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Nick Manring Collection, 1880-2005
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Manring, Nick
- Title
- Nick Manring Collection
- Dates
- 1880-2005 (inclusive)18802005
- Quantity
- 6.8 Linear feet of shelf space, (15 Boxes + 1 Oversize folder)
- Collection Number
- Cage 961 (collection)
- Summary
- Photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, objects, and ephemera documenting the history of towns in eastern Washington state from 1880 to 2005. Garfield and Elberton, Washington, are particularly well represented in the collection.
- Repository
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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 and available for research use.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains historical materials from the towns of Garfield and Elberton, Washington, as well as other Whitman County locations. The collection primarily consists of photographs and negatives, newspaper articles and clippings, correspondence, artifacts from Whitman County businesses, school and regional memorabilia, as well as published and unpublished histories.
This collection includes correspondence with Benjamin F. Manring, author of The Conquest of the Coeur D'Alenes, Spokanes and Palouses: The Expeditions of Colonels E. J. Steptoe and George Wright (1912). In some letters, Manring responds to inquiries about his book and regional Native American history. Included are exchanges with Lucullus V. McWhorter (1860-1944), a rancher and activist who documented histories of Plateau peoples in the Pacific Northwest. Manring also interacted with members of the Ku Klux Klan in Colfax and Vancouver, WA. In correspondence, he identifies as a Klansman with an interest in supporting white supremacists in state and regional politics.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Nick Manring Collection, 1880-2005 (Cage 961)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The materials in this collection are arranged into seven series organized around material formats. Within series, folders are ordered chronologically.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1. Business DocumentsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Appraisal of 4th and Manring |
1993 |
| 1 | 2 | Bank records |
circa 1910s-1922 |
| 1 | 3 | Deeds |
1897-1902 |
| 1 | 4 | Discharge papers |
1894 |
| 1 | 5 | Elberton ballots |
1938-1948 |
| 1 | 6 | Expense ledger |
circa 1906-1908 |
| 1 | 7 | Expense ledger |
circa 1959-1961 |
| 1 | 8 | Garfield incorporation |
1888 |
| 1 | 9 | Garfield School |
circa 1920s-1950s |
| 1 | 10 | Garfield Union Warehouse
ledger |
1941 |
| 1 | 11 | Ledger for Ladies Aid Society of the M.G.
Church, Garfield, WA |
1906-1908 |
| 1 | 12 | Ledger for Ladies Aid Society of the M.G.
Church, Garfield, WA |
1911 |
| 1 | 13 | Ledger for Ladies Aid Society of the M.G.
Church, Garfield, WA |
1912-1915 |
| 1 | 14 | Ledger for Ladies Aid Society of the M.G.
Church, Garfield, WA |
1924-1932 |
| 1 | 15 | Legal claims |
1892 |
| 1 | 16 | Methodist Episcopal Church meeting
minutes |
1912 |
| 1 | 17 | Mining rights |
1950 |
| 1 | 18 | Northern Grain and Warehouse Co. Ledger
page |
1922 |
| 2 | 1 | Stock certificates |
1906-1955 |
| 2 | 2 | Whitman County elections |
1992 |
Series 2. CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 3 | James Taylor Burcham
correspondence |
1904-1906 |
| 2 | 4 | May Foreman correspondence |
circa 1890s-1920s |
| 2 | 5 | Garfield National Bank
correspondence |
circa 1890-1912 |
| 2 | 6 | Gulf War correspondence |
1990-1991 |
| 2 | 7 | J.C. Lawrence correspondence |
1910-1912 |
| 2 | 8 | Benjamin F. Manring
correspondence |
1923-1924 |
| 2 | 9 | Benjamin F. Manring
correspondence |
1935-1942 |
| 2 | 10 | Nick Manring correspondence |
1973-1992 |
| 2 | 11 | Reardan baseball
correspondence |
1905 |
Series 3. EphemeraReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 12 | Calendars |
1972 |
| 2 | 13 | Annie Dodds scrapbook |
1904 |
| 2 | 14 | Elberton schools |
1903-1922 |
| 2 | 15 | May Foreman scrapbook |
1901-1905 |
| 3 | 1 | Funeral programs |
circa 1950s-1990s |
| 3 | 2 | Garfield elementary school |
1891-1989 |
| 3 | 3 | Garfield High School |
1902-1910 |
| 3 | 4 | Garfield High School |
1911-1944 |
| 3 | 5 | Garfield High School |
1952-1994 |
| 3 | 6 | Garfield High School scrapbook and GHS German Grammar Text Book Text book includes a hand-written list of the 1908-1909 German students at GHS.
