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Harriette and Lee P. Robinson Papers, 1909-1914
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Robinson, Lee P.; Robinson, Harriette
- Title
- Harriette and Lee P. Robinson Papers
- Dates
- 1909-1914 (inclusive)19091914
- Quantity
- 0.6 linear feet, (2 manuscript boxes)
- Collection Number
- WCMss.411
- Summary
- The Harriette and Lee P. Robinson Papers, which dates from 1909 to 1914, contains material related to a Walla Walla couple, Harriette and Lee P. Robinson. This collection contains photographs, postcards, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and diaries.
- Repository
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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
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Harriette W. Robinson was born in Fort Edwards, New York on May 13, 1905. She moved to Walla Walla, Washington in 1917 and attended Walla Walla High School. She married Lee P. Robinson in 1922, and they had four children, Harriette, Dorothy, Phyllis, and Richard. She was active in the White Temple Baptist Church, Blue Mountain Rock Hound Society, Fort Walla Walla Museum, and participated in antique shows at the Pasco Armory. She died on September 3, 2005.
Lee P. Robinson was born in 1892 in Faribault, Minnesota. In 1909, the family moved to Hover, Washington. Lee and his two brothers went to work on the U.S. Corps of Engineers vessel, USS Umatilla, which was dredging the Columbia River. Lee was hired as a deck boy in August 1909. He married Harriette Livermore 1922. Robinson ran the Robinson Singer Sewing Machine Shop in Walla Walla, Washington. He died on August 28, 1966 at age 74.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Harriette and Lee P. Robinson Papers houses personal material of Harriette and Lee P. Robinson. This collection, which dates from 1909 to 1914, consists of photographs, diaries, postcards from Walla Walla, Washington, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about the temperance movement in Walla Walla.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Geographical Names
- Walla Walla (Wash.)
Updated by Rayana Weller
2015, 2019
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