Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 1616
State College of Washington Office of the President.
State College of Washington Office of the President: Letters from Prominent Correspondents (Autograph Collection)
1897-1951
0.25 Linear Feet of Shelf Space
1 Box
This collection consists primarily of letters addressed
to three presidents of Washington State University: Enoch A. Bryan, Ernest O.
Holland, and Wilson Compton. Each document is signed by a prominent
individual--government officials, private citizens, and others.
Collection materials are inEnglish
This collection consists primarily of letters addressed to three presidents of
Washington State University: Enoch A. Bryan, Ernest O. Holland, and Wilson Compton.
These items were removed from the presidents' office files, presumably for
safekeeping, and were later transferred to the archives. Each document is signed by
a prominent individual--government officials, private citizens, and others. In some
cases a copy of related outgoing correspondence is also included.
The items are arranged in a single alphabetical sequence by correspondent name.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item Description]
State College of Washington Office of the President: Letters from Prominent Correspondents (Autograph Collection), 1897-1951 (Cage 1616)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This group of letters was transferred to the Washington State University Archives from the Office of the President (date unknown).
This collection was reprocessed in 2008 by Cheryl Gunselman, manuscripts librarian.
State College of Washington Office of the President: Enoch A. Bryan Records, 1888-1952 (Archives 158)
State College of Washington Office of the President: Ernest O. Holland Records, 1890-1950 (Archives 159)
State College of Washington Office of the President: Wilson M. Compton Records, 1944-1952 (Archives 160)
State College of Washington Office of the President: Wilson M. Compton and Charles Clement French Records, 1948-1956 (Archives 12)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Bryan, Enoch Albert, 1855-1941 -- Records and correspondence
Holland, Ernest Otto, 1874-1950 -- Records and correspondence
Compton, Wilson Martindale, 1890-1967 -- Records and correspondence
State College of Washington. Office of the President -- Records and correspondence
State College of Washington -- Presidents -- Records and correspondence
College presidents -- Washington (State) -- Pullman
Autographs -- United States
Colleges and Universities
Washington (State)
1
1
Dean Acheson, Secretary of State, to Wilson
Compton, thanking him for representing the United States at a session of the
United Nations General Assembly.
1949 December 20
1
1
Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture,
to Wilson Compton, about the Federal agricultural program.
1946 April 19
1
1
Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture,
to Wilson Compton, acknowledging his letter of encouragement.
1947 May 15
1
1
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, to Osmar L.
Waller, about the Committee on Education and Special Training.
1918 February 26
1
1
Walter Beals, Supreme Court judge, State of
Washington, to E. O. Holland, thanking him for an invitation to attend
exercises honoring Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
1931 March 6
1
1
William E. Borah, United States Senator from
Idaho, to E. O. Holland, declining an invitation to speak at Washington
State College due to other engagements; also Holland's letter of invitation
(carbon).
1934 September 14; 1934
September 11
1
1
Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture,
to Wilson Compton, about "Land-Grant College-Department of
Agriculture-Department of Interior problems and cooperation."
1949 September 2
1
1
Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture,
to Wilson Compton. Cover letter with enclosure about reserves of
agricultural commodities.
1950 September 25
1
1
Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture,
to Wilson Compton, about reorganization of Department of
Agriculture.
1951 February 16
1
1
Ralph O. Brewster, Governor of Maine, to
William T. Foster of the Pollak Foundation, about an unnamed
program.
1928 December 11
1
1
William Jennings Bryan to Enoch A. Bryan, on
the letterhead of The Commoner, about an invitation to speak at Washington
State College.
1906 November 7
1
1
Pearl S. Buck to E. O. Holland, two letters
about the work of the East and West Association.
1943 June 18; 1943 September
16
1
1
Tom C. Clark, Assistant Attorney General, to
Wilson Compton, thanking him for a letter of congratulations.
1945 June 11
1
1
John H. Finley, Editor, New York Times, to E.
O. Holland. Three personal notes.
1928 July 30, 1931 July 3,
1939 March 31
1
1
Henry Ford II to Wilson Compton. Cover letter
for a "confidential copy" of the Ford Foundation trustees'
report.
1950 September 22
1
1
James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, to
Wilson Compton. Two letters about officer training programs (Naval Reserve
Officers Training Corps and Naval Aviation College Program).
1946
1
1
Averell Harriman, Secretary of Commerce, to
Wilson Compton. Two brief letters, acknowledging a letter and a
visit.
1946 October 7 and 1947
November 15
1
2
Herbert Hoover to E. O. Holland, on the
letterhead of the Finnish Relief Fund, acknowledging Holland's letter and
invitation to visit the College.
1940 January 27
1
2
Herbert Hoover to E. O. Holland. Cover letter
for an address and article about food supply to the "five small democracies
in Europe."
1940 November 29
1
2
J. Edgar Hoover to E. O. Holland, on the
letterhead of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, acknowledging his inquiry
and responding "...I regret that I am unable to furnish any data concerning
the organization to which you make reference."
