Guide to the Alice Carey Traver Libby Kennedy Papers 1903-1959
Cage 32

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Kennedy, Alice Carey Traver Libby, 1876-1959
Title
Alice Carey Traver Libby Kennedy Papers
ID
Cage 32
Date [inclusive]
1903-1959
Extent
3 Linear feet of shelf space, 6 Boxes
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
The collection includes a large newsclipping file covering a wide range of subjects related to Pacific Northwest history and development.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Alice Carey Traver Libby Kennedy Papers, 1903-1959 (Cage 32)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Alice Carey Traver, born in 1876 in Olympia, Washington of pioneer parents, Miles E. (1834-1902) and Stella W. Traver (1842-1914), was educated in Spokane and at the Cheney Normal School. Between 1908 and 1912 she was employed by the Western Union office in Spokane and following that she worked for the city as a labor agent in what became the Women's Free Employment Bureau until 1919. In 1917 she became the second wife of Dr. Isaac Chase Libby (1852-1923) a pioneer Spokane educator. Dr. Libby died in 1923 and following his death Alice became a housemother at the Montana School for the Deaf and Dumb. She later married James C. Kennedy. Throughout her life Alice contributed many pamphlets, books and other material on the history of the Pacific Northwest to the Washington State University Library and to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. Alice Kennedy died in Spokane in 1959.

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Biography/History

Many terms historically used to describe individuals and communities with disabilities are offensive and were used to dismiss, discount and dehumanize these individuals and communities. Terms often focused on a perceived impairment and not the person. MASC recognizes the harm caused by these terms. We retain the language in this finding aid to document history and preserve context.

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Scope and Content

Acutely conscious of her pioneer heritage, Alice Kennedy began the compilation of scrapbooks and clipping files which document much of the history of the Inland Empire through the Spokane newspapers. These clippings comprise the largest bulk of this collection and include: 3 scrapbooks covering Kennedy's employment at Western Union and the Women's Free Employment Bureau; negatives and photographs; and nearly 300 postcards. In addition there is a small file of personal and family correspondence, clippings, postcards, brochures, periodicals and other papers. Also included are materials from the personal experiences of Alice's sister, Edith G. Traver (born 1881), a Baptist missionary in China for thirty years preceding World War II.

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Arrangement

The collection is organized in five series. Arrangement is primarily alphabetical within each series.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2022

https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open and available for research use.

Restrictions on Use

Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Information

The papers were a bequest to the Washington State University Library from the estate of Alice Kennedy in 1959. Mrs. Kennedy's sister, Edith G. Traver, assisted in arranging for the transfer of the papers and added some of her own material.

Processing Information

In 2022, in response to evolving standards regarding the language used to describe individuals and communities with disabilities, Gayle O’Hara added a Historical Note to this finding aid.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Miles Edwin Traver Papers, 1859-1965 (Cage 190)

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Western Union Telegraph Company -- History
  • Women's Free Employment Bureau (Spokane, Wash.) -- History
  • Fujian xie he da xue -- History

Geographic Name(s)

  • Spokane (Wash.) -- History
  • Northwest, Pacific -- History

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Kennedy, Alice Carey Traver Libby, 1876-1959 -- Archives
  • Traver, Edith G., 1881- -- Archives
Creator(s) :
  • Traver, Edith G., 1881-

Subject(s)

  • Baptists -- Missions -- 20th century
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

Series 1: Clippings File 

Subseries 1.1: Biographies and Reminiscences  
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Akins, John E. 

 1

Anderson family 

 1

Baer, Harry F. 

 1

Bailey, R.G. 

 1

Baldwin, Charles and Augusta Sears 

 1

Banks, Frank A. 

 1

Barry, J. Neilson 

 1

Beardsley, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. 

 1

Bemis, Polly 

 1

Bennett, Mrs. Elizabeth G. 

 1

Berray, L. Casper 

 1

Berry, Charles E. 

 1

Bishop, W.H. 

 1

Blalock, Mr. and Mrs. John Bruce 

 1

Blanchet, Archbishop 

 1

Blefgen, Mrs. E. 

 1

Bonn, Marjorie Faulkner 

 1

Bookman, Mrs. Augusta 

 1

Borland, Sam Houston 

 1

Bowman, Gus 

 1

Brown, C.L. 

