Call-a-Coug
Phonathon.
1988
8
12
Events: Future Cougar Day.
1993
8
13
Events in Beasley Coliseum:
Speakers.
Undated
8
14
Events in Beasley Coliseum: Theater
and singers.
1989-1993
8
15
Events: Summer science
camp.
Undated
8
16
Events: WSU Foundation's annual dinner
dance.
1987 October
8
17
Laboratories.
1986-1990
8
18
Miscellaneous WSU photographs: Most
identified.
1985-1989
8
19
Pullman and The Palouse
(off-campus).
1987-1993
8
20
Residence Halls.
1985-1990
Subseries 2.4: Departments.
9
1
Agriculture.
1988-1989
9
2
Agriculture.
1989
9
3
Architecture.
1989-1992
9
4
Business and
Communications.
1988-1992
9
5
Education.
1989
9
6
Engineering.
1987-1993
9
7
Fine Arts.
1990-1993
9
8
Food and Nutrition.
1985-1989
9
9
Geology.
1989-1992
9
10
Interior Design.
1989
9
11
Microbiology.
1987-1989
9
12
Nursing.
1985-1990
9
13
Intercollegiate Center for Nursing
Education (ICNE).
1994
9
14
ICNE.
1994
9
15
ICNE.
1993-1995
9
16
Performing Arts: Theater.
1984-1988
9
17
Pharmacy.
1988-1992
9
18
Physics.
circa 1993
9
19
Science.
1989-1991
9
20
Veterinary Science and Wildlife
Management.
1988-1992
Subseries 2.5: People.
10
1
Faculty: Identified.
1982-1990
10
2
Faculty: Identified.
1987-1993
10
3
Faculty: Identified.
1988-1994
10
4
Faculty: Most
unidentified.
Undated
10
5
Groups: Unidentified.
Undated
10
6
Individuals: Identified.
1991-1997
10
7
President Sam Smith.
1989-1992
10
8
President Sam Smith.
1989-1993
10
9
Student activities on
campus.
1985-1990
10
10
Student activities on
campus.
1987-1990
10
11
Student activities on
campus.
1988-1995
10
12
Student housing:
Interiors.
circa 1992
10
13
Students and their
professors.
1986-1988
10
14
Students in classrooms.
1986-1988
10
15
Students studying.
1987-1993
Series 3: Slides.
Subseries 3.1: Athletics.
11
1
Athletic activities: Rowing, rugby,
tennis, volleyball.
1987-1996
11
2
Baseball.
1987-1990
11
3
Baseball.
1992
11
4
Baseball.
1995-1996
11
5
Baseball.
1997-1998
11
6
Basketball.
1997-1999
11
7
Men's Basketball.
1995
11
8-10
Men's Basketball.
1996
11
11
Men's Basketball.
1997
12
1
Men's Basketball.
1997-1998
12
2-3
Women's Basketball.
1995
12
4-5
Women's Basketball.
1996
12
6
Women's Basketball.
1996-1997
12
7
Football.
1987-1994
12
8
Football vs. Arizona.
1994
12
9
Football vs. Fresno State.
1994
12
10
Football vs. Oregon.
1994
13
1
Football vs. USC.
1994
13
2
Football: Alamo Bowl.
1995 January
13
3
Football vs. Montana.
1995 September
13
4
Football vs. UCLA.
1995 September
13
5
Football vs. OSU.
1995 October
13
6
Football.
1997
13
7
Football vs. UCLA.
1997
13
8
Football.
1997 September
13
9
Football.
1997 October-November
14
1
Soccer.
1992-1993
14
2
Soccer.
1994-1995
14
3
Soccer.
1995
14
4
Soccer.
1996-1998
14
5
Track.
1992
14
6
Track.
1994-1995
14
7
Track.
1996
14
8
Track.
May, 1997
14
9
Track.
1997 May, 1998 May
14
10
Volleyball.
1989-1998
15
1-3
Volleyball.
1995
15
4-5
Volleyball.
1997
15
6
Crowd scenes and spirit.
1987-2000
Subseries 3.2: Campus.
15
7
Alumni building events.
1990, 1996
15
8
Campus.
