Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 217
Washington State University. Libraries. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Washington State University MASC Photo Card Files
1970-2002
7 Linear feet of shelf space
13 Boxes
Cards containing described print reproductions created
ca. 1970-2002 by WSU MASC, mostly of prints held therein. The prints reproduce
images tied to regional history.
Collection materials are in English
Washington State University's Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
was envisioned in 1949 and fully established in 1977. In 1955 the
"Manuscripts-Archives Department" was formed on the first floor of the then recently
built Holland Library at the recommendation of the Holland Library Committee. During
the 1960s a "Humanities Special Collections" division was formed in Holland Library
but it was not an integral part of the Manuscripts-Archives Department. When the new
Science Library was built in 1977, and following the removal of the science
collections from Holland Library into the Owen Science and Engineering Library, the
Humanities Special Collections and Manuscripts-Archives divisions were merged into
one physical and administrative unit. When the Holland addition (later named the
Terrell Library) was built in 1994, MASC moved into new quarters on the ground floor
of the new building.
Prior to scanning becoming easy, when materials from MASC's photographic collections
needed reproduced, the originals had to be sent to WSU's Photo Services, where a
negative was created from the print, and then a new print made. A print was provided
to the requester, and the negative retained in a negative file, separate from the
originals. Where the image was thought to be of sufficient interest, a second print
was retained in MASC and placed on a descriptive card in a public set of card files.
While a large majority of the materials in the card file here are duplicates of MASC
originals, a small number were created from non-MASC materials.
This collection, probably just under 7500 cards, served a purpose similar to what
digital collections came to do, allowing people to browse examples of materials held
without having to work in the original collection in its entirety.
Reflecting a pre-digital library, the subjects used for arrangment are somewhat
reflective of library catalogs, with some of the cards duplicated to allow filing by
more than just subject; in this case by collection, location, or photographer.
Included in the description on most cards are both an identifier pointing you at the
original source, and a negative number pointing you at the created negative in PC
149, the MASC Negative Files.
The cards are arranged alphabetically by subject, with cards duplicated across subjects, and with subseries of materials also
arranged alphabetically. Within each “folder,” the cards are often not ordered.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Washington State University MASC Photo Card Files, 1970-2002 (Cage 217)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
These materials were maintained in the MASC reading room as a working file until
March, 2026, at which point they were processed as an archival collection and moved
into the collections proper.
University Archivist Mark O’English processed this collection in 2026 March.
The Washington State University MASC Negative Files, 1970-2002
(PC 149)
contains the negatives created during the process of creating these cards.
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.
Washington State University. Libraries. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections -- Photograph collections
Photograph collections -- Washington (State) -- Pullman
Washington (state)
Colleges and Universities
Photographs
1
Agriculture
1
American Guide collection
1
Architecture, Domestic
1
Architecture, Domestic - Interiors
1
Artists
1
Athletics
1
Bands
1
Breweries
1
Bridges
1
Butler collection
1
Cattle
1
Children
1
Churches
1
Circus
1
Collection, A-G
2
Collection, H-W
2
Columbia River
2
Colville Indians
2
Dams
2
Dancing
3
Disasters
3
Expositions
3
Farm animals
3
Farm buildings
3
Farm houses
3
Farm laborers
3
Farm machinery
3
Fishing
3
Flour mills
3
Fourth of July
3
Fruit
3
Funerals
3
Geography
3
Government
3
Horses
3
Hotels
3
Laborers
4
Location, A-Z
4
Logging and Lumber
4
Machinery
4
Maps
4
Mercantile buildings
5
Military scenes
5
Mining
5
Monuments
5
Music
5
Native Americans
5
Nez Perce Indians
5
Office buildings
5
Outdoor life
5
Palouse River
5
Palouse region
5
Parades
6
Photographer, A-O
7
Photographer, P-W
7
Portraits, A-J
8
Portraits, K-Z
9
Portraits, unidentified
9
Portraits, group
9
Public buildings
9
Puget Sound Marine Biology Station
9
Pullman
9
Quinault Indians
9
Radio
9
Residences
9
Rivers - Wilderness
9
Rodeos
9
Rose Bowl, 1916
9
Rose Bowl, 1931
9
Saloons
9
Schools
9
Sheep
9
Snake River
9
Theaters
9
Title
9
Transportation
10
Transportation - Airplanes
10
Transportation - Automobiles
10
Transportation - Horses
10
Transportation - Ships and Boats
10
Transportation - Trains
10
Transportation - Trucks
10
Veterinary Medicine
10
Wheat
10
Women
10
WSU - Architecture
10
WSU - Athletic Fields
11
WSU Buildings - misc.
