Skaife, Robert Jasper Diaries 1877-1939

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Skaife, Robert Jasper
Diaries 1877-1939

The papers were a gift of Elsie Sawbridge and Nora Skaife

Linear feet of shelf space: 4

Skaife, Robert Jasper, 1861-1939. Physician, Colfax, Washington, 1902-1939.

Daily entries re: early medical education and practice; development of Whitman and Latah Counties; civilian activities, World War I; local government, 1885-1899.

CONTAINER LIST

Container   Description # of
Volumes
Original diaries
1    1877-1892 16
2    1893-1895 1
   1896-1904 1
3    1905-1916 12
4    1917-1930 13
5    1931-1939 9
Longhand copies
6    1877-1884 1
   1885-1886 1
Typed and bound copies entitled "Dad's Diary."
7    1877-1884 1
   1885-1889 1
   1890-1896 1
   1897-1904 1
8    1905-1910 1
   1911-1915 1
Loose papers, including some copies of the original diaries from 1915-1917 and some notes from the 1930s.

Container	Description	# of Volumes
	Original diaries
1	1877-1892	16
2	1893-1895	1
	1896-1904	1
3	1905-1916	12
4	1917-1930	13
5	1931-1939	9
	Longhand copies
6	1877-1884	1
	1885-1886	1
	Typed and bound copies entitled "Dad's Diary."
7	1877-1884	1
	1885-1889	1
	1890-1896	1
	1897-1904	1
8	1905-1910	1
	1911-1915	1
	Loose papers, including some copies of the original diaries from 1915-1917 and some notes from the 1930s.