Clarence Daniel Martin Papers, 1896-1954

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Martin, Clarence D. (Clarence Daniel), 1886-1955
Title
Clarence Daniel Martin Papers
Dates
1896-1954 (inclusive)
Quantity
23.5 Linear feet of shelf space, (45 Boxes)
Collection Number
Cage 336 (collection)
Summary
The papers of Clarence D. Martin include material from both his personal and political life during the period 1896 to 1954. The vast majority of the material centers on the period of his governorship, 1933-1941.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open and available for research use.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Clarence Daniel Martin was born in Cheney, Washington, on June 29, 1886. His parents, Francies M. and Philena Martin, emigrated to eastern Washington from Ohio by way of Portland in the early 1880s. Martin was educated in the Cheney public schools and graduated from the State Normal School at Cheney in 1903 as well as the University of Washington in 1906.

After leaving the university he joined his wheat-farming father in founding the family business, the F. M. Martin Grain and Milling Company in Cheney. Upon his father’s death in 1925, Martin assumed the role of president and general manager of the company, a position which he retained until early 1943, when the mill was sold to the National Biscuit Company.

Martin first became interested in politics in his hometown where he was elected to the City Council in 1915. He served as mayor of Cheney from 1928 until he was elected governor. During this period he was also chairman of the State Democratic Committee.

Martin was elected Governor of the State of Washington in November, 1932, in the Democratic landslide which virtually removed Republicans from state political offices. He was the first native son to be elected to the state’s highest office, an honor of which he was extremely proud. Given the dire economic circumstances and the crisis atmosphere of the early 1930s, Martin’s first gubernatorial campaign was remarkable in its moderation. There was no demagoguery, no personalities, no threats, no condemnations and no bitter attacks. His platform was based on unemployment relief and tax reform; he vowed "to return the state government to the service and benefit of the people." By the end of the campaign he had made 750 speeches and traveled 40,000 miles, but as he said, he "gave away no cigars, kissed no babies and promised no jobs." (Steward, Edgar I. Washington, Northwest Frontier, Vol. II, New York: Lewis Historical Publications, Co., 1957, pp. 296-97). Both in the primary and general elections Martin’s opponents charged him with trying to buy the gubernatorial office. Martin rebutted these accusations by pointing out that he was using his own money for the campaign and therefore would have obligations to no one. His electoral majority, which was larger that Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Washington vote, insured that he would not be accused of winning the office on the presidential coattails.

Governor Martin’s first term was wrought with controversy stemming from both his political appointments and his relief programs. Martin alienated hard-core Democrats of the state with the appointment of a number of Republicans to high state offices, many of whom were holdovers from the previous administration of Governor Roland Hartley. In justifying his appointment policy, Martin remarked: "I did not get all of my majority from Democrats and I think both parties should be represented.") Spokesman Review, April 19, 1933 p. 3) Martin recognized the need to set aside partisan politics to effectively combat the depression.

When Martin took office in January, 1933, the Great Depression was at its height. In his first inaugural message, Governor Martin acknowledged the severity of the economic crisis. But he went on to foreshadow Roosevelt’s message of "nothing to fear but fear itself." Martin recounted the natural and human resources of the state and concluded that "surely, with such resources at hand, we need only the spirit to seek, to determination to build, the genius to create, and the readiness to cooperate toward a common development." He believed it was the primary duty of government to promote to common good; state government must promote constructive, although perhaps unpopular programs, and the people must accept the necessary sacrifices. Martin advocated abandonment of traditional approaches to problem-solving when those approaches proved inadequate. His call for state government action anticipated a similar call on the national level by President Roosevelt.

Those first few months in office were a time of intense activity. Martin proposed increased economy of government through the elimination of waste and the reduction of state employees’ salaries; Martin later proposed and the Legislature endorsed a salary reduction of from 10 to 25 percent of all state employees. Martin planned to shift the relief burden from the nearly bankrupt county and local agencies to the state government. He recommended a $10,000,000 bond issue which was to be used to fund employment on minor public works projects. The Legislature approved this bond issue and relief measures were soon forthcoming. He then proposed a complete restructuring of the tax system. In the November 1932 election, the people of the state had affirmed a 40-mill limit on property taxes. This ceiling on the property tax made new sources on tax revenue necessary. Martin proposed a sales tax as a short term, stop-gap measure; he believed that this sales tax would ultimately be replaced by a form of business and occupation tax. The business and occupation tax was enacted during the twenty-third legislative session, but was declared unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court in September, 1933, after a long and bitter struggle. Washington was one forward a contributory system of old-age insurance. Washington was one of the firsts of the northwestern states to enter the field of old-age insurance when the Legislature passed the social security measure in February, 1933. Although the 1933 Legislature failed to provide adequate funding for the pension program, it did establish a needed precedent. In 1935, the Legislature provided additional funds for the program.

Governor Martin advocated a number of urgent projects in his first inaugural address. He proposed restructuring of the state banking laws to prevent future closures. Education was a particularly important part of the Governor’s program. He proposed that the state assume 50 percent of the funding burden of the public school system to insure the continued quality and equality of education. He recommended an "open door" policy at the university level for all Washington high school graduates to promote equality of opportunity for higher education. With respect to mortgage debts, Martin believed that some modification f the foreclosure procedure should be enacted to provide a "breathing spell" for those farmers and homeowners threatened with the loss of their property. (Martin, Clarence D. First Inaugural Message, 1933. Olympia, Washington: Jay Tomas Printer, 1933)

Martin’s first months in office paralleled the feverish activity of the new federal administration. He initiated many programs to fight the depression in the state. An active and constructive fight against the depression characterized his administration, a sharp contrast to the passive acknowledgement shown by the Hartley regime. Martin sought to create jobs rather than provide handouts for the citizens of the state. The Grand Coulee Dam project, initiated early in 1933, was one of the major job-creating projects. In March of 1933, the state legislature, at the prodding of the governor, created the Columbia Basin Commission; in June 1933, $377,000 of the ten million dollar bond issue was appropriated for the dam to show the federal government that the state was serious about the project. Roosevelt set aside 63 million dollars for construction of the low dam at Grand Coulee. Governor Martin was on hand for the ground-breaking ceremonies in September, 1933, and he poured the first bucket of cement in December, 1935. Roosevelt approved construction of the high dam with hydroelectric generating capacity in June, 1935, and by the end of Martin’s second term Grand Coulee Dam was producing electricity. In the long run Grand Coulee Dam provided electricity for industry and home, as well as irrigation water for the Columbia Basin. Its short-term benefits were equally important for the state. The project provided immediate employment for thousands left jobless in the wake of the Great Depression. Other significant construction projects during Martin’s administration eased the burden of unemployment in the state. Both the Lake Washington Floating Bridge and the ill-fated Tacoma Narrows Bridge were completed in 1940 and provided necessary public service as well as jobs for many unemployed. The ambitious project to harness the Columbia River with the Boneville Dam also provided both electricity and jobs.

The accomplishments of Martin’s administration were not limited to physical construction projects. His keen interest in education insured the continued funding and development of the public school system in the state at a time when local agencies were unable to provide adequate monies and the system’s continuation was in grave danger. Martin also maintained his commitment to higher education. Despite financial hard times for the state, martin supported an extensive building program at Washington State College, a program facilitated by Martin’s respect for and friendship with President E. O. Holland. Martin’s administration also reorganized the state’s highway system providing miles of new and improved roads as well as many new jobs. He also directed the reorganization of the State Highway Patrol. With the end of prohibition the state of Washington secured much needed revenue by organizing and operating the retail liquor business. The liquor control system established by the Martin administration is still with us today. His dealings with the federal government, although strained at times, secured for the state a substantial portion of the New Deal aid necessary for economic reconstruction.

Martin’s public commitment to the welfare of the state’s citizens is documented by the deeds of his administration, but his private actions also reveal a man of generosity and compassion. Martin personally aided a number of worthy young men with their college educations, as well as providing scholarship funds for his alma mater, the newly named Eastern Washington College of Education at Cheney. He continued his interest in debate and public speaking, activities at which he excelled in college, by sponsoring an annual oratorical contest in Cheney. He took a personal interest in the case of a child of twelve who killed an Asotin sheriff during a rubbery. With Martin’s aid, the youngster was rehabilitated and went on to lead a productive life. Martin also used his financial resources to benefit the citizens of his home town. Earlier, while Mayor of Cheney, Martin donated the city’s street lighting system in the memory of his father.

