XOE_CPNWS0245Tjomsland Guide to the Blanche Saunders Tjomsland papers 1918-1962 Tjomsland (Blanche Saunders) papers Finding aid prepared by Joseph Shay Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies © 2011
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Finding aid encoded by Joseph Shay 2011 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Building 808 25th St Bellingham, WA 98225-9123 Phone: 360 650 7534 Email: cpnws@wwu.edu
XOE_CPNWS0245Tjomsland Tjomsland, Blanche Saunders Blanche Saunders Tjomsland papers 1918-1962 .5 linear feet The collection contains the personal and professional papers of Blanche Saunders Tjomsland, a former Bellingham Public Library employee. Photographs in the collection document family, friends, and World War I soldiers, airplanes, and scenes from France. Collection materials are in English.

The collection contains the papers of Blanche Saunders Tjomsland, a former Bellingham Public Library employee. The papers consist of photographs, a scrapbook, diplomas, teacher contracts, resumes and newspaper clippings. The photographs contain images of home, family and friends, and the scrapbook contains photographs of family, friends, World War I soldiers, WWI airplanes and scenes from WWI France. There are also two high school annuals: The Crocus, 1925 andThe Panther, 1942.

The collection is open to the public.

Blanche Saunders Tjomsland papers, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.

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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.

Tjomsland, Blanche Saunders--Archives Bellingham (Wash.)--Social life and customs--History--Sources World War, 1914-1918--Photographs Military Photographs Scrapbooks

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

1/1 Photographs 1950s-1960s 1/2 School certificates/diplomas 1924-1962 1/3 The Crocus, Mitchell High School, South Dakota Annual 1925 1/4 The Panther, Tyndall High School, South Dakota Annual 1942 1/5 Resume, teacher contracts 1937-1944 1/6 Newspaper clippings re: Bellingham Public Library 1954 1/7 Scrapbook circa 1918-1919