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

Guide to the Ballou Family Papers, 1871-1934


Ms 81





Finding aid prepared by Hugh W. Johnson

Finding aid encoded by Tierney Haupt, 2008
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the Washington State Women's History Consortium.


Overview of the Collection
 
Repository Name:
 

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
 
Collection Number:
 

Ms 81
 
Creator:
 

Ballou Family
 
Title:
 

Ballou Family Papers
 
Dates:
 

1871-1934 (inclusive)
 
Quantity:
 

6 linear feet
6 boxes
 
Languages:
 

English 

 
Summary:
 

Born March 27, 1862 in Illinois, Miss Myra Ballou never married. Apparently she remained at the family farm near Milton, Oregon with her parents. This collection consists primarily of letters written to Myra Ballou from members of her large and extended family, and letters written by Myra Ballou to family members and friends.
 

Biographical Note

Born March 27, 1862 in Illinois, Miss Myra Ballou never married. Apparently she remained at the family farm near Milton, Oregon with her parents. The other siblings left.

Family relationships among the siblings are as follows:

Children

  • Lillian, born in Lisle, IL, August 20, 1860
  • Myra, born in Lisle, IL, March 27, 1862
  • Grant Alby, born in Lisle, IL, March 16, 1864
  • Clarence O., born in Lisle, IL, January 18, 1866
  • Edna Mabel, born in Lisle, IL, December 9, 1869, died June 18, 1873
  • Henry Euberto, born in Lisle, IL, August 22, 1871
  • Bertha Amelia, born in Santa Rosa, CA, April 18, 1874
  • Florence Perditon, born in Milton, OR, October 22, 1880

The family home in Umatilla County, Oregon was known as "Brookside." It was a home very dear to the children.

Orlando R. Ballou, Myra's father, was engaged in farming, dairying and fruit raising. He was said to have rendered valuable service to the Union during the Civil War.

Not much is written about Myra except that she came to Spokane with her father to bring fruit to the Fair.

Florence Ballou married David Brown in 1903. He died in 1951.

Their children:

  • Helen McMillen (of Denver and Milton-Freewater, OR)
  • Sylvia Goodrich (of Spokane, WA, Mrs. Warren Goodrich)
  • Gordon Brown (of Olympia)

Content Description

This collection consists primarily of letters written to Myra Ballou from members of her large and extended family, and letters written by Myra Ballou to family members and friends.

Arrangement

Letters are arranged by name of Ballou family member, then chronologically.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information 

Donated by David McInnis, June 21, 1989, (Accession # L89-160).

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is not restricted.

Restrictions on Use 

Collection is open for use.

Preferred Citation 

Ballou Family Papers (Ms 81), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.

Related Information

Bibliography 

Adlin Ballou. The Ballous in America. Providence, RI: Proprietary Publishers (E. L. Freeman and Son), 1888.

Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Genealogy Records, Vol. I, Jan. 31, 1960, p. 81.

Related Materials 

Edith Smith Papers (Ms 121)

Ms 121, Brown/Ballou Family Papers (Ms 129)

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.

 
Ballou, Myra
Ballou family--Archives
Ballou-Lattimer Drug Store
Brookside Farm (Umatilla County, Or.)
Genealogical correspondence--Washington (State)--Spokane
Women--Suffrage
Correspondence
Letters
Manuscript collections

Detailed Description of the Collection

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


 
box/folder
1/1

Introduction and Inventory

  
 
box/folder
1/2


Biography and Genealogy

  
 
box/folder
1/3


Newspaper Clippings, 1915-1927

  
 
box/folder
1/4


Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1887-1915

  
 
box/folder
1/5


Miscellaneous: Orlando R. Ballou Family

  
 

