UAKMs74.xml Guide to the Turnbull-Merager Funeral Home Records 1900-1949 Turnbull-Merager Funeral Home Records Finding aid prepared by Emily Calkins Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a Department of Education Teaching American History grant administered by Educational Service District 101 and Eastern Washington University. Eastern Washington Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture © 2009
2316 W. First Avenue Spokane, WA 99201
Finding aid encoded by Emily Calkins. 2009 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). September 2023 Finding aid edited and updated by G. Mandarino Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture), Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives
2316 W. First Avenue Spokane, WA 99201 Phone: (509) 363-5342 Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org
Ms 74 Turnbull-Merager Funeral Home Turnbull Funeral Home Records 1900-1949 2.7 linear feet 16 volumes The Turnbull Funeral Home operated in Spokane from the turn of the 20th century to 1929, when it became the Turnbull-Merager Funeral home, which remained open until 1949. Materials are inEnglish Historical Note

The Turnbull Funeral Home operated in Spokane from the turn of the 20th century to 1929, when it became the Turnbull-Merager Funeral home, which remained open until 1949. Funeral records comprise a majority of the collection.

The collection consists of one accounts book (1900-1909) and funeral records.

Records are arranged chronologically.

Note that box numbering is combined with New England Undertaking Company (Ms 73) and box 3 is shared by both collections.

Collection is not restricted.

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Turnbull-Merager Funeral Home Records (Ms 74), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA

Gift of Don Ball. Accession number L87-51.

See: New England Undertaking Company Records (Ms 73) Thornhill-Geraghty Funeral Home Records (Ms 80)

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) WorldCat database. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search WorldCat using these headings.

Spokane (Wash).--Business, industries, and trades--Undertakers Washington (State)--Business, industries, and trades--Undertakers Undertakers and undertaking--Washington (State) Funeral homes--Washington (State) Spokane Medicine and Health Turnbull-Merager Funeral Home Death and funerals

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

3/2 Accounts 1 Sept. 1900 - 18 Sept. 1909 Funeral Recods 3/3 Funeral Records 2 Jan. 1911 - 10 Oct. 1913 4/1 Funeral Records 11 Oct. 1913 - 31 Aug. 1916 4/2 Funeral Records 2 Sept. 1916 - 3 Feb. 1918 5/1 Funeral Records Feb. 1918 - Sept. 1920 5/2 Funeral Records 21 Sept. 1920 - 17 Mar. 1923 6/1 Funeral Records 16 Mar. 1923 - 26 Sept. 1926 6/2 Funeral Records 23 Sept. 1926 - 17 July 1928 6/3 Funeral Records 21 July 1928 - 25 June 1929 7/1 Funeral Records 19 Oct. 1929 - 2 Mar. 1932 7/2 Funeral Records 10 Mar. 1932 - 17 Nov. 1934 7/3 Funeral Records 12 Dec. 1934 - 4 Oct. 1937 8/1 Funeral Records 4 Oct. 1937 - 23 Apr. 1942 8/2 Funeral Records 24 Apr. 1942 - 13 Oct. 1946 8/3 Funeral Records 15 Oct. 1`946 - 27 Jan. 1949