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    <eadid countrycode="us" encodinganalog="identifier" mainagencycode="wasphie" identifier="80444/xv213000" url="https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv213000">UAKMsSC64.xml</eadid>
    <filedesc>
      <titlestmt>
        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to the Merchant’s Parking
			 Association Minute Books
			 <date encodinganalog="date" normal="1934/1967">1934-1967</date></titleproper>
        <titleproper type="filing" altrender="nodisplay">Merchant’s Parking
			 Association Minute Books</titleproper>
        <author encodinganalog="creator">Finding aid prepared by Edward W.
			 Nolan</author>
      </titlestmt>
      <publicationstmt>
        <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Eastern Washington State
			 Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
			 <extptr actuate="onload" show="embed" role="image/jpeg"/></publisher>
        <date encodinganalog="date" normal="1987">© 1987</date>
        <address>
          <addressline>2316 W. First Avenue</addressline>
          <addressline>Spokane, WA 99201</addressline>
        </address>
      </publicationstmt>
    </filedesc>
    <profiledesc>
      <creation>Finding aid encoded by Rose Krause 
		  <date normal="2012">2012</date></creation>
      <langusage>Finding aid written in
		  <language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="language" scriptcode="latn">English</language>.</langusage>
      <descrules>Finding aid based
		on DACS ( 
		<title render="italic">Describing Archives: A Content
		  Standard</title>).</descrules>
    </profiledesc>
    <revisiondesc>
      <change>
        <date normal="202309">September 2023</date>
        <item>Finding aid edited and updated by G. Mandarino</item>
      </change>
    </revisiondesc>
  </eadheader>
  <archdesc level="collection" type="inventory" relatedencoding="marc21">
    <did>
      <repository>
        <corpname encodinganalog="852$a">Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest Museum of Arts &amp; Culture), Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives</corpname>
        <address>
          <addressline>2316 W. First Avenue</addressline>
          <addressline>Spokane, WA 99201</addressline>
          <addressline>Phone: (509) 363-5342</addressline>
          <addressline>Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org</addressline>
        </address>
      </repository>
      <unitid encodinganalog="099" countrycode="us" repositorycode="wasphie">MsSC
		  64</unitid>
      <origination>
        <corpname encodinganalog="110" role="creator" source="lcnaf">Merchant's
			 Parking Association (Spokane, Wash.)</corpname>
      </origination>
      <unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Merchant’s Parking Association Minute
		  Books</unittitle>
      <unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f" normal="1934/1967">1934-1967</unitdate>
      <physdesc>
        <extent encodinganalog="300$a">2 v.</extent>
      </physdesc>
      <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">Established by downtown Spokane
		  merchants in 1934 to provide off-street parking for customers. Functions of the
		  association were later absorbed by other groups, particularly private parking
		  lots. Articles of incorporation, corporate minutes, and articles of
		  dissolution.</abstract>
      <langmaterial>
        <language encodinganalog="546" langcode="eng">English</language>
      </langmaterial>
    </did>
    <bioghist encodinganalog="5451_">
      <head>Historical Note</head>
      <p>The Merchant’s Parking Association was established by downtown Spokane
		  merchants in 1934 to provide off-street parking for customers. With the
		  increasing number of automobiles, the need for such parking became greater each
		  year. The functions of the organization were absorbed by other groups,
		  particularly private parking lots.</p>
    </bioghist>
    <scopecontent encodinganalog="5202_">
      <p>The collection consists of two minute books, 1934-1952, 1952-1967,
		  containing articles of incorporation, corporate minutes, and article of
		  dissolution.</p>
    </scopecontent>
    <accessrestrict encodinganalog="506">
      <p>Collection is not restricted.</p>
    </accessrestrict>
    <userestrict encodinganalog="540">
      <head>Publication Rights</head>
      <p>Copyright has not been assigned to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. All
        requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to
        the Museum Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Eastern
        Washington State Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
        to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
        researcher</p>
    </userestrict>
    <prefercite encodinganalog="524">
      <p>Merchant’s Parking Association Minute Books (MsSC 64), Eastern
		  Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts &amp; Culture,
		  Spokane, WA.</p>
    </prefercite>
    <otherfindaid encodinganalog="555">
      <p>Nolan, Edward W. 
		<title render="italic">A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the
		  Eastern Washington State Historical Society</title> (Spokane, WA: Eastern
		Washington State Historical Society, 1987).</p>
    </otherfindaid>
    <controlaccess>
      <p>This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online
		  Computer Library Center (OCLC) WorldCat database. Researchers desiring
		  materials about related topics, persons, or places should search WorldCat using
		  these headings.</p>
      <controlaccess>
        <corpname encodinganalog="610" role="subject" source="lcnaf">Merchant's
			 Parking Association (Spokane, Wash.)--Archives</corpname>
      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
        <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Automobile
			 parking--Washington (State)</subject>
        <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Central business
			 districts--Washington (State)</subject>
      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
        <geogname encodinganalog="651" role="subject" source="lcsh">Spokane
			 (Wash.)--Business, industries, and trades--Automobile parking</geogname>
        <geogname encodinganalog="651" role="subject" source="lcsh">Washington
			 (State)--Business, industries, and trades--Automobile parking</geogname>
      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
        <genreform encodinganalog="655" source="ftamc">Articles of
			 incorporation</genreform>
      </controlaccess>
      <controlaccess>
        <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Washington (State)</subject>
        <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Spokane</subject>
        <subject source="archiveswest" altrender="nodisplay" encodinganalog="690">Transportation</subject>
      </controlaccess>
    </controlaccess>
  </archdesc>
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