WAUCoeEarl0502.xmlGuide to the Earl Coe Papers 1939-1963Coe (Earl) PapersSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries©2007 (Last modified: 7/16/2020)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections0502 (Accession No. 0502-001)Coe, Earl, 1892-1964Earl Coe papers1939-19634.5 cubic feet (11 boxes)Collection materials are inEnglish.Papers of a businessman, state legislator and official

Earl Sylvester Coe was born 1892, and died 1964. He served in the legislature as Washington State Representative, 1938-1944; Washington State Senator, 1944-1947; Secretary of State (Washington), 1947-1957; and Washington State Director of Conservation, 1957-1964. He was associated with the following businesses: Coe (Earl S.) & Associates, 1946-1955; Coe (Earl S.) & Company, 1943-1954; Interstate Manufacturing Co., 1946-1948; and Nordby Lumber and Box Co., 1940-1954.

Correspondence, financial records, ephemera, photos, memorabilia.

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Donated by Mrs. Coe, 1/1/1964.

Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Coe, Earl, 1892-1964--ArchivesLegislators--Washington (State)Washington (State)--Politics and government--History--SourcesCoe & Associates--History--SourcesInterstate Manufacturing Company--History--SourcesNordby Lumber and Box Company--History--SourcesFinancial recordsBusiness correspondencePhotographsEphemeraLaws and LegislationBusinesses and CorporationsPhotographs

 

