Guide to the Mary W. Avery Research Files
1932-1975

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Overview of the Collection

Creator: Avery, Mary W. (Mary Williamson), 1907-1975
Title: Mary W. Avery Research Files
Dates: 1932-1975 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 8 linear ft. (8 boxes)
Collection Number: Ms 32
Summary: Historian and archivist, of Washington. Research files in regional and local history, including correspondence, clippings, copies of secondary sources, pamphlets, ephemeral items, ms. drafts for Avery's book Washington: The Evergreen State (1965), book reviews, bibliographical material, copies of her articles, typescripts of history lectures delivered by her at Washington State University, where she was archivist, and maps, photos, and graphic materials gathered for inclusion in her publications.
Repository: 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) 363-5313
Fax: (509) 363-5303
Email: archives@northwestmuseum.org

Languages: Materials are in English 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical Note

Mary Avery was the author of a number of books and articles on Pacific Northwest history including Government of the State of Washington, 1948, and History and Government of the State of Washington, 1961. Her Washington: A History of the Evergreen State, 1965, was widely used as a high school textbook in the state. Avery served on many committees and survey projects related to historical records and research projects; was archivist for the Holland Library at Washington State University, 1957-1971; and archivist for the Eastern Washington State Historical Society, 1971-1975.

Content Description

The collection consists of Avery’s research files in regional and local history. They include some correspondence, clippings, copies of secondary sources, pamphlets and ephemeral items, manuscript drafts for Washington: The Evergreen State, book reviews, bibliographical material, copies of articles by Avery, and typescripts of history lectures delivered by her at Washington State University. Also included are maps, photographs, and graphic materials gathered for inclusion in her publications.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

Collection is not restricted.

Restrictions on Use :  

Collection is open for use.

Preferred Citation :  

Mary W. Avery Research Files (Ms 32), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.

Administrative Information

Custodial History :  

Acquisition Information :  

Donated by Mrs. Jack D. Pearson, 1975.

Processing Note :  

Processed to the item level.

Duplicates weeded and audiotapes separated to oral history collection circa 1999

Separated Materials :  

Mary Avery Audiotape Collection (located with oral histories).

Bibliography :  

    Avery, Mary W., Washington: A History of the Evergreen State (Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1965).

    Avery, Mary W., History and Government of the State of Washington (Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1961).

    Avery, Mary W., Government of Washington State (Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press, 1967).

    Avery, Mary W. and Herman J. Deutsch, Guide to Government of the State of Washington (Pullman, Washington: State College of Washington Press, Division of General College Extension, 1946).

Additional Reference Guides :  

Nolan, Edward W. A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington State Historical Society, 1987).


Detailed Description of the Collection

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

Mary W. Avery inventory and miscellaneous papers associated with the collection

(a) Inventory and guide.

(b) Mary Avery photographs that have gone into the general collection, 1979 November 24.

(c) Mary Avery books and magazines consigned to resale, 1979 November 17.

(d) Mary Avery Cassette Collection inventory.

(e) Mary Avery Reel to Reel tape list.

(f) Author index to Mary Avery Reel to Reel tapes.

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Agriculture
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1/2 Agriculture
(a) Fox, Elizabeth Ann. “The Story of a Cattle Baron.” History 432 paper, 1969 December 15.(b) Washington. Department of Agriculture. Twenty-Eighth Biennial Report. 1966 July 1-1968 June 30.(c) Washington. Department of Agriculture. Washington Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Annual Crop Report. 1968. [2 copies](d) Washington. Department of Agriculture. Washington Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Annual Crop Report. 1969. [2 copies](e) Washington. Department of Agriculture. Washington Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Annual Crop Report. 1970. [2 copies](f) Washington Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors, Washington State Soil and Water Conservation Committee, and Washington Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and cooperating agencies. Directory for 1971.(g) Land of Washington. By Orio W. Krauter, State Conservationist. Spokane, 1963.(h) Washington. Department of Agriculture. State Marketing Orders as used in Washington. 1971.(I) Dairying the State of Washington. By Washington Dairy Council.(j) Dairying. Washington State Dairy Products Commission.(k) " Farm-City Shift Not Over Yet." Spokesman-Review, 1970 May 27.
1/3 Agriculture - Eastern Washington
(a) Washington. Department of Agriculture. Ferry County, Washington Agriculture. 1964.(b) Washington. Department of Agriculture. Stevens County, Washington Agriculture. 1964.(c) Washington. Department of Agriculture. Walla Walla County, Washington Agriculture. 1964.(d) Washington. Department of Agriculture. Yakima County, Washington Agriculture. 1964.(e) 1965 Handbook, The Agricultural Conservation Program for Whitman County. by Myron Pflugrad, Chairman, Colfax, 1965.(f) Schleicher, Robert. Grape Culture in Lewiston-Clarkston Valley. Lewiston, Idaho and Clarkston, Wash,: Lewiston-Clarkston Company, 1906.(g) Newspaper Clippings [7]
1/4 Agriculture - Irrigation
(a) " Will Our Farmlands Survive." Spokesman-Review Magazine, 1973 April 29, p. 8.(b) Newspaper clippings [5]
1/5 Agriculture – Western Washington
(a) Olsen, Michael L. “Corporate Farming on Puget Sound: The Puget’s Sound Agricultural Company.” [16 pages](b) Washington. Department of Agriculture. Gray’s Harbor County, Washington Agriculture . 1964.(c) Washington. Department of Agriculture. Lewis County, Washington Agriculture . 1964.(d) Washington. Department of Agriculture. Skagit County, Washington Agriculture . 1964.(e) Newspaper clippings [2]

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Archaeology

(a) Daughtery, Richard D. "Archaeology of the Lind Coulee Site, Washington," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 100 (1956 June ): 223-278.

(b) Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory. By Dr. Roy M. Chatters, Head, Pullman: Washington State University.

(c) Newspaper clippings [14]

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Archives – Inquiries

(a) Fisher, Barbara. Descriptive Publications of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the Pacific Northwest.

(b) Pangborn-Herndon Memorial Project Committee. Memorial Program Commemorating 1st Non-stop Transpacific Flight: Japan to Wenatchee. 1969 May 5.

(c) Correspondence, 1960-1974 [12 letters]

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Arts – News clippings and publications

(a) Newspaper clippings [9]

(b) Northwest Review 2 (Summer 1959).

(c) [Stenzel, Franz R.] An Art Perspective of the Historic Pacific Northwest. Portland, 1963.

(d) Seattle Art Museum. Mark Tobey: A Retrospective Exhibition from Northwest Collections. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum.

