The Pullman Herald began publication on November 3, 1888, published by Pullman lawyer Thomas Neill. The newspaper remained a weekly publication for the entirety of its life, until its final issue was published on Feb. 4, 1988.
Circa the 1930s, Washington State University (then College) undertook a project through which a subject index of the early years (1888-1929) of the Pullman city newspaper, the Herald, was created onto 3x5 cards. That index was transferred to a digital format in the 1990s, under the supervision of WSU librarian Lou Vyhnanek.
Bound volumes of the Pullman Herald, held at the WSU Libraries, were used to make this index, then later used for microfilming, and then that microfilm was subsequently used for digitizing. At some point between indexing and microfilming, the only known 1892 volume disappeared, and so this index is probably the best information on the content of the Pullman Herald in that year.
Articles from the Pullman Herald from 1888 to about 1929 are summarized as one sentence blurbs, followed by the date, page number, and column number of their original publication. There are approximately 20,000 entries on approximately 6,625 index cards.
The index is maintained under an alphabetical subject or name organization, with the summaries typed onto 3”x5” library cards, each card containing one to seven entries.
An Excel format version of this index was created and is kept in the MASC digital archives.
This collection is open and available for research use.
While individual index entries are not subject to copyright, the database as a whole is under copyright, as may be the individual referenced articles.
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Pullman Herald Index, 1888-1929 (Cage 945)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This collection was transferred to the Washington State University (WSU) Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) on February 23rd, 2021 from the stacks of WSU’s Holland and Terrell Libraries. It was received as accession UA2021-01.
University Archivist Mark O’English processed this collection in February of 2021.
Issues of the Pullman Herald from this period can be found on microfilm at WSU's
Holland and Terrell Libraries, under call number
Issues of the Pullman Herald may be found online through the Washington State
Library's
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