Cage 4886
Washington Territorial Centennial History Committee
"Grassroots Cuttings of Territorial Days" Project Typescripts, ca. 1953

These typescripts from the Washington Territorial Centennial History Committee were donated to the WSU Libraries by Edwin H. Burgess, Class of 1910, in memory of his parents, Sarah K. and Francis F. Burgess, in 1985. The collection was processed in 2005 by Cheryl Gunselman, Manuscripts Librarian.

Number of items: 41 

PROJECT HISTORY

 The typescript essays in this collection were prepared as part of a project commemorating the Territorial Centennial of Washington in 1953. Most of these essays, along with others not included in this collection, were published in various newspapers throughout the State of Washington. In 1954 all of the essays (a total of 48) were published together in a pamphlet as Grassroot Cuttings: Sources of the History of the Territory of Washington, by the Longview Daily News. 

Here is the description of the project from the Preface to the 1954 published volume:

"Grassroot Cuttings" was a project undertaken by the History Committee of the Washington Territorial Centennial, 1953. It was designed to provide the public and the students in the public schools with a series of excepts of original sources of Washington history of preterritorial and territorial days. The hope of the committee was that the newspapers of the state would publish one number a week so that there might be a total of fifty-two for the Centennial year. Through the courtesy of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, Inc., and its manager, Mr. C. B. Lambfromboise, and the Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington and its manager, Mr. Lew Selvidge, copies were furnished in mimeographed form and sent over the wire service. Since the newspapers of the state were crowded with many other matters pertaining to the Centennial, the coverage over the State was not as great as the committee had hoped it would be.

 

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION 

When the typescripts were received, they were gathered together in a binder. Although they have been removed from the binder, the original order has been preserved.

ITEM LIST

Folder          Description

1                 Cooke, Margaret, editor. "A Prophecy for Liberty and Peace."

                   Cooke, Margaret, editor. "Description of a Future Commercial Center."

                   Bromberg, Erik, editior. "American Fur Traders Enter the Northwest."

                   Haines, Francis, editor. "Farming at Early Fort Vancouver."

                   Haines, Francis, editor. "Advantages of Settling the Oregon Country."

                   Burnham, Howard J., editor. "A Missionary Prophet."

                   Nesbit, Robert C., editor. "Federal-Territorial Relations."

                   Draper, James R., editor. "Description of an Indian Woman: Louise Sighouin."

                   Gorchels, Clarence, editor. "Indian Victory in the Palouse."

                   Draper, James R., editor. "Description of Indian Society: The Coeur d'Alenes."

                   Kingston, C. S., editor. "The Religious Faith of the Indians."

                   Jarvis, Joan W., editor. "To the Memory of Spokane Garry."

                   Kingston, C. S., editor. "A Visit to the Friendly Queniults."

                   Lorenz, Mrs. Will, editor. "Sickness on the Trail."

                   Lorenz, Mrs. Will, editor. "Good Samaritans at Journey's End."

                   Jarvis, Joan W., editor. "Description of a Pack Train."

                   Hillier, Alfred J., editor. "Logging During Territorial Days."

                   Gorchels, Clarence, editor. "It Snowed for Forty Days."

 

2                 Coulter, C. Brewster, editor. "The Importance of Early Power Development."

                   Kingston, C. S., editor. "A Fifteen Year Old Boy on a Cattle Drive."
                   Jarvis, Joan W. "Pioneer Christmas Celebration."

                   Cameron, Mabel (Mrs.). "The Farmington Settlement."

                   Crockett, Edwin. "Jobs Were Scarce in the 1860s."

                   Nesbit, Robert. "Opportunity in Washington Territory."

                   Codd, James E., ed. "The Woman Suffrage Appeal."

                   Deutsch, Herman J. "For the Sleep of the Just."

                   Deutsch, Herman J. "Hall of Justice and House of God."

                   Deutsch, Herman J. "Encounters with Wild Animals."

                   Deutsch, Herman J. "Law and Order in Washington Territory."

                   Nesbit, Robert, editor. "A Political Rally in Territorial Days in Washington."

                   Deutsch, Herman J. "Indians in the Hop Fields."

                   Deutsch, Herman J. "Carving a Homestead."

                   Deutsch, Herman J. "Capital and Metropolis, 1876."

                   Deutsch, Herman J. "A Plea for a Realistic Indian Policy."

                   Deutsch, Herman J. "Irrigation Prospects."

                   Deutsch, Herman J. "A City Rose Again."

                   Kreitz, Mabel Patrick. "The Story of Julius."

                   Burcham, Ralph. "A Miner's Code in Washington Territory."

                   Deutsch, Herman J. "Reverberation from a 'Wild Jackass.'"

                   Burcham, Ralph. "Disregard of Indian Rights."

                   Kingston, C. S. "The Cattle Industry in the Big Bend: An Interview with Charley Osborne."