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Avery, Mary. Washington: A History of the Evergreen State
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1/9 Avery, Mary. Washington: A History of the Evergreen State. Seattle: University of Washington. [17 rough draft chapters to the book many of them duplicates and incompletes]
1/9.1 Avery, Mary. Washington: a history of the Evergreen state. (notes)

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Bibliography
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1/10 Bibliography – Clippings and notes
(a) Miscellaneous notes and bibliography cards [50 items](b) Western Bookman, Winter 1956-1957(c) Publisher book previews [3 items](d) Newspaper clippings [5]
1/11 Bibliography - General
(a) The Association of American University Presses. A Catalogue of Books on Exhibit. New York: A.A.U.P., 1961.(b) U.S., Superintendent of Documents. Hobby Publications. Washington, D.C. : G.P.O., 1955.(c) Caxton Printers, Ltd. Caxton Catalog, 1970-1971. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton, 1970.(d) Francis Edwards, Ltd. Early Navigators and Their Voyages, Shipbuilding, Log Books, Pictures, etc. London: Francis Edwards Ltd.(e) Washington. Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Elementary-Junior High School Library List . (1955 supplement).(f) Washington. Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. High School library reading list. 1959.(g) Washington. Superintendent of Public Instruction. Elementary-Junior-Senior High School Library list. 1959.(h) Washington. Superintendent of Public Instruction. Elementary-Junior-Senior High School Library list. 1960.(I) Miscellaneous mimeographed bibliographies [4]
1/12 Bibliography - Microfilms
(a) Connette, Ann – Letter to Clark Memorial Library, 2005 W Adams, Los Angeles, California.(b) Microfilms – WSC [3 pages](c) British Museums. Survey of De Fuca Straits. [2 pages]
1/13 Bibliography – Pacific Northwest
(a) The Northwest Corner. Library News Bulletin . (1952 September-October; 1953 July-August; 1953 September-October; 1958 October-December).(b) Check list of books and pamphlets relating to the Pacific Northwest. PNLA Quarterly . (1959 October; 1960 June; 1961 January).(c) Nostar, Roman and Todd, J. Ronald. A Checklist of Pacific Northwest Newspapers Held by the University of Washington Library. Seattle: University of Washington, 1950.(d) Ye Galleon Press. Book List: The Pacific Northwest and the Northwest Coast. Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1972-1973.(e) Shorey Book Store. Shorey Publications. Seattle. [3 catalogs](f) Washington. State Superintendent of Public Instruction. A Bibliography of the Pacific Northwest . 1964.(g) Washington. Central Washington College of Education. Films on Washington and the Pacific Northwest. 1953.(h) Hitchman, Robert. Sighted from the Crow’s Nest. Seattle: Robert Hitchman, 1966 December 27; 1967 June 10; 1967 October 16; 1974 April 1.(I) Miscellaneous mimeographed bibliographies on the Pacific Northwest [12 items]
1/14 Bibliography – Survey of selected bibliographical guides towards compiling a bibliography of Washington history.
1/15 Bibliography – Washington.
(a) Washington. Washington State Library. A Selected Booklist on Washington and the Pacific Northwest. 1961. [3 copies](b) Washington. Washington State Library. Washington State Publications. (Vol. 1, No 1-Vol. 1 No. 3; Vol. 2, No. 1 – Vol. 2 No. 2; Vol. 2, No. 4 – Vol. 4, No. 1; Vol. 5,– No. 1 – Vol. 7, No. 1; Vol. 9; Vol. 11; Vol. 18). [21 items](c) Washington. Washington State Library. Washington State Government and Politics 1845-1971 . 1971.(d) Washington. Washington State Library. Washington State Authors. 1969 & 1971.(e) Washington. Washington State Library. The Negro in the State of Washington, 1788-1967. 1968.(f) Washington. Washington State Library. The Negro in the State of Washington, 1788-1967. 1970.(g) Washington. Washington State Library. Washington State Publications . 1962 April 2; 1964 January 1-June 30; 1965 June; 1965 July; 1965 September; 1967 October 21.(h) Mac Echern, John and Cooke, Margaret B. A Bibliography of Agriculture in Territorial Washington. Pullman: State College of Washington, 1953. [2 copies](I) Recent additions to Washington author collection. Library News Bulletin . 1951; 1952 November-December; 1953 January-February; 1953 November-December; 1954 January-February; 1954 July-August; 1955 March-April; 1955 May-June; 1955 July-September; 1955 October-December; 1956 January-March; 1956 October-December; 1957 October-December; 1958 January-March; 1958 July-September; 1959 October-December; 1966 January-March. [17 items](j) Washington. Washington State Library. Washington State Fact and Fiction . 1967-1970; 1972. [6 items](k) Miscellaneous mimeographed bibliographies on Washington state [3]

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Biographical articles

(a) Avery newspaper clippings [6]

(b) Bonar, James C. Inventory and excerpts from diary

(c) Brown, B.F. A Brief Description of Washinton Territory for the Benefit of Persons Wishing to Emigrate to the Territory. [photocopy]

(d) Culver, Garry E. papers [3 items]

(e) Evans, E. I. Local history.

(f) Harder, Jacob

(g) Hutton, May. Interview with Senator Dill.

(h) Prescott, Charles H. papers [9 items]

(I) Shipman, Neil. The Movie that couldn’t be Screened. [partial]

(j) Steller, Georg Wilhelm. Steller’s Journal: Building of Huts.

(k) Unidentified biographies [2]

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Black people

(a) “The Life of George Washington, Negro founder of Centralia, Washington, U.S.A.”

(b) Newspaper clippings [2]

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Boundaries

(a) Newspaper clippings [2]

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British Columbia

(a) The Islander. 1974 September 1.

(b) Fort Steele Historic Park place mat

(c) Map of Kokanee Springs Golf Course

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Capitol, State of Washington

(a) Washington. Department of Commerce and Economic Development. The Capitol Group of Washington State.

(b) Washington. Secretary of State. Washington State Capitol.

(c) State Capitol Historical Association. State Capitol Museum: Curator-Director’s Report 1960-1961. Olympia: State Capitol Historical Association, 1961.

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Cities

(a) Kowrach, Edward J. How silently – A history of the catholic church of the Big Bend Missions and St. Anne Church, Medical Lake. Medical Lake: St. Anne Press, 1963.

(b) West. Otho. I remember and the Congregationalists. Pullman: Community Congregational Church, 1970.

(c) Brochures and notes [5]

(d) Miscellaneous

(e) Newspaper clippings [5]

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Crowell-Collier article on Washington state [158 pages]
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Merit Students Encyclopedia article on Washington state

(a) Correspondence, 1969-1970 [7 letters]

(b) Photocopies of the article and tear sheets [63]

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Conferences, Institutes, etc.

(a) Ohio Historical Society. Fifth annual archives-library institute, 1975 July 14-25 . Columbus: Ohio Historical Society, 1975.

(b) Pacific Northwest History Conference programs and miscellanea. [4 pieces]

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Constitutions – States – U.S.

(a) Nebraska. Secretary of State. Constitution of the State of Nebraska . 1950.

(b) Washington. Washington State Senate. The Constitution of the State of Washington . 1966.

(c) Washington. Secretary of State. Constitutions of the United States and of the State of Washington . 1966.

(d) Washington. Constitutional Advisory Council. Report of the Constitutional advisory council, State of Washington. 1966.

(e) Washington state division of the American Association of University Women. A constitution for the State of Washington. 1967.

(f) The Washington State Voter, 1966 February.

(g) Newspaper clipping [1]

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Copyright

(a) Correspondence, 1967-1972 [6 letters]

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Correspondence
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2/27 Correspondence, (exceptions below) [35 letters] 1951-1975
2/28 Correspondence, Mrs. Emmett (Mary) Avery [6 letters]
2/29 Correspondence, Mr. David C. Duniway [3 letters] 1966
2/30 Correspondence, Hudson’s Bay Company [11 letters] 1949-1957
2/31 Correspondence, Mrs. Mary Wescott Jones [8 letters] 1975

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Counties – Washington

(a) Washington. Division of Governmental Studies and Services. Washington State University. Proceedings of the Institute for County Commissioners, Pullman, Washington, March 9-10, 1965.

(b) Washington state associations of County Commissioners and County Engineers. The book of the Counties. 1953.

(c) Washington state associations of counties. Enactments by the Second Extraordinary Session of the 42nd Legislature of Interest to Washington Counties. Olympia: Washington State Association of Counties, 1972.

(d) League of Women Voters of Washington. Statement of Mrs. Edmund H. Brand . . . on the Columbia River Basin. Seattle: L.W.V.W., 1963.

