Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
-
Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
-
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Biographical Material
- Correspondence: Incoming
- Correspondence: Outgoing
- Memoranda
- Legal Documents
- Speeches and Writings
- Financial Records: Olympic Power Company Mortgage
- Lists and Statistics
- Notes for Book
- Broadsides
- Blueprint (Ediz Hook)
- Clippings
- Newspaper
- Memorabilia
- Port Angeles Golf and Country Club Records
- Names and Subjects
Thomas T. Aldwell papers, 1890-1951
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Aldwell, Thomas T., 1868-1954
- Title
- Thomas T. Aldwell papers
- Dates
- 1890-1951 (bulk)18901951
- Quantity
- 1.26 cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 4082 (Accession No. 4082-001)
- Summary
- Papers of Thomas T. Aldwell, a public official, businessman, power company executive, and civic leader from Port Angeles, Washington.
- 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
-
The papers are open to all users.
- 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
Thomas Theobald Aldwell, born in Toronto on June 14, 1868, was trained as a banker and became a public official, businessman, power company executive, and civic leader. He moved to Port Angeles, Washington, in 1890 and eventually made a fair amount of money in real estate there, both through his own purchases and as a realtor. Aldwell was active in politics between 1894 and 1908, serving as Clallam County auditor, deputy customs collector, and chairman of the Clallam County Republican Party. He left politics in 1908 to pursue his real dream, the building of the Elwha Dam. Aldwell and his partners had slowly acquired many acres of land along the Elwha River, enough to accommodate a dam and the flooding it would cause. They formed the Olympic Power and Development Company and successfully raised the money for the dam, which was completed in 1913. The dam provided power to Port Angeles, Port Townsend, and the Bremerton Navy Yard.
Aldwell directed several other industrial development projects. As president of the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce, he convinced local businessmen to raise money to help pulp mills locate in the city after the construction of the dam. Aldwell and other leaders of the chamber of commerce later formed a port district. The voters elected Aldwell the district’s first port commissioner; he served from 1924 to 1932. Under Aldwell’s leadership the port district built a sea-wall that expanded the port and provided room for a plywood company to settle along the waterfront. After the creation of Olympic National Park in 1938, Aldwell was a leader in the fight to return some of the park’s land to the national forests to guarantee the region’s pulp mills a larger supply of trees. At age 82 he published his autobiography, Conquering the Last Frontier. He died four years later in 1954.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection spans 1890-1951. It includes correspondence, clippings, writings, and notes. The papers relate to Port Angeles, Washington, history and politics, and the Olympic Power Company of Clallam County, which Aldwell managed. The correspondence, which forms the bulk of the collection and is thoroughly indexed, runs from 1901 to 1951. The letters cover all aspects of Aldwell’s career, but especially his activities as a booster of Port Angeles. Major correspondents include George A. Glines; Crown Zellerbach Corp.; Peabody, Houghteling, and Company, Chicago; the Seattle Lighting Department; and L.L. Summers and Company, Chicago. The papers also contain the texts of some of Aldwell’s speeches and writings, and Port Angeles Golf and Country Club records regarding the club’s financial status from 1940 to 1943.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Literary rights have not been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Preferred Citation
[Title of item], [date of item if known], [box/folder number], Thomas T. Aldwell Papers, [Accession No.], University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged by type of document.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Thomas T. Aldwell, May 1951.
Aldwell wrote in his autobiography ( Conquering the Last Frontier), “I have made arrangements for the newspaper clippings and correspondence, which verify the events [in this autobiography] from 1890 on, to be filed with the University of Washington.” It is not clear whether Aldwell gave all of his extant personal papers or only those which he used in writing his autobiography to the UW Libraries.
