Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Esquire Hall Scrapbook
1947-1954
Archives 356
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Title
- Esquire Hall Scrapbook
- ID
- Archives 356
- Date [inclusive]
- 1947-1954
- Extent
- 1.5 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 box
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- The scrapbook consists of clippings and photographs documenting the lives and events of the students living in Esquire Hall.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] Esquire Hall Scrapbook, 1947-1954 (Archives 356)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
After World War II, Washington State College experienced a population boom which required rapid construction of student housing. Four men's dormitories known as the Quad were constructed in 1946 and 1947, and originally known as North, South, East, and West Houses, though most would later acquire other names. North House was constructed in 1946, from war surplus housing which had been located at Camp Farragut in Northern Idaho. It became known as Esquire House, then returned to being North House, then became Sherwood House. In 1963 it became a temporary home for a campus fraternity, and was finally demolished in early 1964; French Administration Building was built on that spot a few years later. The Quad area was also known colloquially as Mud Hollow.
Scope and Content
The scrapbook consists of clippings and photographs documenting the lives and events of the students living in Esquire Hall.
Arrangement
The scrapbook pages remain in their original order of creation.
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 may apply.
Acquisition Information
This scrapbook was received in the Washington State University Libraries sometime between 1955 and 2000, and eventually placed in a set of loose general university scrapbooks in the University Publications collections (WSU 177-7).
Processing Information
This collection was processed as its own collection in August of 2015 by University Archivist Mark O'English.
Related Materials
Related Material
The general university scrapbooks set with which this was filed for several years is held as WSU 177. Various other dorm-specific scrapbooks are held in numerous University Archives collections.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- State College of Washington -- Students
- Washington State University -- Students
Subject(s)
- Dormitories -- Washington (State) -- Pullman
- Colleges and Universities
- Washington (State)