Guide to the Chester Carroll Farr Papers 1913-1961
Cage 182

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Farr, Chester Carroll
Title
Chester Carroll Farr Papers
ID
Cage 182
Date [inclusive]
1913-1961
Extent
1 container., .5 linear feet of shelf space., 50 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence, business records, family documents (Whitman Co., Washington) and travel narratives (Alaska, Middle East, South America, and United States) of C.C. Farr.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 182, Chester Carroll Farr Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

Chester Carroll Farr was born in Pullman, Washington, October 14, 1890. His father had been brought to Pullman at the age of three after his parents had died in Missouri. In 1893, Chester, with his family, moved to Albion where he lived until entering what was then Washington State College in 1908. After graduation in 1913 he moved to Sunnyside, Washington, to teach high school. After trying various other positions he became county agent in Coos County, Oregon where he and his wife, Iva, settled permanently. In 1921 he bought out Collier Warehouse in Coquille, Oregon, and entered into a partnership with Cecil Elwood and formed Farr & Elwood Co., Feed Merchants. He retired from this business in 1955. During the years 1940 to 1956 he and his wife made extensive travels to the East Coast, Glacier National Park, Alaska, South America, Europe, and Asia of which he wrote travelogues in the form of letters to his family and friends at home.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

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 for research use.

Acquisition Information

These letters, manuscripts and other papers were given to the Washington State University Library by Chester C. Farr in 1964 and 1966.

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Names and Subjects

Family Name(s)

  • Farr family--Correspondence

Geographic Name(s)

  • Alaska--Description and travel
  • Middle East--Description and travel
  • South America--Description and travel
  • United States--Description and travel

Personal Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Farr, Chester Carroll, 1890- --Archives

Subject(s)

  • Alaska
  • Washington (State)
  • Frontier and pioneer life--Washington (State)--Whitman County

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Detailed Description of Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Series 1: Travels 
folder

Letter, to Mother Farr, Palouse Country, about trip to East Coast: Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Washington, D.C., Missouri, Illinois, and intermediary points. July 1940 to January 1941   129 p., typescript; 129 p., typescript (carbon).

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Letter, to Mother Farr December 15, 1940   1 p., typescript.

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Tourist brochures.  5 items.

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Letter, to Mother Farr, Palouse Country, about trip to Glacier National Park. July 27-August 10, 1941   12 p., typescript.

2

Letter, to Don and Len, about trip to Northwest, New York, and New Jersey. May, 1948   162 p., typescript. (pages 72-118 missing); 162 p., typescript (carbon).

3

Letter, to Chester Carr from Mabel, Art and Millie Heywood. September 28, [1948]   1 p., handwritten.

3

We Went to Alaska 1949   32 p., typescript.

4

We Saw Alaska [1949 trip]. 1957   30 p., typescript.

4

Letter, about trip to Holy Land. April 6, 1954   3 p., typescript.

5

Letter, to Coos Bay Times, Coos Bay, Oregon, about trip to Holy Land. April 13, 1954   2 p., typescript.

5

[Talk given to Business Womens Club of Coos Bay]. 1964   2 p., typescript.

5

Our Eyes and Hearts Beheld (A Trip Through the Holy Land) Spring, 1954   261 p., typescript.

6

Letter, about trip to South America. 1956   181 p., typescript.

7

Letter, to C.C. Farr from Helen and John Diehl. December 30, 1959   3 p., typescript.

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Series 2: Family Papers and History 
folder

Rememberances of the Palouse Country, 1890-1913 undated   15 p., typescript.

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Papers. Correspondence, tax forms, partnership agreement, stock certificates, receipts, photo of C.C. Farr, teachers certificate, bank books, and geneology pages from family Bible. 1913-1961  27 items.

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