Series 1Personal Papers Correspondence: Incoming 1/1Acme Press19612 items. Alcorn, Ravena L. 19581 item. Alexander, Stella M. 19581 item. Allen, Bill 1951-19522 items. Allied Arts of Seattle19561 item. Allied Daily Newspapers 19521 item. 1/2Aluminum Company of America 19581 item. Ambassador Hotel 19581 item. American Legion 19483 items. American Viking19481 item. Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine 1954-19604 items. 1/3Askew, Guy B. 1952-19583 items. Atherton Construction Company 19571 item. 1/4Backstrom, Henry19581 item. Bailey, Bob 19601 item. Bailey, R. H. 19581 item. Bainbridge Review19481 item. Batcheller, Willis T. 19582 items. 1/5Bates, R. H. 1948-194915 items. 1/6Beckett, Paul 19581 item. Beeson, Earl 19471 item. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks 19494 items. Berry, Betty1959, undated2 items. Berry, Jimmy 19491 item. Berry, Leon W. 19491 item. Billington, Ken19592 items. Binyon, J. R. 19593 items. 1/7Birch Bay Resort Owners' Association 19581 item. Boede, Violet undated1 item. Boeing Airplane Company 19581 item. Bohna (B. D.) and Company, Inc. 19581 item. Boze, Jim 19561 item. Bozell and Jacobs, Inc. 19551 item. Brazda, W. E. Chili 19581 item.Bridal, Frank 19571 item. Brown, Gordon J. 19581 item. 1/8Camp Fire Girls undated1 item.Campbell, E. A. undated1 item.Campbell, Gail 19521 item.Campbell, Mildredundated1 item.Caples, D. Elwood19591 item.Carlson, Dorothy 19581 item.Carstensen, Henry P. undated1 item. 1/9Carty, James E. 19581 item.Cederwall (Iver H.) Company 19561 item.Chamber of Commerce, Ellensburg 19581 item.Chamber of Commerce, Ground Coulee19591 item.Chamber of Commerce, Olympia 19581 item.Chamber of Commerce, Seattle 19521 item.Chamber of Commerce, Spokane 19581 item.Chandler, Kathryn undated1 item.Chase, Goodwin 19581 item.Christian Fact Finders Ballot 19521 item.Clark, Donald H. 19581 item.Clark, Ralph 19581 item.Clark, Ray 19571 item. 1/10Coe, A 1948-19546 items. 1/10-14Coe, George 1948-195484 items.1/15Coe, Isabel 19492 items. Coe, Martha 19541 item.1/16Coe, William T. 1946-19499 items. Coe, Winfield S. 1942-19452 items. 1/17Cohen, Frederick 19561 item. Cohn, David L. 19591 item. Colburn, Judson 19581 item. Coleman (Earl L.) Company 19601 item. Compton, Wilson and Helen 19521 item. Concrete, Grade School Students 19522 items. Congress of Industrial Organizations 19521 item. 1/18Conlin, Isabel 1954-19553 items. Conner, Dick 19581 item. Cooney and Cooney 1951-19522 items. Cordingly, A. R. 19581 item. Cotes, A. 19491 item. Coyle, Jessie 19585 items. Cromm, Edward and Alice undated1 item. Crown Zellerbach Corporation 19581 item. 1/19Daily Prayer Union undated1 item.Darce, Virginia19581 item.Democratic Party - National Committee 1946-19596 items. 1/20-21Democratic Party - Western States Conference 1960-196323 items. 1/22Democratic Party - Washington Campaign 1948-19522 items. Democratic Party - Washington - Central Committee1948-19562 items. Democratic Party - Washington - Convention 19561 item.Democratic Party - Washington - Democratic Party Harmony Committeeundated1 item. Democratic Party - Washington - Chelan County19551 item.1/23Democratic Party - Washington - Clallam County 19581 item.Democratic Party - Washington - King County19601 item.Democratic Party - Washington - Mason County19581 item.Democratic Party - Washington - Pacific County 1956-19582 items. Democratic Party - Washington - Snohomish County 19581 item.Democratic Party - Washington - Thurston County 1955-19562 item. Democratic Party - Washington - Yakima County19591 item. Derig, Will M. 19582 item. Dill, Clarence C. 1957-19592 item. Dolberg, Glenn undated1 item. Dowel, Hamilton C. 1956-19582 item. Dugger, Ellen and Dolphasundated1 item. Duree, James E. 19551 item.1/24Durham, Tom A. 19571 item.El Capitan Guest House 1953-19547 items. 1/25Ellis, Gertrude19521 item. Emmanuel, Samuel 19511 item.Farley, James A. 1946-19492 items. Felton, Ray 19591 item. Flint, Floyd 19581 item.Fort Lewis Historical Society19581 item. Foster, Stanberry19581 item. Foster and Foster 19591 item. 1/26Fraternal Order of Eagles 1948-19592 items. Freemasons 1949-19582 items. Friedmann, John W. 19591 item. Fry, Newt 19592 items. 