Glass Plate Negatives - Archives West

Overview of the Collection

Title: Glass Plate Negatives
Dates: circa 1901-1913 (inclusive)
19011913
Quantity: .5 Linear Feet of Shelf Space, (1 box), (49 images)
Collection Number: PC 23 (collection)
Summary: 49 black and white glass plate photographic negatives from the early 1990s, depicting buildings and groups on or near the Washington State College campus. A large portion of the materials focus on the veterinary program.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: This collection is open and available for research use.
Languages: English

Historical Note

Glass plate negatives were in regular use for photography from the late 1800s into the 1920s, when cellulose nitrate and cellulose acetate largely replaced them. As the Palouse region was largely unsettled until 1880, the majority of the early photographs of the region will originate from glass plate negatives.

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Content Description

49 glass plate negatives from the early 1900s, the majority of which depict the campus and activities of Washington State College and Pullman, WA. A very few cover as far away as Snoqualmie Falls, WA. Large portions of the collection deal with WSC's veterinary facilities, and with WSC in winter. This is an artificial collection, compiled from multiple singles or sets of "orphan" items, most of unknown provenance.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Glass Plate Negatives, circa 1901-1913 (PC 23)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

For ease of housing, the photographs are broken into three series based on sizes of the glass negatives. Within each series, images are loosely organized geographically, with WSU-based materials first and further away images last.

Acquisition Information

Provenance on most of these items is unknown; where it is known, the information is listed with the item description.

Processing Note

The Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) PC 23 and PC 25 collections were both processed in 1978 by Dave Smestad, each apparently from loose individual glass images. The two sets were reorganized and combined in 2017 by University Archivist Mark O'English.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: Military surveying class.
  8" x 10"
  
  Container: Item A 1
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: Surveying equipment.
  8" x 10"
  
  Container: Item A 2
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: Constructing sidewalks by the old Veterinary Building.
  8" x 10"
  
  Container: Item A 3
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: Old Veterinary Building.
  8" x 10"
  
  Container: Item A 4
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: Classroom with skeletons on display.
  8" x 10"
  
  Container: Item A 5
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: Veterinary specimens.
  8" x 10"
  
  Container: Item A 6-8
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: Veterinary classroom with specimens and drawings of parts of the anatomy.
  8" x 10"
  
  Container: Item A 9-10
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: Animal stalls.
  8" x 10"
  
  Container: Item A 11-12
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: Operating room.
  8" x 10"
  
  Container: Item A 13
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: Laboratory room.
  8" x 10"
  
  Container: Item A 14
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: State of Washington booth at sixth National Corn Show. Gift of Grimes, 1941-09-05
  8" x 10"
  
  Container: Item A 15
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: Railroad bridge over river and along cliff face. Gift of the St. Maries Gazette-Record, 1976
  6.5" x 8.5"
  
  Container: Item A 16
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
- Description: Snoqualmie Falls. Gift of the St. Maries Gazette-Record, 1976
  6.5" x 8.5"
  
  Container: Item A 17
  
  Location: Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")
Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: Administration Building in winter.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 1-2
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: Ferry Hall in winter.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 3
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: Campus snow scene.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 4-6
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: Veterinary Laboratory – classroom.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 7
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: Veterinary students, building addition to the dissecting room, 1905-11-04.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 8-9
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: Completed addition to the dissecting room.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 10
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: W.S.C. Veterinary Science dairy model (Wilbur exhibit).
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 11-12
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: Veterinary Football Team, 1913. Luce photo.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 13
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: Veterinary students with horse.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 14
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: Treatment of cow.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 15
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: Cattle in pen.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 16
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: Dr. Nelson’s house.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 17-18
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: "Liars Club" group portrait.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 19
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: Group portrait.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 20
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
- Description: "College Crew; G. N. Dem. Train, March 1911." Ashby photo.
  5.5" x 7.5"
  
  Container: Item B 21
  
  Location: Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")
Series 3: Small images (3.25" x 4.25" to 4" x 5")
- Description: College buildings at W.A.C., Pullman, from front gate of grounds, 1901.
  3.25" x 4.25"
  
  Container: Item C 1
  
  Location: Series 3: Small images (3.25" x 4.25" to 4" x 5")
- Description: Power plant, WSU, ca. 1901.
  3.25" x 4.25"
  
  Container: Item C 2
  
  Location: Series 3: Small images (3.25" x 4.25" to 4" x 5")
- Description: Electrical engineering – view of Power plant.
  4" x 5"
  
  Container: Item C 3
  
  Location: Series 3: Small images (3.25" x 4.25" to 4" x 5")
- Description: Stevens Hall. (no. C5 is broken)
  3.25" x 5.5"
  
  Container: Item C 4-5
  
  Location: Series 3: Small images (3.25" x 4.25" to 4" x 5")
- Description: Ferry Hall, with horse and cart. "For a country trip." Ca. 1910.
  4" x 5"
  
  Container: Item C 6
  
  Location: Series 3: Small images (3.25" x 4.25" to 4" x 5")
- Description: Stevens, Administration (Thompson), and Science (Murrow) Halls. Ca. 1900.
  4" x 5"
  
  Container: Item C 7
  
  Location: Series 3: Small images (3.25" x 4.25" to 4" x 5")
- Description: Spillman house, Pullman, ca. 1901.
  3.25" x 4.25"
  
  Container: Item C 8
  
  Location: Series 3: Small images (3.25" x 4.25" to 4" x 5")
- Description: City of Pullman from Frost's front porch, ca. 1901.
  3.25" x 4.25"
  
  Container: Item C 9
  
  Location: Series 3: Small images (3.25" x 4.25" to 4" x 5")
- Description: Uniontown Train Depot, ca. 1910.
  4" x 5"
  
  Container: Item C 10
  
  Location: Series 3: Small images (3.25" x 4.25" to 4" x 5")
- Description: Horse-drawn harvesting scene, undated
  4" x 5"
  
  Container: Item C 11
  
  Location: Series 3: Small images (3.25" x 4.25" to 4" x 5")

Glass Plate Negatives, circa 1901-1913

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Historical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series 1: Large images (6.5" x 8.5" to 8" x 10")

Series 2: Medium-sized images (5.5" x 7.5")

Series 3: Small images (3.25" x 4.25" to 4" x 5")

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