WAUREIFirm3129.xml Guide to the Recreational Equipment Inc. Records 1938-1980 Recreational Equipment Inc. Records Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/2/2020)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 3129 REI (Firm) Recreational Equipment Inc. records 1938-1980 3.00 cubic feet Collection materials are in English. Minutes, financial records and catalogs of an outdoor recreation consumer cooperative

Recreational Equipment Incorporated, commonly known as REI, is an outdoor recreation consumer cooperative that began in Seattle in 1938.

Organized into 2 accessions.

Accession No. 3129-001, Recreational Equipment Inc. records, 1938-1980 Accession No. 3129-002, Recreational Equipment Inc. records, 1938-1980

Catalogs, correspondence, financial records, historical features including Lloyd Anderson's "History of Recreational Equipment, Inc.", minutes, reports.

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 Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) REI (Firm)--Archives Recreational Equipment, Inc. (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives Outdoor life--Washington (State)--History--Sources Recreation industry--Washington (State)--History--Sources Consumer cooperatives--Washington (State)--History--Sources Minutes (Records) Records (Documents) Business correspondence Catalogs Anderson, Lloyd Penberthy, Larry REI (Firm)--Archives REI (Firm)--History Consumer cooperatives--Washington (State)--Seattle Consumer cooperatives--United States Outfitters (Outdoor recreation) Outdoor recreation Expeditions and Adventure

 

Accession No. 3129-001: Recreational Equipment Inc. records, 1938-1980 1.00 cubic foot

Scope and Content: Minutes (1938-69), financial records (1939-70), catalogs (1938-80).

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Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Lloyd Anderson, 10/7/1980.

 Recreational Equipment Inc. records Accession No. 3129-002: Recreational Equipment Inc. records, 1938-1980 2.00 cubic feet

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, subject series, ca. 1962-1974, 1980; financial records, 1938-1960; REI history, 1980.

This accession includes Lloyd Anderson's "History of Recreational Equipment, Inc. - a cooperative," coyright 1980, which traces development of REI from earliest days of Climbers' Group in 1934 to 1980. Invoices in Box 2 show mountaineering orders for late 1930s and 40s.

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Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Anderson's rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Lloyd Anderson, 6/16/1983.

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