Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Randall Johnson WSU Cougar Logo Weaving Pattern
1994
Cage 5125
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Creator
- Johnson, Randall
- Title
- Randall Johnson WSU Cougar Logo Weaving Pattern
- ID
- Cage 5125
- Date [inclusive]
- 1994
- Extent
- 0.1 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 Folder
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Weaving pattern, photographs, and correspondence for the WSU cougar head logo, created by Randall Johnson, the original designer of the logo.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Randall Johnson WSU Cougar Logo Weaving Pattern, 1994 (Cage 5125)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
Randall Johnson, 1915-2007, designed the original WSC cougar head logo in July of 1936 while a summer student employee at Washington State College. When WSC became Washington State University in 1959, Johnson proposed a logo redesign which was accepted with only one very slight change.
Johnson graduated from WSC in Fine Arts in 1938, and went on to become art director at the Washington Water Power Co. He retired in 1975, and spent the remainder of his life in the Spokane area. He sold his iconic cougar head logo design to WSU for one dollar in 1959.
Scope and Content
A photocopied two-page weaving pattern for the WSU cougar head logo, plus two photographs of the finished design, as well as one page of correspondence about it.
Arrangement
Materials are retained in their original order.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2019
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 apply.
Acquisition Information
The materials were donated to the Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections on October 7, 2019 by David Van Hoy. They had come direct from Randall Johnson to Mr. Hoy’s wife, Barbara, in 1994.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by University Archivist Mark O’English.
Related Materials
Separated Material
The materials were donated with an original signed Randall Johnson oil painting of the cougar head logo, which has been placed on display in the WSU Libraries’ administrative offices.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- State College of Washington
- Washington State University
Personal Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Johnson, Randall
Subject(s)
- Weaving -- Patterns
- Branding (Marketing)
- Colleges and Universities
- Washington (State)