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  • Special Edition Newspapers

    • RG 011, Ser. 06-81

    Processed and Listed by: Dieter C. Ullrich
    Date: November 30, 2006

    Date Span: 1847-2003.

    Size: 4.0 cubic feet.

    Number of Boxes: 4 oversized boxes.

    Type of material: Newspapers.

    Physical condition: Fair with some damage caused by paper acidification.

    Arrangement: Arranged chronologically and by title of newspaper.

    Historical or Biographical Sketch: The Central Washington University library was initially established and housed in Barge Hall in 1897. On December 19, 1925, the library was relocated to the newly built Shaw-Smyser Hall. By 1954 the library had outgrown Shaw-Smyser Hall and state funding for a new building was sought. Funding was approved in 1959 and construction was begun in the spring of 1960. The library was moved to Bouillon Hall when construction was completed on September 1, 1961. Before the end of the decade Bouillon Hall was at capacity and plans for a new library and instruction building were launched. In 1973, construction was completed on the new library. Thirty years later, in 2003, the building was named in honor of Dr. James L. Brooks, former president of Central Washington University.

    Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of special edition newspapers from the State of Washington, Oregon and Alaska related to anniversaries of historic local, county and state events. Included in the collection are rare national and international issues of historic newspapers from the mid 19th Century to the Second World War.

    Research Note: Open to the public.
    Inventory List:
    Box 1
    1. The Daily Oregonian – Territorial Centennial Edition, May 27, 1953
    2. Grays Harbor Washingtonian – Paul Bunyan Jubilee Edition, August 6, 1939
    3. Walla Walla Union – Centennial Edition, August 12, 1936
    4. Yakima Sunday Herald – Centennial Edition, March 1, 1953
    5. Yakima Herald-Republic – 100 Years of Newspaper History, March 30, 2003
    Box 2
    1. Wenatchee Daily World – Festival Progress Edition, April 28, 1937
    2. Wenatchee Daily World – Annual Festival Progress Edition, April 26, 1939
    3. Wenatchee Daily World – To the Home Front / A Strong Front, April 22, 1942
    4. Wenatchee Daily World – Apple Blossom Festival, May 6, 1953
    5. Wenatchee Daily World – Progress Edition, April 28, 1954
    6. Wenatchee Daily World – Progress Edition, April 27, 1955
    7. Wenatchee Daily World – 50th Anniversary, May 2, 1956
    8. Wenatchee Daily World – 38th Blossom Festival, May 2, 1957
    9. Wenatchee Daily World – Progress Edition, April 30, 1958
    10. Wenatchee Daily World – Progress Edition, May 3, 1961
    Box 3
    1. Oregonian – Pacific Northwest Progress and Development Edition, February 16, 1938
    2. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – Progress Edition, November 19, 1953
    3. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – 6th Annual Progress Report, November 9, 1955
    4. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – 11th Annual Progress Edition, November 11, 1960 (Kennedy elected President)
    Box 4
    1. Illustrated London News, December 1, 1849
    2. Punch’s Almanack, 1850
    3. Punch’s Almanack, 1852
    4. Punch’s Almanack, 1856
    5. Punch’s Almanack, 1857
    6. Punch’s Almanack, 1859
    7. Punch’s Almanack, 1860
    8. New York Tribune, April 4, 1863 (American Civil War)
    9. Harper’s Weekly, May 27, 1876
    10. San Francisco Call, June 19, 1896 (President McKinley assassination)
    11. Seattle Sunday Times, October 8, 1933 (Color Magazine Section)
    12. “Germany’s 100,000 Fighting Men”, 1933 (Pre-World War II)
    13. Seattle Daily Times, September 4, 1935 (Florida Hurricane)
    14. Oregonian, November 7, 1937 (Veterans Day issue)
    15. Chicago Sunday Tribune, April 2, 1939 (World War II)
    16. New York Herald Tribune, April 10, 1940 (World War II)
    17. New York Herald Tribune, April 11 1940 (World War II)
    18. Seattle Daily Times, December 8, 1941 (World War II)
    19. Seattle Sunday Times, December 28, 1941 (World War II)
    20. New York Journal-American, June 6, 1944 (World War II)
    21. New York Daily News, June 7, 1944 (World War II)
    22. New York Daily Mirror, June 7, 1944 (World War II)
    23. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 7, 1945 (World War II)
    24. Ellensburg Daily Record, July 1953 (Centennial Edition)

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