(e) League of Women Voters of Washington. Report from L.W.V.W. on Washington’s Pollution Problems. Seattle: L.W.V.W., 1963.

(f) Washington. Department of Ecology. Chapter 43.21A.

(g) Washington. Pollution Control Hearings Board of Washington. Chapter 43.21B.

(h) Northwest: The Sunday Oregonian magazine, 1969 September 7.

(I) Miscellanea [5 items]

(j) Newspaper clippings [4]

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Elections

(a) Beckett, Paul and Sunderland, Celeste. " Washington State’s Lawmakers: Some Personal Factors in the Washington Legislature." Western Political Quarterly 10 (1957 March): 180-202.

(b) Johnson, Claudius O. " The Washington Blanket Primary." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 33 (1942 January): 27-39.

(c) Ogden, Donald M. " Washington’s Popular Primary." Research studies of the State College of Washington 19 (1951 September): 139-161.

(d) Legislative techniques book list.

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Electric Power
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2/39 Electric Power – General
(a) Newspaper clippings [16](b) Miscellanea [2 items]
2/40 Electric Power – Columbia Basin Project
(a) McGinnis, Charles. Potentials of Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest. Olympia: Department of Conservation. ?(b) U.S. Department of the Interior. 1964 report: U.S. Columbia River Power System . 1964.(c) U.S. Department of the Interior. 1965 report: U.S. Columbia River Power System . 1965.(d) U.S. Department of the Interior. 1969 report: U.S. Columbia River Power System . 1969.(e) U.S. Department of the Interior. Advance program, 1965-1975.(f) Newspaper clippings [17](g) Miscellanea [3 items]
2/41 Electric Power – Columbia Basin Project – Dams
(a) Description of Grand Coulee Dam and its construction. 19 p.(b) Why fountains at Grand Coulee Dam; Proposal to beautify the spillway.(c) Materials on Rocky Reach Dam. [13 items](d) Newspaper clippings [14]
2/42 Electric Power – U.S. and Canada
(a) Newspaper clippings [6]
2/43 Electric Power – Western States – Compacts
(a) Guardian of an empire. . . The Columbia Interstate Compact.(b) Newspaper clippings [9]

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Environmental Problems

(a) Newspaper clippings [14]

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Expenditures – Governor’s Advisory Council

(a) Washington. Expenditures Advisory Council. First Report of the Governor’s Expenditures Advisory Council . 1960.

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Fisheries
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3/46 Fisheries – News clippings [22]
3/47 Fisheries – Publications of
(a) Washington. Department of Fisheries. Salmon Hatcheries.(b) Washington. Department of Fisheries. Pacific Northwest Marine Fishes . 1967.(c) Washington. Department of Fisheries. Washington State Shellfish . 1964.(d) Washington. Department of Fisheries. Report of Second Governor’s Conference on Pacific Salmon . 1963.(e) Washington. Department of Fisheries. 77th Annual Report. 1967.(f) Washington. Department of Fisheries. 70th Annual Report. 1969.(g) Kincaid, Trevor. The Oyster Industry of Wallapa Bay, Washington. Seattle: Calliostoma CO., 1951.(h) Miscellanea [4 items]

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Forest Practices Act

(a) Washington. Senate. Senate Bill No. 34 . (1943 January 19).

(b) Correspondence, 1953-1956. [3 letters]

(c) Avery, Mary. The Forest Practices Act of 1945. 20 p. [First draft with memorandum]

(d) Avery, Mary. The Forest Practices Act of 1945. [3 varying copies]

(e) Note cards [2 items]

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Forts

(a) Fort Walla Walla Museum Complex. Fort Walla Walla . . . Founding of Walla Walla . . . Walla Walla in 1859. Walla Walla: Fort Walla Walla Museum Complex.

(b) Newspaper clippings [15]

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Fur Trade

(a) Avery, Mary. " Well! What do you know?" The Bay, Spring 1956, pp. 6-8.

(b) Avery, Mary. " The Salt Lake City Conference." The Bay, Spring 1964, pp. 16-19.

(c) Olson, Sigurd F. " Relics from the rapids." National Geographic, pp. 412-435.

(d) Smith, Allan H. " The location of Flathead Post: 1923-26." Pacific Northwest Quarterly , 1957 April, pp. 47-54.

(e) Photograph and postcards [6]

(f) Newspaper clippings [15]

(g) Miscellanea [10]

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Geology

(a) Rockie, W.A. The Palouse. Cheney, Washington: Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, 1953.

(b) Avery, Emmett L. " On being kept by a diary." The Record, 1963, pp. 19-26.

(c) U.S. Department of the Interior. Ground water in the Pullman area Whitman County, Washington . 1963.

(d) U.S. Dept of the Interior. The Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington – the geologic story of the Spokane flood . 1973.

(e) Mills, J. W. " Geology of the Jumbo Mountain nickel deposit Snohomish county, Washington." Mining Engineering, 1960 March.

(f) Miscellanea [5 items]

(g) Newspaper clippings [11]

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Government – State

(a) Common Cause: Report from Washington, 1974 February, December /1975 January.

(b) Organization chart: Washington State Government, 1970 July.

(c) Newspaper clippings [3]

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Governors

(a) Washington. Secretary of State. Historical highlights of Washington State.

(b) Washington. Secretary of State. Historical highlights.

(c) Inaugural address of Daniel Jackson Evans, sixteenth governor of the State of Washington.

(d) Miscellaneous [1]

(e) Newspaper clippings [10]

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Hanford Project

(a) Hanford Atomic works. [3 page paper]

(b) Newspaper clippings [2]

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Highways

(a) Washington. Department of Highways. Historical Markers . 1962.

(b) Maps [7 items]

(c) Newspaper clippings [12]

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Historical Societies

(a) Whitman County Historical Society Newsletter. 1972 November 11; 1974 May 24; 1974 August 29.

(b) Bunchgrass-Historian. Summer 1974 and Fall 1974.

(c) Westerners-Historical Society. Walla Walla Historical Tour: Sketches by Randall Johnson . 1973.

(d) Gauld, Dr. Charles A. Thomas M. Anderson: First U.S. General Oversees. Vancouver, Washington: Fort Vancouver Historical Society, 1973.

(e) Miscellaneous [2 items]

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Historiography

(a) Newspaper clippings [2]

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Hudson Bay Company
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3/58 Hudson Bay Company #1
(a) Notes from their archives [207 pages]
3/59 Hudson Bay Company #2
(a) Notes from their archives [237 pages]

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Human Rights

(a) Washington. Washington State Board against Discrimination. Survey of Non-White Employees in State Government.

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Idaho

(a) Newspaper clippings [4]

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Immigration

(a) Mizuki, Marion. K. " Moving of the West Coast Japanese." 1943 January 11.

(b) Washington. Insurance Commissioner. History of the Fraternal Beneficial Association.

(c) William, Bertha Engelland. History of the Fraternal Beneficial Association from 1946-1961.

(d) Washington. Washington State Library. The Negro in the State of Washington 1788-1967. 1968.