Governor Martin was reelected in 1936, soundly defeating former Governor Hartley. His majority in 1936, which was greater than that of his first election and again larger than President Roosevelt’s state-wide vote, reflected the popular confidence in his administration. His second term continued the sound fiscal practices and businesslike government he had initiated in 1933. He sought an unprecedented third tern in 1940, but was defeated in the primary by former Senator C. C. Dill, who, although supported by Martin in the general election, was defeated in an exceedingly close contest by the republican candidate.

Martin’s political career and aspirations did not end with his tenure as governor. In February, 1944, Governor Martin was appointed to fill a vacancy in the state House of Representatives from the Fifth District and served a special session. In 1948 he again sought election to the state’s highest office but was defeated in the primary. He was reelected to the Cheney City Council in 1950.

Martin served for a number of years as a director of the American Bank of Spokane. The bank’s failure in 1932, at a time when he was not a director, embroiled him in an extensive legal battle which attempted to lay the blame on all the directors. Martin was completely exonerated, but three of the bank’s officers went to jail. Governor Martin also served as director of the Seattle First National Bank for 13 years, a post which he relinquished in April, 1955, owing to ill health.

Martin married Margaret Mulligan on July 18, 1907. They had three sons: William F., Clarence D., Jr. and Frank M. He and his wife were divorced in August, 1943. Martin remarried in April, 1944, and with his new bride, the former Merle L. Lewis of Spokane, left Cheney and settled in Southern California. They were divorced in March, 1946. Martin married his third wife, Lou Eckhart, in December, 1951, and they lived in Cheney until his death on August 11, 1955.

Philosophically and politically Martin was a conservative Democrat who, while governor, place the welfare of the people of the state above party politics. His tenure as governor reflected the sound business and financial practices which guided his entire life. He tempered fiscal conservatism with humanitarian concern for those suffering under the eight of the depression. When Martin left office there was still unemployment an economic distress, but the state had weathered the worst years of the depression. One historian records that when Martin left office "the state was solvent, the radical left-wing groups had been kept in check, and there had been no compromise with Socialistic panaceas." (Stewart, Washington, Vol. II, p. 314) Upon his death the Spokesman Review editorialized that "He served the state well throughout eight critical years of its history." (Spokesman Review, August 13, 1955, p. 4) In the opinion of many, he was the best governor the state had ever had. (Miles, Charles and O. b. Sperlin. Building a State, Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1940, p. 141; Stewart, Washington, Vol. II, p. 314).

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The papers of Clarence D. Martin include material from both his personal and political life during the period 1896 to 1954. The vast majority of the material centers on the period of his governorship, 1933-1941. Over half of the collection is in two correspondence files. The general correspondence file centers primarily on Martin’s personal and business affairs. These letters, often with enclosures, include extensive correspondence with his family his business manager and his legal advisors. Because Martin was such an active figure in many different areas, his correspondence naturally reflects that diversity, often in the same letter. A second correspondence file, labeled "Office Correspondence File," appears to have been maintained as a file in the governor’s office. This file contains much miscellaneous material, such as invitations, programs, newspaper clippings, telegrams, graduation announcements, commencement programs, business cards, campaign literature, photographs and correspondence. The bulk of the newspaper clippings, principally on general news events, have been removed. Although at first glance this sub-series might appear to be of secondary importance, it also includes correspondence with national political and governmental figures such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Farley, Harold Ickes and others.

The political papers also include material from election campaigns, 1932-1948. The gubernatorial papers, a sub-series of the political papers, includes some financial records (preliminary budgets, revenue estimates, state payroll records, expenses) and random material from some state agencies (memoranda and reports). The legislative files include correspondence, House and Senate bills, votes and popular comment on controversial legislation. The speech file contains notes and drafts of speeches from martin’s terms as governor as well as printed addresses to the Legislature. The political papers also include the Governor’s daily appointment calendar from March, 1933-December, 1940. The bulk of the official governmental records are in the Washington State Archives, Olympia.

Martin’s personal papers include some material from his college days – class notes, examinations, assignments and debate material. His general financial records include personal property assessments for various years in the 1920s and 1930s, lists of stocks and bonds, and some business correspondence. There is virtually a complete run of cancelled checks from June, 1929 to December, 1941 detailing his personal finances. Within the personal papers there is a sub-series of photographs including official was well as candid portraits of Martin, his family, friends and political associates. Martin’s keen interest in railroad locomotives led him to acquire an extensive collection of train pictures. The scrapbooks are primarily collections of newspaper clippings from the early 1930s to the early 1950s.

The Martin collection offers the researcher a wealth of material on political, governmental and personal subjects connected with the state and the Governor during the period of the New Deal. The nature and the extent of the correspondence reveals Martin as a complex and interesting individual – he was the chief executive, a dedicated public servant and a loyal friend. An obvious strength of the collection is the depth to which personal relationships are revealed through the correspondence and other material. The administrative and legislative files, although incomplete, offer the researcher information on state government, Martin’s business-like administration, financial and revenue problems, federal relations and legislative procedures. Of course, these materials must be supplemented by the official records in the Washington State Archives.

The Martin’s later political career is well documented with material from the gubernatorial election campaigns in which he participated. Martin’s political career prior to 1932, however, is not as well reported. The collection contains no material from his service on the Cheney city council and only scattered references in the subject correspondence file to his term as mayor of Cheney. The bulk of the collection, both political and private, concerns the period of his governorship. The material on his early life is complete.

While Martin served the state in Olympia, he retained his business interests in Cheney. The collection provides an excellent picture of his financial and business affairs through his correspondence with his local agent and legal advisors. This correspondence also provides a look at the economics of a small town in Eastern Washington during the Depression years.

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Preferred Citation

[Item description]

Clarence Daniel Martin Papers, 1896-1954 (Cage 336)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The Martin papers are arranged in four major series: correspondence, political papers, personal papers and oversized material. The correspondence series has been divided into three sub-series: general and family correspondence in chronological order, and a subject file arranged alphabetically. Substantial blocks of the correspondence series were scattered throughout the original acquisition, requiring reassembly to construct the chronological correspondence series. In certain instances correspondence had been grouped according to a particular theme; these groupings have been assembled to create the subject file.

The political papers series consists of election campaign materials and gubernatorial records. In the gubernatorial sub-series official material received form state agencies was not organized systematically. Therefore, this file has been constructed by grouping material found throughout the collection. Within the political papers series is a sub-series entitled "Governor’s Office Correspondence." This file was left intact except for the removal of superfluous newspaper clippings. Material within the respective sub-series of the political papers in arranged chronologically. Among the personal papers in material from Martin’s college days, as well as financial records and cancelled checks relating to the period of his governship. A substantial collection of photographs is included in the personal section. These photographs are arranged in subject groups. Additional large material, such as campaign posters and photographs, have been placed in an oversized file.

Acquisition Information

The papers were donated to the Washington State University Library in September, 1976 by his son, Frank M. Martin, of Spokane and by Mrs. Charlotte Y. Martin, widow of another son, Clarence D. Martin, Jr.

Processing Note

This collection was processed between October, 1976 and August, 1977 by Stephen E. Balzarini, with the assistance of Lawrence R. Stark.

Related Materials

Clarence Daniel Martin, Jr. Papers, 1916-1976 (Cage 449)

Index to the Papers of Clarence D. Martin

The index to the papers of Clarence D. Martin consists of one alphabetical listing of selected correspondents in the Correspondence Series (Series I) and the Governor's Office Correspondence File (Sub-series D of Series III). The index entries include both individuals and organizations as taken from the letterhead and the signature of the correspondent. Form letters, letters requiring no response and other non-essential correspondence have not been included in the index.

Locations are indicated by the folder number following the entry: For example: Ickes, Harold 23, 185, 211. Reference to the container list provides the approximate date of the correspondence prior to actual examination of the materials.

