Guide to the Eastern Washington Historical Media Collection 1928-1987
SC 013

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Title
Eastern Washington Historical Media Collection
ID
SC 013
Date [inclusive]
1928-1987
Extent
1 linear foot of shelf space, 1 box
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
The Eastern Washington Historical Media collection contains audio and video documenting eastern Washington state life, primarily focusing on farming.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] Eastern Washington Historical Media, 1928-1987 (SC 013)

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

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Biography/History

The majority of south-eastern Washington state was settled in the 1870s, and the most common industry was farming, primarily wheat.

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Scope and Content

The Eastern Washington Historical Media collection contains audio and video documenting eastern Washington state life, primarily focusing on farming.

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Arrangement

Due to the diverse formats and odd sizes and shapes, organization of the materials is solely so as to allow them to fit within their box. In general, multiple iterations of the same (or similar) items are placed next to each other.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2013

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. Some items in this collection and might be available through the WSU Libraries’ YouTube Channel

Acquisition Information

This collection was created from a number of small accessions, some numbered but many unprocessed. These include MS1993-46, MS2002-15, and an item from UPC-7.

Processing Information

As part of a multi-year media project, MASC organized and processed a large number of loose media items, small media collections, and even large overlapping media collections. The materials were initially identified and described by Scott Stratton in 2010; Susan Vetter completed that from 2011-2012. The items in this collection were parsed from those, due to their common subject matters and their lack of a direct tie to WSU (in most cases), and processed in June 2013 by University Archivist Mark O’English.

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Names and Subjects

Geographic Name(s)

  • Washington (State), Eastern -- History

Subject(s)

  • Agriculture -- Washington (State)
  • Agriculture
  • Washington (State)
  • Moving Images

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Detailed Description of Collection

box item

Davis Way Dedication. Audio: 5 LPs; 1 cassette. 1950  

 1 1

To Till A Field: Man and Machine on the Palouse. Edited master. 12:25 3/4" U-matic video.  9/28/1987 

 1 2

To Till A Field: Man and Machine on the Palouse. 12:25 3/4" U-matic video.  1986 

 1 3

Keith Williams "To Till a Field" and "People and the Plow." VHS. 1987  

 1 4

People and the Plow: Who Reaps the Harvest WSU Exhibit guide. Paper. 1987  

 1 5

Palouse Past WSU Reader's Theatre on case and tape. 53 min. 3/4" U-matic video. 6/16/1980 

 1 6

Leonard Young--horse-drawn combine - Young filmed horse-drawn combine on Harold Brewer farm in Whitman County. Formerly IMS video 10161 but removed from circulation due to damage in Sept. 2005. This U-matic tape has been repaired but must be rewound with great care. A copy is in current catalog as VHS 12623. 16 min. 3/4" U-matic video. 1935 circa 

 1 7

Leonard Young--horse-drawn combine - Young filmed horse-drawn combine on Harold Brewer farm in Whitman County. Copied from damaged U-matic (item 7) in Sept 2005. 16 min. VHS. 1935 circa  

 1 8

Norman Longhurst film of Mayview tramway and Garfield County farming. 15 min. 16 mm. film. 1935 circa  

 1 9

Norman Longhurst - farming, horse-harvest, Mayview train, hog butchering, sausage making. VHS. 1935 circa  

 1 10

Gilleland Historical Films (Master) on IMS label with "Historical Master" and handwritten "1929-WSC." Primarily life on Washington State College campus and in the city of Pullman. VHS. 1927-1929  

 1 11

Combines, Whitman Co. Work film for "This is WSC." VHS. 1950 circa  

 1 12

War Construction in the Desert: construction of Hanford, 1943-1944. 103 min. VHS. 1944  

 1 13

Reedited: "War Construction in the Desert:" construction of Hanford, 1943-1944. Incorporates sound from item (13) above and video form an original silent VHS copy held at WSU Tri-Cities. DVD. 1944  

 1 14

Gilleland Historical Films. Primarily life on Washington State College campus and in the city of Pullman. 2 reels 16mm film. 1927-1929  

 1 15-16

C.E. Graves Historical Films. Primarily life in the city of Pullman; also greater Palouse and the Wallowas. Ca. 1927-1940s. 3 reels 16mm film. 1927-1940  

 1 17-19 (o.s.)