Coffin Family Papers, 1864-1977

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Coffin Family
Title
Coffin Family Papers
Dates
1864-1977 (inclusive)
Quantity
15 containers., (19 linear feet of shelf space.), (12,340 items.)
Collection Number
Cage 405
Summary
Correspondence, financial records, real estate documents, daybooks, photographs and other papers of the two H. Stanley Coffins and their sheep ranching and mercantile enterprises in eastern Washington: Coffin Brothers, Yakima Grocery Company, and Coffin Sheep Company.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

For over fifty years, the firm of Coffin Brothers, Incorporated, dominated the livestock industry in central Washington, the wholesale grocery business in the Yakima Valley, and a variety of other financial enterprises. Coffin Brothers became the core of a family owned group of business ventures. The principal founder of the family fortunes was H. (Harvard) Stanley Coffin, born at The Dalles, Oregon, on September 14, 1869. He attended local public school, the Wasco Academy, and a business college. At age fourteen he began working in the warehouse of McFarland and French, General Merchandisers. Four years later, he moved up the Columbia River to Arlington, Oregon, where he worked with his brother, Arthur Coffin at the Coffin-McFarland Company warehouse. Stanley and another brother, Lester, learned the business quickly, and proceeded to purchase a quarter interest in the firm which was then renamed Arthur Coffin and Brothers.

Recognizing central Washington's potential for growth, the brothers moved their business to Yakima about 1893. Aided by their commercial connections in San Francisco, Portland, and on Puget Sound, they conducted a thriving business with farmers and stockmen, and, increasingly with Indians. As a result of this early association, Stanley became friends with the Indians. He learned to speak their languages, to share their respect for horses, and to participate in their ceremonies. Later he was made an honorary member of the Yakima Tribe.

The three-way partnership was renamed Coffin Brothers, and in 1903 it became a licensed corporation in the State of Washington. Their success in Yakima led to the opening of several branch stores. Using the name "The Idaho Store Company," outlets were established in Lewiston, Kamiah, Nezperce, Forest, Filer, and Lapwai in Idaho. Another store was established in Seattle which catered to the needs of miners enroute to Alaska. Additional retail stores were opened in Prosser, Mabton, Kennewick, and Toppenish in central Washington. Retailing, however, proved less profitable, so the firm concentrated on the Yakima wholesale business. In 1954, the wholesale business, the Yakima Grocery Company, was transferred to Stanley's niece and nephew, John Wenner and Mary Alice Wenner.

In addition to merchandise and groceries, the brothers expanded into a major livestock operation. In 1895, two years after moving to Yakima, the Coffins imported two bands of ewes from Oregon. Within a few years the sheep venture had grown to such an extent that for a time Stanley was forced to devote his full attention to the bands, although he remained a full partner in the merchandise business. Following the premature deaths of Lester (ca. 1918) and Arthur (ca. 1920), Stanley assumed full responsibility for the entire business operation.

Stanley Coffin married Anna Wenner of Canton, Ohio, and they raised three daughters--Dorothy (d. 1924), Mary Elizabeth, and Margaret-- and a son--Harvard Stanley Coffin II.

H. Stanley Coffin II was born on December 6, 1897 in Yakima. After attending Yakima schools and Columbia University, he graduated from Harvard University in 1921 with a bachelor of science degree. In 1924, he married Caroline Van Vliet of Yakima. Their daughter, Nancy was born in 1925 and the following year a son, Harvard Stanley Coffin III, was born. In 1921, Stanley II assumed management of the grocery business, and following his father's lead, became the central figure in the family's business interests. He was president of Coffin Brothers (liquidated 1954), the Yakima Grocery Company (passed to the Wenners in 1954), and the Coffin Sheep Company (reduced in 1956), in addition to holding a controlling interest in a number of smaller livestock companies. Mr. Coffin was a founder and director of the West Side National Bank of Yakima and a director of the Home Federal Savings and Loan Association.

Over the years the Coffin Family controlled substantial real estate holdings. Before 1909, they had acquired 50,000 deeded acres and 50,000 leased acres between Ellensburg and Wenatchee, known as the Cape Horn/Mountain Home Ranch. Eventually, Lester Coffin's descendents came to manage this property. Stanley Coffin I took control of the Coffin/Babcock range (also called the West Bar Ranch) which was located on the Columbia River. The family's Wenas Creek lands included the Mt. Vale Ranch, the McCabe Place, and the Lee Land ranch which totaled approximately 16,000 acres. Lying west of Yakima, the Cold Creek Ranch contained about 17,000 acres of well-watered grazing land. The Horse Heaven Ranch, inclusive of the Wilmert place and the Blakely place, was located south of Kennewick and was comprised of 30,000 deeded acres plus adjacent leased pastures. In addition to small deeded holdings (i.e., city lots, beach plots) the family also controlled various tracts of leased acreage.

Both Stanley I and Stanley II made significant contributions to the development of Yakima and the Pacific Northwest. As early members of the Washington Wool Growers Association and as leading sheep producers, the Coffins imported Corriedale and Romney sheep from Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand to upgrade local stock. Also they aided industry novices with both financial aid and moral support. Beginning in 1920, the Coffins were loyal Rotarians, both father and son serving terms as president. In addition to civic projects, the Stanley Park residential area in Yakima was developed by the Coffins. In 1940, at the age of 70, Stanley I passed away. Stanley II followed in 1970 at the age of 72. H. Stanley Coffin III, a practicing Yakima physician, continues to manage the family holdings.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 405, Coffin Family Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Upon arrival at Washington State University, the Coffin papers contained several different filing systems plus considerable loose material. To unify the collection, six major subject series were established and the various filing systems were integrated into these series. With the exception of four boxes of unfoldered material which has been organized by topic and interfiled into the series, the original order within the folders was maintained. In each series and/or subseries, the folders are arranged alphabetically.

Throughout the papers the difficulty in discriminating between the signatures of Stanley I and Stanley II is encountered. During the nineteen year period between the time of Stanley II's assuming an active role in the business (1921) and the year of Stanley I's death (1940), their signatures are indistinguishable. The signature of Stanley III is usually differentiated by the use of a wide-tipped, black ink pen. Another problem in evaluating the papers is the result of the original filing of records of different Coffin enterprises in common folders. This may be due to the concurrent existence of Coffin Brothers, Yakima Grocery Company, and Coffin Sheep Company and to the interlocking roles of individuals within these entities.

The first series, General Office Files, dates from 1906 through 1917 and is arranged in three subseries. The first subseries, correspondence, deals with labor recruitment; employee instruction and rural operation reports; local, county, state, and federal agencies; civic projects; industry organizations and individuals of a service nature (i.e. lawyers, accountants, insurance agents); family correspondence; and clippings and journal articles of personal, family, business, or historical nature. In addition to the Coffins, Stella Pearl Brady, corporation secretary for approximately seventeen years, contributed substantially to the volume of correspondence.

