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Ballou Family Papers, 1871-1934

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Ballou Family
Title
Ballou Family Papers
Dates
1871-1934 (inclusive)
Quantity
6 linear feet, (6 boxes)
Collection Number
Ms 81
Summary
Born March 27, 1862 in Illinois, Miss Myra Ballou never married. Apparently she remained at the family farm near Milton, Oregon with her parents. This collection consists primarily of letters written to Myra Ballou from members of her large and extended family, and letters written by Myra Ballou to family members and friends.
Repository
Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture)
2316 W. First Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
archives@northwestmuseum.org
Access Restrictions

Collection is not restricted.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the Washington State Women's History Consortium.
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Biographical Note

Born March 27, 1862 in Illinois, Miss Myra Ballou never married. Apparently she remained at the family farm near Milton, Oregon with her parents. The other siblings left.

Family relationships among the siblings are as follows:

Children
  • Lillian, born in Lisle, IL, August 20, 1860
  • Myra, born in Lisle, IL, March 27, 1862
  • Grant Alby, born in Lisle, IL, March 16, 1864
  • Clarence O., born in Lisle, IL, January 18, 1866
  • Edna Mabel, born in Lisle, IL, December 9, 1869, died June 18, 1873
  • Henry Euberto, born in Lisle, IL, August 22, 1871
  • Bertha Amelia, born in Santa Rosa, CA, April 18, 1874
  • Florence Perditon, born in Milton, OR, October 22, 1880

The family home in Umatilla County, Oregon was known as "Brookside." It was a home very dear to the children.

Orlando R. Ballou, Myra's father, was engaged in farming, dairying and fruit raising. He was said to have rendered valuable service to the Union during the Civil War.

Not much is written about Myra except that she came to Spokane with her father to bring fruit to the Fair.

Florence Ballou married David Brown in 1903. He died in 1951.

Their children:

  • Helen McMillen (of Denver and Milton-Freewater, OR)
  • Sylvia Goodrich (of Spokane, WA, Mrs. Warren Goodrich)
  • Gordon Brown (of Olympia)

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Content Description

This collection consists primarily of letters written to Myra Ballou from members of her large and extended family, and letters written by Myra Ballou to family members and friends.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Publication Rights

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

Preferred Citation

Ballou Family Papers (Ms 81), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Letters are arranged by name of Ballou family member, then chronologically.

Acquisition Information

Donated by David McInnis, June 21, 1989, (Accession # L89-160).

Bibliography

Adlin Ballou. The Ballous in America. Providence, RI: Proprietary Publishers (E. L. Freeman and Son), 1888.

Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Genealogy Records, Vol. I, Jan. 31, 1960, p. 81.

Related Materials

Edith Smith Papers (Ms 121)

Ms 121, Brown/Ballou Family Papers (Ms 129)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Description: Introduction and Inventory
    Container: Box/Folder 1/1
  • Description: Biography and Genealogy
    Container: Box/Folder 1/2
  • Description: Newspaper Clippings
    Dates: 1915-1927
    Container: Box/Folder 1/3
  • Description: Miscellaneous Correspondence
    Dates: 1887-1915
    Container: Box/Folder 1/4
  • Description: Miscellaneous: Orlando R. Ballou Family
    Container: Box/Folder 1/5

  • Elizabeth Boyd Ballou

    • Description: Articles of Agreement re Ballou Farm
      Dates: February 24, 1912
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
    • Description: Letters Received
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
    • Description: Letters Received
      Dates: 1883-1889
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
    • Description: Letters Received
      Dates: 1894-1909
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
    • Description: Letters Received
      Dates: 1910-1914
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
    • Description: Letters Received
      Dates: 1915-1917
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
    • Description: Letters Received
      Dates: 1918-1923
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
    • Description: Letters Received
      Dates: 1918-1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/13
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
    • Description: Letters Received
      Dates: 1921-1923
      Container: Box/Folder 1/14
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
    • Description: Letters Received
      Dates: 1924-1927
      Container: Box/Folder 1/15
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
    • Description: Letters Received
      Dates: 1928-1935
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
    • Description: Letters Received
      Dates: 1936-1937
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
    • Description: Miscellaneous Invitations and Cards
      Container: Box/Folder 1/18
      Location: Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
  • Description: Harry Ballou: Letters Received
    Dates: 1916-1918
    Container: Box/Folder 1/19
  • Description: Letter to Harry Ballou from Agricultural Agent of Oregon
    Dates: Apr., 1918
    Container: Box/Folder ½0
  • Description: Lillian Blalock Ballou: Letters Received
    Dates: 1901-1920
    Container: Box/Folder ½1
  • Description: Marie Ballou: Letter Received from Mabel Anderson
    Dates: Apr. 17, 1904
    Container: Box/Folder ½2
  • Description: May Ballou: Letter Received
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box/Folder ½3

