View the complete Women's Athletics at WSU photo collection.

View a slide show of selected images from the collection. (The slide show will begin and run automatically)
View the Women's Athletics at WSU poster, designed for the 2007 WSU Academic Showcase.
View the WSU Today pictorial, covering the 2007 WSU Academic Showcase. ( 30 March 2007 issue)
View the WSU Today official announcement of the Women's Athletics collection. (13 April 2007 issue)

      The contents of the Women's Athletics at WSU collection were obtained from the following MASC sources:
PC 1, WSU Office of University Publications and Printing, 1948-1953 (selected women's athletics photographs)
PC 4, WSU Photographs Subject File, 1892-Present (selected women's athletics photographs)
PC 31, Myron Samuel Huckle, Photographs of Washington State University, 1924-1930 (selected women's athletics photographs)
PC 36, WSU Department of Physical Education for Women, ca. 1914-1970 (selected women's athletics photographs)
PC 115, WSU Office of University Publications and Printing, 1983-1996 (selected women's athletics photographs)
WSU 31-4, WSU Publications, 1891-Present (selected women's athletics photographs)

Creating the Database:

      Headed by Laila Miletic-Vejzovic, this digital collection was created at the WSU Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections. Under the supervision of Trevor James Bond, Ryli Clark digitized photographs, postcards, book illustrations, and certificates by scanning them on an OpticBook 3600 Plus scanner and an Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner as 300dpi TIFF files. Photos were modified for clarity using Adobe Photoshop CS2. All scans were added to CONTENTdm as 72dpi JPEG files. Research for the collection was completed by Ryli Clark and Cara Kaser utilizing the vast collection of documentation scattered throughout MASC's archived papers and publications. With information found in these sources, Ryli Clark authored descriptive metadata using the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set. The subject headings were derived from the Library of Congress' controlled vocabulary. Ryli Clark created the graphics that accompany the collection while Alex Merrill provided technical support for website design and the use of CONTENTdm. The project was made possible through the Women's History Consortium grant (WHC). The WHC, created in 2005 as a Washington State Historical Society-led initiative, is dedicated to preserving and making available resources regarding Washington women's history. More information about the WHC is available at www.washingtonwomenshistory.org.

Viewing the Database:

      The collections' viewing and search options are located above. Clicking on "View the complete Women's Athletics at WSU photo collection" will allow you to view the entire collection, arranged alphabetically by title. A selected list of subject topics is provided in a drop-down box labeled "Predefined Searches." Choose a topic from the options and click the "go" button to view your results. Entering search terms in the "Keyword Search" box will search across all of the database fields. Results are displayed as a series of thumbnail images that may be browsed both forward and backward. To view the larger image and its corresponding data, click on the thumbnail or its title. The visual layout of the collection may be customized by clicking on "preferences" in the top navigation bar. Click on "View a slide show of selected images from the collection," to view a brief slide show of Women's Athletics images. The slide show consists of 78 images dating from 1899 to 2000. The slide show may take a moment to load and will begin and run automatically. You may view the slideshow in its entirety or, at any time, select the "back" button to return to this page. Throughout your search, assistance is available by clicking "help," located in the top navigation bar.