(e) Newspaper clippings [4]

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Indians
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3/63 Indians
(a) The Amerindian: American Indian Review, 1961 May-June.(b) Big West, 1969 June.(c) Center for the Study of Migrant and Indian Education. Indian Education Bibliography. Toppenish, Washington: Center for the Study of Migrant and Indian Education, 1971.(d) Clark, Ella E. " The Pleiades: Indian and Greek Versions." Research Studies. State College of Washington.(e) Gunther, Erna. " The Indians of the Northwest." The Mountaineer. 1953 December 15, pp. 17-19.(f) Ewers, John C. The Story of the Blackfeet. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1952.(g) Gunther Erna. " The Search for the first Americans." PS.(h) Washington. State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Red Man in America. 1970.(I) The Westerners. 1967.(j) Pictures of Indian scenes [9 - Kept in the Avery OV-3” box](k) Miscellanea [4 items](l) Newspaper clippings [7]
3/64 Indians - Art
(a) Magazine Articles [5]
3/65 Indians – Coastal
(a) Nuckles, Madge E. " Alec Thomas." 1970 March 7.(b) Newspaper clippings [3](c) Miscellanea [2 items]
3/66 Indians – Culture and language
(a) Culture Areas in Kroeber’s 1939 numbering system.(b) Linguistic families of Washington Indians.(c) Oregon Historical Society. Indian Tribes and Languages of the Old Oregon Country. Portland, Oregon: O.H.S., 1958.
6/67 Indians – Inland Empire
(a) " Perpetuating the Indian Heritage." Spokesman-Review, 1971 January 17.(b) Newspaper clippings [5](c) Photograph of a petroglyphs.
6/68 Indians – Nez Perce
(a) Columbia-Snake River Park.(b) Baily, Joe. " Nez Perce in Yellowstone." The Pacific Northwesterner. Winter 1967, pp. 1-12.(c) Black Eagle’s Narrative of the last fight, and Black eagle’s dream forecasting his combat with the Grizzly bear.(d) " Chief Joseph, the Nez Perce." Century Magazine, 1884 May.(e) Wot-to-len. " Lewis and Clark, Explorers." 1926 October.(f) Chief Peopeotholekt. " Origin of the war bonnet. Story of two young men." 1926 July.(g) Chief Peopeotholekt. " The Eagle bone war whistle of Peopeotholekt." (h) Correspondence, 1932-1935. [3 items](I) Photographs and photocopies [19 items](j) Newspaper clippings [12](k) Miscellanea [5]
3/69 Indians – Wanapum
(a) Prints [3](b) Newspaper clippings [2]
3/70 Indians – Yakima
(a) Nolan, Edward W. A bibliography of the Yakima. 1959 December.(b) Newspaper clippings [11](c) Miscellanea [2]

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Industries. Inland Empire

(a) " Progress ’70: the Inland Empire is People." The Spokesman-Review, 1970 December 27.

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Initiatives

(a) Johnson, Claudius O. " The Adoption of the Initiative and Referendum in Washington." Pacific Northwest Quarterly , 35 (1944 October): 291-303.

(b) Johnson, Claudius O. " The Initiative and Referendum in Washington." Pacific Northwest Quarterly , 36 (1945 January): 29-63.

(c) Washington. Secretary of State. History of State Initiative and Referendum Measures. 1960.

(d) Newspaper clippings [3]

(e) Miscellanea [2 items]

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Inland Empire – Politics and government

(a) Newspaper clippings [1]

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Interstate Compact Commission

(a) Question and Answer Handbook about the Columbia Interstate Compact . 1956.

(b) Columbia Interstate Compact and Proposed Federal Consent Legislation . 1956 December 4.

(c) Columbia Interstate Compact Commission. Columbia Interstate Compact . 1960 October 3.

(d) Newspaper clippings [4]

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Issues in the Legislature

(a) Washington. Legislative Council. Legislative Handbook 1953-1955.

(b) Washington. Legislative Council. Legislative Handbook 1965-1967.

(c) Washington. Legislative Council. Legislative Summary: Measures Enacted into Law 1957 Legislature Session.

(d) Washington. Legislative Council. Ninth Biennial Report of the Washington State Legislative Council Submitted to the 39th Legislature 1965 January.

(e) Association of Washington Industries. Digest and Analysis of Enacted Laws Thirty-Ninth Legislative Session, 1965. Seattle: A.W.I., 1965.

(f) Washington. Citizens Advisory Committee. City and Suburb-Community or Chaos Report of the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Joint Committee on Urban Area Government. 1962.

(g) House of Representatives miscellanea [4 items]

(h) Senate miscellanea [8 items]

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Issues presented to the voters

(a) Washington. Secretary of State. Know the Issues: Your Official State of Washington Voter’s Pamphlet . 1958 November 4.

(b) Washington. Secretary of State. Know the Issues: Your Official 1962 Edition Voters Pamphlet . 1962 November 6.

(c) Washington. Secretary of State. Your Official Voters Pamphlet . 1964 November 3.

(d) Washington. Secretary of State. Official Voters Pamphlet. 1966.

(e) Washington. Secretary of State. Official Voters Pamphlet. 1973 November 6.

(f) Washington. Secretary of State. Declaration of Candidacy . 1962.

(g) Washington. Secretary of State. List of nominees. 1956 November 6.

(h) Washington. House of Representatives. Candidates Nominated for State Legislature Senate and House . (1966).

(I) Sample election ballots [3 items]

(j) League of Women Voters miscellanea [3 items]

(k) Newspaper clippings [12]

(l) Miscellanea [13]

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K.W.S.C. – T.V.

(a) Correspondence, 1972-1975. [3 letters]

(b) Miscellaneous [1 item]

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Kane, Paul – Frontier artist

(a) Newspaper clippings [5]

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Land Use Planning

(a) U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Kaniksu National Forest. [multiple use plan]

(b) Miscellanea [3 items]

(c) Newspaper clippings [2]

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Lecture Notes
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4/80 Lecture Notes - History 432
(a) Avery, Mary. “Physical characteristics of the Pacific Northwest.”(b) Avery, Mary. “Indian Culture.” 31 March 1970.(c) Avery, Mary. “Maritime Fur Trade.” 8 April 1970.(d) Avery, Mary. “Overland Fur Trade.”(e) Avery, Mary. “Missionary Period.”(f) Avery, Mary. “Evolution of Washington State from Oregon Country.”(g) Avery, Mary. “Manifest Destiny; Indian Treaties.”(h) Avery, Mary. “Civil War: Anti-Chinese Riots.”(I) Avery, Mary. “Labor History: First World War.”(j) Avery, Mary. “The New Deal: World War II.”(k) Avery, Mary. “Government of Washington State.”(l) Avery, Mary. “British attitude toward ownership of Oregon.”
4/80.1 Lecture Notes – American History

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Lectures
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4/81 Lecture 1-5
(a) Avery, Mary. “Introduction and Colonial America.”(b) Avery, Mary. “The Constitutional Convention.”(c) Avery, Mary. “The Young Republic.”(d) Avery, Mary. “The Civil War and Civil War Background.”(e) Avery, Mary. “The Westward Movement.”
4/82 Lectures 6-7
(a) Avery, Mary. “Manifest Destiny; Indian Treaties.”(b) Avery, Mary. “First World War.”(c) Avery, Mary. “The issue of slavery in the Oregon Territory.”
4/83 Lecture 8
(a) Avery, Mary. “Populism.”(b) Avery, Mary. “Legislation regarding minorities.”(c) Avery, Mary. “The New Deal.”(d) Avery, Mary. “World War II and aftermath.”
4/84 Lectures 9-11
(a) Avery, Mary. “Labor history; First World War.”(b) Avery, Mary. “The New Deal.”(c) Avery, Mary. “The New Deal; World War II.”(d) Avery, Mary. “Government of Washington State.”

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John Ledyard

(a) Correspondence, 1966. [3 items]

(b) Avery, Mary. “The arrest of John Ledyard I Russia.” [4 copies]

(c) Ledyard, John. [Photocopies of pages from his journal]

(d) Billings, Commodore Joseph. An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia. p. 99-101. [Photocopy]

(e) London Ledyard Project working bibliography.

