Guide to the William Homer Latta Papers 1907-1964
Cage 36

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Latta, William Homer
Title
William Homer Latta Papers
ID
Cage 36
Date [inclusive]
1907-1964
Extent
0.25 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 Box
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Family and personal history, "Memoirs and reminiscences of our family," (1942, 162 p.); an interview transcript and a clipping scrapbook on the Pullman Post Office.

Preferred Citation

[Item description]

William Homer Latta Papers, 1907-1964 (Cage 36)

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

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Biography/History

William H. Latta (1864-1960) was a pioneer in Whitman County, Washington. Born in Washington County, Iowa, Latta spent most of his youth on a farm in Linn County, Kansas. In 1898, he moved to Whitman County to work as a school teacher, which he continued until 1907, when he became a postal worker in Pullman, Washington. He retired in 1931.

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Scope and Content

This collection consists of: family and personal history (including the recollection of a wagon train journey from Iowa to Kansas); bound volume of William Homer Latta's collected information about the Latta family and personal stories; an interview transcript with W.H. Latta, and a clipping scrapbook on the Pullman Post Office.

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Arrangement

This collection is arranged in a single series.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2020

http://www.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 apply.

Acquisition Information

The majority of this collection was donated by William H. Latta in 1960.

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Names and Subjects

Family Name(s)

  • Latta family

Personal Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Latta, William Homer -- Archives

Subject(s)

  • Frontier and pioneer life -- Washington (State) -- Pullman
  • Postal service -- Washington (State) -- Pullman -- History -- Sources
  • Home and Family
  • Pioneers

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Detailed Description of Collection

box folder

Clippings from Pleasanton, Kansas Observer, Enterprise, photograph of William Latta, and W.H. Latta obituary circa 1939-1960 

1 1

W.H. Latta interview with Alice Latta and Mary Avery (transcript and supporting documentation)  1959-1964 

1 2

Memoirs and reminiscences  1942 

1 3

Scrapbook, Pullman postal history 1907-1958 

1 4