D. Max Beard Scrapbook of Washington State College, 1935-1940

The collection consists of a single 84 page 11” x 15” scrapbook containing approximately 140 professional quality photographs covering the State College of Washington from 1935-1940, taken by D. Max Beard. Most of the photographs are undated and undescribed. The majority of the campus photographs are 8” x 10” and high quality.

The scrapbook is almost a working document of the type of photography that he did. Images depict: both interiors and exteriors of campus buildings, displays, theater stages, research (both photographs and charts) done by others for professional publications, vouchers and checks for the Hoard Engineering Co., a diploma and a certificate of citizenship, a page from the Elkanah Walker collection, campus construction, local farming, art , sculpture, a dance, athletics, the first Walkathon, classes, Dad’s Weekend, a test page for paper for printing photos for use in Masters theses, and a few signed portraits. Two of the images are obviously not WSC (one mountain, one coast).

Some information on Beard’s time at WSC, should it help in identifying photos: While at WSC, Beard initially lived in the Elmhurst apartments, apparently sharing a room with his brother Bill there for two years. He was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha, but as he married on Aug 26, 1937, he never lived there. He was initially majoring in Architectural Engineering but would end up finishing with a general B.S. degree.

A few pages of family-written history came with the scrapbook and are retained with it, though there are a few errors in those.