Adrian R. Munnick Collection of Northwest Ephemera
Title:
Adrian R. Munnick Collection of Northwest Ephemera

The Munnick Northwest Ephemera Collection consists of promotional pamphlets featuring towns and cities in Washington and Oregon states as well as photographs of various Pacific Northwest locations, some of which were used in the production of the pamphlets. It also includes some maps of railroad routes as well as other railroad ephemera. These photographs are a selection from the overall collection.

79 items found in collection

Armstrong Photograph Collection
Title:
Armstrong Photograph Collection

The Armstrong Photograph Collection consists of photographic negatives and includes portraits, family events and scenes of rural, city, work, college and civic life. It includes images from the Walla Walla U.S.O. and McCaw Hospital of wartime activities. There are circus, fair, parade and festival scenes and landscapes and seascapes from Washington, Oregon and California. Commercial work provides a view of the businesses, agriculture and community organizations of the area. An index is available. These photographs are a selection from the overall collection.

5 items found in collection

Baker Family Collection
Title:
Baker Family Collection

The specific generational scope of this collection is limited to the figures of Dorsey Syng Baker (known as D.S.), his subsequent wives, and his three sons. A small portion contains correspondence and records for Dorsey's parents-in-law, the Tibbetts. Throughout this collection are valuable records, correspondence, legal documents, and diaries relating many aspects of pioneer and early statehood life in the Pacific Northwest, especially for Portland, Oregon, and Walla Walla, Washington. The records include those for transportation, banking and commerce, agriculture, mining, and land acquisition and management, as represented by the efforts of Dorsey and his sons. Their activities and influence extended to the mid-twentieth century. In addition, there is a small collection of files kept by Baker family members on individual clients or associates. Overall, though the personal letters and diaries provide a few intimate insights, a substantial portion of the Baker Family Collection is a record of family businesses and political and legal interests. These diaries are a selection from the overall collection.

13 items found in collection

First Congregational Church of Walla Walla Records
Title:
First Congregational Church of Walla Walla Records

The collection consists of membership records and directories, deeds and abstracts, correspondence, annual reports and meeting minutes, records of the Peace United Church of Christ, ledger books, the Whitman Memorial service program, financial information, newspaper clippings and a journal, "Records of the First Congregational Church of Walla Walla Washington Territory", from the oldest Congregational Church in the state of Washington. These records are a selection from the overall collection.

3 items found in collection

Grand Army of the Republic, Walla Walla
Title:
Grand Army of the Republic, Walla Walla

The Grand Army of the Republic, Walla Walla, Records include the minutes, membership records, correspondence, and financial records that document the activities of this Civil War veterans’ organization. These records are a selection from the overall collection.

7 items found in collection

John J. Arnold Photograph Collection
Title:
John J. Arnold Photograph Collection

The collection consists of images that show street scenes, buildings, harvest, landscapes, Whitman College and rural life. The Whitman Centennial and Pendleton Round-up are included. The 1931 Walla Walla flood is documented and a photograph album, sent to Washington, D.C. to document the need for the Mill Creek Project, is part of the collection. These photographs are a selection from the overall collection.

10 items found in collection

Lester Hodgson Photograph Collection
Title:
Lester Hodgson Photograph Collection

This collection consists of negatives and prints taken by Lester V. Hodgson. The photographs mainly document the flood on Mill Creek in Walla Walla, Washington that occurred between March 31 to April 1, 1931. Also included are photographs of agricultural scenes, a military parade and buildings and street scenes in Walla Walla, Washington. The collection includes a scrapbook containing photographs and postcards, primarily of natural disasters such as fires and floods that occurred in other parts of the United States and Hodgson's autobiography. These photographs are a selection from the overall collection.

84 items found in collection

Marcus and Narcissa Whitman Collection
Title:
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman Collection

The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, trail reports, notes and journals, genealogical information, images, artifacts and Whitman family and Whitman Mission Bibles. Accounts of the Whitman Massacre include newspaper articles, reports and personal recollections. Materials describing the establishment of the Whitman Monument and the celebration of the Whitman Centennial are also included. These items are a selection from the overall collection.