 1

Brown, William C. 

 1

Buchholz, Paul L. 

 1

Burch, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. 

 1

Burrell, Mr. and Mrs. J.R. 

 1

Butler, Mr. and Mrs. John B. 

 1

Carlin, William E. 

 1

Chambers, Jack 

 1

Christian, A.L. 

 1

Collin family 

 1

Comstock, Mrs. Elizabeth Annis 

 1

Condit, Samuel Wilbur (Wild Goose Bill) 

 1

Conover, Hollis 

 1

Conrad, Dan 

 1

Conyard, W.F. 

 1

Cooper, Mabel 

 1

Cowan, Mrs. G.F. 

 1

Cowley, Arthur 

 1

Cowley, Henry T. and family 

 1

Cromwell, Charles Gardner 

 1

Crosby, Bing 

 1

Cross, Bishop Edward M. 

 1

Dallam, Frank M. 

 1

Daly, Marcus 

 1

Daniel, Mr. and Mrs. Jay 

 1

Danilson, T.T. 

 1

Danquist, Mr. and Mrs. F.L. 

 1

Davenport, John C. 

 1

David, Dean Donald and family 

 1

Davies, Mrs. Louisa Bunker 

 1

Davis, Father William Lyle 

 1

Day, John 

 1

Dennis, Mrs. Ida K. 

 1

De Smet, Father P.J. & Mission 

 1

Dill, Clarence C. 

 1

Dillon, Father Francis C. 

 1

Douglas, David 

 1

Ellis, Dr. B.J. 

 1

Emerson, Jay 

 1

Enos, John 

 1

Ewing, B. Gard 

 1

Fassett, C.M. 

 1

Ferris, Joel E. 

 1

Fletcher, Father Alphonsus 

 1

Folchi, Father A.M. 

 1

Frazier, Katy Webb 

 1

Fry, Richard and Alfred 

 1

Gandy, Dr. Joseph E. 

 1

Gellatly, John A. 

 1

Gerlach, Mrs. J.J. 

 1

Glover, James N. 

 1

Goff, H.W. 

 1

Gordon, Mrs. Kitty 

 1

Goude, George H. 

 1

Graves, Frank 

 1

Gray, Mrs. W.C. 

 1

Gwyder, Mrs. R.D. 

 1

Harder, Jacob and Annine 

 1

Harper, Rev. Joel 

 1

Hauser, Sam 

 1

Haydon, George W. 

 1

Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. F.H. 

 1

Heaton, James 

 1

Hebberd, Charles 

 1

Henderson, Mrs. Alice 

 1

Hill, Samuel and Maryhill Museum 

 1

Hill, Walter Howey 

 1

Holt, J.B. 

 1

Horan, Walt 

 1

Hoyt, Rev. Frederick V. 

 1

Hughes, Mrs. Franc B. 

 1

Hungate, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. 

 1

Hussey, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. 

 1

Hussey, Warren 

 1

Hyatt, Robert H. 

 1

Jackson, Mrs. Mary J. 

 2

Jelinck, John 

 2

Jennings, B. H. 

 2

Jomsland, Andrew O. 

 2

Jones, Thomas R. 

 2

Judd, Mrs. Helen 

 2

Kellogg, Isaac 

 2

Kellogg, L.E. 

 2

Kennedy, Mrs. Alice 

 2

Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. 

 2

Kennedy, Thomas 

 2

Kirkman, Rev. Dr. & Mrs. J.C. 

 2

Kommers, W.J. 

 2

Koontz, Alex G. 

 2

Kress, John A. 

 2

Krouse, Mrs. Henry 

 2

Kuykendall, Elgin Victor 

 2

Larson, Peter 

 2

Ledbetter, Mr. and Mrs. H.J. 

 2

Lee, Jason and family 

 2

Lewis and Clark 

 2

Lindsay, Vachel 

 2

Lloyd, Rev. and Mrs. W.R. 

 2

Lovejoy, Wilda 

 2

McAllister, Rev. Charles E. 

 2

McCollom, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. 

 2

McCormick, W.J. 

 2

MacDonald, Angus 

 2

McDonald, Duncan 

 2

MacDonald, James Lester 

 2

MacDonald, Ranald 

 2

McDouall, Mrs. Charles 

 2

McGregors 

 2

McLeod, Alex 

 2

McMichael, A.D. 

