UAKMs7.xml Guide to the Joel Edward Ferris Papers 1949-1960 Ferris (Joel Edward) Papers Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture © 1987
2316 W. First Avenue Spokane, WA 99201 Phone: (509) 363-5342 Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org
Finding aid encoded by Rose Krause 2011 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). October 2023 Finding aid edited and updated by Jack Gassen September 2023 Finding aid edited and updated by G. Mandarino Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture), Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
2316 W. First Avenue Spokane, WA 99201 Phone: (509) 363-5342 Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org
Ms 7 Ferris, Joel Edward, 1874-1960 Joel Edward Ferris Papers 1949-1960 8 ft. Investment banker, civic leader, and historian of Spokane, Washington. The collection consists of correspondence, articles, and other writings by Joel Ferris, as well as research materials, photographs, documents, and reproductions. Topics include Pacific Northwest history; Ferris’ own business interests; the Pacific Northwest Conference on banking at Washington State University, 1953-1960; Ferris’ activities as president of the Eastern Washington State Historical Society; and his involvement in other civic and scholarly organizations. Materials are inEnglish. Biographical Note

Joel E. Ferris came to Spokane in 1908 to work for the Union Trust Company. In 1913 he and George P. Hardgrove established the investment banking firm of Ferris & Hardgrove. Ferris became president of the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company in 1931. He served on the boards of many universities, colleges and public and private institutions, including Whitman College, Washington State University, The Hutton Settlement, and St. Luke’s Hospital. Ferris was known for his interest in history, and he published numerous articles on Pacific Northwest and Inland Empire history and served as president of the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. When Ferris died, his fine library of Pacific Northwest Americana was donated to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society and it formed the foundation on which the Society’s Special Collections has been built.

The collection consists of correspondence, articles, and other writings by Joel Ferris, as well as research materials, photographs, documents, and reproductions. Topics include Pacific Northwest history; Ferris’ own business interests; the Pacific Northwest Conference on banking at Washington State University, 1953-1960; Ferris’ activities as president of the Eastern Washington State Historical Society; and his involvement in other civic and scholarly organizations.

The collection is arranged into 3 series; series 1 and 3 contains subseries: Series 1, Biographical Materials Subseries 1.1, Ferris and Hardgrove, Investments Series 2, Historical and Scholarly Interests Series 3, Organizational Affiliations Subseries 3.1, Archeological Institute of America Subseries 3.2, Eastern Washington State Historical Society Subseries 3.3, Pacific Northwest Conference on Banking, Washington State College, Pullman, WA Subseries 3.4, Pacific Northwest History Conference Subseries 3.5, Washington State Historical Society

Collection is not restricted.

The Eastern Washington State Historical Society does not own playback equipment required for access of the 3x3 hard disks. There is one 3x3 hard disk in the colleciton and can be found in Series 6.

Copyright has not been assigned to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Museum Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Eastern Washington State Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher

Joel Edward Ferris Papers (Ms 7), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.

Donated by the Estate of Joel E. Ferris and George Ingraham .

Nolan, Edward W. A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington State Historical Society, 1987).

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) WorldCat database. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search WorldCat using these headings.