1/27Ganders, Stanton 19582 items. Garrett, James D. 19521 item. Gehlen, L. 19571 item. Gehrman, Agnes 19481 item. George, George 19571 item.Gerrick, Ed undated1 item.Giesa, Paul W. 19521 item.Goldendale, Washington 19611 item.Gordon, C. David 19581 item.Gordon, Tom P. undated1 item. Gould, Joel F. 1958-19594 items. Grange News19481 item.1/28Grogan Photo Company 19522 items. Gunn, John H. 19521 item. 1/29Hall, Evan W. 19581 item. Hanson, Alfred J. 19591 item.Hartnett, Leo undated1 item.Hassall, Frederick 19501 item.Hastings, Gregory M. 19571 item.Heaman, Bert19531 item.Heaman, Margaret19601 item.Heiman, Edith and Milton 19501 item. Helroy, Helen and Leroy 19511 item.Hennessy, Lucille and Ray undated1 item. Herrmann, Karl 19582 items. Hogan, Paul K. undated1 item. 1/30Hollingbery, O. 1959-19603 item. Hollingsworth, Helen 19591 item. Holman, Carl Viking 1958-19602 items. Homme, Jack L. 19471 item. Horrigan, Horrigan and Sullivan 19571 item. Hotel Del Prado19551 item. Hovde, Frederick L. 19621 item. Hubble, Queenie19581 item. Huber, Ernie19481 item1/31Hurley, Jack19571 item.Ingham, T. R. 1959Inland Empire Waterways Association 19581 item. Jetts, Jack 19581 item. Jessen, Larelleundated1 item. Johns, C. E. 19571 item. Johnson, E. O. 19481 item. Johnson, J. M. undated1 item. Johnson, Jackie 19581 item. Johnson, Naomi19601 item. Jones, Walter 19491 item. 1/32KING 19521 item. KIRO19482 items. KJR19521 item. KOMO19481 item. KRSC19481 item. KTVW19561 item. KXLY19521 item. KXRO19481 item. Keister, F. O. 19581 item. Kennedy (John F.)-Johnson (Lyndon B.) Natural Resources Advisory Committee 19601 item. Kennell-Ellis Studio 19481 item. Killian, Leon D. 19581 item. Kimball, H. G. 19591 item. 1/33Kinberg, A. C. 19521 item. King, Johnundated1 item. King County - Commissioners 19611 item. King County - Planning Commission 19581 item. Kittitas County Farm Bureau 19591 item. Kittitas Reclamation District 19571 item. Klickitat County Hospital 19521 item. Knights of Columbus 19561 item. Kreager, H. DeWayne 19571 item. 1/34Labor Journal undated1 item. Landingham, Ann 1958-19605 items. Lane, John 19521 item. 1/35League of Women Voters1957-19593 items. Lee, Marv19521 item. Leeper, Lon 1958-196119 items. 1/36Lemoin, Ed undated1 item. Litchman, Mark 19581 item. Livingstone, Willard H. 19561 item. McCox, J. W. undated1 item. Machinists, International Association of 19561 item. McIntyre, Howard19561 item. McVay, Alfred 19581 item. Magnuson, Warren G. 1947-19584 items. Mansfield, Troy L. 19561 item. Marple's Business Roundup1958-19593 items. Marshland Flood Control District 19571 item. Martin, Harry J. undated1 item. Martin, Leslie 19601 item. Marua, Ray "Doc" 19521 item. Merrick, France 19551 item. Meyer, J. L.G. 19581 item. 1/37Miller, Lulu 19561 item. Miller, William 19561 item. Minnesota-Iowa Picnic, Southwest Washington 19321 item. Mitchell, Hugh B. 19473 items. Moer, Johnundated1 item.Moore, Milo 19481 item.Mundy, Irma Jean 19581 item.Murphy, William N. 19501 item.2/1 National Committee for an Effective Congress 19601 item. National Water Research Symposium 19612 items. Neuberger, Richard L. 19551 item. Nevada - Governor 19611 item.Newell (George C) Company19511 item.Newsboys Union, Seattle 19511 item.Nickell, George T. 19471 item.Northwest Aluminum Worker 19481 item.Northwest Conservation League 19461 item.2/2Northwest Farm News 19521 item.2/2-3O'Connell, Jerryundated1 item.2/4O'Donnell, Art and Winifred1948-196225 items. Ogden, Margaret and Frank undated1 item.Ogievsky, D. V. 1959-19602 items. O'Leary, Meyer, and O'Leary19581 item. Olson, William 19601 item.Olympian Press 19481 item.Pacific Northwest Power Company 19571 item.Pacific Northwesterner19581 item.Pacific Power and Light Company 19581 item.Peeler, Ruth 1958-19614 items. Pomerleau, Archie 19591 item.2/5Port Angeles Playfair19581 item.Pratt, Lisle and Marion undated1 item.Puget Sound Governmental Conference 19581 item.Pugnetti, Donald A. 19611 item.Pupo, William 19521 item.Raknes, Laurie B. undated1 item.Reeves, S. M. 19491 item.Reeves, Stacy 19581 item.Roach, Elizabeth 1952-19572 items. Romanovski (Mrs.) undated1 item. 2/6Roper (Elmer) and Associates 19551 item.Rosellini, Albert D. 19561 item.