 2

Mallon, Mrs. Margaret 

 2

Malott, Reuben 

 2

Manifold, J.B. 

 2

Martin, Clarence D. 

 2

Matson, "Klondike Kate 

 2

Meyers, Louther W. 

 2

Miller, Linc, 

 2

Monaghan, John 

 2

Mullan, Capt. 

 2

Myers, John A. 

 2

Nash, Lucius G. 

 2

Nightingale, Florence 

 2

Norman, William S. 

 2

Nosler, James Milo 

 2

Ogle, Charles V. 

 2

Oliver, Mrs. Amanda 

 2

Owen, Mrs. Sam 

 2

Palmer, Father James A. 

 2

Parker, Rev. Samuel 

 2

Pershall, J.R. 

 2

Pomeroy, Dr. and Mrs. Francis A. 

 2

Range, J.W. 

 2

Reiss, Mrs. Helena 

 2

Renfrew, W.W 

 2

Rhoads, Dusty 

 2

Roberts, Claire Dunbar 

 2

Roberts, E.J. 

 2

Rothrock, Frank M. 

 2

Seehorn, E.I. (Billy) 

 2

Sherman, General 

 2

Sinclair, Bartlett 

 2

Snyder, Charles Richard 

 2

Steunenberg, Governor Frank 

 2

Stine, Dr. and Mrs. F.M. 

 2

Stoughton, J.A. 

 2

Suksdorf, Wilhelm N. 

 2

Sutherland, Dr. G.W. 

 2

Symons, Lt. Thomas W. 

 2

Talbot, Bishop Ethelbert 

 2

Talbotte, Henry (Cherokee Bob) 

 2

Tarbet, Mrs. I. 

 2

Telcher, Henry 

 2

Tewinkel, Joseph N. 

 2

Thompson, David 

 2

Thompson, Mrs. Mary 

 2

Tiffin, W.H. 

 2

Tinkham, Lt. Abiel W. 

 2

Tyler, Mrs. Laura E. 

 2

Valliant, N.O. 

 2

Vernon, Miss Anna 

 2

Walton, James 

 2

Webb, Sam 

 2

Webb, Mr. and Mrs. W.B. 

 2

Webster, Judge J. Stanley 

 2

Wells, Bishop Lemuel H. 

 2

West, Leoti I. 

 2

Weston, Mr. and Mrs. Frank 

 2

White, John M. 

 2

Whitman, Marcus 

 2

Williams, Dan 

 2

Wilson, Maj. Gen. Sir Charles William 

 2

Wimer, Mrs. Lydia 

 2

Wimpy, Major P. H. & Belle 

 2

Wood, Mrs. Rosa Brown 

 2

Wright, General George 

 2

Wycoff, Mrs. Amanda E. 

 2

Subseries 1.2: Churches and Missions 
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Cataldo Mission 

 3

Cathedral of St. John 

 3

Missions 

 3

Spokane, Washington - Churches 

 3

St. Aloysius Church 

 3

St. Ignatius Mission 

 3

Spalding Mission 

 3

Tshimakain 

 3

Wellpinit Church 

 3

Subseries 1.3: Cities & Towns 
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Bannack, Montana 

 3

Blaine, Washington 

 3

Banners Ferry, Idaho 

 3

Bridgeport, Washington 

 3

Chelan, Washington 

 3

Cheney, Washington 

 3

Chewelah, Washington 

 3

Clarkston, Washington 

 3

Colfax, Washington 

 3

Colville 

 3

Connell, Washington 

 3

Cunningham, Washington 

 3

Davenport, Washington 

 3

Dayton, Washington 

 3

Deer Lodge, Montana 

 3

Deer Park, Washington 

 3

Elk City, Idaho 

 3

Ellensburg, Washington 

 3

Endicott, Washington 

 3

Ephrata, Washington 

 3

Farragut, Idaho & Naval Station 

 3

Glenrose Community 

 3

Grangeville, Idaho 

 3

Harrington, Washington 

 3

Helena, Montana 

 3

Holden, Washington 

 3

Kalispell, Montana 

 3

Kettle Falls 

 3

Leesburg, Idaho 

 3

Lewiston, Idaho 

 3

Libby, Montana 

 3

Liberty Lake 

 3

Marcus, Washington 

 3

Medicine Tree, Montana 

 3

Moscow, Idaho 

 3

Northport, Washington 

 3

Omak, Washington 

 3

Orofino, Idaho 

 3

Palouse, Washington 

 3

Penawawa, Washington 

 3

Pend d'Oreille 

 3

Pomeroy, Washington 

 3

Priest Lake 

 3

Pullman, Washington 

 3

Reardan, Washington 

 3

Richland, Washington 

 3

Rosalia, Washington 

 3

Spokane, Washington 

 3

Springdale, Washington 

 3

Sunnyside, Washington 

 3

Trail, B.C. 

