Guide to the Washington Wool Growers Association Women's Auxiliary Records 1923-2004
Cage 844

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Washington Wool Growers Association. Women's Auxilary
Title
Washington Wool Growers Association Women's Auxiliary Records
ID
Cage 844
Date [inclusive]
1923-2004
Extent
2 linear feet of shelf space, 4 boxes
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Records of the Women's Auxiliary of the Washington Wool Growers Association. Includes minutes, correspondence, constitutions and by-laws, membership lists, financial reports, conference programs, photographs, newspaper clippings and other printed material.

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]

Washington Wool Growers Association Women's Auxiliary Records, 1923-2004 (Cage 844)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Biography/History

The Women's Auxiliary of the Washington Wool Growers Association was founded in 1923 to bring together wives of members of the association, and over time the membership was broadened to include women interested in the industries and activities represented in the association. Promoting sheep products with a variety of activities and events, the group sponsors "Make It Yourself with Wool," an annual sewing contest, and raises funds for its activities with a Lamburger booth at the Central Washington Fair. They support agricultural education and training for youth, including 4-H and Future Farmers of America members involved in projects related to sheep and wool.

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Biography/History

The Washington Wool Growers Association is an organization of sheep producers and wool growers in the state of Washington. The state association is a branch of the National Wool Growers Association.

The membership of the Washington Wool Growers Association consists of persons who are both directly involved in the production of sheep and wool and those who are within the sheep industry or have an interest in it. The goals of the Association are to promote the welfare of the sheep industry in the state of Washington and to promote consumer usage of wool and lamb. They accomplish this by working on and/or lobbying for Congressional bills concerning foreign imports of sheep products, livestock taxes, public lands usage and predator control. Wool and lamb consumption are boosted through yearly barbeques which make people more aware of lamb and its many uses and through annual state and national Miss Wool contests. Miss Wool is a public relations representative for the industry.

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Scope and Content

This collection consists of records of the Women's Auxiliary of the Washington Wool Growers Association. It includes minutes, correspondence, constitutions and by-laws, membership lists, financial reports, conference programs, photographs, newspaper clippings and other printed material. Most of the folders include a cover sheet summarizing the contents, which vary from year to year, and some have notes about the year's officers and important activities. Some of the folders have fairly extensive documentation of the group's activities for the year, while others contain just an item or two.

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Arrangement

This collection is arranged in a single series, in chronological order with just a few exceptions.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2016

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 apply.

Acquisition Information

Helen Appel donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries on behalf of the Washington Wool Growers Association Women's Auxiliary in 2016 (MS.2016.19).

Processing Information

Cheryl Gunselman processed this collection in 2016.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Washington Wool Growers Association Records, 1950-1970 (Cage 439)

Washington Wool Growers Association Records, 1969-1979 (Cage 523)

Preliminary Guide to the Washington Wool Growers Association Records, 1987-2008 (MS 2016.20)

Columbia Basin Wool Growers Association Records, 1955-1976 (Cage 359)

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Subject(s) :
  • Washington Wool Growers Association. Women's Auxiliary -- Records and correspondence
  • Washington Wool Growers Association -- Records and correspondence

Subject(s)

  • Women in agriculture
  • Sheep -- Washington (State)
  • Wool industry -- Washington (State)
  • Agriculture -- Washington (State) -- Societies, etc. -- Records and correspondence
  • Women
  • Agriculture
  • Washington (State)

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Detailed Description of Collection

box folder

1923 

 1 1

1924 

 1 2

1925 

 1 3

1926 

 1 4

1927 

 1 5

1929 

 1 6

1931 

 1 7

Minute book, 1931-1932 

 1 8-10

1932 

 1 11

1933 

 1 12

1934 

 1 13

1935 

 1 14

1936 

 1 15

1937 

 1 16

1938 

 1 17

1939 

 1 18

1940 

 1 19

1941 

 1 20

Conventions and committees, and chapter reports, 1942-1947 

 1 21-23

1943 

 1 24

1944 

 1 25

1945 

 1 26

1946 

 1 27

1947 

 2 1

1948 

 2 2

Photographs, 1949 

 2 3

1949 

 2 4

1950 

 2 5

1951 

 2 6

1952 

 2 7

1953 

 2 8

1954 

 2 9

1955 

 2 10

1956 

 2 11

1957 

 2 12

1958 

 2 13

Check register, 1958-1965 

 2 14

1959 

 2 15

1960 

 2 16

1961 

 2 17

1962 

 2 18

1963 

 2 19

1964 

 2 20

1965 

 2 21-22

1966 

 2 23

1967 

 2 24

1968 

 2 25

1969 

 3 1

1970 

 3 2

1970-1971 

 3 3

1971 

 3 4

1972 

 3 5

1973 

 3 6

Miscellaneous, 1974-1990 

 3 7

1974 

 3 8

1977-1978 

 3 9

1978 

 3 10

1982 

 3 11

Minutes, 1981-1989 

 3 12

1982 

 3 13

1983 

 3 14

1984 

 3 15

1985 

 3 16

1986 

 3 17

1987 

 3 18

1988 

 3 19

1989 

 3 20

1990 

 3 21-22

1991 

 3 23

1992 

 3 24

1993 

 3 25

1994 

 3 26

1995 

 3 27

1996 

 3 28

1997 

 3 29

1995-1997 

 3 30

1998 

 3 31

1999 

 4 1

2000 

 4 2

2001 

 4 3

2002 

 4 4-5

2003 

 4 6-7

2004 

 4 8-9

Undated (circa 1960-1973) 

 4 10

Undated 

 4 11

Miscellaneous (photographs, clippings, pamphlets, conference badges), circa 1929-1990s 

 4 12

Beulah Hill notebook, 1929-1949. Includes information about the formation of the national women's auxiliary organization. 

 4 13