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Church Family Collection, circa 1800-1980
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Church family
- Title
- Church Family Collection
- Dates
- circa 1800-1980 (inclusive)18901980
- Quantity
- 2.4 linear feet, (2 flat boxes, 2 manuscript boxes)
- Collection Number
- WCMss.485
- Summary
- The Church Family Collection, which dates from the late 1800s through the 1980s, consists of family records, slides, and photograph albums.
- Repository
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
William Dement Church was born on June 3, 1873 in Oregon City, Oregon Territory. He moved to Walla Walla, Washington in 1890 to become an accountant for his uncle's grain mill. On November 23, 1898, he married Bertha Ballou, born April 18, 1874 in Santa Rosa, California, with whom he had six children. In approximately 1903, he was put in charge of mining operations at the Tom Thumb mine, as well as the grain mill's head secretary. He died July 23, 1969, at the age of 96.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Church Family Collection, which dates from the late 1800s through 1980, consists primarily of negatives of the Church family, their friends, landscapes in the Walla Walla, Washington area, as well as slides, photograph prints, photograph albums, newspaper clippings, correspondence, a marriage certificate, and genealogy research. The collection also contains ephemera related to a mine operated by the Church family. This collection documents the lives of the Church family, as well as W.D. Church's work in the mining industry, through photographs and written works.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Mines and Mineral Resources
Geographical Names
- Walla Walla (Wash.)
- Walla Walla (Wash.)--Social life and customs
Henry Adams
2018
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