1986
15
9
Campus.
1983-1999
15
10
Campus.
1986-2000
15
11
Campus.
1987-2000
15
12
Campus.
1984-2001
16
1
Campus.
1997-2000
16
2
Campus buildings: Fulmer
Hall.
1990January
16
3
Campus dining halls.
1993, 1998
16
4
Campus dorm rooms.
1992-1998
16
5
Campus maps and building
plans.
1986
16
6
Centers and offices: Speech and
listening, cultural, children's, and Evergreen office.
1994-2001
16
7
Commencement.
1992-1997
16
8
Commencement.
1995-2001
16
9
Events: Identified.
1992-2002
16
10
Faculty.
1987-1998
16
11
Faculty.
1994-2000
16
12
Groups: Posed.
1992-1997
16
13
Homecoming parade.
1997 October
16
14
Individuals: Most
identified.
1993-2001
16
15
Individual students: Some
identified.
1988-2000
16
16
Luau for Hawaiian club.
2001 April 21
16
17
Mascot: Butch T. Cougar.
1989-1996
16
18
Palouse scenic landscapes
(off-campus).
1985-2001
16
19
Performances.
1984-2000
16
20
President Sam Smith:
Portraits.
1995-1997
16
21
President Smith and Pat Smith in red
car.
1999 October
17
1
President Smith at Garfield Dollars
for Scholars event.
1999 October
17
2
President Smith meeting with
people.
1999 October-November
17
3
Rodeo.
1987
Subseries 3.3: Departments.
17
4
Agriculture and
Horticulture.
1984-1999
17
5
Architecture.
1985-2000
17
6
Biological sciences.
1988-2001
17
7
Business and
Communications.
1994-1998
17
8
Chemistry.
1989-2001
17
9
Education and English.
1987-1996
17
10
Engineering.
1992-2001
17
11
Fine Arts.
1985-1998
17
12
Geoarchaeology.
1986-1995
17
13
History.
1994, 2001
17
14
Honors College.
1992-2000
17
15
Performing Arts: Music.
1987-2001
17
16
Performing Arts: Theater.
1988-1989
17
17
Physics.
1988-1995
17
18
Primary Education.
1993-2001
17
19
Veterinary Medicine and Wildlife
Management.
1989-2001
Subseries 3.4: Students.
18
1
Student activities on
campus.
1987-1992
18
2
Student activities on
campus.
1987-1998
18
3
Student activities on
campus.
1992-2000
18
4
Student activities on
campus.
1992-2001
18
5
Student activities on
campus.
1995-2001
18
6
Students conversing.
1998-2001
18
7
Students studying.
1987-1998
18
8
Students studying.
1996-2001
18
9
Students studying.
1998-2001
18
10
Students studying in computer
lab.
1992-2000
Series 4: Transparencies.
Subseries 4.1: Athletics.
19
1
Baseball.
1995
19
2
Men's Basketball.
1996-1997
19
3
Football team.
1990s
19
4
Soccer.
1995
19
5
Track meet.
1992 April
19
6
Volleyball.
circa 1995
19
7
Volleyball.
1997
Subseries 4.2: Campus.
19
8-9
Campus.
1988-1990
19
10
Campus buildings.
1989
19
11-13
Portraits, faculty and
students.
Undated
19
14
Posed wine display.
1996 October
19
15
President Sam Smith with
students.
Undated
19
16
Primary Education and childcare
center.
Undated
Subseries 4.3: Departments.
19
17
Agriculture.
Undated
19
18
Anatomy.
Undated
19
19
Apparel, Merchandising, Design and
Textiles.
Undated
19
20
Architecture.
Undated
19
21
Culinary Arts.
Undated
19
22
Entomology.
Undated
19
23
Geoarchaeology.
Undated
19
24
Honors College.
Undated
19
25
Horticulture.
1988-1992
19
26
Media Production.
Undated
19
27
Performing Arts: Dance, Music,
Theater.
Undated
19
28
Science.
Undated
19
29
Veterinary Science and Wildlife
Management.
Undated
Subseries 4.4: Students.
19
30
Student housing.
Undated
19
31
Students in front of map.
Undated
19
32
Students studying.
Undated