Edward Kimmel was raised in Waitsburg, Washington and went to the Waitsburg Academy. He travelled to Pullman in a covered wagon to join the first graduating class of the Washington State Agricultural College and School of Science (later the State College of Washington, now Washington State University). While at WSC, he was a member of the College's first football team. After graduating in 1897, Kimmel became the first president of the WSC Alumni Association. He married Florence Eleanore Snyder, WSC class of 1898. Kimmel served as a Colonel, in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. At some point he became a WSC faculty member.
A small collection of 18 items, including correspondence with E. A. Bryan, president of the State College of Washington, about teaching at the college; newspaper articles about reunions for Waitsburg Academy, a private school in Waitsburg, Washington; and other papers about military service in the Spanish-American War.
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Edward Kimmel Papers, 1897-1960 (Cage 4393)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Gift; Edward Kimmel; 1960
Edward Kimmel's Going to College in a Covered Wagon, 1894-1895, Typescript, 1960 November 25
Waitsburg Academy Catalogs, 1888-1903
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