Processing Note
Four scrapbooks that were included in Aldwell’s papers were relocated to the Special Collections division's Pacific Northwest Scrapbooks Collection. The scrapbooks primarily contain newspaper clippings dating from 1878 to 1944 that Aldwell saved, apparently as a record of his career. A few telegrams and congratulatory letters also appear. One of the scrapbooks is devoted to the planning and building of the Elwha Dam, one to the activities of the Port Angeles Port District, and another to Aldwell’s political career from 1894 to 1908. The fourth scrapbook is a miscellany but contains a fair amount of material involving the fight over the proper size of Olympic National Park.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Correspondence: IncomingReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/2 | Ackerly, Frank M. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/2 | Andrews, W. F. 1 item
|
1917 |
1/2 | Angeles Co-Operative
Creamery 2 items
|
1934 |
1/2 | Anglo California National
Bank 1 item
|
1937 |
1/2 | Ankeny, Levi 1 item
|
1906 |
1/2 | Appleton, T. J. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/3 | Bible, Frank E. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/3 | Bishop, William and A.A.
Smith 1 item
|
1914 |
1/3 | Blake, R. H. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/3 | Boettiger, Anna
Roosevelt 1 item
|
1943 |
1/3 | Boettiger, John 3 items
|
1939-1940 |
1/3 | Bogert, C. A. 2 items
|
1940-1943 |
1/3 | Bowlby, William M. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/3 | Bowman, Charles C. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/4 | Brickley, J. B. 2 items
|
1912 |
1/4 | British Columbia Sulphite Fibre
Co., Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. 6 items
|
1916 |
1/4 | Bugge, H. J. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/4 | Burrows, James 1 item
|
1901 |
1/5 | Cade, Frank 1 item
|
1901 |
1/5 | California Newspaper Publishers
Association 6 items
|
1931-1933 |
1/5 | Calkins, R. M. 1 item
|
1925 |
1/5 | Callvert, S. A. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/5 | Carle, N. A. 7 items
|
1912-1949 |
1/6 | Carpenter, William H. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/6 | Chamber of Commerce,
Aberdeen 1 item
|
1943 |
1/6 | Chamber of Commerce,
Hoquiam 3 items
|
1939 |
1/6 | Chamber of Commerce, Los
Angeles 12 items
|
1931-1934 |
1/7 | Chamber of Commerce, Port
Angeles 4 items
|
1931-1943 |
1/7 | Chamber of Commerce,
Seattle 5 items
|
1931-1939 |
1/7 | Clallam County
Engineer 2 items
|
1912 |
1/7 | Clallam County Retail Merchants
Association 1 item
|
1917 |
1/7 | Clallam Lumber
Company 1 item
|
1919 |
1/8 | Clapp, Cyrus F. 3 items
|
1901-1906 |
1/8 | Clark, E. W. 1 item
|
1991 |
1/8 | Clark, James F. 1 item
|
1947 |
1/8 | Clementson, Geo. H. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/8 | Cleveland Trust
Company 2 items
|
1945-1951 |
1/8 | Colonial Lumber and Paper Mills,
Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. 1 item
|
1917 |
1/8 | Copley Press Inc., Aurora,
Illinois 2 items
|
1931 |
1/8 | Crawford, William 1 item
|
1901 |
1/9 | Crown Willamette Paper
Company 10 items
|
1931-1935 |
1/9-10 | Crown Zellerbach
Corporation 21 items
|
1931-1940 |
1/10 | Curtis, Asahel 1 item
|
1939 |
1/10 | Curtiss, E. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/10 | Cushing, Charles A. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/11 | Dennis, J. M. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/11 | Dickinson, Harvey L. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/11 | Doty, H. W. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/11 | Dufour, F. G. 3 items
|
1918 |
1/11 | Eba's Mutual
Groceries 2 items
|
1934 |
1/11 | Edwards, P. C. See:
San Diego Sun.
|
|
1/11 | Eliott, E. D. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/11 | Ellis, J. E. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/11 | Ellsworth, W C. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/11 | Empire Pulp and Paper Mills,
Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. 1 item
|
1917 |
1/12 | Fairservice (A.) &
Company 2 items
Lumber and building material, East Clallam, Washington.
