Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
PC 181
Gilbaugh, William
William “Gil” Gilbaugh Photographic Negatives
1960s-1980s
2.75 Linear feet of shelf space
6 boxes
Approximately 5500 black and white photographic
negatives from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, depicting the natural beauty, geology,
and history of Washington State. Special emphasis is given to abandoned rural
schoolhouse and buildings.
Collection materials are in English
William “Gil” Gilbaugh, 1920-2013, is a 1954 graduate (in Physical Geography) of
Washington State College, who spent his Washington State Parks career taking
photographs around the state of Washington and beyond. Prior to enrolling at WSC, he
briefly attended the Progressive School of Photography in Hartford, CT. As a ranger
and a photographer for the Washington State Parks, he was stationed at Lake Chelan
State Park for 25 years, from 1954 to 1980.
The collection consists of approximately 5500 black and white photographic negatives,
most of which were taken in Washington State during middle second half of the 20th
century. All photographs are undated, and only a very few are labeled. Virtually all
identification comes from the subject heading under which they are filed. Only a few
events (notably Expo ’74 in Spokane and the 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption) allow
precise dating of images.
The photographer tended to focus on items from nature as well as on aged buildings.
The majority of the images are near to the photographer’s Lake Chelan State Park
office, and tend to be very rural in nature. He appears to have a particular
interest in abandoned schools and other aging structures.
The photographs are organized into alphabetical subject files. Within each file,
materials are in the order they were received in.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item description]
William “Gil” Gilbaugh Photographic Negatives, 1960s-1980s (PC 181)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections,
Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The materials were donated to the Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts,
Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) in early 2013 by William “Gil” Gilbaugh,
and retained as UA 2013-02.
The materials were processed by University Archivist Mark O’English in August 2019.
Negatives were retained under their original subject headings (with slight
elaborations or clarifications), and those headings were moved from the existing
number/key system to an alphabetical subject list. About 750 negatives which were
not part of any subject order were discarded during processing.
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.
Washington (State) -- Photographs.
Rural schools -- Washington (State) -- Photographs.
Farm buildings -- Washington (State) -- Photographs.
Washington (State)
Photographs
1
1
Alaska
1
2
Ancient Lakes
1
3
Animals
1
4
Arrowheads
1
5
Badger Mt. School
1
6
Baird school
1
7
Balanced Rock (Omak Rock)
1
8
Barns
1
9
Bear Mountain
1
10
Blewett Pass
1
11
Boundary Lake
1
12
Canada
1
13
Canoes
1
14
Cascade Lakes
1
15
Cascade Pass
1
16
Churches
1
17
Claquato
1
18
Clouds
1
19
Columbia River
1
20
Confluence Park
1
21
Cooper Lake
1
22
Coulees
1
23
Covered bridges
1
24
Darrington
1
25
Davenport
1
26
Doorways to the past (old
doorways)
1
27
Dot School
2
28
Douglas County
2
29
Dungeness Spit
2
30
Dyer
2
31
Enchantment Lake
2
32
Entiat
2
33
Fairview school
2
34
Farm equipment
2
35
Farmer, WA (ghost town)
2
36
Fences
2
37
Ferries
2
38
Fish Lake
2
39
Flowers
2
40
Forts
2
41
Geology
2
42
Goat Rock Wilderness
2
43
Govan
2
44
Grist Mills H
2
45
Hawaii
2
46
Horse Heaven Hills
2
47
Ice Lakes
2
48
Iceburg Lake trip
2
49
Icycle (possibly Icicle Ridge,
Leavenworth)
2
50
Idaho
2
51
Lake Cariboo
2
52
Lake Chelan
2
53
Lake Chelan in winter
3
54
Lake Chelan State Park
3
55
Lake Wenatchee
3
56
Leavenworth
3
57
Lighthouses
3
58
Little Kachess Lake
3
59
Maryhill Museum and Stonehenge
3
60
McDonald Falls
3
61
Methow and Okanogan
3
62
Midwest
3
63
Mission Ridge
3
64
Montana and Wyoming
3
65
Moses Coulee
3
66
Mountain driftwood
3
67
Mountains
3
68
Mt. Adams
3
69
Mt Rainier
3
70
Mt. St. Helens ash
3
71
Museum
3
72
Native American chiefs, graves and
monuments
3
73
Niagara Falls, NY
3
74
Nighthawk, WA
4
75
Ocean
4
76
Olympia
4
77
Olympic Peninsula
4
78
Okanogan in winter
4
79
Oregon
4
80
Palouse Falls
4
81
Puget Sound
4
82
Potholes National Wildlife Refuge
4
83
Railroads
4
84
Republic
4
85
Riverside school
4
86
Rocklake attempt
4
87
Roslyn
4
88
Ruff
4
89
Sage Hen Road, Columbia School
4
90
San Juans
4
91
Sand dunes
4
92
Sandstone
4
93
Scarecrows
5
94
School houses
5
95
Seagulls
5
96
Seattle
5
97
Shipwrecks
5
98
Signs
5
99
Snow Lake
5
100
Snowshoeing
5
101
Spirit Lake
5
102
Spokane
5
103
Spokane Worlds Fair
5
104
Squilchuck
5
105
Steptoe Butte
5
106
Stevens Pass
5
107
Tekoa
5
108
Twin Lakes
5
109
Wagon wheels
5
110
Washington State University
5
111
Waterville plateau
5
112
Waterville, road to, in winter
5
113
Wenatchee
5
114
Wheat
6
115
Winthrow
6
116
Windmills
6
117
Winter