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Cage
387
Bockmier, Ralph
Ralph Bockmier
Papers
1917-1968
3 containers.
1.2 linear feet of shelf space.
Includes: Mr. Lumber, an autobiography;
the Inland Empire Lumber Industry; and The inmost thoughts and conclusions of a
paralytic.
Collection materials are in
English
Ralph Bockmier was born at Palouse, Washington. He spent many years in
the lumber business in Spokane. His biography is covered fully in the
autobiographical material in his papers.
The papers of Ralph Bockmier consists of various drafts and versions
of his autobiography. Some related correspondence is included.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage
387, Ralph Bockmier
Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Papers of Ralph Bockmier were donated to the Washington State
University Libraries in 1992 (accession number MS92-61) by the Latah County
Historical Society, Moscow, Idaho, where the papers had been left by an
anonmyous donor. These papers were combined with other materials the Libraries
had recieved prior to 1980.
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.
Bockmier, Ralph H., 1893- --Archives
Lumber trade --
Washington (State)--History
Paralytics --
Biography
Logging
Washington (State)
Mr. Lumber, an Auto- biography
The Inland Empire Lumber Industry
The inmost thoughts and conclusions of a paralytic
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1
Reminiscences. Included:
Mr. Lumber, an Auto-biography;
The Inland Empire Lumber Industry; and
The inmost thoughts and conclusions of a
paralytic.
1967
2 / 2-18
Notes and supplements of 1st draft
of
Memoirs of a Palouser.
2 / 19-28
Portrait
photograph
1917
Crow's Digest, Feature
Supplement
1959
Spokesman Review,
article
1960
Notes/sources for "Memoirs...";
Correspondence: Jeff Bockmier,
"Sonny", 1967; Paul T. Bockmier, Jr. 1967; Alan F. Pater, 1967; Carlton
Publishing Co., 1968; Caxton Printers, 1968; Vantage Press, 1967
1967-1968
Letter to President
Johnson, Lyndon B.
1967
3 / 29-43
Mr. Lumber, Memoirs..., Multiple drafts:
handwritten,carbons and final typed copy (pp. 299-301 missing), preceded by
Table of contents (Folder 29) from final typed version (Folder 42).