Guide to the Elmo Race Richardson Papers 1930-2011
Cage 582

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Richardson, Elmo
Title
Elmo Race Richardson Papers
ID
Cage 582
Date [inclusive]
1930-2011
Extent
11 linear feet of shelf space, 21 boxes
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, notes, photographs, diaries, clippings, and other papers of historian Elmo Race Richardson. Includes reproductions of primary source material collected by Richardson, and papers concerning his education and academic career as a teacher and historian.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]

Elmo Race Richardson Papers, 1930-2011 (Cage 582)

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

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Biography/History

Elmo Race Richardson (1930-2011) was an Assistant and Associate Professor of History at Washington State University from 1961 to 1972. He was one of the first of a group of Historians to work in the fields of Environmental History and what is now called Public History. His work included consulting, contract research, and writing for the private and public sector.

His papers document academic duties at six universities, as well as research, writing, editing, and publication, travel to islands around the world, and his later work as an artist. Box 20 contains correspondence, testimony, copies, and photographs relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942) in the Pacific Northwest.

(This autobiographical sketch was supplied by Elmo Race Richardson while creating the 1991 finding aid for the collection.)

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Scope and Content

This collection consists of correspondence, notes, photographs, diaries, clippings, and other papers of historian Elmo Race Richardson. It includes reproductions of primary source material collected by Richardson, and papers concerning his education and academic career as a teacher and historian.

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Arrangement

This collection is arranged in six series:

Series 1. Correspondence, 1951-1990. Business and personal letters arranged chronologically.

Series 2. Writings (Published and Unpublished) and additional correspondence, 1945-1992 and undated. Articles and other published works, drafts of unpublished writings, Mr. Richardson's theses and dissertation, as well as journal entries from 1952-1990.

Series 3. Photographs, 1930-2004 and undated. Photograph albums (4 volumes) and a small quantity of loose photographs.

Series 4. Public History Projects, 1974-1987. Drafts of writings for projects, the largest being the draft of Eisenhower.

Series 5. Miscellaneous items, 1984-1986 and undated. Personal materials (memorabilia and biographical writings), as well as research materials on the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the Pacific Northwest. The CCC materials include diaries and correspondence of corpsmen (reproductions), notes on archival research, and a subject index to Happy Days, 1932-1936, the semi-official CCC newspaper.

Series 6. Addendum (correspondence), 1951-2011. [Correspondence received by the repository (MASC) and added to the collection circa 2000-2011.]

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2016

https://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

Elmo Race Richardson donated these materials to the Washington State University Libraries in multiple installments beginning in 1972 (MS.1979.01, MS.1980.04, MS.1981.01, MS.1982.02, MS.1983.09, MS.1984.06, MS.1985.09, MS.1986.36, MS.1987.09, MS.1988.03, MS.1989.32, MS.1990.07, MS.1990.39, MS.1991.04, MS.1991.07; post-1991 additions were not separately accessioned). The earliest installments were initially processed as Cage 306, but were merged with later receipts and assigned a new collection number (Cage 582) in 1991.

Processing Information

Elmo Race Richardson processed this collection in 1991. Later additions to the collection were processed by staff of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections.

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Related Materials

Separated Material

Several monographs authored by Richardson were received with the papers. These have been separated and individually cataloged.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University -- Faculty -- Archives
  • Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) -- History

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Richardson, Elmo -- Archives

Subject(s)

  • Historians -- Archives
  • Human ecology -- History
  • Public history
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

Series 1. Correspondence 1951-1990 
box folder

1951-1957 

 1 1

1958-1960 

 1 2

1961-1963 

 1 3

1964 

 1 4

1965 

 1 5

1966 

 1 6

1967 

 1 7

1968 

 1 8

1969 

 1 9

1970 

 1 10

1971-1974 

 2 1

1975-1976 

 2 2

1977 January-June 

 2 3

1977 July-August 

 2 4

1978 January-June 

 2 5

1978 July-August 

 2 6

1978 September-December 

 2 7

1979 January-June 

 3 1

1979 July-December 

 3 2

1980 January-June 

 3 3

1980 July-December 

 3 4

1981 January-June 

 3 5

1981 July-December 

 3 6

1982 January-June 

 3 7

1982 July-December 

 3 8

1983 January-June 

 4 1

1983 July-December 

 4 2

1984 January-March 

 4 3

1984 April-June 

 4 4

1984 July-October 

 4 5

1984 November-December 

 4 6

1985 January-June 

 4 7

1985 July-October 

 4 8

1985 November-December 

 4 9

1986 January-March 

 5 1

1986 April-June 

 5 2

1986 July-October 

 5 3

1986 November-December 

 5 4

1987 January-May 

 5 5

1987 June-September 

 5 6

1987 October-December 

 5 7

1988 January-June 

 6 1

1988 July-September 

 6 2

1988 October-December 

 6 3

1989 January-June 

 6 4

1989 July-October 

 6 5

1989 November-December 

 6 6

1990 January-June 

 6 7

1990 July-October 

 6 8

1990 November-December 

 6 9

"Letters to P.Z." (copies) 

