Preliminary Guide to the Elmer and Anna Jim Erickson Papers 1935-1990
MS.2002.27

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Erickson, Elmer H., 1914-1991
Title
Preliminary Guide to the Elmer and Anna Jim Erickson Papers
ID
MS.2002.27
Date [inclusive]
1935-1990
Extent
5 Linear feet of shelf space, 5 Boxes
Location
(MASC Staff Use) 2-7-16-7
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
This collection contains the professional and personal papers of Anna Jim Holman Erickson (1913-2002) and Elmer H. Erickson (1914-1991)

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Preliminary Guide to the Elmer and Anna Jim Erickson Papers, 1935-1990 (MS.2002.27)

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

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Biography/History

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.

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Scope and Content

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.

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Arrangement

This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2020

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Richard Old to the Washington State University Libraries in 2002 (MS 2002-27). Additional correspondence was donated by Allison Munch-Rotolo in 2020 (MS 2020-14).

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Names and Subjects

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Erickson, Elmer H., 1914-1991 -- Archives
  • Erickson, Anna Jim, 1913-2002 -- Archives
Creator(s) :
  • Erickson, Anna Jim, 1913-2002

Subject(s)

  • Colleges and Universities

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