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Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA
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Cage
296
Skaife, Robert Jasper
Robert Jasper Skaife
Diaries
1877-1939
4 linear feet of shelf
space.
Daily entries re: early medical
education and practice; development of Whitman and Latah Counties; civilian
activities, World War I; local government, 1885-1899.
Collection materials are in
English.
Skaife, Robert Jasper, 1861-1939. Physician, Colfax, Washington,
1902-1939.
Daily entries re: early medical education and practice; development of
Whitman and Latah Counties; civilian activities, World War I; local government,
1885-1899.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage
296, Robert Jasper Skaife
Diaries. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The papers were a gift of Elsie Sawbridge and Nora Skaife.
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.
Skaife, Robert Jasper, 1861-1939--Archives
Whitman County (Wash.)--Politics and government
Latah County (Idaho)--History--Sources
World War,
1914-1918--War work
Medicine--Practice
Physicians--Washington (State)--Colfax--Diaries
Diaries
Government and Politics
Medicine and Health
Washington (State)
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Original diaries
1
1877-1892
16
2
1893-1895
1
2
1896-1904
1
3
1905-1916
12
4
1917-1930
13
5
1931-1939
9
Longhand copies
6
1877-1884
1
6
1885-1886
1
Typed and bound copies entitled
Dad's Diary.
7
1877-1884
1
7
1885-1889
1
7
1890-1896
1
7
1897-1904
1
8
1905-1910
1
8
1911-1915
1
8
Loose papers, including some copies
of the original diaries from 1915-1917 and some notes from the
1930s.