Elizabeth Boyd Ballou
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
1/6

Articles of Agreement re Ballou Farm
   February 24, 1912
 
1/7

Letters Received
   undated
 
1/8

Letters Received
   1883-1889
 
1/9

Letters Received
   1894-1909
 
1/10

Letters Received
   1910-1914
 
1/11

Letters Received
   1915-1917
 
1/12

Letters Received
   1918-1923
 
1/13

Letters Received
   1918-1920
 
1/14

Letters Received
   1921-1923
 
1/15

Letters Received
   1924-1927
 
1/16

Letters Received
   1928-1935
 
1/17

Letters Received
   1936-1937
 
1/18

Miscellaneous Invitations and Cards
  
 
box/folder
1/19


Harry Ballou: Letters Received, 1916-1918

  
 
box/folder
½0


Letter to Harry Ballou from Agricultural Agent of Oregon, Apr., 1918

  
 
box/folder
½1


Lillian Blalock Ballou: Letters Received, 1901-1920

  
 
box/folder
½2


Marie Ballou: Letter Received from Mabel Anderson, Apr. 17, 1904

  
 
box/folder
½3


May Ballou: Letter Received, undated

  
 

Myra Ballou
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
½4

Bills and Invoices
  
 
½5

Diary
   1904-1956
 
also includes random entries
 
½6

Diary
   1913
 
Suffrage: Nov. 7, 1913, "voted for the first time"
 
