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Marple family papers, 1783-2002
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Marple (Family : Marple, Lucius Elliot, 1868-1963)
- Title
- Marple family papers
- Dates
- 1783-2002 (inclusive)16892002
1900-1960 (bulk)19001960 - Quantity
- 26 cubic feet (32 boxes and 3 oversize folders)
- Collection Number
- 5174
- Summary
- Papers of family that lived in Mercer Island, Washington and Portland, Oregon.
- Repository
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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
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Open to all users, but access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact Special Collections for details.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Lucius Elliot Marple (1868-1963) and his wife, Martha Thayer Folsom Marple (1870-1967), moved to Seattle, Washington from Massachusetts in 1904. They raised five children who were all born in Seattle: Warren Hilliard Marple (1905-1992), Elliot Marple (1908-2001), Catherine Thayer Marple Webber (1909-1983), Richard Folsom Marple (1910-2013), and Marcia Tracy Marple Weston (1912-2012).
The Marple family descends from the Pennsylvania Harts who received a land grant from William Penn in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area, and from David Marple, a Welshman who settled at Manor of Moreland, Pennsylvania near the end of the seventeenth-century. Following his Civil War service, William Warren Marple (1825-1919), the father of Lucius Elliot Marple, married Susan Maria Tracy (1834-1911), and settled in Boston, Massachusetts. The family of Martha Thayer Folsom Marple derives from John Cotton (1585-1650) through the Abbots, Thayers, Crams, and Folsoms of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Business journalist Elliot Marple (1908-2001) attended Harvard University. In 1949 he founded the newsletter, “Marple's Business Roundup,” that reported economic trends in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. The newsletter's name changed to “Marple's Business Newsletter” in 1974. Elliot Marple was a long-time resident of Mercer Island, Washington. He wrote a biography detailing the lives of his parents Lucius Elliot Marple and Martha Thayer Folsom Marple titled “Two Remarkable People.”
Warren H. Marple (1905-1992) also attended Harvard University. In 1939 he began a 30 year career with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in Portland, Oregon. He managed the BPA's Lower Columbia River District and later served as assistant to the administrator for interagency relations. He married Portland-based activist Lorna Johnson Marple (1910-1992).
Sources:
“A Marple Family.” Accessed February 14, 2018. http://www.marple.com/marple_hist.html.
“Archives West: Warren H. Marple Papers, 1944-1969.” Accessed February 14, 2018. http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv13470.
Brahm, Jane Meyer. “Memories of Merrimount.” Mercer Island Historical Society. Accessed February 21, 2018. http://mercerislandhistory.org/merrimount.html.
“Journalist Elliot Marple Dies, 93 - Seattlepi.Com.” Accessed February 14, 2018. https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Journalist-Elliot-Marple-dies-93-1314684.php.
“Obituary of Marcia Weston” Accessed February 14, 2018. http://adamsgreen.com/tribute/details/2141/Marcia-Weston/obituary.html.
“Richard Folsom Marple | Mercer Island Reporter.” Accessed February 14, 2018. http://www.mi-reporter.com/obituaries/richard-folsom-marple/.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, subject files, reports, diaries, financial records, photographs, generalogical research files on the Marple family of New England and committee files. See additional details for each accession listed below.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 2 accessions.
- Accession No. 5174-007, Marple family papers, 1906-2002
- Accession No. 5174-008, Marple family papers, 1783-1999
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 5174-007: Marple family papers, 1906-2002Return to Top
Scope and Content: The accession includes correspondence, subject files, reports, diaries, financial records, and committee files. The papers primarily document the lives of Elliot Marple and his brother, Warren H. Marple. Also included are materials about their father, Lucius Eliot Marple, and mother, Martha Thayer Folsom Marple, as well as siblings, Catharine Thayer Marple Webber, Richard Folsom Marple, and Marcia Tracy Marple Weston. Materials also contain Elliot Marple's research files and writings from his business newsletters, Marple's Business Roundup, and Warren Marple's records from his work with the Columbia Basin Interagency Commission (1954-1955).
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, but access to portions of the collection is restricted. Contact Special Collections for details.
Restrictions on Use: Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Acquisition Info: Donated by Elliot Marple, Elizabeth Bentley Marple, Susan Peacock, 3/23/2001.
