Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the M. Orion Monroe Papers
1915-1916
Cage 4957
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Creator
- Monroe, M. Orion
- Title
- M. Orion Monroe Papers
- ID
- Cage 4957
- Date [inclusive]
- 1915-1916
- Extent
- .1 Linear Feet of Shelf Space, 3 folders
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- This collection consists of two typescript versions and the published version of "A Critical Discussion of the Site of Camp Washington" by M. Orion Monroe, with a small amount of related documentation.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] M. Orion Monroe papers, 1915-1916
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
M. Orion Monroe, a student at Washington State College (now University), began this project with a paper written for History 22, Frontier History of the United States, in 1915, and published it the following year in the Washington Historical Quarterly.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of two typescript versions and the published version of "A Critical Discussion of the Site of Camp Washington" by M. Orion Monroe, with a small amount of related documentation. Camp Washington was the name given to the site where Isaac Stevens and his exploring and surveying parties camped from October 25-30, 1853. The typescript versions include photographs, and the issue of the Washington Historical Quarterly containing the published version (volume VII, number 1, January 1916) includes interleaved related newspaper clippings.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Information
M. Orion Monroe donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 1970 (VF 1035; MS 1987-05).
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2009 by Cheryl Gunselman, Manuscripts Librarian.
Names and Subjects
Geographic Name(s)
- Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration.
- Stevens County (Wash.) -- History.
Personal Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Monroe, M. Orion -- Archives
Subject(s)
- Historic sites -- Washington (State) -- Stevens County.
- Washington (State)
Detailed Description of Collection
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"A Critical Discussion of the Site of Camp Washington." Typescript (reproduction) with accompanying photographs, circa 1915 |
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"A Critical Discussion of the Site of Camp Washington." Typescript with accompanying photographs, circa 1915 |
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Washington Historical Quarterly, volume VII, number 1 (January 1916), including "A Critical Discussion of the Site of Camp Washington," and related items, 1916 |
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