Guide to the Bryan Family Papers 1930-1989
Cage 927

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Title
Bryan Family Papers
ID
Cage 927
Date [inclusive]
1930-1989
Extent
0.25 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 Box
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Papers of the Bryan family of Pullman, Washington. Most materials are related to Gertrude Bryan Gannon, along with some items related to Enoch A. Bryan, Harriet Williams Bryan, and Eliza Bryan Kulzer.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Bryan Family Papers, 1930-1989 (Cage 927)

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

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Biography/History

Enoch A. Bryan was born in Bloomington, Indiana, on May 10, 1855. He received an A.B. degree from Indiana University in 1878 and an A.M. Degree from that university in 1885. He also received an A.M. degree from Harvard University in 1893. He later received Honorary Doctor of Law degrees from Indiana University (1920), Michigan State University (1907), and Washington State University (1929). Bryan was President of Vincennes University from 1882-1893, after serving as the Superintendent of Public Schools in Grayville, Illinois. He came to the State College of Washington (initially called the Agricultural College, Experiment Station, and School of Science of the State of Washington, and now known as Washington State University) in 1893 and served as its president until 1916, when he became the Commissioner of Education for the State of Idaho, from 1917 to 1923. He had failed in 1916 to attain the nomination for a seat in the United States Senate.

Dr. Bryan returned to Washington State University in 1923 and was a professor of economic history until 1939, when he became a professor emeritus. During his lifetime he wrote three books: "The Mark in Europe and America", "The History of the State College of Washington", and "Orient Meets Occident or The Advent of the Railways into the Pacific Northwest". Dr. Bryan died in Pullman, Washington, on November 6, 1941.

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Scope and Content

Papers of the Bryan family of Pullman, Washington. Most materials are related to Gertrude Bryan Gannon, along with some items related to Enoch A. Bryan, Harriet Williams Bryan, and Eliza Bryan Kulzer. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and a genealogy of the Bryan family in the United States. Notable items are a 1930 letter from Melvin Lewis to Gertrude Bryan with information about challenges associated with Enoch A. Bryan being granted President Emeritus status at Washington State College, and 1944 letters from Ivy Lewellen to Gertrude Bryan Hayes with information about a United States Liberty Ship named in honor of E. A. Bryan.

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Arrangement

Materials are roughly in the order recieved.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2019

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 may apply.

Acquisition Information

Tim Steury received the materials in this collection from Harriet Hill Alexander, daughter of Gertrude Bryan Hill (later Gannon) and Paul Hill, and donated them to the Washington State University Libraries in 2019 (MS 2019.07).

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Cheryl Gunselman in 2019.

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Related Materials

Related Material

State College of Washington Office of the President: Enoch A. Bryan Records, 1888-1952 (Archives 158)

Enoch A. Bryan Papers, 1843-1989 (Cage 579a)

Enoch A. Bryan Family Correspondence, 1840-1961 (Cage 579b)

State College of Washington Office of the President: Letters from Prominent Correspondents (Autograph Collection), 1897-1951 (Cage 1616)

Philips Family Papers, circa 1915-1967 (Cage 4559)

Enoch A. Bryan letter to Ben Torpen, Portland, Oregon, 24 May 1915 (Cage 4911)

Enoch A. Bryan Letter To Clifford Armstrong, 1930 October 1 (Cage 4940)

Separated Material

A small number of photographs of Harriet Williams Bryan and E.A. Bryan were separated and added to the President Enoch A. Bryan Photographs and Glass Negatives, 1860-1985 (PC 84). Copies were retained in this collection (folder 9).

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University -- History -- Sources.

Family Name(s)

  • Bryan family -- Archives.

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Gannon, Gertrude Bryan.
  • Bryan, Enoch Albert, 1855-1941.
  • Bryan, Harriet Williams.
  • Kulzer, Eliza Bryan.

Subject(s)

  • Washington (State)
  • Colleges and Universities

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Detailed Description of Collection

box folder

Letter from Melvin Lewis to Gertrude Bryan. 1930 September 25 

1 1

Letters from Ivy Lewellen to Gertrude Bryan Hayes (2 letters with enclosures). 1944 February 

1 2

Letter from William Lowe Bryan to Gertrude Bryan Hayes. 1949 June 2 

1 3

Letter from Wilson Compton to Gertrude Bryan Hayes. 1952 July 8 

1 4

Remembrance of Gertrude Bryan Gannon, probably by her friend [Marguarita?] Chalfant Beaumont. 1989 

1 5

Tribute to Mrs. L.V. Williams, mother of Harriet Williams Bryan, by E.A. Bryan, and a newspaper clipping with a photograph titled "Distinguished Bryan Family Together." 1916, 1938 

1 6

"Genealogy of the Bryans in the United States" by William Lowe Bryan (bound typescript with insertions). 1932 

1 7

Photographs, including Gertrude Bryan, E.A. and Harriet Bryan, Paul Hill, Lila and Norb Kulzer. circa 1920s-1960s 

1 8-9