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Center for Pacific Northwest Studies Miscellaneous Scrapbook collection, 1883-1967

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Title
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies Miscellaneous Scrapbook collection
Dates
1883-1967 (inclusive)
Quantity
10.8 linear feet
Collection Number
XOE_CPNWS0065scrapbook (collection)
Summary
This is a collection includes assorted scrapbooks relating to the Pacific Northwest, Whatcom county, Bellingham, Lynden as well as information relating to local families and individuals. This collection also consists of twelve photo scrapbooks. Four of the scrapbooks contain photographs of fishing and canning industries in Alaska and the Puget Sound region. Three books contain scenes of WWI & WWII boats and shipbuilding. The remaining books contain images of home & family life.
Repository
Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Archives Building
808 25th St.
Bellingham, WA
98225
Telephone: (360) 650-7534
cpnws@wwu.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public.

Languages
English.
Sponsor
Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding the finding aid was awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

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Content Description

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

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

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The Center for Pacific Northwest Studies Miscellaneous Scrapbook collection is organized in accordance with the following series and subseries arrangement:

  • Series I: Photograph Scrapbooks, 1899-1954
    • Sub-series 1. Families and Individuals, 1900-1949
    • Sub-series 2. Pacific American Fisheries, 1899-1940
    • Sub-series 3. Shipbuilding and Commemoration in Bellingham, 1940s-1954
  • Series II: Non-Photograph Scrapbooks, 1862-1967
    • Sub-series 1. Pacific Northwest and Washington State, 1895-1963
    • Sub-series 2. Whatcom County, 1862-1967

Custodial History

The scrapbooks in the collection were a gift from the Whatcom County Museum in 1987. They originate from numerous sources. Known donors include Jack D. Mullin, Mrs. Albin C. Johnson, Linda Countryman, Mrs. Roland Richards, Gretchen H. Guerton, Bennett Sandberg, Mary Hickey, Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Frazier, and Mrs. George Siemons.

Processing Note

The collection was re-processed by Rainbow Koehl in March of 2007.

Processing Note

About Harmful Language and Content

To learn more about problematic content in our collections, collection description and teaching tools (including how to provide feedback or request dialogue on this topic), see the following Statement About Potentially Harmful Language and Content

Related Materials

Additional records pertaining to the Bellingham Woman's Music Club can be found in the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies' Bellingham Woman's Music Club Records.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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

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Subject Terms

  • Amuzements--Washington (State)--History--Sources.
  • Battleships--History--Sources--Photographs.
  • Bus lines--Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.).
  • Community life--Washington (State)--History--Sources.
  • Concert programs--Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • Fisheries--Alaska--History--Sources--Photographs.
  • Fisheries--Washington (State)--History--Sources--Photographs.
  • Friendly societies--Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • Frontier and pioneer life--Washington (State)--Whatcom County--History--Sources.
  • Hardware stores--Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • Historic sites--Washington (State)--History--Sources.
  • Indians of North America--Washington (State)--History--Sources--Photographs.
  • Local government--Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • Passenger Ships--Northwest, Pacific--History--Sources--Photographs.
  • Performing arts--Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • Pioneers--Washington (State)--Whatcom County--History--Sources.
  • Playbills--Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • Poetry--20th century--Clippings.
  • Poets laureate--Washington (State)--History--Sources.
  • Politicians--Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • Salmon canning industry--Alaska--History--Sources--Photographs.
  • Salmon canning industry--Washington (State)--History--Sources -- Photographs.
  • Scrapbooks--Alaska.
  • Scrapbooks--Washington (State).
  • Shipbuilding industry--Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • Theaters--Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • Tourism--Northwest, Pacific--History--Sources.
  • Women--Soceities and clubs--Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • World War, 1914-1918--History--Sources--Photographs.

Personal Names

  • Higginson, Ella--1862-1940.
  • Judson, Phoebe Goodell, 1832-1926.
  • Newman, Thomas G. (Thomas George).

Corporate Names

  • Beck's Theatre. (creator)
  • Morse Hardware Company. (creator)
  • Pacific American Fisheries, Inc. (creator)

Family Names

  • Eldridge family.
  • Morse family.
  • Roeder family.

Geographical Names

  • Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • Bellingham (Wash.)--Social life and customs--History--Sources.
  • Lynden (Wash.)--History--Sources.
  • Lynden (Wash.)--Social life and customs--History--Sources.
  • Northwest, Pacific--History--19th century--Sources.
  • Northwest, Pacific--History--20th century--Sources.
  • Northwest, Pacific--Description and travel--History--Sources.

Finding aid prepared by Rainbow Koehl
2007

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