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Corbitt family scrapbooks, 1910-1947

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Corbitt, Marsh Morgan; Craig, Helen Dorothy Corbitt
Title
Corbitt family scrapbooks
Dates
1910-1947 (inclusive)
1914-1921 (bulk)
Quantity
1.98 cubic feet (2 boxes containing 3 scrapbooks)
Collection Number
UW Resource No. 6404 (Accession No. 6404-001)
Summary
Scrapbooks of University of Washington students, including photographs of Willis Corbitt's service during WWI
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Scrapbook one is black and bound with black string. One the front is stamped Photographs. Scrapbook 2 says Willis G. Corbitt. Scrapbook 3 is purple with a yellow W. Scrapbook 3 is delicate with several pasted items and a weak binding.

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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Marsh Corbitt graduated from the University of Washington in 1917 (B.Ed., College of Education), Helen Corbitt in 1918 (B.A., Library School), and Willis Corbitt in 1920 (B.S. Forestry, College of Forestry). Both Marsh and Willis (as well as their brother Hugh) served in WWI.

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Content Description

One scrapbook and two photo albums from siblings Helen Dorothy Corbitt Craig, Willis Gregg Corbitt, and Marsh Morgan Corbitt. One scrapbook is Helen's collection of ephemera, photographs and postcards from her time at the University of Washington (Scrapbook 3). One album contains photographs of the Corbitt family, Forestry activities at the UW, and the graduations of Marsh and Willis (Scrapbook 1). The second album contains photographs from Willis' service in Europe during the First World War as well as images from the UW campus (Scrapbook 2).

There are graphic depictions of war and death in the Scrapbook 2.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in 3 series.

  • Series 1, Scrapbook 1, 1910-1946
  • Series 2, Scrapbook 2, 1916-1947
  • Series 3, Scrapbook 3, 1913-1918

Preservation Note

Scrapbook one is black and bound with black string. One the front is stamped Photographs. Scrapbook 2 says Willis G. Corbitt. Scrapbook 3 is purple with a yellow W. Scrapbook 3 is delicate with several pasted items and a weak binding.

Acquisition Information

Lee Robinson (grandson of Marsh Corbitt)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Series 1: Scrapbook 1, 1910-1946

    Container: Box 1

    • Description: Forestry Hall

      Donald Hathaway Clark MS B.S.

      Dates: 1917
      Container: Page 1
    • Description: Xi Sigma Pi

      D. Clark, V. Evans, Hulton Dufee, Arthur Bevan, Karl Schmelzley, Faulkner, D. Studley, Xi Sigma Pi banquet, Garett, Powers, Oass, and initiates.

      Dates: 1915-1917
      Container: Page 2
    • Description: Xi Sigma Pi

      McGrew, Moody, Hayward, Kline, initiates, serving lunch, E.T. Clark, B.L. Grondal, and annual convention.

      Dates: 1920-1921
      Container: Page 3
    • Description: Xi Sigma Pi

      "The Larva" Fogelquist, Weston, Wood, Sweison, Uphos, Marsh. "The Bold Bad Noodsmen". "The Tools they carries". "And the Signs they Wore".

      Dates: 1921
      Container: Page 4
    • Description: Portraits

      Arthur Roberts and Joe Brinkley, and Mrs. I Babcock (secretary to Dean of Forestry).

      Dates: 1917, 1920
      Container: Page 5
    • Description: Portraits

      Joe Blunt and W.G.C, Jesmond D Balmer, Alt Oass and Wes Roberts, Andrew Lind, W.H. Wirt, and Clifford Wright.

      Container: Page 6
    • Description: Forestry

      Alf Oass, Editor of UW Forest Club Annual, Sidney Johnston, Lewis A Rees and W.G. Corbitt, Foresters Booth, trademark Contest for Fir lumber, UW Short Horns.

      Dates: 1917, 1920
      Container: Page 7
    • Description: Model Forest location

      Nine photos of the model forest location at UW

      Dates: 1920
      Container: Page 8
    • Description: Working on UW Forest

      Building a Charcoal Pile, Foresters open house, using a planting board to transplant fir trees, forest nursery of UW.

      Dates: 1920
      Container: Page 9
    • Description: Forester Bridge

      Foresters Bridge 73 feet long 6 feet high, Bent bridge of Alderwood, W.G. Corbitt engineer.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 10
    • Description: Will Gregg Corbitt cross country

      Photos of Will Gregg Corbitt participating in cross county and pole vault. Pictures of the cross county cup.

