Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the United States Two-and-One-Half Dollar Coin
1861
Cage 5111
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Title
- United States Two-and-One-Half Dollar Coin
- ID
- Cage 5111
- Date [inclusive]
- 1861
- Extent
- 0.05 Linear feet of shelf space, 1 Folder
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- One United States two-and-one-half dollar gold coin (1861) and accompanying note.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
United States Two-and-One-Half Dollar Coin, 1861 (Cage 5111)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
The Carpenter-Richardson family established itself in Cle Elum, Washington in 1906 when Frank Carpenter, a native of Girard, Illinois, arrived and organized the Cle Elum State Bank. Norah Carr, also of Girard, joined him at Cle Elum in 1908 and they married soon after. Their daughter, Margaret, was born at Cle Elum about two years after her parents' marriage. In 1943, she married Dr. John Purver Richardson, a physician from Ellensburg, Washington. John Richardson died in 1953, Frank Carpenter in 1959, Norah Carpenter in 1962, and Margaret Carpenter Richardson in 1973. During its sixty-seven years in Cle Elum, the family's place was among the community's relatively well-to-do elite. It was supported by Frank Carpenter's income from the Cle Elum State Bank, a small state bank with branches at Cle Elum and Roslyn, and from his various investments in local real estate. This income enabled his family to conduct a style of life which included an expensive house, travel around the United States, and boarding schools for daughter Margaret.
According to the note on the envelope containing the coin, Frank Carpenter gave it to his mother about 1890, and in 1919 his father presented it to Frank Carpenter's daugher, Margaret.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of an 1861 United States two-and-one-half dollar gold coin, known as a quarter eagle, and a note (circa 1919) explaining its association with the Carpenter family of Cle Elum, Washington.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2022
https://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.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Information
Rae Yanushka donated this item to the Washington State University Libraries in 2017 as part of a larger accession of family papers (MS.2017.13).
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Cheryl Gunselman in 2018.
Related Materials
Related Material
Carpenter-Richardson Family Papers, 1880-1972 (Cage 171)
Separated Material
The coin was seperated out of a larger accession of family papers: Preliminary Guide to the Carpenter-Richardson Family Papers, circa 1870s-1970s (MS 2017.13)
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- United States. Department of the Treasury.
Personal Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Carpenter, Frank, 1871-1959 -- Archives.
Creator(s) :
- Carpenter, Frank, 1871-1959.
Subject(s)
- Coins, American -- Specimens.
- Artifacts
- Economics and Banking