Walter B. Beals scrapbooks, 1902-1948.

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Walter B. Beals scrapbooks, 1902-1948.

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The Walter B. Beals scrapbooks contain mainly newspaper clippings and photographs documenting his military service in World War I, the Washington State National Guard, as well as his campaigns and appointments to become a King County Superior Court and Washington State Supreme Court judge. The first volume chronicles Beals' service starting with his first enlistment in Seattle in 1902, his progression from second Lieutenant to Captain from 1909 to 1914, his promotion to Major in the Judge Advocate General Department in 1915, and his call to federal service on August 21, 1917. The scrapbook also contains many photos of Beals' service with the National Guard of Washington with handwritten dates ranging from 1909 to 1916, including images from the Seattle Preparedness Parade of June 1916. The remainder of the album features ephemera from Beals' service in the First World War. The second volume documents the hotly-contested campaign for Superior Court Judge for the State of Washington in 1926. Inside the front cover, this scrapbook also contains a copy of the Military Government Journal from March 1948, with a personal note to Beals from author Cecil F. Hubert, regarding an article on the trials at Nuremberg, on which Beals presided from 1946-1947. The final volume contains photos and articles covering various aspects of Beals' life. It includes images of his military service during World War I, such as King Albert I of Belgium surveying and addressing the camp (1919), and President William Howard Taft. Also represented is his 1928 appointment to the Washington State Supreme Court, including the original letter for the appointment signed by Governor Roland H. Hartley. The volume also holds several newspaper articles about Beals as an avid collector, ranging in date from 1925 to 1927.

3 v. ; sizes vary.

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