Albion, Washington Town Records, 1896-1969

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Town of Albion
Records, 1896-1969

The records of the Town of Albion, a fourth-class municipal corporation located in Whitman County, Washington, were transferred to the Washington State University Library by the town officials in April, 1973. The records were processed and described by Lawrence R. Stark, May-July, 1973. Additional records were located and added to the collection in January-March, 1974.

Number of containers: 23
Linear feet of shelf space: 17.5
Approximate number of items: 92600

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN ALBION, WASHINGTON

Inhabitants of the Whitman County community of Albion first organized a local government when they incorporated as a "town", or fourth-class city in 1910. Prior to that time, the settlement, known as Guy prior to 1901, had been under the jurisdiction of Whitman County, whose principal local agency had been a justice-of-the-peace court.

From about 1890 to the end of the first world war the town was a relatively prosperous agricultural/commercial community having several merchants, a bank and a collegiate academy. The town was incorporated against this background of prosperity and began a period of municipal activity, building sidewalks and installing a gas streetlighting system. During this period of vigorous public activity, the Town Clerk's office operated in an active, but careless, fashion and eventually corrupt activities were uncovered. Readjusting after the scandal, the town government retrenched nearly simultaneously with the decline in commercial prosperity. In the following years, municipal government became a routine and restricted affair. Not until the late 1930's did the character of town government begin to change. Offered several thousand dollars by the Federal Emergency Administration for Public Works, the voters of the town agreed to match funds and authorized the first sale of revenue bonds in the town's history. The proceeds from the grant and the securities sale constructed a public water distribution system, a facility which was to be the principal focus of municipal activity for many years following.

In the 1950's the population decline reversed and Albion again became a growing community, as a satellite community of Pullman, Washington. Becoming an almost purely residential area, now characterized by many new "suburban" houses mingled with mobile home courts, the town's government changed to meet an ever-increasing demand for public facilities. The town again sold bonds during the 1950's and 1960's to expand the water system. In the late 1960's, sewers and a water treatment plant were added. Revived interest in municipal government also appeared to be a new feature of Albion.

DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

The Records of the Town of Albion deposited at the Washington State University Library are comprised of the public records required by statute and the administrative records necessary for the operation of the town government. Several relocations of the records between 1910 and 1973 have brought about losses and destruction, and the present group is perhaps 50% of the original records. Among the extant papers are legislative records, such as council minutes, ordinances and resolutions; election records, such as registers of voters, poll books and ballots; routine government records, such as insurance policies, public notices and annual reports; financial records, including retired revenue bonds, receipts for town income and claims for payment; and town utility records, concerning the water department and street lighting. Correspondence relating to all facets of the town's activities can also be found among these records.

The user should note that much of the material in the Town of Albion records was once subjected to flooding. Consequently many items are permeated with dust and soil particles which, despite strenuous efforts, continue to be loosened from the fibers of the paper with each handling of the material. Precautions should therefore be taken to confine the resulting sediment and to protect the user and the reading area from the migration of soil particles.

ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECORDS

Arrangement of the records follows the organization of the town government. Series 1 contains the records of the actions of the Council and Mayor. Series 2 consists of the records of the Town Clerk, an appointed official who serves as Secretary to the Council, Town Auditor and general supervisor of Town Activities. Series 3 is records of the Town Treasurer, an elected official with rather rigidly circumscribed powers. This series also contains the claims for payment submitted for Council action. These are not properly a product of the Treasurer's office, but this practice has been employed as it permitted the discarding of cancelled warrants and other Treasurer's records which duplicate the information in the claims. Series 4 contains the records of the public utilities, the water department and street lighting. Series 5 includes records relating to all the above series, but segregated because the records are contained in large ledgers. Series 5 also contains the only records of the justice and police courts.

This arrangement was constructed by the WSU library; the original arrangement of the records was much less formal, as smallness of Albion town government and the general familiarity with public affairs did not require an organized records procedure.