      Dates: 1910, 1920
      Container: Page 11
    • Description: Portraits of Mrs. and Mr. Corbitt

      Mrs. and Mr. C.H. Corbitt at Cascades Mountains, C.H.C and C.A.C at Paradise Inn.

      Dates: 1921-1924
      Container: Page 12
    • Description: Portraits of Mrs. Corbitt

      Three photos of Mrs. Corbitt outside.

      Dates: 1923-1924
      Container: Page 13
    • Description: Portraits of Mr. Corbitt

      Four photos of Mr. C.H. Corbitt outside.

      Dates: 1924-1925, 1934
      Container: Page 14
    • Description: Family portraits

      Helen D and Chas H Corbitt, Cora A Corbitt, Chas and Cora Corbitt at Granit Falls.

      Dates: 1925, 1926, 1928
      Container: Page 15
    • Description: Family portraits

      Home grown cantaloupe and Mrs. Corbitt.

      Dates: 1926
      Container: Page 16
    • Description: Family portraits

      C.H. Corbitt, Janet Craig, and C.A. Corbitt, Thomas A Mitchell, Ann Archer and Grace Glasgow.

      Dates: 1928-1929
      Container: Page 17
    • Description: Family portraits

      Mrs. C.H. Corbitt, Helen Craig, Janet Craig, W.G. Corbitt at Crown Willamette Paper Co., Cora Adaline Corbitt

      Dates: 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945
      Container: Page 18
    • Description: Grave site

      Flowers for Chas H Corbitt

      Dates: 1935
      Container: Page 19
    • Description: Bothell Slough

      C.E. Remsberg launch picnic

      Dates: 1916
      Container: Page 20
    • Description: Graduation photos

      Hug B Corbitt, A.A. Philips and M.M. Corbitt, W.G. Corbitt, Mrs. Chas H Corbitt, Helen D Corbitt

      Dates: 1917, 1919, 1920
      Container: Page 21
    • Description: Graduation photos

      Marsh M Corbitt, "The Fight is on", W.G. Corbitt, Ben Tid Ball, Almon Bogardus, and Elon Gilbert.

      Dates: 1917, 1920
      Container: Page 22
    • Description: Marsh Morgan Corbitt

      Nine photos of Marsh Corbitt in a tux and by a mountain.

      Dates: 1917
      Container: Page 23
    • Description: Portraits

      Unknown, Alan Phillips, Helen D Corbitt, "still kids", "Cheer Up", Ottolegard, and Geneva Hartman-Ketchum.

      Container: Page 24
    • Description: Group Portraits

      H.D. Corbitt, Owen, and Elanor Owen, Mrs. Corbitt, T Michell, S.D. Wilkens, and Mr. Corbitt, W.G. Corbitt, and Mrs. A.M.I. and Mrs. Corbitt.

      Dates: 1920
      Container: Page 25-26
    • Description: To Yakima via Sunset Highway

      S.L. Johnston, C.A. Corbitt, and H.D. Corbitt having a picnic lunch, W.G. Corbitt, at Denny Creek campgrounds, ice cream party at Yakima, Mrs. A.M.I, Mr. A.M.I, C.J. and Sydney L. Johnston.

      Dates: 1920
      Container: Page 27
    • Description: Sunset Highway and Lake Keechelus

      Nine photos of the Sunset Highway, the Dam at Lake Keechelus, and Denny Creek Campground.

      Dates: 1920
      Container: Page 28
    • Description: Snoqualmie Fall

      Elon Gilbert in strawberry patch, south fork of Snoqualmie river, Snoqualmie Falls and resort.

      Dates: 1920, 1946
      Container: Page 29
    • Description: Nature scene
      Container: Page 30
  • Series 2: Scrapbook 2, 1916-1947

    Container: Box 1

    Willis C. Corbitt (born 1892) photograph album, including phtographs of his time serving during WWI. He served from January 1918 to August 1919 when he was honerably discharged. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF).

    • Description: King Station, London

      W.C. Corbitt going to World War One

      Dates: 1917
      Container: Page 1
    • Description: Off to war

      Troop train from Seattle, Naval maritime camp UW, drafted men leaving for camp, cooks and mess hall, Camp Lewis, Marsh M. Corbitt.

