HTM_WCMss391.xml Guide to the Charles W. Phillips Collection 1872-1913 Phillips (Charles W.) Collection Updated by Rayana Weller Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2014, 2019
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-07-11. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2019 Edited by Rayana Weller for compliance with DACS and WCNA Required Elements for Archival Description. English Whitman College and Northwest Archives
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
Charles W. Phillips Collection WCMss.391 0.2 linear feet 1 manuscript box 1872-1913 The Charles W. Phillips Collection, which dates from 1872 to 1913, contains genealogical records, photographs, drawings, diary pages, correspondence, and maps. Charles W. Phillips lived in Walla Walla for most of his life and created Dreamland Park.

Collection is open for research.

Materials found in the collection; provenance is unknown.

Charles W. Phillips was born on May 27, 1855 in Salem, Oregon. He and his family moved to Walla Walla in 1860. In 1877, Phillips was a scout for General Howard in the Nez Perce Indian Wars. On November 3, 1881, he married Nellie Siskyou Rockerfellow and the pair moved to La Grande, Oregon to start a family. There, they owned a hardware store. After three years, the Phillips moved back to Walla Walla. Phillips created and built a park called Dreamland which opened in 1903. The park contained a zoo, garden, aviary, athletic field swimming pool, and outdoor lake. Phillips died in June, 1922.

The Charles W. Phillips Collection houses the personal papers of Charles W. Phillips. This collection, which dates from 1872 to 1913, contains copies of photographs, newspaper clippings from Charles Phillips' scrapbook, genealogical records, illustrations and maps concerning Dreamland Park, biographical information on Phillips, advertisements for businesses operated by Phillips, and correspondence.

 Phillips, Charles W.