|
1912, 1906 |
| 3 | 7 | Garfield Women’s Club |
1932-1982 |
| 3 | 8 | Miscellaneous events |
1913-1992 |
| 3 | 9 | Signed WSU Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Founders Day Banquet Menu |
1926 March 07 |
| 4 | 1 | Regional brochures and
postcards |
circa 1950s-2000s |
| 4 | 2 | State Normal Schools |
1912-1915 |
| 4 | 3 | Telephone directories |
1939-1949 |
| 4 | 4 | University of Hard Knocks
excerpt |
1920 |
Series 4. Histories and ReportsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 5 | Agriculture Study Unit (RP3) |
1985 |
| 4 | 6 | Bishop and Lake families |
undated |
| 4 | 7 | Cashup Davis and His Hotel on Steptoe
Butte |
1967 |
| 4 | 8 | Commissioners’ Journal, Whitman
County |
1897 |
| 4 | 9 | Davidson genealogy |
undated |
| 4 | 10 | Elberton |
1897-circa 1920s |
| 4 | 11 | Elberton |
circa 1961- |
| 4 | 12 | Elberton, Whitman County |
undated- |
| 4 | 13 | Elberton Historic District
Application |
1977 |
| 4 | 14 | Elberton Levee |
1938-1945 |
| 4 | 15 | Elberton Methodist Episcopal
Church |
undated |
| 4 | 16 | Elberton returns |
1916 |
| 4 | 17 | Environmental Impact Statement, Whitman
County |
1973 |
| 4 | 18 | Explorations Northward |
1973 |
| 4 | 19 | Garfield School |
1986 |
| 4 | 20 | Klemgard Park |
1974 |
| 4 | 21 | The Last Palouse |
undated |
| 4 | 22 | JW Leid recollections |
undated |
| 4 | 23 | Wieber Lied interview |
1976 |
| 4 | 24 | LC Lewis veterinary report |
1918 |
| 4 | 25 | JE Love Company Timeline |
undated |
| 5 | 1 | JE Love Historical Outline |
undated |
| 5 | 2 | Ahira Manring speech |
1991 |
| 5 | 3 | McCroskey family |
circa 1980s-1990s |
| 5 | 4 | Virgil T. McCroskey |
1983 |
| 5 | 5 | Native Americans |
1914-1923 |
| 5 | 6 | Oakedale Flour Mill |
1891 |
| 5 | 7 | Officials of Washington Cities |
1958-1967 |
| 5 | 8 | The Old-Fashioned Town |
1979 |
| 5 | 9 | Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation
Co. Report |
1916 |
| 5 | 10 | People and the Plow |
1987 |
| 5 | 11 | People of Washington |
1890-1952 |
| 5 | 12 | Pioneer Days in Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho |
1942 |
| 5 | 13 | William L. Powers House |
1977 |
| 5 | 14 | “Precious Memories,” by Mina
Haun |
1990-1991 |
| 5 | 15 | Public Opinion Study, Schools |
1984 |
| 5 | 16 | Recollections of J. Orin
Oliphant |
1972 |
| 5 | 17 | Regional bridges and highways |
undated |
| 5 | 18 | “Reliable Report of the Late Indian
Fight” |
undated |
| 5 | 19 | The Secret Saga of Five-Sack |
1975 |
| 5 | 20 | A Short History of James A.