SERIES LIST

                                                                  Containers
SERIES 1.  MAYOR AND COUNCIL 
  A.  Legislative                                                    1
  B.  Financial                                                      2
  C.  Contracts and related documents                                2
SERIES 2.  TOWN CLERK  
  A.  Election records                                               3-5
  B.  Clerk's general records                                        6
  C.  General Town Correspondence                                    7-8
  D.  Division of Municipal Corporations reports                     9-10
  E.  Clerk's miscellaneous records                                  10-11
SERIES 3.  TOWN TREASURER  
  A.  Claims for payment                                             12-13
  B.  Town treasurer's receipts (duplicate)                          14-15
  C.  Record of funds received                                       15-16
  D.  Quarterly and monthly treasurers' reports                      17
SERIES 4.  UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES  
  A.  Water department                                               18-22
  B.  Street lighting                                                23
SERIES 5.  OVERSIZE                                               Folio Number
  A.  Court records                                                  1-3
  B.  Water department records                                       4-5
  C.  Town Clerk                                                     6-20
  D.  Town Treasurer                                                 21-28
  E.  Photographs, structural drawings, and map                      29

CONTAINER LIST

Box Folder   Description No. of
Items

Series 1: Council and Mayor

1 1 Minutes of Council Meetings, 1949-1959. 100
2 Ordinances, 1913-1963. 50
   #1 Rules and order of Business of Town Council (1913)
   #2 Election and appointment of city officials (1913)
   #3 Assessment and collection of taxes (1913)
   #4 Street and road taxes (1913)
   #5 Dog Tax (1913)
   #6 Licenses (1913)
   #7 Health and sanitary regulations (1913)
   #8 Street, alleys and watercourses; pavement (1913)
   #9 Regulating livestock in town (1913)
   #10 Crimes, misdemeanors and penalties (1913)
   #11 Regulating material to be used in sidewalks (1913)
   #12 Ordinance adopting first 11 ordinances (1913)
   #13 Regulating staking of livestock in town (1913)
   #14 Pool Halls and billiard rooms (1913)
   #17 Selling city property and condemning sidewalks (1913)
   #19 Telephone franchise (1913)
   #20 Telephone franchise (1913)
   #25 Licensing dance halls (1916)
   #37 Abolishing office of Poundmaster (1917)
   #38 Duties of police (1917)
   #42 Regulating running at large of domestic fowl (n.d.)
   #47 Sale of water revenue bonds (1938)
   #48 Establishing municipal water works (1938)
   #49 Repealing #47 re: water system (1938)
   #50 Fire Hydrant Fund (1938)
   #51 Amending #48 re: water system (1938)
   #52 Rules for water system users (1946)
   #52 Prohibiting fireworks (1950)
   #55 Water meter deposit (n.d.)
   #57 Use of water system and meter deposit (n.d.)
   #62 Water use rules (1959)
   #63 Bonds for water storage tank (1959)
   #64 Purchase of land for reservoir (1959)
3 Resolutions, 1919-1958. 25
   Vacating street (1919)
   Telephone franchise assignment (1929)
   Creating Street Fund (1938)
   Water system election (1938)
   Revising contract with W. L. Geist (1938)
   Bids on water system construction (1938)
   Resolutions and related documents required by PWA for funding of water system (1938)
   Purchase of land (1946)
   Liquor sale election (1954)
   Street maintenance tax levy (1958)
4a Correspondence re: council activities, 1937-1954. 22
4b Petitions, 1912-ca. 1920. 9
2 5 Budgets, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1923, 1927-1930, 1932, 1934-1943, 1945, 1949-1952, 1956-1959, 1965. 55
6 Revenue bond issue of 1938. 16
7 Revenue bond issue of 1953. 16
8 Revenue bond issue of 1959. 16
9 Coupons from revenue bond issue of 1963. 20
10 Certificates, receipts, and notices re: revenue bonds, 1938-1963. 11
11 Contracts and related documents with Richard Taylor, Civil Engineer, Washington Water Power Company, Spray Brothers Drilling, United Brethren in Christ, R. A. Hanson Company. Plans, specifications, and contract documents for water system construction, constituting agreements with PWA and W. L. Geist. Plans and specifications for water reservoir. ca. 1935-ca. 1959. 25

