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Cage
62
Avard, Stephen Thomas
Stephen Thomas Avard
Papers, 1872-1956
1872-1956
3 containers.
1.5 linear feet of shelf space.
1200 items.
Correspondence, business and legal
papers, souveniors, reminiscences, genealogies and photographs of Avard and
related families, documenting their early years in California, homesteading
efforts on the Colville Indian Reservation, railroading in north Idaho, and
other aspects of frontier life in the far west.
Collection materials are in
English
The Stephen Avard papers consist of correspondence, business papers,
legal documents, souvenirs, reminiscences and photographs concerning Stephen
Thomas Avard (1880-1951), his brother Charles William Avard (ca. 1875-1956),
his wife Julia Hamaker Eastman Avard (1911-1956), his mother-in-law Sarah
Phillips Hamaker Simonton (ca. 1840-ca. 1925), and his wife's step-father
Rolvin David Simonton (1843-1915). The papers document the Avard's emigration
from England to California in the 1880's, their homesteading efforts at
Nespelem on the Colville Indian Reservation in northeast Washington; Rolvin
Simonton's work on railroads in northern Idaho and other aspects of frontier
life in the far west.
The papers are separated into two series: papers / correspondence and
photographs.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage 62, Guide to the Stephen Thomas Avard Papers.
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University
Libraries, Pullman, WA.
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.
Avard, Stephen Thomas, 1880-1951. --Archives
Avard, Charles William, [ca. 1875]-1956
Avard, Julia Hamacker Eastman, 1881-1956
Farmers --
Washington (State)--Okanogan County--Records and correspondence
Colville Indian
Reservation (Wash.)
Frontier and
pioneer life--Washington (State)--Okanogan County
Photographs
Pioneers
Native Americans
Washington (State)
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series 1: Papers and
Correspondence,
1872-1956
155 items.
1 / 1
Correspondence: Personal and
business letters of the Avard family,
1909-1955
50 items.
1 / 2
Legal and business papers, bills
of sale, leases, deeds, writs, re: lease of homestead, naturalization,
veteran's pension, settlement of estates,
1872-1956
40 items.
1 / 3
Reminiscences, genealogy, and
clippings re: Avard, Phillips, and Simonton Families.
10 items.
1 / 4
Souvenirs, mementos,
invitations, announcements, programs, lodge certificates, diplomas,
1890-1956
55 items.
Series 2:
Photographs
735 items.
2 / 1
Avard Family portraits.
60 items.
2 / 2
Group Portraits.
75 items.
2 / 3-5
Portraits of persons related to
Avard, Phillips, and Simonton Families.
100 items.
2 / 6
Landscapes and candid shots,
Washington and Idaho.
100 items.
2 / 7
Landscapes and candid shots,
Alaska and Hawaii.
100 items.
3 / 8-10
Landscapes and candid shots,
California.
200 items.
3 / 11-12
Tourist
post cards.
100 items.
3 / 13-14
Contact prints from original
nitrate negatives- made 1980. Award family portraits, group portraits, and
portraits of persons related to Avard (earlier prints in container 2, folders
1-5)
175 items.
3 / 15-16
Contact prints from original
nitrate negatives, made 1980. Landscapes and candid shots - Washington, Idaho,
and California (earlier prints in containers 2-3, folders 6-10)
125 items.