NTE2cg95.xml Guide to the Joel Edward Ferris Papers 1938-1961 Ferris (Joel Edward) Papers Finding aid prepared by Jan Brzoska and Terry Abraham Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2025 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2025 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 95 Ferris, Joel Edward, 1874-1960 Joel Edward Ferris Papers 1938-1961 1.25 Linear feet of shelf space 3 Boxes The papers of J. E. Ferris mostly include his Washington State University Friends of the Library correspondence. Collection materials are in English

Joel Edward Ferris (1874-1960) was first President of the Board of Directors for Friends of the Library of Washington State University, 1938-1948, and served on the Board until his death in 1960. Ferris was Chairman of the Spokane and Eastern Division of the Seattle-First National Bank, Spokane, President of the Eastern Washington Historical Society and had received an honorary degree of doctor of laws from Whitman College and Washington State University. on the Board until his death in 1960. Ferris was Chairman of the Spokane and Eastern Division of the Seattle-First National Bank, Spokane, President of the Eastern Washington Historical Society and had received an honorary degree of doctor of laws from Whitman College and Washington State University.

The papers of J. E. Ferris include his Washington State University Friends of the Library correspondence, comprising correspondence concerning the Judge Walter B. Beals Library (1938-1949); the files of correspondence of the WSU Library with Ferris (1938-1961); and WSU President Ernest O. Holland's correspondence with Ferris (1946-1950). Also included in the collection are pamphlets and newspaper articles written by Ferris and miscellaneous newspaper clippings and pamphlets concerning WSU.

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Joel Edward Ferris Papers, 1938-1961 (Cage 95)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

This collection was compiled from the papers of Joel E. Ferris, donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1961 by Mrs. Cecil R. Fuller, and related material from the files of E. O. Holland and the library.

This collection was processed in May of 1973 by Jan Brzoska and Terry Abraham.

Washington State University Friends of the Library Records, 1938-1979 (Archives 116)

MASC also holds multiple collections of Washington State University Libraries papers and various WSU Libraries materials are available in the Washington State University Publications, 1891-2018 (WSU 011-999).

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.

Ferris, Joel Edward, 1874-1960 -- Archives Beals, Walter B. Holland, Ernest Otto, 1874-1950 Washington State University. Friends of the Library Washington State University. Libraries Northwest, Pacific -- History Libraries -- Washington (State) -- History -- Sources Banks and banking -- Washington (State) -- History Washington (State) Colleges and Universities Series 1: Ferris correspondence: Friends of the WSU Library 1 1 April 1946-October 1947 1 2 November 1947-March 1948 1 3 April 1948-June 1948 1 4 July 1948-September 1948 1 5 October 1948-December 1948 1 6 January 1949-July 1949 1 7 August 1949- October 1949 1 8 November 1949-January 1950 1 9 February 1950-May 1950 1 10 June 1950-October 1950 2 11 November 1950-December 1951 2 12 January 1951-September 1953 2 13 October 1953-September 1954 Series 2: Ferris correspondence about the Walter Beals Library 2 14 October 1938-December 1949 Series 3: Washington State University Library correspondence with Ferris 2 15 October 1938-December 1949 2 16 January 1950-April 1958 2 17 May 1958-December 1961 2 18 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings and papers of Washington State University Series 4: E. O. Holland correspondence with Ferris 3 19 January 1946-June 1948 3 20 July 1948-March 1950 Series 5: Pamphlets and newspaper article written by Ferris 3 21 Early Outpost of the Fur Trade Empire, 1953 October 8 3 21 Early Day Banking in the State of Washington October, 1958 3 21 Curly Jim was a "Character," 1958 February 9 3 22 Addresses at Dinner Meeting of the Friends of the Library, State College of Washington (bound volume). Includes speeches by Ferris, Herman J. Deutsch, Arnold L. Graves, and Francis J. Bowman; 1939 April 28