Guide to the Amasa B. Campbell Papers 1905-1922

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 38
	Creator:		Amasa B. Campbell, 1845-1912
	Title:		Amasa B. Campbell Papers
	Dates:		1905-1922 (inclusive)
	Quantity:		3 linear ft. 3 boxes
	Languages:		Materials are in English
	Summary:		Businessman of Spokane, Wash., and investor in mines in the Coeur d'Alene Region of Idaho and other enterprises. Incoming business correspondence (1905-1911); copies of outgoing correspondence in letterpress books (ca. 5000 letters); and personal check registers (1905-1922) of Campbell's wife, Grace F. Campbell.

Biographical Note

Amasa B. Campbell left his native Ohio in 1867 to work for the Union Pacific Railroad. After its completion in 1869, he went to Utah and became involved in mining. In 1887 he came to Spokane Falls, entered into a partnership with John A. Finch, and began investing in the Coeur d'Alene mining district. Together they developed the Gem, Standard, and Hecla mines, all of which proved to be extremely profitable. Campbell and Finch opened and developed the Enterprise and Standard mines in the Slocan district of British Columbia in 1893. They were involved in nearly every successful mining venture in the Inland Empire. Campbell invested heavily in timber in the Grays Harbor district of western Washington. He was also involved in many Spokane business enterprises, including the Washington Water Power Company, Traders National Bank, Spokane and Eastern Trust Company, Spokane International Railway, and the Spokane Southern Traction Company. At the time of his death in 1912, Campbell was one of Spokane's millionaires whose wealth had resulted from wise investments in the Coeur d'Alene mining district.

Content Description

The collection consists of incoming business correspondence, 1905, 1907-1908, 1910-1911; and copies of outgoing correspondence in letter press books, numbering nearly 5,000 letters. While there are numerous gaps, the correspondence seems to be representative. Also included are canceled checks and personal check registers for Mrs. Grace M. Campbell, 1904-1922, covering her personal and household expenses. They indicate something of the standard of living for an early twentieth century woman of considerable wealth.

Administrative Information

Custodial History

Materials were found in a closet in the basement of the Campbell House by restoration architect Albert Staehli in the course of a detailed structural evaluation of the house in 1984. The materials had apparently been in the closet since the death of Amasa B. Campbell in 1912. After the death of Campbell's wife, Grace, in 1924, their daughter donated the home to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society for use as a museum.

Processing Note

Processed to the file folder level.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access

Collection is not restricted.

Restrictions on Use

Collection is open for use.

Preferred Citation

Amasa B. Campbell Papers (Ms 38), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.

Related Information

Bibliography

Fahey, John. Campbell House. Spokane, Wash.: Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society, 2005.

Bean, Margaret. Campbell House. Spokane, Wash.: Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Campbell House Committee, 1965.

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).

Related Materials

See also Amasa B. Campbell Estate Papers (MsSC 226), Helen Campbell Diaries (MsSC 224), Allan Campbell Powell Papers (MsSC 327), Campbell and Cambell House Slides, Campbell House Research Files, Hecla Mining Company Records (Ms 71), Iris Nilsson Letters (MsSC 309), Helen Campbell and Bill Powell Photographs, Finch Investment Company Records (Ms 52), Campbell House Architectural Drawings, and Campbell House Decorator's Plan.

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.

Campbell, Amasa B., 1845-1912--Archives

Coeur d'Alene Region (Idaho)--Mines, mining, and mineral resources

Idaho--Mines, mining, and mineral resources

Spokane (Wash.)--Business, industries, and trades

Spokane (Wash.)--Family and personal papers

Washington (State)--Business, industries, and trades

Washington (State)--Family and personal papers--19th-20th centuries

Decedents' estates--Washington (State)

Executors and administrators--Washington (State)

Investments--United States

Mines and mineral resources--Idaho

Wills

Businessmen--Washington (State)

Capitalists and financiers--United States

Other Creators :

Campbell, Grace F. (Grace Fox), d. 1924

Wakefield & Witherspoon (Spokane, Wash.)

Detailed Description of the Collection

			Description
			Inventory and Biography

Incoming Correspondence

Container(s)

Description

Dates

box/folder
1/3

1905

1/4

1905

1/5

1905

1/6

1905

1/7

E-F

1905

1/8

Hecla Mining Co.

1905

1/9

G-J

1905

1/10

K-L

1905

1/11

1905

1/12

N-O

1905

1/13

P-Q

1905

1/14

1905

1/15

1905

1/16

T-V

1905

1/17

W-Z

1905

1/18

1907

1/19

1907

1/20

1907

1/21

1907

1/22

1907

1/23

1907

1/24

1907

1/25

I-J

1907

1/26

1907

1/27

1907

1/28

1907

1/29

N-O

1907

1/30

P-Q

1907

1/31

1907

1/32

1907

1/33

T-V

1907

1/34

W-Z

1907

1/35

1908

1/36

1908

1/37

1908

1/38

1908

1/9

G-J

1905

1/40

1908

1/41

1908

1/42

I-J

1908

1/43

1908

1/44

1908

1/45

N-O

1908

1/46

P-Q

1908

1/47

1908

1/48

1908

1/49

T-V

1908

1/50

W-Z

1908

1/51

1910

1/52

1910

1/53

1910

1/54

1910

1/55

E-F

1910

1/56

1910

1/57

H-J

1910

1/58

K-L

1910

1/59

1910

1/60

N-O

1910

1/61

P-Q

1910

1/62

1910

1/63

1910

1/64

T-V

1910

1/65

W-Z

1910

1/66

1911

1/67

1911

1/68

1911

1/69

1911

1/70

E-F

1911

1/71

1911

1/72

H-J

1911

1/73

K-L

1911

1/74

1911

1/75

N-O

1911

1/76

P-Q

1911

1/77

1911

1/78

1911

1/79

T-V

1911

1/80

W-Z

1911

box/folder
1/81

Miscellaneous

box/folder
1/82

Inventory, 1899-1904

box/folder
1/83

Household Accounts, 1899-1904

Letterbooks

Container(s)

