Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
PC 86
White, Cull A., 1889-1964.
Cull A. White Photographs and Negatives
1861-1950
1.5 Linear feet of shelf space
3 Boxes
The collection consists of photographs and negatives by
Cull A. White of images of the north-central Washington region.
Collection materials are in English
Cull A. White was born on December 17, 1889 in Omaha, Nebraska. He later attended
Miami University, in Ohio. White moved to Washington in 1909. Other than a brief
time in military service during the first world war, White made this state his
lifetime home. He was associated with the Coffin Brothers Sheep Company of Yakima
from 1918 to 1936. White also worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as an
inspector at Grand Coulee Dam. He died on August 21, 1964 at his home in Elmer City.
Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s White researched and wrote about the history of
the peoples of north-central Washington. He focussed on the lives of Indians,
especially the descendants of Chief Moses and Chief Kamiakin, and the lives of
whites who inhabited the region in the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries.
The collection consists of photographs and negatives taken or collected by Cull A.
White. Most of the images are of the north-central region of Washington State.
Included are photographs of Chief Jim James, Howard Ball, Henry Covington, Cleveland
Kamiakin, Chief Moses, and John McAdam Webster.
The photographs comprise the first two boxes, and are sorted alphabetically by
subject. The five digit numbers, e.g. 92-093, following the image captions refer to
copy negatives held by MASC. The third box comprises the negatives.
The photographs in this collection have been digitized and are available online in the
Cull A. White Digital Collection
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Cull A. White Photographs and Negatives, 1861-1950 (PC 86)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
In the 1950s Cull A. White donated his papers (Cage 203) to the WSU Libraries, which
included these photographs. Katherine Hartley of Freeland, Washington donated an
addition collection in June 1983 (MS83-22).
In 1991, Ling Jinqi and Robert W. Hadlow reprocessed the Cull A White Papers, Cage
203, at which time the photographs were separated into this distinct collection, PC
86. In 2002, Mark O'English prepared this guide from a list of images, and it was in
turn revised in 2011 by Nathan Sowry during the creation of the digital collection.
Cull A. White Papers, 1885-1970 (Cage 203)
Frank S. Matsura Photographs, 1907-1913 (PC 35)
Nez Perce Photographs, circa 1877-1905 (PC 83)
Lucullus Virgil McWhorter Photographs, circa 1868-1950 (PC 85)
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.
White, Cull A., 1889-1964 -- Archives
Moses, Chief, -- approximately 1829-1899 -- Photographs
Frontier and pioneer life -- Washington (State) -- Photographs
Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Photographs
Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- History
Native Americans
Washington (State)
Photographs
1
1
Arickaree woman plastering her house
1
2
Anton, Park, son of Charles, and unidentified
man
1
2
Five unidentified Native American men
1
2
Unidentified female students at Cushman Indian
School
1
2
Unidentified male and female students at Cushman Indian
School
1
2
Unidentified Native American boy holding a
baby
1
2
Unidentified young man and two children, riding in a
carriage
1
2
Unidentified family portrait
1
3
Bannock Indian Woman, 112 years old
1
4
Bill, Matthew
1
5
Black Ferry - Early Gold Placer
1
5
Ray Hunter, Joe Hodgen, Glenn Hunter, and Jack Fuller
and sheep on "Lady of the Lake"
1
6
Brunot Hall, School for Girls, Spokane
1
7
Budd, Jack - noted Train Robber
1
8
Burge, Milt
1
8
Burge, M.O. (?)
