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Charles Tallmadge Conover papers, 1889-1956
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Conover, Charles Tallmadge, 1862-1961
- Title
- Charles Tallmadge Conover papers
- Dates
- 1889-1956 (inclusive)18891956
- Quantity
- .42 cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection Number
- 1052 (Accession No. 1052-001)
- Summary
- Businessman, newspaper columnist
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Businessman and newspaper columnist, Charles Tallmadge Conover (1862-1961), was born in Esperance, New York, on August 7, 1862, the son of Abram and Harriet M. (Tallmadge) Conover. After working as a journalist in New York State for two years, Conover moved to British Columbia. He then worked briefly for the Tacoma Ledger (1887-1888) and even more briefly as the city editor for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In 1888, he formed Crawford & Connor with another P-I reporter, Samuel L. Crawford. Crawford & Conover were real estate and financial brokers, and after a slow start, became quite successful. In 1891, Conover married Mary Louise Burns. They had one child, Tallmadge. After Mary Louise Burns' death in 1914, Conover married his second wife, Idelle M. Conkling, in 1931. Crawford & Conover were responsible for a national campaign, advertising Seattle and Washington State, and Conover is credited with coining "The Evergreen State" as Washington's nickname. He also advocated for the name Mount Rainier in 1917 before the United States Geographic Board, and actively campaigned for the continued use of the name Mt. Rainier in 1924 when a resolution was put before Congress to change the name to Mt. Tacoma. After retiring from real estate in 1941, Conover returned to writing, penning a column, "Just Cogitating" for the Seattle Times. Conover also authored several books, including Mirrors of Seattle (1923) and a biography of Judge Thomas Burke. He was a member of the Rainier Club, the Holland Society, the Sons of the American Revolution, and was active in the foundation of the Seattle Humane Society. Conover died in August, 1961.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Charles Tallmadge Conover papers are comprised mainly of correspondence, speeches and writings relating, in part, to the Rainier Club, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Northwest history, Mount Rainier, and the firm of Crawford and Conover. Folder 1 contains a list of Conover's letters. Folders 2-18 contain incoming correspondence, organized alphabetically. Folders 19-27 consist of outgoing correspondence, organized chronologically. Folders 28-31 contain speeches and writings. Folders 29-37 contain copies of the Rainier Club Library News (1936-1952). Folder 38 contains Crawford and Conover contracts of 1889. Conover's writings include short typescript pieces on Seattle, local history, and golf. Correspondents include Thomas Burke, William F. Devin, Ella Higginson, Trevor Kincaid, George Kinnear, John F. Miller, C. Hart Merrimam, John F. Miller, William Hickman Moore, Stephen B. Penrose, Harold Pulsifer, John J. Underwood. Among the unidentified letters are two letters signed Margaret, which appear to have been written by Conover's housekeeper Margaret Anderson. Also included are several issues of the Rainier Club Library News, a short newsletter issued by Conover for the Rainier Club.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | List of Conover Letters | |
| 1/2 | Andrews, L. R. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1950 |
| 1/2 | Atkins, J. B. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/2 | Atlantic Monthly incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/2 | Banning, Pierson incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1924 |
| 1/2 | Baxter, Portur incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1948 |
| 1/3 | Bedingfield, T. L. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/3 | Biglow, William incoming correspondence 5 items
|
1922-1923 |
| 1/3 | Blanchard - Nichols - Coleman incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/3 | Bok, Edward W. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/3 | Botsford - Constantine Co. incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/3 | Boyce, Robert W. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/3 | Boyns, Robert S. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/3 | Braid, Andrew incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1916 |
| 1/3 | British Columbia Land Registry Office incoming
correspondence 3 items
|
1923 |
| 1/3 | Brown, Esther B. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/3 | Bryant, Cliff W. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/4 | Burke, Thomas incoming correspondence 6 items
|
1915-1924 |
| 1/4 | Butler, Nicholas M. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1925 |
| 1/4 | Cartantrie incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/4 | Carter, MacDonald, & Miller Inc. incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/4 | Chamber of Commerce, Anacortes incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/4 | Chamber of Commerce, Seattle 5 items
