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Libraries
Identify and Preserve Cougar History

The heart of campus, the WSU Libraries support and serve every college and department, as well as their students, staff, and faculty. The Libraries are the center of innovation at WSU.

We have books, journals, media, maps, microforms, government publications, e-books, e-journals, unique digital collections, manuscripts, archives, special collections, classrooms, study spaces, makerspaces, and experienced librarians who help to enrich the student educational experience. The Libraries are the biggest student employer on campus. Adding to the digital collections, WSU Libraries’ student workers digitized over 42,000 Office of University Publications and Printing/WSU Press photographs and negatives of campus life from 1947 to 1983. See the photos on the WSU Libraries’ website.

A third of the photos have unidentified subjects. We need your support and help to find out who these Cougs are. Watch University Archivist Mark O’English explain the importance of identifying all the students, teachers, and community members in the OUPP/WSU Press Photographs collection.

Identifying loved ones in these images is priceless. Listen to the story of Brad Newman finding his mom, dad, and grandmother in one of the photos. Nancy Newman and her mother-in-law Dorothy were previously unidentified in the photo. Their names are now in the digital collection.

We created the “WSU Historic Photos” Facebook group to identify individuals in the photos and to hear Coug stories. Join the group, identify friends and family, and donate to help WSU Libraries and their students identify Cougar history.

Will you help positively influence the life of a student and preserve our Cougar history by making a gift today?

 

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Match
Libraries $5,000 Match
Match met! Thanks to everyone who supported the Libraries' MASC Development Fund!
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$15,000
Libraries Bonus Challenge: 20th Gift Unlocks $15,000
Challenge unlocked! Thanks to everyone who supported the MASC Development Fund!
5 / 5 Gifts
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Ambassador Donor Challenge
Congrats to the most passionate, dedicated, and persuasive #CougsGive Ambassadors! Great work Stephen!
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Leaderboard
Campus, College, and Program Leaderboard
Which campus, college, or program will raise the most during #CougsGive?
Rank Department Raised
1 College of Veterinary Medicine $45,755.00
2 Agricultural Human & Natural Resource Sciences $20,581.11
3 Cougar Athletic Fund $16,738.00
4 WSU Alumni Association $16,725.00
5 College of Arts and Sciences $14,030.00
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$15,000
Libraries Challenge: 15 Gifts Unlocks $15,000
Challenge unlocked. Thanks to everyone who supported the MASC Development Fund!
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
Success!
Ambassador Total Gifts Inspired Challenge
Congrats to the three most passionate, dedicated, and persuasive #CougsGive Ambassadors! Great work Stephen, Michael, and Ashley!
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Leaderboard
WSU Leaderboard Challenge
You can help your WSU campus, college, or area earn a special bonus! The top three areas with the highest percentage increase in donors from last year will earn an extra $500, $300, $200 (in order of ranking) thanks to Advancement Leadership Julie Benson, Associate Vice President, Central Development Units/Co-Campaign Director, and Mike Connell `85, Vice President Advancement and CEO, WSU Foundation.
Rank Prize Department % +/- Goal
1 $500 Graduate School +250.00% 7
goal: 2
2 $300 WSU Global Campus +188.89% 26
goal: 9
3 $200 Agricultural Human & Natural Resource Sciences +133.87% 145
goal: 62
4 WSU Pullman +106.67% 31
goal: 15
5 Libraries +92.31% 25
goal: 13
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Leaderboard
Campus, College, and Program Gift Leaderboard
Which campus, college, or program will receive the most gifts during #CougsGive?
Rank Department Gifts
1 Agricultural Human & Natural Resource Sciences 172
2 College of Veterinary Medicine 164
3 WSU Vancouver 132
4 Cougar Athletic Fund 104
5 College of Arts and Sciences 101
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