1
8
C.M. Longmire, Milt Burge, Guy Longmire
1
8
Burge, Andy with son Mariam (?) Francis
1
8
Burge Homestead in Wenas
1
8
Burge, Elizabeth Powell
1
9
Busload of Men
1
10
Canary, Martha Jane (Calamity Jane)
1
11
Cilico-Ki-Sas-Kin, Father of Coxit George
92-093
1
12
Cody, William Frederick (Buffalo Bill Cody)
1
13
Columbia River
1
13
Sanpoil River
1
14
Covington, Bob at the 1905 Portland World's Fair
92-096
1
15
Curlew, Billy 96-074
1
16
Billy Curlew, Harry Nanampkin, Cleveland Kamiakin
92-071
1
16
Cull A. White (front, center) with others, including
Billy Curlew, Harry Nanampkin, Cleveland Kamiakin
1
17
The Dalles, Oregon, Pease & Mays Store
1
18
DeSmet, Father Pierre Jean and Indian Chiefs at Close of
the Oregon War
1
19
Drumheller Flock Ranging, March 11, 1947
1
20
Drumheller, Jerome, c. 1885
1
21
Drumheller, Jerome and Grace Drumheller, California
1890s
1
22
Drumheller, Jerome with party, California
1890s
1
23
Drumheller, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse, 1861
1
24
Dry Coulee, north of Soap Lake, rock carving
92-086
1
25
Dunn, Mrs. Millie, son James, and sister Bell
Elwell
1
26
Entiat, Washington
1
27
Ephrata Depot
1
28
Father of the Methow Valley 92-082
1
29
Ferry "Okanogan" run by "Wild Goose Bill" Condon, 1880s
92-087
1
30
Fife, Thomas X. and John M. Fife, tombstone
1
31
Original site of Fort Colville, near Kettle
Falls
1
32
Unidentified Native American woman and Spokane Police
Officer
1
32
Women at Fort Spokane
1
32
Young Native American boys at Fort Spokane Boarding
School
1
32
Young boys and girls at Fort Spokane Boarding
School
1
32
Young men, women, and children at Fort Spokane Boarding
School
1
32
Male baseball players at Fort Spokane Boarding
School
1
33
Nez Perce at Nespelem
1
33
Nez Perce at Nespelem
1
33
Nez Perce at Nespelem
1
33
Nez Perce at Nespelem
1
33
Chief Joseph
1
33
Judge William Compton Brown in Minnesota
1
33
Judge William Compton Brown with companions in
Minnesota
1
33
Judge William Compton Brown in Mexico
1
33
Boat at Five Finger Rapids, Yukon River
1
33
Boat at Five Finger Rapids, Yukon River
1
33
Homebuilt harness
1
33
Whipsaw, April, 1898, on Tagish lake, Alaska
1
33
Judge William Compton Brown
1
33
Bateaux
1
33
Judge William Compton Brown with horses
1
33
Dog team
1
33
Judge William Compton Brown at Republic
1
33
Horse race at Republic
1
33
Outdoor gathering
1
33
Judge William Compton Brown with dog
1
33
Chiliwhist Jim
1
33
Steamer North Star lining Guthrie Rapids
1
33
Chief Moses and other Native American leaders of the
1879 delegation to Washington, DC
1
33
Black Horn, Charlie Wil-Pachen, Cleveland
Kamiakin
1
33
Chief Peo, Chief Homile, Young Chief Cayuse, John
McBain, Showaway, Chief Walt
1
33
Mary Madeline, age 103
1
33
Owhi (Looks like Chief David Williams)
1
33
Chief David Williams (Looks like Owhi)
1
33
Chief Skolaskin
1
33
Andrew Johnson or Robert Hayes
1
33
Chief Moses
1
33
Lo-quat (kokout) Nez Perce and Indian policeman with
Keller Charles
1
33
Ox cart, Chihuahua, Mexico, May, 1897
1
33
Mule carts, Chihuahua, Mexico, May, 1897
1
33
Dog team and driver near Tagish Lake
1
33
Transporting supplies, near Tagish Lake
1
33
Main street in Skaguay
1
33
Moose killed near Stewart River, Yukon
Territory
1
33
Prospecting Stewart River
1
33
Judge William Compton Brown (?) on bike
1
33
Unidentified Chinese Man in Western town
1
33
Women on horses in Fourth of July Parade
1
33
Chief Joseph
1
33
Judge William Compton Brown (?)
1
33
Unidentified man with horse and teepee in
background
1
33
Four-horse Stagecoach
1
33
Unidentified Military Officer
1
33
Unidentified Native American man
1
33
Steamer Okanogan
1
33
Lithograph of A.M. Pease (?)
1
33
Unidentified Furtrapper and Horse loaded with
furs
1
33
Native Americans on horses
1
33
Jackson Sundown at 1916 Pendleton Round-up
1
33
Native Americans on horses
1
33
Emily Paul and Charley Frank, Yakama Indians
1
33
Native American women on horses
1
33
Steamer North Star and Chas. Borsen (?)
1
33
Native Americans on horses
1
34
Friedlander, Nellie Moses, George or Emily (?), Isabel
Friedlander, and Mary Moses 92-092
1
35
Grand Coulee Dam
1
35
Grand Coulee Dam
1
36
Heaverlo, Jesse and granddaughters Linda and
Judy
1
37
Hil-ketsa, Pete, "Genuine Colville" 92-091
1
38
Howard, General O.O.
