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Ms 13 Agnes M. Kehoe Papers Agnes M. Kehoe Papers 1918-1959 3 linear ft. 2 boxes Businesswoman, state legislator, and civic leader, of Hillyard, Wash. Correspondence (1937-1959) and records of community organizations in which Kehoe was involved, including Hillyard Commercial Club (1953-1959), Hillyard Community Club (1937-1941), and Spokane Visiting Nurses Association (1942-1958), which she helped organize in 1942. Includes material relating to Kehoe Hardware Company, Spokane, Wash., owned by Kehoe and her husband, Thomas E. Kehoe. Materials are inEnglish. Biographical Note

Agnes M. Kehoe

The wife of Thomas E. Kehoe, Agnes M. Kehoe was born on a farm near Mason City, Iowa, March 26, c. 1875. As a resident of Hillyard and Spokane, for 57 years Mrs. Kehoe was noted for her activities in social welfare. She earned the nickname “Mrs. Hillyard.”

In 1938 she filed for the legislature of Washington State on the Democratic ticket. She was elected three times by her district, each time without conducting a political campaign.

Mrs. Kehoe was a member of the Board of Regents of Holy Names College. In 1951 she was awarded its Marian award for “significant contributions” to her community. She was a former president and life member of the Spokane Visiting Nurses Association, which she helped organize in 1942. She also was a life member of the Washington State Tuberculosis League and a regent of the Catholic Daughters of America. She gained recognition for her efforts on behalf of the business community of Hillyard as a member of the Hillyard Commercial Club, and, for a time, the Hillyard Community Club. The annual Hillyard Hi-Jinks Festival attracted the “movers and shakers” of Spokane.

The Kehoes had two children, one of which, Eileen Mary, died in infancy. The surviving daughter Ethyl was married to Earl Peasley. Agnes Kehoe passed away on November 17, 1959.

Thomas E. Kehoe

In the spring of 1902 Thomas E. Kehoe, born November 19, 1865, arrived in Spokane, Washington, to begin a new life. His prior business was located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stable and carriage painting business failed because of an epidemic of glanders among his horses.

In 1907 Kehoe constructed a brick building in Hillyard, Washington, and opened a hardware store in it in January of 1915. He passed away in June of 1946. The business was carried on by his wife Agnes, daughter Ethyl, Earl Peasley and long-time employee Francis Mihm.

The Kehoe family also owned and operated the Kehoe Apartments and Hotel on the premises, a place where many employees of the Great Northern Railroad stayed between road trips.

Scope and Content

The collection includes correspondence, 1937-1959; fragmentary records of the Hillyard Commercial Club, 1953-1959; the Hillyard Community Club, 1937-1941; and the Spokane Visiting Nurses Association, 1942-1958. There is some fragmentary material relating to the Kehoe Hardware Company. Additionally, there are many photographs which illustrate family life and the times in which the Kehoes lived.

Collection is not restricted.

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Agnes M. Kehoe Papers, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Spokane, WA.

Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stussi, 1986 (L86-1459).

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) WorldCat database.

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.

Kehoe, Agnes M., 1875-1959--Archives Kehoe, Thomas E. Kehoe Hardware Company (Spokane, Wash.) Spokane Visiting Nurses Association Hillyard Commercial Club (Spokane, Wash.) Hillyard Community Club (Spokane, Wash.) Washington (State)--Societies, etc. Spokane (Wash.)--Societies, etc. Hillyard (Spokane, Wash.)--Societies, etc. Washington (State)--Business, industries, and trades Washington (State)--Business, industries, and trades--Hardware Businesswomen--Washington (State) Hardware stores--Washington (State) Visiting nurses--Washington (State) Home nursing--Washington (State) Boards of trade--Washington (State) Trade and professional associations--Washington (State) Medicine and Health Political Campaigns Spokane Washington (State) Women Kehoe, Agnes M. Laws and Legislation Medicine Visiting Nurses Association, Spokane Washington State Tuberculosis League Hillyard Commercial Club Hillyard Community Club Washington State Series 1 General 1923 February 15-1982 June 15

