Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Collection on the Ackerman Homestead
1975
Cage 5083
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Title
- Collection on the Ackerman Homestead
- ID
- Cage 5083
- Date [inclusive]
- 1975
- Extent
- 3 linear feet of shelf space, 2 folders
- Location
- (MASC Staff Use) Drawings stored in map case.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Photographs, drawings, and description of the Ackerman homestead near Asotin, Washington, produced in 1975 by University of Idaho professor and archaeologist David G. Rice and two graduate students, Karl Roenke and Robert Weaver.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] Collection on the Ackerman Homestead, 1975
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
Paul Ackerman, a German immigrant, arrived in Washington in 1879 and developed a homestead on the Snake River near Asotin, Washington. He built a cabin of stone and concrete surrounded by a stone wall. The cabin stood until at least 1975, when the documentation in this collection was created.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of documentation of the site of the Paul Ackerman homestead near Asotin, Washington. It includes drawings of the Ackerman cabin and site by University of Idaho graduate student Karl Roenke, photographs of the structure and site taken by David Rice, and a description (4 page typescript) by Roenke. They conducted their study as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey. Dr. Rice had previously surveyed the site in 1964 in conjunction with a proposed dam on the Snake River. The dam was not constructed.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016
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
In 2016, David G. Rice donated a portion of this collection to the Washington State University Libraries, and additional drawings were transferred from the WSU Museum of Anthropology in the same year (MS.2016.27).
Processing Information
Cheryl Gunselman processed this collection in 2016.
Names and Subjects
Geographic Name(s)
- Asotin County (Wash.) -- History -- Sources
Subject(s)
- Archaeological survey -- Washington (State) -- Asotin County
- Pioneers.
- Washington (State)