The second subseries is comprised of three court suits related to the Horse Heaven Ranch. In the case of Coffin vrs Deffenbaugh, real estate boundaries were contested. The second case, Coffin .us v Moch, a former employee was charged with cattle misappropriation. The final case, Hellberg .us v Coffin, dealt with road right-of-way. In the third subseries, Livestock, 1906-1975, sheep are the greatest concern, but cattle and horses receive considerable attention. Materials include livestock industry correspondence and bulletins, livestock feeding and health data, and livestock registration papers.

The second major series, Financial, extends from 1899 through 1975 and contains eight subseries. Bills, the first and largest subseries, concerns livestock and real estate maintenance, livestock purchases, office upkeep, and other expenses. The Coffin Brothers liquidation papers make up the second subseries while the third subseries contains the papers of the Anna.enner Coffin estate. The fourth subseries, income, documents the sales of livestock, wool, and grain. The fifth subseries, investments, contains stock certificates and other papers which reflect the variety of financial ventures undertaken by the Coffins. The check register and the five ledgers that comprise the sixth subseries span the years 1908 through 1967 although they are not inclusive for all those years. Inventories, receipts, budgets, financial pocket books, and worksheets are included in the seventh subseries. The last financial subseries contains income and real estate tax data.

Dating 1864 through 1977, the third and largest series, Real Estate, evidences the extensive land holdings of the Coffin family. The first of the six subseries, correspondence and general real estate files, deals with easements and range and wheat-land leases. Documents, the second subseries, is largely property title abstracts. The third subseries concerns the maintenance and improvements, chiefly for irrigation, made by the Coffins on both deeded and leased land. Papers related to land purchases, sales, and use comprise the fourth through sixth subseries.

Thirty-seven personal/business logs with daily entries by Stanley I and Stanley II make up the fourth series. These day books date from 1899, skip to 1931, and are nearly complete through 1969 with only 1944 and 1947 lacking. Depicting the major real estate holdings and the prime livestock are the photographs in the fifth series. The last major series consists of maps which also illustrate the Coffin real estate. Aside from two bound atlases of Benton County, the series contains an oversize folder of Benton County maps of varied quality, sources, types and dates. Numerous maps of Yakima city and county are included in this series in an oversize folder.

Although the records may appear to be complete, a cautionary note is in order. For the most part, the records of the Coffin enterprises are not continuous and are not entirely complete. There are apparent gaps within series and subseries--both with respect to time and type of material. Records in a single folder often cross over organizational boundaries, thus making it difficult to trace the activities of a single unit within the Coffin financial hierarchy. For example, while a folder label may specify one entity of the Coffin enterprise, it may also contain information dealing with several other aspects.

Acquisition Information

The papers of the H. Stanley Coffin Family were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by H. Stanley Coffin III in July 1977 (77-39).