14 items found in collection

Myron Eells Collection
Title:
Myron Eells Collection

Reverend Myron Eells was a prolific writer who documented his work, his surroundings, and his travels. The collection contains articles and books, manuscripts, correspondence, speeches and sermons. A series of six scrapbooks, "The Indians of Puget Sound", contains drawings, photographs and detailed descriptions of the life and culture of those with whom he worked and lived. Travel journals, census reports, books and pamphlets in Pacific Northwest Indian languages and the Eells family Bible are part of this group.
These records are a selection from the overall collection.

7 items found in collection

Other Walla Walla and Regional Collections
Title:
Other Walla Walla and Regional Collections

This collection includes an assortment of Walla Walla regional material including journals, manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs, and publications.

52 items found in collection

Other Whitman College Collections
Title:
Other Whitman College Collections

This collection includes an assortment of Whitman College materials including ephemera, publications, and photographs.

34 items found in collection

Pacific Northwest Agricultural Photograph Collection
Title:
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Photograph Collection

This collection consists of photographs, slides and negatives depicting planting, harvesting and logging activities. Scenes include mule and horse teams, wheat and pea fields, orchards, ranches and associated industry.

242 items found in collection

Pearsons Academy Records
Title:
Pearsons Academy Records

The Pearsons Academy Records consists of printed materials including receipts, publicity, historical, and enrollment records related to what began as Whitman Academy (1882-1905) and later became Pearsons Academy (1905-1912). These photographs are a selection from the overall collection.

18 items found in collection

Penrose Library Newsletter
Title:
Penrose Library Newsletter

A collection consisting of the Penrose Library Newsletter ranging from 1994 to 2018.

27 items found in collection

Roberts Family Papers
Title:
Roberts Family Papers

The Roberts Family Papers contains newspaper and magazine articles written by A.B. Roberts about life in the Northwest of the 1850s, the Indian Wars, the fruit industry, and the founding of Walla Walla. It also includes A.B.and Lee Roberts’ personal notebooks and sketchbooks, genealogical materials about the Roberts family and its descendants, and personal correspondence. These photographs are a selection from the overall collection.

13 items found in collection

Spalding Collection
Title:
Spalding Collection

The collection consists of the correspondence, journals, manuscripts, speeches and sermons of Henry Harmon Spalding. The collection also contains the writings of his wives, Eliza Hart Spalding and Rachel J. Smith Spalding. These items are a selection from the overall collection.

48 items found in collection

Stephen B.L. Penrose Jr. Papers
Title:
Stephen B.L. Penrose Jr. Papers

The Stephen B.L. Penrose Jr. Papers chiefly contains the correspondence of Stephen B.L. Penrose, Jr., depicting his presidency of the American University in Beirut, Lebanon, from 1948-1954, his involvement with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), his work with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and his views on and advocacy for Palestinian statehood and Palestinian refugees. These materials represent a selection from the overall collection.

10 items found in collection

Stevens Treaty Council of 1855 Centennial Collection
Title:
Stevens Treaty Council of 1855 Centennial Collection

The collection contains the program for the weekend long event and also a collection of the speeches delivered during the commemoration. The Correspondence file consists primarily of invitations to and responses from dignitaries invited to attend the event.The publicity file provide information about the dissemination of information about the event and its reception.These documents are a selection of the overall collection.

2 items found in collection

Switzer Collection
Title:
Switzer Collection

The Switzer Collection consists of the invoices, business records, correspondence, fraternal organization materials, civic organization information and public office and election records of pioneer Angus McKay. Homestead certificates, deeds and a journal containing the minutes from meetings of the Russell Creek Farm Bureau and associated documents are included in the collection. These photographs are a selection from the overall collection.

4 items found in collection

Pages