The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) was created by veterans of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection in order to provide assistance and representation for military veterans, which had not been available previously. The VFW has helped establish educational, medical, and legal services to millions of foreign war veterans. Chapters of the VFW can be found all over the United States. (see: http://www.vfw.org/home)
This collection contains five scrapbooks, created by members of VFW Post 3469 of Colfax, Washington, and collecting inland Pacific Northwest newspaper clippings about World War II from between 1942 and 1945. The first three scrapbooks pertain to the European and North African theaters. The final two scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings about events in the Pacific theater and stories of service men and women, including some from eastern Washington and northern Idaho.
The first three scrapbooks are organized chronologically, though the third scrapbook heavily overlaps the end of the second. Loose clippings are in the back of the third scrapbook, covering several months after the scrapbook ends. The final two scrapbooks are also organized chronologically, and again loose clippings are in the back of the final scrapbook, covering several months after the scrapbook ends.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply. Clippings in this are in copyright until 95 years after publication if the publishing newspapers included copyright notices in each paper, and if copyright was also subsequently renewed. Otherwise they are in public domain.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 3469 Colfax, Washington, Scrapbooks of WWII, 1942-1945 (Cage 976)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The materials had been created by VFW Post 3469 of Colfax, WA, and moved to the American Legion’s Codd-French Post #41 of Colfax, WA, possession at an unknown time.
Phillip Young and Jerry L. Coker, of the American Legion Codd-French Post #41 of Colfax, WA, donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries on April 25, 2003, where it was retained as MS2003-06.
University Archivist Mark O’English processed this collection in June, 2025.
Most of these clippings which make up this collection are available online through various Spokane newspaper archives, though most of those are subscription services.
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.