Bibliography

Additional Coffin family history can be found in Edson Dow's Passes to the North: History of the Wenatchee Mountains (Wenatchee, WA: Outdoor Publishing Company, 1963).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series I: General Office Files, 1906-1975Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Correspondence
1920-1975
Box Folder
1 1
"A" Correspondence
10 items.
1959-1964
1 2
Address books
3 items.
undated
1 3
Address cards (o.s.)
1 item.
undated
1 4
Adverse Possession Law
20 items.
1962-1963
1 5
American Brass and Iron Foundry
3 items.
1961
1 6
Anderson, Newell
12 items.
1970-1972
1 7
Automotive Equipment
60 items.
1950-1958
1 8
"B" Correspondence
18 items.
1959-1970
1 9
Banks, Donald
12 items.
1943-1972
1 10
Basque Letters
50 items.
1952-1957
1 11
Benton County Cattlemen's Associations
3 items.
undated
1 12
Benton County Commissioners and Engineers
28 items.
1959-1971
1 13
Benton County Roads
30 items.
1960-1972
1 14
Bergevin, Russell
3 items.
1962
1 15
Bounds, Nob
5 items.
1970
1 16
Brady, Stella Pearl
15 items.
1960-1969
1 17-18
"C" Correspondence
20 items.
1957-1969
1 19
Calendar
12 items.
1950-1957
1 20
Camel Cigarette Case
6 items.
1958
1 21
Cascade Lumber Company
5 items.
1947-1955
1 22
Cavin, Flory
5 items.
1954-1955
1 23
Central Washington Fair
6 items.
1961
1 24
Chamber of Commerce
60 items.
1958-1969
1 25
Clayton, Harry
30 items.
1929-1955
1 26
Cloud Seeding
10 items.
1966-1968
1 27
Coffin and Son
1 item.
1920
1 28
Coffin, Carolyn
10 items.
1967
1 29
Coffin, H. Stanley (II)
20 items.
1962-1969
1 30-31
Coffin, Stanley and Carolyn
85 items.
1950-1968
1 32
Crevling, William
45 items.
1959-1963
1 33-34
"D" Correspondence
17 items.
1957-1971
1 35
Delta Kappa Epsilon
2 items.
1968-1969
1 36
Doane Agricultural Service
17 items.
1955-1956
1 37
Doane Agricultural Service Contract
15 items.
1954-1956
1 38-39
Donations and Gifts
35 items.
1958-1968
1 40-41
"E" Correspondence
6 items.
1956-1966
1 42
Education, Health, and Welfare
10 items.
1952-1964
1 43
Employees Sick Pay Plan
2 items.
1960
1 44
Emsminger, M. E.
50 items.
1969-1971
1 45
"F" Correspondence
12 items.
1956-1960
1 46
Family History
1 item.
ca 1934
1 47
Farm Journal
9 items.
1959-1971
1 48
Farnam Companies
3 items.
1960-1967
1 49
Fire Districts
8 items.
1960-1964
1 50
Flower, Camillus
3 items.
1957-1958
1 51
Franklin-Benton Title Company
3 items.
1957-1962
1 52-53
"G" Correspondence
18 items.
1956-1965
1 54-55
General Correspondence
75 items.
1941-1970
1 56
Government Correspondence
30 items.
1941-1970
1 57
Government Effects on Livestock Industry
40 items.
1963-1968
1 58-59
Grain
36 items.
1960-1970
1 60
Grain and Other Crops
65 items.
1957-1964
1 61
Grain Laws
20 items.
1959-1962
1 62
Grain Programs and Certificates
25 items.
1964-1969
1 63-64
"H" Correspondence
27 items.
1957-1969
1 65
Harryman, Lloyd
30 items.
1957-1963
1 66
Harvard University
35 items.
1946-1970
1 67
Health
2 items.
1960
2 68
Herd Law, Benton County
2 items.
1957
2 69
Highways
2 items.
1962-1963
2 70
Hildebrand Brothers
9 items.
1955-1958
2 71
Horse Heaven Correspondence
45 items.
1957-1958
2 72-73
Horse Heaven, Stanley and Mary
15 items.
1958-1965
2 74
Horton and Wilkins
2 items.
1962-1963
2 75
Huckfeldt, Elmer M.
35 items.
1956
2 76
Humphrey, Melba Morris
9 items.
1957-1958
2 77-78
Insurance
35 items.
1959-1964
2 79
Insurance Policies
5 items.
1944-1951
2 80-81
"J" Correspondence
12 items.
1956-1965
2 82
John Day Dam
2 items.
1960
2 83-84
"K" Correspondence
16 items.
1956-1971
2 85
Kennewick Disposal Service
3 items.
1962-1974
2 86-87
"L" Correspondence
11 items.
1956-1969
2 88
Lampson, Bruce
7 items.
1960-1962
2 89
Licenses
5 items.
1948-1968
2 90
"Mc" Correspondence
3 items.
1960-1962
2 91
McKenzie, Carroll P.
25 items.
1960-1966
2 92-97
McNary Dam Severance Damages
146 items.
1945-1959
2 98-99
"M" Correspondence
20 items.
1956-1962
2 100-101
May, Catherine
19 items.
1959-1968
2 102
Medicare
12 items.
1962
2 103
Memorabilia
13 items.
1944-1956
2 104
Meyers, Jerry
10 items.
1960
2 105
Miller, R. W. (Swede)
4 items.
1958
2 106
Mobile Radio
4 items.
1960-1961
2 107
Money Bag
1 item.
1937
2 108
Mother Mary Loretta
5 items.
1964
2 109
"N" Correspondence
20 items.
1959-1970
2 110-111
National Bank of Washington
21 items.
1958-1969
2 112
National Wool Grower
1 item.
1931
2 113
Newspaper Clippings
25 items.
1950-1973
2 114
Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles
30 items.
1941-1969
2 115
"O" Correspondence
12 items.
1931-1962
2 116
Other Papers
65 items.
1929-1960
2 117
"P" Correspondence
15 items.
1959-1970
2 118
Pacific International Association
50 items.
1953-1959
2 119-125
Personal Correspondence
250 items.
1925-1970
2 126
Personal Memoranda
85 items.
1946-1969
2 127
Pidcock, Dick
35 items.
1961-1963
3 128
Politics
75 items.
1959-1963
3 129
Prince, Cecil
7 items.
1954
3 130-131
"Q" Correspondence
26 items.
1957-1966
3 132-133
"R" Correspondence
20 items.
1956-1971
3 134
Railroad Water Agreement
4 items.
1954-1960
3 135
Real Estate and Personal Property Tax
8 items.
1957-1958
3 136
Reder, John
1 item.
1958
3 137
Robbins, Otis
35 items.
1960-1962
3 138-140
Rotary Club
70 items.
1940-1969
3 141
jssell's Pump and Irrigation Company
3 items.
1965
3 142-143
"S" Correspondence
