G. Wright Arnold papers, approximately 1905-1971

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Arnold, G. Wright
Title
G. Wright Arnold papers
Dates
approximately 1905-1971 (inclusive)
Quantity
81.18 cubic feet (75 boxes)
Collection Number
2816
Summary
Client files, correspondence, patent files and subject series
Repository
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

Presume no restrictions on access.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

G. Wright Arnold was a member of the Agate Point Country Club, but was also retained as the club's attorney. Patent attorney, Seattle.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Client files, correspondence, patent files, subject series, photographs, financial records, trademark file, and ephemera.

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

Arrangement

Organized into 3 accessions.

  • Accession No. 2816-001, G. Wright Arnold papers, circa 1919-1971
  • Accession No. 2816-002, G. Wright Arnold papers, 1905-1950
  • Accession No. 2816-003, G. Wright Arnold papers, circa 1911-1946

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 2816-001: G. Wright Arnold papers, circa 1919-1971Return to Top

71.88 cubic feet (56 boxes)

Scope and Content: Client files, correspondence, patent files, subject series.

Restrictions on Access: Presume open to all users.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries

Acquisition Info: Donated by Arnold Family, 1/1/1975.

Container(s) Description Dates
Series 1: Patent Case Files
Box Accession
1 2816-001
Anderson, Raymond C.
3 folders
1 2816-001
Berg, Hilmer F.
1 2816-001
Boeing Company
9 folders
1 2816-001
Bon Marche
1 2816-001
Cady, George H.
7 folders
1-2 2816-001
Clapshaw, Myron M.
7 folders
2 2816-001
Crescent Manufacturing Company
22 folders
2 2816-001
Disston, Henry and Sons
2 folders
2 2816-001
Egvedt, Clair L.
1 folder
3 2816-001
Electric Steel Foundry
3 folders
3 2816-001
Ellis, Robert Elwood
14 folders
3 2816-001
Evans, Charles
3 2816-001
Fisher's Blend Station
3 2816-001
Fisher Flouring Mills
6 folders
3 2816-001
Florh, Carlos
3 2816-001
Frandsen, Lawrence
9 folders
4-12 2816-001
Foncken
12 2816-001
Frandsen, Lawrence
17 folders
12-13 2816-001
Gordon, Rollin M.
6 folders
13 2816-001
Greater Seattle, Inc.
5 folders
13 2816-001
Gruber, Joseph
4 folders
13 2816-001
Heath, Paul
9 folders
13 2816-001
Holstrom, Henry W.
3 folders
13-15 2816-001
Hudson Bay Company
15 folders
15 2816-001
Jensen Motor Boat Company
15 2816-001
Johnston, Orin B.
3 folders
15 2816-001
Kirsten, Kurt
7 folders
16 2816-001
Kirsten, Walter
17 2816-001
Kirsten, Kurt J.
19 folders
17 2816-001
KOMO-TV
2 folders
17 2816-001
Knight
17 2816-001
Laulainen, Einer
2 folders
18 2816-001
Lain, David E.
8 folders
18 2816-001
Laucks, I. F.
15 folders
19-31 2816-001
Laucks, I. F.
32-33 2816-001
Long-Bell Lumber Company
2 folders
33 2816-001
McCarthy, Joseph L. Dr.
7 folders
33 2816-001
Moulton, R. W.
2 folders
33-34 2816-001
Neon, Claude Electrical Company
30 folders
34 2816-001
Nicolson, Thomas W.
3 folders
34 2816-001
Olson, B. A.
1 folder
34 2816-001
Olympic Forest Products Company
5 folders
34 2816-001
Parker-Smith
1 folder
34 2816-001
Pendleton Miller, Esq.
1 folder
34 2816-001
Peterson Company
1 folder
35-37 2816-001
Puget Sound Pulp and Timber
38 2816-001
Queen Anne Candy
1 folder
38-39 2816-001
Rainier Pulp and Paper Company
34 folders
39-40 2816-001
Rambo, William H.
11 folders
40-41 2816-001
Rayonier, Inc.
13 folders
42 2816-001
Redenbaugh, Dr. William A.
5 folders
42 2816-001
Simpson, Frederick G.
4 folders
42 2816-001
Singer, Stern & Carlberg
1 folder
42 2816-001
Skinner and Eddy
6 folders
42 2816-001
Smith
2 folders
42 2816-001
Sterne, Anne F.
1 folder
42-46 2816-001
Stetson and Ross
46 2816-001
Stoddard, George Wellington
2 folders
46 2816-001
Straus Bascule Bridge
5 folders
46 2816-001
Thompson, R. M. - Airplane
5 folders
47 2816-001
Times Publishing Company - TMS
1 folder
47 2816-001
Tyler, Richard G.
3 folders
47 2816-001
University of Washington - Athletic Association
1 folder
47 2816-001
University of Washington Research Foundation
1 folder
47 2816-001
Wasson, L. F.
1 folder
47 2816-001
Westinghouse
4 folder
47 2816-001
Western Dairy Products
1 folder
47 2816-001
Western Fisheries Company
1 folder
47 2816-001
Westgaard
1 folder
47-48 2816-001
Weyerhaeuser Timber
14 folders
48 2816-001
Whaley, Ralph S.
3 folders
48 2816-001
Wheaton, F. N.
1 folder
1916
48 2816-001
White, Eugene
1 folder
48 2816-001
White, Raymond
1 folder
48 2816-001
White, William
1 folder
48 2816-001
Wilbur, Frank P.
1 folder
48 2816-001
Wilcox, Frank B.
1 folder
48 2816-001
Wiley, E. H.
1 folder
48 2816-001
Willapoint and "Willapa"
14 folders
49 2816-001
Frandsen
2 folders
Series 2: Personal Papers
Box Accession
49 2816-001
General Correspondence A-P
50 2816-001
General Correspondence R-Z
51 2816-001
General Correspondence (Miscellaneous A, B, Z)
51 2816-001
General Correspondence (Miscellaneous)
1921-1922
52 2816-001
Outgoing Letters
1957-1964
52 2816-001
Telegrams
1936-1943
52-53 2816-001
"Orders and Letters to Washington"
1932-1943
53 2816-001
ASCAP Suit
53 2816-001
Alaska Mines
53 2816-001
Dissolution of Partnership
53 2816-001
Legislation, federal
53 2816-001
Legislation, Washington State
53-54 2816-001
Politics (Montlake, 1952 Taft campaign)
54 2816-001
Speeches
54 2816-001
American Bar Association, Corrective Publicity Committee
54 2816-001
American Bar Association, Protection of Industrial Designs Committee
54 2816-001
American Bar Association, Patent Office Affairs Committee
54 2816-001
American Bar Association, Inventors and Patents Inference Committee
54-55 2816-001
American Patent Law Association
55 2816-001
King County, Public Assistance Advisory Committee
55 2816-001
Montlake Community Club, Seattle
55 2816-001
Seattle Patent Law Association
55-56 2816-001
United States, Patent Office Advisory Committee
56 2816-001
Washington University, Arboretum
1936-1942

