Series I: Research Note Cards 1579-1993

Series II: Preliminary Research/Subject Files 1880-1992

Series III: Oral Histories 1956-1989

Series IV: Correspondence 1975-1995

Series V: Photographs ca. 1898-1922

Series VI: Writings undated (ca. 1978-1998)

Series I: Research Note Cards, ca. 1800s-1990s

Sub-series 1: Subjects (created by Peggy Aiston), ca. 1970s-1990s

While these research notes contain information dating back to the1700s, they are not primary source documents, but notes made by Peggy Aiston in the 1970s-1990s.

Box 1

1/1 Photo Sources, 1919-1990

1/2 Sources, 1897-1990

1/3 Bibliography, 1792-1988

1/4 Miscellaneous Documents, 1857-1990

1/5 Newspapers, 1858-1975

1/6 Personal Interviews, 1975-1990

1/7 Tapes, 1956-1985

1/8 Questions for Interviews, undated

1/9 Index, 1838-1982

1/10 Canneries and Fisheries, 1827-1988

1/11 Chronology, 1579-1985

1/12 Church and Cemetery, 1903-1989

1/13 Crime, Shipwrecks, 1827-1941

1/14 Farming, 1873-1939

1/15 Ferrying, 1889-1977

1/16 Flora, Fauna, Weather, 1792-1938

1/17 General Background, 1853-1950

1/18 Hunting, Fishing, 1875-1941

1/19 Indians, 1792-1988

1/20 Names, Descriptions, Early Explorers, 1775-1989

1/21 Organizations, 1894-1979

1/22 Political, 1854-1970

1/23 Post Office, 1876-1963

1/24 Property, 1895-1934

1/25 Quarrying, 1899-1987

1/26 Resorts, 1880-1990

1/27 Roads, 1873-1984

1/28 Schools, 1854-1993

1/29 Smuggler’s Cove, 1889-1950

1/30 Smuggling, 1884-1934

1/31 Social-Personal, 1888-1941

1/32 Stores, 1884-1945

1/33 Timber, undated

1/34 Utilities, 1897-1967

Sub-series 2: People A-Z, ca. mid-1800's-mid-1900's

Box 2

2/1 A-B, mid 1800s-late 1900s

2/2 C-F, mid 1800s-late 1900s

2/3 G-J, mid 1800s-late 1900s

2/4 K-M, mid 1800s-late 1900s

2/5 N-R, mid 1800s-late 1900s

2/6 S-T, mid 1800s-late 1900s

2/7 U-Z, mid 1800s-late 1900s

Series II: Preliminary Research/ Subject Files, 1873-1990

Box 3
3/1 Census Information – notes, 1880;1900; 1910; 1920; 1930; 1940

Interviews

            3/2 Dickinson, Laura, February 5, 1987

            3/3 Tuttle, Marion, January 8, 1990

            3/4 Tuttle, Hiram, August 9, 1975

3/5 Lummi Island Civic Club, 1916-1976

3/6 Lummi Island Community Club By-Laws, undated

3/7 Lummi Island Ferry Company, 1924-1982

3/8 Lummi Island news items from local papers, 1892-1911

3/9 Lummi Island Planning and Development, 1977-1979

Newspaper Clippings

            3/10 1873-1976

            3/11 1977-1992

3/12 Notes on archival holdings re. Lummi Island History, 1978-1979

3/13 Puget Sound Fisheries, 1901-1981

3/14 School Directory of Whatcom County Washington, 1912; 1915-1916; 1920; 1922

3/15 Township Officials Information, 1927-1929

3/16 Washington State Grange: Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, 1920

Series III: Oral Histories, 1956-1989

Box 4

Original order and descriptions created by Peggy Aiston

4/1 Dunn, Henry Wadsworth, April 27, 1983

4/2 Granger, Mac and Edith, May 30, 1983

4/3 Side A: Baker, Estrid, October 27, 1983

      Side B: Reynolds, June, October 26, 1983

4/4 Side A: Scott, Katherine E., June 20, 1983

      Side B: Nolte, Eva, October 28, 1983

4/5 Nolte, Eva, October 28, 1983

4/6 Side A: Old Times on Lummi Island: Clara Dunn & Maureen Melcher,     

       November 11, 1976

      Side B: Salmon Barbeque with Grandma Granger, ca.1966

4/7 Granger, Art interviewed by Ray Buswell, October 2, 1956;               

       October 12, 1956

4/8 Granger, Art interviewed by Ray Buswell, October 12, 1956

4/9 Granger, Frank, July 23, 1984

4/10 Granger, Frank, July 23, 1984

4/11 Granger, Frank, July 23, 1984

4/12 Side A: Adema, Eva, August 14, 1985

        Side B: Leavell, Lois, November 23, 1983

4/13 Side A: Dunn, Clara, August 13, 1983; continuation of Granger, Edith    

         from Side B

        Side B: Granger, Edith, September 17, 1985

4/14 King, William, October 17, 1956 (1952?)

4/15 Side A: Granger, Art, November 20, 1956

        Side B: Greene, Raymond, October 14, 1956

4/16 DeLorme, Roland: Smuggling on Puget Sound, undated

4/17 Konecke, Florence, August 19, 1985

4/18 Gaines, Jacquelyn (Jackie),  1989

Series IV: Correspondence, 1975-1995

Box 5

5/1 General Correspondence, 1975-1991

5/2 With Frank Wright Jr., 1987-1995

Series V: Photographs, ca. 1898-1922

Box 5 continued

5/3 ca. 1898-1922

Series VI: Writings, Undated

Sub-series 1. Unpublished Materials, Undated

Box 5 continued

5/4 Lummi Island History Rough Draft/Outline, undate

5/5 “The Porcelain Lined Salmon Can,” by Peggy Aiston, undated

Box 6

Note:  While the “Lummi Island Chronlogical History, Volumes I-III” were collected and put into binders, the books were never published.
6/1 Lummi Island Chronological History, Volume I: 1519-1899

6/2 Lummi Island Chronological History, Volume II: 1900-1919

6/3 Lummi Island Chronological History, Volume III: 1919-1940

Sub-series 2. Publications, Undated

Box 6 continued

6/4 “The Lummi Island Story,” by Frank M. Taft, undated