Guide to the Katherine Ross Howell Student Teaching Photo Album 1916
PC 52

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Howell, Katherine Crystal Ross.
Title
Katherine Ross Howell Student Teaching Photo Album
ID
PC 52
Date [inclusive]
1916
Extent
.25 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 album, 81 images
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
A photo album containing 81 original black and white photographs of playgrounds, young children, and student instructors in the summer of 1916 in Kalamazoo, MI.

Preferred Citation

Katherine Ross Howell Student Teaching Photo Album, 1916 (PC 52)

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

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Biography/History

Katherine Crystal Ross (later Howell) was employed at Washington State College in 1919-1920 as an Assistant Professor and acting Head of Physical Education for Women. She attended Western Michigan University (then the Western State Normal School) in Kalamazoo, MI, from 1913-1916, and in the summers there was employed as "playground director" for the Normal School's Physical Education program.

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Scope and Content

The album contains 81 labeled black and white photographs of children playing in Kalamazoo, MI school or city playgrounds, as well as students enrolled in a Western Michigan University college teacher's program.

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Arrangement

The album is retained in its original order and binding.

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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

Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) holds no information on the provenance of this collection, though it most likely came to MASC prior to the late 1970s.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Western State Normal School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Photographs.

Subject(s)

  • Schools -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo -- Photographs.
  • School children -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo -- Photographs.
  • Children and Youth
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Photographs

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