Guide to the Collection on the Ackerman Homestead 1975
Cage 5083

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Names and Subjects

Geographic Name(s)

  • Asotin County (Wash.) -- History -- Sources

Subject(s)

  • Archaeological survey -- Washington (State) -- Asotin County
  • Pioneers.
  • Washington (State)

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