Joe J. Locati papers, 1880-1998
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Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Locati, Joe J.
- Title
- Joe J. Locati papers
- Dates
- 1880-1998 (inclusive)18801998
- Quantity
- 1.4 linear feet, (2 boxes)
- Collection Number
- WCMss.044
- Summary
- This collection includes research materials of Joe Locati, an inspector with the United States Department of Agriculture, including photographs and newspaper articles related to agriculture in Walla Walla and the history of Italian Jesuits in the Northwest.
- Repository
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Joe J. Locati was born in 1908, the fourth son of Milanese immigrants. He was the first member of his family to attend high school. After graduating, he enrolled in business school but eventually turned to gardening. His first job with the Walla Walla Gardener's Association eventually led him to become an inspector for the Washington State Department of Agriculture.
In 1978, after his retirement, he wrote The Horticultural Heritage of Walla Walla County, 1818-1977. It has become a well-known resource for area growers and historians. He also penned a manuscript titled, "Walla Walla Sweet Onion: The French Connection." Locati died in 1998.
Content Description
This collection holds photographs, newspaper articles, and other research materials Locati used in compiling his work on Walla Walla County's horticultural history, a series of articles on the history of Italian Jesuits in the Northwest, and two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings regarding horticultural practices in Walla Walla, 1918-1981.
Administrative Information
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Description: Research materials for The Horticultural Heritage of Walla Walla County, 1818-1977: Photocopied pictures, notesDates: 1978Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Photo: Picking apples, Baker Langdon OrchardDates: circa 1919-1920Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Photo: Interior Baker-Langdon apple packing houseDates: circa 1920Container: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: Photo: Apple orchard of W. S. OffnerDates: circa 1900Container: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Photo: Asparagus picking and packingDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: Photo: Attalia Project Supply Dam on Walla Walla RiverDates: circa 1909Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: Photo: Baker-Langdon Orchard, looking toward Blue Mts.Dates: circa 1917Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: Photo: Blalock Fruit Company, packing house and employeesDates: circa 1913Container: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Photo: One section of the Blalock RanchDates: circa 1905Container: Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: Photo: Field graded and sized onions in sacks, from the Bossini fieldDates: circa 1955Container: Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: Photo: Corn receiving area, Walla WallaDates: 1977Container: Box 1, Folder 11
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Description: Photo: Fort Nez Perce. From A. Ross' "Fur Hunters"Dates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 12
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Description: Sketch: Residence of James W. Foster and surrounding area circa 1870sDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 13
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Description: Photo: Frazier apple treeDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 14
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Description: Photo: Apples from grafted Frazier apple tree grown on Locati's farmDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 15
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Description: Photo: Three trees grafted from Frazier apple tree, on Locati's farmDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 16
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Description: Photo: Frazier barn. Built in 1877, collapsed in 1982Dates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 17
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Description: Negatives: Frazier apple treeDates: circa 1978Container: Box 1, Folder 18
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Description: Photo: Prune warehouses at Garrett Siding; previously a unit of Blalock Fruit Co.Dates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 19
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Description: Photo: Mechanical grape harvesting, Snake River VineyardsDates: circa 1976Container: Box 1, Folder 20
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Description: Photo: Hancock pear tree on siteDates: 1981 August 25Container: Box 1, Folder 21
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Description: Photo: Grafted sapling from Hancock pear tree at Locati's farmDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 22
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Description: Photo: Pears from Locati's sapling, grafted from Hancock pear treeDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 23
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Description: Photo: "The Horticultural Heritage of Walla Walla County 1818-1977," publicity photosDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 24
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Description: Photo: Aerial view of circle irrigation near Snake RiverDates: circa 1977Container: Box 1, Folder 25
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Description: Photo: Chinese workers loading truck with sacks of onionsDates: circa 1918Container: Box 1, Folder 26
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Description: Photo: Onions: Finishing a field, topping and filling field bins via field cratesDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 27
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Description: Photo: Onions: fall seeded onions in field, untreated for white rotDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 28
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Description: Photo: Tarusci's onion field on Williams' placeDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 29
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Description: Photo: Onions in John Gao's fieldDates: circa 1977Container: Box 1, Folder 30
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Description: Photo: Orchard spraying demonstration in Walla Walla ValleyDates: circa 1912Container: Box 1, Folder 31
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Description: Photo: Pasco Power and Water Co's irrigation projectDates: circa 1909Container: Box 1, Folder 32