|
1922-1923 |
| 1/4 | Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/4 | Clise, Charles F. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/5 | Coburn, Elizabeth incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1950 |
| 1/5 | Conover, William A. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/5 | Costello, Gilbert S. incoming correspondence 4 items
|
1945-1946 |
| 1/5 | Cram, George F. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1924 |
| 1/6 | Dabney, Frank incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/6 | Dilling, George W. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1945 |
| 1/6 | Donovan, John J. incoming correspondence 3 items
|
1920-1930 |
| 1/6 | Engle, A. W. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/7 | Faulkner, L. B. incoming correspondence 3 items
|
1924 |
| 1/7 | Fisken & Co. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1922 |
| 1/7 | Fisken, Marian incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/7 | Fleager, H. A. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1950 |
| 1/7 | Fogg, Mrs. Fred S. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/7 | Forbes, B. D. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/7 | Fowle, Albert L. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1922 |
| 1/8 | Fredricksen, Fred incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/8 | Ferguson, Helen incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/8 | Garret, Jessie R. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1920 |
| 1/8 | Great Northern Railway Co. incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/8 | Gund, George incoming correspondence 3 items
|
1923 |
| 1/8 | Hanford, Ada L. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
undated |
| 1/8 | Hazelton, Henry I. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1922 |
| 1/8 | Hawkins, Eudara incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/8 | Hayes, R. S. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/9 | Higday, Hamilton incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1923 |
| 1/9 | Higginson, Ella incoming correspondence 5 items
|
undated |
| 1/9 | Hill, Samuel incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/9 | Hodges, L. K. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1928 |
| 1/9 | Hoge, James D. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/9 | Hurst, Mrs. Fred incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/9 | Izzard Company incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/9 | Japan Imperial Consulate, Seattle incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/9 | Jermane, W. W. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/10 | Karshner, (Dr.) W. M. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1951 |
| 1/10 | Keator, Frederic W. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/10 | Kennedy Publishing Co. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/10 | Kenny, C. A. M. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/10 | Kincaid, Trevor incoming correspondence 4 items
|
1955-1956 |
| 1/10 | Kinnear, George incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/10 | Kinnear, Roy J. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/10 | Krogress, C. George incoming correspondence 4 items
|
1923 |
| 1/11 | Lambert, S. E. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/11 | Lansing, Robert incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1926 |
| 1/11 | Lewis, C. D. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/11 | Lewis, James H. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1925 |
| 1/11 | Lewis, Laura incoming correspondence | undated |
| 1/11 | MacDougall & Southwick Co. incoming
correspondence 2 items
|
1950 |
| 1/11 | McElroy, W. B. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1924 |
| 1/11 | McEwan, Alexander F. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1922 |
| 1/11 | McNeil, F. W. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/11 | Martin, T. H. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/11 | Mayer, Joseph incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/12 | Meany, Edmund S. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/12 | Mercer, Thomas incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/12 | Merriam, (Dr.) C. Hart incoming correspondence 3 items
|
1924 |
| 1/12 | Miller, John F. incoming correspondence 4 items
|
1924-1929 |
| 1/12 | Mills & Hagbom incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/12 | Minneapolis Tribune incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/12 | Minor, Anne H. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1924 |
| 1/12 | Moore, William H. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1945 |
| 1/12 | Moorehouse, Eli incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/13 | Moran, Robert incoming correspondence 12 items
|
1922-1927 |
| 1/13 | Mt. Tacoma Club incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1924 |