½7

Diary
   1917
 
½8

Diary
   1920-1926
 
2/1

Diary
   1928
 
2/2

Ephemera
  
 
2/3

Ephemera
  
 
2/4

Ephemera
  
 
2/5

Ephemera
  
 
2/6

Ephemera
  
 
2/7

Ephemera
  
 
2/8

Expense Ledger
   1896
 
2/9

Forestry Information and Letters
   1910-1911
 
2/10

Greeting Cards
  
 
2/11

Guest Book
   1916-1921
 
2/12

Guest Book
   1921-1928
 
2/13

Invitations and Announcements
  
   
Letters Received
  
 
2/14

"Evelyn ______"
   undated
 
2/15

A - Brown
   undated
 
2/16

Blalock - Gilliam
   undated
 
2/17

Hattie - Shelton
   undated
 
2/18

Sister Irene
   1871
 
2/19

Hudgin - "Mother"
   1886
 
2/20

Ballou - Cox
   1887
 
2/21

Cox - Nettie
   1888
 
2/22

Pettibone Co. - Sang
   1892
 
2/23

H.S.B. - Smith
   1893
 
2/24

A - Ballou
   1894
 
2/25

Buehl - Simpson Brothers
  1894
 
2/26

Anderson - Women's Century Club
   1895
 
3/1

A - Ballou
   1896
 
3/2

Boyd - Watkins
   1896
 
3/3

A - California Women's Hospital
   1897
 
3/4

Bertha Church
   1897
 
3/5

Good Samaritan Hospital - White House
   1897
 
3/6

A - Ballou
   1898
 
3/7

Beehive Rebekah Lodge - Watkins
   1898
 
3/8

A - Ballou
   1899
 
3/9

Blalock - Kiesling
   1899
 
3/10

Lowman and Hanford - Wade
   1899
 
3/11

J.M.B.
   1900
 
3/12

Bingham - King's County State Supreme Court
   1900
 
3/13

Marlborough Corset Co. - Watson
   1900
 
3/14

"---" - Ballou
   1901
 
3/15

Blalock - Washington State Superior Court
   1901
 
3/16

Anderson - Walker
   1902
 
3/17

Clarence Ballou
   1902
 
3/18

"---" - Brown
   1903
 
3/19

Church - Whipple
   1903
 
3/20

"---" - Boyd
   1904
 
3/21

Florence Ballou Brown
   1904
 
3/22

Catherine - Foster
   1904
 
3/23

Goddard - Winans
   1904
 
4/1

"---" - Boyd
   1905
 
4/2

Florence Ballou Brown
   1905
 
4/3

Church - Voorhees
   1905
 
4/4

Smith Withycombe
   1905
 
4/5

Angle Manufacturing Co. - Brown
   1906
 
4/6

Florence Ballou Brown
   1906
 
4/7

C - Waldo
   1906
 
4/8

J.M.B. - Ballou
   1907
 
4/9

" Birdie" - Bingham
   1907
 
4/10

Florence Ballou Brown
   1907
 
4/11

Church - Gilliam
   1907
 
4/12

Hanson - Waldo
   1907
 
4/13

"___" - Ballou
   1908
 
4/14

Beatty - Brausnub(?)
   1908
 
4/15

Florence Ballou Brown
   1908
 
4/16

Butterick - Holmes
   1908
 
4/17

Honeyman - Walla Walla County Fair Association
   1908
 
4/18

"___" - Brody
   1909
 
4/19

Florence Ballou Brown
   1909
 
4/20

Catt - Isaacs
   1909
 
4/21

Lucy - Wilson
   1909
 
4/22

A - Boyd
   1910
 
4/23

Florence Ballou Brown
   1910
 
4/24

Burnette - Hooker
   1910
 
4/25

Isaacs - Young
   1910
 
4/26

American Forestry Association - Brooks
   1911
 
4/27

Florence Ballou Brown
   1911
 
4/28

Buehl - Watkins
   1911
 
4/29

"___" - Billie Brown
   1912
 
5/1

Florence Ballou Brown
   1912
 
5/2

"The Craftsman" - "Women's Exchange"
   1912
 
5/3

American Association for Labor Legislation - Ballou
   1913
 
5/4

Florence Ballou Brown
   1913
 
5/5

Helen Brown - Vina
   1913
 
5/6

Anna - Ballou
   1914
 
5/7

Florence Ballou Brown
   1914
 
5/8

Church - Whitman College
   1914
 
5/9

"___" - Boyd
   1915
 
5/10

Florence Ballou Brown
   1915
 
5/11

Buckley - White
   1915
 
5/12

"___" - Blalock
   1916
 
5/13

Florence Ballou Brown
   1916
 
5/14

S. Blalock - Washington Federation of Women's Clubs
   1916
 
5/15

"___" - Boyd
   1917
 
5/16

Florence Ballou Brown
   1917
 
5/17

Sylvia Brown - Whitman College Alumni Association
   1917
 
5/18

"___" - Boyd
   1918
 
5/19

Florence Ballou Brown
   1918
 
5/20

Helen Brown - "Twice-a-Week-Spokane"
   1918
 
5/21

Ballou - Brode
   1919
 
5/22

Florence Ballou Brown
   1919
 
5/23

Church - Wiells(?)
   1919
 
5/24

Ahrens - Blalock
   1920
 
5/25

Florence Ballou Brown
   1920
 
5/26

Burke - Y.W.C.A.
   1920
 
5/27

"___" - Turner
   1921
 
5/28

Anderson - Meany
   1922
 
5/29

Florence Ballou Brown
   1923
 
