XOE_CPNWS104vaughanbrownpapers Guide to the Vaughan Brown papers 1920-1969 Brown (Vaughan) papers Finding aid prepared by CPNWS staff Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies © 2012
Goltz-Murray Building 808 25th St Bellingham, WA 98225-9123 Phone: 360 650 7534 Email: cpnws@wwu.edu
Finding aid encoded by Rozlind Koester 2012 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Building 808 25th St Bellingham, WA 98225-9123 Phone: 360 650 7534 Email: cpnws@wwu.edu
XOE_CPNWS104vaughanbrownpapers Brown, Vaughan Vaughan Brown papers 1920-1969 38 linear feet This collection documents the activies of Bellingham attorney and Washington State Senator Vaughan Brown. Materials include correspondence, political and legal files, financial records, books and publications. Collection materials are in English.

This collection documents the activities of Bellingham attorney and Washington State Senator Vaughan Brown. Materials include correspondence, political and legal files, financial records, books and publications.

Some restrictions may apply - contact repository for details.

Some restrictions may apply - contact repository for details.

Vaughan Brown papers, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.

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Donated by Vaughan Brown in 1974.

Materials of related interest may be found in the O.P. Brown papers, housed at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.

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.

Brown, Vaughan --Archives Washington (State)--Legislature--Senate Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources Washington (State)--History--Sources Washington (State)--Politics and government--History--Sources Lawyers--Washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources Legislators--Washington (State)--History--Sources Laws and Legislation Politics and Politicians