Abel, Don G. 39, 43, 206
Abel, Harry A. 60
Abel, Harry A. 3rd 206
Abernethy, Mary B. 10
Abrahamson, Lyle 46
Addison, Miller, Inc. 20, 27
Albi, Joseph A. 41, 204
Alexander, G. V. 43
Algeo, H. W. 18
Alien Deportation and Exclusion League 23
Allen, Sam D. 17
Altmeyer, Arthur J. 47, 80
American Bank of Spokane 55
American Bar Association 16
American Federation of Government Employees, Seattle lodge 22
American Legion (Department of Washington) 25
Anderson, E. W. 25
Anderson, L. S. 46
Armstrong, Lyndon K. 31
Arney, C. E. Sr. 43, 48
Arnold, Evert 3
Arnold, George M. 52
Arnold, H. H. 221
Arnold, Lawrence M. 53
Arnold, M. A. 188
Arries, L. G. 179
Asplund, Oscar 181
Atkinson, N. Prentice 206, 210
Attebery, E. Raymond 175
Averill, Harry B. 13
Averill, Walker A. 23
Baker, Frank S. 13
Baker, Gertrude S. 43
Balsam, Louis 40
Balmer, Thomas 191
Bane, Frank 219
Banher, E. F. 15, 28, 29
Barnes, Lester H. 10
Barney, E. W. 6
Barrie, Margaret 185
Bassett, John D. 12
Baxter, Evelyn 207
Beck, Dave 20, 28, 31, 42, 43, 176, 187, 192
Bell, Frank T. 7, 8, 53, 72, 179, 188, 224
Benjamin, Ralph S. 183
Berglund, Anna M. 52
Bernard, Lawrence 15
Bernard, W. R. 201
Berry, Mrs. Kent W. 39
Binyon, J. R. 29, 30
Black, George 182
Blaine, E. F. 23
Blanchard, Fred J. 37
Blankenship, J. A. 24
Blethen, C. B. 7, 8, 13, 177, 228
Bloch, Louise 176
Blood, Henry H. 212
Bochme, Herbert H. 26
Boettiger, Anna Roosevelt 193
Boettiger, John 47, 204, 211, 219
Bone, Homer T. 8, 24, 31, 178, 193, 220, 224
Bootolfsen, C. A. 48, 213
Bowen, John C. 7, 13, 17, 32, 33, 34, 51, 205
Boyd, Fidelia A. 13
Brabrook, E. D. 51
Breene, R. G. 14
Brennan, B. M. 23, 179
Bridgman, William B. 10
Brissell, Lin B. 13
Brotherhood of locomotive Firemen and Enginemen 18
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainman 18
Brown, Edwin 3, 11, 30, 34, 43, 208
Brown, George 14, 15, 34
Brown, Harry H. 27, 191
Brown, Mary 36
Brown, Sallie 210
Brown, W. P. 196
Brownell, F. W. 195
Bruns, Edwin G. 46
Bryan, J. W. 24
Bryan, Enoch A. 182
Bryan, Williams Jennings, Jr. 40
Buck, John (Buk-kah-it-toon) 40
Buildings Service Union Seattle local 6, 46
Bullitt, Dorothy S. 13
Bunge, Louis F. 16, 20, 23, 214, 216
Burgan, J. W. 13, 15
Burke, Bernard B. 5
Burrage, Leonard 41
Butler, R. W. 188
Cain, Harry P. 42, 82, 221
Calhoun, R. J. 17
Callahan, M. L 46, 211
Campbell, Herbert 13
Campbell, James E. 3, 12
Campbell, James S. 11, 13
Cannon, Edward J. 55
Carey, Daniel H. 84
Carlyle Lumber Co. Strike 175
Carman, Jim 24
Carmody, John M. 51, 82
Carr, Arthur E. 193
Carrier, M. L. 27
Carroll, Ed 3
Carter, Carroll 43, 212
Carville, E. P. 212
Case, Otto 202
Cass, W. E. 4
Caswell, A. T. 21
Cavanaugh, Ed. 6, 18, 22, 27, 29, 30
Chamberlin, George C. 4, 5, 6
Chandler, W. B. 5
Chauncey, O. E. 22
Cheney, Joseph C. 25, 26, 28, 44, 221
Christenson, C. P. 207
Civil Work Administration, Airport Report 176
Clapp, Norton 220
Clark, John 16
Clark, Max 52
Clark, Walter J. 40
Claypool, Charles E. 30
Cleary, Ed P. 14
Cleavinger, H. C. 228
Cle Elum - Roslyn Central Labor Council 30
Clise, Charles F. 221
Coats, Mrs. R. N. 13
Code Authority of Wheat Flour Milling Industry (NRA) 21
Coffee, John M. 14, 35, 41, 43, 176, 178, 288
Coffey, E. R. 23
Coffman, N. B. 23
Cohen, A. Lou 186, 205
Coil, Grace Van Brunt 40
Colburn, A. O. 3
Colby, D. S. 47, 188
Cole, William 174
Committee to Defend America by aiding the Allies 49
Cone, Fred P. 220
Connor, Ben H. 30, 31
Connor, E. O. 43
Connors, J. H. 30, 31
Conover, D. C. 185
Conrad, Bruce and Co. 23, 25, 26, 27
Conway, Marinus A. 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 51, 185, 196, 205, 212, 228
Cooil, C. J. 13
Cooke, Morris L. 22
Cook, O. M. 4
Cooper, Hugh L. 183
Corey, William A. 13
Cosselman, C. B. 22, 180
Costigan, Howard 196
Cotrill, Myrtle 190
Cowen, David C. 34, 38, 202
Coyna, F. S. 14
Craig, George E. 42
Crampton, J. Harold 49
Craven, T. T. 22, 25, 186
Creel, George 218
Cross, Wilbur L. 21
Cummings, Homer 190
Curry, Bill 3
Curtis, Asahel 187, 204
Cushing, Eugene G. 188
Dales, E. L. 216
Dalla, Frank N. 34
Dam, Oscar W. 52
Dana, Marshall N. 177
Daughters of the American Revolution (Olympia) 20
Davis, Garfield 17, 185
Day, Frank A. 3
Delfield, H. S. 28
Delivuk, Louis 3
Democratic Central Committee of Douglas County 4
Democratic Central Committee of King County 17
Democratic Central Committee of Snohomish County 16
Democratic County Committee of Spokane County 39
Democratic State Committee 3
Dempsey, Jack 202
Denise, J. S. 18
Dewson, Mary W. 190
De Waissey, L. L. 22
Dill, Clarence C. 2, 3, 11, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 24, 30, 31, 35, 64, 174, 179, 190, 225
Dill, Marshall 218
Dillard, James P. 9, 15, 20, 23, 24, 27, 29, 34, 35, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 51, 174, 182, 187, 191, 207, 210
Dimmitt, Harrison S. 38
Dix, I. F. 5
Doe, R. W. 18
Dohm, Edward C. 27
Donahue, Paul 22
Donahoe, T. M. 30
Donley, L. B. 4
Donley, Margaret F. 14
Donnelly, E. P. 15
Dore, John F. 189
Dorman, Orris 6
Dorn, Belle 25
Douglas, William O. 221
Doumit, Mitchell 30
Dowd, Frank 24
Downer, George 10
Doyle, C. W. 190
Drumheller, Joseph 29, 30, 208
Drumheller, R. M. 83
Duffy, Walter A. 29
Duggan, Fred T. 30
Duren, Mary 226
Early, Stephen 28
Eastman, Leroy C. 22
Eby, J. H. 38
Edmonson, L. E. 6
Edmunds, T. J. 193
Edwards, A. E. 23, 188, 211
Edwards, James S. 30
Edwards, M. F. 4
Ehrhardt, E. M. 46
Ekstrand, Jack E. 3
Elder, Andrew G. 3
El Katif Temple 18
Eller, George C. 3
Ernst, Charles F. 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 43, 44, 66, 80, 184, 227
Evans, Earle W. 16
Evans, J. Walter 47
Evans, John D. 30
Evans, Robert E. 13
Everett, Roy F. 35
Everson, Mrs. C. C. 13
Fairbanks, Morse and Company 65
Fairfield, Hattie, E. 10
Farley, James A. 29, 188, 189, 190, 197, 199, 204, 211
Faltico, George 20
Farquhason, Mary 43
Farrell, James O. Jr. 183
Faure, Eugene 26
Federal Emergency Relief Administration 9
Ferguson, H. K. 39
Ferris, Joel E. 5, 16, 17, 18, 30, 34, 221
Ferryman, John H. 20, 188, 225, 228
Finucane, Charles C. 42, 44
Finley, Werdan 40
Fisher, C. H. 6
Fisher, O. D. 10
Fitts, Frank F. 12
Fitzgerald, C. B. 190
Fitzgerald, Frank D. 182
Fitzgerald, W. J. 6
Floan, A. E. 47
Flying Aces Club 14
Flynn, Edward J. 50
Ford, Edsel 222
Ford, Henry 179
Ford, Herbert C. 28
Forder, Arthur Herbert 189
Forrestal, James 51
Fosseen, A. B. 8
Foster, Chapin D. 222
Foster, Earl V. 48, 223
Francis, Richard 224
Fraser, Bruce 32
Fraternal Order of Eagles 25
Freeman, Miller 24, 35
French, Ellsworth 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16
Fultz, Hollis B. 6
Funkhouser, Frank 10, 103
Galbraith, A. R. 20
Gallaway, Charles 83
Gannon, George 3, 7, 20, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 76, 204, 207, 215, 225
Garberg, Erle O. 41
Garrison, A. M. 23
Gavin, Frank 47
Gellatly, John A. 188
Geraghty, Jim 6
German, B. H. 5
Gibson (E. J.) and Co. 16
Gibson, J. B. 37, 53
Gill, Roy R. 4
Gibson, G. E. 5
Gleason, Jay M. 26
Gloker, W. R. 13
Goerling, Elizabeth 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 220, 226
Goodwin, Jim 3
Goss, A. S. 4
Gowman, T. Harry 220
