Ceylon Samuel Kingston Papers

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Kingston, Ceylon Samuel
Title: Ceylon Samuel Kingston Papers
Dates: 1838-1981 (inclusive)
18381981
Quantity: 2.15 linear ft.
Collection Number: SPC 982-0169 (collection)
Summary: The Ceylon Samuel Kingston Papers consists of materials pertaining to Kingston's activities as an administrator and teacher, including a collection of his writings, biographical materials about Kingston, and materials gathered by Kingston in teaching Pacific Northwest history.
Repository: Eastern Washington University
Archives & Special Collections
Eastern Washington University Libraries
320 Media Lane - 100 LIB
Cheney, WA
99004-2453
Telephone: 5093592475
archives@ewu.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Content Description

Collection comprised of materials pertaining to Kingston's activities as an administrator and teacher, including a collection of his writings (prepared by Cecil Dryden), biographical materials about Kingston, materials collected by Jay W. Rea while editing a collection of his writings, and drafts and proofs of The Inland Empire in the Pacific Northwest. Also included are materials gathered by Kingston in teaching Pacific Northwest history.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Use of this collection is subject to the rules concerning access to archival and manuscript collections at Eastern Washington University. For more information, see: http://www.ewu.edu/Library/Services/Archives.xml

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply. For more information or permission to publish, contact Eastern Washington University Libraries, Archives & Special Collections at (509) 359-2475, or archives@ewu.edu.

Preferred Citation

Ceylon Samuel Kingston Papers; SPC 982-0169; box number; folder number; Archives & Special Collections, Eastern Washington University.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

1982

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Detailed Description of the Collection

I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS

Consists of materials gathered by Cecil P. Dryden, who generated a manuscript which was submitted to the University of Washington for publication, but which was not accepted by the U of W. The first item is a list of manuscripts in the Kingston Northwest Collection created by Mr. Kinston.
- Description: List of Manuscripts in the Kingston Northwest Collection prepared by C.S. Kingston
  
  Container: Box 1, Folder 1
  
  Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS
- Description: List of Sources for Kingston Manuscript prepared by Cecil P. Dryden
  
  Container: Box 1, Folder 2
  
  Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS
- Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "The Western Sea In The Jesuit Relations"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 4
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "Juan De Fuca Strait: Origin of the Name"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 5
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "The Walla Walla Separation Movement"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 6
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "The Introduction of Cattle Into The Pacific Northwest"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 7
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "The Mullan Road"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 8
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "Colville Road"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 9
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "Kentuck Trail"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 10
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "Ferries Over The Snake River and The Texas Road"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 11
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "Territorial Road"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 12
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "The White Bluffs Road and David Coone"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 13
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "Spokane House State Park in Retrospect"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 14
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "The North Idaho Annexation Issue"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 15
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "Coeur d'Alene Gold Excitement of 1865"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 16
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "Significance of the Territorial Period"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 17
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "The Mary Moody, First Steamboat on Lake Pend Oreille"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 18
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "First Homicide in Spokane County"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 19
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "The Big Wind of 1880"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 20
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "The Death of 'Wild Goose Bill'"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 21
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "The Old Fords, Ferries, and Bridges On The Spokane River"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 22
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
  - Description: "Staunch Pioneers Built Spokane's First Bridge"
    
    Container: Box 1, Folder 23
    
    Location: I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS / Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below
II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS

This series consists of materials gathered by Mr. Jay W. Rea for use in writing a biographical sketch of Mr. Kingston for the volume of Kingston works which he edited for Ye Galleon Press.
- Description: C.S. Kingston Correspondence (Xerox)
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 24
  
  Location: II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS
- Description: C.S. Kingston Correspondence (Xerox)
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 25
  
  Location: II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS
- Description: C.S. Kingston Correspondence (Xerox)
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 26
  
  Location: II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS
- Description: C.S. Kingston Correspondence (Xerox)
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 27
  
  Location: II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS
- Description: C.S. Kingston Correspondence (Xerox)
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 28
  
  Location: II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS
- Description: C.S. Kingston Passport (Xerox)
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 29
  
  Location: II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS
- Description: C.S. Kingston French Practice (Xerox)
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 30
  
  Location: II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS
- Description: Munter – C.S. Kingston Memorial Address (Xerox)
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 31
  
  Location: II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS
- Description: Articles by or about C.S. Kingston from books, journals, and EWU publications (Xerox)
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 32
  
  Location: II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS
- Description: Articles by or about C.S. Kingston from books, journals, and EWU publications (Xerox)
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 33
  
  Location: II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS
- Description: Notes of interviews by Jay W. Rea, used for biographical sketch
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 34
  
  Location: II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS
III. EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE

Consists of correspondence between Mr. Rea and others involved in the production of the Kingston book by Ye Galleon Press. This includes correspondence regarding permission to use copyrighted material, and correspondence with contributors, reviewers, and Glen Adams of Ye Galleon Press, the publisher.
- Description: Kingston Volume – Copyright
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 35
  
  Location: III. EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE
- Description: Kingston Volume – Contributors and Reviewers
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 36
  
  Location: III. EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE
- Description: Kingston Volume – Ye Galleon Press (Glen C. Adams)
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 37
  
  Location: III. EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE
IV. KINGSTON VOLUME

This material consists of the drafts, corrections, and corrected proof copies of the volume, The Inland Empire In the Pacific Northwest: Historical Studies and Sketches of Ceylon S. Kingston, Fairfield, Washington (Ye Galleon Press), 1981.
- Description: Title Page and Contents
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 38
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Editor's Preface
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 39
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Kingston Biography – Drafts with reviewer's comments
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 40
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Bibliography
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 41
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Bibliography
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 42
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Bibliography
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 43
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Bibliography
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 44
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Deutsch Critical Essay
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 45
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Drafts Parts I – IV
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 46
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Drafts Parts I – IV
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 47
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Drafts Parts I – IV
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 48
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Drafts Parts I – IV
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 49
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Corrections and Sample Pages
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 50
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Corrected Proof Copy Parts I – IV
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 51
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Corrected Proof Copy Parts I – IV
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 52
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Corrected Proof Copy Parts I – IV
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 53
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME
- Description: Corrected Proof Copy Parts I – IV
  
  Container: Box 2, Folder 54
  
  Location: IV. KINGSTON VOLUME

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Frontier and pioneer life--Northwest, Pacific

Personal Names

Kingston, Ceylon Samuel--Correspondence

Corporate Names

Eastern Washington University--Faculty
Eastern Washington University--History Department

Geographical Names

Northwest, Pacific--History--Study and teaching (Higher)

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Dryden, Cecil P.--(Cecil Pearl)--1887- (creator)
- Kingston, Ceylon Samuel--Works--1981 (creator)
- Rea, Jay W. (creator)

Ceylon Samuel Kingston Papers, 1838-1981

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

I. COLLECTED KINGSTON WORKS

Kingston Manuscript prepared by Dryden – enumerated below

II. BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH MATERIALS

III. EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE

IV. KINGSTON VOLUME

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Geographical Names

Other Creators

Personal Names