(f) Notes [3 pieces]

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Legislative districts – Washington state

(a) Baker, Gordon E. The Politics of Reappointment in Washington State. ?: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., 1960.

(b) Miscellanea [9 items]

(c) Newspaper clippings [22]

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Legislature – Washington State

(a) Washington. Joint Committee on Governmental Cooperation. Washington State Legislature 1961-1963 . 1963.

(b) Rossellini, Albert D. Message of Albert D. Rossellini, Governor of Washington to the thirty-ninth legislature. Olympia: ?, 1965.

(c) Webster, Donald. H., Campbell, Ernest H. and Smith, George D. The Legislature and the Legislative Process in the State of Washington. Seattle: University of Washington, 1966.

(d) Washington. Secretary of State. Directory: Washington State Legislature 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, and 1971.

(e) Rosters of members in the State legislature. [6 items]

(f) Legislative Newsletter, 1967 January 23; 1967 January 27; 1967 February 24; 1967 March 10; and 1969 January 23.

(g) The Washington State Voter, 1963 February; 1966 December; 1967 February; 1967 April; 1970 December.

(h) Miscellanea [7 items]

(I) Newspaper clippings [7]

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Lewis and Clark

(a) Loos, John L. “They opened the door to the West.”

(b) U.S. Department of the Interior. Brief account of the Lewis and Clark expedition from St. Louis , Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon and return 1804-1806. 1906.

(c) Stevens, James. “Right of way west”, Macfarland, Robert. “The Lewis and Clark country a century and a half later” Lewis and Clark: Our National Epic of Exploration 1804-1806. ?: Northern Pacific Railway Co., ?

(d) Miscellanea [3 items]

(e) Newspaper clippings [7]

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Libraries

(a) Washington Library Association. Regional Libraries, Washington’s Next Step. Olympia: W.L.A., ?

(b) Washington. Washington State Library. More Power to You: Regional Libraries of Washington (?).

(c) Mills, Hazel E. " The Washington Territorial Library." Library News Bulletin, 1960 January-March.

(d) Newspaper clipping

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Library of Congress

(a) Correspondence, 1945-1946. [5 items]

(b) Notes from smaller collections and daily diary. [28 pages]

(c) Bancroft-Davis notes. [37 pages]

(d) James K. Polk notes. [24 pages]

(e) McClellan notes. [12 pages]

(f) Indians and Frederick W. Lender notes. [10 pages]

(g) British Foreign Office notes. [17 pages]

(h) Russian Transcript notes. [10 pages]

(I) Cleveland papers notes. [6 pages]

(j) James G. Blaine notes. [2 pages]

(k) Notes from various newspapers. [35 pages]

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Lumbering

(a) Washington. Department of Commerce & Economic Development. Statistical Handbook of Washington’s Forest Industry . 1964.

(b) Washington. Department of Natural Resources. Forests of Washington State . ?.

(c) Washington. Department of Natural Resources. Report on Log Export Problem . 1966.

(d) Washington. Department of Natural Resources. Sixth Biennial Report, 1966-1968.

(e) American Hardboard Association. The Story of Hardboard. Chicago: A.H.A., 196?.

(f) Crown Zellerbach Corp. Paper . . its story. San Francisco: Crown Zellerbach Corp., 1950.

(g) Fisher W. Halder. Report on Analysis of the Relationship of Softwood Log Exports to the Economy of the State of Washington. Columbus: Battelle Memorial Institute, 1964.

(h) Hardwood Plywood Institute. The story of Hardwood Plywood. Arlington, VA.: H.P.I., 1963.

(I) Schlosser, Mark. " The log export problem of the U.S. and the Pacific Northwest in particular." Washington state history, 1969.

(j) U.S. Department of the Interior. Natural resources of Washington. 1963.

(k) Washington Committee of American Forest Products Industries. Washington: Transition in the Timber. Seattle: W.C. of A.F.P.I., 1966.

(l) Totem, 1967 January, March, April, June-December; 1968 February . [11 issues]

(m) Newspaper clippings [15]

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McGuire, Ulysses Melville, 1856 - ? [Autobiography of his life. 96 p.]
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Manuscripts

(a) Letter written by Lucia Loraine Williams to her mother in Ohio while en route by ox team to Oregon in 1851. [Photocopy]

(b) Miller, John Parker. " Story of Sara Luch and Alex Miller."

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Maps
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4/93 Maps – Canada. [5 items]
4/94 Maps – Historical. [3 items - Kept in the Avery OV-3” box]
4/95 Maps –Idaho. [2 items]
4/96 Maps – Montana. [2 items]
4/97 Maps – Oregon. [2 items]
4/98 Maps – Special interest. [1 item]
4/99 Maps – Spokane and the Inland Empire. [4 items]
4/100 Maps – Washington – Legislative Districts. [6 items]
4/101 Maps – Washington – Special Interest. [6 items]
4/102 Maps – Western States. [3 items]
4/103 Maps – Wyoming. [2 items]
4/104 Maps – Notes and general reference sources. [2 items]

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Mining

(a) Washington. State Division of Mines and Geology. Notes for Uranium Prospectors. 1955.

(b) Gueffroy, C.H. Natural Gas for the Pacific Northwest. Portland: Portland Gas and Coke Co., 1954.

(c) Twain, Mark. Roughing it. Vol. 1, Chapter 36. New York:?, 1913.

(d) Wyman, Mark. " History of mining in the Pacific Northwest." Talk given to History 432, University of Washington, 1970 June 2.

(e) " The Aluminum story, 25 years of the Miracle Metal in Spokane." The Spokesman-Review Sunday Magazine, 1971 June 20. [2 copies]

(f) Miscellanea [6 items]

(g) Newspaper clippings [8 items]

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Missionaries

(a) U.S. Department of the Interior. The Mansion House, Grist Mill, and Blacksmith Shop at the Whitman Mission. 1952.

(b) Drury, Clifford M. First White Women over the Rockies. Vol. 11 Glendale, Calif.: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1963. [Selected photocopied pages]

(c) Whitman mission Miscellanea [3 items]

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Natural Resources

(a) Washington. Washington State Library. Natural resources and recreation agencies, programs. . . needs . . . goals . 1971.

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Newspapers

(a) Washington. Secretary of State. List of Washington newspapers, periodicals and radio programs . 1962.

(b) " Cowlitz-Columbia Centennial Edition." Longview Daily News, 1953 August 19, Sections 3 &4.

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Nootka Sound Controversy

(a) The First Pacific Northwest Historical Ballad.

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Notebooks

(a) Avery, Mary. " Walla Walla tour," P.N.H. Conference 1974, etc.”

(b) Miscellanea [2 items]

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Oral History [1 item]
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Parks and Recreation

(a) Correspondence, 1970. [1 letter]

(b) Culverwell, Albert. The Historical program of the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission . Olympia: State Parks and Recreation Commission, 1958.

(c) Dyson, James L. Glaciers and Glaciation in Glacier National Park. West Glacier, Montana: Glacier Natural History Association, 1966.

(d) Washington. State Parks and Recreation Commission. Annual Report, July 1, 1968 to June 30, 1969.

(e) Washington. Parks and Recreation Commission. 1971 Annual Report.

(f) Postcards of various scenes in Washington State [8 items]

(g) Miscellanea [5 items]

(h) Newspaper clippings [7]

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Patrol, State – Washington

(a) Washington. Washington State Patrol. Since 1921 . 1972.

(b) Washington. Washington State Patrol. Can you qualify . 1971.

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Periodicals

(a) The Argus, 1959 July 31; 1959 September 18; 1959 September 25.

(b) Idaho Yesterdays, Fall 1974.

(c) The New Yorker, 1972 August 26.

