Central Washington University Archives
Guide to the College Elementary School
Date: February 29, 2008
Date Span: ca. 1891-ca. 1980 (bulk 1930-1980) Size: 3.0 cubic feet. Number of Boxes: 3 letter sized document cases; 1 letter half sized document case and 1 oversized box. Type of material: Photographic prints, slides and negatives. Physical condition: Good. Arrangement: Organized alphabetically by subject of image. Chronological arrangement. Historical or Biographical Sketch: The College Elementary School was created when the old Edison School (Washington State Normal School Training School) was relocated to a new building in 1939. In 1963, the school was renamed the Amanda Hebeler Elementary School (Washington Center for Early Childhood Education). The school was closed in the spring of 1981 after budget constraints declared it expendable. Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of photographic prints, slides and negatives collected and retained by the College Elementary School Office at Central Washington University from the early 20th Century until the date of its closure in the spring of 1981. The vast majority of the photographic prints and slides are of children being taught in classrooms, playing outdoors and class field trips from the 1930s until the 1980s. Included in the collection are prints and negatives of buildings and prominent faculty members of Central Washington University from the late 1950s and early 1960s, photographs of a student march for a Student Union War Memorial Building (1946) and negatives of other campus events from the 1950s and 1960s. Research Note: Open to the public for educational research.
Inventory List:
Box 1
1. Christmas
2. Class photographs, 1950-1952
3. Class photographs, 1952-1957
4. Class photographs, 1958-1960
5. Class photographs, 1962-1964
6. Class photographs, 1974-1976
7. Class photographs, 1977-1978
8. Class photographs, 1979-1980
9. Class photographs, 1981-1982
10. Class photographs, no dates
11. Classroom activities, 1900s-1920s
12. Classroom activities, 1930s-1950s
13. Classroom activities, 1930s-1950s
14. Classroom activities, 1930s-1950s
15. Classroom activities, 1930s-1950s
16. Classroom activities, 1960s-1970s
Box 2
1. Classroom activities, 1970s-1980s
2. Classroom activities, 1970s-1980s
3. College student aides, 1970s-1980s
4. Faculty and Staff
5. Festival of Nations, 1953
6. Field trips
7. Group photographs
8. Hans Haupel – Second grade class from Germany, 1930s
9. Local studies, 1970s
10. Movement, 1970s
11. Newspaper clippings and ephemera, 1939-1976
12. Nursery School, 1930s
13. Outdoor activities, 1920s-1940s
14. Outdoor activities, 1920s-1940s
15. Outside play, 1970-1980
16. Playground of Hebeler Elementary School
Box 3
1. Pre-school, 1970s-1980s
2. Problem solving, 1970-1980
3. Reading, 1970-1980
4. Science, 1980s
5. Student Union Building War Memorial March, 1946
6. Student witness construction of Hebeler Hall, 1938
7. Theatrical plays, 1930s-1950s
8. Contact Sheets
9. Negatives - miscellaneous
10. Slides – Class photographs
11. Slides – Classroom activities, 1950s-1960s
12. Slides – Classroom activities, 1973-1976
13. Slides – Classroom activities, 1977-1979
14. Slides – Faculty and Staff
15. Slides – Field trips
16. Slides – Outdoor activities and Playground
17. Slides – Pre-school
Box 4
1. Mabel T. Anderson
2. Harold Barto, 1952
3. Black Hall and Group Conference Center, ca. 1961
4. Board of Trustees, 1962
5. Bouillon Library Dedication, 1963
6. James E. Brooks, ca. 1960s
7. Choir, 1959
8. Class of 1912 – Reunion, 1962
9. Commencement, ca. 1960
10. Getz-Short Apartments, ca. 1960
11. Hebeler Hall
12. Hertz Hall, 1963
13. Holmes Dining Hall, 1963
14. Little Symphony, 1962
15. Robert E. McConnell, ca. 1950s
16. Ernest L. Muzzall
17. Leo Nicholson, ca. 1960s
18. Nicholson Pavilion, ca. 1960
19. Stephens-Whitney Hall, ca. 1960
Box 5
1. Oversized photographs and newspaper clippings
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