See also: Washington - Governor.

Roslyn Cascade Coal Company19581 item.Rumpff, Albertundated1 item.Ryan, Ray19481 item.Savage, Charles R. 19561 item.Schmidt, D. 19481 item.Seattle - Century 21 Exposition 19581 item.Seattle First National Bank 19591 item.Seeds, Alvinaundated1 item.Seeds, Asa19621 item.Selejstad, Lurel19581 item.Seneca Farmsundated1 item.Shain, Clarence B. 19561 item.Shelton, Mayor 19581 item.2/7Sheridan, Robert J. 1956-19623 items. Sill, Frank L. 19581 item.Simdars, Pearl19581 item.Simon, Lucien 19561 item.Skagit County - Dike District #219571 item.Skagit - Flood Control Council 19571 item.Skagit County Shopping Newsundated1 item.Smith, Samuel J. 19581 item.Smithson, Jess undated1 item.South Tacoma Star 19481 item.Southeastern Washington Fair Association 19481 item.2/8Spokane Club, The 19601 item.Spokane County Newsundated1 item.Spokane Valley Herald19481 item.Spokesman-Review19601 item.Sprague, David 19561 item.Stader, Billie M. 19581 item.Staffundated9 items.

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2/9Stewart, F. 1946-19615 items. Strain, Charlotte19601 item. Struble, Bob 1951-195212 items. Sullivan, Roy and Mary 19563 items. 2/10Tacoma - Police Court 19591 item. Tanner, J. W. 19592 items.Theatre Owners of Washington, Northern Idaho, and Alaska 19611 item. Thennan, Margaret 19581 item.Tiffany, Fred L. 19581 item.Tilson, Don and Ann 1956-19606 items. Trade-Mark Service Corporation 19541 item.2/11Travelfares, Inc. 19552 item.Travelli, Fernande 19521 item.Tri-City Herald 19521 item.Trullinger, J. T. 19572 items. Turner, Annundated1 item. U.S. Congress - House of Representatives 19461 item.2/12U.S. Interior Department - Secretary1961-19642 items.U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 19522 items. U.S. Reserve Officers Training 19461 item.Ursino, Frank 19581 item.Valentine, Romeo 19571 item.Vance Shelhamer Advertising 19461 item.Vandernald, R. J. 19611 item.Van Tinker, H. S. 19581 item.Veterans of Foreign Wars19491 item.2/13WGN Broadcasting Company 1955-19562 items. Wagner, Ted19601 item.Waide, R. H. 1959-19602 items. Waldon, Bob 19521 item.Walla Walla Bulletin1948-19522 items. Wallaces, Lew 19511 item.Walters, Howard undated1 item.2/14Washington - Archivist 19551 item.Washington - Attorney General 1952-19575 items. Washington - Conservation and Development Department 1952-19613 items. Washington - Conservation and Development Department - Water Resources Division 1955-19594 items. Washington - Employment Security Department 19471 item.2/15-16Washington - Governor 1945-196146 items. 2/17Washington - Horse Racing Commission1958-19625 items. Washington - Legislature - House of Representatives 1955-19584 items. Washington - Legislature - Senate 1948-19572 items. 2/18Washington - Employee's Retirement System 19551 item.Washington - Insurance Commissioner 19501 item.Washington - State Department 1946-19482 items. Washington - State College/University 1957-19603 items. Washington - Superintendent of Public Instruction 19581 item.Washington - Tax Commission 19461 item.Washington - Unemployment Compensation and Placement 19471 item.2/19Washington - University 1958-19593 items. Washington - Water Resources Advisory Comm.19611 item.Washington Church News 19561 item.Washington Federation of State Employees 19561 item. Washington Gas Utilities 19592 items. Washington Association of Newscasters 19521 item.2/20Washington State Association of County Commissioners 19591 item.Washington State CIO Newsundated1 item. Washington State Farm Bureau 19482 items. Washington State Federation of Post Office Clerks 19562 items. Washington State Resources Committee 19581 item.Washington Water Power Company 19581 item.Watson, Arnold 19521 item.Watt, Lillie19511 item.2/21Welch, Charles B. 19561 item. Welch, William E. undated1 item. Wells, John and David1953, undated 6 items. Western Hotels, Inc. 1958-19592 items. White, Ed L. undated1 item.Whitfield, Jay A. 19571 item.Wiley, Anne T. 19482 items. Wilkins, Bill and Edith 1959, undated2 items. Wilson (Carl K.) Company 19611 item. Wilson-Nanuem Flood Control Committee 19571 item. Woodsworth, Freddie 19541 item. 2/22Yakima County - Board of County Commissioners 19571 item. Yakima Valley Cherry Institute19581 item. Young, Frances19501 item. Young Men's Christian Association 19592 items. Ziegler (Mrs.) Roy 19581 item. Zink, William M. 19581 item. 2/23Unidentified 28 items. 2/24-3/8Correspondence: Outgoing 1945-1963approximately 300 items. 3/9-19Clippings 3/20-4/7Ephemera 4/8-10News Releases1946-196338 items. Financial Records 4/11-12Bills, Statements approximately 60 items. 