Series 2: Town Clerk

3 12 Ballots, for water bond election of 1938, Democratic Party primary, 1918, and general elections in 1919, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, [1935], 1940, 1950, 1954, 19562 1958, 1960, 1964. 500
13 Correspondence, notices of elections, election regulations, absentee ballots and regulations and material for holding elections, 1917-1960. 270
14 Certificates of election, resignations from office, oaths of office, loyalty oaths, 1910-1960. 60
4 15 Registry of voters, arranged alphabetically, Askins through Zerba, 1934-1951. 200
16 Lists of voters, ca. 1916-ca. 1950. 50
17 Cancelled, transferred, absent voter and renewed registrations, 1916-1958. 150
5 18a Poll books for primary and general elections held in 1910(2), 1911(2), 1912(9), 1913(2), 1914(8), 1916(7), 1918(2)3 1919(2),1920(2), 1922(2), 1924, 1925, 1927, 1932, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1944(2), 1946(2), 1950, 1964. 61
l8b Party platforms 1910-1914. 3
6 19 Surety bonds given by city officials and contractors, arranged alphabetically, Bidle through Wright, 19101960. 50
20 Fire and liability insurance policies, 1938-1956. 33
21 Correspondence and memoranda re: bonds and insurance, 1917-1958. 40
22 Deeds to town cemetery, 1918- ca. 1945. 5
23 Certificates, notices, advertisements for bids, permits, proclamations, re: water use, public property, water rights, etc., 1928-1961. 50
24 Survey reports, responses and related correspondence with State Department of Health, Division of Municipal Corporations, State Department of Highways, Association of Washington Cities, Washington State University, United States Senate, and Washington Water Power Co. concerning municipal activities and public services, ca. 1935ca. 1960. 70
25 United States Census Bureau, correspondence and reports, ca. 1945-ca. 1960. 50
26 Water test reports, 1939-1958. 13
27 Subscription list for donations to water system construction, 1938. 7
7 Correspondence concerning water system funding and construction, chiefly with Federal Emergency Administration For Public Works and Contractors.
28 1935-1938 300
29 1939 250
8 Miscellaneous city correspondence with suppliers, State Department of Highways, civil defense officials, etc.
30 1910-1943 250
31 1944-1969 150
9 Annual Reports to Division of Municipal Corporations
32 1913-1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922-1923, 1925-1929. 13
33 1930-1931, 1933, 1935-1938, 1940-1945, 1947.14
10 34 Special financial reports to Division of Municipal Corporations, 1953-56. 4
35 State Auditors' Examinations: 1917, 1918 (including documents relative to investigation of misconduct of office by Town Clerk O.G. Lawler), 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947. 30
36 Miscellaneous financial records kept by Town Clerk
   a. Warrant Stubs, 1910-1914. 2 books.
   b. Receipts, 1914. 30
   c. Payrolls, 1937-1941. 3
11 37a Town Clerk's notebooks, 1916-1917. 2
37b Town Clerk's miscellaneous papers, 1916-1917. 200