Pickard |
circa 1975 |
| 5 | 21 | Standard Community Industrial
Survey |
undated |
| 5 | 22 | Stairet family history |
1976 |
| 5 | 23 | State of Washington Report of the Census
Board |
1944 |
| 5 | 24 | A Story of Garfield |
undated |
| 5 | 25 | The Story of My Life, by John Lawrence
(excerpt) |
undated |
| 5 | 26 | Sunnyside Orchard Tracts Addition to
Palouse |
1987 |
| 5 | 27 | The Thresherman’s Prayer |
1898 |
| 5 | 28 | John Ellis Trimble biography |
1981 |
| 5 | 29 | Washington State Data Book |
1985 |
| 5 | 30 | Washington State Name, Flag, Seal, Song,
Bird, Flower |
1933 |
| 5 | 31 | Whitman County Auditor’s Annual
Report |
1915-1918 |
| 6 | 1 | Whitman County Cattlemen of the
Year |
1962 |
| 6 | 2 | Whitman County Historic Resource
Survey |
1986 |
| 6 | 3 | Whitman County history |
1901 |
| 6 | 4 | Julius Zittel |
undated |
Series 5. Newsletters and Newspaper ClippingsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 6 | 5 | Bunchgrass Historian |
1973-1974 |
| 6 | 6 | Bunchgrass Historian |
1975-1976 |
| 6 | 7 | Bunchgrass Historian |
1977-1980 |
| 6 | 8 | Bunchgrass Historian |
1981-1982 |
| 6 | 9 | Bunchgrass Historian |
1983-1984 |
| 6 | 10 | Bunchgrass Historian |
1985-1989 |
| 6 | 11 | G-Hi Scoop |
undated |
| 6 | 12 | Newspaper clippings, index |
circa 1980s |
| 7 | 1 | Newspaper clippings |
1890s-1910s |
| 7 | 2 | Newspaper clippings |
circa 1920-1929 |
| 7 | 3 | Newspaper clippings |
circa 1930-1939 |
| 7 | 4 | Newspaper clippings |
1940s-1960s |
| 7 | 5 | Newspaper clippings |
1970s |
| 7 | 6 | Newspaper clippings |
1980s |
| 7 | 7 | Newspaper clippings |
1990s |
| 7 | 8 | Newspaper clippings |
undated |
| 7 | 9 | The Pioneer, GHS student newspaper |
1943 June 01 |
Series 6. Photographs and NegativesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 8 | 1 | Belmont school house |
undated |
| 8 | 2 | Dailey family at Elberton
picnic |
circa 1918 |
| 8 | 3 | Dodds family |
circa 1900s |
| 8 | 4 | Elberton, WA |
circa 1895-1910s |
| 8 | 5 | Elberton, WA |
circa 1970s |
| 8 | 6 | Elberton, WA (photographs by Archie E.
Irwin) |
1892-1962 |
| 8 | 7 | Elberton, WA (photographs by Archie E.
Irwin) |
1892-1962 |
| 8 | 8 | Elberton, WA (photographs by Archie E.
Irwin) |
circa 1900s |
| 8 | 9 | Elberton, WA (photographs by Nicholas
Manring) |
1975 |
| 8 | 10 | Elberton, WA, panoramas |
1900-1913 |
| 8 | 11 | Elberton school and Sunday
School |
circa 1905 |
| 8 | 12 | Farmington, WA |
1974-1975 |
| 8 | 13 | Shane Fisher |
circa 1900-1920 |
| 8 | 14 | Ford, WA |
1940 July |
| 8 | 15 | Forman family |
circa 1900-1960s |
| 8 | 16 | Garfield, WA |
1890s-1910s |
| 9 | 1 | Garfield, WA |
1890s-1910s |
| 9 | 2 | Garfield, WA |
circa 1950s-1980s |
| 9 | 3 | Garfield grade school |
circa 1880s-1908 |
| 9 | 4 | Garfield High School |
circa 1910s-1970s |
| 9 | 5 | Garfield Union Warehouse Co. |
undated |
| 9 | 6 | Lindsey Gartin |
1890 |
| 9 | 7 | Gaskill family |
undated |
| 9 | 8 | Jacob Lausch house, Elberton,
WA |
circa 1897-1910s |
| 9 | 9 | Love family |
circa 1890s-1910s |
| 9 | 10 | Manring family |
circa 1917-1975 |
| 9 | 11 | R.C. McCroskey family |
circa 1900s-1980s |
| 9 | 12 | R.C. McCroskey house |
1900-1910 |
| 9 | 13 | R.C. McCroskey house |
1960s-1970s |
| 9 | 14 | R.C. McCroskey house |
1974 |
| 9 | 15 | R.C. McCroskey house |
1980s |
| 10 | 1 | Nye family, Garfield, WA |
undated |
| 10 | 2 | Oakesdale, WA |
circa 1975 |
| 10 | 3 | Palouse, WA |
undated |
| 10 | 4 | Pickard family |
circa 1900s |
