Walla Walla photographs collection

Collection

Identifier: WCMss-066

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Walla Walla photographs collection consists of photographs, negatives and slides of the Walla Walla community and the communities of Walla Walla County: Burbank, Lowden, Prescott, Touchet, Waitsburg and Wallula. Photographs include portraits, landscapes, street scenes, agriculture, events and celebrations, commercial buildings, churches, schools, private residences and aerial photographs. Aerial photographs are included in the collection and show the landscape surrounding the Walla Walla and Touchet Rivers.

Dates

Creation: 1849-2017

Creator

Whitman College. Whitman College and Northwest Archives (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Historical Note

Since the 1950s, the Whitman College and Northwest Archives has maintained a general collection of photographs related to Walla Walla County. In the past, photographs may have been seperated from the collection in which they were donated and added to the Walla Walla photographs collection. Archivists do occassionally add single photograph donations to this collection, but photographs are no longer routinely seperated from their collection.

Extent

70.8 Linear Feet (28 manuscript boxes, 12 record cartons, 33 flat boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Walla Walla photographs collection includes photographs, slides and negatives related to the Walla Walla, Washington community and the communities of Walla Walla County.

Processing Information

The finding aid for this collection is compiled from an internal inventory that was created and maintained by past archives staff. The list was migrated in 2018 to make it publically accessible. As part of the migration, the content of the list was neither modified nor verified. The folder titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders. Past archivists roughly arranged the collection into 12 different series.