Daryl Burton Leonard of Chehalis (1900-1983) enrolled at Washington State College in fall of 1918 and graduated in 1922 with a degree in Agriculture. He worked as an extension agent both in Idaho and at Kelso, WA, and then for Pacific Power and Light until his 1965 retirement.
This consists of an envelope and single page letter, double-sided, written in 1973 by Daryl B. Leonard, recalling his experiences at Washington State College in the fall of 1918, during the Spanish Influenza pandemic.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply. The unpublished letter remains in copyright until 70 years after the author’s 1983 death.
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Daryl B. Leonard Letter, 1973 (Cage 5141)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Carolyn Hathaway donated this material to the Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections on April 19, 2021, where it was retained as Cage 5141. Daryl B. Leonard was Carolyn’s father, and the letter had remained in her possession since he mailed it to her.
This collection was processed by Mark O’English in April 2021.
The MASC also holds a scrapbook by Daryl’s sister, Eva Mae Leonard, which overlaps
Daryl’s time at WSC. It is retained as part of the Washington State University
Scrapbooks, 1892-1945, collection
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