HTM_WCMss294.xml Guide to the Harper Joy Collection 1909-1972 Joy (Harper) collection Updated by Zoe Henderson Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2011, 2019
345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 Archives@whitman.edu https://library.whitman.edu/archives/
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-06-17. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2019 Edited by Zoe Henderson 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/
Harper Joy Collection Joy, Harper WCMss.294 0.2 linear feet 1 manuscript box 1909-1972 The Harper Joy Collection spans from 1961 through 1972. It includes newspaper clippings, postcards, theatre programs, and information about the life of Harper Joy.

Collection is open for research.

Materials found in the collection; provenance is unknown.

Harper Joy was born in Missouri in 1894, was orphaned shortly after and was later adopted by Henry and Annie Joy. Joy grew up in Walla Walla and later attended Whitman College, where he graduated in 1922. Directly after his graduation, he began to work for Ferris and Hargrove and continued on with this company for 40 years, seeing it merge into Pacific Northwest Company, and later the National Fidder-Peabody Brokerage Firm. Not only was Joy well-known in the business world, but he also was fond of clowning. Harper Joy died in 1972 at the age of 74 and was survived by his wife, Dorothy Joy, and their four kids.

The Harper Joy Collection spans from 1916 through 1972. It consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, theatre programs, and information regarding the life and death of Harper Joy and his family. The collection also includes an assortment of personally designed Christmas cards of the entire family.

 Whitman College Performing Arts