|
1901 |
1/12 | Fish, F. A. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/12 | Foss Launch & Tug Company,
Inc. 1 item
|
1931 |
1/12 | Foster, Addison G. 2 items
|
1902-1907 |
1/12 | Frame, George W. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/12 | Franklin (Benjamin) Thrift
Stores 3 items
|
1934-1935 |
1/12 | Freeman, Kemper 2 items
|
1944-1948 |
1/13 | Gangler, Joseph M. 1 item
|
1947 |
1/13 | Gates, Charles D. 2 items
|
1901 |
1/13 | Gierin, Edward F. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/13 | Glines, George A. 4 items
|
1915-1916 |
1/13 | Goodwin, Silas 1 item
|
1901 |
1/13 | Graham, William 1 item
|
1901 |
1/13 | Gribbin, Thomas 1 item
|
1901 |
1/13 | Gund, George 1 item
See also: Cleveland Trust Company.
|
1951 |
1/13 | Guptill, H. M. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/14 | Harding, R. R. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/14 | Harper, F. C. 2 items
|
1906 |
1/14 | Hatch, Geo. C. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/14 | Hickok, John D. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/14 | Higgins (John C.) and Hughes
(Howard D.) 10 items
Law firm, Seattle.
|
1915 |
1/15 | Hitchcock, Frank H. 2 items
|
1908 |
1/15 | Hitt Fireworks Company,
Seattle 4 items
|
1939 |
1/15 | Hopkins, E. E. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/15 | Huff, Edgar T. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/15 | Hunt, Alonzo 1 item
|
1901 |
1/15 | Hutchinson, J. K. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/16 | Ide, C. W. 1 item
|
1903 |
1/16 | Jones, James H. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/16 | Jones, Wesley Levsey 2 items
|
1901-1930 |
1/16 | Jorgenson, O. A. 1 item
|
1917 |
1/17 | Kerr (James A.) & McCord
(Evan S.) 7 items
Law firm, Seattle.
|
1913-1915 |
1/17 | Kitsap County Auditor 1 item
|
1913 |
1/17 | Klaboe, Ole 2 items
|
1901 |
1/17 | Klahn, Louis 1 item
|
1901 |
1/17 | Knapman, John B. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/18 | Lee, Oscar N. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/18 | Lewis, F. S. 1 item
|
undated |
1/18 | Lipsett, H. J. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/18 | Littleton, Henry 1 item
|
1901 |
1/18 | Long, J. Frank 1 item
|
1901 |
1/18 | Long, John 1 item
|
undated |
1/19 | M., David A. 1 item
|
1927 |
1/19 | McBride, Henry 1 item
|
1901 |
1/19 | McClinton, James G. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/19 | McMillin, John S. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/19 | Mahatty, L. E. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/19 | Mandau, F. W. 2 items
|
1912 |
1/19 | Maxfield, Jesse S. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/19 | Mayers, C. H. 1 item
|
1916 |
1/19 | Mead (Daniel W.) and Seastone (C.
V.) 5 items
|
1912-1914 |
1/19 | Merrill, E. W. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/19 | Midtown Association of
Seattle 1 item
|
undated |
1/19 | Miller, T. A. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/19 | Miller, W. S. 2 items
|
1901 |
1/20 | Mills, Edward M. 7 items
See also: Olympic Forest Products Company, Rainier Pulp &
Paper Company.
