University of Washington scrapbooks, 1892-1947.

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University of Washington scrapbooks, 1892-1947.

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Newspaper clippings about the University of Washington, its students, faculty, alumni, and campus. There are also numerous clippings about faculty research, student activities and sports, particularly football and crew, buildings, budgets, the Regents, and the state of Washington. Scrapbooks dating from the years of World War I and World War II include numerous clippings about students and alumni in the military, their obituaries and their wedding announcements. Volume 1 also contains letters by and about students in the army, and two photographs. Some clippings and one photograph are loose. Volume 16 contains a pamphlet produced by the University of Washington Alumni Association regarding the Metropolitan Tract, entitled "The University's Ten Acres." Correspondents include Iver Carlson and William Gorham. Some materials are in poor condition.

19 v. ; sizes vary.

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University of Washington

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Gorham, William H., 1861-1935

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William Hills Gorham (1861-1935) was born on February 19, 1861 in Sacramento California. He was educated in Boston and Washington, D.C. He briefly worked as a time-keeper on the Canadian railroad and as a purser on a Fraser River steamship. Gorham read law with George H. Williams, a former Attorney-General of the United States and candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court. After passing the bar exam, Gorham moved to Seattle in 1884. He first specialized in admiralty law and later turned to general pr...

Carlson, Iver Walter.

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Iver W. Carlson (1895-1972) was a soldier in the First World War and a Seattle City Light employee who took an interest in veteran's affairs and military history. Born in Boulder Colorado, Carlson moved back and forth between Washington State and Colorado several times during his childhood years. In 1915, he began attending the University of Washington as a pre-Law student. He joined the National Guard in 1916 and served in the United States Army during World War I in the 41st and then the 1st I...

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