Grange - See Washington State Grange
Grant, Heber J. 198, 201
Gray's Harbor County Game Protective Association 14
Gregory, L. E. 20, 179, 186
Greely, W. B. 68
Green, Joshua 221
Grinstead, Loren 3, 5, 6, 19, 27, 29, 30, 35, 36, 37, 47, 85
Groundwater, Frank 204, 212, 215, 217, 226
Guernsey, Rollin N. 45
Guerrero, Paul R. 14
Guilbert, Frank W. 3, 4, 5, 7
Haffer, Paul R. 3
Hagie, Floyd O. 28
Hall, John F. 3
Hamilton, G. W. 23, 33, 34, 35
Hamilton, Richard 4, 7, 12, 15, 16, 26, 27, 181, 183, 185, 187, 190, 193, 196, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 203, 207, 212, 224
Hamilton, R. D. 3
Hanneford, H. H. 16
Hansen, Bob H. 31
Hansen, Howard H. 34
Hansen, Julia Butler 103, 217, 225
Harlan, Kenneth 6
Hargreaves, Edna 27
Hargreaves, R. T. 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 25, 28, 30, 34, 35, 38
Harley, C. S. 23
Harrington, G. K. 26
Harris, Frank W. 5
Harrwraight, W. 11
Hart, A. E. 5
Hartley, Roland H. 174, 190, 215
Haskell, Frances M. 24
Hasseth, William D. 213
Hawkins, A. W. 6
Hawes, W. J. 5
Hays, Brooke 188
Heaker, Walter H. 30
Hedges, T. S. 178
Henry, Alfred H. 195
Hetherton, P. 47
Hedges, T. S. 53
Hege, Carl 53
Henderson, James A. P. 3
Henderson, William 184
Hensen, Harry F. 50
Hepburn, A. J. 34
Herbert, Tom 25
Hershey, Lewis B. 49
Hetherton, P. 49, 210
Hewitt, George 6
Hibbard, J. A. 45
Hill, Knute 41
Hilson, Herman 30
Hindley, W. J. 226
Hindsley, Edward F. 41
Hoffman, E. R. 23, 25, 29
Holbook, E. W. 195
Holland, Ernest O. 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31, 46, 66, 76, 202, 204, 220
Holmes, Lawrence G. 47
Holt, Homer A. 198, 213
Home Owner's Loan Corporation 17
Hood, W. C. 3
Hoover, J. W. 53
Hope, Charles R. 176
Hopkins, Harry L. 9
Horn, Raymond 6
Hose, Harry C. 48
Hott, Grace Warner 42
Huelsdonk, John 5
Hull, Cordell 183
Hull, J. D. 4
Hulvey, J. H. 30
Huneke, William N. 46, 52, 181, 188
Hunt, F. W. 13
Hunter, Croil 47
Hurley, John R. 221
Hurwitz, Milton S. 35
Huse, Alex 16
Huse, Harry 195
Huyette, William 194
Ickes, Harold 23, 185, 211
Independent Progressive Clubs of Washington, Inc. 14
Industrial Council of Washington 30
Ingles, Bert D. 16
Ingram, R. M. 24
Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific 42
Inland Empire Waterways Association 44
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphate, and Papermill Workers, Longview Local 153 24
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphate and Papermill Workers, Vancouver Local 177 24
International Flag Day Association 9
International Hod Carriers and Building Laborers Union, Vancouver, Local 335 24
Isaacs, O. B. 6
Italian-American Civic State Council 31
Jackson, Claire 188, 209
Jackson, Frank 83
Jarrell, William R. 176
Jeffrey, Frank R. 27
Jenner, T. M. 50, 179
Johnson, Arlien 4
Johnson, Axel 189
Johnson, Edward C. 193
Johnson, Claudius O. 66, 203
Johnson, Jay O. 211
Johnson, Oscar 35, 38, 45
Johnson, W. Lon 206, 228
Johnston, Harry A. 27, 28
Jones, Earle 225
Jones, John R. 27, 220
Jones, Homer R. 22
Jones, Lucile Harmon 44
Jones, M. F. 208
Jones, S. E. 27
Jorgenson, E. W. 175
Judd, A. E. 5
Keeler, Joe L. 5, 46, 47
Keller, Millett 15
Kellogg, John A. 200
Kelly, E. Part 3, 28
Kelly, John G. 26, 44
Kelley, R. Lester 5
Kelly, Raymond F. 184
Kendall, Homer 7
Kent, Charles H. 45
Kenworthy, Hazel 204
Kenworthy, J. Fred 6, 14, 53
Kern, W. M. 41
Kerry, A. S. 189
Kerzie, F. L. 222
Kimball, Horace 6
King, Ervin E. 22, 29, 45, 46, 47, 66, 192, 203
King, H. E. 38
King County Democratic Club 25
Kingston, C. S. 10, 21, 40, 49
Kinman, J. I. 185
Kitsap County Political Club 24
Kizer, Ben H. 23, 24, 25, 28, 33, 43, 47, 56, 52, 217, 218, 226, 228
Klemgard, Gordon 51, 228
Kraus, Raymond C. 38, 40, 43, 44, 47, 48, 204, 216
Kyle, H. I. 37, 202
Labor & Industries Department 179, 180
LaFollette, William LeRoy 30, 31, 38
La Fray, George 38
Lally, Thomas A. E. 10, 11, 31, 226
Langlie, Arthur B. 216
La Roux, Robert 22, 23
Larson, A. E. 1, 74, 75
Larson, S. E. 202
Lash, Frederick M. 203
Leahy, William D. 192
Lean, Bert R. 10, 14, 22
Lear, Harry R. 27
Leavy, Charles H. 4, 13, 16, 30, 34, 41, 66, 193, 211
LeBrun, P. A. 39
Lee, William R. 3
Lefevre, Q. L. 49
Lehman, Herbert 186
Leonard, E. H. 6, 41, 47
Lewis, Alonzo Victor 226
Lightfoot, Jesse M. 225
Lindley, E. S. 13
Linklater, W. A. 177
Lister, Ernest 2
Little, Herbert S. 85
Little, T. H. 49
Livingston, L. L 223
Lloyd, Wesley 76
Lonergan, C. R. 15
Loomis, Fred P. 6
Loomis, Hattii 5
Loring, A. C. 2
Loyal Order of Moose 16
Luck, Carl T. 24
Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union Seattle Local 2519 30
Lumijarvi, Martin 204
Lydon, James 224
Lytle, R. D. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 32, 189
McAbee, Ralph Booth 182
Mc Allister, H. P. 44
Mc Ausland, R. D. 27
Mc Carthy, Joseph 6
Mc Cauley, B. T. 29
Mc Cauley, J. M. 13, 15, 24, 30, 31, 41, 185, 187
Mc Connell, R. E. 6, 76
Mc Cormack, C. B. 5
Mc Croskey, W. E. 226
Mc Culloch, Robert S. 205
Mc Donald, Donald A. 2, 6, 18, 177, 184, 188
Mc Donald, Robert T. 41, 43, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 217, 220, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228
Mc Dowell, William 183, 188
Mc Govern, Burt 213
Mc Govern, E. B. 24
Mc Govern, J. E. 35
Mc Grady, Edward F. 189
Mc Grath, Charles 75
Mc Grath, D. Harold 19, 184
Mc Intosh, A. E. 5
Mc Intosh, W. J. 7, 8
Mc Intyre, Marvin H. 180, 185, 193, 198, 200, 202
Mc Keen, W. S. 12
Mc Laren, W. B. 14, 31
McLeon, Ken 205
Mc Mahon, Arthur K. 23
Mc Mahon, George T. 186
Mc Mahon, W. J. 201
Mc Nutt, Paul V. 29
Mack, M. E. 224
Macomber, L. H. 44
Magnuson, Warren G. 30, 41
Mahon, C. Frank 205
Malone, George W. 18
Malone, J. E. 9
Mann, Conrad H. 25, 182, 183
Manring, Magee 224
Manufacturers Association of Washington 29
Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast, District Council 1 30
Markie, Viola 23
Marlowe, Thomas N. 26
Marr, Charles 13
Marsh, Arthur L. 11
Marshall, William M. 8, 13, 16, 19, 26, 27, 32, 33, 35, 37, 41, 44, 46, 82, 202, 203
Martin, A. C. 45, 193
Martin, Charles H. 37, 177, 193
Martin, Clarence (Dan), Jr. 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 21, 27, 32, 35, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 97, 98, 174
Martin, Clarence R. 51
Martin, E. Whitney 38
Martin (F. M.) Grain Company 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53
Martin, Frank 29, 30, 35, 36, 42, 46, 47, 87, 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 174, 190, 196, 197, 204, 205
Martin, Margaret 2, 36, 42, 53, 88
Martin, William 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 98, 203
Mason, Harrison W. 23, 27, 181
Matthews, M. A. 12, 183, 185
Matthews, W. Gale 22
Matson Navigation Company 42
Maxey, Chester C. 13
Meakim, Roger J. 226
Mercy, Frederick 219
Merrick, Ivan 175
Meyer, N. A. 202
Meyers, Victor A. 25, 27, 52, 183, 184, 189
Miers, Albert R. 5
Miles, H. C. 5
Miller, Adolph 9
Miller, Guy 40
Miller, Winlock W. Jr. 29
Miller's National Federation 15
Mires, Eve 27
Moe, Clifford O. 46
Mogge, Norton 34
Monrean, F. W. 223
Moody, E. M. 178, 179
Moon, Charles E. 223
Morgan, Daniel 223
Morganthau, Henry Jr. 190
Morries, M. L. 183