      Dates: 1917
      Container: Page 2-3
    • Description: Camp Lewis

      Barracks, mess hall, parade grounds, inspection drills, "dropping the handkerchief", Alma Gulch, soldiers marching, departing troops.

      Dates: 1917
      Container: Page 4-5
    • Description: W.G. Corbitt Washington D.C.
      Dates: 1917-1918
      Container: Page 6-7
    • Description: Solider portraits

      W.G. Corbitt, Paul Niel, M.M. Corbitt, R. Einer.

      Dates: 1917
      Container: Page 8
    • Description: Camp photos

      Camp Lewis, Mississippi River at St. Paul Minneapolis, Richard Einer.

      Dates: 1917
      Container: Page 9
    • Description: Fort Myers

      Officer barracks, Arlington cemetery, W.G. Corbitt, Roubach and Geo. Debucko, H.B. Corbitt,

      Dates: 1917
      Container: Page 10-11
    • Description: Delaware River and Santenoge, Haute Marne, France

      Ice on Delaware river, hunting at Santenoge, Porter, White, Dorward, and Eberley.

      Dates: 1918
      Container: Page 12-13
    • Description: Santenoge, Haute Marne, France

      Town and winter scenes

      Dates: 1918, 1919
      Container: Page 14-15
    • Description: Photographs

      Emma Bertat, Marie Louise Marlot, Genavive Bertat, W.G. Corbitt

      Dates: 1918, 1919
      Container: Page 16-17
    • Description: Grancey, France
      Dates: 1918, 1919
      Container: Page 18-19
    • Description: Grancey Forest

      Photos of forests in Grancey, France

      Dates: 1918
      Container: Page 20-21
    • Description: La Faye Forest

      Hauling wood, wood for charcoal, woodpiles in La Faye Coupell

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 22
    • Description: Cussey, France

      Nature scenes, perfume factory, hauling and sawing wood, hop poles and wild narcissus.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 23-25
    • Description: Cussey Forge and portraits

      Votrot, Minot, Votrot and Morrisot house.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 26-27
    • Description: Vernois, France

      Piles of wood Chamberceau forest

      Dates: 1918, 1919
      Container: Page 28-29
    • Description: Foncegrive, France
      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 30-31
    • Description: Mazareth Taggard
      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 32
    • Description: Vernois, France

      Town scenes and water wheel

      Dates: 1918
      Container: Page 33
    • Description: Marye Sur Tille, France

      Town scenes, Germaine and Suzanne Gelot, M. Louise Gelot.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 34-35
    • Description: Gelot Family portraits

      S. Gelot, lieutenant Allen, M. Gelot, Captain Rogers, G. Gelot, W.G. Corbitt

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 36-37
    • Description: Photographs

      J. Dempsey, J.K. Mciver, Pat Murray.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 38
    • Description: Saffre, France

      Logging photos

      Dates: 1918
      Container: Page 39
    • Description: Camp Williams

      Result of an explosion, Is-sur Tille, France.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 40-44
    • Description: Is-sur-Tille, France

      Panoramic of Camp Williams and town.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 45
    • Description: Nice, France and Monaco
      Dates: 1918
      Container: Page 46
    • Description: Paris, France
      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 47
    • Description: Pershing Stadium opening day
      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 48-49
    • Description: Chateau Thierry

      Ruined city

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 50
    • Description: Belleau Attack

      Dug outs and trenches, German prisoners of war

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 51-52
    • Description: Soissons, France

      Battle scenes, W.G. Corbitt on a train, trenches and dugouts

      sensitive materials

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 53-55
    • Description: Ainzy, France

      Woods on Monkey Hill

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 56
    • Description: Reims, France

      Grave site and city views

      sensitive materials

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 57-58
    • Description: Verdun, France

      City views, trenches

      sensitive materials

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 59
    • Description: Trench Warfare

      Dead soldiers

      sensitive materials

      Dates: 1916, undated
      Container: Page 60
    • Description: War machinery

      Machine gun on German plane, German anti-aircraft gun, planes, German observation balloon, trench Mort

      Container: Page 61-62
    • Description: Ireland

      Blarney Castle, Howth Castle, Giants Causeway

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 63-65
    • Description: Scotland

