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Vaughan Brown papers, 1920-1969
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Brown, Vaughan
- Title
- Vaughan Brown papers
- Dates
- 1920-1969 (inclusive)19201969
- Quantity
- 38 linear feet
- Collection Number
- XOE_CPNWS104vaughanbrownpapers (collection)
- Summary
- This collection documents the activies of Bellingham attorney and Washington State Senator Vaughan Brown. Materials include correspondence, political and legal files, financial records, books and publications.
- Repository
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Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Archives Building
808 25th St.
Bellingham, WA
98225
Telephone: (360) 650-7534
cpnws@wwu.edu - Access Restrictions
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Some restrictions may apply - contact repository for details.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection documents the activities of Bellingham attorney and Washington State Senator Vaughan Brown. Materials include correspondence, political and legal files, financial records, books and publications.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Some restrictions may apply - contact repository for details.
Preferred Citation
Vaughan Brown papers, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
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Acquisition Information
Donated by Vaughan Brown in 1974.
Related Materials
Materials of related interest may be found in the O.P. Brown papers, housed at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
Box 1 | Miscellaneous artifacts | undated |
Box 1 | Miscellaneous notes | circa 1950s |
Box 1 | Political materials | circa 1930s-1970s |
Box 1 | Income tax statements and other financial materials | circa 1950s-1960s |
Box 1 | College and law school materials (3 folders) | circa 1910s |
Box 1 | Correspondence, notes, blank forms, stationary, etc. | circa 1930s-1960s |
Box 1 | United States Army Ambulance Corps (USAAC) materials | circa 1950s |
Box 2 | High school, college, and alumni material | circa 1910s-1960s |
Box 3 | "The State of Washington: A Review of the State's Natural Resources and Its Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural and Official Life" | 1936 |
Box 3 | Minute book | 1920s |
Box 3 | Ledger | 1950s-1960s |
Box 3 | Stock register | 1920s |
Box 3 | Correspondence | 1930s-1940s |
Box 3 | Photographs | circa 1920s |
Box 3 | Election materials | 1950s |
Box 3 | Membership and business cards | circa 1950s |
Box 3 | Travel materials | 1930s-1950s |
Box 3 | Greeting cards and Christmas materials | 1930s-1960s |
Box 3 | Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation invoices | 1911 |
Box 3 | Pearl Hecter Bay View materials | 1979 |
Box 4 | State of Washington Governor's Budget (4 volumes) | 1940s-1950s |
Box 5 | Income and expense records | 1930s-1960s |
Box 5 | Letters to the editor | circa 1960s |
Box 5 | Membership and business cards | circa 1960s |
Box 5 | Photographs | circa 1910s-1960s |
Box 5 | Satisfaction of Mortgage Corporate form | 1963 |
Box 5 | Notes on issue and policy | circa 1960s |
Box 5 | Stock certificates | 1920s-1940s |
Box 5 | Charlotte E. Stonehouse estate and income tax materials | 1959-1961 |
Box 5 | Twentieth Century Club materials | circa 1930s |
Box 5 | United States Coast Guard Reserve materials | circa 1940s |
Box 5 | United State Army Ambulance Service Corps (USAAC) materials (2 folders) | circa 1960s |
Box 6 | Correspondence (5 folders) | 1940s-1970s |
Box 6 | Library Board materials | circa 1920s |
Box 6 | Publication efforts (Oliver and Vaughan Brown) | circa 1930s-1940s |
Box 6 | Mount Baker Club resolution | undated |
Box 6 | Newspaper clippings | undated |
Box 6 | Oyster land investment materials | 1930s |
Box 6 | Personality tests | 1920s |
Box 6 | Household expenses | 1920-1930 |
Box 7 | Personal correspondence | undated |
Box 7 | Correspondence related to gifts to archives | circa 1970s |
Box 7 | Bellingham Theatre Guild materials | 1940s |
Box 7 | Bellingham City Charter Revision Committee materials | 1920s |
Box 7 | Check registers | circa 1920s-1970s |
Box 7 | Correspondence regarding insurance investment | circa 1930s-1940s |
Box 7 | Correspondence regarding stocks and investment materials | circa 1930s-1960s |
Box 7 | Personal correspondence between Vaughan Brown and Regina Mohrmann, John P. Nexbit, Mary Lou Quackenbush, and Stan Quackenbush (5 folders) | circa 1930s-1970s |
Box 8 | American Red Cross (Whatcom County Chapter) materials | circa 1930s-1940s |
Box 8 | Notes and drawings | circa 1940s |
Box 8 | Bellingham museum proposal materials | 1940 |
Box 8 | Bellingham Chamber of Commerce/Charter Amendment materials | 1929 |
Box 8 | Personal correspondence (57 folders) | circa 1910s-1973 |
Box 9 | United States Army Ambulance Corps (USAAC) material | 1917-1919; , 1960s |
Box 9 | Political and campaign material | circa 1930s-1960s |
Box 9 | Vaughan Brown will and estate material | 1975-1978 |
Box 10 | Career papers | 1930s-1940s |
Box 10 | Invitations | undated; , 1940s-1950s |
Box 10 | Political and campaign material | circa 1910s-1960s |
Box 11 | Political correspondence and other material | circa 1930s-1950s |
Box 11 | Career papers (2 folders) | 1932-1935 |
Box 12 | Political and campaign material | circa 1920s-1960s |
Box 13 | Political correspondence and other material | 1944-1970s |
Box 14 | Political speeches | circa 1920s-1940s |
Box 14 | Whatcom County Democratic Club | circa 1920s-1940s |