Ferris, Joel Edward, 1874-1960--Archives Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, Wash.) Ferris and Hargrove (Firm) Spokane and Eastern Trust Company (Spokane, Wash.) Spokane (Wash.)--Societies, etc.--History Spokane (Wash.)--Business, industries and trades--Banking Washington (State) Spokane Civic Activism Series 1 Biographical Materials Inventory and Guide 1 1 Ferris Family Data 1 2 Biographical Data 1874-1960 1 3 Biography - Ferris Family 1 4 Hiram G. Ferris. Accounts 1858-1871 1 5 William Carl Spielman. Diamond Jubilee History of Carthage College, 1870-1945. Carthage, IL: Carthage Historical Society 1945 1 6 Certificates 1 7 Plat Book, Hancock County, Illinois 1 8 Honorary Degrees - Whitman College, 1942; Washington State University, 1950; and Other Honors 1 9 Record of the Centenary of Knox College and Galesburg. Galesburg, IL: Knox College May 1938 1 10 Knox College: Ross Beason Jr. Memorial Hall 1 11 General Correspondence June 1958-September 1960 1 12 General Correspondence: "B" (Except Barry) 1 13 General Correspondence: J. Neilson Barry February 1945-March 1958 1 14 General Correspondence: "C-D" (Except Drury) 1 15 General Correspondence: Clifford M. Drury March 16, 1957-September 20, 1960 1 16 General Correspondence: "F-H" (with Exceptions) 1 17 General Correspondence: Hudson's Bay Company 1 18 General Correspondence: Lucile Fargo (Spokane Story) 1 19 General Correspondence: Arora Hunt January 25, 1955-April 14, 1958 1 20 General Correspondence: "J-M" September 11, 1945-January 7, 1960 1 21 General Correspondence: "N" February 13, 1952-October 26, 1960 1 22 General Correspondence: "O-S" 1 23 Addresses and Miscellany 1 24 Subseries 1.1 Ferris and Hardgrove, Investments Circulars #140-166 1915-1917 1 25 Circulars #1-64 and Index 1917-1936 1 26 Newspaper Clippings 1913-1919 1 27 Newspaper Clippings 1919-1920 1 28 Newspaper Clippings 1920 1 29 Newspaper Clippings 1920-1921 1 30 Series 2 Historical and Scholarly Interests Arrastra 2 1 Jacob B. Backenstos 2 2 Bibles in Walter B. Beals Library 2 3 Book Reviews 2 4 Boundary Survey, 1857-1862 2 5 Cable Cars in the West 2 6 Camels 2 7 Christmas, 1804-1883 2 8 Samuel Clemens 2 9 Columbia Basin 2 10 Henry T. Cowley 2 11 Curly Jim 2 12 De Quille Manuscripts 2 13 David Douglas 2 14 "Early Outposts of the Fur Trade" 1954-1955 2 15 Early Pioneers - Montana Territory 2 16 Jacques ("Jaco") Finlay 2 17 William Wert Foote 2 18 Fort Colville 2 19 Fort George Wright 2 20 Fort Okanogan (Restricted - Hudson's Bay Co.) 1951-1964 2 21 Fort Spokane 2 22 Friends of the Library - Washington State College 2 23 Joseph Garry 2 24 James N. Glover 2 25 Jacob ("Dutch Jake") Goetz 2 26 Gold Mines 2 27 "Has Spokane Forgotten Its Naval Hero?" 2 28 James J. Hill 2 29 Historic Sites 2 30 Ernest O. Holland 2 31 Warren Hussey 2 32 Idaho-Pre-territorial Incunabula, 1839-1845. Lapwai Press 1944 2 33 Abraham Lincoln 2 34 Lumber and Lumbering 2 35 Sr. M. Eleanor Rosellini. Lummi Indians of Bellingham Bay. July 1958 2 36 Randall D. MacDonald 2 37 Missions and Missionaries - Tshimakain 2 38 Mormons and Mormonism 2 39 Names - Geographical 2 40 Pacific Northwest Lost Smelter 1949 2 41 Paleontology 2 42 Mrs. Ruth E. Peeler, Loren McMillen, Charles Edison, Thomas Chalmers Vint 2 43 Goerge Edward Pickett 2 44 Whitman College: Penrose Memorial Library 2 45 Antoine Plant 2 46 Population 2 47 Printing - History Beals Library 2 48 Seattle First National bank 2 49 Spaniards in California 2 50 Spokane Falls and Northern Railroad 2 51 Spokane Garry 2 52 Spokane History 2 53 Spokane House 2 54 Spokane House - Spokane Early History 2 55 Spokane Hotels 2 56 Spokane Industries - Smelter 2 57 Spokane - Naval Trophy 2 58 "Spokane's 'Elephas Primigenius'" 2 59 Isaac Ingalls Stevens 2 60 Stevens County History 2 61 Street Railways 2 62 Thomas Williams Symons 2 64 Taxation - Income Tax 2 65 David Thompson 2 66 Trails 2 67 Tshimain Pioneer Mission 2 68 Valley of the Sun 2 69 Jim Wardner 2 70 Edgar I. Lewis. Washington - Northwest Frontier. Reviewed by Joel E. Ferris 2 71 Washington Politics and Government 3 1 George Wright 3 2 Series 3 Organizational Affiliations Subseries 3.1 Archeological Institute of America Records 3 3 Spokane Correspondence - Dedication 1948-1949 3 4 Correspondence 1950-1951 3 5 Correspondence 1952 3 6 Correspondence 1953 3 7 Correspondence 1954 3 8 Correspondence 1955 3 9 Correspondence 1956 3 10 Correspondence 1957 3 11 Correspondence 1958 3 12 Correspondence 1959 3 13 Correspondence 1960 3 14 Bancroft Library: Annual Reports 1955-1958 3 15 Bancroft Library: Friends of, Annual Reports 3 16 Bancroft Library: Records 3 17 Banks and Banking 3 18 Banks and Banking 3 19 Banks and Banking: Seattle First National Bank 3 20 Banks and Banking: Spokane and Eastern Branch 3 21 California Historical Society 3 22 Subseries 3.2 Eastern Washington State Historical Society Grace Campbell Museum 3 23 Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum 1958-1959 3 24 History and Collections 3 25 Articles of Incorporation 3 26 Deeds to Property 3 27 Officers, Trustees, Minutes 3 28 List of Committees 3 29 Officers, Trustees, Committees and Correspondence 3 30 Membership Lists 3 31 Membership - Correspondence 3 32 Forms 3 33 Reports 3 34 Budget and Finance 3 35 Budget and Finance, Correspondence 1949 3 36 Correspondence 1950-1955 3 37 Budget and Finance, Correspondence 1956-1960 3 38 Building Maintenance 3 39 Buildings and Maintenance, Proposed Art and History Building 3 40 Proposed Art and History Building: Alternate Design 3 41 Buildings and Maintenance, Campbell House 3 42 Buildings and Maintenance, Cheney Cowles Museum 3 43 Buildings and Maintenance, Museum Dedication 3 44 Personnel 4 1 Miscellaneous Correspondence 4 2 Library Collections 4 3 Library Memoranda 4 4 Library Queries 4 5 Collections 1949-1954 4 6 Collections 1955-1960 4 7 Vanessa Helder Paintings 4 8 Vanessa Helder Paintings: Donors 4 9 Crommelin Stamp Collection 4 10 Memoranda 4 11 Archaeology 4 12 Historical Sites and Markers 4 13 Pioneer Awards 4 14 Publicity 4 15 Publicity and Correspondence 4 16 Programs 4 17 Volunteers 4 18 Invitations 4 19 Clippings 4 20 Finch Memorial Arboretum Advisory Committee 4 21 International Northwest Parks Association - Miscellany 4 22 National Recreation Association - Miscellany 4 23 Pacific Northwest Committee on Forest History: Miscellany 4 24 Subseries 3.3 Pacific Northwest Conference on Banking, Washington State College, Pullman, WA Announcements - Programs 4 25 Participants 1936-1959 4 26 Miscellany 1936-1960 4 27 Correspondence October 1953-November 1953 4 28 Correspondence December 1953 4 29 Correspondence January 1954 4 30 Correspondence February 1954 4 31 Correspondence March 1954 4 32 Correspondence April 1954 4 33 Miscellany 1954 4 34 Correspondence June 1954-October 1954 4 35 Correspondence November 1954 4 36 Correspondence December 1954 4 37 Correspondence January 1955 4 38 Correspondence February 1955 4 39 Correspondence March 1955-April 1955 4 40 Correspondence September 1955-November 1955 4 41 Correspondence December 1955 4 42 Miscellany 1955 4 43 Correspondence (Lee) 1955-1956 4 44 Correspondence January 1956 4 45 Correspondence February 1956 4 46 Correspondence March 1956 4 47 Correspondence April 1956-June 1956 4 48 Correspondence August 1956-September 1956 4 49 Correspondence October 1956 4 50 Correspondence November 1956 4 51 Correspondence December 1956 4 52 Miscellany 1956 4 53 Miscellany: Clippings 1956 5 1 Correspondence January 1957 5 2 Correspondence February 1957 5 3 Correspondence March 1957 5 4 Correspondence April 1957 5 5 Miscellany: Publicity 1957 5 6 Miscellany: Programs 1957 5 7 Miscellany: Registrations, etc. 1957 5 8 Miscellany: Clippings 1957 5 9 Correspondence May 1957-August 1957 5 10 Correspondence 5 11 Correspondence November 1957 5 12 Correspondence December 1957 5 13 Correspondence January 1958 5 14 Correspondence February 1958 5 15 Correspondence March 1958 5 16 Correspondence April 1958 5 17 Miscellany: Publicity, etc. 1958 5 18 Miscellany: Registration, etc. 1958 5 19 Correspondence (Clarke) 1958-1959 5 20 Correspondence October 1958 5 21 Correspondence November 1958 5 22 Correspondence December 1958 5 23 Correspondence January 1959 5 24 Correspondence February 1959 5 25 Correspondence March 1959 5 26 Correspondence April 1959-May 1959 5 27 Miscellany: Publicity 1959 5 28 Miscellany: Programs, etc. 1959 5 29 Correspondence, Miscellany 1959-1960 5 30 Subseries 3.4 Pacific Northwest History Conference Miscellany 1948-1954 5 31 Correspondence, Conference 1954 5 32 Correspondence January 1955-March 1955 5 33 Correspondence April 1955-May 1955 5 34 Miscellany 1935 5 35 Miscellany 1956-1958 5 36 Rotary Pioneers: Spokane Early Day Reminiscences 5 37 San Francisco Theological Seminary 5 38 Siskiyou County (CA) Historical Society 5 39 Sons of the American Revolution 1951-1952 5 40 Spokane - Bull Pine Club 5 41 Spokane Park Board: Miscellany 5 42 Spokane Pine Tree Damage Committee: Miscellany 5 43 Utah State Historical Society: Miscellaneous 5 44 Subseries 3.5 Washington State Historical Society Miscellaneous 5 45 Correspondence 5 46 By-laws, etc. 5 47 Memoranda 5 48 Minutes of Curators 5 49 Miscellany 5 50 Reports 5 51 Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, Advisory Board on Historic Sites 5 52 The Westerners: Correspondence 5 53 The Westerners: Miscellany 5 54