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Washington Territorial Legislature of 1877 photograph album, 1877

Overview of the Collection

Title
Washington Territorial Legislature of 1877 photograph album
Dates
1877 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 album with 41 carte-de-visite photographic prints (1 box)
Collection Number
PH1308
Summary
Photographs of members of the 1877 Washington Territorial Legislature
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
Access Restrictions

Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

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Additional Reference Guides

Languages
English
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Historical Background

The 1877 Washington Territorial Legislature was significant for two major events: first, in 1877 an act was passed to assemble a convention that would draft a state constitution and encourage Congress to grant statehood to Washington. Subsequently, in 1878 the Constitutional Convention convened in Walla Walla and drafted a constitution. Second, in December 1877, Washington's delegate to Congress requested an enabling act from Congress to allow Washington to become a state as soon as a constitution could be drafted and ratified. Without waiting for Congress to act, the Territorial Legislature passed a law to elect delegates to form a convention and draft a constitution. The fifteen delegates met in Walla Walla in the summer of 1878 and drew up a constitution which was ratified by the voters later that year.

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Content Description

Album of carte-de-visite photographs of the 1877 Washington Territorial Legislative Assembly consisting of Members of the House and Ministers and Officers of the Council. All the photographs in this collection are probably by A.B. Woodard, who created cabinet cards with these images on them.

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Other Descriptive Information

Two A. B. Woodard cabinet card photos are located in PH Coll 334. One card has a photomontage of the 1877 Washington Territorial Assembly Members of the House, and one card shows the Ministers and Officers of the Council.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

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Administrative Information

Processing Note

Processed by Leslie A. Meyer, 2014.

Album was transferred from PH Coll 188 Family Portraits Collection.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints

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Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)


2015 (Last modified: 4/19/2018)

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