Charles Mutschler
Archivist at Eastern Washington University
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Charles V. Mutschler (May 28, 1955 – March 10, 2019) was an archivist and Interim Dean of Eastern Washington University Libraries.[1] He served as Assistant Archivist and Acting University Archivist and was hired as University Archivist in 2001.[2] He became Interim Dean in 2018.[3]
In addition to his work at EWU, he was an avid railroad and model railroad enthusiast, speaking locally on railroad history topics and authoring publications about railroad history.[4]
Early life
Mutschler was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and traveled around the southwestern United States while his father worked as a mining geologist.[5] He attended middle school in Colorado.[5] Mutschler received a BA from Eastern Washington State College (1977), an MA from Eastern Washington University (1981), an MA in Archival Administration from Western Washington University (1992), and a Ph.D. in History from Washington State University (1999).[4] He had lived in Cheney, Washington since 1969.[5] He was killed in an automobile crash on March 10, 2019, near Cheney, Washington.[6]
Publications
- Spokane’s Street Railways: An Illustrated History (1987)
- Wired for Success: The Butte Anaconda & Pacific Railway (2002)
- A Doctor Among the Oglala Sioux: The Letters of Robert H. Ruby, 1953–1954 (co-edited with Cary C. Collins) (2010)
