NTE2pc194.xml Guide to the Roy Adams WSC Cadet Photographs 1900-1942 Adams (Roy) WSC Cadet Photographs Finding aid prepared by Mark O’English Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2021 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2021 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections PC 194 Adams, Roy G., 1877-1919 Roy Adams WSC Cadet Photographs 1900-1942 0.25 Linear feet of shelf space 1 Box Sixteen photographs primarily of military cadet training on the campus of Washington State University in the first decade of the nineteenth century, plus four military photos and documents from the 1930s and 1940s. Collection materials are in English

Roy Gay Adams (1877-1919) of Fairfield, WA, was part of the WSU (then WAC) preparatory (high school) school program from 1899 until he graduated in June of 1902, and then entered college proper and received a B.A. in Agriculture from WSU (by then WSC) in June 1906. He was active in the campus military cadets throughout his time at WSU, advancing to cadet colonel by the time he left. He engaged in a career in agriculture after graduation, including two and a half years as an extension agricultural agent in Adams County. In March 1919, he died after contracting influenza. His three children included Roy M. Adams (1915-1984).

The materials primarily depict cadet life and activities, on the WSU campus and at their annual encampments, from 1900-1906, when Roy G. Adams attended. The materials were collected by Roy G. Adams; he was not the photographer for any of them. A few photos and documents come from military activities of his son, Roy M. Adams, from 1933-1942.

The materials are in subject-based folders, filed alphabetically.

This collection is open and available for research use.

As the creator of most of these materials is unknown, those materials remain under copyright for 120 years from their date of creation.

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Roy Adams WSC Cadet Photographs, 1900-1942 (PC 194)

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

Milton L. Wagy of Shoreline, WA, purchased these materials in an auction in Seattle. He donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) on January 25th, 2021, where they were retained as UPC 21-01.

University Archivist Mark O’English processed this collection in February, 2021. The two photographs of Roy M. Williams had been glued to a sheet with descriptions of the photos; that original layout was photocopied prior to the images being removed from the sheet, and the photocopy is included in the collection.

Other images from WSU military cadets can be found in a number of places, most notably in the ROTC series in the WSU Photographs, Subject File, 1892-1999, PC 4.

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.

Adams, Roy G., 1877-1919 -- Archives Adams, Roy M., 1915-1984 -- Archives Washington State University. Department of Military Science -- History Military cadets -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- History Military education -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- History Military Student Life Colleges and Universities Washington (State) 1 1 3 images Cadets. Undated 1 2 4 images Cadets, groups. 1902 and undated 1 3 4 images Encampment, Camp Bryan, Clarkston, WA. 1906 1 4 2 images Groups. 1900 and undated 1 5 3 images Portraits, Roy G. Adams. 1905-1906 1 6 4 items Roy M. Adams. 2 images, plus a WSC military training certificate, and a U.S. army medical replacement training center specialist school certificate (Camp Barkeley, TX). 1933-1942 1 7 Donor information and family research. 2020