Accession No. 5174-008: Marple family papers, 1783-1999 (bulk 1900-1960)Return to Top
Scope and Content: The accession includes correspondence, research files, diaries, financial records, and photographs that document the lives of Marple family members. The accession primarily includes correspondence, diaries, and financial records relating to Lucius Elliot Marple, Martha Thayer Marple, and William Warren Marple. Also included is extensive genealogical research that documents the lives of Marple ancestors who lived in New England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Acquisition Info: Donated by Elliot Marple and other family members, 12/6/1999.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | Accession | ||
| 1/1 | 5174-008 | Abbot, Abigail (Wood) (1814-1905, sister of Martha
Thayer Abbot Cram): biographies and correspondence |
1909, 1911 |
| 1/2 | 5174-008 | Abbot, Rev. Abiel (1765-1859): Abbot's sermons and
biography about Abbot written by Catharine Abbot (Cram) Folsom |
1798-1807, undated |
| 1/3 | 5174-008 | Abbot, Rev. Jacob (1768-1834): financial ledger of
expenditures while minister at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire |
1799-1821 |
| 1/7-7A | 5174-008 | Adams Academy, Quincy, Massachusetts: catalog and
correspondence |
approximately 1800-1810, 1883 |
| 1/8-10B | 5174-008 | Cotton, John: Biography, genealogy diagram, newspaper
articles, and coat of arms |
1907, undated |
| folder:oversize | |||
| 1 | 5174-008 | Cram, Martha Thayer (Abbot): Elliot, Marcia O.
obituary |
1880 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/12 | 5174-008 | Fisk, S.B: correspondence |
1831 |
| 1/13 | 5174-008 | Folsom, Anna Abbot (1861-1940): business
card |
undated |
| 1/15-2/31C | 5174-008 | Folsom, Catharine Abbot (Cram) (1828-1924):
autobiographical essay, correspondence, travel diaries, diary, and
obituary |
1869, 1896-1923 |
| 2/32-34B | 5174-008 | Folsom, Samuel H.: notes, correspondence, and newspaper
articles |
approximately 1840-1870 |
| box:oversize | |||
| 8 | 5174-008 | Folsom, Samuel H.: Dartmouth diploma and certificate for
appointment to justice of the peace position |
1851, undated |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 2/39-54A | 5174-008 | Genealogy: notes, essays, diagrams, and correspondence
regarding the family histories of the Abbot, Cotton, Thayer, Cram, Folsom,
McNair, Manhart, Marple, Shrimpton, and Hart families |
approximately 1860-1990 |
| 2/57-58 | 5174-008 | Hart, Joseph (1758-1811) and Nancy Folwell: photograph
and marriage certificate |
1783, undated |
| 2/63 | 5174-008 | Holway, Marcia Tracy (Marple) (1874-1906): marriage
announcement |
1904 |
| 2/65-71A | 5174-008 | Jameson, Catharine Elizabeth (Folsom) (1871-1974) and
Jameson, Charles A. (18 -1935): birth certificate, sketch, wedding certificate,
and family biography |
1871-1931 |
| 2/72-74 | 5174-008 | Kebler, Lucy Abbot (cousin of Martha Marple): account of
the Civil War and autobiographical essay |
1905, undated |
| 2/75 | 5174-008 | Manhart, Florence Heritage ( -1965):
correspondence |
1952 |
| 3/77 | 5174-008 | Manning, E.M.: Manning and Co. contract, correspondence
regarding Manning and his business Manning Co. Coffee and Tea, and financial
records |
1922-1952, 1993-1999 |
| 3/95-96 | 5174-008 | Marple, Elliot (1908- ): correspondence, photographs,
biographical essay, and bookplate with drawing of the Marple
children |
1908-1930 |
| 3/114-135, 4/135-136 | 5174-008 | Marple, Lucius Elliot (1868-1963): diary, ephemera from
World's Columbian Exposition, correspondence, scrapbook of newspaper clippings,
financial records, marriage license, wedding guest book, notes, essays, and
poetry book "Tender and True: Poems of Love" |
approximately 1880-1963 |
| 4/138, 5/138-157A | 5174-008 | Marple, Martha T. (1870-1967): transcript of diary about
