Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Preliminary Guide to the James Robert Leuty Papers
1935-1986
MS.1995.30
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Source
- Old, Richard
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the James Robert Leuty Papers
- ID
- MS.1995.30
- Date [inclusive]
- 1935-1986
- Extent
- 1 linear feet, 1 box.
- Location
- (MASC staff use) 2-13-17-6.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Language
- Materials are in English.
- Abstract
- This collection contains papers of James Robert Leuty (1917-1995), a lifelong Pullman resident and pharmacist.
Biography/History
James Robert Leuty was born in 1917 to Charlotta Pearl (Rector) Leuty and Dr. Joseph David Leuty of Farmington, Washington. Between 1936 and 1940, Leuty attended Washington State College (later Washington State University) where he was a member of the the marching band and received his Bachelor's degree in Pharmacology. In 1945, while serving in the U.S. military during World War II, Leuty met and married Dorothy Margaret Johnson. Leuty returned to Pullman in 1961, where he operated the Modern Drug Center store as the pharmacist, and remained a resident until his death in 1995.
Scope and Content
This collection contains papers of James Robert Leuty (1917-1995), a lifelong Pullman resident and pharmacist. The collection consiste mainly of financial records of the Modern Drug Center store in Pullman, Washington, and financial records of the Leuty household. This collections also contains one of Leuty's notebooks from a WSU Pharmacy course in 1935, as well as a trip journal from 1986.
Arrangement
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
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.
Acquisition Information
Donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1995 by Richard Old (MS.1995.30).
Names and Subjects
Geographic Name(s)
- Pullman (Wash.)--History--Sources
Personal Name(s)
Fmo(s) :
- Old, Richard
Subject(s)
- Pharmacists--Washington (State)--Archives
- Businesses and Corporations