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Sidonie Louise Pyle Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WCMss-525

Scope and Contents

The Sidonie Louise Pyle Scrapbook contains photographs depicting campus life at Whitman College from 1918 to 1922. The collection also includes a binder with negative reproductions of the original photographs.

Dates

  • 1918-1922

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Sidonie Louise Pyle was born on December 4, 1903. She attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington as an economics major and a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She graduated from the College in 1922. She took on graduate work at the University of California, and later served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1943 to 1945. She also worked as an insurance underwriter, served as a branch manager for a travel agency, and taught high school in Escondido, California. She died on March 11, 1989.

Extent

1.3 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box, 1 flat box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Sidonie Louise Pyle Scrapbook contains photographs depicting campus life at Whitman College from 1918 to 1922. Sidonie Louise Pyle was a graduate of Whitman College and a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown.

Title
Guide to the Sidonie Louise Pyle Scrapbook
Author
Claire Drown
Date
2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Whitman College and Northwest Archives Repository

Contact:
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla WA 99362 United States
509-527-5922