Series 3: Town Treasurer

Claims for payment presented to Town Council
12 38    1912 3
   1913 29
   1914 5
   1915 5
   1916 11
   1917 108
   1918 42
   1919 65
   1920 83
39    1921 90
   1922 45
   1923 1
   1924 1
   1925 11
40    1926 81
   1927 53
   1928 47
   1929 52
41    1930 30
   1931 26
   1932 28
   1933 42
   1934 40
   1935 58
   1936 52
   1937 76
13 42    1938 72
   1939 111
43    1940 74
   1941 73
   1942 69
   1943 65
44    1944 69
   1945 56
   1946 108
   1947 96
45    1948 136
   1949 105
   1950 88
46    1951 91
   1952 86
   1953 72
   1956 1
   1963 97
   1964 9
Receipts
14 47    1910 20
   1911 11
   1912 5
   1913 2
   1914 51
   1915 58
   1916 40
   1917 66
   1918 5
   1920 5
   1921 9
   1922 1
   1923 1
   1924 17
   1925 14
   1926 24
   1927 15
   1928 11
   1929 12
   1930 2
   1931 17
   1932 50
   1933 21
   1934 42
   1935 44
   1936 46
   1937 29
   1938 60
   1939 210
   1940 115
   1941 47
   1942 25
48    1943 33
   1944 55
   1945 48
   1946 42
   1947 51
   1948 39
   1949 43
   1950 49
   1951 44
   1952 38
   1953 26
   1954 1
   1956 57
   1957 42
   1963 67
Receipt stub books (many, but not all, being triplicates of items in folders 47-48)
49 1913, 1921, 1927, 1939. 5
15 50 1943-47; 1962-63. 11
51 Statements and vouchers for funds received from State agencies: Highway Department, Liquor Control Board, Revenue District, 1936-1963. 140
16 52 Miscellaneous local funds
   a. Dog tax stub books, 1920, 1964-65. 3
   b. Police court receipts, 1963. 2
   c. Cemetary lot sale, n.d. 1
Millage tax statement of County Treasurer (funds transferred to Town)
53    1914 10
   1915 12
   1916 12
   1917 8
   1918 6
   1919 11
   1920 12
   1923 8
   1924 6
   1936 10
   1937 12
   1938 12
   1939 12
   1940 9
   1941 11
   1942 12
   1943 11
   1944 12
   1945 12
   1946 11
   1947 12
   1948 12
   1949 12
   1950 10
   1951 9
   1952 11
   1953 6
   1955 1
   1956 10
   1957 7
   1962 1
   1963 11
16 54 Financial correspondence of Town Treasurer and other city officials with banks, government agencies, and bond buyers, 1918-1967. 90
Quarterly and monthly reports of Town Treasurer
17 55    1916 1
   1917 8
   1919 2
   1920 4
   1921 8
   1922 4
   1923 1
   1924 1
   1925 4
   1926 3
   1927 4
   1928 2
   1929 2
   1936 3
   1937 5
   1938 8
   1939 12
56    1940 11
   1941 12
   1942 11
   1943 6
57    1944 12
   1945 12
   1946 12
   1947 12
58    1948 12
   1949 12
   1950 12
   1951 12
   1952 12
59    1953 8
   1956 12
   1957 9
   1963 11

Series 4: Utilities (Water and Light)

18 60-63 Water meter readings notebooks, n.d. 15
19-22 64-67 Receipt books with records of water sales, 1936-1963. 58 books;
700 items
22 68 Miscellaneous water records, ca. 1938-ca. 1960. 15
  a. Consumer bills
  b. Meter Deposit receipts
  c. List of past due accounts
23 69 Gas streetlight report book, (Lamplighter's report), 1916-1917. 1
70 Electr icity usage and costs records, comprised of meter readings and bills from Washington Water Power Company, 1921-1963. 450

Folio Number   Description No. of
Items

Series 5: Oversize

1 Justice-Of-The-Peace, Precinct 30 (Guy/Albion), Whitman County, Justice Court Docket, 1895-1909. 1 v.
2 Justice-Of-The-Peace, Precinct 67 (Albion), Whitman County, Justice Court Docket, 1912-1913. 1 v.
3 Police Court, Town of Albion, Court Docket, 1912-1964. 1 v.
4 Water Department Accounts Ledger, 1938- 1945. 2 v.
5 Water Use Ledger, 1948-1959. 100 ledger sheets.
6-16 Register of voters, 1913-1932.11 v.
17-18 Warrant Register and other Clerk's Records, 1914-1916. 2 v.
19 Warrant Register, 1947-1948. 1 v.
20 Warrant Register, 1917, 1946-1956, 1963- 1964. 100 ledger sheets.
21-23 Cashbooks, 1910-1959. 2 v.; 60 ledger sheets.
24-28 Treasurers' monthly reports, 1939-1956, 1960-1964. 5 v.
29 Maps, drawings and photographs:
   a. Photographs of ditching, ca. 1955. 5 items.
   b. Blueprint and ozalid drawing of public structures. 5 items.
   c. Plat map of town, showing water system, 1938. 1
   d. James A. Emerson, "Water Storage by Pipeline,"The Rockwell Water Journal 46 (Feb., 1962) [Albion's water storage system] 11