1
39
Geo. Hull, Owner of Yakima's Finest Horses
1
40
Ray Hunter, Joe Hodgen, Glenn Hunter, and Jack Fuller
and sheep on Lady of the Lake
1
41
J.R. Jarman and Sheriff Sam Hutchinson, standing at
7'4
1
41
Trick-Riding, presumably at the 1916 Ephrata
Rodeo
1
41
Unidentified men standing near roped and tied
horse
1
41
Hutchinson, Ben on horse, Huckleberry, at 1916 Ephrata
Rodeo
1
41
C.M. Longmire, Milt Burge, Guy Longmire
1
41
Men on horses, with family in horse-drawn
wagon
1
41
Bucking Contest at 1916 Ephrata Rodeo
1
42
Unidentified Native American policeman and
family
1
43
Indian Teepee [MISSING, 6-1-2011]
1
44
Unidentified Native American man and Chief Jim James of
the Colville Tribe, at Grand Coulee Dam
1
45
James, Chief Jim, Howard Ball and Henry Covington
92-100
1
46
James, Chief Jim, Cleveland Kamiakin and Billy Curlew
92-088
1
47
Jemima, the most celebrated basket maker of the
Northwest 92-101
1
48
Jennings, Chuck and Stage Coach vs. Air Mail
1
49
Chief Joseph
1
49
Chief Joseph painting at Spokane Public
Library
1
49
Postcard of Chief Joseph
1
50
Kamiakin, Cleveland and Billy Curlew, May 1, 1950
92-075
1
51
Kettle Falls
1
51
Kettle Falls
1
51
Steamer Paul Bunyan passing over Kettle
Falls
1
52
Kettle Falls
1
53
Jennie Page Hall LaFleur, daughter of Major Page
92-065
1
53
Long Hair Alec, Jennie LaFleur, and unidentified Native
American woman, all on horseback 92-066
1
54
Lake Roosevelt
1
54
Roy Kerswill and Monty Alford with their canoe on Lake
Roosevelt
1
55
Liptrap, Thomas, William Henry "Bill" Liptrap, and their
Mule Freight Team
1
56
Liptrap, Charley and his sisters, Okanogan,
1890s
2
57
Long Alec (Skot-se-che-lawe) also called "Rolling on the
Ground" 92-085
2
58
Longmire, Merritt
2
58
Longmire, Merritt
2
59
Lynch, Jennie (Nelson) and son Willy 92-098
2
60
McDonald, Dr. Archibald
2
61
McDonald, Benjamin (son of Archibald McDonald)
92-090
2
61
McDonald, Angus (nephew of Archibald
McDonald)
2
62
McKee, Ruth Karr
2
63
McWhorter, Lucullus V.
2
64
Madeline, Mary, age 103 92-089
2
65
Moses, Chief
2
66
Moses, Mary Owhi (wife of Chief Moses)
92-077
2
67
Moses, Nellie (daughter of Chief Moses)
92-076
2
68
Thomas X. Fife Boy Scout Camp Dedication
2
68
Nelson, Jack at Thomas X. Fife Boy Scout Camp
Dedication
2
68
Unidentified Women, Men, and child at Thomas X. Fife Boy
Scout Camp Dedication
2
69
Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry 92-103
2
70
Native Americans on horses
2
70
Nespelem
2
71
Nespelem George, Mrs. 92-079
2
72
Olney, Major Nathan, father of George Olney
2
73
James, Jim (?), Peter Dan Moses, Harry Owhi, George
Friedlander, Life William, Harry Nanankin 92-084
2
74
Osborne, Charley
2
75
Owhi, Harry and [unknown] 92-083
2
76
Ox Team Display with Conestoga Wagon,
post-card
2
77
Photograph of Painting of Native Americans
2
77
Photograph of Painting of Native Americans
2
78
Paradis family of Colville
2
79
Paradis, "Grandpa," of Colville
2
80
Pingston, Mrs. Alfred (Martina) 92-067
2
80
Pingston, Mrs. Alfred (Martina) holding unidentified
child 92-068
2
81
Plan of the Battle of the Four Lakes, of
1858
2
82
Plan of Colonel Steptoe's Battlefield on the Ingossomen
Creek, of 1858
2
83
"Poker Joe," George Comedown, Robert Johnson, and Tommeo
at Fort Spokane, 1910-1911 92-078
2
84
Rain-in-the-Face, [Sioux Chief]
2
85
Reeder, John, Freight Line
2
86
Republic, Washington, horse race
2
87
St. Paul, Cashmere (in middle) with friends
92-081
2
88
Sandpoint, Idaho, light plant
2
89
Schelly, John, hauling wheat, 1917
2
90
Seaton, Sam J., May 7, 1948
2
91
Sharkey, Fred J., December 5, 1949
2
92
Slada Lakes Trail, old irrigation flume, August 15,
1939
2
93
Hiram "Okanogan" Smith's Cabin
2
94
Smitkin, Mrs., and Mrs. Michele 92-094
2
95
Snively, Harry, Jr., and Jim, Chinese cook,
1892
2
95
Snively, Harry, Jr., and Jim, Chinese cook,
1893
2
96
Snively, Harry, Jr., and hounds
2
97
Snively, Harry, Jr., on Welsh pony, 1896
2
98
Standing Holy, daughter of Sitting Bull,
1885
2
99
Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Terr., Sioux
Encampment
2
100
Stanton, Mathias, family cabin, 1894
2
101
Steamer Columbia on Columbia River, 1900
2
102
Steamer North Star and Chas. Borsen (?)
