Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Katherine Ross Howell Student Teaching Photo Album
1916
PC 52
Table of Contents
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.
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.
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.
Arrangement
The album is retained in its original order and binding.
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.
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