NTE2cg5169.xml Guide to the Randall Johnson Drawings 1978 Johnson (Randall) Drawings Finding aid prepared by Mark O’English Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2025 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2025 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 Cage 5169 Johnson, Randall, 1915-2007 Randall Johnson Drawings 1978 0.25 Linear feet of shelf space 1 Box Original ink drawings of Fiji locations, individuals, and scenic items created by Randall Johnson in 1978. Collection materials are in English

Randall Johnson, 1915-2007, designed the original WSC cougar head logo in July of 1936 while a summer student employee at Washington State College. When WSC became Washington State University in 1959, Johnson proposed a logo redesign which was accepted with only one very slight change.

Johnson graduated from WSC in Fine Arts in 1938, and went on to become art director at the Washington Water Power Co. He retired in 1975, and spent the remainder of his life in the Spokane area. He sold his iconic cougar head logo design to WSU for one dollar in 1959.

The collection consists of ink drawings done by Randall Johnson of Spokane, WA, while on a vacation with friends to Fiji in March of 1978. The sketches are all dated from March 13 to 19, 1978.

The sketches are filed by date and the alphabetically within that.

This collection is open and available for research use.

Copyright restrictions may apply. The drawings were gifted by Randall Johnson to the Rich family in 1978, and then to WSU in 2025, but presumably the intellectual rights remain with Mr. Johnson’s heirs.

[Item description]

Randall Johnson Drawings, 1978 (Cage 5169)

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

Joyce Roskelley of Spokane donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries on February 28, 2025. They had been given to her parents, Perry Rich and Josephine Bakes Rich, by Randall Johnson after a shared 1978 vacation to Fiji.

University Archivist Mark O’English processed this collection on February 28, 2025.

WSU MASC holds a small number of other Randall Johnson materials, including:

Randall Johnson KWSU Interview, 1992 May 29 (CT 26)

Randall Johnson Notes of the Spokane Good Will Tour, 1960 (Cage 4972)

Randall Johnson WSU Cougar Logo Weaving Pattern, 1994 (Cage 5125)

Randall Johnson Drawing, 1992 (Cage 5171)

Preliminary Guide to the Brewster Family Papers, 1878-1979 (MS.2014.30), which includes Randall Johnson sketches in a letter from 1938.

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.

Johnson, Randall, 1915-2007 -- Archives Fiji -- In art Fiji -- Description and travel Fiji -- Social life and customs Fine Arts 1 1 Bay at Regent of Fiji. 1978 March 13 1 2 The pool bar at Regent of Fiji. 1978 March 13 1 3 Yellow Allemendar [Allamanda]. 1978 March 13 1 4 The Chief’s Bure, Nakabuta. 1978 March 14 1 5 Mere, pottery maker. 1978 March 14 1 6 Playground shelter. 1978 March 14 1 7 Pottery village, Nakabuta. 1978 March 14 1 8 Leeward beach, Mana Island. 1978 March 15 1 9 Windward beach, Mana Island. 1978 March 15 1 10 Petition Rock, Suva. 1978 March 17 1 11 The “Straat Franklin” in harbor, Suva. 1978 March 17 1 12 Turtle-shaped pool at Isa Lei Hotel, Suva. 1978 March 17 1 13 Ginger blossom at Regent. 1978 March 19 1 14 Sikele, Fiji drummer. 1978 March 19 1 15 Toga, Fiji warrior. 1978 March 19