Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Preliminary Guide to the Elmer and Anna Jim Erickson Papers
MS.2002.27
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Creator
- Erickson, Anna Jim
- Creator
- Erickson, Elmer H.
- Title
- Elmer Erickson and Anna Jim Erickson Papers
- ID
- MS.2002.27
- Date [inclusive]
- 1935-1990
- Extent
- 5.0 Linear feet 5 boxes.
- Location Note
- (MASC Staff Use: 2-7-16-7)
- Language
- English
- Languages
- Materials are in English.
Biographical/Historical note
Anna Jim Holman Erickson (1913-2002) was an Information Specialist with the Washington Agricultural Extension Office at Washington State University from 1947 to 1969. Erickson worked in the Journalism School at the University of Oklahoma, at the Agricultural Extension Office of Little Rock Arkansas, and then with the United States Department of Agriculture before coming to WSU. She married Elmer Erickson in 1950.
Elmer H. Erickson (1914-1991) was the KWSU Music Librarian-Programmer at Washington State University from 1953 to 1977. He attended Washington State College, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1954. Erickson married Anna Jim Holman in 1950.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains the professional and personal papers of Anna Jim Holman Erickson (1913-2002) and Elmer H. Erickson (1914-1991). The collection consists of papers from 1935 to 1990, including incoming correspondence, newspaper clippings, family photographs, transcripts of radio broadcasts, manuscripts of short stories and other writings, periodicals and ephemera.
Organization of Collection
This is an unprocessed collection. It has not yet been arranged.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Acquisition Information
Collection donated by Richard Old to the Washington State University Libraries in 2002 (MS 2002-27).