Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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Whitman College and Northwest
Archives
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA 99362
(509) 527-5922
archives@whitman.edu
http://www.whitman.edu/archives
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Collection Number:
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HTM_WCMss44
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Creator:
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Locati,
Joe J.
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Title:
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Joe J. Locati Papers
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Dates:
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1880-1998 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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1.5 linear feet
2 boxes: 1 oversized
box
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Languages:
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Materials are in
English
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Summary:
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Research materials of Joe Locati, an
inspector with the US Department of Agriculture, including photographs and
newspaper articles related to agriculture in Walla Walla and the history of
Italian Jesuits in the Northwest
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Biographical Note
Joe J. Locati was born in 1908, the fourth son of Milanese immigrants.
He was the first member of his family to attend high school. After graduating,
he enrolled in business school but eventually turned to gardening. His first
job with the Walla Walla Gardener’s Association eventually led him to become an
inspector for the Washington State Department of Agriculture.
In 1978, after his retirement, he wrote The Horticultural
Heritage of Walla Walla County, 1818-1977. It has become a well-known
resource for area growers and historians. He also penned a manuscript titled,
"Walla Walla Sweet Onion: The French Connection."
Content Description
Photographs, newspaper articles, and other research materials Locati
used in compiling his work on Walla Walla County's horticultural history, a
series of articles on the history of Italian Jesuits in the Northwest, and two
scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings regarding horticultural practices in
Walla Walla, 1918-1981.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged by item.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives by Joe J. Locati
between 1979 and 1995.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access Collection is open for research.
Restrictions on Use Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. for
copyright not held by Whitman College.
Preferred Citation Joe J. Locati Papers, Whitman College and Northwest Archives.
Subjects
| Locati, Joe
J.,1908- -- Archives. |
| Horticulture -- Washington
(State) -- Walla Walla County -- History |
| Italian Americans --
Washington (State) -- Walla Walla County -- History |
| Italians -- Washington
(State) -- Walla Walla County -- History |
| Walla Walla County (Wash.)
-- History |
| The Horticultural Heritage of Walla Walla
County, 1818-1977 |
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
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Research materials for The
Horticultural Heritage of Walla Walla County, 1818-1977: Photocopied
pictures, notes
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Photo: Picking apples, Baker
Langdon Orchard
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Photo: Interior Baker-Langdon apple
packing house
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Photo: Apple orchard of W. S.
Offner
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Photo: Asparagus picking and
packing
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Photo: Attalia Project Supply Dam
on Walla Walla River
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Photo: Baker-Langdon Orchard,
looking toward Blue Mts.
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Photo: Blalock Fruit Company,
packing house and employees
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Photo: One section of the Blalock
Ranch
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Photo: Field graded and sized
onions in sacks, from the Bossini field
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Photo: Corn receiving area, Walla
Walla
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Photo: Fort Nez Perce. From A.
Ross' "Fur Hunters"
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Sketch: Residence of James W.
Foster and surrounding area circa 1870s
Original and 1 photocopy
(enlarged)
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Photo: Frazier apple
tree
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Photo: Apples from grafted Frazier
apple tree grown on Locati's farm
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Photo: Three trees grafted from
Frazier apple tree, on Locati's farm
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Photo: Frazier barn. Built in 1877,
collapsed in 1982
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Negatives: Frazier apple
tree
2 strips of 4 color
negatives
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Photo: Prune warehouses at Garrett
Siding; previously a unit of Blalock Fruit Co.
