Joel Edward Ferris papers, 1938-1961.

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Joel Edward Ferris papers, 1938-1961.

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The papers of J.E. Ferris include his Washington State University Friends of the Library correspondence, comprising correspondence concerning the Judge Walter B. Beals Library (1938-1949); the files of correspondence of the WSU Library with Ferris (1938-1961); and WSU President Ernest O. Holland's correspondence with Ferris (1946-1950). Also included in the collection are pamphlets and newspaper articles written by Ferris and miscellaneous newspaper clippings and pamphlets concerning WSU.

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Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries

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Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries

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Washington State University. Friends of the Library.

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Washington State University. Libraries. Friends of the Library.

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Ferris, Joel Edward, 1874-

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Joel Edward Ferris (1874-1960) was first President of the Board of Directors for Friends of the Library of Washington State University, 1938-1948, and served on the Board until his death in 1960. Ferris was Chairman of the Spokane and Eastern Division of the Seattle-First National Bank, Spokane, President of the Eastern Washington Historical Society and had received an honorary degree of doctor of laws from Whitman College and Washington State University. From the guide to the Joel E...

Fuller, Cecil R., Mrs,

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Beals, Walter B.

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Walter B. Beals was born in St. Paul, MN in 1876. He moved to the Washington Territory with his family that same year. He graduated from the University of Washington's School of Law in 1901. After graduation, he went into private practice in Seattle, Wash. Mr. Beals served in the United States Army in World War I. After the War, he served as a King County judge, Washington State Supreme Court judge and Chief Justice of the Court 1933-34 and 1945-46. In October 1946, he took a leave of absence to...

Holland, Ernest Otto, 1874-1950

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