Washington Water Power Company Papers 1885-1968

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Washington Water Power Company Papers 1885-1968

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Minute books, reports, correspondence, contracts, documents, company histories, publicity and other papers of the Washington Water Power Company and its predecessors, including street railroad and amusement park firms. Correspondents include David Huntington, William S. Norman, William Augustus White, and Henry Richards.

59 containers.; 29 linear feet of shelf space.

eng,

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

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Huntington, David, 1870-1929.

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Avista Corp.

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White, William Augustus, 1843-1927

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White was the senior partner in a firm of New York City investment bankers, who began serious book collecting in 1885. He collected works by William Blake, Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights and created important collections of Shakespeare and Americana. From the description of Library accession books, manuscript, 1863-1927. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612236412 Epithet: of Brooklyn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Des...

Washington Water Power Company

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Washington Water Power Company, an investor-owned electric utility company based in Spokane, WA, was founded 1889. In addition to its primary business as a public utility, Washington Water Power also operated other business enterprises in Spokane, including streetcar lines and Natatorium Park, a public amusement park. In 1998, the company name was changed to Avista Corporation. From the guide to the Washington Water Power Company Papers, 1885-1968, (Washington State University Librar...

Norman, William, Jun.

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Richards, Henry, 1849-1910.

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