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Personal interest

(a) “United Nations peacekeeping: old problems and new patterns.” Facts & Issues, 1965 April.

(b) Miscellanea [7 items]

(c) Newspaper clippings [13]

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Photographs – Archaeology

(a) 128 prints of the field work carried on by the Columbia Basin Archaeological Survey along the banks of the Columbia River from Grand Coulee Dam to the Canadian boundary above Northport from 1939 July through 1940 September. (See – Collier, Donald; Hudson, Alfred E.; and Ford, Arlo. Archaeology of the Upper Columbia Region. Seattle: University of Wash. Press, 1942.)

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Political Parties

(a) The Development of Political Parties in Washington since 1854.

(b) Henson, Harry F. Observations on Party Organization.

(c) Johnson, Claudius O. Democratic Republic: Our Heritage from 1787. Pullman: Research Studies, State College of Washington, 1956.

(d) Yoder, Fred R. The Farmers’ Alliances in Washington – prelude to Populism. Pullman: Research Studies, State College of Washington, 1948.

(e) Washington. Executive Department. Arthur B. Langlie letter to Walter Williams, Chairman, Republican State Central Committee . 1951 October 5.

(f) Republican State Central Committee of Washington. Republican Workers Manual. Seattle: R.S.C.C. of W., ?

(g) Republican National Committee. Republican Fact-Book, Including a Condensed History of the Republican Party. Washington, D.C.: R.N.C., 1951-1952.

(h) Miscellanea [6 items]

(I) Newspaper clippings [6]

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Population

(a) Schmid, Calvin F. Population trends cities and towns, State of Washington, 1911-1962. Seattle: Washington State Census Board, 1962.

(b) Schmid, Calvin F.; Miller, Vincent A.; Tagashira, Kiyoshi. Enrollment forecasts, State of Washington, 1963 to 1970. Seattle: Washington State Census Board, 1962.

(c) Schmid, Calvin F.; Miller, Vincent A.; Tagashira, Kiyoshi.; Engels, Richard A.; and Watson, F. Jean. Population forecasts, State of Washington, 1965 to 1985. Olympia: Dept. of Commerce and Economic Development, 1966.

(d) Greenwood Press, Inc. Census Checklist: U.S. Census Publications, 1820-1945. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1972.

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Presidents

(a) Pictorial chart of the Presidents of the United States.

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Printer, State of Washington

(a) Washington. State Printing Department. Washington State Printing Plant Laws and History . 1965.

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Prisons

(a) Newspaper clipping [1]

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Railroads

(a) Notes on railroads and railroading in the Pacific Northwest from 1859 to 1906. [35 pages]

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Reorganization, State government

(a) Avery, Mary. “Idaho’s reorganization of state government, 1919.” [Partial copies 3, copies, 2]

(b) Burcham, Ralph. “Review of paper ‘Idaho’s reorganization of state government, 1919.’”

(c) Notes on Idaho reorganization.

(d) Review of MacEachern’s “Bibliography of Washington History.”

(e) Avery, Mary. “State and local issues, 1952.”

(f) Deutsch, Herman J. " A Prospectus for the Study of the Governments of the Pacific Northwest States in their Regional Setting." Pacific Northwest Quarterly . 42 (1951 October): 277-301.

(g) Murray, Keith. " Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950." Pacific Northwest Quarterly . 42 (1950 July ): 213-233.

(h) Comparative data with respect to the governments of the Pacific Northwest sates with reference to usual practices among the others of the forty-eight states and the provisions of the model constitution.

(I) Final Report of the Pacific Northwest Assembly on State Government. Seattle: Regional Sponsoring Committee, 1957.

(j) League of Women Voters of Washington. State Continuing Responsibilities. Seattle: L.W.V.W., 1963.

(k) Bureau of Governmental Research and Services. Washington’s Constitutional Dilemma, Proceedings of the Conference October 15, 1966. Seattle: Univeristy of Washington Press, 1967.

(l) Washington. Committee on State Government Organization. First Report of C.S.G.O. . 1953.

(m) Washington. Council for Reorganization of Washington State Government. Survey Report and Recommendations . 1965.

(n) Miscellanea [5 items]

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Ross map

(a) General correspondence, 1954-1975. [5 letters]

(b) J. Neilson Barry letters and notes. [46 items]

(c) Notes from Ross’ published Fur Hunters for map article.

(d) Avery, Mary. “Ross Article.”

(e) Photocopied letter of Charles Edgar Lambert, 1893 April 14.

(f) Lambert family history and genealogy.

(g) Pencil drawn maps.

(h) Letter for John V. Campbell, 1918 May 12. [typewritten copy]

(I) Miscellanea [11 items]

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Scenes

(a) Idaho’s rugged land, still untouched.

(b) Our Southern Border. (Washington State)

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Scripts – Radio, T.V., etc.

(a) Correspondence, 1972-1975. [19 letters]

(b) K.W.S.C. material and transcripts. [10 items]

(c) Transcripts of tapes use for Intermediate School District 101, "Washington History or General Pioneer Background.” [17 items]

(d) Miscellaneous transcripts [5 items]

(e) Miscellaneous pieces [10 pieces]

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Seattle

(a) Port of Seattle. 1969 Annual Report.

(b) Newspaper clipping [2]

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Soil and Water Conservation Districts

(a) Washington. Washington State Soil and Water Conservation Committee. Federal Laws and State of Washington Laws Concerning Soil and Water Conservation . 1967.

(b) Camp, Oscar A., and McGrew, Paul C. History of Washington’s Soil and Water Conservation Districts. ?: ?, 1969.

(c) Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Convention Proceedings, 1970, annual meeting.

(d) 1971-1973 Biennium Budget Request.

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Spokane and the Inland Empire

(a) Eastern Washington State Historical Society Biennial Report, 1969 July-1971 June.

(b) Schleef, Margaret L. Manufacturing Trends in the Inland Empire. Pullman, Washington: State College of Washington, 1947.

(c) Washington. Department of Commerce and Economic Development. Regional Economies of Washington State . 1969.

(d) Seattle-First National Bank. Summary of Pacific Northwest Industries.

(e) Washington State History, Government, and Resources. Unit on Resources and Industrial Development.

(f) Miscellanea [5 items]

(g) Newspaper clippings [3]

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Stare, County and Local Government

(a) Bromage, Arthur W. Home Rule as of Now. N.Y.: National Municipal League, 1964.

(b) Condon, George A. Legislative-Political History of Twelfth Amendment to the Washington State Constitution. ?: ?, 1965.

(c) Nebraska. Secretary of State. Constitution of the Sate of Nebraska.

(d) Reuss, Carl F. County Government in Washington. Pullman, Washington: State College of Washington, 1941.

(e) The County News-Digest, 1965 March; 1965 April; 1965 May.

(f) Miscellanea: Directories of County Officials, County reports, county statistics, land use planning material, newsletters, copy of House Joint resolution No. 2, etc. [18 items]

(g) Newspaper clippings [12]

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State Legislatures – Nebraska & Minnesota

(a) Nebraska. Legislature of Nebraska. Rules of the Nebraska Legislature . 1950.

(b) Nebraska miscellanea: newspaper article, Congressional Record article, etc.

(c) Ninety Days of Lawmaking in Minnesota. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 1949.

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Statue Law Committee

(a) “Automated Law Searches.” Statue law Committee

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Symbols

(a) " Washington State Bird: The Willow Goldfinch." Seattle Times, 1963 March 17, p. 13.

(b) " Washington State Emblems." Seattle Times, 1963 May 19, p. 2.