|
1916-1940 |
1/20 | Mock, W. H. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/20 | Montgomery Ward &
Company 1 item
|
1934 |
1/20 | Moore, J. A. 1 item
|
1910 |
1/20 | Morse, D. W. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/20 | Morse, Samuel G. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/21 | National Paper Products Company,
San Francisco, California 2 items
|
1920 |
1/21 | Nicholls, Alex 1 item
|
1901 |
1/21 | Nichols, Sam H. 2 items
|
1901 |
1/21 | Northern Board and Paper
Mills 5 items
|
1916 |
1/21 | Northern Pacific Railway
Company 1 item
|
1948 |
1/21 | Northwestern Power and
Manufacturing Company, Chicago 2 items
|
1917-1919 |
1/22 | O'Brien, Geo. W. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/22 | Olympic Forest Products
Company 1 item
|
1933 |
1/22 | Olympic Power Company 1 item
|
1914 |
1/23 | Pacific First Federal Savings
& Loan Association of Tacoma 1 item
|
1935 |
1/23 | Peabody, Alexander 1 item
|
1944 |
1/23 | Peabody, Augustus S. 1 item
|
1920 |
1/23-31 | Peabody, Houghteling &
Company, Chicago circa 100 items
|
1911-1919 |
1/32 | Penniman, Thomas 1 item
|
1901 |
1/32 | Penney (J C.) Company 3 items
|
1934 |
1/32 | Perrett, James 2 items
|
1912 |
1/32 | Peterson, P. A. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/32 | Philbrick, C. A. 1 item
|
1940 |
1/32 | Phillips, Benjamin N. 1 item
|
1940 |
1/32 | Piles, S. H. 1 item
|
1906 |
1/32 | Poindexter, Miles 1 item
|
1917 |
1/32 | Poole, Henry A. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/32 | Port Angeles City
Council 3 items
|
1916 |
1/33 | Port Angeles Board of
Commissioners 1 item
|
1943 |
1/33 | Port Angeles Mayor 4 items
|
1916-1917 |
1/33 | Port Angeles Port 2 items
|
1927-1933 |
1/33 | Port Angeles Commercial
Club 2 items
|
1917 |
1/33 | Puget Mill Company 1 item
|
1913 |
1/33 | Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging
Company 1 item
|
1919 |
1/34 | Rainier Pulp and Paper Company,
San Francisco, California 1 item
|
1933 |
1/34 | Reineking, V. H. 3 items
|
1913-1918 |
1/34 | Reis, Clam 1 item
|
1931 |
1/34 | Remley, J. M. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/34 | Roberts, Fred 1 item
|
1901 |
1/34 | Ross, J. D. See: Seattle Lighting Deptartment.
|
|
1/34 | Rotary Club of Victoria,
B.C. 3 items
|
1939 |
1/35 | The Salvation Army 3 items
|
1944-1949 |
1/35 |
The San Diego Sun 1 item
|
undated |
1/35 |
The San Francisco News 1 item
|
1931 |
1/35 | Schwellenhach, Lewis
B. 1 item
|
1939 |
1/35 | Seattle Lighting
Department 3 items
|
1915 |
1/35 | Seattle Water
Department 1 item
|
1948 |
1/35 | Seattle Bakers' Bureau,
Inc. 1 item
|
1934 |
1/35 | Seattle-First National
Bank 1 item
|
1936 |
1/36 | Shank, Corwin S. 1 item
|
1917 |
1/36 | Shoenwerk, O. C. 1 item
|
1912 |
1/36 | Smith, A. W. 2 items
|
1901 |
1/36 | Smith, Albert 1 item
|
1901 |
1/36 | Smith, J. A. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/36 | Smith, J. R. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/36 | Smith, O. B. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/36 | Snyder, M. H. 1 item
|
undated |
1/36 | Stakemiller, C. S. 2 items
|
1901 |
1/36 | Stewart, James 1 item
|
1901 |
1/36 | Sullivan, Frank 1 item
|
1901 |
1/36-37 | Summers (L. L.) & Company
[engineers] Chicago 13 items
|
1910-1912 |
1/38 | Thompson, A. H. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/38 | Thompson, C. W. 1 item
|
1901 |
1/38 | Thompson, George 1 item
|
1901 |
1/38 | Trumbull, Severyns &
Trumbell 1 item
|
1940 |
1/39 | Ulmer, Chas D.,
Senior 1 item
|
1901 |
1/39 | United States Agriculture
Department 1 item
|
1939 |
1/39 | United States Coast
Guard 3 items
|
1949 |
1/39 | United States Customs
Service 9 items
|
1902-1908 |
1/40 | United States Forest
Service 10 items
|
1916-1947 |
2/1 | United States Lighthouse
Service 9 items
|
1917-1948 |
2/1-2 | United States Navy 22 items
|
1912-1948 |
2/2 | Upper Canada College Old Boys'
Association 1 item
|
1943 |
2/3 | Victoria (B.C.) City
Council 6 items
|
1939 |
2/4 | Wallace, H. H. See: U.S. Agriculture Department.