5/30

Gordon Brown - L.H. Sturgis
   1923
 
6/1

Alitia - Ballou
   1924
 
6/2

Florence Ballou Brown
   1924
 
6/3

Church - Whitman College
   1924
 
6/4

Anderson - Vaughn
   1925
 
6/5

Ballou - Ramsey
   1926
 
6/6

Anderson - Y.W.C.A.
   1927
 
6/7

Ballou - Billie Brown
   1928
 
6/8

Florence Ballou Brown
   1928
 
6/9

Helen Brown - Tormey
   1928
 
6/10

Boyd - Sturgis
   1929
 
6/11

Grant Ballou - State Line Telephone Company
   1930
 
6/12

Anderson - Walla Walla Archaeological Association
   1931
 
6/13

"___" - Whitman College
   1932
 
6/14

Brown - Kern
   1933
 
6/15

Ballou - Wright
   1934
 
6/16

Elizabeth Ballou
   undated
   
Letters to Others
  
 
6/17

Others
   undated
 
6/18

Others
   1887
 
6/19

Others
   1890-1898
 
6/20

Others
   1900-1935
 
6/21

Unidentified Recipients and Senders
  
 
6/22

"Little Blue Books", Nos. 4, 60, 150, 221, 563
   March 15, 1926
 
6/23

"Little Blue Books", Nos. 289, 718
   April 9, 1925
 
6/24

Misc. Cards, Notices of Meetings, Receipts, Tickets
  
 
6/25

Miscellaneous Notes
  
 
6/26

Picture Post Card: Ballou-Latimer Drug Store and Float (Boise, ID)
   1915
 
6/27

Picture Post Cards with Correspondence
  
 
6/28

Picture Post Card: Pioneer Picnic, Fairfield, MT
   1916
 
6/29

Poetry
  
 
6/30

Register of Letters Received and Sent
   1878
 
6/31

Stock Certificates, Seattle Savings Bank
   July 1, 1891
 

Orlando R. Ballou
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
6/32

Business Correspondence
   1896-1910
 
6/33

Financial Record Book - Farm
   1885-1887
 
6/34

Letters Received
   1895-1909
 
6/35

Letters from Family
   1903-1908
 
6/36

Letters from Libbie (Elizabeth Boyd Ballou)
   1899-1908
 
6/37

Letter from Washington World's Fair Commission
  January 7, 1892 - May 14, 1893
 
6/38

Letters to Children
   1888
 
6/39

Notebook and Miscellaneous Information
  
 
box/folder
6/40


Rose Ballou: Letters from Grant Ballou, June 21, 1914

  
 
box/folder
6/41


Photograph: Ballou-Lattimer Drug Store

  
 
box/folder
6/41


Death Notice for James B. Lattimer, July 4, 1912

  
 
box/folder
6/42


Bertha [Blalock?]: Letters from Florence Ballou, December 3, 1915

  
 

Lillian Ballou Blalock
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box/folder
6/43

Letters Received
   undated
 
6/44

Letters Received
   1923-1935
 
box/folder
6/45


Dr. Y. G. Blalock: Letter Received, January 15, 1903

  
 
box/folder
6/46


Phoebe Blalock: Letters Received, 1918-1920

  
 
box/folder
6/47


J.S. Boyd: Letters Received, 1905, 1909

  
 
box/folder
6/48


Letters Received by " Brookland Friends", 1916-1919, undated

  
 
box/folder
6/49


David Brown: Outgoing Letters

  
 
box/folder
6/50


Florence Ballou Letter to " Fairy Godmother", undated

  
 

Florence Ballou Brown
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box
6/51

Letters Received
   1919-1924
 


Letters Received
   undated
 
6/52

Photographs
   August 6, 1916
 
6/53

Photograph, Unidentified
  
 
box/folder
6/54


Gordon Brown: Letters Received, 1932-1934

  
 
box/folder
6/54


Gordon Brown: Letters Received, undated

  
 
box/folder
6/55


Bertha Ballou Church: Letters Received, 1897

  
 
box/folder
6/56


Olive Farwell: Letters Received, undated

  
 
box/folder
6/57


"Aunt Jane" [Fenn?]: Letter Received, April 21, 1894

  
 
box/folder
6/58


Mrs. W. Goddard: Letter Received from Nettie Morrison, August 24, 1918

  
 
box/folder
6/59


Elizabeth Hess: Will, March 25, 1900

  
 
box/folder
6/60


Letters Received by "Home Folks", 1894-1928

  
 
box/folder
6/61


Idaho Industrial Institute

  
 
box/folder
6/62


Sylvia McInnis: Letters Received

  
 
box/folder
6/63


Poems: "Skananiakh" by Margaret Pratt, 1927

  
 
box/folder
6/64


Miscellaneous Poetry

  
 
box/folder
6/65


Letter Received by Miss Watkins from E. F. Rue, November 26, 1895