"Grassroots Cuttings of Territorial Days" Project

"Grassroots Cuttings of Territorial Days" Project, 1953

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Various Authors
Title: "Grassroots Cuttings of Territorial Days" Project
Dates: 1953 (inclusive)
19531953
Quantity: 41 Items, ( )
Collection Number: Cage 4886
Summary: Typescripts by various authors and editors of "a series of thumbnail sketches of Washington history prepared under the editorial supervision of the Washington State Historical Society in recognition of the Washington Territorial Centennial" (note included in each essay). Most of these essays, along with others not included in this collection, were published together in a pamphlet in 1954 as Grassroot Cuttings: Sources of the History of the Territory of Washington, by the Longview Daily News. The Washington Territorial Centennial History Committee was responsible for the Grassroot[s] Cuttings project.
Repository: Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Gift; Edwin A. Burgess; 1985. Container list in the library.

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Typescripts by various authors and editors of "a series of thumbnail sketches of Washington history prepared under the editorial supervision of the Washington State Historical Society in recognition of the Washington Territorial Centennial" (note included in each essay). Most of these essays, along with others not included in this collection, were published together in a pamphlet in 1954 as Grassroot Cuttings: Sources of the History of the Territory of Washington, by the Longview Daily News. The Washington Territorial Centennial History Committee was responsible for the Grassroot[s] Cuttings project.

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