Introduction, Biography and Inventory Undated 1 1 Thomas E. Kehoe: Biography 1955 November 17 1 2 C.I.O. Political Action Committee: A Woman’s Guide to Political Action. New York: National Political Action Committee 1965 1 3 First National Bank, Hillyard Branch: Our Government 1923 February 15 1 4 Edith M. Davies: Receipts to Thomas E. Kehoe on Note 1933 March 14-1936 July 14 1 5 Senator French et al: Senate Bill 366 relating to Sales Tax Exemption 1953 February 18-1967 February 16 1 6 Mayor M.H. Gordon: Poster: “Attention Voters of Hillyard” (Franchise to Hillyard Water Company) 1908 July 14 1 7 Arthur Gri: Oral History: Kehoe Family Mentioned 1982 June 15 1 8 Hillyard Community Center: Savings Account 1944 February 19-1954 February 23 1 9 Italian Progressive Club: Sample Ballot circa 1938 1 10 Ted B. Jones: Payments to Agnes Kehoe on Montana Property 1955 August 22-1958 January 22 1 11 Series 2 Agnes Kehoe 1914 November 29-1959

Personal documents and correspondence of Agnes Kehoe. Materials are organized alphbetically.

P.O. Address Book and Other Addresses circa 1925 1 12 Awards Undated 1 13 Calling Cards: Business and Personal Undated 1 14 Catholic Social Betterment League: Parish Case Reports 1935 1 15 Certificate: Air Raid Warden 1943 May 6-1945 October 29 1 16 Certificate: Election to Washington State Legislature 1938 November 8 1 17 Legislature, State of Washington 1939 1951 1 18 Charitable Contributions 1927 October 6-1956 January 6 1 19 Charitable Contributions: Holy Names College 1945 March 6-1957 December 25 1 20 Charitable Contributions: St. Patrick’s Church 1918-1955 November 19 1 21 Committee Appointments: Legislative 1939 1 22 Correspondence 1920 January 31-1937 October 16 1 23 Correspondence 1938 May 2-1938 December 28 1 24 Correspondence 1939 February 10-1942 November 11 1 25 Correspondence 1943 January 11-1943 November 5 1 26 Correspondence 1944 January 4-1945 January 3 1 27 Correspondence 1945 February 1-1946 December 12 1 28 Correspondence 1948 January 10-1955 December 25 1 29 Correspondence 1956 February 20-1958 December 17 1 30 Correspondence 1959 January 17-1959 September 30 1 31 Correspondence and Reports: Family Counseling Service 1944 February 17-1958 September 8 1 32 Correspondence and Reports: Family Society of Spokane 1950 August 29-1955 September 2 1 33 Correspondence and Reports: Hillyard Commercial Club 1953 December 7-1959 March 23 1 34 Correspondence and Reports: Hillyard Community Club 1937 January 25-1941 May 13 1 35 Correspondence and Reports: Hillyard Hi-Jinks 1941 August 30-1956 August 16 1 36 Correspondence and Miscellaneous: National Order of Women Legislators 1947 January 21-1960 1 37 Correspondence: Spokane Chamber of Commerce 1943 January 29-1952 January 29 1 38 Correspondence: Spokane Social Hygiene Association 1948 September 27-1949 June 9 1 39 Correspondence and Reports: Spokane County T.B. League 1939 December 1 1951-1959 1 40 Correspondence and Reports Undated 1 41 Decadent Report: Lottie A. Thompson, Housekeeper 1949 January 15 1 42 Diary 1936 November 16-1936 November 30 1 43 Ephemera Undated 1 44 Esmeralda-Green Street: Bridge Dedications Committees 1957 July 1 45 1/46 Fortune Teller’s Analysis 1 46 Gaelic Club: Minutes 1928 March 16-1932 March 24 1 47 Get-Well Cards Undated 1 48 House Journal: Extraordinary Session, 28th Legislature 1944 February 28-1944 March 4 1 49 Insurance 1947 February-1957 October 11 1 50 Interview: “Hillyard Christmas Express” 1941 December 23 1 51 Investments 1949-1953 1 52 Invitations: Political 1931 March 6-1958 September 18 1 53 Legislative Manuals 1939 1941 1943 1945 1 54 Legislature: Standing Committees and Individual Assignments 1941 1943 1945 1 55 Legislature: Telephone Directories 1939 1941 1943 1945 1 56 Letterhead Undated 1 57 M.S.’s: Radio Addresses circa 1943 1 58 Memberships Undated 1 59 Memberships: Spokane Lady Lions 1953-1958 1 60 News from the Press Club. Spokane, Wash., Vol. 1. No. 16. 1946 April 25 1 61 Yukon Whispers, Mt. Village, AK 1958-1959 1944-1957 1 62 Newspaper Clippings Undated 1 63 Newspaper Clippings: Pictures of Legislators, 28th Session 1942 1 64 Photographs Undated 2 1 Photograph: Album Undated 2 2 Radio Promotions: Candidates for Office 1939 2 3 Roll Call of House: Sample Ballot Undated 2 4 Roster: Members of Extraordinary Session of 28th Legislature 1944 February 28 2 5 Rules of Legislature 1939 1940 1949 2 6 Sale of Property, Ravalli County, MT 1951 November 2 7 Scrapbook 1936-1945 2 8 Scrapbook 1940 August 6 2 9 Senate Bill No. 1 1944 February 28 2 10 Social Security Claim 1953 May 26 2 11 Spokane Social Service Bureau: Receipts 1914 November 29-1915 May 1 2 12 State Legislative Friends: Signatures Undated 2 13 Taxes 1935-1954 2 14 Series 3 General, Continued 1946 July

