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These photograph collections have been selected and scanned from original materials housed in the Archives and Special Collections of the Libraries of Eastern Washington University. They are by no means a complete record of our holdings, but provide examples of visuals related to the history of the university, the city of Cheney, surrounding Inland Northwest communities, and the wider Pacific Northwest. Our intention in providing this web-based digital archive is to publicize the fact that we have these and many other collections of photographs and other materials. We invite you to browse these examples; if you don't find what meets your needs here on our web site, please come to the library's Archives and Special Collections between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Our staff will be happy to help you look for other materials not yet scanned and posted. |
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COLLECTION DESCRIPTIONS EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HISTORY |
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EWU Buildings and Grounds |
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 During the last century, Eastern Washington University's campus has grown from eight acres and single building to 300 acres and 45 buildings. Views of the general campus, buildings, and facilities span nearly 125 years from the Benjamin P. Cheney Academy building of 1882 to the Engineering and Technology building completed in 2005. This collection includes digitized images taken from black and white prints produced in the 19th century to 35 mm color slides taken in 2006. The earliest photographs of the Benjamin P. Cheney Academy were taken in the mid 1880s. Some images are the work of university photographers, while others were taken by students, faculty, and visitors to campus.
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EWU Student Life and Activities |
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 Student life has evolved from the rigidly structured 1890s culture to a more relaxed and independent commuter campus in the 1990s. In the past fifteen years, a return to a somewhat more traditionally focused undergraduate residential campus has taken place. This collection documents student group activities on and adjoining the campus, including amateur theatrical productions, athletics, clubs, and impromptu social occasions. Some of the photographs were taken by university photographers; others were student snapshots. Images contained in this collection are part of the EWU Archives and Special Collections acquired in accordance with its collection development policy.
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EWU Individuals |
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 Students, faculty, administrators and staff have all contributed to the growth and development of Eastern Washington University. Portraits, both formal and informal, are highlighted in this collection. Most are the work of university photographers, produced for use in official publications or for publicity purposes. A few images contain several persons, but the focus is on individuals rather than on groups or activities; group photographers are normally retained in the EWU Student Life and Activities collection. Images contained in this collection are part of the EWU Archives and Special Collections, acquired in accordance with its collection development policy.
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST HISTORY |
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Otis Willard Freeman Photograph Collection |
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 Dr. Otis W. Freeman (1889-1964) taught geology and geography at Eastern from 1924 through 1953. Dr. Freeman's photograph collection includes over 500 lantern slides, primarily images of the physical geography of the Pacific Northwest, which he used to illustrate his lectures. This collection is comprised of selected lantern slides taken by Dr. Freeman.
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Pacific Railroad Survey Prints |
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 Illustrations from Volume 12 of the 1860 War Department Reports of Explorations and Surveys, frequently called the "Stevens Survey" after Washington's territorial governor, Isaac I. Stevens, its author. These illustrations from the 1850s are among the earliest published images of the geography and development of the Northwest. The reports examined the feasibility of railroad routes, but also contained extensive information about the geography, resources, Indian tribes, flora and fauna along each route.
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Historic Images of Cheney, WA |
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 Cheney, Washington, was named for Benjamin P. Cheney, a member of the Northern Pacific Railroad's Board of Directors. The town was located along the railroad right of way in 1880, and was briefly the county seat for Spokane County. Agriculture and the railroad were the underlying base of the town's economy at first, but gradually Eastern Washington University has come to be the economic foundation of Cheney. Images from a variety of collections document the role of agriculture, transportation, and education in Cheney, as well as some of the city's small businesses. Images have been scanned from black and white negatives, prints, and lantern slides, as well as from color prints and 35 mm slides.
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Communities of the Inland Northwest |
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 This collection includes historic images relating to the economic development, culture and daily life in the towns, cities, and other communities of the Inland Northwest. This area roughly comprises Washington State east of the Cascade Mountains, as well as the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon, the Idaho panhandle, and the southern most part of British Columbia. The collection contains digitized images taken from a variety of photographic formats ranging from black and white prints produced in the 19th Century and glass lantern slides from the early 20th Century, to 35 mm color slides taken in 2006. These images are selected from materials received in accordance with the collection development policy of the EWU Archives and Special Collections.
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Harold C. Whitehouse Ecclesiastical Architecture |
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 Harold C. Whitehouse (1884-1974) was a Spokane, Washington, architect who specialized in ecclesiastical work. The images in this collection are selected from the 3,196 negatives, prints, and slides contained in the Whitehouse Collection of the University Archives (Accession Number SPC 983-0207). This collection contains selected examples of churches and church fixtures designed by Whitehouse, including the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Spokane, Washington.
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