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Talks
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5/134 Talks
(a) Avery, Mary. “Antoine Plant’s Ferry Site.”(b) Avery, Mary. “British Museum.”(c) Avery, Mary. “D.A.R.”(d) Avery, Mary. “Dayton – Palouse Talk.”(e) Avery, Mary. ”Everyday Life in London.”(f) Avery, Mary. “Fort Vancouver Talk.”(g) Avery, Mary. “Frontier Woman; the Story of Mary Ronan as Told to Margaret Ronan.”(h) Avery, Mary. “Journal at Water Hen River.”(I) Avery, Mary. “Olympia Talk.”(j) Avery, Mary. “Olympia Women’s Club Talk.”(k) Avery, Mary. “Palouse talk.”(l) Avery, Mary. “Patterns of Change.” Delivered at the Panhellenic workshop, 1967.(m) Avery, Mary. “Pioneer Life.”(n) Avery, Mary. “Pomeroy.”(o) Avery, Mary. “Rotary.”(p) Avery, Mary. “Tacoma Talk.”(q) Avery, Mary. “Washington State Administration.”®) Avery, Mary. “Westminster Tea.”(s) Brownell, Sarah. “Family History of the J.D. Garrett Family.”
5/135 Talks – Incomplete
(a) Avery, Mary. “D.A.R.”(b) Avery, Mary. “Fur Trade in the Spokane Area.”(c) Avery, Mary. “Hudson’s Bay Company Research.”(d) Untitled [13 items]

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Taxation and Finance

(a) Washington. Department of Conservation and Development. A Comparative Study of the Tax System of the State of Washington . 1946.

(b) Washington. Director of the Budget. Your Dollar’s Worth of State Government . 1952.

(c) Washington. Office of State Auditor. Budget Manual for Cities of the State of Washington . 1965.

(d) Washington. Office of State Auditor. Classification of General Accounts for Counties . 1966.

(e) Washington. Tax Advisory Council. Financing State and Local Government in Washington . 1958.

(f) Oregon. Legislative Interim Tax Study Committee. The Tax Structures of Washington, Oregon and California . 1958.

(g) American Forest Products Industries. Government Owned Land – a growing taxpayer burden. Washington, D.C. : American Forest Products Industries, 1964.

(h) League of Women Voters. Facts about your Property Taxes. Seattle: League of Women Voters of Washington, 1963.

(I) League of Women Voters. Tax Facts of Washington State. Seattle: League of Women Voters of Washington, 1959.

(j) Lee, Maurice W. Understanding the Washington Tax System, A digest Supplement to a Study of State and Local Taxation. ? : Washington State Legislative Council, Tax Commission of the State of Washington, 1956.

(k) Washington State Research Council. Washington . . where? A Discussion of Interstate “Tax Burden” Comparisons . Seattle: Washington State Research Council, 1959.

(l) Washington’s Tax System: A comparison.

(m) Miscellanea: 2 photographs, Facts & Issues newsletter, Washington State voter newsletter, etc. [10 items]

(n) Newspaper clippings

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Television

(a) Pierce County Cooperative Program of Televised Education. Washington State History and Government: Ninth grade. Tacoma: Pierce County Cooperative Program of Televised Education, 1960.

(b) A Study of Some Problems Inherent in Educational Television.

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Text Correction

(a) Letter from Thomas E. Jessett, 1969 December 9.

(b) Miscellanea [3 items]

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Theater

(a) Notes on theaters in Spokane [8 pages]

(b) Newspaper clipping [1]

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Transportation

(a) " Burlington Northern: A railroad Worth Waiting for." New York Times, 1970 September 27.

(b) Denney, C.E. The Northern Pacific: First of the Northern Transcontinentals. N.Y.: The Newcomers Society in North America.

(c) Smith, Waddell F. What stage line held us up? San Rafael, Calif.: Pony Express History and Art Gallery, ?

(d) Washington. Washington State Library. Transportation Agencies Programs . . Needs . . Goals . 1971 annual report.

(e) Miscellanea: Argus, 1970 June 5; notes brochures, [2] Russell, Majors and Waddell Pony Express foundation newsletters, etc. [10 items]

(f) Newspaper clippings [8]

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United States Congress

(a) U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. United States Senate, Eighty-Fifth Congress (1957 May 2).

(b) " Julia Butler Hansen: Courageous Congresswoman from Cathlamet." Seattle Times, 1966 March 20.

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Voting laws

(a) Washington. Secretary of State. General Election Laws Pamphlet. 1964.

(b) Washington. Secretary of State. Election Reform – The Challenge of Democracy – Confidence, Opportunity, Participation . 1970.

(c) Proceedings of the Public Affairs Conference. “Your Part in State Lawmaking.” By Donald D. Johnson, Acting Chairman. Pullman, Washington: The State College of Washington, 1949.

(d) The Citizen and the Legislature, Proceedings of the Twenty-eighth Annual Summer Institute of Government. By the Bureau of Governmental Research and Services, University of Washington. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1963.

(e) Miscellanea: Information on the Service Vote Law, Absentee ballot Voting, etc. [18 items]

(f) Newspaper clippings [4]

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Washington
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6/143 Washington – Cities and Towns
(a) Newspaper clippings [13]
6/144 Washington – general
(a) Washington. Daniel J. Evans, Governor. Human resources Agencies, programs. . .needs . . goals . (1970 annual report).(b) Washington. Department of Commerce and Economic Development. Facts to help you know . . Washington State.(c) Washington. Washington. Secretary of State. This is Washington.(d) Highlights of the State of Washington. [Spokane?] Spokane Branch of the American Association of University Women, 1931.(e) League of Women Voters. Know your State. ?: League of Women Voters, 1947.(f) Godden, Bob and Swift, Ross. Washington Colorfun Book. Seattle: Washington Welcome, Inc. 1963.(g) " Washington Territorial Centennial 1853-1953." Spokesman Review, 1953 May 10.(h) Miscellaneous [1 item]