| 10 | 5 | Pullman High School |
undated |
| 10 | 6 | Ethel Brugger Scott |
1966-1975 |
| 10 | 7 | Scottish Rite Reunion |
1944- |
| 10 | 8 | Spangle, WA |
undated |
| 10 | 9 | Steptoe Butte |
1904 |
| 10 | 10 | Unidentified photographs |
undated |
| 10 | 11 | UPRR tracks, Garfield, WA |
1992 |
| 10 | 12 | Waite family |
circa 1910 |
| 10 | 13 | Thomas J. Walch funeral |
1933 |
| 10 | 14 | Washington State College |
circa 1920-1924 |
| 10 | 15 | Wilson family |
undated |
| 10 | 16 | Downtown Garfield and around the R. C. McCroskey house, showing damage from a windstorm (17 photos) |
1995 July |
| 10 | 17 | Garfield Grade School 8th grade class, labeled, and at Steptoe Butte |
circa 1938-1939, 1939 Spring |
| 10 | 18 | Garfield Methodist Sunday School class photo, taken outside the church |
1943 |
| 10 | 19 | Garfield High School Class of 1943 reunion, labeled |
circa 1960 |
Series 7. OversizedReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | Building Program, 1913 Pledge
List |
1912-1917 |
| 11 | 2 | Deeds |
1880-1920 |
| 11 | 3 | Garfield Town Boundaries |
1893 |
| 11 | 4 | Garfield Line |
1966-1970 |
| 11 | 5 | Garfield Line |
1971 |
| 11 | 6 | Garfield Line |
1972 |
| 11 | 7 | Garfield Line |
1973 |
| 11 | 8 | Garfield Line |
1974 |
| 11 | 9 | Pullman Herald |
1938 |
| 12 | 1 | Northern Pacific Railroad |
1887-1918 |
| 12 | 2 | Elberton photographs |
1918 |
| 12 | 3 | Garfield High School
photographs |
undated |
| 12 | 4 | Sprinkler blueprints |
1990 |
| 12 | 5 | Washington Territory real estate
agreements |
1888-1889 |
| 12 | 6 | Whitman County school records |
1896 |
| 13 | 66 glass plates featuring the following
topics: Carter House, Garfield, WA; Garfield High School women’s
basketball, 1913; Lewis C. Love farm near Garfield, WA; T.W. Love with
corn harvest |
undated | |
| 13 | 2 printing blocks: R.C. McCroskey house,
Garfield, circa 1900; Methodist Church, Garfield, WA |
circa 1900s | |
| 14 | 1 decorative wood engraving |
undated | |
| 14 | 1 mounted advertisement for Garfield
Trading Company |
undated | |
| 14 | 1 framed image of McGill’s Cash Store,
Elberton, WA |
undated | |
| 14 | Assorted fair and election
buttons |
circa 1970s | |
| 14 | Assorted pill boxes and advertisements for
Eitel’s, Princess Theatre, and DeWitt’s |
undated | |
| 14 | Four negatives featuring historic
buildings in Whitman County, 1974-1975; Farmington, WA, 1974; Barron
Flour Mill in Oakesdale, WA; Powers house in Palouse, WA; DA and Evelyn
Davison in Elberton, WA, 1977 |
1974-1977 | |
| 15 | 1 Garfield Trading Company fan |
undated | |
| 15 | 1 copy of Pullman: A Special Centennial
Publication |
1988 | |
| 15 | Images of Elberton, WA; Colfax, WA; and
Garfield United Methodist Church |
circa 1900-1970s | |
| 15 | Calendars, flyers for May Day
festival |
1954-1991 | |
| 15 | 3 issues of Garfield
Enterprise |
1901 March-April | |
| 15 | General Election Poll Book and Tally
Sheet, Garfield, WA |
1926 November | |
| Oversize Folder | Elberton panorama |
1913 | |
| Oversize Folder | Strike sign: Machinists District Lodge
130, AFL-CIO |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Manring, Nick -- Archives
Geographical Names
- Elberton (Wash.) -- History -- Sources
- Elberton (Wash.) -- Photographs
- Garfield (Wash.) -- History -- Sources
- Garfield (Wash.) -- Photographs
- Whitman County (Wash.) -- History -- Sources
- Whitman County (Wash.) -- Photographs
Finding aid prepared by Talea Anderson
2023
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