Floyd and Hannah Danskin Papers 1912-1969

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Floyd and Hannah Danskin Papers 1912-1969

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Correspondence, campaign materials, clippings, financial records, and photographs of Floyd Danskin of Spokane, Speaker of the Washington House or Representatives, and his wife Hannah Mitchell Danskin. Materials related to Mrs. Danskin concern her activities on behalf of the Spokane YWCA and her career in journalism in New York City and Kansas City, Missouri, Some materials relate to Washington Governor Roland H. Hartley and the Republican National Conventions of 1920, 1932, and 1936.

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Eastern Washington University Archives & Special Collections

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Danskin, Hannah Mitchell

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Hartley, Roland H., 1864-1952

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YWCA (Spokane, Wash.)

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Republican National Convention (20th : 1932 : Cleveland, Ohio)

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Danskin family

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Danskin, Floyd Brown

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Floyd Brown Danskin was born in Aulne, Kansas, in 1889, the son of J.H. Danskin, a store keeper and postmaster. He graduated from Marion, Kansas High School in 1907 and attended the University of Kansas where he received his BA in 1912 and his MA in 1913. After working in economics at the University of Kansas, he accepted a fellowship at the University of Wisconsin to assist Halford Erickson, an expert in transportation problems. Following his family, who had moved to Va...

Republican National Convention (17th : 1920 : Chicago, Ill.)

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Washington (State). Legislature. House of Representatives. Speaker.

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Republican National Convention (21st : 1936 : Chicago, Ill.)

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Reed, Mark E. (Mark Edward), 1866-1933

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Lumberman, politician, financier, and Washington State Representative. Reed was hired to run the Simpson Logging Company's store in Shelton, Washington in 1897, and took over management of the company upon Sol Simpson's death in 1906. Reed expanded the firm, and strove to build a company that could survive the turbulent timber industry. He resisted the unionization of his labor force, but sought to reduce turnover by continually improving conditions in his logging camps....