Box	Folder	Description	No. of Items

Series 1: Council and Mayor

1	1	Minutes of Council Meetings, 1949-1959.	100
	2	Ordinances, 1913-1963.	50
		#1 Rules and order of Business of Town Council (1913)
		#2 Election and appointment of city officials (1913)
		#3 Assessment and collection of taxes (1913)
		#4 Street and road taxes (1913)
		#5 Dog Tax (1913)
		#6 Licenses (1913)
		#7 Health and sanitary regulations (1913)
		#8 Street, alleys and watercourses; pavement (1913)
		#9 Regulating livestock in town (1913)
		#10 Crimes, misdemeanors and penalties (1913)
		#11 Regulating material to be used in sidewalks (1913)
		#12 Ordinance adopting first 11 ordinances (1913)
		#13 Regulating staking of livestock in town (1913)
		#14 Pool Halls and billiard rooms (1913)
		#17 Selling city property and condemning sidewalks (1913)
		#19 Telephone franchise (1913)
		#20 Telephone franchise (1913)
		#25 Licensing dance halls (1916)
		#37 Abolishing office of Poundmaster (1917)
		#38 Duties of police (1917)
		#42 Regulating running at large of domestic fowl (n.d.)
		#47 Sale of water revenue bonds (1938)
		#48 Establishing municipal water works (1938)
		#49 Repealing #47 re: water system (1938)
		#50 Fire Hydrant Fund (1938)
		#51 Amending #48 re: water system (1938)
		#52 Rules for water system users (1946)
		#52 Prohibiting fireworks (1950)
		#55 Water meter deposit (n.d.)
		#57 Use of water system and meter deposit (n.d.)
		#62 Water use rules (1959)
		#63 Bonds for water storage tank (1959)
		#64 Purchase of land for reservoir (1959)
	3	Resolutions, 1919-1958.	25
		Vacating street (1919)
		Telephone franchise assignment (1929)
		Creating Street Fund (1938)
		Water system election (1938)
		Revising contract with W. L. Geist (1938)
		Bids on water system construction (1938)
		Resolutions and related documents required by PWA for funding of water system (1938)
		Purchase of land (1946)
		Liquor sale election (1954)
		Street maintenance tax levy (1958)
	4a	Correspondence re: council activities, 1937-1954.	22
	4b	Petitions, 1912-ca. 1920.	9
2	5	Budgets, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1923, 1927-1930, 1932, 1934-1943, 1945, 1949-1952, 1956-1959, 1965.	55
	6	Revenue bond issue of 1938.	16
	7	Revenue bond issue of 1953.	16
	8	Revenue bond issue of 1959.	16
	9	Coupons from revenue bond issue of 1963.	20
	10	Certificates, receipts, and notices re: revenue bonds, 1938-1963.	11
	11	Contracts and related documents with Richard Taylor, Civil Engineer, Washington Water Power Company, Spray Brothers Drilling, United Brethren in Christ, R. A. Hanson Company. Plans, specifications, and contract documents for water system construction, constituting agreements with PWA and W. L. Geist. Plans and specifications for water reservoir. ca. 1935-ca. 1959.	25