Box 14 | Whatcom County Good Government League membership cards | 1937 |
Box 14 | Work Progress Administration forms | undated |
Box 14 | Application for Postmaster | 1934 |
Box 14 | Correspondence - Postmaster | 1934-1940 |
Box 14 | National Association of Postmasters - correspondence | 1933-1939 |
Box 14 | National Association of Postmasters - minutes and bylaws | circa 1930s |
Box 14 | Treasurer's reports | 1932-1934 |
Box 14 | Miscellaneous correspondence and clippings | circa 1900-1930s |
Box 14 | National Federation of Post Office Clerks - correspondence | 1921-1941 |
Box 14 | Presidential Postmasters Association - correspondence | 1933-1938 |
Box 14 | Resignation from Post Office | 1939 |
Box 15 | Legislative material - constituent correspondence | 1951-1955 |
Box 15 | Legislative material - correspondence with other legislators | 1950-1955 |
Box 15 | Legislative material - diaries of legislative events | circa 1950s |
Box 15 | Legislative material - notes made during sessions | circa 1950s |
Box 15 | Legislative material - proposed bills and amendments | circa 1950s |
Box 16 | Legislative material - bills and amendments | circa 1950s |
Box 16 | Legislative material - blank stationary | undated |
Box 16 | Legislative material - House calendar | 1949 |
Box 16 | Legislative material - Senate calendars | 1950s |
Box 16 | Legislative material - certificate of election | 1948-1950 |
Box 16 | Legislative material - committee assignments | 1949-1953 |
Box 16 | Legislative material - constituent correspondence | 1948-1950 |
Box 16 | Legal material - Hurley vs. Jones Piggly Wiggly Co. (Washington State Superior Court for King County No. 234715) | 1931 |
Box 16 | Legal material - W. Williamson vs. E. Williamson (Washington State Superior Court for Whatcom County, No. 15771) | 1924 |
Box 16 | Legal material - Washington Grocery Co. "Security Record" | 1925 |
Box 16 | Legal material - William York vs. Gaasland Co., Inc. (Washington State Superior Court No. 32221) | 1952 |
Box 17 | Daily business accounts journal | 1929-1931 |
Box 17 | Dissolution of partnership | 1958 |
Box 17 | Various legal cases, including one between Edward Harris and Rogan Jones | circa 1920s-1930s |
Box 18 | Admission to practice as attorney in U.S. District Court | 1926 |
Box 18 | Affidavit regarding O. Algyer and G. Miller conversation | 1969 |
Box 18 | Alpha index of files | undated |
Box 18 | Miscellaneous correspondence | circa 1930s-1950s |
Box 18 | Various cases | 1930s |
Box 18 | Bankruptcy referee material - cases | circa 1930s-1950s |
Box 18 | Bankruptcy referee material - correspondence | 1923-1938 |
Box 18 | Bankruptcy referee material - dockets | 1917-1934 |
Box 18 | Bankruptcy referee material - rules | 1920s |
Box 18 | Blank stationary | undated |
Box 19 | Various legal cases | 1920s-1930s |
Box 19 | Notary Public certificates | 1930s |
Box 19 | Office correspondence | 1930s1950s |
Box 19 | Pension cases | 1920s-1930s |
Box 19 | Request for exemption from Bar Exam | 1920 |
Box 19 | Various legal cases | 1920s-1950s |
Boxes 20-22 | Puget Sound Power & Light Co. vs. Public Utility District No. 1 of Whatcom County material | circa 1938-1941 |
Box 22 (continued) | School materials | circa 1919-1920 |
Box 23 | Miscellaneous legislative materials | circa 1930s-1950s |
Box 24 | Miscellaneous campaign materials for Brown and other local and national candidates | circa 1950s-1960s |
Box 24 | Blotters | circa 1950s |
Box 24 | Aftermath Club yearbooks | 1931-1934; , 1965-1966 |
Box 24 | Industrial Workers of the World items | circa 1916 |
Box 24 | F.D. Roosevelt items (includes an invitation to FDR’s memorial service) | circa 1930s-1940s |
Box 24 | Marcus Whitman statue material | 1953 |
Box 25 | Miscellaneous campaign material for Vaughan Brown and other local and national candidates | circa 1950s-1960s |
Box 26 | Abstracts of title for property in Pierce County, Washington | 1889-1910 |
Box 26 | United States House of Representatives - bills manual | 1955 |
Box 27 | Various legal cases | circa 1920s |
Box 27 | Sunset Life Insurance Co. materials for Vaughan Brown | circa 1960s-1970s |
Box 27 | Miscellaneous oversized clippings | circa 1930s |
Box 27 | Map of State Road No. 1 - Deming to Welcome Grange Hall | 1931 |
Box 28 | Legislative journals, indices, etc. | circa 1950s |
Box 28 | Books | 1851-1954 |
Box 29 | Miscellaneous campaign material for other candidates | circa 1950s-1960s |
Box 30 | State of Washington House and Senate journals | circa 1950s |
Box 31 | 35mm microfilms of first four volumes of Whatcom County Comm[issioners?] Reports | 1951 |
Box 31 | Miscellaneous legislative material | circa 1950s |
Box 31 | Caucus Attorney material | 1958 |
Box 32 | Maps, brochures, travel materials, postcards, and other personal items | circa 1970s-1980s |
Box 33 | Miscellaneous career material | 1920s-1950s |
Box 34 | Informational reference material | circa 1920s-1970s |
Box 35 | State of Washington House and Senate journals and bills | circa 1940s-1950s |
Box 36 | Government-published books | circa 1940s |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Lawyers--Washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources
- Legislators--Washington (State)--History--Sources
Personal Names
- Brown, Vaughan --Archives
Corporate Names
- Washington (State)--Legislature--Senate
Geographical Names
- Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources
- Washington (State)--History--Sources
- Washington (State)--Politics and government--History--Sources