Washington State Library's collection of correspondence and other materials, 1895-2002 bulk 1945-1978

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Washington State Library's collection of correspondence and other materials, 1895-2002 bulk 1945-1978

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This is a collection of letters written to and from the State Librarian of the Washington State Library (WSL). The collection includes a copy of the Early Library Development in Washington from The Washington Historical Quarterly, Vol. XVII, no. 4; copy of the remarks made at a party honoring Gene Bismuti in the summer of 1990, which include a description of the remodeling of the Washington Room in the summer of 1987. There are three proclamations (2 framed) from Governors declaring National Library Week in the State of Washington. Two proclamations are from Dixie Lee Ray and one from John Spellman. The collection also includes memorandums and correspondence about the proposed move of WSL to the Evergreen State College Campus in the 1970's. The collection includes some photographs. The State Librarian's collection of correspondence ranges through several administration. It includes letters and the carbon copies of the answers that were sent by George A. Kennedy, William Tucker, Carma Zimmerman (Leigh), Alta Grim, Mildred Pope Blake, Gretchen Schenk, Maryan Reynolds and Roderick Swartz. It includes some correspondence by Gene Bismuti and Hazel E. Mills, WSL librarians. It includes a folder of original early (1895 - ca. 1897) book purchase correspondence primarily by Geo. Kennedy. Box 5 contains copies of line drawings of Point Plaza East with floor plans to the State Library located on Capitol Blvd. It also includes the Historic Structures Report to the Joel M. Pritchard Building located on the Capitol Campus.

6 linear feet (5 boxes)

Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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SNAC Resource ID: 6913318

Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Washington State Library

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Maud P. Mitchell was born about 1883 in Oregon. She married Chas. R. Mitchell and by 1920 they were living in Chehalis, WA. Charles was an assistant cashier at the bank. Charles had become a banker by 1930. Between 1957 & 1958 Charles passed away. And Maud passed away on 29 May 1960 in Chehalis, WA. From the description of Washington State Library's collection of Maud Mitchell's history of Chehalis and Lewis counties, 1845-1858. (Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of S...

Mills, Hazel E.

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Blake, Mildred Pope, 1896-1989

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Leigh, Carma 1904-2009

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Washington State Library Washington/Northwest Room

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Evergreen State College. Library

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Schenk, Gretchen Knief, 1901-

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Grim, Alta M., ca. 1905-1988

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Tucker, William Pierce, 1910-2001

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Bismuti, Gene

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Reynolds, Maryan E., 1913-2004

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Washington State Library was the first American library north of the Columbia River. It was established by the passing of the Organic Act of the Territory of Washington on March 2, 1853. According to the Organic Act, the library was "to be kept at the seat of government." As the seat of government moved, so did the library. By 1917 the library was in the basement of the Temple of Justice where it remained until 1959. The Joel M. Pritchard Building (Pritchard Building) was built south of the Legi...

Kennedy, George A., b. 1873

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Joel M. Pritchard Building (Olympia, Wash.)

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Swartz, Roderick G., 1939-1986

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