Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Guide to the Federal Writers Project of Washington (State) Records
1933-1941
Cage 351
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Creator
- Federal Writers Project of Washington
- Title
- Federal Writers Project of Washington (State) Records
- ID
- Cage 351
- Date [inclusive]
- 1933-1941
- Extent
- 1000.0 items.
- General Physical Description note
- 1.5 linear feet of shelf space.
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Drafts of researched essays on the history, geography, industry, and commerce of Clallam, Snohomish, Pierce (Tacoma), Skagit, Lewis, and Whitman counties prepared for Washington, a guide to the Evergreen State (1941)
Preferred Citation note
[Item Description]. Cage 351, Federal Writers Project of Washington (State) Records. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biographical/Historical note
The Federal Writers Project, Washington (State), compiled a quantity of material under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration and used this material to create a volume entitled Washington, A Guide to the Evergreen State (Portland : Binfords & Mort, 1941), a part of the American Guide Series. The material was collected and written between 1933 and 1941.
Scope and Contents note
The records of the Federal Writers Project of Washington is limited to drafts of researched essays on Clallam, Snohomish, Pierce, Skagit, Lewis, and Whitman counties. The material from Snohomish County (about 400 items) includes a general history of the area, a description of the towns and cities of the county, place names and their origins, tours of the area, geography (including a discussion of natural resources), agriculture, forests, fisheries, and women's history. The material about Pierce County (approximately 120 items) centers on the city of Tacoma and includes a general history and description of the city and its points of interest, city tours, a description of the government, biog-raphies of prominent individuals, the labor history of the city, and a discus-sion of industry and commerce. There are two folders (about 15 pages of manuscript material) on Clallam County: the Port Angeles Salmon Club and the Olympic National Forest. The material on Lewis County (approximately 350 items) includes a general history and description of the area, a description of the towns and cities, a discussion of the school system, biographies of pioneers and prominent persons, reminiscences of early residents, discussion of natural resources and industry, history of individual buildings of importance, and the role of women in Lewis County. The material from Skagit County (about 75 items) includes a general history and description of the area, description of agricul-tural resources, a discussion of women in Skagit County, word origin and place names, a description of towns and cities, topography and geography, folklore and folkways, points of interest, and the archaeology of the area. The material on Whitman County (approximately 50 items) consists of histories and descriptions of the towns in Whitman County and Washington State University.
Arrangement note
The material in the Washington State Federal Writers Project is arranged alphabetically by county into series and alphabetically by subject within each county series.
Folders 28-30 constitute a later addition to the collection. These additional records of the Federal Writers Project include a series of articles on the Quileute Indians by Albert B. Reagan which were published by the Port Angeles Evening News in 1933. There are also two brief histories of Port Angeles. This material should be considered part of the history of Clallam County. The material on Thurston County includes the personal recollections of George Himes of the Oregon Historical Society.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries © 1978
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Records of the Federal Writers Project of Washington were acquired by the Washington State University Libraries prior to 1970 (78-29).
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Federal Writers' Project (Wash.) --Archives
Geographic Name(s)
- Clallam County (Wash.)--History
- Lewis County (Wash.)--History
- Snohomish County (Wash.)--History
- Tacoma (Wash.)--History
- Washington (State)--History
- Whitman County (Wash.)--History
Subject(s)
- Pioneers
- Public Works
- Washington (State)
Collection Inventory
Clallam County 15 items. |
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Olympic National Forest |
Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
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Port Angeles Salmon Club |
Box 1 |
Folder 2 |
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Lewis County 350 items. |
Box 1 |
Folder 3-5 |
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Pierce County 120 items. |
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Tacoma--Biographies |
Box 1 |
Folder 6 |
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Tacoma--General Description |
Box 1 |
Folder 7 |
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Tacoma--Government |
Box 2 |
Folder 8 |
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Tacoma--History |
Box 2 |
Folder 9 |
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Tacoma--Industry and Commerce |
Box 2 |
Folder 10 |
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Tacoma--Labor History |
Box 2 |
Folder 11 |
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Tacoma--Points of Interest |
Box 2 |
Folder 12 |
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Tacoma--Tours |
Box 2 |
Folder 13 |
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Skagit County 75 items. |
Box 2 |
Folder 14 |
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Snohomish County 400 items. |
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Agriculture and Industry |
Box 2 |
Folder 15 |
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Darrington |
Box 2 |
Folder 16 |
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Geography |
Box 2 |
Folder 17 |
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General |
Box 3 |
Folder 18 |
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History of County Seat |
Box 3 |
Folder 19 |
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Pioneer Questionnaire |
Box 3 |
Folder 20 |
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Place Names |
Box 3 |
Folder 21 |
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Points of Interest |
Box 3 |
Folder 22 |
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Tours |
Box 3 |
Folder 23 |
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Towns, Villages, and Cities |
Box 3 |
Folder 24 |
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Women's History |
Box 3 |
Folder 25 |
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Whitman County 50 items. |
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Cities |
Box 3 |
Folder 26 |
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Pullman |
Box 3 |
Folder 27 |
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Clallam County 11 items. |
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Quileute Indians |
Box 3 |
Folder 28 |
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Port Angeles |
Box 3 |
Folder 29 |
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Thurston County 1.0 item. |
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Pioneer History |
Box 3 |
Folder 30 |
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