Morton, Mrs. David Holmes 4
Moulton, M. M. 223
Mulligan, John F. 18, 22
Mulligan, H. A. 82
Mulligan, Margaret 17
Mulligan, William 6
Murphey, Favre and Company 18
Murphy, Francis 228
Murphy, James A. 24
Murry, E. K. 5, 177, 178, 179
Murrow, Lacey V. 9, 28, 30, 43, 203, 207, 211, 212, 216, 217
Nance, E. C. 39
Nash, Louis 178, 188, 190, 206, 212
National Automobile Theft Bureau 5
National Conference on Land Utilization 2
Naundorf, A. G. 45
Neal, James P. 3
Neill, Ralph W. 206
Nelson, H. E. 24
Neustadt, Richard M. 28, 29, 80
Newhall, Charles Abbott 13
Newman, E. W. 179
Nichols, Herbert 53
Noble, Frank R. 56
Noga, Vincent 197
Nolan, John H. 23
Northa Pacific Grain Growers 6
North Pacific Miller's Associaton 10, 12, 20, 22, 23, 31, 32, 40
Northwest Bancorporation 2
Nunn, William L. 23, 182
O'Connor, Charles A. 5
Odlin, Reno 20
Olds, D. D. 45, 47
Oldfield, Barney 186
Oldham, Robert P. 184, 224
Oles, Floyd 6, 28, 45, 60
Olinger, Jay 28
Olson, Culbert L. 53
Olsen, Olaf L. 4, 7, 10, 24, 43, 45, 51, 53
Olson, Floyd B. 28
Olson, Louis 41
Olympia Chamber of Commerce 6
Olympic Trades Council 24
Onan, D. W. 47
Oppenheimer, William 29
Oregon Liquor Control Commission 23
Orndorff, C. A. 37
Orton, Charles 28
Orton, Virginia K. 31, 189
O'Sullivan, James 5, 22, 184
Ott, Richard B. 4
Oxholm, Axel 185
Pacific Northwest Logger's Association 44
Page, John C. 24
Paris, Ben M. 174
Parker, Adela 187
Parker, C. E. 224
Parker, Jean 195
Parker, Veva 224
Parran, Thomas 29
Patterson, W. C. 222
Payne, George Henry 23
Payne, J. Howard 226
Peal, Zellnor L. 44
Pearson, George S. 18
Pegg, Willington 191
Pemberton, William H. 13, 15, 34, 35, 72, 188, 190
Pepper, Claude 202
Perham, Ben A. 17, 32, 50, 226
Perkin, Frances 29
Pfeffer, J. F. 182
Phillips, Benjamin N. 4
Picking, Elsie Gardner 16, 29, 30, 32, 54, 179, 180, 188, 192, 195
Pillsbury Flour Mills 2
Pinson, Lawrence G. 39, 41
Plastino, John B. 31
Post, Frank T. 9, 10, 11, 33, 181
Potts, Ralph B. 29
Powell, Oscar M. 39
Price, Andrew 15
Prior, Robert 4
Progressive for Governor Conference Committee 46
Puget Sound Pilot's Association 30
Pugh, V. E. 24
Purse, Frank 21
Raab, Gustavus Adolphus 186
Rader, Cary M. 3
Raftis, John T. 84
Ratliff, S. E. 12
Ravelle, H. D. 224
Reading, Arnold 184
Reconstruction Finance Corporation 82
Read, Lucille 8
Reeves, Belle 189, 200
Reeves, Tom 30
Reid, Bettie 53
Reilly, W. Newland 45
Reynolds, Clinton A. 226
Ridgway, Emma Abbott 46, 51, 194, 222, 226
Riley, E. B. 6
Roberts, Joseph D. 40
Roberts, Joseph E. 5
Robertson, Edward W. 2, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 216
Robertson, Orville 3
Robertson, Ted 51, 224
Robinson, C. D. 28
Robinson, J. W. 187
Robinson, Walter J. 11, 28
Rolfe, Verne E. 9, 37
Roman, Carlo 180
Ronald, James T. 31
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 22, 23, 43, 49, 174, 176, 177, 180, 182, 183, 185, 189, 190, 192, 193, 195, 203, 207, 211, 214, 216, 217, 222, 228
Roosevelt, James 176
Ross, C. Ben 60, 177
Ross, Herman W. 28
Ross, J. D. 5
Rossi, Angelo 218
Rossman, J. G. 188
Ruddy, J. P. 30
Rue, Florence 16
Rumin, A. N. 181
Rupp, Werner 5, 45, 66
Rush, Margaret M. 188
Russell, Antone E. 46
Rutter, R. L. 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 177, 189
Ryan, George E. 25, 179
Ryan, Scott M. 27
Sandgren, W. F. 8
Sanger, C. R. 222
Sarvela, Jack 221
Satterford, Fred T. 30
Savidge, S. L. 60
Sawyer, K. Grace 50
Schaaf, Ferd J. 33, 35
Schaefet, John W. 54
Schinler, Robert 12
Schwellenbach, Lewis B. 3, 4, 10, 22, 47, 188, 206
Schweppo, Alfred 13
Seamans, H. L. 35
Seattle Automobile Dealers Association 29
Seattle Chamber of Commerce 5, 23
Seattle Community Fund 3
Seattle Mining Company 4
Selner, Frank E. 26
Selvidge, Lew 30, 194
Selvin, Edwin 184
Senger, D. P. 207
Sharpe, R. G. 44
Shaw, James A. 41
Sheldon, Charles B. 204
Shepherd, Harry 8, 177, 187
Shepherd, Ralph L. 6
Shorett, John B. 34
Sort, W. M. 207
Showalter, N. D. 6, 25, 179
Sieg, L. P. 191
Sieler, George 39
Simms, Earle D. 39
Simons, J. F. 19
Skagit River Power & Flood Control Project 181
Smith, Carl W. 223
Smith, Del Cary Jr. 13, 30, 34, 221, 222, 223
Smith, Edward A. 6
Smith, Fred A. 48
Smith, Horace E. 187, 224
Smith, Martin 41
Smith, Tom 213
Smitley, George A. 200
Social Welfare League (Seattle) 3
Soper, C. H. 60
Sorenson, Leslie S. 24
Southard, W. E. 5, 12
Spada, J. W. 10
Spooner, Ralph 29
Sprague, Charles A. 212
Staley, M. E. 197
Stanford, R. C. 196
Stang-Anderson, C. 71
Stark, Lloyd C. 210, 211, 213
Starr, George E. 3
Starrett, E. M. 187
Stassen, Harold E. 219
Steele, E. M. 6, 13, 195
Stevens, Emily C. 6
Stevens County Treasurer 5
Steward, Harb 224
Stewart, Lyle 206
Stimson, Earl E. 46
Stocking, Fred A. Sr. 27
Story, Lilla 207
Strickland, Rex 183
Sullivan, William A. 6, 19, 27, 207
Summers, Lane 3
Swanson, C. A. 73
Swanson, Walter V. 47
Swift, Helen C. 4, 27
Switzer, Frances T. 181
Sylvester, John N. 45
Symond, Henry 54
Tacoma Young Men's Business Club 24, 26
Talbott, Walter S. 27
Taylor, James A. 23, 49
Templer, Charles A. 212
Third Term for a President Association 41
Thom, Henry 190
Thomas, Jay 183
Thomas, Paul G. 226
Thompson, Mrs. Clark 3
Thompson, L. L. 46
Thompson, Maurice 24, 41
Thompson, J. C. 2
Thorne, Robert 22
Thornton, G. E. 31
Tieje, Helen 18
Tieje, Ralph E. 9, 12, 20, 21, 49, 225
Tiffany, Ross K. 281
Todd, E. Paul 26
Todd, Hugh G. 217
Tolman, Warren W. 31, 192
Towne, Verne 16, 17
Trowbridge, Samuel 20, 30
Troy, Smith 51, 228
Tuck, Clarence M. 30
Tucker, W. H. 7
Tugwell, Rexford G. 28
Tully, E. W. 49
Tunney, Gene 200
Turner, Charles A. 30
Turner, Theodore S. 39
Ulbrickson, A. 193
Unemployment Council of Anacortes, Washington 6
Union Pacific Railroad Company 17
United Producers of Washington 3
Vander Meer, Cornell 10
Van Dyke, John B. 3
Van Patten, Perry 49
Vauk, C. W. 37
Veterans' Democratic Club of Seattle 29
Vincent, L. B. 186, 190
Walker, H. D. 26, 27
Waller, Lois 203
Wallgren, Mon C. 41, 51
Wallace and Tiernan Sales Corporation 17
Walter, George H. 3, 6
Warmouth, Ed O. 20
Washington Century of Progress Exposition Commission 10
Washington Constitution League 23
Washington Society for Mental Hygiene 14
Washington State Association for County Commissioners 30
Washington State Federation of Labor 23, 49
Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs 13
Washington State Good Roads Association 4
Washington State Grange 4, 22, 29, 45
Washington State Liquor Control Board 20, 183, 184
Washington State Old Age Pension Union 35
Washington State Reformatory at Monroe 185
Watson, A. E. 218
Watson, Edwin M. 226
Webb, Sam W. 17
Webster, Maurice 25
Weed, Mrs. L. E. 3
Wheeler, J. W. 224
Weigh, H. 180
Weil, Fred 10
Welch, H. J. 224
Welfare, Department of, Social Security 187
Welsch, William D. 212
West, Harbert G. 44
West, Karl F. 30
West Coast Luberman's Association 68
Western States Silver Committee 18
Westmore, Nina May 13
Wheatley, L. D. 5
Whetstone, Joseph A. 14
White, Victor H. 189
Whitfield, G. E. 53
Whitfield, Jay A. 43
Wiehl, Lloyd L. 16
Wikenwerder, Hugo 15, 66
Wilkins, F. B. 26
Wilkins, Lucille 35
Wilkins, Mary Avery 49
Wilkins, William H. 21, 28, 51, 222