1941 January 13
1
2
David F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture, to
E. O. Holland, acknowledging his letter.
1919 March 18
1
2
Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, to E. O.
Holland. Form letter (signed) about the Eighth American Scientific
Congress.
1940 March 25
1
2
William M. Jardine, Secretary of Agriculture,
to E. O. Holland expressing appreciation of the work of land grant colleges;
also Holland's reply (carbon).
1928 January 3; 1928 January
9
1
2
Helen Keller to E. O. Holland. Form letter
(signed) about the death of Anne Sullivan Macy, acknowledging Holland's
"generosity to the American Foundation for the Blind."
1936 November 24
1
2
Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, to E. O.
Holland, acknowledging his letter and responding to questions about press
associations.
1941 January 25
1
2
Julius A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior, to
Wilson Compton, acknowledging his letter to Senator Wherry about Columbia
River Basin development projects.
1947 June 18
1
2
Julius A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior, to
Wilson Compton, inviting him to be an adviser on American participation in
the International Scientific Conference on the Conservation and Utilization
of Resources, and follow-up letters thanking him for agreeing to serve and
inviting him to attend the conference.
1948 February 27, 1948 April
13; 1949 June 16
1
2
Ernest Lister, Governor of Washington, "to
Whom it May Concern." Letter of introduction for Frank A. Golder, Professor
of History at Washington State College, for use during a research trip to
Russia.
1913 February 20
1
2
Bernarr Macfadden, physical culturist and
publisher, to E. O. Holland. Form letter (signed) about "America's Night of
Light," and enclosure, a poster promoting the event.
1940 December 9
1
2
George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, War
Department, to E. O. Holland, about ROTC.
1945 April 2
1
2
Clarence D. Martin, Governor of Washington, to
E. O. Holland, thanking him for a telegram.
1939 January 12
1
3
William J. Mayo to E. O. Holland, about an
invitation to visit Washington State College; a letter from Holland
repeating the invitation (carbon); Mayo's reply.
1935 August 20; 1936 September
15; 1936 September 19
1
3
Lee McClung, Treasurer of the United States,
to Enoch A. Bryan, about the certificate of authority for J. G. Lewis to
indorse for the State College of Washington.
1910 January 3
1
3
Edwin T. Meredith, Secretary of Agriculture,
to E. O. Holland. Form letter (signed) asking Holland to respond to the text
of a speech about the Department of Agriculture.
1920 April 6
1
3
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the
Treasury, to E. O. Holland, about an invitation to visit Washington State
College.
1934 June 29
1
3
J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture,
to Enoch A. Bryan, acknowledging his letter and enclosures.
1896 January 14
1
3
E. R. Stettinius, Jr., to E. O. Holland, on
the letterhead of the Advisory Commission to the Council of National
Defense, about "licensing materials for export that may be important to this
country in time of emergency."
1940 July 17
1
3
Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, to Hugh De
Lacy, about continuation of ROTC in the postwar period.
1945 July 31
1
3
Robert A. Taft, United States Senator from
Ohio, to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Compton, thanking them for their letter of
congratulations on his election.
1951 January 8
1
3
William Howard Taft, former President, to E.
O. Holland, thanking him for his hospitality on a visit to Washington State
College.
1920 May 28
1
3
William Howard Taft, Supreme Court Justice and
former President, to E. O. Holland. Cover note for a letter of introduction
requested by Holland for a research trip to Europe; also Holland's letter of
request (carbon).
1923 November 19; 1923
November 12
1
3
Certificate acknowledging the service of the
State College of Washington in the World War through the establishment of a
unit of the Students Army Training Corps, signed by J. Mayhew Wainwright,
Assistant Secretary of War.
1921 November 22
1
3
Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, to
E. O. Holland, acknowledging his letter about Federal funds for the State of
Washington for agricultural experiment station and extension
work.
1935 January 22
1
3
Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, to
E. O. Holland, thanking him for his letter about a new Chief of the Forest
Service.
1940 April 15
1
3
Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Commerce and
former Vice President, to Wilson Compton, thanking him for his letter about
the Lumber Survey Committee.
1945 March 27
1
3
Booker T. Washington to Enoch A. Bryan, asking
if he can recommend any young men to work at the Tuskegee
Institute.
1908 February 5
1
3
John W. Weeks, Secretary of War, to E. O.
Holland, inviting him to attend a War Department conference on student
training for citizenship and military service.
1922 October 18
1
3
Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior,
to E. O. Holland, responding to a letter of introduction for Edward R.
Murrow; Also Holland's letter of introduction (carbon).
1930 June 18
1
3
Wendell Wilkie to E. O. Holland thanking him
for his letter and tribute to Ernest Lindley.
1941 March 31
1
3
James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, to
Enoch A. Bryan. Routine correspondence and letters of appointment related to
agricultural matters, including sugar beet production and thistle
eradication.
1897-1906