NTE2cg367.xml Guide to the Washington Cattlemen's Association Records 1936-1978 Washington Cattlemen's Association Records Finding aid prepared by Margot H. Knight Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2025 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2025 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 367 Washington Cattlemen's Association Washington Cattlemen's Association Records 1936-1978 5 Linear feet of shelf space 5 Boxes The Washington Cattlemen's Association (WCA) records consist of correspondence, membership lists, organizational files, committee records, clippings, and other papers of the livestock producers' association, including material on the annual Cattleman of the Year award, 1951-1977. Collection materials are in English

The Washington Cattlemen's Association (WCA) was established as the Washington State Cattle and Horse Raiser's Association in 1926 in Okanogan County where the first county cattlemen's association had been organized in 1915. Although an earlier state association was started in Okanogan in 1916, it was unsuccessful. E.F. Banker was elected as the first president in 1926.

The expressed objectives of the Washington Cattlemen's Association are to encourage, promote, and advance the cattle industry through education, dissemination of literature and information, development of leadership, improvement of range and ranch feeding facilities, prevention of disease, detection of theft, identification of brands and marks, paying rewards, sponsoring sales, providing for marketing, arrangement for shows, exhibitions and contests and suitable awards, and to cooperate with all State, County, and Federal agencies and organizations for carrying out these purposes. The Association was incorporated in 1952 with these objectives.

One of the major activities of the WCA has been the selection of the state's Cattleman of the Year, selected from the County Cattleman of the Year. These cattlemen and their ranches are thoroughly inspected and rated for the award each year.

The WCA is a non-profit voluntary membership association of livestock producers with no stockholders. County cattlemen organizations are affiliated and maintain close contact with the state organization. The WCA is a member of the American National Livestock Association.

The Washington Cattlemen's Association (WCA) records consist of correspondence, membership lists, organizational files, committee records, clippings, and other papers of the livestock producers' association, including material on the annual Cattleman of the Year award, 1951-1977.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1936-1978, is concentrated between 1942-1950 and 1968-1970.

Series 2: Membership Lists, 1936-1969, include county by county lists of dues paying members.

Series 3: General Records, 1944-1976, include internal organization and document files such as Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, general financial, and publicity information. The bulk of this series consists of committee correspondence, memoranda, reports, and meeting minutes.

Series 4: Special Events and Programs, 1942-1977 consists primarily of correspondence, memoranda, reports, scoring sheets, and publicity about the Cattleman of the Year 1951-1977, lacking 1976. Programs from Annual Meetings from 1937-1975 are included as well as correspondence, memoranda, and reports concerning the annual meetings of 1942 and 1951, the L.T. Memorial Scholarship in 1949-1970, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, 1959, and the Bull Sale from 1956-1967. Slides and tape recordings from two national cattle organizations are also included.

Series 5: Newspaper Clippings, 1972-1977, are in the original envelopes sent by the clipping service.

The records are arranged in five series. Series 1 is partially arranged chronologically by year, part alphabetically, and part by correspondent. Series 2 and 4 are arranged chronologically by year. Series 3 is arranged alphabetically. Series 5 is arranged chronologically by month.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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Washington Cattlemen's Association Records, 1936-1978 (Cage 367)

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

The records of the Washington Cattlemen's Association were donated to the Washington State University Library in September 1977 by the Association, through Don Ricketts, Executive Secretary (77-56). Added to this collection were newspaper clippings, 1972-1977, donated in June 1978 (78-33).

Grant County Cattlemen's Association Records, 1959-1974 (Cage 186)

Washington CattleWomen's Association Records, 1951-1984 (Cage 828)

Preliminary Guide to the Washington Cattlemen's Association Records, circa 1936-1984 (MSSM 029)

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.

Washington Cattlemen's Association -- Records and correspondence Washington State Cattle and Horse Raiser's Association -- Records and correspondence Washington State Cattle and Horse Raiser's Association Beef industry -- Washington (State) -- Societies, etc. Livestock -- Washington (State) -- Societies, etc. Agriculture Washington (State) Series 1: Correspondence 1936-1978 1 1 1936-1941 35 1 2 1942 140 1 3 1942 105 1943 1 4 A-G 140 1 5 H-M 150 1 6 N-Z, letters to two or more 140 1944 1 7 A-G 190 1 8 H-M 150 1 9 N-V 150 1 10 W-Z, letters to two or more 100 1947 1 11 Jan.- July 1947 155 1 12 July-Dec. 1947 80 1948 1 13 General 80 1 14 Counties 65 1 15 Walter Schrock, Alan Rogers 2 1 Joe Muir 1 16 1947-1948 140 1 17 1948-1950 40 American National Livestock Association 1 18 1937-1944 80 1 19 1948 20 1968-1970 1 20 Asotin-Clallam/Jefferson 4 1 21 Clark-Ferry 5 2 22 Franklin-Grays's Harbor 4 2 23 King-Lewis 4 2 24 Lincoln-Skagit 4 2 25 Spokane-Walla Walla 4 2 26 Whitman, Yakima 2 2 27 Mickey Stewart 1968-1970 35 2 28 1976-1978 47 2 29 1946-1970 9 Series 2: Membership Lists 1936-1969 2 30 1936-1938 1941 1947 5 2 31 1948-1950 3 2 32 1955-1956 2 2 33-42 1957-1966 10 3 43-45 1967-1969 3 Series 3: General Records 1943-1976 3 46 Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws 1944-1969 11 3 47 By-Laws and Executive Meetings 1968 28 3 48 Committee Lists 1949-1961 10 Committees 1946-1975 3 49 Brand and Theft 1946-1970 40 3 50 Washington Livestock Brand Book 1976 7 3 51 Disease 1946-1948, 1954, 1968 75 3 52 Finance 1949-1950 1 3 53 Forestry 1948-1949 17 3 54 Game 1943-1948 1969 60 3 55 Historical 1963-1975 59 3 56 Legislative 1947-1950 28 3 57 Marketing 1949-1967 26 3 58 Membership 1948-1952 36 3 59 Public Relations 1948 25 3 60 Tax, Cattle Valuations 1951-1969 16 3 61 Weed 1946-1948 21 3 62 Directory 1963-1964 1 3 63 General Financial Information 1947-1973 25 3 64 Publicity 1960-1976 11 Series 4: Special Events and Programs 1942-1977 3 Cattleman of the Year 1951-1977 3 65-67 1951-1953 71 4 68-83 1953-1967 550 4 84 1975 1977 4 Annual Meetings 4 85 1942 9 4 86 1951 140 4 87 Programs 1937-1975 41 Slide Show Materials 5 88 Beef Market Development 7 5 89 American National Cattle Association 7 5 90 L.T. Murray Scholarship 1959-1970 36 5 91 National Cowboy Hall of Fame 1959 31 Bull Sale 5 92 1956-1966 38 5 93 1967 Series 5: Newspaper Clippings 1972-1977 5 94 1972-1975 100 5 95 July-Sept 1975 21 5 96 Oct.-Dec 1975 22 5 97 Jan.-March 1976 5 98 Apr.-June 1976 5 99 July-Aug 1976 20 5 100 Sept.-Dec 1976 29 5 101 Jan.-March 1977 17 5 102 Apr.-June 1977 22 5 103 July-Sept 1977 23 5 104 Oct.-Dec 1977 23