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Washington State Counties pamphlet collection, approximately 1880s-2026

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division
Title
Washington State Counties pamphlet collection
Dates
approximately 1880s-2026 (inclusive)
Quantity
12.55 cubic feet, (30 boxes)
Collection Number
6566
Summary
Pamphlets, fliers, handwritten or typed accounts, newspaper clippings, reports, advertisements, and other documents and ephemera collected by UW Special Collections related to counties of Washington State
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Request at UW

Languages
Collection materials are in English.
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Historical Note

This collection was formed as part of the Special Collection's pamphlet files, collected over time through donations and other sources. Some items were removed and cataloged in the Pacific Northwest library collection. Duplicates and clippings from major newspaper publications like The Seattle Times and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer were discarded.

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Content Description

Pamphlets, fliers, handwritten or typed accounts, newspaper clippings, reports, advertisements, and other documents and ephemera related to the counties of Washington State. Topics include history, tourism, travel, city planning, and cultural events among others.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in 41 series.

  • Series 1, Whatcom County
  • Series 2, Skagit County
  • Series 3, Snohomish County
  • Series 4, San Juan County
  • Series 5, Island County
  • Series 6, Clallam County
  • Series 7, Kitsap County
  • Series 8, King County
  • Series 9, Pierce County
  • Series 11, Thurston County
  • Series 12, Mason County
  • Series 13, Grays Harbor County
  • Series 14, Jefferson County
  • Series 15, Lewis County
  • Series 16, Skamania County
  • Series 17, Clark County
  • Series 18, Cowlitz County
  • Series 19, Wahkiakum County
  • Series 20, Okanogan County
  • Series 21, Chelan County
  • Series 22, Douglas County
  • Series 23, Grant County
  • Series 24, Kittitas County
  • Series 25, Klickitat County
  • Series 26, Yakima County
  • Series 27, Pacific County
  • Series 28, Benton County
  • Series 29, Ferry County
  • Series 30, Stevens County
  • Series 31, Lincoln County
  • Series 32, Spokane County
  • Series 34, Pend Oreille County
  • Series 35, Adams County
  • Series 36, Whitman County
  • Series 37, Asotin County
  • Series 38, Garfield County
  • Series 39, Columbia County
  • Series 40, Walla Walla County
  • Series 41, Franklin County

Acquisition Information

Transferred from Special Collections pamphlet files, 2024

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Series 1: Whatcom County

  • Series 2: Skagit County

  • Series 3: Snohomish County

  • Series 4: San Juan County

  • Series 5: Island County

  • Series 6: Clallam County

  • Series 7: Kitsap County

  • Series 8: King County

    • Description: Commissioners
      Dates: 1941-1970
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 7, Folder 2
    • Description: Description
      Dates: 1865-1991
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 7, Folder 3
    • Description: Election Returns
      Dates: 1900-1970
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 7, Folder 4
    • Description: Voting information
      Dates: 1978-1985
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 7, Folder 5
    • Description: Environmental Issues
      Dates: 1970-1985
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 7, Folder 6
    • Description: Fairs
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 7, Folder 7
    • Description: Floods and Flood Control
      Dates: 1928-1960
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 7, Folder 8
    • Description: Government
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 7, Folder 9
    • Description: Lake Washington - Floating Bridges correspondence
      Dates: 1925-1936
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 7, Folder 10
    • Description: Lake Washington - Floating Bridges
      Dates: 1930-1963
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 7, Folder 11
    • Description: History
      Dates: 1898-1970
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 8, Folder 1
    • Description: Hospitals
      Dates: 1931-1982
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 8, Folder 2
    • Description: Housing
      Dates: 1967-1990
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 8, Folder 3
    • Description: Industries
      Dates: 1953-1990
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 8, Folder 4
    • Description: Jail
      Dates: 1945-1961
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 8, Folder 5
    • Description: Lake Washington
      Dates: 1894-1971
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 8, Folder 6
    • Description: Maps
      Dates: 1937-1988
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 8, Folder 7
    • Description: Mercer Island
      Dates: 1940-1964
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 8, Folder 8
    • Description: Parks and Playgrounds
      Dates: 1936-1974
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 8, Folder 9
    • Description: Mud Mountain Dam
      Dates: 1940-1941
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 8, Folder 10
    • Description: Planning
      Dates: 1935-1985
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 9, Folder 1
    • Description: Politics
      Dates: 1906-1969
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 9, Folder 2
    • Description: Politics
      Dates: 1872-1952
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 9, Folder 3
    • Description: Public Welfare
      Dates: 1951-1987
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 9, Folder 4
    • Description: Roads/Transit
      Dates: 1930-2005
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 9, Folder 5
    • Description: Schools
      Dates: 1896-1967
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 9, Folder 6
    • Description: Snoqualmie Falls
      Dates: 1970-1991
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 9, Folder 7
    • Description: Tax Title Land
      Dates: 1940-1941
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 9, Folder 8
    • Description: Taxation
      Dates: 1938-1958
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 9, Folder 9
    • Description: Budget
      Dates: 1933-1942
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 10, Folder 1
    • Description: Vashon Island
      Dates: 1935-2002
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 10, Folder 2
    • Description: Blood Banks
      Dates: 1944-1947
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 10, Folder 3
    • Description: General
      Dates: 1935-1999
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 10, Folder 4
    • Description: Auburn
      Dates: 1961-1963
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 10, Folder 5
    • Description: Bellevue
      Dates: 1947-2012
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 10, Folder 6
    • Description: Bellevue
      Dates: 1950-1991
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 10, Folder 7
    • Description: Bothell
      Dates: 1925-2006
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 10, Folder 8
    • Description: Bellevue
      Dates: 1949-1986
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 1
    • Description: Kirkland
      Dates: 1963-1983
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 2
    • Description: Enumclaw
      Dates: 1901-1931
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 3
    • Description: Issaquah
      Dates: 1892-1987
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 4
    • Description: Federal Way
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 5
    • Description: Juanita Point
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 6
    • Description: Kent
      Dates: 1963-1970
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 7
    • Description: Clyde Hill
      Dates: 1953-1960
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 8
    • Description: Algona
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 9
    • Description: Renton
      Dates: 1952-2013
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 10
    • Description: Snoqualmie
      Dates: 1956-2003
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 11
    • Description: Burien
      Dates: 1969
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 12
    • Description: Earlington
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 13
    • Description: Des Moines
      Dates: 1962
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 14
    • Description: Redmond
      Dates: 1906-2012
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 15
    • Description: Medina
      Dates: 1960-1970
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 16
    • Description: Mercer Island
      Dates: 1946-1982
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 17
    • Description: Tukwila
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 11, Folder 18
  • Series 9: Pierce County

