NTE2cg42.xml Guide to the Robert Connel Papers 1871-2021 Connel (Robert) Papers Finding aid prepared by Karen Watts Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2022 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2022 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 42 Connel, Robert, 1851- Robert Connel Papers 1871-2021 1889-1891 0.5 linear feet of shelf space 1 Box This collection consists of correspondence, notes and clippings on bill establishing Washington's land-grant agricultural college, now Washington State University, in 1890. It includes addresses, essays, correspondence, photographs, and other papers concerning Robert Connel, his life, family, and philosophy. Collection materials are in English

Robert Connel (May 1, 1851- Nov. 5, 1917), was a Scottish immigrant who graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a Bachelor of Arts, and from the University of Rome with a Masters of Arts before immigrating to the United States. Settling in Garfield County, Washington, Connel lobbied for the creation of what would become Washington State University, and conducted extensive research into how to establish a college. He authored the original 1889 legislature outlining the function and curricula of the State College of Washington. In his later years, Connel became a recluse on his Garfield County property.

This collection consists of correspondence, notes and clippings on bill establishing Washington's land-grant agricultural college, now Washington State University, in 1890. It includes addresses, essays, correspondence, photographs, and other papers concerning Robert Connel, his life, family, and philosophy.

The photocopies in folder 4 seem to be of the contents of folder 3, though no effort has been taken to see if all items are copied, or if anything else is there. Similarly, the notes in folders 6 and 7 appear identical, and appear to be transcribed from the contents of folder 5, though, again, no check has been made for edits, or for ommissions or additions.

This collection is arranged in a single series.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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Robert Connel Papers, 1871-2021 (Cage 42)

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

This collection was donated by E. V. Kuykendall. In 1995, the contents of folders 1, 9, 10, and 11 were added to the collection, with the contents of the latter three folders being donated by Dora May Wallace, great-niece of Connel. In 2021, the contents of folder 12 were added, donated by Caroline Hardie of Castle Hill, NSW, Australia.

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.

Connel, Robert, 1851- -- Archives. Washington State University -- History State College of Washington -- History State universities and colleges -- Washington (State) -- History. Colleges and Universities Laws and Legislation Washington (State) 1 1 1917-2000 Articles about Robert Connel. 1 2 1915-1954 Personal history, photographs of Connel, his wife Janetta, and his farm, correspondence, will, and passport application. Includes remembrances by E.V. Kuykendall, Janetta Connel, Dewey Brown, and John Robertson. 1 3 1889-1891 Newspaper clippings about the state college. 1 4 1889-1890 Newspaper clippings about the state college (photocopies). 1 5 1889-1890 Correspondence and notes concerning creating the state college. 1 6 1889-1891 Notes and papers about bill creating the state college (transcript). 1 7 1889-1891 Notes and papers about bill creating the state college(carbon and transcript) (note: as of March, 2020, that carbon is missing). 1 8 circa 1870 Diploma from University of Edinburgh. 1 9 1995 Biographical sketch of Janetta Henderson Veitch Connel, by Dora May Wallace. 1 10 circa 1865-1995 Photographs: Janetta Henderson Veitch Connel; Robert Connel; George Hardie Veitch; Janetta's school in Australia. 1 11 1995 Photograph of Dora May Wallace with librarian John Guido. 1 12 2021 Printouts of documents collected, compiled, or written by Caroline Hardie. Includes documents from his college, and a lengthy history written by Hardie.