Joe Smith Papers 1890-1962

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Joe Smith Papers 1890-1962

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Farmer, Populist politician, and journalist in Eastern Washington and Seattle

10.90 cubic feet; 25 boxes

eng,

University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6368918

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Populist Party (Wash.)

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Gill, Hiram

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Smith, Joe, 1872-1962

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Seattle journalist and political activist. Born in Laddonia, Mo., in 1872; died in Seattle, Wash., in 1962. After settling in Endicott, Washington, in 1883 to homestead, Smith's father expanded his landholdings and became one of the larger wheat farmers in the Palouse. In 1889, at the age of 16, Joe Smith began keeping a meticulously detailed diary while working on his father's farm. After attending Missouri State University, Smith began writing for the Spokane Spokesman...

Dilling, George W.

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