  • Myra Ballou

  • Orlando R. Ballou

    • Description: Business Correspondence
      Dates: 1896-1910
      Container: Box/Folder 6/32
      Location: Orlando R. Ballou
    • Description: Financial Record Book - Farm
      Dates: 1885-1887
      Container: Box/Folder 6/33
      Location: Orlando R. Ballou
    • Description: Letters Received
      Dates: 1895-1909
      Container: Box/Folder 6/34
      Location: Orlando R. Ballou
    • Description: Letters from Family
      Dates: 1903-1908
      Container: Box/Folder 6/35
      Location: Orlando R. Ballou
    • Description: Letters from Libbie (Elizabeth Boyd Ballou)
      Dates: 1899-1908
      Container: Box/Folder 6/36
      Location: Orlando R. Ballou
    • Description: Letter from Washington World's Fair Commission
      Dates: January 7, 1892 - May 14, 1893
      Container: Box/Folder 6/37
      Location: Orlando R. Ballou
    • Description: Letters to Children
      Dates: 1888
      Container: Box/Folder 6/38
      Location: Orlando R. Ballou
    • Description: Notebook and Miscellaneous Information
      Container: Box/Folder 6/39
      Location: Orlando R. Ballou
  • Description: Rose Ballou: Letters from Grant Ballou
    Dates: June 21, 1914
    Container: Box/Folder 6/40
  • Description: Photograph: Ballou-Lattimer Drug Store
    Container: Box/Folder 6/41
  • Description: Death Notice for James B. Lattimer
    Dates: July 4, 1912
    Container: Box/Folder 6/41
  • Description: Bertha [Blalock?]: Letters from Florence Ballou
    Dates: December 3, 1915
    Container: Box/Folder 6/42

  • Lillian Ballou Blalock

  • Description: Dr. Y. G. Blalock: Letter Received
    Dates: January 15, 1903
    Container: Box/Folder 6/45
  • Description: Phoebe Blalock: Letters Received
    Dates: 1918-1920
    Container: Box/Folder 6/46
  • Description: J.S. Boyd: Letters Received
    Dates: 1905; 1909
    Container: Box/Folder 6/47
  • Description: Letters Received by " Brookland Friends"
    Dates: 1916-1919; undated
    Container: Box/Folder 6/48
  • Description: David Brown: Outgoing Letters
    Container: Box/Folder 6/49
  • Description: Florence Ballou Letter to " Fairy Godmother"
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box/Folder 6/50

  • Florence Ballou Brown

  • Description: Gordon Brown: Letters Received
    Dates: 1932-1934
    Container: Box/Folder 6/54
  • Description: Gordon Brown: Letters Received
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box/Folder 6/54
  • Description: Bertha Ballou Church: Letters Received
    Dates: 1897
    Container: Box/Folder 6/55
  • Description: Olive Farwell: Letters Received
    Dates: undated
    Container: Box/Folder 6/56
  • Description: "Aunt Jane" [Fenn?]: Letter Received
    Dates: April 21, 1894
    Container: Box/Folder 6/57
  • Description: Mrs. W. Goddard: Letter Received from Nettie Morrison
    Dates: August 24, 1918
    Container: Box/Folder 6/58
  • Description: Elizabeth Hess: Will
    Dates: March 25, 1900
    Container: Box/Folder 6/59
  • Description: Letters Received by "Home Folks"
    Dates: 1894-1928
    Container: Box/Folder 6/60
  • Description: Idaho Industrial Institute
    Container: Box/Folder 6/61
  • Description: Sylvia McInnis: Letters Received
    Container: Box/Folder 6/62
  • Description: Poems: "Skananiakh" by Margaret Pratt
    Dates: 1927
    Container: Box/Folder 6/63
  • Description: Miscellaneous Poetry
    Container: Box/Folder 6/64
  • Description: Letter Received by Miss Watkins from E. F. Rue
    Dates: November 26, 1895
    Container: Box/Folder 6/65

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Subject Terms

  • Genealogical correspondence--Washington (State)--Spokane
  • Women--Suffrage

Personal Names

  • Ballou, Myra

Corporate Names

  • Ballou-Lattimer Drug Store

Family Names

  • Ballou family--Archives

Geographical Names

  • Brookside Farm (Umatilla County, Or.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Correspondence
  • Letters
  • Manuscript collections

Finding aid prepared by Hugh W. Johnson
1989

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