| 1/13 | Murphy, Paul C. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/13 | Myers, George T. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/13 | Nelson, E. E. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1929 |
| 1/13 | New York Life Insurance Co. incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/14 | Oregonian incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1924 |
| 1/14 | Outlook Company incoming correspondence 3 items
|
1925-1927 |
| 1/14 | Ovington, E. J. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/14 | Parks, M. P. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/14 | Penrose, Stephen B. L. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1926 |
| 1/14 | Pocock, George incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1940 |
| 1/14 | Poole, Jeanette F. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/14 | Port Moody City Clerk incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/14 | Porter, George incoming correspondence 3 items
|
1922-1923 |
| 1/15 | Rainier Club incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/15 | Rhodes of Seattle incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1950 |
| 1/15 | Robertson, (Dr.) A. Rocke incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/15 | Sandy, B. V. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/16 | Seattle Mayor incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1922, 1945 |
| 1/16 | Seattle Public Works Department incoming
correspondence 2 items
|
1923 |
| 1/16 | Seattle Streets and Sewers Department incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/16 | Seattle Children's Home incoming
correspondence 3 items
|
1950 |
| 1/16 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/16 | Seattle Times incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/16 | Sedgwick, Ellery incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1921 |
| 1/16 | Sleicher, Ella S. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/16 | Sleicher, Mary P. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1922-1923 |
| 1/16 | Smith, Charles L. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1946 |
| 1/16 | Spencer, Louis A. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
1922 |
| 1/16 | Steel, William G. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1924 |
| 1/17 | Terrace, Frank incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/17 | Underwood, J. J. incoming correspondence 3 items
|
1923-1924 |
| 1/17 | U.S. Navy Assistant Secretary's Office incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1918 |
| 1/17 | U.S. Navy incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1926 |
| 1/17 | U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce incoming
correspondence 3 items
|
1924 |
| 1/17 | Voters Information League incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/17 | Walling, Jason M. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/17 | Warner, Louise J. incoming correspondence 2 items
|
|
| 1/17 | Washburn, R. C. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/17 | Washington Municipal Corporations Division incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1923 |
| 1/17 | Washington Public Works Department incoming
correspondence 3 items
|
1922 |
| 1/17 | Washington Paint Company incoming
correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/17 | Waterhouse, Frank incoming correspondence 1 item
|
1922 |
| 1/18 | Wilson, Maude incoming correspondence 8 items
|
1922-1923 |
| 1/18 | Woodriff, Jeannette F. incoming correspondence 1 item
|
undated |
| 1/18 | Wood, James A. incoming correspondence 3 items
|
1946 |
| 1/18 | Unidentified incoming correspondence 5 items
|
|
| 1/19-27 | Outgoing Correspondence approximately 169 items
|
1919-1927 |
| 1/28-31 | Speeches and Writings 13 items
|
undated |
| 1/32-37 | Rainier Club Library News - Writings for Rainier
Club 120 items
|
1936-1952 |
| 1/38 | Crawford and Conover Contract (List of Lots sold in Renton
Addition) 1 item
|
1889-1890 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Historians--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Journalists--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Real estate developers--Washington (State)-- Seattle--Archives
Personal Names
- Burke, Thomas, 1849-1925--Correspondence
- Conover, Charles Tallmadge, 1862-1961--Archives
- Devin, William F. (William Franklin), 1898---Correspondence
- Higginson, Ella, 1862-1940--Correspondence
- Kincaid, Trevor, 1872-1970--Correspondence
- Kinnear, George, 1836-1912--Correspondence
- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942--Correspondence
- Miller, John Franklin, 1862-1936--Correspondence
- Moore, William Hickman, 1861---Correspondence
- Penrose, Stephen Beasley Linnard, 1864-1947--Correspondence
- Pulsifer, Harold Trowbridge, 1886-1948--Correspondence
- Underwood, John J. (John Jasper), 1871---Correspondence
Corporate Names
- Crawford & Conover Inc. (Seattle, Wash.)
- Rainier Club (Seattle, Wash.)
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Geographical Names
- Northwest, Pacific--History
- Rainier, Mount (Wash.)
- Seattle (Wash.)--History
- Seattle (Wash.)--Social life and customs
- Washington (State)--History