30 items.
1956-1968
3 144
Selective Service System
7 items.
1969-1970
3 145
Shamrock Sales
30 items.
1958-1963
3 146
Sportsmen's Council
4 items.
1963
3 147
Starke, William
5 items.
1961-1962
3 148
State Highway (Kennewick/Plymouth)
45 items.
1960-1963
3 149
Swift and Company
10 items.
1959
3 150-151
"T" Correspondence
8 items.
1956-1967
3 152
Transportation Note Book
1 item.
1947-1959
3 153
Tri-City Herald
12 items.
1960-1963
3 154-155
"U" Correspondence
26 items.
1956-1968
3 156
Umatilla County Toll Bridge
5 items.
1959-1963
3 157
Umatilla Ready Mix
10 items.
1954-1955
3 158
U.S. Air Force
5 items.
1963-1964
3 159
U.S. Bureau of Census
3 items.
1961-1963
3 160
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
2 items.
1966
3 161-162
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Stabilization Committee
35 items.
1958-1968
3 163
U.S. Forest Service
9 items.
1959-1965
3 164
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
8 items.
1960-1967
3 165
"V" Correspondence
30 items.
1955-1963
3 166-167
"W" Correspondence
47 items.
1956-1971
3 168
Waite, John K.
15 items.
1962-1967
3 169
Washington Association of Wheat Growers
30 items.
1958-1974
3 170
Washington State Agencies
2 items.
1971-1974
3 171-172
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
31 items.
1960-1971
3 173
Washington State Game Department
6 items.
1954-1958
3 174
Washington Wheat Commission
2 items.
1966
3 175
Waters, Orlo and Luvia
35 items.
1956-1957
3 176-177
Westermeyer, E. A.
50 items.
1951-1961
3 178
Wenner, Florence
10 items.
1967
3 179
White, Cull (journal articles)
6 items.
1963-1964
3 180
Wilderness Legislation
3 items.
1961
3 181
Woerner, Jack
10 items.
1972-1973
3 182-183
"X,Y,Z" Correspondence
19 items.
1957-1972
3 184
Yakima Centennial
3 items.
1965
3 185-186
Yakima Chamber of Commerce
45 items.
1958-1961
3 187
Yakima County Horticultural Union
12 items.
1945-1955
3 188
Yakima County Planning Commission
5 items.
1962
Legal
1949-1971
Coffin vs. Deffenbaugh
Box Folder
3 189
Case Maps
3 items.
1961
3 190-191
Lawsuit
47 items.
1961-1963
Coffin vs. Mock
Box Folder
3 192-205
Lawsuit
200
1953-1961
Hellberg vs. Coffin
Box Folder
4 206
Contracts and Negotiations
35 items.
1957-1960
4 207
Correspondence
20 items.
1958-1963
4 208-209
Correspondence and Documents
22 items.
1962-1971
4 210
Documents
10 items.
1957-1963
4 211
Hellberg - Rentals
35 items.
1958-1967
4 212
Hellberg Road
8 items.
1962
4 213
Maps (also see o.s.)
3 items.
1958
4 214
Pipelaying
2 items.
1959-1961
4 215
Road Building
8 items.
1959-1962
4 216-217
Splawn, Homer
22 items.
1949-1964
4 218
Witnesses
20 items.
1962-1963
Livestock
1906-1975
Box Folder
4 219
American Hereford Association
15 items.
1958-1970
4 220
American National Cattlemen's Association
20 items.
1962-1973
4 221
American Quarterhorse Association
15 items.
1960-1975
4 222
American Shorthorn Breeder's Association
8 items.
1917-1919
4 223
Bangs Tests
15 items.
1957-1960
4 224
Brand Inspection
1 item.
1956
4 225
Breeds of Sheep
2 items.
1921
4 226
Calf Feeding (Tachell and Roseberry)
25 items.
1956-1960
4 227
California Woolgrowers Associations
5 items.
1955
4 228
Cattle Certificates
33 items.
1952-1966
4 229
Cattle Inventory
30 items.
1960-1968
4 230
Cattlemen's Associations
40 items.
1957-1970
4 231
Central Washington Quarter Horse Association
23 items.
1963-1965
4 232
Corriedale Purebreds
7 items.
1956-1957
4 233
Equine Associations
17 items.
1959-1963
4 234
Equine Registration
31 items.
1920-1959
4 235
Ewes and Lambs
20 items.
1945-1957
4 236
Feed
40 items.
1937-1962
4 237
General Livestock
15 items.
1960-1964
4 238
Grazing Plan
20 items.
1950-1959
4 239
Hampshire Purebreds
3 items.
1956-1957
4 240
Horses
27 items.
1957-1964
4 241
Horses-Stan's Cherie
6 items.
1964-1968
4 242
Jockey Club Horse Registration
5 items.
1945-1953
4 243
Livestock Contract and Receipt Books
4 items.
1906-1914
4 244
Meat and Livestock Imports
50 items.
1963-1968
4 245
Medicines and Sprays
30 items.
1952-1969
4 246
Pacific Wool Growers
2 items.
1957-1958
4 247
Phillips-Haggerty Livestock Company
30 items.
1949-1952
4 248
Quarterhorses
30 items.
1962-1968
4 249
Registered Angus
25 items.
1960-1967
4 250-251
Registered Herefords
50 items.
1958-1968
4 252
Romney Purebreds
7 items.
1954-1957
4 253
Sheep and Wool
7 items.
1931
4 254
Sheep Grazing Records
11 items.
1956-1957
4 255
Sheep Inquiries
15 items.
1956-1957
4 256
Sheep Movements and Transactions
5 items.
1910
4 257
Sheep Record Book
1 item.
1955
4 258
Sheep Transportation
12 items.
1940-1966
4 259
Sheepmen
1 item.
1957
4 260
State Brand Inspection Office
5 items.
1960
4 261
Suffolks
35 items.
1941-1950
5 262-264
Suffolk Ewes
95 items.
1941-1960
5 265
Suffolk Purebreds
10 items.
1956-1958
5 266
Thoroughbred Horses
25 items.
1941-1965
5 267
Washington Cattle Feeders Association
10 items.
1965-1969
5 268
Washington Hereford Association
13 items.
1960-1967
5 269
Washington State Ram Sale
10 items.
1951-1957
5 270
Washington Wool Growers Association
40 items.
1948-1958
5 271
Wenas Calves
20 items.
1957-1959
5 272
Wenas Cattle and Pigs
80 items.
1946-1959
5 273
Wool and Pelts
2 items.
1956-1957
5 274
Wool Growers Association
15 items.
1956-1967
5 275
Wool Growers Centennial Handbook
1 item.
1965

