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Icis M. White Papers, 1893-1973

Overview of the Collection

Creator
White, Icis M.
Title
Icis M. White Papers
Dates
1893-1973 (inclusive)
Quantity
2 containers., (1 linear foot of shelf space.)
Collection Number
Cage 612
Summary
Collection contains mostly personal diaries and miscellaneous papers, including correspondence, I.O.O.F. membership documents and records from the local chapter of the Townsend Club.
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

This collection is open for research use.

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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Biographical Note

Icis Morrison was born 27 July 1885. She lived much of her life at Lewiston, Idaho. She married J. E. Hotchkiss in 1915; they later divorced. After some years she married Willis White. Biographical detail other than that derived from the Papers was not readily available to the staff of the Washington State University Libraries.

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Content Description

The Icis M. White Papers consist of personal diaries and miscellaneous papers.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 612, Icis M. White Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The Icis M. White Papers are arranged in two series, the first of which is the diary set. These volumes form an incomplete run from 1945 to 1973. From 1945 to 1949 they are only simple account books that show White's receipts from employment, chicken egg production, and goat's milk sales. Beginning in 1953, she includes brief notes of visits with friends and other activities. By 1957, she writes in more detail about daily activities. She includes itemized lists for daily expenses, notes friends who called on her and those on whom she called, and describes briefly each day's weather conditions. The second series in the papers is comprised miscellaneous documents from widely scattered dates. These include letters from White's first husband, J. E. Hotchkiss; letters from a longtime friend, Sibyl Marks; and letters to and from White's relatives, the Morrisons and the Crawfords. Other records are I.O.O.F. membership documents for White's brother, Alvin Morrison, and treasurer's records for a local chapter of the Townsend Club, an organization popularized during the Great Depression of the 1930s by Dr. Francis Townsend to promote universal old age pensions.

Acquisition Information

The Washington State University Libraries received the papers of Icis M. White from Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. White of Lewiston, Idaho, in November 1988. It was accessioned as MS88-47.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Personal Names

  • Crawford, Nicholas
  • White, Icis M.--Archives (creator)
  • White, Icis M.--Correspondence
  • White, Icis M.--Diaries

Corporate Names

  • Townsend Plan, Inc.--History--Archives
  • Independent Order of Odd Fellows--Idaho--History--Archives
  • Townsend Club No. 3

Family Names

  • Morrison family--Genealogy.

Geographical Names

  • Idaho--History--Archives
  • Lewiston (Idaho)--History--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Diaries--Idaho--History--Specimens

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • White, Glenn R. WaPS (donor)
    • White, Glenn R., (Mrs.). WaPS (donor)

Finding aid prepared by Robert W. Hadlow
2012

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