Manson Franklin Backus papers, 1855-1935
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Backus, Manson Franklin, 1853-1935
- Title
- Manson Franklin Backus papers
- Dates
- 1855-1935 (inclusive)18551935
- Quantity
- 2.27 cubic feet (5 boxes, 1 tube, and 99 items)
- Collection Number
- 0221
- Summary
- Papers of a banker of Seattle, Washington
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Manson Backus (1853-1935) was born in New York state. He was educated in the public schools of New York, and after completing his education he became cashier in his fathers bank, First National Bank at Union Springs, New York. He then studied law and in 1889 was admitted to the bar at Buffalo, N.Y. Later that year he moved to Seattle, and with Mr. Edward O. Graves, organized the Washington National Bank of Seattle, of which he became president in 1900. A long and successful career in banking and in the financial institutions of Seattle followed. Besides banking and financial concerns, Backus was a regent of the University of Washington, 1909; he served as president of the Washington Society of the Sons of the Revolution, 1917; he was a member of the Rainier Club, and its president in 1922. He supported the Fine Arts Association, was a trustee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and on the advisory board of Children's Orthopedic Hospital.
Content Description
Business and family letters, pocket diaries, pioneer correspondence, documents, account books
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
Organized into 3 accessions.
- Accession No. 0221-001, Manson Franklin Backus account books and correspondence, 1912-1934
- Accession No. 0221-002, Manson Franklin Backus documents and correspondence, 1855-1917
- Accession No. 0221-003, Manson Franklin Backus papers, 1871-1935
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Accession No. 0221-001: Manson Franklin Backus account books and correspondence, 1912-19346 items, including 4 volumes
Scope and Content: Account books, 1912-1920; letters to Backus, 1932, 1934.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Donated by Mr. F. Backus.
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Description: Accession No. 0221-002: Manson Franklin Backus documents and correspondence, 1855-191793 items
Scope and Content: Pioneer correspondence, documents.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Donated by L.M. Backus, Jr., 1955 and 1957.
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Accession No. 0221-003: Manson Franklin Backus papers, 1871-1935
2.27 cubic feet (5 boxes, 1 tube)Scope and Content: Business and family letters, pocket diaries, and other items related to Backus's banking and commercial interests in Seattle and Washington State, to personal and family matters, and to his son LeRoy's commercial interests. Includes correspondence of Lue Adams Backus, Manson's second wife, and a European travel diary she kept.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Donated by Manson and Frances A. Backus, 7/11/1996.
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Series 1: Personal Papers
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Description: Joseph C. Anderson incoming lettersDates: 1881Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Lue Adams Backus incoming lettersDates: 1889-1897Container: Box/Folder 1/2-4, Accession 0221-003
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Description: A. N. Banks incoming lettersDates: 1916-1917Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Alvin Coburn incoming lettersDates: 1889Container: Box/Folder 1/6, Accession 0221-003
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Description: E. B. Fellows incoming lettersDates: 1917Container: Box/Folder 1/7, Accession 0221-003
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Description: George B. Goodbury incoming lettersDates: 1871Container: Box/Folder 1/8, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Otis Harlan incoming lettersDates: 1917Container: Box/Folder 1/9, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Ralle M. Harlan incoming lettersDates: 1893Container: Box/Folder 1/10, Accession 0221-003
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Description: H. Kabis and P. Kabis incoming lettersDates: 1896Container: Box/Folder 1/11, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Charles O'Brien incoming lettersDates: 1886Container: Box/Folder 1/12, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Anna A. Putti incoming lettersDates: 1898Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Elise Putti incoming lettersDates: 1897Container: Box/Folder 1/13, Accession 0221-003