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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1896-1954 Return to Top

Container(s) Description
Subseries 1.1: General Correspondence, 1896-1954
Box Folder
1 1
March, 1896 - June, 1914
15 items.
1 2
November 16, 1916 - December, 1931
75 items.
1 3
January - November, 1932
55 items.
1 4
December 1 - December 15, 1932
50 items.
1 5
December 16 - December 31, 1932
50 items.
2 6
January, 1933
60 items.
2 7
February - April, 1933
40 items.
2 8
May, 1933
35 items.
2 9
June, 1933
45 items.
2 10
July - August, 1933
95 items.
2 11
September - October, 1933
65 items.
2 12
November - December, 1933
75 items.
3 13
January - February, 1934
110 items.
3 14
March - April, 1934
85 items.
3 15
May - June, 1934
105 items.
3 16
July - August, 1934
110 items.
3 17
September - October, 1934
95 items.
3 18
November - December, 1934
65 items.
4 19
January - February, 1935
50 items.
4 20
March - April, 1935
100 items.
4 21
May - June, 1935
50 items.
4 22
July - August, 1935
95 items.
4 23
September, 1935
100 items.
5 24
October, 1935
80 items.
5 25
November - December, 1935
60 items.
5 26
January - February, 1936
65 items.
5 27
March - April, 1936
105 items.
5 28
May - June, 1936
100 items.
5 29
July, 1936
100 items.
6 30
August - September, 1936
195 items.
6 31
October - December, 1936
110 items.
6 32
January - February, 1937
70 items.
6 33
March - April, 1937
80 items.
6 34
May - August, 1937
120 items.
7 35
September - December, 1937
125 items.
7 36
January - March, 1938
70 items.
7 37
April - June, 1938
60 items.
7 38
July - September, 1938
70 items.
7 39
October - December, 1938
90 items.
7 40
January - March, 1939
70 items.
8 41
April - June, 1939
135 items.
8 42
July - September, 1939
70 items.
8 43
October - December, 1939
105 items.
8 44
January, 1940
95 items.
8 45
February, 1940
105 items.
9 46
March - April, 1940
75 items.
9 47
May - June, 1940
60 items.
9 48
July - August, 1940
65 items.
9 49
September - October, 1940
80 items.
9 50
November, 1940
40 items.
9 51
December, 1940
125 items.
10 52
January, 1941
70 items.
10 53
February, 1941 - June, 1954
90 items.
10 54
Undated
60 items.
Subseries 1.2: Subject Correspondence, 1907-1941
Box Folder
11 55
American Bank failure: photostatic copies of evidence; appeal for John Davis who was convicted and sent to prison
20 items.
11 56
American Bank failure: Noble vs. Martin depositors of bank suing directors
60 items.
11 57
Automobile licensing, insurance, registration for family cars, 1934-1939
50 items.
11 58
Banking file: speech; report on banking trends; list of banks in Washington, 1935
10 items.
11 59
Capitol Office Building construction project
10 items.
12 60
Chain store correspondence and veto, 1933
20 items.
12 61
Cheney: negotiations with Byron Jackson Co. and the Washington Co. for deep-water well equipment, March, 1930-December, 1930
35 items.
12 62
Cheney - W.W.P.: power contract negotiations, 1932
25 items.
12 63
Cheney - W.W.P.: power contract negotiations, September, 1939 - January, 1940
55 items.
12 64
Dill, Senator C.C.: correspondence with Governor Martin, April, 1933 - July, 1934
235 items.
12 65
Fairbanks and Morse (Seattle): power plant for the F.M. Martin mill in Cheney, December, 1932-June, 1933
20 items.
12 66
Financial file for U of W and WSC, 1933-1934
30 items.
12 67
Looney vs. Martin: dispute over labor costs for foundation work on Cheney residence, July - August, 1907
10 items.
13 68
Lumber file: West Coast Lumbermen's Association, January, 1936
25 items.
13 69
Lumberman Printing Co.: controversy over unpaid printing costs for Martin's campaign in 1940
5 items.
13 70
Martin vs. Martin: copy of tentative property settlement between C.D.M and Merle Lewis Martin, March 10, 1946
1 item.
13 71
Olaf, Crown Prince of Norway, visit to Seattle, May, 1939
15 items.
13 72
Pemberton, Judge W.H.
15 items.
13 73
Post-Intelligencer strike, summer of 1936
15 items.
13 74
Printing costs for 1932 campaign
20 items.
13 75
Red Cedar Shingle Industry, Inc., 1936
10 items.
13 76
Regents file: selection, December, 1932 - January, 1933
70 items.
13 77
Sedro-Woolley Bank move, May, 1940 - January, 1941
10 items.
13 78
Snohomish County Commissioner: recommendations for Isaacson and Ashe (others included), 1935
160 items.
13 79
Snohomish County Commissioner: recommendations for Isaacson, (petitions), 1935
60 items.
14 80
Social Security Board correspondence, October 15 - November, 1940
15 items.
14 81
Stevenson Case, November, 1933
5 items.
14 82
Tacoma Narrows Bridge, July - November, 1940
60 items.
14 83
Taxation suggestions, 1933
10 items.
14 84
Trail Smelter controversy, December, 1932
5 items.
14 85
University of Washington reorganization file, December, 1932
10 items.
14 86
Wilson Engineering Co.: plans for the construction of F. M. Martin Milling Co. mill in Cheney, dispute over the cost of plans, 1918-1919
70 items.
Subseries 1.3: Family Correspondence, 1906-1943
Box Folder
15 87
Correspondence from F. M. Martin, January - June, 1906
15 items.
15 88
Correspondence from Mrs. C. D. Martin, June 1 - late August, 1930
25 items.
15 89
Correspondence from Frank and Dan at summer camp, July 2, 1930 - August 2, 1930
70 items.
15 90
Correspondence from Dan at Harvard, September 22, 1934 - June 4, 1935
45 items.
15 91
Correspondence from Dan at Harvard and Frank at WSU, September 27, 1935 - June 23, 1937
30 items.
15 92
Correspondence from Dan at Harvard and Frank at WSU, October 27, 1936 - June 23, 1937
35 items.
15 93
Correspondence from Dan at Harvard and Frank at WSU, September 29, 1937 - June 2, 1937
35 items.
15 94
Correspondence from Frank at Stanford, October 9, 1938 - June 3, 1939
30 items.
15 95
Correspondence from Frank at Stanford, July 3, 1939 - June 26, 1940
35 items.
15 96
Correspondence from Frank, September 29, 1940 - January 8, 1941
20 items.
15 97
Correspondence from Frank and Dan, March 12, 1941 - December 28, 1941
80 items.
15 98
Correspondence from Frank, Dan and Bill, January 8, 1942 - April 21, 1943
90 items.

