HTM_WCMss284.xml Guide to the William D. Guernsey Collection 1896-1971 Guernsey (William D.) Collection Updated by Owen Crabtree Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2011
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-04-07. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2019 Edited by Owen Crabtree for compliance with DACS and WCNA Required Elements for Archival Description. English Whitman College and Northwest Archives
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
William D. Guernsey Collection Guernsey, William D. WCMss.284 1.9 linear feet 1 manuscript box 1896-1971 Materials related to the life of William D. Guernsey who wrote autobiographical stories, owned a printing business, worked for newspapers, was the son of Dayton, Washington pioneer D.C. Guernsey, and was a Whitman Academy alumnus.

Collection is open for research.

Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown.

William Day Guernsey was born on May 22, 1878 in Dayton, Washington. He was the son of Dennis C. and Harriet Guernsey. He graduated from Dayton High School in 1896, and attended Whitman College from 1896 to 1900. He married Susan Boomhower on December 9, 1916. William Guernsey wrote autobiographical stories, owned a printing business, and worked for newspapers.

The collection consists of correspondence, copies of "Frontier Times" and "Real West," short stories, Guernsey Printers ephemera, a brochure from Florida retirement community "Guernsey City," genealogy materials, and a history of Dayton written by niece Elizabeth Ankeny.

 Dayton (Columbia County, Wash.) Pioneers