Guide to the Colfax Public Library Records 1921-1954
Cage 200

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Creator
Colfax Public Library
Title
Colfax Public Library Records
ID
Cage 200
Date [inclusive]
1921-1954
Extent
1 container., .5 linear feet of shelf space., 40 items.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Trustees minute books, 1921-1944; correspondence and contracts with school district; budgets, annual reports, and sample book plates, charge cards and book pockets and other material.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 200, Colfax Public Library Records . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

The Colfax Public Library was established in 1921. It also served as a public-school library for the duration of its existence. In 1944 the Whitman County Library district was voted into being, and shortly thereafter the Colfax Public Library was converted to become solely a school library. Those books thought not useful for a school library were donated to the new County Library.

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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

The Colfax Public Library papers were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Earle Connette in 1966.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Colfax Public Library (Wash.) --Archives

Subject(s)

  • Libraries -- Washington (State)--Colfax--History--Sources
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

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

Minutes of the Board:  
folder

 Nov. 3, 1921 - Dec. 7, 1925   1

 1

  Jan. 1, 1930 - Dec. 14, 1937   1

 2

  Jan. 1, 1938 - May 16, 1944   1

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folder

Contracts and correspondence: Folder from School District No. 300 1944-1954  22 items.

 4

Earle Connette, A history of the Colfax Public Library    11 p.

4

Miscellany: Bookplates, bookcards and pockets, rules 1904-1950  14 items.

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