EWU Libraries Digital Collections
EWU Libraries Digital Collections
Photographs in this digital collection reveal the growth of communities throughout the Inland Northwest, including Spokane, Pullman and other towns throughout Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. Images reveal street views and buildings, but also show people and work and at play in these Inland Empire …
The images in this digital collection show the buildings and grounds of Eastern Washington University and its predecessors. Most images show the development of the Cheney campus, which has grown and expanded from the initial eight-acre site occupied by the Benjamin P. Cheney Academy in 1882. Some views document facilities used by …
EWU individuals include students, faculty, and staff, as well as members of the Board of Trustees. Images include formal individual portraits as well as group portraits of individuals associated with Eastern Washington University or any of its earlier incarnations. The photographs in this digital collection come from a variety of …
Recent images of Eastern Washington University taken by university photographers, including Larry Conboy and other members of University Graphics, and the Marketing and Communications (MARCOM) office. These are views of the campus, events, and persons associated with Eastern Washington University.
For permission to publish, or …
Photographs in this collection show college students engaging in social, athletic and other group activities on or near the campus in Cheney, Washington. The collection begins with photographs from the days of the Cheney Normal School and continues through the transformation to Eastern Washington University. The photographs show …
The government of the United States was responsible for extensive examination of the Trans-Mississippi West in the 19th Century. Many of the surveys were intended to collect scientific data as well as determine the suitability of the land for settlement, mineral exploitation, or other use. During much of this time, before …
The Images
This collection focuses on the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane, Washington. It includes interior and exterior views of the Cathedral, in both color and black and white. The photographs illustrate the cathedral in various stages of its construction. Early photographs show the cathedralâ��s skeleton and …
Settlers began moving into the area around Cheney in the late 1860s and the town went through several names changes before it was incorporated in 1883. The town was named for Benjamin Cheney, a member of the Northern Pacific Railroad's Board of Directors. Benjamin Cheney visited the town following the ceremony joining the …
The Images
The Hubert C. Blonk photograph collection includes over 400 images, primarily documenting the construction of Grand Coulee Dam and other dams in the Pacific Northwest. These include black and white negatives, black and white prints, and color prints. Black and white negatives include 35 mm and 120 roll film, …
The Images
The Inland Automobile Association photograph collection consists of digitized prints from a photo album created by the associationâ��s secretary, Frank W. Guilbert. As part of an effort to promote tourism by automobile, the Inland Automobile Association participated in the 1916 National Parks Highway …
The Images
The Otis Freeman photograph collection includes over 500 glass lantern slides, primarily images of the physical geography of the Pacific Northwest, which he used to illustrate his lectures. The digital collection is a sampling of the entire Freeman collection.
A large portion of the collection contains images of the …
Pacific Railroad Survey Prints
These prints were taken from the twelfth volume of the 1860 War Department Reports of Explorations and Surveys. They represent some of the earliest published images of the Northwest. These lithographs illustrate the regionâ��s landmarks as well as scenes showing the regionâ��s Indians. A …
The Images
The photographs in the Robert W. Gillette collection consist of mostly of images taken by Mr. Gillette, and official U. S. Army photographs. These span from 1942 through 1946.  Mr. Gillette collected official photographs and took his own photos to document his career in the United States Army. The …
This collection is comprised of transcriptions of oral history interviews conducted with a group of Cheney women by the Women's Programs of Eastern Washington University. The final product of the project was a small book, Community Builders: The Women of a Small College Town, published in 1984. The interviews were conducted …
Kinnikinick yearbooks
Theses written by EWU students.
Theses written by EWU masters students. These theses are available for viewing by EWU students, faculty, and staff.
PDF files of books, journals, reports, etc. available to EWU students, faculty, and staff.
The digital collections on this site are created and maintained by the Archives & Special Collections department of the Eastern Washington University Libraries. Our site contains digital versions of photographs, drawings, lithographs, maps, facsimile documents, and oral history transcripts.
The original items which have been digitized are contained in collections of materials created by private persons or organizations as well as the records of Eastern Washington University and its predecessors. The original items are available for use and study in the Archives & Special Collections in the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library on the EWU campus in Cheney, Washington.
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