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Preliminary Guide to the Higgins Family Scrapbooks, circa 1890s-circa 1950s
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Higgins family
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the Higgins Family Scrapbooks
- Dates
- circa 1890s-circa 1950s (inclusive)18901959
- Quantity
- 2.5 Linear feet of shelf space, (3 Boxes)
- Collection Number
- UPC 0004 (collection)
- Summary
- Photographs contained in original scrapbooks detailing the life of the Higgins Family, a prominent family in the Union Flats region in Whitman County, Washington from ca. 1890-ca. 1950s.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open and available for research use.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Vincent Lafayette Higgins (1851-1941) was born near Burnsville, North Carolina. As a young man, he moved west, living in Arkansas, Missouri, Northern California, and the Willamette Valley in Oregon, eventually settling permanently at Union Flat near Pullman, Washington in 1884. There he established a diversified agriculture farm, which had wheat growing as its principal activity. Vincent married Emma Peed of Jasper, Missouri in 1889, and their daughter, Frankie Belle Higgins, was born in 1890. Both Vincent and Emma Higgins were active in Masonic organizations, and Vincent was a member of the International Order of Odd Fellows.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photos detail the Higgins Family of the Union Flats region of Whitman County, Washington. Photos contain portraits of friends and family of the Higgins family. Photos range from around the 1890s to around the 1950s.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Preliminary Guide to the Higgins Family Scrapbooks, circa 1890s-circa 1950s (UPC 0004)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Photos are still mounted in their original albums. Photos are mostly unlabeled and undated and remain in their original order within the scrapbooks.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Family Names
- Higgins family -- Archives
Geographical Names
- Pullman (Wash.) -- Photographs
Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English
2022
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
