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  • Why Student Unrest?
  • Student movements; Activists
  • The World Affairs Institute at Washington State University began in 1956 and occurred annually, bringing to campus speakers and authorities in the area of international relations and understanding. This poster is approximately 15"x10".
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  • Washington Territory: facts and figures regarding the Pennsylvania of the Northwest, a safe field for investment, 1887
  • Washington (State)--Economic conditions; Washington (Territory) imprints, 19th century, 1887; Washington (State)--Maps
  • 32 p.: fold. map ; 19 cm. Urging investment in mortgages of Washington Territory settlers, this pamphlet describes "the wealth and variety of its natural resources," with special attention to the lumber industry, the wheat crop, climate, minerals,...
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  • Washington State Rifle Club NRA Affiliation Certificate, 1929
  • Student organizations
  • The Washington State Rifle Club, having fulfilled the requirements for membership, has been enrolled as an organization affiliated with the National Rifle Association of America. Listed charter members include vice-president Edward R. Murrow....
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  • Universal Electric Christmas Gifts, ca. 1919
  • Household appliances, electric
  • This small 8-page foldout pamphlet was produced just after World War I (likely 1918 or 1919). Produced by Universal Electric and distributed locally by the Washington Water Power Company. The catalog promotes about 20 different electrical...
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  • Spokane Review 1892-01-31
  • Pullman (Wash.)--Description and travel--Views; Pullman (Wash.)--Description and travel; Washington State Agricultural College and School of Science; Newspapers
  • This eight page section (pages 9-16) from the January 31, 1892 issue of the Spokane Review (later the Spokesman-Review) contains a multi-page promotional piece on Pullman, Washington, and includes several line drawings of significant Pullman...
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  • Spike's Illustrated Description of the City of North Yakima, Washington, Complete in Three Parts. Part Two, 1890
  • Historic buildings; Promotional materials; Business districts
  • One 10 pp. document, 28 x 35 cm. 8 pages of photographs followed by two pages of text marketing Yakima for state capital of Washington. These pages were removed and unbound from a copy of Part Two, Spike's Illustrated Description of the City of...
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  • South by Northwest Poster, 1976
  • Television programs; African Americans; History
  • This is the front of a 26x43 cm. poster used to promote South by Northwest, a documentary series on African American stories in the early Northwest, produced by Washington State University's KWSU.
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  • South by Northwest Poster (verso), 1976
  • Television programs; African Americans; History
  • This is the back of a 26x43 cm. poster used to promote South by Northwest, a documentary series on African American stories in the early Northwest, produced by Washington State University's KWSU.
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  • Simple pit-saw (date of photo unknown).
  • Logs--Washington (State); Lumber industry--Washington (State); Men--Washington (State)
  • "Two-man power saw mill of the pioneer days in Washington, and Alaska, made it possible to build houses with boards instead of whole logs, or to satisfactorily roof the log cabins. The first lumber in Washington was made in this manner long before...
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  • Senator John F Kennedy
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • Black and white photograph featuring Senator John F. Kennedy at podium speaking to student body at Washington State University.
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  • Rose Bowl 1916: Correspondence and Contract
  • Football; Rose Bowl (Football game)
  • A two page letter between Washington State University (then the State College of Washington, or WSC) and the Tournament of Roses Association, followed by the contract between the two arranging for WSU to come down and play in (what would eventually...
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  • Pullman Washington : in the heart of the worlds richest wheat belt : home of the State College of Washington. (1925)
  • Pullman (Wash.)--History--Pictorial works; Pullman (Wash.)--Description and travel.; Cityscapes--Washington (State)--Pullman; Stores & shops--Washington (State)--Pullman
  • 1 sheet : ill. ; 16 X 48 unfolded. Contains panoramic views of "Residential District of Pullman, Washington" and "Business section of Pullman, Washington"
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  • Pullman primer, Pullman Washington, home of the State College of Washington, (1911)
  • Washington State University--History; Agriculture Washington (State)--Pullman; Pullman (Wash.)--Description and travel--Views; Pullman (Wash.)--History--Pictorial works; Pullman (Wash.)--History--Aerial--Maps
  • 28 p. : ill., map ; 22 x 21 cm. Cover title. "Issued under the co-operative community plan of Oregon- Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. ... Planned and executed by Sunset Magazine Homeseekers' Bureau. Portland, Oregon"
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  • Pullman Herald, 1888-11-03
  • Pullman (Wash.)--Newspapers
  • This is the first copy printed of the first issue of the Pullman Herald, from November 3, 1888, as affirmed by an attached handwritten affidavit from editor J.J. Sargent and witnessed by notary public Walter Windus. On November 3, 1940, then...
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  • Puget Sound pilot laws and regulations : an act entitled an act to establish pilots and pilot regulations for Juan de Fuca strait, Puget Sound, and all American water pertaining thereto.
  • Maritime law--Washington (State); Pilots and pilotage--Washington (State); Washington (State)--Politics and government--To 1889; Laws--United States--19th century
  • 1 sheet ([1] p.); 42 x 27 cm. Folio four-columned broadside inside a double-ruled black border. "Adopted by the present Board of Commissioners Nov. 4th, 1878" first adopted by the May 4, 1868, as passed by the Washington Territorial Legislature....
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  • Presidential commission appointing Fayette McMullin second Governor of Washington Territory, document, 1858 January 18.
  • Buchanan, James A.; McMullin, Fayette, 1805-1880.; Governors--Washington (State); Presidents--Messages.; Presidents--Proclamations.; Washington (State)--History--To 1889--Archives.
  • 1 item, unpaginated (2 p. in frame) ; 32 x 40 cm.
    Verso has manuscript text (with autographs) of McMullin's oath and swearing in ceremony by Associate Justice F.A. Chenoweth, Thurston County, Washington Territory, 13 March 1858.
    Text...
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  • Pah-loots-pu Celebration
  • Native American culture; Indigenous peoples
  • 17th annual (1992) Washington State University observance of the Pah-Loots-pu (People of the Palouse) celebration, held in Bohler Gym. Contact information is provided for the Center for Native American Students. Events or people noted include:...
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  • Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition: Gold Medal for Engineering, 1905
  • Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.); Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition
  • This 19" x 24.5" certificate is from the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, held in Portland, Oregon, from June 1 to October 15, 1905. It is a "diploma" for Gold Medal, awarded to the State College of Washington (later Washington State...
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  • KKK Broadside
  • White Supremacy movements
  • One 28 x 53 cm broadside, entitled "Ku Klux Klan Facts". This document is a 1920s recruitment broadside/application describing the beliefs and fears of the Ku Klux Klan. It lists a Spokane, Washington post office box to return the filled-out...
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  • Irwin Nash interview, 1991
  • Mexican Americans -- Washington (State) -- Yakima River Valley
  • A 52 minute audio interview, split across two sides of one audio cassette tape, conducted with Seattle photographer Irwin Nash by John Guido, head of the Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC). ...
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