Accession No. 2816-002: G. Wright Arnold papers, 1905-1950Return to Top

1.75 cubic feet (4 boxes)

Scope and Content: Patent case files including photographs and ephemera illustrating patents, and correspondence related to patents, patent law notes, legal files, minutes, reports, clippings of Country Club.

These patent case files continue those in accession no. 2816-001, and include at least two names which are represented in it: Arnold Laucks and William A. Foncken.

Restrictions on Access: Presume open to all users.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Arnold Family, 1/1/1975.

Accession No. 2816-003: G. Wright Arnold papers, circa 1911-1946Return to Top

7.55 cubic feet (15 boxes)

Scope and Content: Letters, engagement calendars, financial records, trademark file, record of fish catches, patent indexes, patent material, testimony, defendant's trial exhibits, patent drawings.

Part of this accession may document the Alaskan boundary survey on which Arnold worked in 1911.

Restrictions on Access: Presume no restrictions on access.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Anderson H. Dupree, 6/9/1992.

Container(s) Description
Box/Folder Accession
1 2816-003
Letters
2 2816-003
Letters
2 2816-003
Trademark files
2 2816-003
Patent material
3 2816-003
Financial records
4 2816-003
Record of fish catches landed at Seattle
4 2816-003
Patent indexes on 3x5 cards
5-6 2816-003
Patent Material
7-8 2816-003
Testimony
9 2816-003
Defendant's trial exhibits
10-11 2816-003
Personal papers and unsorted files
12-15 2816-003
Tubes of rolled patent drawings

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Patent lawyers--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--Sources
  • Patent practice--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--Sources
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Practice of law--Washington (State)--Seattle--History--Sources

Personal Names

  • Arnold, G. Wright,--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Agate Point Country Club (Bainbridge Island, Wash.)

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • American Bar Association. Corrective Publicity Committee (creator)
    • American Bar Association. Inventors and Patent Inference Committee (creator)
    • American Bar Association. Patent Office Affairs Committee (creator)
    • American Bar Association. Protection of Industrial Designs Committee (creator)
    • American Patent Law Association (creator)
    • Montlake Community Club (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Seattle Patent Law Association (creator)
    • United States Patent Office Advisory Committee (creator)
    • University of Washington Arboretum (creator)