4/13Retirement Fund, Stocks, and Bonds 1937-19593 items. 4/14Property taxes 19473 items. 4/15Income tax, individual 1945-195711 items. 4/16Washington - Conservation and Development Department 1954-195916 items. 4/17-18Listsapproximately 50 items. 4/19-20Reports (Conservation and Development Department) 1955-195919 items. 4/21Notes 10 items. 4/22Oaths of Office 1948-19572 items. 4/23Legal Documents 19481 item. 4/24Miscellany8 items. 5/1-8Speeches and Writings 1948-1963approximately 60 items. 5/9-12Campaign Material 1952-195638 items. 5/13-16Columbia Interstate Compact Commission 1954-196423 items. 5/17-18Election Bulletins (Information for) 1952-19541 item. 5/19Election Results 1938-195624 items. 5/20-21Legislative Digest19491 item. Democratic Party 6/1Financial Records 1946-195812 items. 6/2Printed Material 1948-195313 items. 6/3-4National Convention 194817 items. 6/5-8Western States Democratic Convention 196223 items. Washington - Conservation and Development Department 6/9General 1956-195916 items. 6/10-11Weather Modification Board 1957-19585 items. 6/12-14Soil Conservation Committee 1955-196217 items. 6/15Columbia Basin Commission 195712 items. 6/16-18Water Resources 1959-196118 items.6/19-21Power Advisory Committee 1942-1958 26 items. 6/22Timber Cruiser Reports 19529 items. 6/23-24Applications and sales of land and timber 19527 items. 7Appointment Books 1948-19569 items. 7Plaques 1951-19562 items. 8/9/oversize Photographs approximately 200 items. 9/1-2Memorabilia approximately 50 items. Series 2Subgroups 10/1-3Coe (Earl S) and Associates - General Correspondence 1946-195540 items. 10/4-6Coe (Earl S) and Company - General Correspondence 1943-195434 items. 10/7Coe (Earl S) and Company - Miscellany 15 items. 10/8Interstate Manufacturing Company - General Correspondence 1946-194810 items. Nordby Lumber and Box Company - Correspondence: Incoming 10/9Absher, Marie C. 19462 items. Abstract and Title Guaranty Company 19401 item.American Credit-Indemnity Company undated1 item.Baker, Russell L. 19461 item.Ballantine, A. 19461 item.Bates, R. J. 1948-19523 items. Bingen Lath and Fuel Company 19451 item.Bingen Mills and Warehouse Company19511 item.10/10Caples, Barbara 19471 item.10/10-11Caples, D. Elwood 1947-195425 items. 10/12Chavez (Mrs.) Louis 19461 item.Coffin Sheep Company 19451 item.Columbia Accounting Company 19392 items. Consolidated Freightways, Inc. 1945-19465 items. Covel-Hanchett Company 19451 item.Davis, Charles E. 19461 item.Dillon, Louis M. 19451 item.Dorsey, H. T. 19471 item.10/13Douglas-Guardian Warehouse Corporation 19453 items. Dulien Steel Products, Inc. 19451 item.Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. 19462 items. Estes (C. H.) and Company 1945-19492 items. Forest Products News19451 item.Garmire, C. O. 19461 item.General Casualty Company of America 1948-19504 items. Goldendale - Superior Court - Clerk 19391 item.10/14Gray, David E. 19451 item.Haskins Lumber Company 19452 items. Hickox (A. M.) Inspection Service 19451 item.Hoe (R.) and Company, Inc. - Portland 1945-19503 items. Kastner, Louis R. 19472 items. Lumbermen's Credit Association 1945-19462 items. McCroskey, L. 19451 item.Meade, Thomas E. 19501 item.Mid-Columbia Production Credit Association 19542 items. Monroe Calculating Machine Company 19451 items. National Bank of Commerce 1945-19462 items. 10/15Nebraska Bridge Supply and Lumber Company 1945-194624 items. 10/16Northwestern Electric Company 19451 item.Oakes Industries19461 item.Oregon - State Department - Secretary19451 item.Oregon-Washington Bridge Company1946-19524 items. Parker, John T. 19462 items. Portland Casket Company 19451 item. Potlatch Yards, Inc. 19451 item.10/17Read, George A. 19561 item.Rudy Bros Logging Company19451 item.Rylander, Clarence C. 19463 items. Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company, Portland 19451 item.Simonds Saw and Steel Company, Portland 19451 item.Star Machinery Company, Seattle 19451 item.System Freight Service1945-19462 items. 10/18Timberman (The) 19451 item. Truscon Steel Company1945-19463 items. U.S. National War Labor Board 19431 item.U.S. Office of Price Administration 19452 items. U.S. Treasury Department - Internal Revenue Service 1945-19535 items. U.S. Laundry 19454 items. 10/19Washington - Attorney General 19461 item.Western Foundry Company 19451 item.White Salmon Greenhouse 19461 item.10/20-25Correspondence: Outgoing 1945-195296 items. 10/26-11/2Court Papers 1939-1947approximately 200 items. Financial Records 11/3-6Balance Sheets 1939-194821 items. 11/7Tax records 1940-19529 items. 11/8-12Miscellaneous approximately 125 items.

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