Colfax Public Library Records

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Colfax Public Library
Title: Colfax Public Library Records
Dates: 1921-1954 (inclusive)
19211954
Quantity: 1 container., (.5 linear feet of shelf space.), (40 items.)
Collection Number: Cage 200
Summary: Trustees minute books, 1921-1944; correspondence and contracts with school district; budgets, annual reports, and sample book plates, charge cards and book pockets and other material.
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.

Historical Note

The Colfax Public Library was established in 1921. It also served as a public-school library for the duration of its existence. In 1944 the Whitman County Library district was voted into being, and shortly thereafter the Colfax Public Library was converted to become solely a school library. Those books thought not useful for a school library were donated to the new County Library.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 200, Colfax Public Library Records . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Colfax Public Library papers were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Earle Connette in 1966.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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

Minutes of the Board:
- Dates: Nov. 3, 1921 - Dec. 7, 1925
  
  Container: Folder 1
  
  Location: Minutes of the Board:
- Dates: Jan. 1, 1930 - Dec. 14, 1937
  
  Container: Folder 2
  
  Location: Minutes of the Board:
- Dates: Jan. 1, 1938 - May 16, 1944
  
  Container: Folder 3
  
  Location: Minutes of the Board:
Description: Contracts and correspondence: Folder from School District No. 300
22 items.

Dates: 1944-1954

Container: Folder 4
Description: Earle Connette, A history of the Colfax Public Library

Container: Folder 4
Description: Miscellany: Bookplates, bookcards and pockets, rules
14 items.

Dates: 1904-1950

Container: Folder 4

Colfax Public Library Records, 1921-1954

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Historical Note

Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Minutes of the Board:

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