      Loch Lomand, Glasgow, Loch Katrine, Loch Achray, Firth of Fourth Bridge, Hihgland fair and castle

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 66-69
    • Description: Paris, France

      War spoils, Officers of 323 Service Abbot, Fridge, Wasnson, McSwain, S. Hall, Franiqun, Fulgraff, Arenberg

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 69-70
    • Description: Brest, Paris

      Street scenes

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 71
    • Description: Zeppelin boat

      "Last picture of France" Officers on Welldeck of Zeppelin

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 72
    • Description: Returning to New York

      George Hipkoe, Harold Moore, Almon Gogardus, Frank Harrison, Woolworth Building

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 73
    • Description: Jeanne LaRenotiere and Celina Votrot

      Celina Votrot, Jeanne LaRenotiere's home, group soldier picture, and the Marlots

      Dates: 1918-1919
      Container: Page 74-75
    • Description: Photographs

      Genavieve, Andre and Emma Bertot, Morie Louis Marlot, Genavieve Harper, and Mrs. Henry Bertat. The Minot family, Mr. Osterman and Michael and Marie Osterman, Jean Osterman.

      Dates: 1920, 1958, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1946, 1947
      Container: Page 76-80
    • Description: New York Welcoming

      Mayor's welcoming committee, Hudson River, Potomac River, Statue of Liberty.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 81
    • Description: Washington D.C. and Mount Vernon

      Various buildings and statues in Washington D.C. and Mount Vernon

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 82-85
    • Description: Portraits

      Sargent H.B. Corbitt, Mrs. O.K Corbitt, A.D. Long, Granmore Doc Connor Gage, Mildred Mitchell, Mrs. S.D. Wilkins, Helen and Doc Inghram.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 86-87
    • Description: Family Homes

      A.D. Long home in Iowa, Corbitt home Fairfield Iowa, School house in Iowa, Henry B Mitchell home Fairfield Iowa, J.B. Steven home in Fairfield Iowa, Paul and Ed Stoner, and Effie Stoner, Stoner family home, Inghram hone Osceola Iowa, U.B. Rogers home in Des Moines Iowa.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 88-90
    • Description: Train ride through Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California

      Omaha Nebraska, Denver Colorado, Golden Colorado, Royal Gorge Colorado, Salida Colorado, Gilluly Utah, Ogden Utah, Salt Lake Utah, Montella Nevada, Benecia California, San Francisco California.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 91-98
    • Description: San Francisco and T.A. Mitchell

      Golden Gate park and Soutra baths, T.A. Mitchell and family, Marsh, Eleta, Ashley, and Bob, T.A. Mitchell home in Oakland, Robert Bruce Mitchell, W.G. Corbitt at San Francisco Art Museum, China Town.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 99-105
    • Description: Portraits

      Eleta, W.G. Corbitt

      Dates: 1917, 1918, 1920
      Container: Page 106-107
    • Description: W.G. Corbitt
      Dates: 1916, 1919
      Container: Page 108
    • Description: Southern Pacific Railroad California, Oregon

      Sisson California, Rogue River Valley Oregon, Columbia River

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 109-110
    • Description: Photographs

      Anna Larson, Richard and Marceline Larson, Arthur Bevan, S. Johnston

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 111
    • Description: The End of a Long Journey

      Photos of W.G. Corbitt and Dot and Sid J.

      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 112-113
    • Description: He Came, He met, He Conquered. In Gob Lots

      Photographs

      Container: Page 114-115
    • Description: M.J.B. Why?

      Service flag

      Container: Page 116
    • Description: Who Won the War?

      Before and after photos of Hugh B Corbitt, Marsh, Wills, Helen

      Container: Page 117
    • Description: Dots and Dashes

      Photographs, Eleanor Owens and Helen Corbitt

      Container: Page 118-119
    • Description: Portraits

      Helen Corbitt, Dot, Mrs. Owen, W.G. Corbitt, Mary and Jack Osborn

      Dates: 1921
      Container: Page 220-221
    • Description: Edinburgh Castle
      Dates: 1919
      Container: Page 222
    • Description: France

      Church in Soissons, Coast of Brittany, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy de Dome, Grancey le Chateau (postcard)

      Container: Page 223-226
  • Series 3: Scrapbook 3, 1913-1918

    Container: Box 2

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Subject Terms

  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names

    • University of Washington. University Archives
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