NTE2cg855.xml Guide to the Gleason and Scholes Family Papers 1897-2004 Gleason and Scholes Family Papers Finding aid prepared by Cheryl Gunselman. Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016 Finding aid encoded by Doug Lambeth. 2016 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 855 Gleason and Scholes Family Papers 1897-2004 1.5 linear feet of shelf space 3 boxes Correspondence and papers of Jean Gleason Witt, Robert G. Gleason, Jay Mark Gleason, and James Heap Scholes. Collection materials are inEnglish.

Little biographical information is readily available for James Heap Scholes. According to the 1892 United States Census, he resided at that time in Tacoma, Washington, was 41 years of age, and was born in Massachusetts. He lived with his wife, Matilda, and his seven children, Marion, Rilla, Jessie, Stella, Nettie, Emma, and Harold. During the period represented by his papers in this collection (1897-1910), he was engaged in a variety of international business ventures.

Jay Mark Gleason (1881-1956) was a minister and Army Chaplain with the American Expeditionary Force in France before coming to Washington state as the pastor of the Ellensburg Presbyterian Church. He resigned his Ellensburg parish in 1921, and apparently tried ranching in the Yakima area for several years. A Yakima County district elected him to the State House of Representatives in 1932 and he served as a member of both the regular and special sessions of 1933. In early 1933, he became one of the thousands of Army reserve officers who were called to active duty to superintend the Civilian Conservation Corps. When the CCC became a permanent formation in late 1933, Gleason elected to remain at his job as district Chaplain for the Fort George Wright District, Spokane. He remained at that post until the liquidation of the CCC in 1942. Gleason died in 1956 in Edmonds, Washington. (From the guide to the Jay Mark Gleason Papers, Cage 26)

Jean Gleason Witt (Dorothy Jean Gleason Witt) (1921-2016) and Robert G. Gleason (1924-2014) were siblings, the children of Jay Mark Gleason and Emma (Scholes) Gleason. They both attended Washington State College. Jean studied taxonomic botany, earning her bachelor's degree in 1943. She met her future husband, Joseph Witt, at WSC. They married in 1945, and both earned master's degrees in botany after their marriage. At WSC, she worked with Professor Marion Ownbey. One of her major projects was working with the voluminous William Suksdorf herbarium, on the classifications Rosaceae through Umbelliferae (see her seminar paper outline in folder 25). After graduating from college, she became an expert on iris, and an accomplished iris hybridizer.

Robert G. Gleason served in the Quartermaster Corps of the U.S. Army during World War II, at various duty stations in the Pacific theater, including the Philippines. He married Elsa McMahon in 1948, and graduated from WSC in 1949. He went on to a career in transportation, working as a traffic manager and consultant in the Seattle area.

This collection consists of papers of four members of the Gleason and Scholes families: James Heap Scholes, Jay Mark Gleason, Jean Gleason Witt, and Robert G. Gleason. It contains diaries and letters (original manuscripts and transcriptions, some edited and annotated), photographs, printed ephemera, and memorabilia.

This collection is arranged in four series:

Series 1. James Heap Scholes Papers, 1897-1910. The manuscripts in this series are arranged chronologically. The typed transcriptions are in their original arrangement (no discernable order).

Series 2. Jay Mark Gleason Diary, 1917-1919.

Series 3. Robert Gleason Papers, 1938-1954 and undated. The bulk of this series is correspondence, arranged chronologically.

Series 4. Jean Gleason Witt Papers, 1939-2004. With the exception of the folder of botanical correspondence, the materials in this series were grouped together in labeled binders. The original order and labeling has been retained.

This collection is open and available for research use.

Copyright restrictions may apply.

[Item Description] Gleason and Scholes Family Papers, 1897-2004

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

Jean Gleason Witt and her family donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2016 (MS.2016.30).

Cheryl Gunselman processed this collection in 2016.

A small amount of Jay Mark Gleason Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) material (receipts and other business forms) was transferred to the Jay Mark Gleason Papers (Cage 26), Series 1.

Jay Mark Gleason Papers (Cage 26).

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.

Scholes, James Heap Gleason, Jay Mark, 1881-1956 Gleason, Robert G. Witt, Dorothy Jean Gleason Gleason family Scholes family Washington State University -- Students -- Archives Washington (State ) -- History -- Sources World War, 1914-1918 -- Chaplains -- United States World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Washington (State) Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 20th century World War, 1939-1945 -- Soldiers -- Correspondence Washington (State) Military. 1897-1910 Series 1. James Heap Scholes Papers

This series includes letters, stories, and other papers, mainly related to Scholes's international business ventures. Some are from the Philippines during the Spanish-American War; others are from Singapore, Burma, Hawaii, and various ports of call during sea voyages.

 1 1-3 Letters from James Heap Scholes to his family (typed transcriptions). 1 4 "History of Prospecting Trip to Olympic Mountains 1897 A.D." (transcription). 1 6-10 Letters from James Heap Scholes to his family (manuscripts, including originals and transcriptions). 1917-1919 Series 2. Jay Mark Gleason Diary 1 11 Jay Mark Gleason World War I diary (bound volume). 1938-1954 and undated Series 3. Robert Gleason Papers 1 12 undated Photograph (portrait) of Robert Gleason. 1 13 1944 Photographs of Robert Gleason in the Philippines. 1-2 14-18 Robert Gleason correspondence. Mainly outgoing letters to his family during his Army service in World War II. 2 19 Miscellaneous items including incoming correspondence, memorabilia, unlabeled negatives, and Japanese government currency. 1939-2004 Series 4. Jean Gleason Witt Papers 2 20 1948-1956 Botanical correspondence. 2 21-25 circa 1940-1948 and 1982 "Letters/Diary." This is an edited, typed transcription with later commentary, and includes illustrations of Jean Gleason's college wardrobe, photographs, clippings, and event programs. 2 26-29 1939-1943 "Letters to Home from Jean Gleason" (typed transcriptions). 3 30-32 1943-1946 Stories of Working in Mukilteo, Washington, During World War II 1943. 3 33-35 circa 1943-2004 Stories of Working at Mukilteo Pier During World War II. 3 36 undated "Memoirs of WSU Botany Fieldtrip 1941" (typed transcription). 3 37-38 1941-2004 "Memoirs of WSU Botany Fieldtrip 1941, Canadian diary original" (manuscript and photographs). 3 39-43 circa 1940s "Memoirs of WSU Botany Fieldtrip 1941 typewritten originals" (includes photographs). 3 44 Administrative file (collection documentation).