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			<titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to the Grant County Cattlemen's Association Records
				<date encodinganalog="date" calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1959/1974">1959-1974</date></titleproper>
		  
			<titleproper type="filing" altrender="nodisplay">Grant County Cattlemen's Association Records</titleproper>
		  
			<author encodinganalog="creator">Finding aid prepared by Stephen E. Balzarini</author>
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			<publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
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			<date calendar="gregorian" encodinganalog="date" normal="2025">© 2025</date> 
		 
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		<creation>Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon.
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		<langusage>Finding aid written in English.
		  <language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="language" scriptcode="latn">English</language>.</langusage> <descrules>Finding aid based
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		<unitid encodinganalog="099" countrycode="us" repositorycode="waps" type="collection">Cage 186</unitid>
		
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			<corpname encodinganalog="110" role="creator" rules="rda">Grant County Cattlemen's Association (Wash.)</corpname> </origination> 
	 	<unittitle encodinganalog="245$a">Grant County Cattlemen's Association Records</unittitle>
		
	 	<unitdate type="inclusive" encodinganalog="245$f" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" datechar="" certainty="" normal="1959/1974">1959-1974</unitdate>
		
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			<abstract encodinganalog="5203_">The records of the Grant County Cattlemen's Association
				contain the yearly records of the organization and its predecessor, the Grant County
				Livestock Association, for the period 1959 through 1974, with the exception of
				1962.</abstract> 
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			<p>The records of the Grant County Cattlemen's Association contain the yearly records of
				the organization and its predecessor, the Grant County Livestock Association, for
				the period 1959 through 1974, with the exception of 1962. The bulk of the records
				are minutes, correspondence, conference reports, schedules, programs, government
				reports, newsletters, and cattlemen's magazines. The records are concerned with the
				daily business of the association, the election of officers, tax information for
				cattlemen and proposed legislation.</p> 
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	 	<p>This material is arranged chronologically, by year and within each year.</p> 
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	 	<p>This collection is open and available for research use.</p>
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	 	<p>Copyright restrictions apply.</p>
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	 	<p>[Item description] </p>
	 	<p>Grant County Cattlemen's Association Records, 1959-1974 (Cage 186) </p>
	 	<p>Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.</p> 
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	 <acqinfo encodinganalog="541" id="a19"> 
			<p>The records of the Grant County Cattlemen's Association were donated to the
				Washington State University Library in June, 1977 by William Argersinger, Secretary.
				(77-35)</p>
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	 <relatedmaterial encodinganalog="5441_" id="a6"> 
	 	<p>Washington Cattlemen's Association Records, 1936-1978 <extref href="https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv67033">(Cage 367)</extref> </p>
	 	<p>Washington CattleWomen's Association Records, 1951-1984 <extref href="https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv95138">(Cage 828)</extref> </p>
	 	<p>Preliminary Guide to the Washington Cattlemen's Association Records, circa 1936-1984 <extref href="https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv515136">(MSSM 029)</extref> </p>
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			<corpname role="subject" encodinganalog="610" rules="rda">Grant County Cattlemen's Association (Wash.) -- Records and correspondence</corpname>
			<corpname role="subject" encodinganalog="610" rules="rda">Grant County Livestock Association (Wash.) -- Records and correspondence</corpname>
			<corpname role="creator" encodinganalog="710" rules="rda">Grant County Livestock Association (Wash.)</corpname>
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			<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Beef industry -- Washington (State) -- Grant County -- Societies, etc.</subject>		  
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