11
WSU Buildings: 0001 - Thompson
Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0002 - Bryan Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0003 - Fulmer Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0004 - College Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0005 - Commons Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0006 - Community
Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0007 - Duncan Dunn
11
WSU Buildings: 0008 - Ferry Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0009 - Hollingbery
Fieldhouse
11
WSU Buildings: 0011 - Bohler Gym
11
WSU Buildings: 0012 - Smith Gym
11
WSU Buildings: 0013 - The Crib /
TUB
11
WSU Buildings: 0014 - White Honors
Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0015 - Finch Hospital /
Washington Building
11
WSU Buildings: 0020 - Carpenter
Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0022 - Mechanical
Engineering
11
WSU Buildings: 0024 - Morrill Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0025 - Music Conservatory /
Agony Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0026 - YMCA Building / College
Station
11
WSU Buildings: 0027 - Power Plant
11
WSU Buildings: 0027A - Smokestack / Old
Stack
11
WSU Buildings: 0030 - Wilmer and Davis
Halls
11
WSU Buildings: 0031 - President's Residence /
Ida Lou Anderson House
11
WSU Buildings: 0032 - Science Hall / Abelson
Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0033 - Murrow Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0034 - Stevens Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0035 - Stimson Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0036 - Troy Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0037 - Van Doren
Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0038 - Ad Annex
11
WSU Buildings: 0039 - Waller Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0040 - Wilson-Short
Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0042 - Rogers Field / Martin
Stadium
11
WSU Buildings: 0054 - L.J. Smith
Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0062 - Holland
Library
11
WSU Buildings: 0063 - CUB / Compton Union
Building
11
WSU Buildings: 0064 - Bookstore /
Chinook
11
WSU Buildings: 0065 - Regents Hill Halls
(Barnard, McGregor, Stearns)
11
WSU Buildings: 0067 - Jewett
Observatory
11
WSU Buildings: 0069 - Kruegel and McAllister
Halls
11
WSU Buildings: 0072 - Coman Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0073 - Scott Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0074 - Dodgen / Nuclear
Radiation Center
11
WSU Buildings: 0076 - Johnson Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0078 - Sloan Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0079 - Goldsworthy
Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0084 - Fire Station
(old)
11
WSU Buildings: 0090 - Primate Research Center
/ Environmental Health Services Building
11
WSU Buildings: 0092 - French Ad.
11
WSU Buildings: 0097 - Fine Arts
Center
11
WSU Buildings: 0099 - Clark Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0100 - College Farm
11
WSU Buildings: 0115 - Agronomy Seed
House
11
WSU Buildings: 0120 - Carver Poultry
Farm
11
WSU Buildings: 0141 - Cattle
Buildings
11
WSU Buildings: 0142 - Swine
Buildings
11
WSU Buildings: 0144 - Cattle Feeding
Lab
11
WSU Buildings: 0145 - Cattle Lab
Annex
11
WSU Buildings: 0204 - Maple
Cottage
11
WSU Buildings: 0307 - KWSU Tower
11
WSU Buildings: 0309 - High Tank
11
WSU Buildings: 0801 - Webster Hall / Physical
Science
11
WSU Buildings: 0803 - Daggy Hall
11
WSU Buildings: 0806 - Beasley
Coliseum
11
WSU Buildings: 0810 - Owen Science
Library
11
WSU - Classrooms
12
WSU - Description (general campus)
12
WSU - Faculty
12
WSU - Football
12
WSU - Laboratories
0
WSU - Students
13
Yakama Indians