 6 10

[unlabeled file] 

 6 11

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Series 2. Writings (Published and Unpublished) and additional correspondence 1945-1992 
box folder

The Papers of Cornelius Cole and the Cole Family, 1833-1943: A Guide to Collection 217. undated 

 7 1

The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Forestry on the Quinault Indian Reservation: A History. undated 

 7 2

Document Summaries for Defendents [sic] Exhibits in the H Series to Accompany a Report Entitled: The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Forestry on the Quinault Indian Reservation: A History. undated 

 7 2

Bibliography of Elmo Race Richardson, 1956-1988. undated 

 7 3

Correspondence: ERR to Donald R. McCoy (copies) 1960-1992 

 7 4-12

Articles. 1957-1983 

 8 1

Reviews of other history publications. 1958-1988 

 8 2

Other published writings. undated 

 8 3

Published poems. undated 

 8 4

Drafts of speech. 1971 

 8 5

Drafts of unpublished poems. undated 

 8 6

Drafts of novel and playscript fragments. undated 

 8 7

Draft of novel fragment. undated 

 8 8

Drafts of New Mexico writings. undated 

 8 9

Unused publicity for art show. 1988 

 8 10

Original typescript draft, University of California-Los Angeles memoirs. undated 

 8 11

Unpublished writings. 1945-1955 

 9 1-2

Unpublished writings (includes Honors and Masters theses). 1948-1955 

 9 3

Dissertation. 1958 

 10 1

Journal. 1952-1982 

 10 2-3

Commonplace book. 1984-1986 

 11 1

Journal. 1984-1994 

 11 2-7

Addenda to all journals. 1995 

 11 8

Typescript history of San Carlos Forest. 1983 

 11 9

Typescript history of Quinault Forest update. 1981 

 11 10

Dams, Parks, Politics. 1970-1974 

 11 11

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Series 3. Photographs 1930-2004 and undated  
box folder

Photograph albums (4 volumes). 1930-1990. 

 12 1-4

Photographs (loose). circa 1990s-2004 

 12 5

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Series 4. Public History Projects 1974-1987  
box folder

Original manuscript draft of Eisenhower. undated 

 13 1

Second typed draft of Eisenhower. 1975 

 13 2

Third typed draft of Eisenhower. 1975-1976 

 13 3

Fourth typed draft of Eisenhower. undated 

 14 1

Page proofs and subsequent sales of Eisenhower. undated 

 14 2

Chester Pack's revision of Eisenhower. undated 

 14 3

O and C (Oregon and California lands) project. 1977-1980 

 14 4

Public history correspondence. 1977-1980 

 15 1

Public history correspondence. 1981 

 15 2

Public history correspondence. 1982 

 15 3

Public history correspondence. 1983 

 15 4

Education Book Project. 1980-1983 

 16 1

Mason Project. 1978-1983 

 16 2

Willamette National Forest Project. 1981-1982 

 16 3

San Carlos Forest Project. 1982 

 16 4

Olympic National Park Bid. 1985 

 16 5

Alaska Bid. 1985 

 16 6

Quinault Revision Project. 1987 

 16 7

O and C (Oregon and California lands) history typescript. 1982 

 17 1

Willamette National Forest typescript. 1982 

 17 2

San Carlos Forest typescript. 1983 

 17 3

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Series 5. Miscellaneous items 1984-1986 and undated  
box folder

Financial documents. undated 

 18 1

Seattle House Documents. 1978-1986 

 18 2

Memorabilia. 1946-1958 

 18 3

Memorabilia. 1958-1965 

 18 4

Memorabilia. 1964-1972 

 18 5

Memorabilia. 1970-1973 

 18 6

Birth certificate and first passport. undated 

 18 7

Reviews of ERR histories. undated 

 19 1

Writings of other historians. undated 

 19 2

Printed Biographical Entries. undated 

 19 3

Friends' Audio Tapes. undated 

 19 4

Astrological data. undated 

 19 5

Civilian Conservation Corps: correspondence, testimony, document copies, and photographs about the CCC camps and administration, especially in the Pacific Northwest states. undated 

 20 1-9

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Series 6. Addendum (correspondence) 1951-2011 
box folder

Addendum (correspondence). 1951-2011 

 21 1-9

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