Series II: Financial, 1899-1975Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Bills
1951-1975
Box Folder
5 276
"A"
10 items.
1971-1974
5 277
Anderson Feed and Grain
6 items.
1962-1964
5 278
"B"
17 items.
1969-1974
5 279
Boise Cascade
20 items.
1960-1974
5 280
Bridge Pumps
3 items.
1968-1969
5 281
Buckley's Jeep and Truck Repair
3 items.
1962
5 282
Bull Purchases
18 items.
1960-1974
5 283
Burlington Northern Railway
12 items.
1969-1975
5 284
"C"
25 items.
1966-1974
5 285
Calf Purchases
10 items.
1962
5 286
Calves Sold
35 items.
1962-1967
5 287
Cattlefax
16 items.
1971-1975
5 288-289
Cattle Purchases
65 items.
1957-1961
5 290
Chinook Equipment Company
3 items.
1962-1963
5 291-292
Coffin, Stanley
30 items.
1970-1975
5 293
Colvin, Van Amburg & Emerick Insurance
35 items.
1968-1975
5 294
Commercial Janitor Service
35 items.
1969-1975
5 295
Cow Purchases
2 items.
1959-1972
5 296
"D"
2 items.
1973
5 297
Day and Ludwig
10 items.
1969-1975
5 298
"E"
7 items.
1970-1974
5 299
Equipment
25 items.
1949-1956
5 300
"F"
15 items.
1961-1971
5 301
Farm Bureau
5 items.
1961-1969
5 302
Farnam Companies
3 items.
1960-1966
5 303-304
Fencing Expenses
20 items.
1958-1968
5 305
Ferguson, D.E. (DVM)
25 items.
1961-1975
5 306
Freight
15 items.
1956-1957
5 307-308
Freight--Cattle
14 items.
1958-1975
5 309
Freight--Hay
1 item.
1957
5 310
"G"
20 items.
1963-1972
5 311
General Telephone
25 items.
1965-1975
5 312
Glenwood Medical Building
12 items.
1974
5 313
"H"
18 items.
1959-1974
5 314
Hamberg, Henry
3 items.
1961-1967
5 315
Harris Office Equipment
5 items.
1959-1963
5 316-324
Hay
50 items.
1964-1975
5 325
Horse Purchases
25 items.
1961-1975
5 326
Horseshoeing
25 items.
1961-1974
5 327
Humble Oil Company
10 items.
1962-1967
5 328
Hutton, Nancy Coffin
2 items.
1973
5 329
"I"
7 items.
1960-1970
5 330
International Harvester Company
10 items.
1968-1970
5 331
Irrigation Project
8 items.
1968
5 332
"J"
25 items.
1960-1974
5 333
Jerry Horobin Ford
35 items.
1961-1973
5 334
"K"
20 items.
1959-1975
6 335
Kennewick Industrial and Electric
20 items.
1969-1975
6 336
"L"
15 items.
1959-1974
6 337
Layrite Concrete Products
6 items.
1959-1971
6 338
Livestock Contract and Receipt Books
6 items.
1937-1966
6 339
"Mc"
5 items.
1969-1974
6 340
"M"
14 items.
1961-1974
6 341
Machinery
25 items.
1959-1965
6 342
Metsker Maps
6 items.
1961-1962
6 343
Moore and Anderson
26 items.
1959-1972
6 344
"N"
8 items.
1965-1974
6 345
National Health Assurance
25 items.
1969-1975
6 346
Notes - Mary E. Coffin
4 items.
1971
6 347
"O"
1 item.
1970
6 348
Office Furniture
10 items.
1951-1973
6 349
L. K. Rubber Welders
10 items.
1968-1975
6 350
Osborne Chevrolet Company
20 items.
1969-1975
6 351
"P"
7 items.
1959-1975
6 352
Pacific Northwest Bell
25 items.
1969-1975
6 353-355
Pendleton Grain Growers
80 items.
1969-1975
6 356
Presson Sprinkler
8 items.
1961
6 357
Preston Tractor Company
8 items.
1962-1974
6 358
"Q"
11 items.
1969-1973
6 359
"R"
15 items.
1969-1974
6 360
Range Rental
8 items.
1959-1968
6 361
Ron's Sales and Rentals
10 items.
1961-1971
6 362
Rosser and Sutton
35 items.
1969-1975
6 363
Russ Dean Ford Company
4 items.
1973-1974
6 364
"S"
10 items.
1971-1975
6 365
Sheep Liquidation Sale
1 item.
1957
6 366
Sheep Transactions
35 items.
1946-1957
6 367
Splawn and Bounds
12 items.
1959-1969
6 368
Swan-Storm, Inc.
10 items.
1967-1976
6 369
"T"
7 items.
1969-1970
6 370
Tri-Co Electric Works
20 items.
1968-1973
6 371
Twin-City Motor Supply
30 items.
1969-1975
6 372
"U"
3 items.
1974
6 373
"V"
1 item.
1970
6 374
Velinkanje, Moore, and Countryman
25 items.
1969-1975
6 375
"W"
10 items.
1966-1974
6 376
Washington Feeders Supply
25 items.
1969-1974
6 377
Washington Hardware and Furniture Co.
5 items.
1971-1973
6 378
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
13 items.
1969-1975
6 379
Wikstrom Motors, Inc.
7 items.
1969-1970
6 380
Worley Surveying and Engineering
5 items.
1958-1970
6 381
"X, Y, Z"
12 items.
1970-1974
6 382
Yakima Bindery and Printing
11 items.
1969-1974
6 383
Yakima Chamber of Commerce
13 items.
1959-1973
Coffin Brothers Liquidation
1899-1964
Box Folder
6 384
Accountants, Boyd, Olafson, & Co.
30 items.
1953-1959
6 385
Bank Statements and Check Register
30 items.
1950-1959
6 386
Bills of Sale
2 items.
1899
6 387
Coffin, H. Stanley
25 items.
1943-1957
6 388-389
Coffin Brothers, Inc.
18 items.
1930-1941
6 390-391
Correspondence
28 items.
1952-1959
6 392
Disposition of Expenses
5 items.
1951-1954
6 393
Disposition of Coffin-Babcock Ranch
45 items.
1951-1953
6 394
Disposition of Grant County Land
5 items.
1954-1964
6 395
Disposition of New York Life Insurance Co. Policies
12 items.
1956-1958
7 396
Disposition of Prosser Lots
12 items.
1950-1960
7 397
Disposition of Securities
4 items.
1952-1958
7 398
Disposition of Toppenish and Yakima Lots
5 items.
1954-1957
7 399
Disposition of Yakima Grocery Company Assets
30 items.
1952-1954
7 400
Dissolution; Securities Distribution
5 items.
1954
7 401-402
Federal Income Taxes
38 items.
1946-1960
7 403
Federal Withholding and Social Security
13 items.
1952-1958
7 404
Financial Statements
10 items.
1951-1956
7 405
Investments, Coffin Brothers
15 items.
1954-1957
7 406
Minutes of Meetings of the Stockholders of Coffin Brothers
27 items.
1951-1955
7 407
Other Papers
7 items.
1954-1959
7 408
Real Estate Taxes
1 item.
1958
7 409
State Employment Security Tax
25 items.
1947-1958
7 410
Timber Sales
37 items.
1948-1959
7 411
Travelers Insurance Company
2 items.
1924-1955
7 412
Van Amberg, Charles
6 items.
1954-1956
7 413
Wiehl, Lloyd L.
5 items.
1953-1959
7 414-415
Coffin Brothers Ledgers (o.s.)
2 items.
1936-1959
Estate of Anna Wenner Coffin
1920-1959
Box Folder
7 416-417
Bank Statements, Registers, and Invoices
58 items.
1946-1958
7 418
Bases of Value for 1954 Liquidation
12 items.
1943-1956
7 419
Coffin, Mary E.
12 items.
1925-1939
7 420
Correspondence
15 items.
1954-1959
7 421
Documents
7 items.
1924-1957
7 422
Estate of H. Stanley Coffin I
30 items.
1920-1952
7 423
Great Northwestern Life Insurance Company
6 items.
1954-1958
7 424
Income and Expense Summary
6 items.
1954-1958
7 425
Kern, F. A.
8 items.
1957-1958
7 426
Land Sale
2 items.
1953-1957
7 427
Northwest Toll Bridge Company
3 items.
1929-1956
7 428
Old Union Stockyards Company
13 items.
1950-1958
7 429
Real Estate Taxes
45 items.
1950-1959
7 430
Records
35 items.
1951-1959
7 431
Savings and Loan Association
2 items.
1947-1956
7 432
Terrace Heights Cemetary
2 items.
1930-1958
7 433
Title Guaranty Company
2 items.
1951-1956
7 434
Union Oil Company
10 items.
1941-1953
7 435
Van Amberg, C. H.
4 items.
1954
7 436
Wiehl, Lloyd