|
|
2/4 | Wanamaker, A. H. 1 item
|
1901 |
2/4 | Ware, William J. 1 item
|
1901 |
2/4 | Washington Auditor 1 item
|
1932 |
2/4 | Washington Department of
Case 1 item
|
1949 |
2/4 | Washington Governor 1 item
|
1943 |
2/4 | Washington Liquor Control
Board 3 items
|
1948 |
2/4 | Washington State Planning
Council 4 items
|
1939 |
2/4 | Washington Coast
Utilities 1 item
|
1919 |
2/5 | Washington Golden Jubilee
Association 9 items
|
1939 |
2/5 | Washington Pulp and Paper
Corporation, Port Angeles, Washington 1 item
|
1934 |
2/5 | Watkins, S. L. 1 item
|
1901 |
2/5 | Weeks, R. F. 2 items
|
1918-1941 |
2/5 | Weigel, Albert V. 1 item
|
1932 |
2/5 | Weldon, T. J. 1 item
|
1901 |
2/6 | Western Canada Power Company,
Ltd. 1 item
|
1914 |
2/6 | Whalen (Geo. T. and James) Pulp
and Paper Mills, Ltd., Vancouver 14 items
See also: British Columbia Sulphite Fibre Company, Colonial
Lumber and Paper Mills, Empire Pulp and Paper Mills, Ltd.
|
1916-1918 |
2/7 | Wheeler, F. T. 4 items
|
1912 |
2/7 | Wheeler, William R. 1 item
|
1931 |
2/7 | White, Horace 1 item
|
1901 |
2/7 | Whittier, Merrell 1 item
|
1901 |
2/7 | Wink, Arnold, and
others 1 item
|
1901 |
2/7 | Yantis, George F. 1 item
|
1939 |
2/7 | Young, G. E. 1 item
|
1932 |
Correspondence: Outgoing, 1902-1951Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 2/8-39, 3/1-17
Financial Records: Olympic Power Company Mortgage, 1910Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 3/21
ClippingsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box/Folder | ||
3/26-31 | Personal |
undated |
3/26-31 | British Royalty |
1939 |
3/26-31 | Olympic National Park |
1939-1945 |
3/26-31 | Industry (Mills) |
undated |
3/26-31 | Port of Port Angeles |
undated |
3/26-31 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Newspaper, 1939Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 3/32
Daily Telegraph and Morning Post Supplement
Port Angeles Golf and Country Club Records, 1940-1943Return to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 3/34
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Businessmen--Washington (State)--Port Angeles--Archives
- City promotion--Washington (State)--Port Angeles
- Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Port Angeles--Archives
- Dams--Washington (State)--Elwha River--Design and construction
- Frontier and pioneer life--Washington (State)--Port Angeles
- National parks and reserves--Washington (State)--Olympic National Park
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Pioneers--Washington (State)--Port Angeles--Archives
- Place marketing--Washington (State)--Port Angeles
- Port districts--Officials and employees--Washington (State)--Port Angeles
Personal Names
- Aldwell, Thomas T., 1868-1954--Archives
- Glines, George A
Corporate Names
- Crown Zellerbach Corporation
- L.L. Summers & Co
- Seattle (Wash.). Lighting Dept
Geographical Names
- Olympic National Park (Wash.)
- Port Angeles (Wash.)--Economic conditions
- Port Angeles (Wash.)--Politics and government
Form or Genre Terms
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- correspondence
- notes
- writings
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- Peabody, Houghteling & Co (creator)