Warren Hilliard Marple's birth and early childhood, diary, biographical essays,
correspondence, Europe travel diary, notebook with literary quotes, notebooks
of collected poems, and correspondence regarding arrival in Seattle |
1884-1922, 1988 |
| box:oversize | |||
| 8 | 5174-008 | Marple, Martha T. (1870-1967): diploma from Smith
College |
1892 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 6/158-159 | 5174-008 | Marple, Silas H. (1831-1864): essay and
correspondence |
1856-1857, undated |
| 6/162-163 | 5174-008 | Marple, Susan (Tracy) (18 -1911): poems, photograph, and
correspondence |
1864-1868, undated |
| 6/179-205A | 5174-008 | Marple, William Warren (1834-1919): account of the loss
at sea of steamship Wagner, speech, essays, memos and essays about firsthand
Civil War experiences, military records, accounts of the Civil War by others,
correspondence, and obituaries |
1860-1919 |
| folder:oversize | |||
| 2 | 5174-008 | Marple, William Warren (1834-1919): newspaper article
about Robert E. Lee surrendering during the Civil War |
1865 |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 6/206-207 | 5174-008 | Merrimount Neighborhood, Mercer Island, Washington:
financial records, ledger, correspondence, notes, and advertising
proof |
1919-1938, 1954 |
| box:oversize | |||
| 8 | 5174-008 | Merrimount Neighborhood, Mercer Island, Washington: one
plat map of Lucerne addition and three plat maps of Merrimount
addition |
1919, undated |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 6/211 | 5174-008 | Sanborn, F.B.: portraits of Sanborn and Ariana Smith
Walker and a Valentine's Day poem |
1851, 1853 |
| 6/214 | 5174-008 | Correspondence and research about the Shrimpton family
tankard and photographs of the tankard |
undated |
| 6/215 | 5174-008 | Thayer, Rev. Ebenezer: sermon and will |
1789, 1809 |
| 6/216-217 | 5174-008 | Thayer, Nathaniel: receipts |
1786-1789, 1814 |
| 6/218 | 5174-008 | Tracy, Cyrus (1757- ): Revolutionary War pension records
from the Department of the Interior |
1994 |
| 7/219-220 | 5174-008 | Tracy, Rev. Oren (1798-) and Marcy Billings: Marcy's
wedding slipper with wedding commemoration written on sole of slipper and
sermon |
1825, 1852 |
| 7/224 | 5174-008 | Yerkes, Robert M.: correspondence |
1912-1957 |
| 7/225-228 | 5174-008 | Photocopies of the booklet "Presented with Compliments
of John A. Folsom, Boston, Mass." |
1878 |
| 7/271 | 5174-008 | Transcripts of correspondence from various family
members |
1904-1959 |
| 7/272 | 5174-008 | Transcripts of audio recordings of Lucius Elliot Marple
and Martha Thayer Marple regarding their early days in Seattle |
1952, 1958 |
| 7/273 | 5174-008 | Arthur Elliot: correspondence, estate records, and
financial records |
1930-1960 |
| 7/275 | 5174-008 | Lucius Marple's research file on eugenics: forms
submitted to the Carnegie Institute of Washington Station for Experimental
Evolution, reading list, and correspondence with the direct of the Eugenics
Record Office Charles Davenport |
1910-1920 |
| 7/275A | 5174-008 | Records of land owned by Lucius Marple in Ephrata,
Washington |
1958-1961 |
| 7/276 | 5174-008 | Ruth and Sydney Jordan: correspondence |
1930-1961 |
| 7/278 | 5174-008 | Correspondence from Lucius Marple to Martha Wright
Green |
1955-1960 |
| 2/279 | 5174-008 | Correspondence from Lucius Marple to Carl Webber Jr.
|
1950-1960 |
| 7/280 | 5174-008 | Correspondence from Lucius Marple to Carl and Catherine
Webber |
1950-1961 |
| 7/282 | 5174-008 | Excerpts from correspondence |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- New Englanders--Genealogy
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Marple, Lucius, 1863-1963
Corporate Names
- Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee
Family Names
- Marple family--Archives
- Marple family--Diaries
- Marple family--Photographs
Titles within the Collection
- Marple's business roundup