Series 2: Town Clerk

3	12	Ballots, for water bond election of 1938, Democratic Party primary, 1918, and general elections in 1919, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, [1935], 1940, 1950, 1954, 19562 1958, 1960, 1964.	500
	13	Correspondence, notices of elections, election regulations, absentee ballots and regulations and material for holding elections, 1917-1960.	270
	14	Certificates of election, resignations from office, oaths of office, loyalty oaths, 1910-1960.	60
4	15	Registry of voters, arranged alphabetically, Askins through Zerba, 1934-1951.	200
	16	Lists of voters, ca. 1916-ca. 1950.	50
	17	Cancelled, transferred, absent voter and renewed registrations, 1916-1958.	150
5	18a	Poll books for primary and general elections held in 1910(2), 1911(2), 1912(9), 1913(2), 1914(8), 1916(7), 1918(2)3 1919(2),1920(2), 1922(2), 1924, 1925, 1927, 1932, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1944(2), 1946(2), 1950, 1964.	61
	l8b	Party platforms 1910-1914.	3
6	19	Surety bonds given by city officials and contractors, arranged alphabetically, Bidle through Wright, 19101960.	50
	20	Fire and liability insurance policies, 1938-1956.	33
	21	Correspondence and memoranda re: bonds and insurance, 1917-1958.	40
	22	Deeds to town cemetery, 1918- ca. 1945.	5
	23	Certificates, notices, advertisements for bids, permits, proclamations, re: water use, public property, water rights, etc., 1928-1961.	50
	24	Survey reports, responses and related correspondence with State Department of Health, Division of Municipal Corporations, State Department of Highways, Association of Washington Cities, Washington State University, United States Senate, and Washington Water Power Co. concerning municipal activities and public services, ca. 1935ca. 1960.	70
	25	United States Census Bureau, correspondence and reports, ca. 1945-ca. 1960.	50
	26	Water test reports, 1939-1958.	13
	27	Subscription list for donations to water system construction, 1938.	7
7		Correspondence concerning water system funding and construction, chiefly with Federal Emergency Administration For Public Works and Contractors.
	28	1935-1938	300
	29	1939	250
8		Miscellaneous city correspondence with suppliers, State Department of Highways, civil defense officials, etc.
	30	1910-1943	250
	31	1944-1969	150
9		Annual Reports to Division of Municipal Corporations
	32	1913-1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922-1923, 1925-1929.	13
	33	1930-1931, 1933, 1935-1938, 1940-1945, 1947.14
10	34	Special financial reports to Division of Municipal Corporations, 1953-56.	4
	35	State Auditors' Examinations: 1917, 1918 (including documents relative to investigation of misconduct of office by Town Clerk O.G. Lawler), 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947.	30
	36	Miscellaneous financial records kept by Town Clerk
		a. Warrant Stubs, 1910-1914.	2 books.
		b. Receipts, 1914.	30
		c. Payrolls, 1937-1941.	3
11	37a	Town Clerk's notebooks, 1916-1917.	2
	37b	Town Clerk's miscellaneous papers, 1916-1917.	200

