NTE2cg77.xml Guide to the William Clark Family Papers 1740-1926 Clark (William) Family Papers Finding aid prepared by Pat Graham Pidcock Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2022 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2022 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 77 Clark family William Clark Family Papers 1740-1926 0.5 Linear feet of shelf space 1 Box Correspondence, genealogies, accounts and financial records of the William Clark family, which settled successively in New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and southeastern Washington. Collection materials are in English

Series one of the William Clark family papers consists of documents, correspondence, and reminiscences from 1740 through 1926. Most of this series was generated by the family from three subsequent locations: the portion of Massachusetts Bay Province which became Cheshire County, New Hampshire; Dane County, Wisconsin; and the area of Washington Territory which formed Columbia, Garfield and Whitman counties. Six personal and business account books of William Clark and W. I. Clark, dated 1852 through 1891, comprise the second series. Series three consists of communications between members of the Clark family and the Washington State University Libraries dating 1949 through 1978.

The William Clark family collection is divided into three series, arranged chronologically within each.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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William Clark Family Papers, 1740-1926 (Cage 77)

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

Ellen Clark Ricketts deposited the William Clark family collection (77-49) in the Washington State University Libraries in November 1949. Mrs. Bernard Ricketts made an additional deposit in August 1977, and donated the collection to the Libraries.

Oliver and Ellen Ricketts Papers, 1923-1973 (Cage 354)

Bernard G. Ricketts Papers, 1938-1975 (Cage 355)

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.

Clark family -- Archives Frontier and pioneer life -- New Hampshire -- Sources Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin -- Sources Frontier and pioneer life -- Washington (State) -- Sources Pioneers Washington (State) 1 1-5 Series 1: Papers. Family and business correspondence, genealogical records, mortgages, wills, promissory notes, receipts 1740-1926 175 items. 1 6-11 Series 2: Account Books. Personal and business records of William Clark and W. I. Clark 1852-1891 6 items. 1 12 Series 3: Donor File. Correspondence and agreements between Washington State University Librarians and Mrs. Oliver (Ellen Clark) Ricketts and Mrs. Bernard Ricketts 1949-1978 10 items.