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Oliver Scott Van Olinda (1868-1954) was a career newspaperman who learned to set type at the age of 17. In 1891 Van Olinda moved to Vashon Island, Washington, where he started his first newspaper, The Island Home. The paper, lacking advertisers, was supported solely by a faithful readership of paid subscribers. In succeeding years, Van Olinda published and edited a number of papers: The Vashon Island Press (1895-1897); The Stanwood Press, a Snohomish County paper; The Island Times (1900-1909), a Coupeville paper; and The Vashon Island News-Record. Van Olinda served for 18 years as historian of the Vashon-Maury Pioneer Society. He was an adept writer, producing many lively stories of Puget Sound pioneer life for both adults and children. His children's stories were created for his grandchildren, and each was specially bound and contained hand-drawn pictures. In 1935 Van Olinda published a book of local history, History of Vashon-Maury Island.

From the description of Oliver S. Van Olinda papers, 1895-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74814524

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