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Photo: Mechanical grape harvesting,
Snake River Vineyards
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Photo: Hancock pear tree on
site
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Photo: Grafted sapling from Hancock
pear tree at Locati's farm
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Photo: Pears from Locati's sapling,
grafted from Hancock pear tree
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Photo: "The Horticultural Heritage
of Walla Walla County 1818-1977," publicity photos
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Photo: Aerial view of circle
irrigation near Snake River
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Photo: Chinese workers loading
truck with sacks of onions
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Photo: Onions: Finishing a field,
topping and filling field bins via field crates
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Photo: Onions: fall seeded onions
in field, untreated for white rot
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Photo: Tarusci's onion field on
Williams' place
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Photo: Onions in John Gao's
field
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Photo: Orchard spraying
demonstration in Walla Walla Valley
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Photo: Pasco Power and Water Co's
irrigation project
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Photo: Pasco Power and Water Co.,
Wing Dam in Snake River
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Photo: Green pea viner
station
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Photo: Pitchfork loading of green
peas for processing
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Photo: Seed potatoes, K2H
farm
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Photo: Smith, W.D. Merchant; Lynum,
Martin. Upholsterer. Alder between 1st and 2nd
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Photo: Giuseppe, Louis, Frank, and
Royal Spagnuolo in onion field
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Photo: 4 row spinach cutter in
field
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Photo: Home of Joseph
Tachi
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Painting: Dave Manuel's Painting of
the Whitman Mission House and Blacksmith Shop
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Photo: Walla Walla Gardeners'
Association Packing Plant
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Photo: Walla Walla Produce Co.
loading and unloading dock
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Photo: Walla Walla Produce Co.
Prune Packinghouse stateline
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Photo: Joe Locati's Frazier apple
tree, relocated to Whitman College
4 photos: 3 on campus
shots, 1 Joe Locati's tree
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Joe Locati: Clippings: Articles
about The Horticultural Heritage of Walla Walla County, 1818-1977;
letter to the editors of the Pacific Northwest Forum about Joe's
articles
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Joe Locati: Correspondence with
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (re: Article about Columbus); Ronald B.
Tukey (Re: more copies of "The Horticultural Heritage"); Lawrence Dodd (Re:
donations to archive collection); Berney family (Re: Locati's speech at William
Berry's funeral)
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Joe Locati: Article about "John
Hancock" Pear Tree at Reavis Station
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Joe Locati: Research for article
about John Hancock pear tree at Reavis Station: correspondence,
etc.
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Joe Locati: 11-part series,
"Italian Jesuits in Northwest History". Written for the Walla Walla Italian
Heritage News
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Joe Locati: Story about C.R.
Frazier and his apple trees; article quoting Locati on ceremonial replanting of
3 Frazier trees
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Joe Locati: History of the "Whitman
Campus" apple tree; 4 photos of said tree before 1972 removal; narrative of
copyright issues between Locati and Larry McGraw
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Statue: Christopher Columbus.
Article about Walla Walla Columbus Day celebrations; dedication of Columbus
statue by Italian-American WW residents; full text of dedication speech by
Father J.D. O'Brien; Joe Locati's article about history of Columbus Day in
Walla Walla
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Article: "Columbus Quincentennial
Snipes," by Joe Locati. Defense of Columbus' achievements in light of "recent
Columbus-bashing"
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Article: "Origin of the word
‘wop’," by Joe Locati. Response to a Dear Abby column about the etymology of
the derogatory term "wop"
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"Walla Walla Sweet Onion: The
French Connection" - excerpt from The Horticultural Heritage of Walla
Walla County, 1818-1977 by Joe Locati
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History of Walla Walla
horticulture: Two articles by Joe Locati
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Letter to the Editor of the
Walla Walla Union Bulletin by Joe Locati Re: Misconceptions and
errors in article entitled "Area's Italian-American history
studied"
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History of Giuseppe Tacchi in Walla
Walla, 1880 to 1912; Article in Walla Walla Union Bulletin re: Death of Joe
Tachi, 1912; follow-up articles about his funeral and memorial service;
article, "Men who have achieved success in the Walla Walla Valley" circa 1911.
All compiled by Joe Locati
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Joe Locati: Newspaper Articles,
Obituaries, and Funeral Announcement
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Newspaper clips regarding
horticultural practices in Walla Walla, 1918-1981
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