Series 3: Town Treasurer

		Claims for payment presented to Town Council
12	38	1912	3
		1913	29
		1914	5
		1915	5
		1916	11
		1917	108
		1918	42
		1919	65
		1920	83
	39	1921	90
		1922	45
		1923	1
		1924	1
		1925	11
	40	1926	81
		1927	53
		1928	47
		1929	52
	41	1930	30
		1931	26
		1932	28
		1933	42
		1934	40
		1935	58
		1936	52
		1937	76
13	42	1938	72
		1939	111
	43	1940	74
		1941	73
		1942	69
		1943	65
	44	1944	69
		1945	56
		1946	108
		1947	96
	45	1948	136
		1949	105
		1950	88
	46	1951	91
		1952	86
		1953	72
		1956	1
		1963	97
		1964	9
		Receipts
14	47	1910	20
		1911	11
		1912	5
		1913	2
		1914	51
		1915	58
		1916	40
		1917	66
		1918	5
		1920	5
		1921	9
		1922	1
		1923	1
		1924	17
		1925	14
		1926	24
		1927	15
		1928	11
		1929	12
		1930	2
		1931	17
		1932	50
		1933	21
		1934	42
		1935	44
		1936	46
		1937	29
		1938	60
		1939	210
		1940	115
		1941	47
		1942	25
	48	1943	33
		1944	55
		1945	48
		1946	42
		1947	51
		1948	39
		1949	43
		1950	49
		1951	44
		1952	38
		1953	26
		1954	1
		1956	57
		1957	42
		1963	67
		Receipt stub books (many, but not all, being triplicates of items in folders 47-48)
	49	1913, 1921, 1927, 1939.	5
15	50	1943-47; 1962-63.	11
	51	Statements and vouchers for funds received from State agencies: Highway Department, Liquor Control Board, Revenue District, 1936-1963.	140
16	52	Miscellaneous local funds
		a. Dog tax stub books, 1920, 1964-65.	3
		b. Police court receipts, 1963.	2
		c. Cemetary lot sale, n.d.	1
		Millage tax statement of County Treasurer (funds transferred to Town)
	53	1914	10
		1915	12
		1916	12
		1917	8
		1918	6
		1919	11
		1920	12
		1923	8
		1924	6
		1936	10
		1937	12
		1938	12
		1939	12
		1940	9
		1941	11
		1942	12
		1943	11
		1944	12
		1945	12
		1946	11
		1947	12
		1948	12
		1949	12
		1950	10
		1951	9
		1952	11
		1953	6
		1955	1
		1956	10
		1957	7
		1962	1
		1963	11
16	54	Financial correspondence of Town Treasurer and other city officials with banks, government agencies, and bond buyers, 1918-1967.	90
		Quarterly and monthly reports of Town Treasurer
17	55	1916	1
		1917	8
		1919	2
		1920	4
		1921	8
		1922	4
		1923	1
		1924	1
		1925	4
		1926	3
		1927	4
		1928	2
		1929	2
		1936	3
		1937	5
		1938	8
		1939	12
	56	1940	11
		1941	12
		1942	11
		1943	6
	57	1944	12
		1945	12
		1946	12
		1947	12
	58	1948	12
		1949	12
		1950	12
		1951	12
		1952	12
	59	1953	8
		1956	12
		1957	9
		1963	11

Series 4: Utilities (Water and Light)

18	60-63	Water meter readings notebooks, n.d.	15
19-22	64-67	Receipt books with records of water sales, 1936-1963.	58 books; 700 items
22	68	Miscellaneous water records, ca. 1938-ca. 1960.	15
		a. Consumer bills
		b. Meter Deposit receipts
		c. List of past due accounts
23	69	Gas streetlight report book, (Lamplighter's report), 1916-1917.	1
	70	Electr icity usage and costs records, comprised of meter readings and bills from Washington Water Power Company, 1921-1963.	450

Folio Number	Description	No. of Items
Series 5: Oversize

1	Justice-Of-The-Peace, Precinct 30 (Guy/Albion), Whitman County, Justice Court Docket, 1895-1909.	1 v.
2	Justice-Of-The-Peace, Precinct 67 (Albion), Whitman County, Justice Court Docket, 1912-1913.	1 v.
3	Police Court, Town of Albion, Court Docket, 1912-1964.	1 v.
4	Water Department Accounts Ledger, 1938- 1945.	2 v.
5	Water Use Ledger, 1948-1959.	100 ledger sheets.
6-16	Register of voters, 1913-1932.11 v.
17-18	Warrant Register and other Clerk's Records, 1914-1916.	2 v.
19	Warrant Register, 1947-1948.	1 v.
20	Warrant Register, 1917, 1946-1956, 1963- 1964.	100 ledger sheets.
21-23	Cashbooks, 1910-1959.	2 v.; 60 ledger sheets.
24-28	Treasurers' monthly reports, 1939-1956, 1960-1964.	5 v.
29	Maps, drawings and photographs:
	a. Photographs of ditching, ca. 1955.	5 items.
	b. Blueprint and ozalid drawing of public structures.	5 items.
	c. Plat map of town, showing water system, 1938.	1
	d. James A. Emerson, "Water Storage by Pipeline,"The Rockwell Water Journal 46 (Feb., 1962) [Albion's water storage system]	11