50 items.
1946-1959
Income
1940-1971
Box Folder
7 437
Buck Sales
35 items.
1942-1955
7 438
Bull Sales
6 items.
1959-1961
7 439
Bulls and Certified Feeders
5 items.
1959
7 440
Calf, Steer, and Heifer Sales
45 items.
1954-1961
7 441
Cattle--Twisp Range
45 items.
1959-1960
7 442
Columbia Basin Project
50 items.
1945-1955
7 443
Cow Sales
20 items.
1957-1971
7 444
Ewes and Lambs
30 items.
1948-1959
7 445
Ewe Sales
66 items.
1956-1958
7 446
Expenses, Notes and Bank Statements
10 items.
1954-1959
7 447
Government Agricultural Figures
21 items.
1940-1959
7 448
Grain--Nicoson Ranch
10 items.
1957-1960
7 449
Horses
6 items.
1956-1958
7 450
Income
12 items.
1947-1966
8 451
Invoices for Sheep Sales
7 items.
1947-1957
8 452
Lamb Sales
23 items.
1956-1957
8 453
Miscellaneous Sales
20 items.
1959-1964
8 454
Peshastin Lumber
23 items.
1946-1960
8 455
Ram Sales
25 items.
1955-1957
8 456
Range Rental
1 item.
1958-1959
8 457
Sales to Dilling Brothers
20 items.
1951-1953
8 458
Sales of Sheep to E. M. Stone and Sons
4 items.
1954-1956
Wheat:
Box Folder
8 459
Abbey and Svatonsky
8 items.
1957-1958
8 460
Eby and Mills
7 items.
1954-1958
8 461
Ely and Ayre
8 items.
1955-1958
8 462
Hildebrand Brothers
9 items.
1957-1958
8 463
Nicoson and Bramling
6 items.
1936-1958
8 464-465
Quillen
20 items.
1954-1958
8 466
Svatonsky
3 items.
1955-1958
Box Folder
8 467-468
Wool
50 items.
1940-1959
8 469
Wool and Pelt Sales
23 items.
1955-1959
8 470
Wright Advertising Company
5 items.
1955
Investments
1903-1976
Box Folder
8 471
American Airlines
4 items.
1965-1967
8 472
American Pacific Petroleum
35 items.
1960-1967
8 473
Bankers Union Life Insurance Company
15 items.
1934-1966
8 474
Ben Sheep Company
2 items.
1924-1928
8 475
Boise Cascade Corporation
12 items.
1960-1968
8 476
Blue Bird Mining Company
3 items.
1945
8 477
C. D. Small Company
8 items.
1931
8 478
Chinook Hotel
10 items.
1958-1962
8 479
Coeur d'Alene Zinc-Lead Syndicate
5 items.
1942-1956
8 480
Coffin Sheep Company
6 items.
1958-1967
8 481
Coffin Sheep Company's Weavers Center Incorporated
15 items.
1953
8 482
Coffin-Babcock Land and Livestock Company
4 items.
1905-1914
8 483
Coffin-Rundstrum Furniture Company
10 items.
1914-1932
8 484
Columbia Valley Fruit Company
12 items.
1911-1918
8 485
Copalis Beach Interests
50 items.
1947-1969
8 486
Dallesport Development Company
1 item.
1939-1956
8 487
Desert Sheep Company
15 items.
1917-1950
8 488
Dunn, Ray
7 items.
1964-1965
8 489
Fletcher-Rennie Sheep Company
4 items.
1913
8 490
Georgia Pacific Corporation
45 items.
1958-1967
8 491
Gibson Packing Company
15 items.
1926-1943
8 492
Glenwood Medical Center
6 items.
1961-1964
8 493
Gulf Oil Corporation
8 items.
1963-1976
8 494
Home Federal Savings and Loan
25 items.
1940-1967
8 495
Investment Papers
30 items.
1961-1970
8 496
Investment Statements
40 items.
1952-1969
8 497
Investment Valuations
25 items.
1942-1959
8 498
Investors' Stock Fund
15 items.
1960-1965
8 499
Massachusetts Investors Fund
20 items.
1957-1967
8 500-503
Midland Coal and Lumber Company/Rosario Mining Company
45 items.
1910-1928
8 504
Miocene Petroleum Company
4 items.
1929-1934
8 505
Nalley's Incorporated
10 items.
1960-1961
8 506
Neterlands American Mortgage Bank/First National Bank of North Yakima
35 items.
1909-1918
8 507
New World Life Insurance Company
1 item.
1952
8 508
Ogilvy Sheep Company
7 items.
1906-1911
8 509
Old Union Stockyards
7 items.
1955-1963
8 510
Other Certificates and Papers
11 items.
1928-1947
8 511-512
Polson Sheep Company
20 items.
1925-1956
8 513
Putnam Growth fund
30 items.
1962-1967
8 514
Real Estate Investments
20 items.
1957-1959
8 515
Schroder Trust Company
5 items.
1955
8 516
Seattle First National Bank
5 items.
1968
9 517
Shockley Sheep Company
8 items.
1915-1920
9 518
Stice Sheep Company
5 items.
1915-1925
9 519
Stice Sheep Company/George Finn
10 items.
1915-1918
9 520
Stockholders Correspondence
10 items.
1951-1952
9 521
Sun Life Insurance Company
50 items.
1960-1969
9 522
Sun Life/Gibson Packing Company
3 items.
1928
9 523
Transwest Company
3 items.
1970
9 524-525
Underwood Sheep Company
10 items.
1911-1931
9 526
United Life Insurance Fund
15 items.
1963-1968
9 527-529
United Life Insurance Fund Handbook
4 items.
1964-1967
9 530
Wenner Sheep Company
4 items.
1903-1931
9 531
Western Bancorporation
20 items.
1957-1968
9 532-534
White Sheep Company
65 items.
1919-1934
9 535
Yakima Valley Brewing
5 items.
1940-1945
9 536
Yakima Valley Turf Club
10 items.
1964-1967
9 537
Yakima-Mohawk Mining Company
10 items.
1929
Ledgers (o.s.)
1908-1967
Box Folder
9 538-542
Account Books
5 items.
1908-1961
9 543
Check Register
1 item.
1962-1967
Other Financial Records
1902-1971
Box Folder
9 544
Accounting and Legal Expenses
15 items.
1966-1969
9 545
Assets and Liabilities
20 items.
1954-1970
9 546
Assets, Estate
25 items.
1962-1969
9 547
Automotive Inventory
25 items.
1959-1969
9 548
Bank Books
4 items.
1951-1955
9 549
Big Well Project
14 items.
1961
9 550
Bonus Plans
3 items.
1960
9 551
Books of Receipts and Memorabilia
1 item.
1961-1968
9 552
Budgets
5 items.
1940-1956
9 553
Check Stubs of Gibson Packing Company
35 items.
1945-1949
9 554
Daily Financial Account Books
12 items.
1902-1966
9 555
Depreciation
11 items.
1949-1962
9 556
Dreyer, Ben
7 items.
1957-1960
9 557
Durand and Sons
1 item.
1957
9 558
Expense Accounts
22 items.
1964-1968
9 559
Financial Reports
11 items.
1957-1962
9 560
Financial Worksheets
10 items.
1932-1968
9 561
Gasoline Usage
17 items.
1959-1966
9 562
Gibson Packing Company
1931
9 563
Home Federal Savings
3 items.
1969
9 564
Inventories
15 items.
1956-1958
9 565
Inventories, Wenas Ranch
5 items.
1956
9 566
Payroll
8 items.
1965-1966
9 567
Sheep Company Accounts
1 item.
1920-1921
9 568
Sheep Finances
6 items.
1956
9 569
Sheep Losses
4 items.
1965
9 570
Statement
1 item.
1971
9 571
Statements: Assets & Liabilities
11 items.
1947-1961
9 572
Systems
12 items.
1959-1963
9 573
Wenas, Finances
15 items.
1948-1956
9 574
Wenas Summer Pastures
6 items.
1961-1963
9 575
Worksheets
5 items.
1964-1970
Taxes
1943-1975
Box Folder
9 576-580
Benton County
250 items.
1959-1965
10 581-594
Benton County
450 items.
1963-1975
10 595
Benton & Kittitas Counties
40 items.
1958
10 596-597
Benton, Kittitas, & Yakima Counties
80 items.
1959-1974
10 598
Committee, 40 Mill Tax Limit
5 items.
1964-1967
10 599
Dividend Withholding Tax
35 items.
1961-1962
10 600
Gift and Income Taxes
50 items.
1960-1966
10 601-603
Income Tax Reports
90 items.
1947-1962
10 604-605
Labor Withholding Reports
36 items.
1956-1964
10 606
Liquidation
20 items.
1943-1957
10 607
Real Estate Taxes
30 items.
1956-1969

