Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 582
Richardson, Elmo
Elmo Race Richardson Papers
1930-2011
11 linear feet of shelf space
21 boxes
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.
Collection materials are inEnglish.
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.)
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.
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 Writings (Published and Unpublished) and additional correspondence,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 Articles and other published works, drafts of unpublished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.]
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item Description]
Elmo Race Richardson Papers, 1930-2011 (Cage 582)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
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.
Elmo Race Richardson processed this collection in 1991. Later additions to the collection were processed by staff of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections.
Several monographs authored by Richardson were received with the papers. These have been separated and individually cataloged.
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.
Richardson, Elmo -- Archives
Washington State University -- Faculty -- Archives
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- History
Historians -- Archives
Human ecology -- History
Public history
Colleges and Universities
Washington (State)
Series 1. Correspondence
1951-1990
1
1
1951-1957
1
2
1958-1960
1
3
1961-1963
1
4
1964
1
5
1965
1
6
1966
1
7
1967
1
8
1968
1
9
1969
1
10
1970
2
1
1971-1974
2
2
1975-1976
2
3
1977 January-June
2
4
1977 July-August
2
5
1978 January-June
2
6
1978 July-August
2
7
1978 September-December
3
1
1979 January-June
3
2
1979 July-December
3
3
1980 January-June
3
4
1980 July-December
3
5
1981 January-June
3
6
1981 July-December
3
7
1982 January-June
3
8
1982 July-December
4
1
1983 January-June
4
2
1983 July-December
4
3
1984 January-March
4
4
1984 April-June
4
5
1984 July-October
4
6
1984 November-December
4
7
1985 January-June
4
8
1985 July-October
4
9
1985 November-December
5
1
1986 January-March
5
2
1986 April-June
5
3
1986 July-October
5
4
1986 November-December
5
5
1987 January-May
5
6
1987 June-September
5
7
1987 October-December
6
1
1988 January-June
6
2
1988 July-September
6
3
1988 October-December
6
4
1989 January-June
6
5
1989 July-October
6
6
1989 November-December
6
7
1990 January-June
6
8
1990 July-October
6
9
1990 November-December
6
10
"Letters to P.Z." (copies)
6
11
[unlabeled file]
Series 2. Writings (Published and
Unpublished) and additional correspondence 1945-1992
7
1
undated
The Papers of Cornelius Cole and the Cole
Family, 1833-1943: A Guide to Collection 217.
7
2
undated
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Forestry
on the Quinault Indian Reservation: A History.
7
2
undated
Document Summaries for Defendents [sic]
Exhibits in the H Series to Accompany a Report Entitled: The Bureau of
Indian Affairs and Forestry on the Quinault Indian Reservation: A
History.
7
3
undated
Bibliography of Elmo Race Richardson,
1956-1988.
7
4-12
1960-1992
Correspondence: ERR to Donald R. McCoy
(copies)
8
1
1957-1983
Articles.
8
2
1958-1988
Reviews of other history
publications.
8
3
undated
Other published writings.
8
4
undated
Published poems.
8
5
1971
Drafts of speech.
8
6
undated
Drafts of unpublished poems.
8
7
undated
Drafts of novel and playscript
fragments.
8
8
undated
Draft of novel fragment.
8
9
undated
Drafts of New Mexico writings.
8
10
1988
Unused publicity for art show.
8
11
undated
Original typescript draft, University of
California-Los Angeles memoirs.
9
1-2
1945-1955
Unpublished writings.
9
3
1948-1955
Unpublished writings (includes Honors and
Masters theses).
10
1
1958
Dissertation.
10
2-3
1952-1982
Journal.
11
1
1984-1986
Commonplace book.
11
2-7
1984-1994
Journal.
11
8
1995
Addenda to all journals.
11
9
1983
Typescript history of San Carlos
Forest.
11
10
1981
Typescript history of Quinault Forest
update.
11
11
1970-1974
Dams, Parks, Politics.
Series 3. Photographs 1930-2004 and undated
12
1-4
1930-1990.
Photograph albums (4 volumes).
12
5
circa 1990s-2004
Photographs (loose).
Series 4. Public History Projects 1974-1987
13
1
undated
Original manuscript draft of
Eisenhower.
13
2
1975
Second typed draft of
Eisenhower.
13
3
1975-1976
Third typed draft of
Eisenhower.
14
1
undated
Fourth typed draft of
Eisenhower.
14
2
undated
Page proofs and subsequent sales of
Eisenhower.
14
3
undated
Chester Pack's revision of
Eisenhower.
14
4
1977-1980
O and C (Oregon and California lands)
project.
15
1
1977-1980
Public history correspondence.
15
2
1981
Public history correspondence.
15
3
1982
Public history correspondence.
15
4
1983
Public history correspondence.
16
1
1980-1983
Education Book Project.
16
2
1978-1983
Mason Project.
16
3
1981-1982
Willamette National Forest
Project.
16
4
1982
San Carlos Forest Project.
16
5
1985
Olympic National Park Bid.
16
6
1985
Alaska Bid.
16
7
1987
Quinault Revision Project.
17
1
1982
O and C (Oregon and California lands)
history typescript.
17
2
1982
Willamette National Forest
typescript.
17
3
1983
San Carlos Forest typescript.
Series 5. Miscellaneous items 1984-1986 and
undated
18
1
undated
Financial documents.
18
2
1978-1986
Seattle House Documents.
18
3
1946-1958
Memorabilia.
18
4
1958-1965
Memorabilia.
18
5
1964-1972
Memorabilia.
18
6
1970-1973
Memorabilia.
18
7
undated
Birth certificate and first
passport.
19
1
undated
Reviews of ERR histories.
19
2
undated
Writings of other historians.
19
3
undated
Printed Biographical Entries.
19
4
undated
Friends' Audio Tapes.
19
5
undated
Astrological data.
20
1-9
undated
Civilian Conservation Corps:
correspondence, testimony, document copies, and photographs about the
CCC camps and administration, especially in the Pacific Northwest
states.
Series 6. Addendum (correspondence)
1951-2011
21
1-9
1951-2011
Addendum (correspondence).