Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association Records 1953-1974

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Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association Records 1953-1974

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Minutes, correspondence, financial statements, price data and production statistics, newsletters and photographs of an association of pear producers. Correspondents include buyers and United States Representative Catherine May.

3 containers.; 2.5 linear feet of shelf space.; 3850 items.

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Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)

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Bedell, Catherine May, 1914-2004

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Catherine Dean May Bedell (May 18, 1914 – May 28, 2004) was a U.S. Representative from Washington. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first woman elected to Congress in the state of Washington. Born Catherine Dean Barnes in Yakima, Washington. She attended Yakima Valley Junior College before graduating from the University of Washington with a BA in English and speech in 1936. After earning a teaching certificate there the following year, she taught high school English in Chehalis, ...

Whybark, Clay. WaPS

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Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association.

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The Washington-Oregon Canning Pear Association organized in the fall of 1953 and incorporated under Washington Law in March 1959. The expressed purpose of the Association is to: stabilize the canning pear industry, return a fair price to growers, bring about an early price, cooperate fully with all segments of industry, and grow quality pears in the most efficient and scientific manner possible. The Association began as a strictly Washington enterprise and in 1954 the membership was about 600. I...