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Description: G. D. Russell incoming lettersDates: 1917Container: Box/Folder 1/14, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Incoming letters re: death of his wifeDates: 1901Container: Box/Folder 1/15, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Incoming letters re: resignationDates: 1911Container: Box/Folder 1/16, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Outgoing LettersDates: 1917Container: Box/Folder 1/17, Accession 0221-003
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Description: DiariesDates: 1907-1934Container: Box/Folder 1/18-2/3, Accession 0221-003
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Description: PhotographsContainer: Box/Folder 2/4, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Calling CardsDates: 1901Container: Box/Folder 2/5, Accession 0221-003
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Description: ClippingsDates: 1889Container: Box/Folder 2/6, Accession 0221-003
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Description: CertificateDates: 1935Container: Box/Folder 6/1, Accession 0221-003
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Series 2: Leroy Backus
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Description: Manson Backus incoming lettersDates: 1917Container: Box/Folder 2/7, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Lake Chelan Land Company incoming lettersDates: 1916-1918Container: Box/Folder 2/8, Accession 0221-003
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Description: A. L. Sheldon incoming lettersDates: 1916-1917Container: Box/Folder 2/9, Accession 0221-003
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Description: A. G. Spalding and Brothers (San Francisco, Ca.) incoming lettersDates: 1916Container: Box/Folder 2/10, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Panama-Pacific International Exposition incoming lettersDates: 1916-1917Container: Box/Folder 2/11, Accession 0221-003
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Description: H. H. Pile incoming lettersDates: 1917-1918Container: Box/Folder 2/12, Accession 0221-003
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Description: A-Z incoming lettersDates: 1906-1918Container: Box/Folder 2/13-14, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Manson Backus incoming telegramsDates: 1916-1917Container: Box/Folder 2/15, Accession 0221-003
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Description: A-Z incoming telegramsDates: 1916-1917Container: Box/Folder 2/16, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Outgoing LettersDates: 1909-1918Container: Box/Folder 2/17-18, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Outgoing TelegramsDates: 1916-1917Container: Box/Folder 2/19, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Safe Harbor at Neah Bay: William E. Humphrey incoming lettersDates: 1909-1911Container: Box/Folder 2/20, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Safe Harbor at Neah Bay: Puget Sound Navigation Company incoming lettersDates: 1910Container: Box/Folder 2/21, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Safe Harbor at Neah Bay: A-Z incoming lettersDates: 1909-1911Container: Box/Folder 2/22, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Safe Harbor at Neah Bay: Outgoing LettersDates: 1910-1911Container: Box/Folder 2/23, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Safe Harbor at Neah Bay: General CorrespondenceDates: 1909-1911Container: Box/Folder 2/24, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Safe Harbor at Neah Bay: StatisticsContainer: Box/Folder 2/25, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Financial RecordsContainer: Box/Folder 3/1, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Legal DocumentsContainer: Box/Folder 3/2, Accession 0221-003
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Description: School RecordsContainer: Box/Folder 3/3, Accession 0221-003
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Series 3: Lue Adams Backus
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Description: Sarah A. Adams incoming lettersDates: 1897Container: Box/Folder 3/4, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Manson F. Backus incoming lettersDates: 1886-1898Container: Box/Folder 3/5-4/12, Accession 0221-003
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Description: N. E. Backus incoming lettersDates: 1891-1897Container: Box/Folder 4/13, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Amos M. Clark incoming lettersDates: 1897Container: Box/Folder 4/14, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Irene B. Harlan incoming lettersDates: 1899-1900Container: Box/Folder 4/15, Accession 0221-003
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Description: H. A. Hughitt incoming lettersDates: 1888Container: Box/Folder 4/16, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Sarah Mills incoming lettersDates: 1893Container: Box/Folder 4/17, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Josephine Root incoming lettersDates: 1886, 1889Container: Box/Folder 4/18, Accession 0221-003