Agnes & Ethyl Kehoe: Condolence Cards on Death of Thomas E. Kehoe 1946 July 2 15 Eileen Louise Kehoe: Baby Book, Obituary & Photograph 1905 July 23-1907 August 16 2 16 Series 4 Ethyl M. Kehoe 1905 July 23-1907 August 16

Correspondence 1943 March 11 2 17 Photographs Undated 2 18 Series 5 Thomas E. Kehoe 1921-1947

Charitable Contributions: St. Patrick’s Parish 1921-1943 2 19 Correspondence 1946 February 15 2 20 Ephemera Undated 2 21 Estate: Balance Sheet 1946 June 22 2 22 Inventory and Appraisal of Estate 1946 November 19 2 23 Photographs Undated 2 24 Satisfaction of Mortgage 1926 March 16 2 25 Taxes 1946-1947 2 26 Series 6 Kehoe Apartments and Hotel 1916 November-1968

Improvements 1956 July 11-1956 July 30 2 27 Income and Expenses 1916 November-1921 February 30 2 28 Income and Expenses 1921 August 1-1927 October 20 2 29 Income and Expenses 1955-1957 January 2 30 Inspection Reports 1952 September 13-1968 October 24 2 31 Licenses 1927 1950-1951 1953 1959 1968 2 32 2/33 Photographs 2 33 Statement: Income and Expense Undated 2 34 Tax Assessment 1956 2 35 Series 7 Kehoe Hardware 1921-1947

Advertising Undated 2 36 Financial Statements 1947 2 37 Financial Statements 1948 2 38 Financial Statements 1949 2 39 Financial Statements 1950 2 40 Financial Statements 1951 2 41 Financial Statements 1952 2 42 Financial Statements 1953 2 43 Financial Statements 1954 2 44 Financial Statements 1955 2 45 Financial Statements 1956 2 46 Financial Statements 1957 2 47 Financial Statements 1958 2 48 Financial Statements 1959 2 49 Insurance 1947 April 30 2 50 Newspaper Clippings 1956 2 51 Photographs Undated 2 52 “Questionable Accounts” 1956 April 12 2 53 Receipt: Sample 1950s 2 54 Renovation 1947 2 55 Series 8 Legislative Bureau of Federated Industries of Washington 1921-1947

Digest and Analysis of Bills Introduced, Legislative Session: House Bills 1939 2 56 Digest and Analysis of Bills Introduced, Legislative Session: Senate 1939 2 57 Digest and Analysis of Bills Introduced, Legislative Session: House 1943 2 58 Digest and Analysis of Bills Introduced, Legislative Session: Senate 1943 2 59 Series 9 Governor Clarence D. Martin 1921-1947

Address at Citizen’s Conference on Public Welfare 1935 November 22 2 60 Budget (H.B. 450) 1939 2 61 Series 10 General, Continued 1921-1947

Henry E. Rogers: Honorable Discharge, U.S. Army 1919 February 25 2 62 Seattle First National Bank: Check Sample Undated 2 63 Spokane County Good Roads Association: Comments on Highway Legislation 1943 February 11 2 64 Myrtle Walsh: Oral history: Kehoe Family Mentioned 1982 June 15 2 65 Washington Filene League: Bill re Credit Union Law 1943 2 66 Washington State Federation of Labor: Bills “For” and “Against” 1943 February 13 2 67 Washington State Legislature: Souvenir Program, Grand Jubilee 1939 February 22 2 68 Washington State Taxpayers’ Association: “Tax Facts” – 1943 Legislature 1943 2 69