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Elmo Race Richardson Papers, 1930-2011

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Richardson, Elmo
Title
Elmo Race Richardson Papers
Dates
1930-2011 (inclusive)
Quantity
11 linear feet of shelf space, (21 boxes)
Collection Number
Cage 582 (collection)
Summary
Correspondence, notes, photographs, diaries, clippings, and other papers of historian Elmo Race Richardson. Includes reproductions of primary source material collected by Richardson, and papers concerning his education and academic career as a teacher and historian.
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.
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Biographical Note

Elmo Race Richardson (1930-2011) was an Assistant and Associate Professor of History at Washington State University from 1961 to 1972. He was one of the first of a group of Historians to work in the fields of Environmental History and what is now called Public History. His work included consulting, contract research, and writing for the private and public sector.

His papers document academic duties at six universities, as well as research, writing, editing, and publication, travel to islands around the world, and his later work as an artist. Box 20 contains correspondence, testimony, copies, and photographs relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942) in the Pacific Northwest.

(This autobiographical sketch was supplied by Elmo Race Richardson while creating the 1991 finding aid for the collection.)

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Content Description

This collection consists of correspondence, notes, photographs, diaries, clippings, and other papers of historian Elmo Race Richardson. It includes reproductions of primary source material collected by Richardson, and papers concerning his education and academic career as a teacher and historian.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions apply.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]

Elmo Race Richardson Papers, 1930-2011 (Cage 582)

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

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in six series:

Series 1. Correspondence, 1951-1990. Business and personal letters arranged chronologically.

Series 2. Writings (Published and Unpublished) and additional correspondence, 1945-1992 and undated. Articles and other published works, drafts of unpublished writings, Mr. Richardson's theses and dissertation, as well as journal entries from 1952-1990.

Series 3. Photographs, 1930-2004 and undated. Photograph albums (4 volumes) and a small quantity of loose photographs.

Series 4. Public History Projects, 1974-1987. Drafts of writings for projects, the largest being the draft of Eisenhower.

Series 5. Miscellaneous items, 1984-1986 and undated. Personal materials (memorabilia and biographical writings), as well as research materials on the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the Pacific Northwest. The CCC materials include diaries and correspondence of corpsmen (reproductions), notes on archival research, and a subject index to Happy Days, 1932-1936, the semi-official CCC newspaper.

Series 6. Addendum (correspondence), 1951-2011. [Correspondence received by the repository (MASC) and added to the collection circa 2000-2011.]

Acquisition Information

Elmo Race Richardson donated these materials to the Washington State University Libraries in multiple installments beginning in 1972 (MS.1979.01, MS.1980.04, MS.1981.01, MS.1982.02, MS.1983.09, MS.1984.06, MS.1985.09, MS.1986.36, MS.1987.09, MS.1988.03, MS.1989.32, MS.1990.07, MS.1990.39, MS.1991.04, MS.1991.07; post-1991 additions were not separately accessioned). The earliest installments were initially processed as Cage 306, but were merged with later receipts and assigned a new collection number (Cage 582) in 1991.

Processing Note

Elmo Race Richardson processed this collection in 1991. Later additions to the collection were processed by staff of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections.

Separated Materials

Several monographs authored by Richardson were received with the papers. These have been separated and individually cataloged.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Historians -- Archives
  • Human ecology -- History
  • Public history

Personal Names

  • Richardson, Elmo -- Archives

Corporate Names

  • Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- History
  • Washington State University -- Faculty -- Archives

Finding aid prepared by Elmo Race Richardson and MASC staff
2016

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