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

Box 1 Miscellaneous artifacts undated Box 1 Miscellaneous notes circa 1950s Box 1 Political materials circa 1930s-1970s Box 1 Income tax statements and other financial materials circa 1950s-1960s Box 1 College and law school materials (3 folders) circa 1910s Box 1 Correspondence, notes, blank forms, stationary, etc. circa 1930s-1960s Box 1 United States Army Ambulance Corps (USAAC) materials circa 1950s Box 2 High school, college, and alumni material circa 1910s-1960s Box 3 "The State of Washington: A Review of the State's Natural Resources and Its Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural and Official Life" 1936 Box 3 Minute book 1920s Box 3 Ledger 1950s-1960s Box 3 Stock register 1920s Box 3 Correspondence 1930s-1940s Box 3 Photographs circa 1920s Box 3 Election materials 1950s Box 3 Membership and business cards circa 1950s Box 3 Travel materials 1930s-1950s Box 3 Greeting cards and Christmas materials 1930s-1960s Box 3 Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation invoices 1911 Box 3 Pearl Hecter Bay View materials 1979 Box 4 State of Washington Governor's Budget (4 volumes) 1940s-1950s Box 5 Income and expense records 1930s-1960s Box 5 Letters to the editor circa 1960s Box 5 Membership and business cards circa 1960s Box 5 Photographs circa 1910s-1960s Box 5 Satisfaction of Mortgage Corporate form 1963 Box 5 Notes on issue and policy circa 1960s Box 5 Stock certificates 1920s-1940s Box 5 Charlotte E. Stonehouse estate and income tax materials 1959-1961 Box 5 Twentieth Century Club materials circa 1930s Box 5 United States Coast Guard Reserve materials circa 1940s Box 5 United State Army Ambulance Service Corps (USAAC) materials (2 folders) circa 1960s Box 6 Correspondence (5 folders) 1940s-1970s Box 6 Library Board materials circa 1920s Box 6 Publication efforts (Oliver and Vaughan Brown) circa 1930s-1940s Box 6 Mount Baker Club resolution undated Box 6 Newspaper clippings undated Box 6 Oyster land investment materials 1930s Box 6 Personality tests 1920s Box 6 Household expenses 1920-1930 Box 7 Personal correspondence undated Box 7 Correspondence related to gifts to archives circa 1970s Box 7 Bellingham Theatre Guild materials 1940s Box 7 Bellingham City Charter Revision Committee materials 1920s Box 7 Check registers circa 1920s-1970s Box 7 Correspondence regarding insurance investment circa 1930s-1940s Box 7 Correspondence regarding stocks and investment materials circa 1930s-1960s Box 7 Personal correspondence between Vaughan Brown and Regina Mohrmann, John P. Nexbit, Mary Lou Quackenbush, and Stan Quackenbush (5 folders) circa 1930s-1970s Box 8 American Red Cross (Whatcom County Chapter) materials circa 1930s-1940s Box 8 Notes and drawings circa 1940s Box 8 Bellingham museum proposal materials 1940 Box 8 Bellingham Chamber of Commerce/Charter Amendment materials 1929 Box 8 Personal correspondence (57 folders) circa 1910s-1973 Box 9 United States Army Ambulance Corps (USAAC) material 1917-1919; 1960s Box 9 Political and campaign material circa 1930s-1960s Box 9 Vaughan Brown will and estate material 1975-1978 Box 10 Career papers 1930s-1940s Box 10 Invitations undated; 1940s-1950s Box 10 Political and campaign material circa 1910s-1960s Box 11 Political correspondence and other material circa 1930s-1950s Box 11 Career papers (2 folders) 1932-1935 Box 12 Political and campaign material circa 1920s-1960s Box 13 Political correspondence and other material 1944-1970s Box 14 Political speeches circa 1920s-1940s Box 14 Whatcom County Democratic Club circa 1920s-1940s Box 14 Whatcom County Good Government League membership cards 1937 Box 14 Work Progress Administration forms undated Box 14 Application for Postmaster 1934 Box 14 Correspondence - Postmaster 1934-1940 Box 14 National Association of Postmasters - correspondence 1933-1939 Box 14 National Association of Postmasters - minutes and bylaws circa 1930s Box 14 Treasurer's reports 1932-1934 Box 14 Miscellaneous correspondence and clippings circa 1900-1930s Box 14 National Federation of Post Office Clerks - correspondence 1921-1941 Box 14 Presidential Postmasters Association - correspondence 1933-1938 Box 14 Resignation from Post Office 1939 Box 15 Legislative material - constituent correspondence 1951-1955 Box 15 Legislative material - correspondence with other legislators 1950-1955 Box 15 Legislative material - diaries of legislative events circa 1950s Box 15 Legislative material - notes made during sessions circa 1950s Box 15 Legislative material - proposed bills and amendments circa 1950s Box 16 Legislative material - bills and amendments circa 1950s Box 16 Legislative material - blank stationary undated Box 16 Legislative material - House calendar 1949 Box 16 Legislative material - Senate calendars 1950s Box 16 Legislative material - certificate of election 1948-1950 Box 16 Legislative material - committee assignments 1949-1953 Box 16 Legislative material - constituent correspondence 1948-1950 Box 16 Legal material - Hurley vs. Jones Piggly Wiggly Co. (Washington State Superior Court for King County No. 234715) 1931 Box 16 Legal material - W. Williamson vs. E. Williamson (Washington State Superior Court for Whatcom County, No. 15771) 1924 Box 16 Legal material - Washington Grocery Co. "Security Record" 1925 Box 16 Legal material - William York vs. Gaasland Co., Inc. (Washington State Superior Court No. 32221) 1952 Box 17 Daily business accounts journal 1929-1931 Box 17 Dissolution of partnership 1958 Box 17 Various legal cases, including one between Edward Harris and Rogan Jones circa 1920s-1930s Box 18 Admission to practice as attorney in U.S. District Court 1926 Box 18 Affidavit regarding O. Algyer and G. Miller conversation 1969 Box 18 Alpha index of files undated Box 18 Miscellaneous correspondence circa 1930s-1950s Box 18 Various cases 1930s Box 18 Bankruptcy referee material - cases circa 1930s-1950s Box 18 Bankruptcy referee material - correspondence 1923-1938 Box 18 Bankruptcy referee material - dockets 1917-1934 Box 18 Bankruptcy referee material - rules 1920s Box 18 Blank stationary undated Box 19 Various legal cases 1920s-1930s Box 19 Notary Public certificates 1930s Box 19 Office correspondence 1930s1950s Box 19 Pension cases 1920s-1930s Box 19 Request for exemption from Bar Exam 1920 Box 19 Various legal cases 1920s-1950s Boxes 20-22 Puget Sound Power & Light Co. vs. Public Utility District No. 1 of Whatcom County material circa 1938-1941 Box 22 (continued) School materials circa 1919-1920 Box 23 Miscellaneous legislative materials circa 1930s-1950s Box 24 Miscellaneous campaign materials for Brown and other local and national candidates circa 1950s-1960s Box 24 Blotters circa 1950s Box 24 Aftermath Club yearbooks 1931-1934; 1965-1966 Box 24 Industrial Workers of the World items circa 1916 Box 24 F.D. Roosevelt items (includes an invitation to FDR’s memorial service) circa 1930s-1940s Box 24 Marcus Whitman statue material 1953 Box 25 Miscellaneous campaign material for Vaughan Brown and other local and national candidates circa 1950s-1960s Box 26 Abstracts of title for property in Pierce County, Washington 1889-1910 Box 26 United States House of Representatives - bills manual 1955 Box 27 Various legal cases circa 1920s Box 27 Sunset Life Insurance Co. materials for Vaughan Brown circa 1960s-1970s Box 27 Miscellaneous oversized clippings circa 1930s Box 27 Map of State Road No. 1 - Deming to Welcome Grange Hall 1931 Box 28 Legislative journals, indices, etc. circa 1950s Box 28 Books 1851-1954 Box 29 Miscellaneous campaign material for other candidates circa 1950s-1960s Box 30 State of Washington House and Senate journals circa 1950s Box 31 35mm microfilms of first four volumes of Whatcom County Comm[issioners?] Reports 1951 Box 31 Miscellaneous legislative material circa 1950s Box 31 Caucus Attorney material 1958 Box 32 Maps, brochures, travel materials, postcards, and other personal items circa 1970s-1980s Box 33 Miscellaneous career material 1920s-1950s Box 34 Informational reference material circa 1920s-1970s Box 35 State of Washington House and Senate journals and bills circa 1940s-1950s Box 36 Government-published books circa 1940s