Series 2: POLITICAL PAPERS, 1930-1948Return to Top

Container(s) Description
Subseries 2.1: Elections, 1932-1948
Box Folder
16 99
1932
15 items.
16 100
1936
65 items.
16 101
1938, list of state-wide candidates
1 item.
16 102
1940
10 items.
16 103
1948
200 items.
16 104
Undated
5 items.
17 105
Speeches, press releases, advertising, letters, telegrams, memoranda, political propaganda, lists of voters, etc.
60 items.
17 106
Speeches, press releases, advertising, lists of voters, letters, opponents propaganda, etc.
75 items.
17 107
Advertising
15 items.
17 108
Complaints
5 items.
17 109
Contacts (lists of names)
10 items.
17 110
Invitations
5 items.
17 111
Itinerary
5 items.
17 112
Correspondence
90 items.
17 113
Form Letters
15 items.
17 114
Mailing Lists
20 items.
17 115
Martin for Governor Clubs (lists)
1 item.
17 116
Permits
5 items.
17 117
Precinct Committeemen for Spokane
1 item.
17 118
Publicity (Newspaper)
10 items.
17 119
Radio Addresses
10 items.
17 120
Radio Advertising
20 items.
17 121
Radio Commentaries
2 items.
17 122
Radio Contracts
2 items.
17 123
Receipts
20 items.
17 124
Seattle Correspondence
15 items.
17 125
Speeches
5 items.
17 126
Suggestions
2 items.
17 127
Appointment book for 1948
1 item.
17 128
Ledger - names and addresses of visitors to Spokane Headquarters
1 item.
Subseries 2.2: Financial Records for the State: (Budgets and State Payrolls), 1930-1943
Box Folder
18 129
1930-1931
10 items.
18 130
1932
2 items.
18 131
1933
35 items.
18 132
1934
5 items.
18 133
1935
25 items.
18 134
1936
5 items.
18 135
1937
5 items.
18 136
1938
20 items.
18 137
1939
40 items.
18 138
1940
10 items.
18 139
1941
40 items.
18 140
1943
10 items.
18 141-142
State Agencies
80 items.
Subseries 2.3: Legislative Files, 1933-1939, nd
Box Folder
19 143-145
Bills, roll call votes, telegrams, letters, proposals, memoranda and budget material, 1933
195 items.
20 146
Correspondence, December, 1934
5 items.
20 147
Correspondence, January, 1935
40 items.
20 148
Correspondence, February, 1935
55 items.
20 149
Correspondence, March, 1935
20 items.
20 150
Bills, reports, memoranda, 1935
35 items.
20 151
House Bill 55 (gasoline bill) popular comment, 1935
150 items.
20 152
Roll call votes, budget material letters, suggestions, bills, 1937
95 items.
21 153
Bills, memos, reports, 1939
20 items.
21 154-156
Letters, telegrams, reports, bills, 1939
250 items.
21 157
Legislative file, undated
10 items.
Subseries 2.4: Speeches, 1932-1941, nd
Box Folder
22 158-159
1932 (mostly campaign)
35 items.
22 160
1933
5 items.
22 161
1934
10 items.
22 162
1935
15 items.
22 163
1936 (mostly campaign)
35 items.
22 164
1933-1936, Handwritten notes
90 items.
22 165
1937
5 items.
23 166
1938
5 items.
23 167
1939
5 items.
23 168
1940 (mostly campaign)
20 items.
23 169
1941
10 items.
23 170
Undated
30 items.
23 171
Addresses to the Legislature by Gov. Martin
10 items.
23 172
Speeches, Not by Governor Martin
20 items.
24 173
Appointment Calendar: March, 1933 - December, 1940 (lacking March and April, 1934)
100 items.
24 174
Canadian American Salmon Fisherman's Meeting Report, May 10, 1936
1 item.
24 175
Carlyle Lumber Co. Strike, Report of Investigation, (undated)
1 item.
24 176
Civil Works Administration, State of Washington, Report of Airport Division, July 12, 1934
1 item.
24 177
Domestic Service Electric Power Markets in Washington, Report, January 19, 1935
1 item.
24 178
Engineers Plan of Improved Employment , 1932
1 item.
24 179
Labor and Industries Department, Annuity Reserves Report, October 1, 1934
1 item.
24 180
Labor and Industries Department, Annuity Reserves Report, October 1, 1935
1 item.
24 181
Power and Flood Control Project, Skagit River, June, 1933
1 item.
24 182
Proposed Projects for Washington, (undated)
1 item.
24 183
Washington State Liquor Control Board, Report of Examination and Audit, January 29, 1934 - December 31, 1934
1 item.
24 184
Washington State Liquor Control Board, Report of Operation, 1934
1 item.
24 185
Washington State Reformatory at Monroe, Report, March, 1934
1 item.
24 186
"The Way Out" unpublished paper by Gustavus Adolphus Raab (undated)
1 item.
24 187
Welfare, Department of, Division of Social Security, First Annual Report, July 1, 1935 - December 31, 1936
1 item.
Subseries 2.5: Governor's Office Correspondence Files, 1934-1940
Box Folder
25 188
Prior to April 4, 1934
10 items.
25 189
April 4, 1934 - August 26, 1934
60 items.
25 190
April 4, 1934 - August 26, 1934
90 items.
25 191
August 24, 1934 - January 3, 1935
85 items.
26 192-193
January - May, 1935
160 items.
26 194-195
June - August 14, 1935
145 items.
27 196-197
August 15 - December, 1935
145 items.
27 198-199
October 28, 1935 - March 2, 1936
190 items.
28 200-201
March 3 - June, 1936
180 items.
28 202
July - September 12, 1936
110 items.
28 203-204
September 13 - November, 1936
160 items.
39 205-206
December, 1936 - February, 1937
140 items.
39 207-208
March - June 20, 1937
155 items.
39 209-210
June 21 - September 24, 1937
185 items.
30 211-212
September 25, 1937 - January 18, 1938
140 items.
30 213-214
January 19 - June 4, 1938
135 items.
30 215-216
June - August 21, 1938
135 items.
31 217-218
September 22 - December, 1938
150 items.
31 219-220
January - February 22, 1939
105 items.
31 221-222
February 22 - May, 1939
140 items.
32 223-224
May 27 - August, 1939
145 items.
32 225-226
September - November 21, 1939
175 items.
32 227-228
November 22, 1939 - February 5, 1940
105 items.
33 229-230
February 5 - April 6, 1940
140 items.
33 231-232
April 6 - May 20, 1940
160 items.
33 233-234
May 20 - June, 1940
180 items.
34 235-236
July - August 17, 1940
175 items.
34 237-238
August 17 - September 11, 1940
190 items.
34 239-240
September 11 - October 16, 1940
195 items.
35 241-242
October 16 - November, 1940
175 items.