2
103
Steamer North Star, and high bridge
2
104
Steamer Okanogan coming down stream 92-102
2
105
Steveson, Rebecca and family
2
106
Unidentified young man
2
107
Tonasket, Antonia 92-099
2
108
Toppenish, Washington, Community Day, June 10, 1921
automobile "polo"
2
109
Troy, [Idaho], post office
2
110
Unidentified man, possibly Jerome Drumheller
2
110
Unidentified Native American Women and Child, walking
away
2
110
Unidentified young boy and girl
2
110
Unidentified child and baby at historical
marker
2
110
Unidentified young boy wearing cowboy hat and chaps,
riding a horse.
2
110
Log Cabin
2
110
Unidentified Native Americans on horses
2
110
Log Cabin
2
110
Dog on the hood of a delivery truck
2
110
Unidentified woman
2
110
Unidentified man and Native American woman
2
110
Two unidentified men
2
110
Unidentified Native American man, walking
away
2
110
Horses
2
110
Unidentified Native American women with baby
2
110
Unidentified Native American man
2
110
Unidentified man
2
110
Three unidentified men, with large waterfall in
background
2
110
Two unidentified Native American women on
horses
2
110
Two unidentified Native American women on
horses
2
110
Unidentified man and woman, on horses
2
110
Hunting party
2
110
Interior of a bank, with employees
2
110
Unidentified Native American man, holding
calumet
2
110
Unidentified Native American man, sitting inside
teepee
2
110
Team of Oxen
2
110
Unidentified family, riding in a horse-drawn
carriage
2
110
Horses
2
111
Unidentified elderly couple
2
112
Unidentified family, with horses, in front of their
house
2
112
Log Cabin, covered in snow
2
112
Unidentified family, with horses and guns, in front of
their house
2
113
Two unidentified Native American men in traditional
dress
2
113
Three unidentified Native American men in traditional
dress, playing drums
2
114
Unidentified Native American woman
2
115
Unidentified landscape
2
115
Unidentified men at waterfall
2
115
Lumber processing
2
115
Unidentified farm
2
115
Camping near large trees
2
116
Unidentified family portrait
2
116
Unidentified woman
2
117
Section of Vantage Rock art taken to Ellensburg,
WA
2
118
Wapato, Peter, with his cousin Arcot 92-104
2
119
Waring, Guy, "L 5" orchard, October 22, 1911
2
120
Webster, John McAdam and Major James
McLaughlin
2
121
Webster, John McAdam (middle) with unidentified woman
and man
2
122
Webster, Winifred, daughter of J. McA.
Webster
2
123
Wellpochese and family 92-095
2
124
Two unidentified Native American men, Billy Curlew, and
Cull A. White
2
124
White, Cull A. (second from left), and friends at dinner
92-073
2
124
White, Cull A. (second from left), and friends at
dinner
2
124
White, Cull A. (left), and friends at dinner
2
124
Friends of Cull A. White
2
125
Unidentified woman, and Cull A. White, wearing a
combination of traditional Native American and pioneer clothing
2
125
White, Cull A. (second from left), and others wearing
traditional Native American and pioneer clothing
2
125
White, Cull A. (second from left), and others wearing
traditional Native American and pioneer clothing
2
125
Unidentified women and child wearing traditional Native
American and pioneer clothing
2
126
Wild Horses herded to ferry on Columbia River,
1927
2
127
Yakima, Washington, Northern Pacific railroad
stockyards, Harry Snively, Jr., shipping cattle
2
128
Yakima City, Washington, 1884
2
128
Yakima City, Washington, 1884
2
129
Yellow Wolf, Mrs. Minnie 92-097
3
Negatives