Arthur Beardsley was the head law librarian at the University of Washington School of Law from 1922 to 1944. Dr. Beardsley was a lawyer, a librarian, and an historian. In 1939, Arthur Beardsley and Judge Donald A. McDonald began collecting newspaper clippings and photographs of Washington State lawyers and judges in an attempt to compile a history of Washington State's legal community. Dr. Beardsley used the detailed research to write a manuscript about Washington's legal history. The result of this meticulous research was a 42-chapter manuscript called The Bench and Bar of Washington: The First Fifty Years, 1849-1900. This work was never published but the Washington State Library and the Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington, either have the manuscript or reproductions of the manuscript available.
From the description of The Bench and the Bar of Washington manuscript and photographs, circa 1971. (Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State). WorldCat record id: 285434820