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Description: S. Sheppard incoming lettersDates: 1889Container: Box/Folder 4/19, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Gertrude Tidball incoming lettersDates: 1893Container: Box/Folder 4/20, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Augusta incoming lettersDates: 1897Container: Box/Folder 4/21, Accession 0221-003
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Description: DiariesDates: 1885, 1896Container: Box/Folder 4/22, Accession 0221-003
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Series 4: Washington National Bank (National Bank of Commerce)
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Description: Incoming LettersDates: 1905-1912Container: Box/Folder 5/1, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Incoming Letters to Manson BackusDates: 1906-1917Container: Box/Folder 5/2, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Capitol National Bank incoming letters to Leroy BackusDates: 1906-1912Container: Box/Folder 5/3, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Kerr and McCord incoming letters to Leroy BackusDates: 1907-1912Container: Box/Folder 5/4, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Rothchild, Golden, and Rothchild incoming letters to Leroy BackusDates: 1909-1913Container: Box/Folder 5/5, Accession 0221-003
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Description: A-Z incoming letters to Leroy BackusDates: 1906-1917Container: Box/Folder 5/6, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Outgoing LettersDates: 1905-1918Container: Box/Folder 5/7, Accession 0221-003
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Description: General CorrespondenceDates: 1906-1917Container: Box/Folder 5/8, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Interoffice CorrespondenceDates: 1916-1917Container: Box/Folder 5/9, Accession 0221-003
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Description: AgreementsContainer: Box/Folder 5/10, Accession 0221-003
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Description: ClippingsContainer: Box/Folder 5/11, Accession 0221-003
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Description: MiscellaneousContainer: Box/Folder 5/12, Accession 0221-003
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Description: Reference IndexDates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 5/13, Accession 0221-003
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Backus, Manson Franklin, 1853-1935--Archives
- Humphrey, William E. (William Ewart), 1862-1934
Corporate Names
- Puget Sound Navigation Company
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Adams, Sarah A (creator)
- Ames, Edwin Gardner, 1856-1935 (creator)
- Anderson, Joseph C (creator)
- Backus, LeRoy M., 1880?-1948 (creator)
- Backus, Lue Adams (creator)
- Backus, N. E (creator)
- Ballinger, Richard Achilles, 1858-1922 (creator)
- Banks, A. N (creator)
- Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 (creator)
- Clark, Amos M (creator)
- Coburn, Alvin (creator)
- Donworth, George (creator)
- Evans, Elwood, 1828-1898 (creator)
- Fellows, E. B (creator)
- Ferry, Elisha P. (Elisha Peyre), 1825-1895 (creator)
- Goodbury, George B (creator)
- Harlan, Irene B (creator)
- Harlan, Otis (creator)
- Harlan, Ralle M (creator)
- Hughitt, H. A (creator)
- Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945 (creator)
- Kabis, H (creator)
- Kabis, P (creator)
- Lister, Ernest, 1870-1919 (creator)
- Mason, Charles H., 1830-1859 (creator)
- McMullin, Fayette, 1805-1880 (creator)
- Mills, Sarah (creator)
- O'Brien, Charles (creator)
- Pickering, William T., 1798-1873 (creator)
- Pile, H. H (creator)
- Putti, Anna A (creator)
- Putti, Elise (creator)
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 (creator)
- Root, Josephine (creator)
- Russell, G. D (creator)
- Semple, Eugene, 1840-1908 (creator)
- Seward, William H (creator)
- Sheldon, A. L (creator)
- Sheppard, S (creator)
- Shiels, Archie W. (Archibald Williamson), b. 1878 (creator)
- Squire, Watson C. (Watson Carvosso), 1838-1926 (creator)
- Sulzer, William, 1863-1941 (creator)
- Tidball, Augusta (creator)
- Tidball, Gertrude (creator)
- Walsh, Thomas James, 1895-1933 (creator)
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 (creator)
Corporate Names
- A. D. Spalding and Brothers (San Francisco, Calif.) (creator)
- Lake Chelan Land Company (creator)
- National Bank of Commerce (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
- New York (State). Panama-Pacific Exposition Commission (creator)
- Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk
- Washington National Bank (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
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