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Description: Photo: Pasco Power and Water Co., Wing Dam in Snake RiverDates: circa 1900Container: Box 1, Folder 33
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Description: Photo: Green pea viner stationDates: circa 1940Container: Box 1, Folder 34
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Description: Photo: Pitchfork loading of green peas for processingDates: circa 1930Container: Box 1, Folder 35
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Description: Photo: Pioneer ParkDates: circa 1977Container: Box 1, Folder 36
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Description: Photo: Seed potatoes, K2H farmDates: circa 1977Container: Box 1, Folder 37
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Description: Photo: Roadside standDates: circa 1920Container: Box 1, Folder 38
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Description: Photo: Smith, W.D. Merchant; Lynum, Martin. Upholsterer. Alder between 1st and 2ndDates: circa 1887Container: Box 1, Folder 39
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Description: Photo: Giuseppe, Louis, Frank, and Royal Spagnuolo in onion fieldDates: circa 1915Container: Box 1, Folder 40
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Description: Photo: 4 row spinach cutter in fieldDates: 1977Container: Box 1, Folder 41
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Description: Photo: Home of Joseph TachiDates: 1977Container: Box 1, Folder 42
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Description: Painting: Dave Manuel's Painting of the Whitman Mission House and Blacksmith ShopDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 43
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Description: Photo: Walla Walla Gardeners' Association Packing PlantDates: 1917Container: Box 1, Folder 44
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Description: Photo: Walla Walla Produce Co. loading and unloading dockDates: 1915Container: Box 1, Folder 45
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Description: Photo: Walla Walla Produce Co. Prune Packinghouse statelineDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 46
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Description: Photo: Joe Locati's Frazier apple tree, relocated to Whitman CollegeDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 47
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Description: Joe Locati: Clippings: Articles about The Horticultural Heritage of Walla Walla County, 1818-1977; letter to the editors of the Pacific Northwest Forum about Joe's articlesDates: 1978-1979Container: Box 1, Folder 48
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Description: Joe Locati: Correspondence with Walla Walla Union Bulletin (re: Article about Columbus); Ronald B. Tukey (Re: more copies of "The Horticultural Heritage"); Lawrence Dodd (Re: donations to archive collection); Berney family (Re: Locati's speech at William Berry's funeral)Dates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 49
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Description: Joe Locati: Article about "John Hancock" Pear Tree at Reavis StationDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 50
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Description: Joe Locati: Research for article about John Hancock pear tree at Reavis Station: correspondence, etc.Dates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 51
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Description: Joe Locati: 11-part series, "Italian Jesuits in Northwest History". Written for the Walla Walla Italian Heritage NewsDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 52
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Description: Joe Locati: Story about C.R. Frazier and his apple trees; article quoting Locati on ceremonial replanting of 3 Frazier treesDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 53
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Description: Joe Locati: History of the "Whitman Campus" apple tree; 4 photos of said tree before 1972 removal; narrative of copyright issues between Locati and Larry McGrawDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 54
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Description: Statue: Christopher Columbus. Article about Walla Walla Columbus Day celebrations; dedication of Columbus statue by Italian-American WW residents; full text of dedication speech by Father J.D. O'Brien; Joe Locati's article about history of Columbus Day in Walla WallaDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 55
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Description: Article: "Columbus Quincentennial Snipes," by Joe Locati. Defense of Columbus' achievements in light of "recent Columbus-bashing"Dates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 56
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Description: Article: "Origin of the word 'wop'," by Joe Locati. Response to a Dear Abby column about the etymology of the derogatory term "wop"Dates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 57
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Description: "Walla Walla Sweet Onion: The French Connection" - excerpt from The Horticultural Heritage of Walla Walla County, 1818-1977 by Joe LocatiDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 58
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Description: History of Walla Walla horticulture: Two articles by Joe LocatiDates: UndatedContainer: Box 1, Folder 59
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Description: Letter to the Editor of the Walla Walla Union Bulletin by Joe Locati Re: Misconceptions and errors in article entitled "Area's Italian-American history studied"Dates: 1989 MayContainer: Box 1, Folder 60
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Description: History of Giuseppe Tachi in Walla Walla, 1880 to 1912; Article in Walla Walla Union Bulletin re: Death of Joe Tachi, 1912; follow-up articles about his funeral and memorial service; article, "Men who have achieved success in the Walla Walla Valley" circa 1911. All compiled by Joe LocatiDates: 1880-1912Container: Box 1, Folder 61
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Description: Joe Locati: Newspaper Articles, Obituaries, and Funeral AnnouncementDates: 1982-1998Container: Box 1, Folder 63
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Description: Newspaper clips regarding horticultural practices in Walla Walla, 1918-1981Dates: 1918-1981Container: Box 2
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