Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest
Museum of Arts & Culture), Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
2316 W. First Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (509) 363-5342
Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org
MsSC 156
Collins, E. Harry (Earl Harry),
1889-1972
Earl Harry Collins Papers
1926
1948
1952-1957
5 in.
Consulting engineer and local historian, of Spokane, Wash.
Miscellaneous records relating to Collins's work as a consulting engineer for Washington
Water Power Company, Spokane, Wash., including a study (1928) of company plants and study
(1941-1948) of Pacific Northwest power resources; together with research materials and
drafts of papers presented to Western history groups in Spokane.
Materials are in English
Biographical Note
E. Harry Collins was a consulting engineer for the Washington Water Power Company of
Spokane. He had an avid interest in the history of the Pacific Northwest and was an active
member of the Wranglers and the Spokane Corral of the Westerners.
The collection contains fragmentary records relating to Collin’s work as a consulting
engineer for Washington Water Power, including a study of the WWP plants, 1928, and a
Pacific Northwest power resources study, 1941-1948. Also included are research materials and
drafts for papers delivered to Western history groups in Spokane: “Why the Idaho Panhandle”
and “Growth of Electricity in the Inland Empire.”
Collection is not restricted.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. All
requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to
the Museum Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Eastern
Washington State Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher
Earl Harry Collins Papers (MsSC 156), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest
Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.
Donated by the estate of E. Harry Collins.
Processed to the file folder level.
Nolan, Edward W.
A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the
Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington State
Historical Society, 1987).
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online Computer Library
Center (OCLC) WorldCat database. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons, or places should search WorldCat using these headings.
Collins, E. Harry (Earl Harry),
1889-1972--Archives
Washington Water Power
Company
Hydroelectric power plants--Washington
(State)
Power resources--Northwest, Pacific
Water-power--Washington (State)
History--Societies, etc.
Northwest, Pacific--History,
Local
Northwest,
Pacific--Natural resources
Spokane (Wash.)--Public
utilities--Electricity
Spokane
(Wash.)--Societies, etc.--Historical
Washington
(State)--Societies, etc.--Historical
West (U.S.)--Societies,
etc.--Historical
West (U.S.)--History--Societies,
etc.
Consulting engineers--Washington (State)
Engineers--Washington (State)
Historians--Washington (State)
Washington
(State)
Spokane
Water and Water
Rights