Series III: Real Estate, 1864-1977Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Correspondence and General Files
1905-1974
Box Folder
10 608
"A"
3 items.
1957-1969
10 609-611
Agreements, Contracts, and Leases
80 items.
1910-1958
10 612
Artillery Range and Pastures
35 items.
1941-1956
10 613
"B"
8 items.
1958-1961
10 614
Beacon Site Lease
3 items.
1934-1936
10 615-617
Benton County Property
21 items.
1909-1962
10 618
Bonneville Power Administration
5 items.
1956-1957
10 619
Bonneville Power Administration Easements
15 items.
1945-1953
11 620
Bureau of Land Management Leases
30 items.
1957-1958
11 621
Bureau of Reclamation Easements
9 items.
1950-1954
11 622
Bureau of Reclamation Leases
25 items.
1956-1959
11 623
"C"
2 items.
1964-1968
11 624
Cold Creek Property
10 items.
1944-1951
11 625
Contracts and Leases
4 items.
1957-1963
11 626
"D"
1 item.
1968
11 627
Department of Game, Land Management Division
60 items.
1953-1960
11 628
Desert Magic
5 items.
1973
11 629
"E"
25 items.
1961-1967
Easements
Box Folder
11 630
Bonneville Power Administration
15 items.
1941-1953
11 631
Puget Sound Power and Light Company
10 items.
1905-1950
11 632
Wenatchee Southern Railway Company
5 items.
1922-1925
Box Folder
11 633
Evergreen Reservoir, Grant County
8 items.
1956-1959
11 634
Expenses--Attorneys
3 items.
1959
11 635
Farm Development Corporation
9 items.
1965-1967
11 636
Franklin Benton Land Title Company
10 items.
1957-1958
11 637
"G"
1 item.
undated
11 638-642
Grant County Property Correspondence
55 items.
1921-1960
11 643
Grant County Stone Quarry
20 items.
1956-1960
11 644
Grays Harbor County
1 item.
1957
11 645
Hall, Curtis
1 item.
1959
11 646
Horse Heaven Leases
7 items.
1952-1961
11 647
Horse Heaven Real Estate
6 items.
1930-1943
11 648
Hsier, Jack
7 items.
1969-1970
11 649
Kaiser Industries
2 items.
1964-1965
11 650
Kennewick City Dump
15 items.
1963-1968
11 651
Land Inquiries
50 items.
1956-1974
11 652-653
Land Leases, Benton County
24 items.
1963-1971
11 654
Land Leases, Kittitas and Yakima Counties
15 items.
1964-1971
11 655
Land Negotiation Maps
4 items.
1958-1961
11 656
Land Offers
10 items.
1958-1965
11 657-658
Leases
43 items.
1939-1958
11 659
Lease Memoranda
4 items.
1959-1964
11 660
Low Gap Lease from Ullery
1 item.
1937
11 661
"Mc"
2 items.
1960-1965
11 662
Medical Office Building
1 item.
1960
11 663
Metropolitan Mortgage and Securities
6 items.
1960-1961
11 664
Miscellaneous Contracts
6 items.
1938-1958
11 665-666
Monsanto Corporation
20 items.
1965-1967
11 667
National Bank
1 item.
1957
11 668
Negotiations with U.S. Government
1 item.
1961
11 669
Oil Lease
1 item.
undated
11 670
Other Transactions
30 items.
1955-1974
11 671
"P"
2 items.
1954-1960
11 672
Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation
35 items.
1955-1965
11 673
Pasture Rentals
23 items.
1956-1957
11 674
Property of Mary E. Coffin
10 items.
1940-1970
11 675
Quadrant Corporation
1 item.
1974
Range Leases
Box Folder
11 676
Buchanan, W.
1 item.
1958
11 677
Hall Cattle Company
10 items.
1963
11 678
Hein, E.
1 item.
1962
11 679
Northern Pacific Railroad
10 items.
1929-1959
11 680
Olson, A. D.
3 items.
1962
11 681
Oswalt, H. R.
11 items.
1959-1965
11 682
Rea and Bergevin
28 items.
1958-1962
11 684
Ward, S.
30 items.
1961-1967
11 685
Warren, F.
2 items.
1961
11 686
Washington State
2 items.
1964-1973
Box Folder
11 687
Range Lease Correspondence
10 items.
1948-1959
11 688
"S"
2 items.
1962-1967
11 689
Sale Inquiries
75 items.
1941-1958
12 690
Shell Oil Corporation
15 items.
1965-1968
12 691
Smith, L.H.
4 items.
1957-1965
12 692-693
State Leases
4 items.
1958-1965
12 694
"T"
1 item.
1960
12 695-696
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
45 items.
1948-1968
U.S. Range Leases
Box Folder
12 697-698
Chelan
47 items.
1952-1958
12 699
Colville
35 items.
1945-1957
12 700
Horse Heaven and Wenas
5 items.
1954-1958
12 701
Okanogan
11 items.
1951-1957
Box Folder
12 702
"V"
1 item.
1957
12 703
"W"
8 items.
1962-1966
12 704
Washington State Department of Game
6 items.
1954
12 705
Washington State Department of Lands
14 items.
1959-1963
12 706
Water Agreement
7 items.
1954-1958
12 707
Wenas Timber Cruise
6 items.
1959
12 708
Wenas Timber Lands
31 items.
1959-1964
12 709
Wenas Valley Soil Conservation District
4 items.
1943
12 710
Wenas Valley Timberlands
1 item.
1959
Wheat
Box Folder
12 711
Eby and Mills
5 items.
1945-1960
12 712
Ely and Ayers
10 items.
1946-1959
12 713
Fox
1 item.
1957
12 714
Hildebrand Brothers
40 items.
1957-1960
12 715
Quillen, Butch
6 items.
1958-1960
12 716
Qillen, D. and H.
25 items.
1947-1961
12 717
Svatonsky and Abbey
6 items.
1958-1960
Documents
Box Folder
12 718-728
Benton County Property Title Abstracts
55 items.
1864-1960
13 729
Chehalis County Beach Property
6 items.
1903-1904
13 730-734
Coffin-Babcock Land and Livestock
80 items.
1902-1951
13 735
Coffin Brothers Real Estate Papers
20 items.
1907-1967
13 736-740
Coffin Sheep Company Papers
70 items.
1914-1974
13 741
Cold Creek Title Abstracts
6 items.
1913-1928
13 742
Horse Heaven Irrigation District
3 items.
1935-1938
13 743
Kittitas County Property
6 items.
1895-1956
13 744
Klickitat County Property
12 items.
1919-1921
13 745
Other Documents and Papers
22 items.
1938-1969
13 746-747
Wenas Ranch Papers
55 items.
1906-1976
13 748
Westermeyer Lease
3 items.
1939-1954
13 749
Wilmert Place
30 items.
1917-1949
13 750
Yakima City Lots
9 items.
1938
13 751
Yakima City Property
2 items.
1862-1925
13 752
Yakima City, Stanley Park
15 items.
1917-1939
13 753-758
Yakima County Property
31 items.
1864-1947
Improvements and Maintenance
1931-1977
Box Folder
14 759
Blakely Maintenance
20 items.
1957-1958
14 760
Improvements on Leased Land
3 items.
1960-1962
14 761
Irrigation
5 items.
1962-1969
14 762
Irrigation Bids
15 items.
1967-1972
14 763-764
Irrigation-Horse Heaven
85 items.
1931-1977
14 765
Irrigation Plan for Horse Heaven
6 items.
1973-1975
14 766
Irrigation Project, Alternate Project
5 items.
undated
14 767
Irrigation Project, Schedule #1
11 items.
1968
14 768
Irrigation Project, 2nd Stage
4 items.
1968
14 769-770
Irrigation Projects
43 items.
1959-1970
14 771
Irrigation Projects and Dams
30 items.
1940-1968
14 772
Moore and Anderson
3 items.
1957-1960
14 773
Range Improvements
8 items.
1959
14 774
Road Maintenance
18 items.
1958-1963
14 775
Sargent Pump and Irrigation Company
1 item.
1968
14 776
Wenas Maintenance
10 items.
1961-1963
14 777
Wilmert Place Maintenance
45 items.
1957-1971
Land Purchases
1880-1975
Box Folder
14 778
Bean/Coffin Trade
3 items.
1960-1974
14 779
Bean Purchase
10 items.
1959-1963
14 780
Benton County Property Purchase from G. Gould
6 items.
1880-1930
14 781
Bonk, Foster, Una, et al
13 items.
1960-1967
14 782
Coffin Sheep Company Purchase from H. S. Coffin
2 items.
1966-1967
14 783
Coffin Sheep Company Purchase from John Ownes
8 items.
1931-1933
14 784
Conway, Thomas
13 items.
1969-1972
14 785
Dyke, Frank
7 items.
1957-1968
14 786
"E"
2 items.
1957
14 787
"F"
2 items.
1962-1964
14 788
Friedenthal Purchase
12 items.
1952-1964
14 789
"H"
3 items.
1957-1959
14 790
"K"
3 items.
1958
14 791
Land Purchased
2 items.
1957
14 792
Lennon, Maude I.
7 items.
1955-1965
14 793
"Mc"
5 items.
1958-1966
14 794
"M"
5 items.
1955-1958
14 795
Moore and Karlin
12 items.
1880-1936
14 796
"N"
2 items.
1951-1957
14 797
"P"
5 items.
1957
14 798
Perry Purchase
8 items.
1957-1961
14 799
"S"
3 items.
1957-1958
14 800
Sisk Sale to H. S. Coffin
5 items.
1933-1935
14 801
Svatonsky/Coffin Negotiations
30 items.
1959-1963
14 802
Thoma"/Coffin Exchange
4 items.
1963-1964
14 803
U.S. General Service Administration
8 items.
1967-1975
14 804-805
U.S. Government Lands Purchased
68 items.
1957-1968
14 806
Vollburn, Helen D.
1 item.
1957
14 807
Wenas Ranch Purchase
20 items.
1930-1960
14 808
Wiederhold Estate Purchase
20 items.
1958-1966
Land Sales
1905-1970
Box Folder
14 809
Austin, Mrs. George
20 items.
1966-1970
14 810
Chelan/Kittitas Property Sale
12 items.
1948-1954
14 811
Cold Creek Sale to E. Morgan
7 items.
1951-1956
14 812
Dunham, F. W.
10 items.
1958-1963
14 813
McNary Dam and Gravel Pit
25 items.
1948-1958
14 814
Perry, Jay
3 items.
1952-1953
14 815
Shreve, Ralph and Jane
10 items.
1944-1959
14 816
Tri-City Development Corporation
12 items.
1962-1963
14 817
U.S. Army Engineer District
7 items.
1963-1964
Land Use
1905-1963
Box Folder
14 818
Land Status
1 item.
1958
14 819
Land Usage
12 items.
1956-1963
14 820
Real Estate Card File (o.s.)
1 item.
undated
14 821
Real Estate Indices
2 items.
1905-1954
14 822
Real Estate Ledger
1 item.
1937-1958

