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            <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to the Frenchtown Collection  <date encodinganalog="date" calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1855/2018" type="inclusive">1855-2018</date>
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            <author encodinganalog="creator">Elizabeth Hambleton</author>
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            <publisher encodinganalog="publisher">Whitman College and Northwest Archives</publisher>
            <date encodinganalog="date" calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="2011">2011</date>
            <address>
               <addressline>345 Boyer Avenue</addressline>
               <addressline>Walla Walla, WA 99362</addressline>
               <addressline>Archives@whitman.edu</addressline>
               <addressline>https://library.whitman.edu/archives/</addressline>
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         <creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2020-04-03</date>.</creation>
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          DACS (<title render="italic">Describing Archives: A Content Standard</title>), 2nd
          Edition.</descrules>
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               <addressline>345 Boyer Avenue</addressline>
               <addressline>Walla Walla, WA 99362</addressline>
               <addressline>Archives@whitman.edu</addressline>
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            <corpname authfilenumber="no98099516" source="local" encodinganalog="110">Whitman College. Whitman College and Northwest Archives</corpname>
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         <unitid encodinganalog="099" countrycode="US" repositorycode="waww">WCMss.252</unitid>
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            <extent encodinganalog="300$a">0.4 linear feet</extent>
            <extent encodinganalog="300$a">1 manuscript box</extent>
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         <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">The Frenchtown Collection contains materials related to Frenchtown, a town near Lowden in southeast Washington. This colletion, which dates from 1855 through 2018, consists of articles, letters and a history of Frenchtown. Also included is a scrapbook, historical materials and other related ephemra.</abstract>
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         <p>Collection is open for research.</p>  
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         <p>The Frenchtown Collection consists of articles, letters, and a history of Frenchtown. This collection, which dates from 1855 through 2018, also contains a scrapbook, background materials, pictures, and photocopies of handwritten letters and records. Also included are "Letters, Notes, and Manuscripts on Frenchtown, Washington" by Clem Bergevin, and articles on the Battle of Walla Walla, 1855.</p>  
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         <p>Materials found in collection; provenance is unknown.</p>  
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            <geogname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="651">Lowden (Wash.)</geogname>
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            <subject authfilenumber="sh88007566" source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Métis--Social life and customs</subject>
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