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Washington State
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6/145 Washington State. Department of Conservation.
(a) Correspondence, July 1, ? [1 letter](b) Price, Truman P. Weather Modification – A Power Potential. Olympia: Division of Power Resources, 1959.
6/146 Washington State. Department of Game.
(a) Roundy, Fred L. The Beaver Resource in the State of Washington. ?: Fur and Damage Control Division., 1965.(b) Miscellanea [2 brochures](c) Newspaper clippings [5]
6/147 Washington State. Employees Securities Department.
(a) Washington. Employees Securities Department. Youth in the Labor Market . 1965.(b) Washington. Employees Securities Department. Local Labor Market Development . 1965 September.(c) Washington. Employees Securities Dept. Area Redevelopment Manpower Report: Friday Harbor . 1965 July.(d) Metropolitan Area Manpower Council. Clark County Manpower Survey. [Portland-Vancouver?] ?, 1965.(e) Miscellanea [2 items]
6/148 Washington State. General Administration.
(a) Letter form G.W. Mutschler dated February 10, 1970.
6/149 Washington State. Department of Institutions.
(a) Washington. Council of Children and Youth. Today’s Child – Tomorrow’s Man.(b) Washington. Dept. of Institutions. Washington Corrections Center – Shelton . (19X).(c) Heyns, Dr. Garrett. The Dramatic New Role of Washington Institutions.(d) Miscellaneous [1 item](e) Newspaper clippings [5]
6/150 Washington State. Department of Labor & Industry.
(a) Information on the Seattle General Strike [2 items](b) Pacific Northwest Labor History Conference, 1970 March 6-7.(c) Newspaper clippings [6]
6/151 Washington State. Legislative Budget Committee.
(a) Washington State. Legislative Budget Committee. School Finance in Washington: The Interfund Loan Problem . 1970 October.(b) Washington State. Legislative Budget Committee. State Support and Financial Aid to Artificial Kidney Patients in Washington . 1970 October.(c) Washington State. Legislative Budget Committee. Administrative Costs of the Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Retirement System . 1970 November.(d) Washington State. Legislative Budget Committee. Biennial Report of the Legislative Budget Committee, 1969-1971 . 1970 December.(e) Washington State. Legislative Budget Committee. Ad Valorem Property Taxation of Business Inventories . 1970 December.(f) Washington State. Legislative Budget Committee. Local Government Debt Limits . 1971 December.(g) Washington State. Legislative Budget Committee. School Finance in Washington: Vocational Education Issues . 1971 January.(h) Washington State. Legislative Budget Committee. School Finances in Washington: Community College Issues .1971 January .
6/152 Washington State. Legislative Council.
(a) Correspondence, 1971. [4 letters](b) Washington. Legislative Council. Final Status of Bills. 5/11/7/.(c) Washington. Legislative Council. (Recommended bills) [25 items]
6/153 Washington State. National Guard.
(a) Index to the military records generated in Washington Territory 1855 to 1889.
Washington State. Politics and Government.
Box/Folder
6/154 Washington State. Politics and Government - Governor’s Office.
(a) Newspaper clippings [9]
6/155 Washington State. Politics and Government – Laws.
(a) Newspaper clippings [6]
6/156 Washington State. Politics and Government – Legislature.
(a) Newspaper clippings [35]
6/157 Washington State. Politics and Government – Redistricting.
(a) Newspaper clippings [10]
6/158 Washington State. Politics and Government – Taxes.
(a) Newspaper clippings [9]
6/159 Washington State. Department of Social & Health Services.
(a) Washington. Daniel J. Evans, Governor. Jobs Now – Washington future programs . 1972.(b) Greenleigh Associates, Inc. Public Welfare: Poverty – Prevention – or Perpetuation: A study of the State Department of Public Assistance of the State of Washington. N.Y.: Greenleigh Associated, Inc., 1964.(c) Miscellanea [3 items]
6/160 Washington State. Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(a) Correspondence, 1967. [2 letters](b) Washington. Superintendent of Public Instruction. Forty-ninth Biennial report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the period July 1, 1966 to June 30, 1968.

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University of Washington
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
6/161 University of Washington, Exams – History
(a) Examinations from Washington History and Government, History 35, History 26, history 37c, History 241 U, History 335x, History 432, History 464, and miscellaneous papers. [33 items]
6/162 University of Washington, Exams – Politics
(a) Examinations from Politics 36, and Politics 336. [8 items]
6/163 University of Washington, History 09X
(a) 11 units and examinations.
6/164 University of Washington, History 464
(a) Readings for reports. [2 copies]
6/165 University of Washington, Pacific Northwest History
(a) Samples of Personal Narratives relating to Pacific Northwest history. [2 copies](b) Supplemental Bibliography, History 432.(c) Guide for Writing or Revising High School Correspondence Courses.(d) General regulations governing correspondence study at W.S.U. for High School courses.(e) Deutch, Herman J. " Suggestions for the teaching of Washington government." Pacific Northwest Quarterly , 34 (1943 October): 399-402.
6/166 University of Washington, Term papers – Utopian groups
(a) Cornelius, Michael. “Home – A Place for Freedom to Express Beliefs.” History 432.(b) “The McKinley Assassinations: Aftermath in an Anarchist Colony.”(c) Volkman, Barbara. “Home, Washington.”(d) Newspaper clippings on the Hutterite community near Lind, Washington.

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Woman Suffrage

(a) “The Woman Suffrage Movement in Eastern Washington"

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box-folder
6/167

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Writings
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
6/168 Writings – Articles
(a) Avery, Mary. “Alaska – Yukon Pacific Exposition Records.”(b) Avery, Mary. “The Lewis and Clark Expedition by Meriwether Lewis.”(c) Avery, Mary. “Missionary Activity in the Pacific Northwest.”(d) Avery, Mary. “Nationality Groups in Eastern Washington.”(e) Avery, Mary. “The Picnic.”
6/169 Writings – Published
(a) Writings by Mrs. Avery [6 items](b) Writings about Mrs. Avery [7 items]

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Xeroxed articles

(a) " From Astoria to the Cascades." Overland Monthly

(b) “The Gorge of the Columbia.”

(c) “Niles’ Register – March 10, 1821 – North West Coast.”

(d) “Puget Sound.”

(e) Miscellanea [3 pieces]

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box-folder
6/170

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Radio Scripts
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
7/171 Radio Scripts – Author index. Tape numbers & title’s index. [Partial]
7/172 Radio Scripts KWSC [Scripts 1-40] 1960 July 11-1961 April 10
7/173 Radio Scripts KWSC [Scripts 40-58, 61-67, 69-75] 1961 April 17 – December 25
7/174 Radio Scripts KWSC [Scripts 76-97, 112-128] 1962 January 2 - December 31
7/175 Radio Scripts KWSC [Scripts 120-180] 1963 January 7 – December 30
7/176 Radio Scripts KWSC [Scripts 181-205] 1964 January 6 - June 22
7/177 Radio Scripts KWSC [Scripts 206-232] 1964 June 29 – December 28
7/178 Radio Scripts KWSC [Scripts 233-258] 1965 January 4 – June 21
7/179 Radio Scripts KWSC [Scripts 259-261, 269-284] 1965 July 5 – December 27
7/180 Radio Scripts KWSC [Scripts 285-291, 294-307] 1966 January 3 - June 6
7/181 Radio Scripts KWSC [16 scripts] 1966 September 19 – December 26
7/182 Radio Scripts KWSC [16 scripts] 1967 January 2 - April 24
7/183 Radio Scripts KWSC [21 scripts] 1967 May – December 25
7/184 Radio Scripts KWSC [14 scripts] 1968 January 1 - April 1
7/185 Radio Scripts KWSC [22 scripts] 1968 April 8 - December 30
7/186 Radio Scripts KWSC [22 scripts] 1969 January 6 - December 29
7/187 Radio Scripts KWSC [28 scripts] 1970 January 5 - December 7
7/188 Radio Scripts KWSC [27 scripts] 1971 January 11 – December 27
7/189 Radio Scripts KWSC [32 scripts] 1972 January 3 – December 11
7/190 Radio Scripts KWSC [22 scripts] 1974 January 1 – December 31
7/191 Radio Scripts KWSC [22 scripts] 1974 January 14 – December 30
7/192 Radio Scripts KWSC [9 scripts] 1975 January 20 – June 16

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Legislative rate cards
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box-folder
8/193

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Manuscript rate cards
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box-folder
8/194

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Bibliography and notes taken in British Museum, 1954
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8/195

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Miscellaneous reading notes
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box-folder
8/196

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Subjects

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.

  • Personal Names :
  • Avery, Mary W. (Mary Williamson), 1907-1975--Archives
  • Corporate Names :
  • Washington State University
  • Geographical Names :
  • Washington (State)--Education--Universities and colleges
  • Washington (State)--History
  • Washington (State)--History, Local
  • Washington (State)--Maps
  • Subject Terms :
  • State universities and colleges--Washington (State)
  • Universities and colleges--Washington (State)
    • Form or Genre Terms :
    • Bibliographies
    • Lectures
    • Maps
    • Reviews (Criticism)
    • Occupations :
    • Archivists--Washington (State)
    • Historians--Washington (State)
    • Women archivists--Washington (State)
    • Women historians--Washington (State)
      • Other Creators :
      • Avery, Mary W. (Mary Williamson), 1907-1975--Washington, the evergreen state

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