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Identifier: wwu:5559
Title: 1899 Main Building
Date: 1899
Description: Typed label on photo verso: Main Building Summer 1899. Negatives Available. Two additional prints available (5 x 7 in.). Original photo color sepia.
Digital Collection: Campus History Collection
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Special Collections
Related Collection: Campus History Collection
Local Identifier: CHC-OM_1899-0001

Identifier: wwu:5682
Title: 1951 Stump Ceremonies
Date: 1951-07-05
Description: On verso of image: July 5, 1951. Left to Right: Mrs. Ellnora Oertil-Ruswick, Mrs. E.T. [Helen J.] Mathes, Glenn Jordan, Gardiner Included with photos: The measurements for the old stump were 24' 6" in circumference. Mrs. Mathes said that her husband, Dr. E. T. Mathes, saved the stump as a reminder of the big trees that once covered the campus area. We learned that some of the girls' clubs cleared the area around the knoll of blackberry vines and other vines that naturally grew among the trees. The ivy was planted by the class of 1901. The information about the clubs clearing the area was furnished by Mrs. Ruswick. The ivy that was planted by the Class of 1901 was brought from Tacoma by Mrs. Dellinger, who is Mrs. Browne's mother.
Digital Collection: Campus History Collection
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Special Collections
Related Collection: Campus History Collection
Local Identifier: CHC-OM_1951-0002

Identifier: wwu:5550
Title: 1908 Main Buidling: Front from Street with Horses
Date: 1908
Description: Multiple Sizes Available Note stump lower center right; this stump was not removed until July 1951.
Digital Collection: Campus History Collection
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Special Collections
Related Collection: Campus History Collection
Local Identifier: CHC-OM_1908-0002

Identifier: wwu:5626
Title: 1951 Stump Ceremonies
Date: 1951-07-05
Description: Stamped on verso of image: Herald Staff Photo Bellingham, Wash. July 5, 1951. On verso of image: The boy on the stump was a passerby on the street who posed for the camera. Included with photos: The measurements for the old stump were 24' 6" in circumference. Mrs. Mathes said that her husband, Dr. E. T. Mathes, saved the stump as a reminder of the big trees that once covered the campus area. We learned that some of the girls' clubs cleared the area around the knoll of blackberry vines and other vines that naturally grew among the trees. The ivy was planted by the class of 1901. The information about the clubs clearing the area was furnished by Mrs. Ruswick. The ivy that was planted by the Class of 1901 was brought from Tacoma by Mrs. Dellinger, who is Mrs. Browne's mother.
Digital Collection: Campus History Collection
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Special Collections
Related Collection: Campus History Collection
Local Identifier: CHC-OM_1951-0004

Identifier: wwu:5543
Title: 1905 Main Building
Date: 1905
Description: Stump on right of photo was intentionally saved until 1951. Dr. Mathes wanted it preserved as a reminder of the big trees that once covered the campus area.
Digital Collection: Campus History Collection
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Special Collections
Related Collection: Campus History Collection
Local Identifier: CHC-OM_1905-0001

Identifier: wwu:5572
Title: 1902 Main Building
Date: 1902
Description: Photo appeared in Annual catalogue, State Normal School, Whatcom, Washington, June 1902 Negative Available
Digital Collection: Campus History Collection
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Special Collections
Related Collection: Campus History Collection
Local Identifier: CHC-OM_1902-0001

Identifier: wwu:5638
Title: 1951 Stump Ceremonies
Date: 1951-07-05
Description: On verso of image: July 5, 1951. Standing - Left to Right: President W.W. Haggard, Mrs. [Rachel P.] Haggard, Mrs. Ruth Burnet, Mrs. Ethel Birney-Laube, Miss Laura Sweet, Mrs. Ada Hogle-Abbott, Mr. Noah C. Davenport, Mrs. Clara Ellen Tarte-Davenport, Mrs. May Gilligan-Carr-Pew, Mrs. Harriet Dellinger-Browne, Mrs. Pearl Deerwester-Darling, Mrs. Lillian Miller-Whitney, Dr. Lucy Kangley, Mrs. Ruth Pratt-Doubt (in front), Miss Marian Doubt, Miss Sadie F. Lewellyn, Miss Catherine Montgomery, Dr. Alan Ross, Mr. Thomas Hunt, Miss Hazel Breakey, Mrs. Ellnora Oertil-Ruswick. Seated: Mrs. E.T. [Helen J.] Mathes, Miss Nora B. Cummins Included with photos: The measurements for the old stump were 24' 6" in circumference. Mrs. Mathes said that her husband, Dr. E. T. Mathes, saved the stump as a reminder of the big trees that once covered the campus area. We learned that some of the girls' clubs cleared the area around the knoll of blackberry vines and other vines that naturally grew among the trees. The ivy was planted by the class of 1901. The information about the clubs clearing the area was furnished by Mrs. Ruswick. The ivy that was planted by the Class of 1901 was brought from Tacoma by Mrs. Dellinger, who is Mrs. Browne's mother.
Digital Collection: Campus History Collection
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Special Collections
Related Collection: Campus History Collection
Local Identifier: CHC-OM_1951-0001

Identifier: wwu:5649
Title: 1951 Stump Ceremonies
Date: 1951-07-05
Description: On verso of image: July 5, 1951. Group I. Standing - Left to Right: Mrs. Ethel Birney-Laube, Miss Laura Street, Mrs. Ada Hogle-Abbott, Mr. Noah C. Davenport, Mrs. Clara Ellen [Tarte]-Davenport, Mrs. Harriet Dellinger-Browne. Seated: Mrs. E. T. [Helen J.] Mathes, Mrs. May Gilligan-Car-Pew. Group II. Standing - Left to Right: Mrs. Pearl Deerwester-Darling, Mrs. Lillian Miller-Whitney, Mrs. Ellnora Oertil-Ruswick, Miss Sadie F. Lewellyn, Miss Catherine Montgomery. Seated: Mrs. Ruth Pratt-Doubt Included with photos: The measurements for the old stump were 24' 6" in circumference. Mrs. Mathes said that her husband, Dr. E. T. Mathes, saved the stump as a reminder of the big trees that once covered the campus area. We learned that some of the girls' clubs cleared the area around the knoll of blackberry vines and other vines that naturally grew among the trees. The ivy was planted by the class of 1901. The information about the clubs clearing the area was furnished by Mrs. Ruswick. The ivy that was planted by the Class of 1901 was brought from Tacoma by Mrs. Dellinger, who is Mrs. Browne's mother.
Digital Collection: Campus History Collection
Type of resource: still image
Object custodian: Special Collections
Related Collection: Campus History Collection
Local Identifier: CHC-OM_1951-0003