Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 859
Irwin Family Papers
1900-1946 and undated
.5 linear feet of shelf space
1 box
Papers of the Irwin family, mainly Archie Irwin, and other residents of Elberton, WA. Includes correspondence, fraternal organization records, high school yearbooks, and miscellaneous materials.
Collection materials are inEnglish.
Most of this collection centers around Archie Irwin (1882-1962) and his relatives. In the 1890s, his family moved to Elberton, Washington, where his father worked as a blacksmith. Archie Irwin remained in the Elberton area as an adult, and worked at a variety of jobs. He practiced amateur photography, documenting scenes, events, and people of Elberton during the first decade of the 20th century.
This collection consists of papers of the Irwin family, mainly Archie Irwin (1882-1962), and other residents of Elberton, WA. It includes correspondence, a small amount of material related to a contested 1907 Elberton town election, minutes and other records of a fraternal organization, the Coming Men of America (Whitman Jr. Lodge 2018, Elberton), high school yearbooks, and a reminiscence about early 20th-century Elberton by Dora Wells Banning. Most of the correspondence consists of incoming letters to Archie Irwin. Other correspondents include other members of the Irwin family, and Frankie Morgan Ewing, Eli Ewing, Helen Ewing, and Jim Flannigan.>
This collection is arranged in a single series.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item Description]
Irwin Family Papers
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections,
Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The Washington State University Libraries purchased this collection from Larry L. Irwin in 1988 (MS.1988.17).
After earlier preliminary processing by MASC staff, Cheryl Gunselman completed final processing of this collection in 2016.
These materials were received with the Irwin Photographs and Glass Negatives, processed separately as PC 119.
Irwin Photographs and Glass Negatives (PC 119).
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.
Elberton (Wash.) -- History -- Sources
Whitman County (Wash.) -- History -- Sources
Washington (State)
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1904
Correspondence: letters to Archie Irwin from Edna.
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2
1905-1906
Correspondence: letters to Archie Irwin from Liva Irwin.
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3
1903
Correspondence: letters to Archie Irwin from Lula Wells.
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4
1905-1906
Correspondence: other letters to Archie Irwin.
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5
undated
Correspondence: letters from Frankie Morgan Ewing to her mother.
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6
1904-1915
Correspondence: letters between Frankie Morgan Ewing and Eli Ewing.
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7
1902
Correspondence: note to Frankie Morgan.
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8
1920
Correspondence: condolence letter to Eli Ewing from his niece, Madge.
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9
1918
Correspondence: postcards to Eli Ewing from Helen, Alice, and George.
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10
1914 and undated
Correspondence: letters to Helen Ewing from her aunts.
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11-12
1944-1945
Correspondence: letters to Jim Irwin from Jim Flannigan and Al Evans.
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13
1904-1905 and undated
Miscellaneous correspondence and notes.
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14
circa 1900-1910
Archie Irwin graduation certificate (8th grade) and miscellaneous ephemera.
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15
1927-1929
The Tamarack, North Central High School (Spokane, WA) yearbook. 5 volumes belonging to Alice Ethel Ewing.
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16-17
1901-1907
Coming Men of America, Whitman Jr. Lodge 2018, minutes, manuals, and other records. Minute book includes unrelated minutes of a special meeting of the Elberton Town Council in December 1907.
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18
1904-1905
State of Washington General Election Laws (1905 pamphlet) with inserted Archie Irwin documents.
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19
1907 December
Documents related to contested Elberton election.
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20
undated
"Elberton, Whitman County, Washington" by Dora Wells Banning.
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Artifact: flour sack, Elberton Flour Mill Co.
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Collection documentation (reference material)