Spokane Public Library Vertical File, circa 1900 to circa 2004

The Spokane Public Library has maintained a vertical file since circa 1910. From the beginning, the purpose of the vertical file was to arrange and store small files on a topic pertaining to Spokane, Spokane County, Washington State, and the Northwest more broadly. For the most part, the vertical file contains only printed items. Manuscript material and other unique items were, generally, not placed in the vertical file. Some of the materials in the vertical file include: newspaper clippings, press releases, programs, speeches, reprints, and obituaries. Since 2004, material has not been regularly added to the collection, but staff do occassionaly add small additions.