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Daniel Bagley papers

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Bagley, Daniel, 1818-1905
Title
Daniel Bagley papers
Quantity
.67 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Collection Number
4602 (Accession No. 4602-001)
Summary
Papers of a Washington State pioneer, Methodist pastor, businessman, and civic leader.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
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Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Daniel Bagley was a Washington State pioneer, Methodist pastor, businessman, and civic leader. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1818 and died in Seattle in 1905. His wife, Susannah Rogers Whipple, was born in Massachusetts in 1819 and died in Seattle in 1913. Bagley became a minister of the Methodist Church in 1842, and in 1852 he was chosen by its board of missions to represent its teachings in Oregon Territory. In the same wagon train with the Dexter Horton, Thomas Mercer, Aaron Mercer, William Shoudy, and John Pike families, Bagley left Illinois in 1852 and settled first in Salem, Oregon. In 1860 the family moved to Seattle.

In March 1861 the Washington territorial legislature appointed Bagley, John Webster, and Edmund Carr as commissioners of the newly established Territorial University. Bagley was named president of the commission and was one of those responsible for acquisition and sale of university lands. He was also actively involved in the functions of the Republican Party in the territory, and in the development of real estate in Seattle. In partnership with George F. Whitworth, Josiah Settle, and Clarence Bagley, he organized the Lake Washington Coal Company, which developed commercial coal mining in the area now known as Newcastle.

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Content Description

Contains correspondence, legal documents, and other material documenting the enterprises of Daniel Bagley in nineteenth-century Washington Territory. Correspondents include Arthur Armstrong Denny.

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Restrictions on Use

The creator's literary rights have not been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Preferred Citation

Daniel Bagley Papers, Accession No. 4602-001. Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in multiple series: incoming and outgoing correspondence (a total of 356 letters); financial miscellany; legal documents, including court papers, deeds, land agreements, indentures, memoranda, powers of attorney, and documents relating to the Lake Washington Coal Company; miscellany, including speeches, charts, etc.; and a Washington (Territory) University land sales record book.

Incoming correspondence is filed by name of author and given individual name folders when either quantity of letters or unique content indicated the importance of the correspondent. Remaining letters are filed alphabetically in miscellaneous name folders. Outgoing letters are filed chronologically. The remaining series are arranged in approximate chronological order.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Clarence Booth Bagley.

Related Materials

The papers of Clarence Booth Bagley, Daniel Bagley's son, should be used in conjunction with the Daniel Bagley papers, as many of the enterprises which concerned both of them are more fully documented in the Clarence Bagley collection. The Clarence Bagley papers, Manuscript Collection 0036, are also available in the Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • Businessmen--Washington (State)--Archives
  • Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
  • Clergy--Washington (State)--Archives
  • Coal mines and mining--Washington (State)
  • Methodist Church--Clergy--Washington (State)--Archives
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Pioneers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives

Personal Names

  • Bagley family--Correspondence
  • Bagley, Daniel, 1818-1905--Archives
  • Denny, Arthur Armstrong, 1822-1899

Corporate Names

  • Lake Washington Coal Company
  • Territorial University (Wash.)

Geographical Names

  • Washington (State)--Politics and government--19th century


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