 3

Virginia City, Montana 

 3

Waitsburg, Washington 

 3

Wallula, Washington 

 3

Wardner, Idaho 

 3

Warren, Idaho 

 3

Waterville, Washington 

 3

Yakima, Washington  

 3

Subseries 1.4: Economics & Business 
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Fidelity Savings and Loan 

 4

Livestock 

 4

Logging 

 4

Mining 

 4

Newspapers 

 4

Western Soap and Sales, Spokane 

 4

Subseries 1.5: Education 
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Eastern Washington State College 

 4

Schools 

 4

Spokane Public Library 

 4

Sports 

 4

Summer Camps 

 4

University of Idaho 

 4

Whitman College, Walla Walla 

 4

Whitworth 

 4

Subseries 1.6: Indians & Indian Wars 
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Curly Jim 

 4

Fort Colville 

 4

Fort Simcoe 

 4

Fort Spokane 

 4

Garry, Spokan Chief 

 4

Indian Legends 

 4

Indians 

 4

Joseph, Nez Perce Chief 

 4

Monchacht Ape 

 4

Morning Dove 

 4

Moses, Chief (relatives) 

 4

Nez Perce War of 1877 

 4

Nick, Moses 

 4

Qual-chan 

 4

Spokane House 

 4

Steptoe Battle 

 4

Walla Walla Treaty  

 4

Subseries 1.7: Historic Sites 
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Albeni Falls 

 4

Elm Tree Farm 

 4

Historic Sites 

 4

Horse Heaven 

 4

Kullyspell House 

 4

Museums 

 4

Palouse Falls 

 4

Steptoe Butte 

 4

Subseries 1.8: Pacific Northwest History 
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Doukhobors 

 4

Grant County 

 4

Montana 

 4

Oregon History 

 4

Subseries 1.9: Public Works 
box

Bonneville Dam 

 4

Boulder Dam 

 4

Bridges 

 4

Canal Flats 

 4

Chief Joseph Dam 

 4

Columbia Basin 

 4

Dallas Dam 

 4

Grand Coulee and Dam 

 4

Hungry Horse Dam 

 4

Ice Harbor Dam 

 4

McNary Dam 

 4

Subseries 1.10: Transportation 
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Mullan Road 

 5

Railroads 

 5

Roads 

 5

Transportation 

 5

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Series 2: Scrapbooks 
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Western Union, Spokane, Scrapbook. Alice Traver, employee. Clippings, notes and miscellaneous mementos. 1908-1912 

 5

Women's Free Employment Bureau, Spokane. 2 scrapbooks of Alice Traver, Assistant Labor Agent. Clippings, notes, announcements, cards, and miscellaneous papers. 1913-1919 

 5

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Series 3: Photographs 
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Photographs. Includes pictures of relatives, Spokane, Liberty Lake, Spirit Lake, Glacier Park, and surrounding area. (plus contact prints from nitrate 12-80) 1903-1940   75, negatives and prints

 6

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Series 4: Correspondence 
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Correspondence and other papers of Alice Kennedy. Correspondence, programs, Indian legends, announcements, Grace Baptist Church, Spokane bulletins, and miscellaneous papers. 1908-1958 

 6

Correspondence and other papers of Edith Traver, missionary in China. Postcards, correspondence, First Baptist Church of Spokane bulletins, and miscellaneous papers. 1912-1957 

 6

Correspondence of Edith Traver and Washington State University Library 1959-1963 

 6

Scrapbook on Chinese Baptist Missions 1935 

 6

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Series 5: Postcards 
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Postcards. Includes some correspondence; most illustrate the Pacific Northwest. 1909-1954  300 items.

 6

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