University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections4353 (Accession No. 4353-001)Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954Oliver S. Van Olinda
papers1895-19501.54 cubic feet (3 boxes)Collection materials
are in English.Papers of a
newspaperman, local historian, author of children's stories, photographer, and
pioneer resident of Vashon Island, Washington.Oliver Scott Van Olinda (1868-1954) was a career newspaperman who
learned to set type at the Redington Press (Nebraska) at the age of 17. In 1891
Van Olinda moved to Vashon Island, Washington, where he started his first
newspaper,
The Island Home. The paper, lacking
advertisers, was supported solely by a faithful readership of paid subscribers.
In succeeding years, Van Olinda published and edited a number of papers:
The Vashon Island Press (1895-1897);
The Stanwood Press, a Snohomish County
paper;
The Island Times (1900-1909), a Coupeville
paper; and
The Vashon Island News-Record.Van Olinda served for 18 years as historian of the Vashon-Maury
Pioneer Society. He was an adept writer, producing many lively stories of Puget
Sound pioneer life for both adults and children. His children's stories were
created for his grandchildren, and each was specially bound and contained
hand-drawn pictures. In 1935 Van Olinda published a book of local history,
History of Vashon-Maury Island.The papers are arranged in ten series.
Van Olinda's papers consist of historical writings for adults and
children, as well as scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings on local and
regional history.
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Oliver S. Van Olinda Papers. Special Collections, University of
Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.
The papers were donated to the University of Washington Libraries by
Mrs. Howard Shipman, Oliver S. Van Olinda's daughter, in 1977.
Processing of the papers was completed in 1993.
In 1993 approximately 88 photographic prints, 30 lantern slides, and
one photograph album containing 353 photographic prints, 1 drawing, and 5
additional items were relocated to the Oliver S. Van Olinda Photographs and
Ephemera collection, 1884-1946, PH Coll 376, which is also held by the Special
Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries.
Van Olinda, O. S. (Oliver Scott), 1868-1954--ArchivesVashon Island (Wash.)--HistoryVashon Island (Wash.)--NewspapersPuget Sound Region (Wash.)--NewspapersNewspaper editors--Washington (State)--Vashon Island--ArchivesAuthors, American--Washington (State)--Vashon Island--ArchivesPioneers--Washington (State)--Vashon Island--ArchivesHistorians--Washington (State)--Vashon Island--ArchivesChildren's stories, American--Washington (State)--Vashon IslandPublishers and publishing--Washington (State)--Vashon IslandPublishers and publishing--Washington (State)--Puget Sound RegionPersonal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)PioneersWashington (State)LiteraturePublishers and PublishingChildren and YouthCity and Town LifeScrapbookswritingsmemorabiliaChildren's storiesScrapbooksNewspapersPeriodicalsHistory of Vashon-Maury IslandsNothin muchVashon Island press
Writings1/1"The Fog Did It" and other stories1932-19341/2History of Vashon-Maury Islands19351/3Nothin Much; a Composite Picture of Life in the Northwest19361/4"Etherealized"19101/4"The Last Potlatch"19041/5"Little Dramas of the Old West"19331/5"Little Yarns of Early Days on Vashon"1934Children's stories1/6"Rusty"19461/7The Bughouser Talescirca 1933-1935A compilation.
The Bughouser Tales1931-19331/8"The Wise Old Owl and the Grouch"1/8"Marjories Has Company"1/8"Cooking Lesson"1/8"Mr. Monk Shows Things"1/8"The Jingled Hippo"1/8"The Frog and the Wishpole"1/8"What a Joke!"1/9"The Big Rockcandy Mountain"1/9"A New Path"1/9"Strictly Modern"1/9"Taken for a Ride"1/9"A Bughouser Mother Goose"1/9"The Blue Goose"1/9"Monkey Business"1/9"Up a Tree"1/9"Nellie"1/9"Marjorie in Mother Goose Land"1/9"Budweiser"1/9"End of a Perfect Friendship"1/9"Mick, Mack and Mike"1/9"The Funny Cheese"1/10"Just for Fun"1/10"Peter Goes to See (and Sea)"1/11-12"Polygot Island"19391/13Speeches and writings of others19061/14-19Scrapbooks1935-19491/20Ephemeraundated2/1School records1884-1916 Periodicals2/3Ghost Town News19462/4The Nor'wester19342/5Social and Civic Reform19013The Marine Digest1950Newspapers2/6The Outlook19733The Island Views1948 October 133The Vashon Island Press1895-19862/7Clippings1896-19712/8The Glelach1913-1918Vashon High School yearbook.