Series IV: Day Books, 1899-1969Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
15 823-830
Personal and Business Journals
37 items.
1899-1969
15 831
Livestock Transport Permit Book
1 item.
1958-1961
15 832
Yakima Grocery Day Book
1 item.
1935

Series V: Photographs, 1900-1972Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
15 833
Horse Heaven
6 items.
1952-1972
15 834
Horse Heaven (o.s.)
1 item.
undated
15 835
Horse Heaven (16 mm motion pictures)
2 items.
undated
15 836
Other Photographs and Negatives
6 items.
1910-1970
15 837-840
Sheep
25 items.
1900-1956
15 841
Wenas and Cold Creek Ranches
7 items.
1910-1967
15 842
Wheat Harvesting in New Zealand
1 item.
undated

Series VI: Maps, 1911-1970Return to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
15 843-844
Atlas of Benton County (o.s.)
2 items.
1934; 1960
15 845
Hellberg Road Maps (o.s.)
9 items.
1954-1959
15 846
Maps of Benton County (o.s.)
85 items.
1932-1970
15 847
Other Maps (o.s.)
60 items.
1911-1961

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Grocery trade --Washington (State)
  • Livestock trade --Washington (State)
  • Wholesale trade --Washington (State)

Personal Names

  • Coffin, H. Stanley (Harvard Stanley), 1869-1940
  • Coffin, H. Stanley (Harvard Stanley), 1897-1970

Corporate Names

  • Coffin Sheep Company
  • Coffin Brothers, Incorporated
  • Yakima Grocery Company

Family Names

  • Coffin family --Archives (creator)

Geographical Names

  • Yakima (Wash.)--Business, industries, and trades

Occupations

  • Merchants--Washington (State)--Yakima--Records and correspondence
  • Sheep ranchers -- Washington (State)--Yakima--Records and correspondence