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Guy McLeod Richards
Papers, 1887-1940

The papers of Guy McLeod Richards, Mercer Island, Washington were donated to the Washington State University Library in 1941 by Miss Virginia Richards. They were processed in November of 1972 by Lawrence Stark.

These papers consist of the incoming and outgoing correspondence, notes, diaries, journals, photographs, scrapbooks, manuscripts, magazines and news articles created and collected by Richards as an agricultural journalist, trade association officer, dairyman and cattle breeder. The earlier papers, ca. 1900 to 1920, concern Richards' work as a manager or operator of dairy farms in Western and Central Washington, during which time he developed two pedigree lines of dairy cattle. The major portion of the papers, however, document Richards' editorial positions with agricultural magazines: Pacific Coast Dairyman, 1895-1898; Horn and Hoof, ca. 1905-1912; Northwest Dairyman and Farmer, ca. 1912-1920 and Fisher's Farm Forum, 1932. The papers also contain articles about the dairy industry which Richards reported for various Washington State newspapers as well as free-lance articles. Richards' offices in several dairy trade and lobbying organizations, notably the Washington State Dairyman's Association, the Washington State Holstein-Friesian Association, the Western Washington State Fair Association and the Pacific International Livestock Exhibition Association are also represented. The papers document Richard's association with state politics and government, especially the Department of Agriculture; the Democratic Party and the state agricultural college, now Washington State University.

SHELF LIST

Box	Description
Series 1: Correspondence of Guy McLeod Richards
1	1887-1923
2	1924-1927
3	1928-1929
4	1930-1933
5	1934-1937
Series 2: Notes, Photographs, Writings and Diaries
6-7	Mementos, cards, invitations, notebooks and scrapbooks, ca. 1892-1940.
8	Photographs of cattle, dairy operations, cattlemen, shows, exhibitions and fairs, ca. 1900-1930. (contact print from nitrate 12-80)
9	Articles and newstories by Richards, ca. 1895-1934.
10-11	Diaries of Guy McLeod Richards, 1910-1940.
Series 3: Washington State Holstein-Friesian Association
12-13	Correspondence and papers of officers of the association, 1921-1922, prior to Richards' tenure as Secretary.
Series 4: Dairy Cattle reference material
14-15	Photograph and production record file of individual cattle, ca. 1915-1930.
15-16	Cattle sales catalogs, ca. 1910-1930. 15-16
16	Pacific International Holstein-Friesian sale financial record, 1927.
16	Herd Book and pedigree chart for Greenbank and DeKol lines of cattle, ca. 1905-1919.