Guide to the White Drug Store Papers 1935-1936
Cage.5121

Summary Information

Repository
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Creator
White Drug Store
Title
White Drug Store Papers
ID
Cage.5121
Date [inclusive]
1935-1936
Extent
.05 linear feet, 1 folder.
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Correspondence of the White Drug Store of Pullman, Washington, about their license to sell liquor in the mid-1930s.

Preferred Citation

[item description]; White Drug Store Papers, 1935-1936; Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections; Washington State University Libraries; Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

White Drug Store was a retail pharmacy in Pullman, Washington. The business was established in the 1890s.

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Scope and Content

This collection consists of correspondence of the White Drug Store of Pullman, Washington, about the store's appointment as a liquor vendor in 1935, and the cancellation of that appointment in 1936 at the request of E.O. Holland, President of the State College of Washington. The correspondence includes letters and a telegram from the Washington State Liquor Control Board, and a carbon copy of a letter from an unidentified correspondent to a member of the college's Board of Regents.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries 2019-01-18

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

Jack Beach donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 1998 (MS.1998.05).

Processing Information

Cheryl Gunselman processed this collection in 2019.

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Names and Subjects

Geographic Name(s)

  • Pullman (Wash.)--History--Sources

Subject(s)

  • Drugstores--Archives
  • Alcoholic beverages--Washington (State)--Pullman
  • Businesses and Corporations

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