Hazard Stevens Papers, ca.1861-ca.1930

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Cage 696
Hazard Stevens
Papers, ca. 1861-ca. 1930

This collection was purchased by the Washington State University Libraries in 2002; it was previously owned by the Stevens family.

Number of containers: 1 plus oversize
Linear feet of shelf space: 2

BIOGRAPHY

Hazard Stevens (1842-1918) was a prominent military officer who served in the Civil War, receiving the Medal of Honor for his service. After the war, he moved to the Washington Territory, where he worked for the Oregon Steam Navigation Company and the federal government. In Olympia, he studied law and became an attorney. He practiced law in Washington and, later, in Massachusetts. Among his noteworthy personal accomplishments was the first documented ascent of Mount Rainier, with P. B. Van Trump, in 1870.

Stevens was the son of Isaac Stevens, first governor of the Washington Territory (1853-1857), and Margaret Lyman Hazard Stevens.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

This collection consists of military commissions, correspondence and reminiscences, official appointments, awards, and miscellaneous items. It is arranged in three small series, plus a group of oversize items.

Series 1: Correspondence and personal reminiscences, 1865-1916, n.d.
Series 2: Awards, honors, appointments, 1886-1916
Series 3: Photographs and miscellaneous, ca. 1861-ca. 1930
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CONTAINER LIST

Box	Folder	Description

		Series 1: Correspondence and personal reminiscences, 1865-1916, n.d.

1	1	Autograph letter from Stevens to his grandmother (incomplete), 1865; Poem, "The Bridal," 1886; Typescript, "Reminiscences of a Journey in Montana in 1855," 1913; Letter from the Bureau of Pensions regarding Medal of Honor, 1916; Typescript, "Notes of a Journey of Governor Stevens and Family from Vancouver to Olympia, Washington Territory, in December, 1854," n.d.

		Series 2: Awards, honors, appointments, 1886-1916

	2	Certificates permitting Stevens to practice law, 1870-1878; Appointments as notary public, 1870, 1873.
	3	Commission, Captain, 14th United States Infantry, 1866; Notice of election, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, 1876; Letters related to Medal of Honor, 1894, 1916; Medal of Honor Certificate, 1916.
	4	Letter (copy) by President Grant appointing Stevens commissioner to ascertain British citizen claims and Hudson's Bay Company holdings in Washington Territory, 1874; Letter from Secretary of Interior Delano, 1874; Appointment as warden of Boston, 1883; Notices of election to Massachusetts legislature, 1884, 1885; Note certifying Steven's election to the Society of Cincinnati, 1887.

		Series 3: Photographs, miscellaneous, ca. 1861-ca. 1930

	5	Photographs of Stevens, ca. 1861 and ca. 1887; Photograph of Dedication of Memorial Tablet placed by Marcus Whitman Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, ca. 1930.
	6	Broadside, U. S. Tax Notice, Washington Territory, 1870; Deed, documenting sale of land by David and Tabbitha Kincaid to the Northern Pacific Railroad, witnessed and notarized by Stevens, 1872; Issue of The Volunteer (newspaper), including a biographical sketch of Isaac Stevens, 1891; Program for commemorative exercises at Camp Washington, Spokane, 1908; Invitations, 1911.

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	7	Military commissions, including Major, Assistant Adjutant General of the Volunteers; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel; Brevet Colonel; Brevet Brigadier General; 1865-1866.

		Certificates, Notary Public and Justice of the Peace, Massachusetts, 1857-1908; Harvard Law School diploma, 1900; Certificate, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, 1876; Certificate, Medal of Honor Legion of the United States, 1895.