Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Archives 343
Goss, Milo Wesley.
Northwest Pioneer Radio Scripts Broadcast Transcripts, KWSC
1938
0.25 Linear feet of shelf space
1 Box
The Northwest Pioneer was a radio broadcast series
which aired on Washington State College's KWSC in ten sessions, from February to
May, 1938.
Collection materials are inEnglish
The Northwest Pioneer was a radio broadcast series which aired on Washington State
College's KWSC in ten sessions, from February to May, 1938. It was narrated by Milo
Wesley Goss, and consisted of stories told by or about Whitman County or eastern
Washington state pioneers, including John Akins, Lulu Downen, George Draper,
Clifford Drury, Garret Kincaid, and May Squires.
The Northwest Pioneer came to the archives as two bound volumes, each copy containing
one introductory page and ten typescript radio scripts. Due to the condition of the
binding of one copy, that one was separated during processing and each script is now
foldered individually. The second copy, bound but coverless, is at the back of this
collection. The content of the two copies appears identical, save that two
photographs are missing in the bound copy, and that the unbound copy appears clearer
and more readable, particularly in the final scripts. Though some dates were
skipped, from the text of the broadcasts it is clear that no scripts are missing up
to the last one included - that is listed as the tenth broadcast, and there are ten
scripts present. It is unknown if the broadcasts continued after the last one here,
but given that these were donated to the libraries by their creator five months
after the final air date, it seems likely the series ended with the tenth
episode.
The Northwest Pioneer is maintained in the order it was bound, with one biographical
page at the front, and then ten scripts following in order of broadcast.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item Description]
Northwest Pioneer Radio Scripts Broadcast Transcripts, KWSC, 1938 (Archives 343)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Two copies of this were originally gifted to the WSU Libraries on October 6, 1938,
accession numbers 397120 and 397121, by the author, Milo Wesley Goss, and kept in
the main collection. In 1982, one copy was transferred to Special Collections as
Cage 1566. In 1985, the second copy was also transferred to MASC as accession
UA1985-14. In 2014, the copy that was Cage 1566 was transferred to Archives 343.
This collection was processed in April 2014 by University Archivist Mark O'English.
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.
Goss, Milo Wesley -- Archives.
Akins, John E., b. 1886.
Draper, George Amos, 1861-1939.
Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984.
Kincaid, Garret D.
Squires, May McKenzie.
Downen, Lula Laney.
KWSC (Radio station : Pullman, Wash.) -- Archives.
KWSC (Radio station : Pullman, Wash.)
Washington (State), Eastern -- History.
Radio programs -- Washington (State), Eastern -- History -- Sources.
Pioneers
Washington (State)
Media and Communication
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Biographical Sketch & Photo: Milo Wesley
Goss. 1 page.
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Adventures in Historical Research. Feb. 19,
1938. 1/2 hour, 15 pages. Interview with Clifford Drury about his
introduction to the northwest, and his studies of missionaries, focusing on
the Nez Perce and on the Whitman and Spalding families.
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The Story of Henry Harmon Spalding. Feb. 26,
1938. 1/2 hour, 15 pages. Clifford Drury tells Spalding's story.
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The Story of Marcus Whitman. Mar. 5, 1938. 1/2
hour, 20 pages. Clifford Drury tells Dr. Whitman's story.
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George Draper interview. Mar. 12, 1938. 1/2
hour, 12 pages. Interview with Mr. and Mrs. George AMOS Draper. George is
referred to here as the "father of Agricultural Experimentation in eastern
Washington." The couple had married in Elberton, WA, in March, 1883, and
lived there continuously since.
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John Akins interview. Mar. 19, 1938. 1/2 hour,
18 pages. Interview with Captain John E. Akins of Lewiston, ID. Akins moved,
with his parents, to the northwest in 1876 at the age of 10, and to Lewiston
in 1879. He began working on steamers on the Snake/Columbia in 1890, and
continued doing so until he retired 48 years later.
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History of the Palouse region. Mar. 26, 1938.
1/2 hour, 19 pages. Judge Garret D. Kincaid of Palouse talks about the early
settlement and governance of Whitman County and the Palouse
region.
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Lulu Downen's childhood, part one. Apr. 9,
1938. 1/2 hour, 14 pages. Lulu Laney Downen came to the northwest by wagon
train in 1877, at the age of 9; her family settled six miles northwest of
Colfax. She talks about her childhood and farm life.
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Lulu Downen's childhood, part two. Apr. 16,
1938. 1/2 hour, 17 pages. Continuation of the previous week's
story.
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Lulu Downen's childhood, part three. Apr. 30,
1938. 1/2 hour, 20 pages. Continuation of the previous week's story, picking
up with her moving to Pullman in 1881 and talking about the early
development of the town.
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Coming to Pullman by wagon train. May 7, 1938.
1/2 hour, 13 pages. John and May McKenzie Squires of Pullman - May came
there by wagon train with her family in 1877. She talks primarily about the
wagon train experience, and about life in and near Pullman.
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Transferal paperwork.
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Second copy - bound, coverless. Formerly Cage
1566.