3 containers. (1.5 linear feet of shelf space.) (1200 items.)
Collection Number:
Cage
62
Summary:
Correspondence, business and legal
papers, souveniors, reminiscences, genealogies and photographs of Avard and
related families, documenting their early years in California, homesteading
efforts on the Colville Indian Reservation, railroading in north Idaho, and
other aspects of frontier life in the far west.
Repository:
Washington State University Libraries
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special
Collections
Funding for encoding this finding
aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Content Description
The Stephen Avard papers consist of correspondence, business papers,
legal documents, souvenirs, reminiscences and photographs concerning Stephen
Thomas Avard (1880-1951), his brother Charles William Avard (ca. 1875-1956),
his wife Julia Hamaker Eastman Avard (1911-1956), his mother-in-law Sarah
Phillips Hamaker Simonton (ca. 1840-ca. 1925), and his wife's step-father
Rolvin David Simonton (1843-1915). The papers document the Avard's emigration
from England to California in the 1880's, their homesteading efforts at
Nespelem on the Colville Indian Reservation in northeast Washington; Rolvin
Simonton's work on railroads in northern Idaho and other aspects of frontier
life in the far west.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
This collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation :
[Item Description]. Cage 62, Guide to the Stephen Thomas Avard Papers.
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University
Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The papers are separated into two series: papers / correspondence and
photographs.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Series 1: Papers and
Correspondence, , 1872-1956
155 items.
Container(s)
Description
Box/Folder
1 / 1
Correspondence: Personal and
business letters of the Avard family, , 1909-1955
50 items.
1 / 2
Legal and business papers, bills
of sale, leases, deeds, writs, re: lease of homestead, naturalization,
veteran's pension, settlement of estates, , 1872-1956
40 items.
1 / 3
Reminiscences, genealogy, and
clippings re: Avard, Phillips, and Simonton Families.
Portraits of persons related to
Avard, Phillips, and Simonton Families.
100 items.
2 / 6
Landscapes and candid shots,
Washington and Idaho.
100 items.
2 / 7
Landscapes and candid shots,
Alaska and Hawaii.
100 items.
3 / 8-10
Landscapes and candid shots,
California.
200 items.
3 / 11-12
Tourist
post cards.
100 items.
3 / 13-14
Contact prints from original
nitrate negatives- made 1980. Award family portraits, group portraits, and
portraits of persons related to Avard (earlier prints in container 2, folders
1-5)
175 items.
3 / 15-16
Contact prints from original
nitrate negatives, made 1980. Landscapes and candid shots - Washington, Idaho,
and California (earlier prints in containers 2-3, folders 6-10)
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.
Personal Names :
Avard, Charles William, [ca. 1875]-1956
Avard, Julia Hamacker Eastman, 1881-1956
Avard, Stephen Thomas, 1880-1951. --Archives
(
creator)
Subject Terms :
Colville Indian
Reservation (Wash.)
Farmers --
Washington (State)--Okanogan County--Records and correspondence
Frontier and
pioneer life--Washington (State)--Okanogan County