    • Description: General
      Dates: 1910-1975
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 12, Folder 1
    • Description: General
      Dates: 1900-2012
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 12, Folder 2
    • Description: General
      Dates: 1965-1975
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 12, Folder 3
    • Description: General
      Dates: 1967-1990
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 12, Folder 4
    • Description: Fort Lewis
      Dates: 1917-1981
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 12, Folder 5
    • Description: Medicine

      Includes qualifications and affidavits with registration of doctors (1880s-1890)

      Dates: 1880s-1972
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 12, Folder 6
    • Description: National Guard (Camp Murray)
      Dates: 1894-1960
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 12, Folder 7
    • Description: Puyallup and Puyallup Valley
      Dates: 1913-1995
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 13, Folder 1
    • Description: Steilacoom
      Dates: 1930s-1975
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 13, Folder 2
    • Description: Sumner
      Dates: 1964
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 13, Folder 3
    • Description: Tacoma Narrows Bridge
      Dates: 1940-1995
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 13, Folder 4
  • Subseries 1: Tacoma

    • Description: General
      Dates: 1944-2004
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 13, Folder 5
    • Description: General
      Dates: 1910-1961
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 13, Folder 6
    • Description: Buildings
      Dates: 1911-1959
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 13, Folder 7
    • Description: Clubs and Societies
      Dates: 1953-1964
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 13, Folder 8
    • Description: Clubs and Societies
      Dates: 1900-1916
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 14, Folder 1
    • Description: Clubs and Societies
      Dates: 1889-1913
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 14, Folder 2
    • Description: Clubs and Societies
      Dates: 1892-1916
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 14, Folder 3
    • Description: Description and Travel
      Dates: 1915-1992
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 14, Folder 4
    • Description: Description and Travel
      Dates: 1910-1987
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 14, Folder 5
    • Description: Description and Travel
      Dates: 2001-2010
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 30, Folder 8
    • Description: Historic Preservation
      Dates: 1975-1992
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 14, Folder 6
    • Description: History
      Dates: 1874-1926
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 15, Folder 1
    • Description: Industries and Resources
      Dates: 1903-1973
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 15, Folder 2
    • Description: Libraries - General
      Dates: 1950-1986
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 15, Folder 3
    • Description: Maps
      Dates: 1960-2004
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 15, Folder 4
    • Description: Municipal Ownership
      Dates: 1921-1967
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 15, Folder 5
    • Description: Museums
      Dates: 1966-2003
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 15, Folder 6
    • Description: Music
      Dates: 1935-2003
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 15, Folder 7
    • Description: Politics and Government
      Dates: 1954-2002
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 15, Folder 8
    • Description: Port
      Dates: 1958-1981
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 16, Folder 1
    • Description: Schools
      Dates: 1922-1984
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 16, Folder 2
    • Description: Statistics
      Dates: 1944-1974
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 16, Folder 3
    • Description: Streets
      Dates: 1962-1999
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 16, Folder 4
    • Description: Telegraph
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 16, Folder 5
    • Description: Theaters
      Dates: 1993-1994
      Container: Box 6566-001 Box 16, Folder 7
  • Series 11: Thurston County

  • Series 12: Mason County

  • Series 13: Grays Harbor County

  • Series 14: Jefferson County

  • Series 15: Lewis County

  • Series 16: Skamania County

  • Series 17: Clark County

  • Series 18: Cowlitz County

  • Series 19: Wahkiakum County

  • Series 20: Okanogan County

  • Series 21: Chelan County

  • Series 22: Douglas County

  • Series 23: Grant County

  • Series 24: Kittitas County

  • Series 25: Klickitat County

  • Series 26: Yakima County

  • Series 27: Pacific County

  • Series 28: Benton County

  • Series 29: Ferry County

  • Series 30: Stevens County

  • Series 31: Lincoln County

  • Series 32: Spokane County

  • Subseries 2: City of Spokane

  • Series 34: Pend Oreille County

  • Series 35: Adams County

  • Series 36: Whitman County

  • Series 37: Asotin County

  • Series 38: Garfield County

  • Series 39: Columbia County

  • Series 40: Walla Walla County

  • Series 41: Franklin County

Names and Subjects

Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Geographical Names

  • Washington (State)
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