Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Biomedical Communications Unit (BCU) Photos, Slides, Negatives, circa 1948-circa 2021
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Washington State University. Biomedical Communications Unit (BCU)
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Biomedical Communications Unit (BCU) Photos, Slides, Negatives
- Dates
- circa 1948-circa 2021 (inclusive)19482021
- Quantity
- 12.5 Linear feet of shelf space, (12 Boxes)
- Collection Number
- UPC 2021-03 (collection)
- Summary
- Photographs, slides, and negatives detailing inner-workings, events, and activities held by WSU's College of Veterinary Science as it related to the Biomedical Communications Unit from around 1948-2021.
- 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
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
The Biomedical Communications Unit was a part of the College of Veterinary Medicine that began in 1948. Their purpose was to provide medical photography so that the College could qualify for full accrediation. In June of 2021, the BCU closed its doors.
Content Description
Photos and slides detailing various events, activites, courses, and misc. individuals invovled with the College of Veterinary Medicine. Photos include coverage of the event in which Betty White was named an honorary alumna of the college, as well as students working with animals and the inner-processes of the College of Veterinary Medicine ranging from around 1948 to the time that the BCU closed in June of 2021.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Biomedical Communications Unit (BCU) Photos, Slides, Negatives, circa 1948-circa 2021 (UPC 2021-03)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by WSU student Steinar Goheen in spring 2026.
Photos are mostly unorganized. Some are labeled and dated but others are not.
Location of Collection
(MASC STAFF USE) 3-20-07-2Detailed Description of the Collection
Preliminary Container List
- Description: Over 300 CDs of images. These have all been copied to MASC archival storage.Container: Box 1
- Description: 28 CDs of images; box originally labeled as Barbara Stein Collection, apparently created ca. 2000. These have all been copied to MASC archival storage.Container: Box 2
Slides
- Description: Service animals. Undated.Container: Box 3, Folder 1
- Description: Prison Pet Partnership. Undated.Container: Box 3, Folder 2
- Description: Lioness and cougar. Undated.Container: Box 3, Folder 3
- Description: People, misc. 1982-1990.Container: Box 3, Folder 4
- Description: Companion Animal Partnership Program. 1980-1997.Container: Box 3, Folder 5-6
- Description: Teaching slides. 1968-1989.Container: Box 3, Folder 7
- Description: Palouse Area Therapeutic Horsemanship. 1978-1999.Container: Box 4, Folder 1-3
- Description: Misc. 1978.Container: Box 4, Folder 4
- Description: Misc. Includes NTH construction, 1994-1996, and The Golden Rule for Veterinarians filmstrip.Container: Box 5
- Description: Student photographs, 1980-1984. Ordered and labeled. Negative strips, positives.Container: Box 6-7
- Description: Misc. departmental photographs, 4x5 negatives, 1948-1967. Labeled..Container: Box 7
- Description: White Coat portraits, 1991-1992, 1995. DVM graduate portraits, 1996-2000. Negatives and negative strips. Graduation portraits, 2002-2009. CDs.Container: Box 8
- Description: BCU staff portraits. Prints and negative strips, undated.Container: Box 9, Folder 1
- Description: Intern headshots. Prints and negative strips, undated.Container: Box 9, Folder 2
- Description: Head shot prints. Black and white images, labeled, undated.Container: Box 9, Folder 3
- Description: Staff. Black and white images, labeled, undated.Container: Box 9, Folder 4-5
- Description: Faculty headshots. Contact sheets and nagatives, labeled, undated.Container: Box 9, Folder 5
- Description: Doctor headshots. Slides, labeled. 1985, 1993, 1996, 2000.Container: Box 9, Folder 6
- Description: Faculty board. Headshot prints, undated.Container: Box 9, Folder 7
- Description: "Negative Library," unlabeled negatives numbered 250-1600, plus some misc.Container: Box 10-11
- Description: Photo prints: Historic, animal, facilities, students, misc. Unlabeled, undated.Container: Box 11, Folder 3-7
- Description: Promotional negatives. Unlabled, undated.Container: Box 11, Folder 8
- Description: Horses at Hitchcock. Prints, contact sheets, negative strips. Unlabeled, undated.Container: Box 11, Folder 9
- Description: White Coat portraits. Negative strips, undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 1
- Description: Class of 1957 reunion. Prints, undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 2
- Description: Alumni event. Prints, undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 3
- Description: Model (unused) for a new VTH building. Prints, filmstrips. Undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 4
- Description: Betty White. Bustad. Prints, undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 5
- Description: Ghery Pettit photo albums. Prints, undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 6
- Description: WSU skyline, looing east. Prints, undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 7
- Description: Graduation ceremony, 1996. Prints, filmstrips.Container: Box 12, Folder 8
- Description: Horses: Standing Ovation show. Prints, undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 9
- Description: VTH lobby - promo photos. Prints, filmstrips. Undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 10
- Description: Faculty events. Prints, undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 11
- Description: Internation Vet. Program. Prints, undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 12
- Description: VetMed branding. Prints, undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 13
- Description: BCU documents. Prints, slides. Undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 14
- Description: BCU display process. 1995. Prints.Container: Box 12, Folder 15-16
- Description: Process prints for display. Undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 17
- Description: Display, 1995. Negative, filmstrips.Container: Box 12, Folder 18
- Description: Focus in Populations display. Prints, undated.Container: Box 12, Folder 19
- Description: Oversized "class photos." 1987, 2007-2021Container: Box o.s.
- Description: Two over-sized coffee table books, both titled The Veterinary Hospital, Washington State University. World Calss. Committed to Excellence.Container: Box o.s.
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Corporate Names
- Washington State University -- Photographs
- Washington State University. Biomedical Communications Unit (BCU) -- Records and correspondence
