NTE2cg36.xml Guide to the William Homer Latta Papers 1907-1964 Latta (William Homer) Papers Finding aid prepared by Karen Watts Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2020 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2020 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 36 Latta, William Homer William Homer Latta Papers 1907-1964 0.25 Linear feet of shelf space 1 Box Family and personal history, "Memoirs and reminiscences of our family," (1942, 162 p.); an interview transcript and a clipping scrapbook on the Pullman Post Office. Collection materials are in English

William H. Latta (1864-1960) was a pioneer in Whitman County, Washington. Born in Washington County, Iowa, Latta spent most of his youth on a farm in Linn County, Kansas. In 1898, he moved to Whitman County to work as a school teacher, which he continued until 1907, when he became a postal worker in Pullman, Washington. He retired in 1931.

This collection consists of: family and personal history (including the recollection of a wagon train journey from Iowa to Kansas); bound volume of William Homer Latta's collected information about the Latta family and personal stories; an interview transcript with W.H. Latta, and a clipping scrapbook on the Pullman Post Office.

This collection is arranged in a single series.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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William Homer Latta Papers, 1907-1964 (Cage 36)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The majority of this collection was donated by William H. Latta in 1960.

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.

Latta, William Homer -- Archives Latta family Frontier and pioneer life -- Washington (State) -- Pullman Postal service -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- History -- Sources Home and Family Pioneers 1 1 circa 1939-1960 Clippings from Pleasanton, Kansas Observer, Enterprise, photograph of William Latta, and W.H. Latta obituary 1 2 1959-1964 W.H. Latta interview with Alice Latta and Mary Avery (transcript and supporting documentation) 1 3 1942 Memoirs and reminiscences 1 4 1907-1958 Scrapbook, Pullman postal history