Description

Dates

box/folder
1/84

Letterbook

Oct. 7, 1896-Oct. 20, 1899

2/1

Letterbook

Oct. 12, 1899-Oct. 9, 1900

2/2

Letterbook

Oct. 16, 1900-July 2, 1901

2/3

Letterbook

July 2, 1901-Apr. 21, 1902

2/4

Letterbook

Apr. 22, 1902-June 24, 1903

2/5

Letterbook

June 25, 1903-Mar. 20, 1906

2/6

Letterbook

Mar. 14, 1906-Aug. 6, 1908

2/7

Letterbook

Aug. 10, 1908-Mar. 11, 1912

Cancelled Checks

Container(s)

Description

Dates

Youngstown, Ohio

box/folder
2/8

Canceled Checks, Association Assessments

Jan. 20, 1896-Dec. 30, 1896

2/9

Canceled Checks, Association Assessments

Jan. 1, 1897-Dec. 21, 1897

2/10

Canceled Checks, Association Assessments

Jan. 14, 1898-Mar. 16, 1898

Spokane, Washington

2/11

Canceled Checks

May-July, 1898

2/12

Canceled Checks

Aug.-Nov., 1898

2/13

Canceled Checks

Dec., 1898; Jan.-Feb., 1899

2/14

Canceled Checks

Mar.-May, 1899

2/15

Canceled Checks

June-Aug., 1899

2/16

Canceled Checks

Oct.-Dec., 1899

2/17

Bank Statement, Youngstown, Ohio

June 18, 1900-Jan. 3, 1901

2/18

Canceled Checks

Jan.-Mar., 1900

2/19

Canceled Checks

Apr.-June, 1900

2/20

Canceled Checks

July-Sep., 1900

2/21

Canceled Checks

Oct.-Dec., 1900

2/22

Youngstown, Ohio; Spokane, Washington

Jan., 1904; May-June, 1904; Dec., 1904

Cancelled Checks and Checkbooks: Grace M. Campbell

Container(s)

Description

Dates

box/folder
2/23

Canceled Checks

Dec. , 1904; Jan., June, 1905

2/24

Canceled Checks

July-Aug., 1905; Nov., 1905

2/25

Canceled Checks

Jan.-Feb., 1905; June, 1905

2/26

Canceled Checks

July-Oct., 1906

3/1

Canceled Checks

Nov.-Dec., 1906; Feb., 1907

3/2

Canceled Checks

Mar.-Apr., 1907

3/3

Canceled Checks

July, 1907; 1908; 1912

3/4

Miscellany

3/5

Checkbooks

Sep. 5, 1905-Mar. 2, 1906

3/6

Checkbooks

Mar. 2, 1906-Aug. 1, 1906

3/7

Checkbooks

Dec. 6, 1907-May 11, 1908

3/8

Checkbooks

Jan. 10, 1911-Feb. 6, 1912

3/9

Checkbooks

Mar. 1, 1912-Oct. 3, 1912

3/10

Checkbooks

May 25, 1907-Jan. 10, 1911; July 7, 1911-Jan. 5, 1912

3/11

Checkbooks

Jan 5, 1912-Mar. 1 , 1912; July 4, 1914-Dec. 2, 1914

3/12

Checkbooks

Dec. 4, 1914-Apr. 15, 1915; Apr. 17, 1915-Sep. 2, 1915

3/13

Checkbooks

Feb. 2, 1916-Apr. 29, 1916; Sep. 3, 1915-Feb. 1, 1916

3/14

Checkbooks

Dec. 2, 1915-June 12, 1916; June 12, 1916-Oct. 10, 1916

3/15

Checkbooks

Oct. 13, 1916-Feb. 6, 1917; Feb. 8, 1917-July 5, 1917

3/16

Checkbooks

July 5, 1917-Nov. 8, 1917; Nov. 8, 1917-Feb. 25, 1918

3/17

Checkbooks

Feb. 26, 1917-May. 23, 1917; Mar. 7, 1918-July 20, 1918

3/18

Checkbooks

July 15, 1918-Feb. 6, 1918; Nov. 26, 1918-Nov. 26, 1919

3/19

Checkbooks

Aug. 3, 1918-Feb. 2, 1920; Jan. 13, 1919-Aug. 1, 1919

3/20

Checkbooks

Aug. 2, 1919-Jan. 3, 1920; Dec. 25, 1919-Jan. 6, 1921

3/21

Checkbooks

Feb. 4, 1920-Sep. 20, 1920; Sep. 11, 1920-Mar. 8, 1921

3/22

Checkbooks

Mar. 9, 1921-Aug. 16, 1921; Aug. 17, 1921-Jan. 6, 1922

3/23

Checkbooks

Jan. 11, 1922-July 3, 1922; July 2, 1922-Dec. 1, 1922

3/24

Miscellaneous Bills and Receipts

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Inventory and Biography

Incoming Correspondence

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Miscellaneous

Inventory, 1899-1904

Household Accounts, 1899-1904

Letterbooks

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Cancelled Checks

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Cancelled Checks and Checkbooks: Grace M. Campbell

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