Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Robert Jasper Skaife
Diaries
1877-1939
Cage
296
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Skaife, Robert Jasper
- Title
- Robert Jasper Skaife Diaries
- ID
- Cage 296
- Date [inclusive]
- 1877-1939
- Extent
- 4 linear feet of shelf space.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Daily entries re: early medical education and practice; development of Whitman and Latah Counties; civilian activities, World War I; local government, 1885-1899.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 296, Robert Jasper Skaife Diaries. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
Skaife, Robert Jasper, 1861-1939. Physician, Colfax, Washington, 1902-1939.
Scope and Content
Daily entries re: early medical education and practice; development of Whitman and Latah Counties; civilian activities, World War I; local government, 1885-1899.
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 papers were a gift of Elsie Sawbridge and Nora Skaife.
Names and Subjects
Geographic Name(s)
- Whitman County (Wash.)--Politics and government
- Latah County (Idaho)--History--Sources
Occupation(s)
- Physicians--Washington (State)--Colfax--Diaries
Personal Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Skaife, Robert Jasper, 1861-1939--Archives
Subject(s)
- World War, 1914-1918--War work
- Medicine--Practice
- Diaries
- Government and Politics
- Medicine and Health
- Washington (State)
Detailed Description of Collection
Original diaries |
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1877-1892 16 |
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1893-1895 1 |
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1896-1904 1 |
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1905-1916 12 |
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1917-1930 13 |
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1931-1939 9 |
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Longhand copies |
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1877-1884 1 |
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1885-1886 1 |
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Typed and bound copies entitled Dad's Diary. |
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1877-1884 1 |
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1885-1889 1 |
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1890-1896 1 |
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1897-1904 1 |
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1905-1910 1 |
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1911-1915 1 |
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Loose papers, including some copies of the original diaries from 1915-1917 and some notes from the 1930s. |
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