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Cage
182
Farr, Chester Carroll
Chester Carroll Farr
Papers
1913-1961
1 container.
.5 linear feet of shelf space.
50 items.
Correspondence, business records, family
documents (Whitman Co., Washington) and travel narratives (Alaska, Middle East,
South America, and United States) of C.C. Farr.
Collection materials are in
English
Chester Carroll Farr was born in Pullman, Washington, October 14,
1890. His father had been brought to Pullman at the age of three after his
parents had died in Missouri. In 1893, Chester, with his family, moved to
Albion where he lived until entering what was then Washington State College in
1908. After graduation in 1913 he moved to Sunnyside, Washington, to teach high
school. After trying various other positions he became county agent in Coos
County, Oregon where he and his wife, Iva, settled permanently. In 1921 he
bought out Collier Warehouse in Coquille, Oregon, and entered into a
partnership with Cecil Elwood and formed Farr & Elwood Co., Feed Merchants.
He retired from this business in 1955. During the years 1940 to 1956 he and his
wife made extensive travels to the East Coast, Glacier National Park, Alaska,
South America, Europe, and Asia of which he wrote travelogues in the form of
letters to his family and friends at home.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage
182, Chester Carroll Farr
Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
These letters, manuscripts and other papers were given to the
Washington State University Library by Chester C. Farr in 1964 and 1966.
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.
Farr, Chester Carroll, 1890- --Archives
Farr family--Correspondence
Alaska
Washington (State)
Alaska--Description and travel
Middle East--Description and travel
South America--Description and travel
United States--Description and travel
Frontier and
pioneer life--Washington (State)--Whitman County
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series 1: Travels
1
Letter, to Mother Farr, Palouse
Country, about trip to East Coast: Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Washington,
D.C., Missouri, Illinois, and intermediary points.
July
1940 to January 1941
129 p., typescript; 129 p., typescript (carbon).
1
Letter, to Mother
Farr
December 15,
1940
1 p., typescript.
1
Tourist brochures.
5
items.
2
Letter, to Mother Farr, Palouse
Country, about trip to Glacier National Park.
July
27-August 10, 1941
12 p., typescript.
3
Letter, to Don and Len, about
trip to Northwest, New York, and New Jersey.
May, 1948
162 p., typescript. (pages 72-118 missing); 162 p., typescript (carbon).
3
Letter, to Chester Carr from
Mabel, Art and Millie Heywood.
September 28,
[1948]
1 p., handwritten.
4
We Went to Alaska
1949
32 p., typescript.
4
We Saw Alaska [1949 trip].
1957
30 p., typescript.
5
Letter, about trip to Holy
Land.
April 6,
1954
3 p., typescript.
5
Letter, to Coos Bay Times, Coos
Bay, Oregon, about trip to Holy Land.
April 13,
1954
2 p., typescript.
5
[Talk given to Business Womens
Club of Coos Bay].
1964
2 p., typescript.
6
Our Eyes and Hearts Beheld (A Trip Through the Holy
Land)
Spring,
1954
261 p., typescript.
7
Letter, about trip to South
America.
1956
181 p., typescript.
7
Letter, to C.C. Farr from Helen
and John Diehl.
December 30,
1959
3 p., typescript.
Series 2: Family Papers and
History
8
Rememberances of the Palouse Country,
1890-1913
undated
15 p., typescript.
9
Papers. Correspondence, tax
forms, partnership agreement, stock certificates, receipts, photo of C.C. Farr,
teachers certificate, bank books, and geneology pages from family
Bible.
1913-1961
27
items.