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Washington (State)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Blaine Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-002
Abstract

The collection is one bound volume of transcribed letters documenting the travels of Reverend David E. Blaine and his wife Catharine Paine Blaine and their life in the Puget Sound area of Washington state. The volume also contains papers and genealogical information.

Dates: 1849-1864

Homer T. Bone papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-003
Abstract

This collection documents Homer T. Bone's political career, his role in the development of public electrical power in the Pacific Northwest, and regional politics.

Dates: 1889-1967

Henry Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-004
Abstract

This collection contains the personal reminiscences of Methodist minister Reverend Henry Brown, who ministered in Iowa and eastern Washington State. The collection includes scrapbooks and newsclippings.

Dates: 1848-1931

John M. Canse pamphlet collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-005
Abstract

John M. Canse was pastor for the University Methodist Episcopal Church in Seattle, Washington, during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. This collection contains booklets, pamphlets, and maps on the history and development of cities and counties in Washington, Oregon, and other states. It also includes materials on railroads, highways, bridges, expositions, national parks and forts, and George Washington.

Dates: 1900-1935

John Coffee papers

 File
Identifier: Mss-006
Abstract

Tacoma resident John Main Coffee (1897-1983) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Washington State, 1937-1946. The collection contains papers, correspondence, speeches, photographs, campaign literature, clippings, press releases and scrapbooks.

Dates: circa 1940-1980

Walter S. Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-009
Abstract

Walter S. Davis was a Washington State Senator (1912-1928) and a professor of history and political science at the College of Puget Sound (now University of Puget Sound), in Tacoma, Washington, from 1907-1943. The collection contains mainly CPS-related correspondence, papers, notebooks, lecture notes, and also genealogical information.

Dates: 1858-1957; Majority of material found within 1866 - 1891

Abby Williams Hill papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-011
Abstract Abby Williams Hill (1861-1943) was a landscape artist best known for her oil paintings created en plein air, or outdoors, depicting the scenery of the American West. Her work was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition (1893), St. Louis World’s Fair (1904), the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland (1905), the Jamestown Tercentennial (1907), and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle (1909). The Abby Williams Hill papers include 39 boxes of correspondence, journals,...
Dates: 1850-1985; Majority of material found within 1890-1943

Northwestern Lumber Company collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-015
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of logging operations in Washington state near Hoquiam, the Moclips River, and the Tacoma waterfront.

Dates: circa 1900-1935

Office of the President records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-01
Abstract

This collection contains the records of Presidents of the University of Puget Sound (earlier known as Puget Sound University and College of Puget Sound), in Tacoma, Washington.

Dates: 1888-2016

Office of the Provost records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-02
Abstract

This collection contains the records of the Dean's Office for the College of Puget Sound (now University of Puget Sound) including those of Dean John D. Regester (1936-1965) and Dean Norman Thomas (approximately 1960-1967).

Dates: 1931-2010