Lowden School District Records

Lowden School District Records, circa 1870-1929

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Lowden School District
Title: Lowden School District Records
Dates: circa 1870-1929 (inclusive)
18701929
Quantity: 0.8 linear feet, (2 manuscript boxes)
Collection Number: WCMss.459
Summary: The Lowden School District Records contains the day-to-day school records dating from the Lowden School District's founding in 1870 to 1929; compiled by employees of the Lowden School District.
Repository: Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English

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The Lowden School DistrictRrecords house the institutional records of the Lowden School District dating from 1870 to 1929. The bulk of this collection consists of Washington School Registers, evidencing student attendance and grades. Also included in the collection are clerk's record books, negatives of photographs, school building contracts and invoices, a teaching contract, insurance policies, vouchers, and a Northwest School Furniture Company catalog from 1915. This collection documents the school administration records of a turn of the century, rural Eastern Washington school district.

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Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to Whitman College and Northwest Archives in two parts by Mrs. Doris Dirks and Mr. Clarence Dirks on April 10, 1970, and May 15, 1975. The accession number associated with this donation is retro-0260.

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