Myron Samuel Huckle Photographs of Washington State University 1924-1930
PC 31

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Title
Myron Samuel Huckle Photographs of Washington State University
ID
PC 31
Date [inclusive]
1924-1930
Extent
3 containers, 2.5 linear feet of Shelf Space, Approximately 1849 items
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
The collection consists of 14 scrapbooks consisting of black and white photographic prints of WSU campus buildings, student activities, athletics, faculty and campus groups. The photographs are roughly organized by subject.

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Biography/History

Myron Samuel Huckle graduated from Washington State College in 1927 with a BS in mechanical engineering. He supported himself while in college and for a few years following as a professional photographer. After leaving Pullman he taught for fifteen years: one year at the thermodynamics laboratory at Harvard University, five years in aeronautics at MIT, and nine as President of the U.S. Engineering School. He spent thirty-three years as Air Reserve officer with five years active duty in World War II. He retired as a Lt. Col. in 1968. He also spent nine years as industrial engineer with the Defense Supply Agency at San Francisco. Myron Huckle passed away in Seattle on July 4, 1982. He and his wife three children, two of whom attended WSU.

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Scope and Content

The collection consists of 14 scrapbooks consisting of black and white photographic prints of WSU campus buildings, student activities, athletics, faculty and campus groups. The photographs are somewhat organized by subject.

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Arrangement

The photographs are in their original sequence, which is somewhat organized by subject. Correspondence and biographical infromation from Myron Huckle is in a folder after scrapbook #2 (the folder is labeled 2.5). The folder also contains Sports Information Director's Richard Fry's 1989-2004 identifications of the athletes in the photos in scrapbook 2.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Acquisition Information

The Myron S. Huckle photographic scrapbook collection consists of scrapbooks donated by Myron Huckle to the Washington State University Library in September, 1978 (78-37) and from scrapbooks which had been received by the library from other sources prior to 1970.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by David Smestad in November, 1978.

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Names and Subjects

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Detailed Description of Collection

Scrapbook  

1 Plays  

2 Athletics (including football, tennis, golf, track, baseball, wrestling, boxing, gymnastics and basketball), cheerleaders and game rallies  

3 Faculty portraits, group portraits  

4 Plays, musical groups, campus scenes, students, group portraits  

5 Plays, dancers, campus scenes, Pullman, harvest scenes  

6 Campus scenes, buildings, classrooms and laboratories, students, Pullman, plays, dormitories, President Holland  

7 Buildings on campus, 1924-1930 

Includes architectural plans and models, construction of Commons Hall, Troy Hall, Duncan Dunn, Bohler Gym, Field House and Hospital. Photos of M.C. Connelly (contractor), Stanley Smith (college architect), and Fred Whiteside (foreman). Also includes sororities and fraternities and building interiors.

8 College of Agriculture (classes, laboratories, buildings, exhibits, farm, livestock)  

9 Groups (activities, dormitories, fraternities and sororities, classes, train depot, faculty)  

10 Silver Lake, buildings, campus scenes, football games, Pullman  

11 Interiors of campus buildings (classrooms, dormitories, etc.)  

12 Men's athletics, Spurs, game rallies, signs and displays, winning cups and footballs  

13 Women's activities  

14 Buildings, students, sports, campus, bands, military, laboratories, and activities  

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