Val Jensen Scrapbook, 1938-1942
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Jensen, Val; Jensen, Mary Ellen
- Title
- Val Jensen Scrapbook
- Dates
- 1938-1942 (inclusive)19381942
- Quantity
- 1.0 linear feet, (1 flat box )
- Collection Number
- WCMss.592
- Summary
- The Val Jensen Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and advertisements. This scrapbook, which dates 1938 to 1942, also consists of photographs.
- 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
Cristen Valdemar Jensen, commonly referred to as Val, was born in 1888 in Denmark, and came to the United States in 1907. He moved to Walla Walla, Washington in 1912 to work for the A.M. Jensen store. In World War One he was a member of Company A of the National Guard, and received a commission as a second lieutenant in 1919. After the war, Jensen opened Criterion, a women's clothing store. In September 1923 he also opened his own Jensen's store, independent of A.M. Jensen. He was elected mayor of Walla Walla in 1938. Val Jensen died in 1955.
Content Description
The Val Jensen Scrapbook consists of a scrapbook compiled by employees of Val Jensen during his time as the mayor of Walla Walla, Washington from 1938 to 1942. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, advertisements, photographs, and letters, including a letter signed by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, related to his campaign and tenure as mayor.
Administrative Information
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Geographical Names
- Walla Walla (Wash.)
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Jensen, Mary Ellen (fmo)
