Cage 200 Guide to the Colfax Public Library Records 1921-1954 Colfax Public Library Records Finding aid prepared by MASC staff Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
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Finding aid encoded by Mark O'English 2003 Finding aid written in English. Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA (509) 335-6691 http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/ mascref@wsu.edu
Cage 200 Colfax Public Library Colfax Public Library Records 1921-1954 1 container. .5 linear feet of shelf space. 40 items. Trustees minute books, 1921-1944; correspondence and contracts with school district; budgets, annual reports, and sample book plates, charge cards and book pockets and other material. Collection materials are in English

The Colfax Public Library was established in 1921. It also served as a public-school library for the duration of its existence. In 1944 the Whitman County Library district was voted into being, and shortly thereafter the Colfax Public Library was converted to become solely a school library. Those books thought not useful for a school library were donated to the new County Library.

This collection is open for research use.

[Item Description]. Cage 200, Colfax Public Library Records . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The Colfax Public Library papers were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Earle Connette in 1966.

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.

Colfax Public Library (Wash.) --Archives Libraries -- Washington (State)--Colfax--History--Sources Washington (State)

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Minutes of the Board: 1 Nov. 3, 1921 - Dec. 7, 1925 1 2 Jan. 1, 1930 - Dec. 14, 1937 1 3 Jan. 1, 1938 - May 16, 1944 1 4 Contracts and correspondence: Folder from School District No. 300 1944-1954 22 items. 4 Earle Connette, A history of the Colfax Public Library 11 p. 4 Miscellany: Bookplates, bookcards and pockets, rules 1904-1950 14 items.