Series 3: PERSONAL PAPERS, 1901-1941Return to Top

Container(s) Description
Subseries 3.1: College Days 1901-1906
Box Folder
35 243
University of Washington: examinations, debate notes, class assignments, etc.
20 items.
Class notes (with starting dates)
8 items.
Box Folder
35 244
Logic and Ethics ”>(2/2/05 and 5/10/05)
35 244
Chemistry Lab Book (1/28/01)
35 244
General Notes (12/02/01)
35 244
English History (10/01/02)
35 244
American History (9/22/01)
35 244
Ethics (11/04/04)
35 244
Spanish (undated)
Box Folder
35 245
Records of "The Loyal League Debating Society" - minutes begin with meeting on March 20, 1896
1 item.
Subseries 3.2: Financial Records, 1921-1941
Box Folder
35 246
Financial Records - list of stocks and bonds as of July 1, 1940; business correspondence concerning loans, 1922-1940
40 items.
35 247
Property assessments of C.D. Martin (Personal Property) 1921-1922, 1925-1931, 1933-1934
20 items.
36 248
Cancelled Checks: June - August, 1929
155 items.
36 249
Cancelled Checks: September - December, 1929
190 items.
36 250
Cancelled Checks: January - April, 1930
190 items.
36 251
Cancelled Checks: March - August, 1930
185 items.
36 252
Cancelled Checks: September - December, 1930
205 items.
36 253
Cancelled Checks: January - April, 1931
200 items.
36 254
Cancelled Checks: May - August, 1931
190 items.
36 255
Cancelled Checks: September - December, 1931
200 items.
36 256
Cancelled Checks: January - April, 1932
215 items.
36 257
Cancelled Checks: May - July, 1932
235 items.
36 258
Cancelled Checks: August - September, 1932
190 items.
37 259
Cancelled Checks: October, 1932
190 items.
37 260
Cancelled Checks: November, 1933
225 items.
37 260
[Cancelled: December, 1932 - February, 1933 Lacking]
37 261
Cancelled Checks: March - April, 1933
85 items.
37 262
Cancelled Checks: May - August, 1933
190 items.
37 263
Cancelled Checks: September - December, 1933
185 items.
37 264
Cancelled Checks: January - April, 1934
200 items.
37 265
Cancelled Checks: May - August, 1934
210 items.
37 266
Cancelled Checks: September - December, 1934
215 items.
37 267
Cancelled Checks: January - April, 1935
220 items.
37 268
Cancelled Checks: May - August, 1935
215 items.
37 269
Cancelled Checks, September - December, 1935
230 items.
38 270
Cancelled Checks: January - April, 1936
190 items.
38 271
Cancelled Checks: May - August, 1936
275 items.
38 272
Cancelled Checks: September - December, 1936
215 items.
38 273
Cancelled Checks: January - April, 1938
220 items.
38 274
Cancelled Checks: May - August, 1937
185 items.
38 275
Cancelled Checks: September - December, 1937
225 items.
38 276
Cancelled Checks: January - April, 1938
175 items.
38 277
Cancelled Checks: May - August, 1938
175 items.
38 278
Cancelled Checks: September - December, 1938
220 items.
39 279
Cancelled Checks: January - April, 1939
200 items.
39 280
Cancelled Checks: May - August, 1939
180 items.
39 281
Cancelled Checks: September - December, 1939
205 items.
39 282
Cancelled Checks : January - April, 1940
170 items.
39 283
Cancelled Checks: May - August, 1940
185 items.
39 284
Cancelled Checks: September - December, 1940
180 items.
39 285
Cancelled Checks: January - April, 1941
110 items.
39 286
Cancelled Checks: May - August, 1941
110 items.
39 287
Cancelled Checks: September - December, 1941
95 items.
39 288
Cancelled Checks of W.F. Martin : August - September, 1929
10 items.
39 289
Cancelled Checks for C.D. Martin on American Bank of Cheney: October, November, 1929: January, June, July, August, December, 1930
15 items.
Subseries 3.3: Photographs
Box Folder
40 290
Photographs: Posed portraits of the Governor
85 items.
40 291
Candid snapshots/portraits of the Governor
20 items.
40 292
Martin family and friends
250 items.
40 293
F.M. Martin Grain and Milling Company
60 items.
41 294
Governor and military exercises
115 items.
41 295
Portraits presented to the Governor
35 items.
41 296
Governor Martin and Trains
40 items.
41 297
Governor's collection of train photographs
120 items.
42 298
Governor's college days
25 items.
42 299-301
Governor Martin and others at political events, celebrations, beauty contents, military events, graduations, dinners, presentations, inaugurations, dedications, launchings
205 items.
43 302
Unidentified individuals with the Martin family
35 items.
43 303
Unidentified individuals with the Governor
95 items.
43 304
Unidentified individuals with the Governor
70 items.
Subseries 3.4: Memorabilia and Certificates, 1904-1954
Box Folder
44 305
Certificates and diplomas
15 items.
44 306-320
Day Books, 1904, 1906, 1914-1919 (2), 1921-1922, 1926 (2), 1929, 1939, 1941, 1950, 1954
44 321
Credit cards, fraternal dues organizations, receipts
145 items.
45
Photoengraving plates for newspaper; campaign buttons; Highway patrol badge "l"; May Day Festival programs for 1922-1923, 1925-1926, 1928-1930
35 items.
Subseries 3.5: Scrapbooks, 1905-1953
Box
46
1905
47
1906
48
January, 1932 - November, 1932
49
April, 1932 - November, 1932
50
September, 1932 - December, 1932
51
November, 1932 - July, 1933
52
January, 1933
53
August, 1933 - January, 1934
54
August, 1934
55
October, 1935 - January, 1941
56
April, 1941 - January, 1947
57
April, 1945 - October, 1946
58
July, 1945 - November, 1947
59
January, 1948 - September, 1952
60
June, 1948 - June, 1952
61
July, 1948 - June, 1949
62
September, 1952 - December, 1953

Series 4: OVERSIZE Return to Top

Container(s) Description
Box
Oversize
Campaign posters, photographs, printed proclamations and state organization Budget and Payroll chart.
15 items

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Governors -- Washington (State) -- Correspondence

Personal Names

  • Martin, Clarence D. (Clarence Daniel), 1886-1955 -- Archives

Corporate Names

  • F. M. Martin Grain and Milling Company

Geographical Names

  • Washington (State) -- Politics and government -- 1889-1950 -- Sources

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Conway, Marinus Wilett, 1888- (creator)
    • Dill, Clarence C. (Clarence Cleveland), 1884-1978 (creator)
    • Ernst, Charles F., 1886- (creator)
    • Gannon, George Henry, 1893- (creator)
    • Kizer, Benjamin H. (Benjamin Hamilton), 1878-1978 (creator)
    • Martin, Clarence Daniel, 1916-1976 (creator)
    • Martin, Frank M., 1919- (creator)
    • Martin, William F., 1910- (creator)
    • Robinson, E. W. (creator)