Guide to the Waller Hall Records and Photographs 1942-2015
Archives 339

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Washington State University. Waller Hall.
Title
Waller Hall Records and Photographs
ID
Archives 339
Date [inclusive]
1942-2015
Extent
2.5 Linear feet of shelf space, 3 boxes
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Washington State College's Waller Hall opened in fall term of 1935 as the New Men's Dormitory, and was named in honor of former college Vice President Osmar Waller at the end of that year. The collection consists of loose records relating to Waller Hall, as well as scrapbooks and loose photographs and slides.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description] Waller Hall Records, 1942-2015 (Archives 339)

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

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Biography/History

Washington State College's Waller Hall opened in fall term of 1935 as the New Men's Dormitory, and was named in honor of former college Vice President Osmar Waller at the end of that year. It was expanded in 1957 by the addition of a fourth floor on each wing. It remained a men's dormitory for 80 years until closing at the end of spring term, 2015.

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Scope and Content

The collection consists of loose records relating to Waller Hall, as well as scrapbooks and loose photographs and slides. These were retained and managed by various students over a number of decades, and so the accumulation of materials was somewhat haphazard. Two scrapbooks received with the others were so deteriorated that they had to be dismantled, and those photographs are now interfiled in the loose photographs series.

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Arrangement

Waller Hall papers and records comprise a first series, organized alphabetically by subject, with a few short chronological subseries within that. Following those are two chronological series: loose photographs and then loose slides. Concluding the collection are several scrapbooks and a few oversized items; the scrapbooks are ordered chronologically, and the other oversized items are placed with the scrapbooks so as to efficiently fit and store them.

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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 apply.

Accruals

Please be aware that this is a preliminary collection description. We still expect a few additional small items to come in from Waller Hall, and so the collection list here may change slightly in the coming few months.

Acquisition Information

These Waller Hall records had been maintained in that dormitory until it closed at the end of Spring term, 2015, at which point they were transferred to Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) by Waller's "Duke of Windsor," Justin Niedermeyer. They were received on May 8, 2015 and retained as UA2015-06.

Processing Information

This collection was processed in June, 2015 by University Archivist Mark O'English.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University. Waller Hall -- Records and correspondence.
  • Washington State University -- Buildings -- Archives.

Subject(s)

  • Dormitories -- Washington (State) -- Pullman.
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Student Life
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

 

 
box folder

Black student leadership 

 1 1

Budget, 2011-2012 

 1 2

Clippings, 1942-1991 

 1 3

Constitution and by-laws, 1985-2012 

 1 4

Dormitory recruitment 

 1 5

Duchess of Windsor, 2001-2002 

 1 6

Events, 1985-2015 

 1 7

Floor plans and room plans 

 1 8

Guestbook, 1958-1963 

 1 9

Hall government manuals, 2000-2011 

 1 10

Hall government retreat, 2001-2007 

 1 11

Hall of the Year bid 
box folder

2002 

 1 12

2013 

 1 13

2014 

 1 14

 
box folder

History 

 1 15

Lanyards (2) 

 1 16

Man of the Year 

 1 17

Minutes 
box folder

1987-1988 

 1 18

1988-1989 

 1 19

2000-2001 

 1 20

2001-2002 

 1 21

2002-2003 

 1 22

2003-2004 

 1 23

2004-2005 

 1 24

2010 

 1 25

2011-2012 

 1 26

2012-2013 

 1 27

2013-2014 

 1 28

 
box folder

Petition for renovation 

 1 29

Phone lists 

 1 30

Student advising 

 1 31

Student recognition, 1987-2014 

 1 32

Waller Escorts, 2007 

 1 33

Waller Way newsletter, 2009-2010 

 1 34

Photographs 
box folder

1961 

 1 35

1962 

 1 36

1963 

 1 37

1964 

 1 38

1965 

 1 39

1966 

 1 40

1967 

 1 41

1968 

 1 42

1969 

 1 43

1970 

 1 44

1982 

 1 45

1988-1989 

 1 46

1989-1990 

 1 47

1996-1997 

 1 48

1997-1998 

 1 49

1999-2000 

 1 50

2000-2001 

 1 51

2004-2005 

 1 52

2012-2013 

 1 53

undated 

 1 54

Slides 
box folder

1983, fall 

 1 55

1984, spring 

 1 56

1985, summer 

 1 57

1986, spring 

 1 58

1987, spring 

 1 59

1989, spring 

 1 60

1990, spring 

 1 61

1991, spring 

 1 62

1991, fall 

 1 63

1992, spring 

 1 64

1993, fall 

 1 65

circa 1993-1994 

 1 66

 
box folder

Loose scrapbook pages, circa 1961-1963 

 2 67

Scrapbook, 2005-2006 

 2 68

Scrapbook, 2006-2007 (part 1) 

 2 69

Scrapbook, 2006-2007 (part 2) 

 2 70

Scrapbook, 2008-2009 

 2 71

History: hall timeline display 

 3 72

Floor plans, 1935, 1945, 1973 

 3 73

Scrapbook, ca. 1942-1984 

 3 74

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