Series I. Correspondence circa 1890-1940

Series II. Higginson’s Writings undated

Series III. Writings by Carrie Blake Morgan undated

Series IV. Newspaper Clippings circa 1880-1920

Series V. Scrapbooks circa 1897 - 1909

Series VI. Photographs circa 1870-1920

Series VII. Ephemera 1904, undated

Series VIII. Artifacts undated

Series I. Correspondence circa 1890-1940

Box 1
Incoming

General

1/1 1890-1910
1/2 1911-1940
1/3 undated.

1/4 MacMillan Co. Publishers, 1897-1910, 1940.
1/5 Mifflin, Lloyd, 1898, 1905

1/6 Outgoing, 1893-1939, undated.


Series II. Higginson's Writings, Undated

Contain drafts and copies of novels, screenplays, short stories and poetry written by Ella Higginson. Researchers should note drafts of Higginson’s works are often partial and incomplete. Almost all of these writings are undated.

Sub-series 1. Novels, Undated

Box 2
Mariella of Out West

2/1 – 2/2 Draft I
2/3 – 2/5 Draft II

Box 3

3/1 -3/3 Draft II (continued)
3/4 Draft III
3/5 – 3/6 Draft IV
3/7 Draft fragments.

Box 4

4/1 Galley proofs

Box 5
Alaska, The Great Country

5/1 Handwritten draft

Box 6

6/1 Handwritten draft (continued)

Box 7

7/1 – 7/7 Handwritten draft

Box 8

8/1 – 8/3 Typed Draft
8/4 – 8/8 Draft Fragments

Box 9

9/1 Travel Journal

Orilla

9/2 Draft fragments
9/3 Draft fragments (continued)

Sub-series 2. Screenplays, Undated

Box 9
9/4 Just Like the Men
9/5 – 9/6 "A Political Story"
9/7 Rose in My Heart

Sub-series 3. Short Stories, Undated

Box 10

10/1 – 10/11 untitled short stories
10/12 – 10/14 untitled short story fragments

Box 11
11/1 Mr Slover
11/2 The Fiddling Mate of the Santa Anna
11/3 The Little Girl From the Lighthouse
11/4 The Rejuvenation of Mrs. Roop
11/5 A Point of Giving In
11/6 The Woman That Came to Karluk
11/7 Avenelle of the Mountains
11/8 A True Story
11/9 A Socialistic Flower
11/10 The Philandress
11/11 The Man Who Stayed
11/12 The Last Furrow
11/13 Extra Pure Woman
11/14 One O Them Still Stubborn Kinds
11/15 A Study in Gossip
11/16 A Case of Municipals
11/17 M'liss's Child
11/18 His Great Hour
11/19 The Candle of God
11/20 The Trembling Heart
11/21 Euphemy
11/22 The Mate of the Santa Anna
11/23 A Perfectly Model Man
11/24 Entertaining the Editor

Box 12
12/1 The Other Woman
12/2 The Message From God
12/3 For So Much Heaven
12/4 The Wooing of Delisca
12/5 The Supreme Hour
12/6 The Russo-Greek Churches of Alaska
12/7 Alaska: The Dream Voyage

12/8 The Lavender Westward
12/9 Mis' Bunnel's Funeral
12/10 Mandy's Organ
12/11 Mrs. Ousley's Haviland China
12/12 The Anspiker Chickens
12/13 Belindy's One Beau
12/14 Hearts and Hearts
12/15 Stories for Anthology (collection)

Box 13
13/1 Dove Colored Door
13/2 A Change of Creed
13/3 The Miracle of the North
13/4 A Perfectly Model Man
13/5 The Violin
13/6 The Stubbornness of Uriah Slater
13/7 Clarissa
13/8 The Weaver
13/9 The Message of Anna Laura Sweet
13/10 The Great Birthright

Sub-series 4. Poetry, Undated

13/11-13/16 Poems
13/17 Poems (printed copies, labeled “Not in Books”)
13/18 Published and illustrated poems


Series III. Writings by Carrie Blake Morgan, Undated

Box 14
14/1 Short Stories
14/2 Poems by and from C. Blake Morgan


Series IV. Newspaper Clippings circa 1880-1920

Box 14
Clippings written by Ella Higginson

14/3 Articles circa 1905-1937
14/4 Poems 1906, undated
14/5 Short Stories circa 1879-1881
Oversize Folder 1 Short Stories, circa 1881-1920
14/6 Short Stories undated

14/7 Articles about Ella Higginson circa 1902-1936
14/8 Reviews circa 1902-1903, undated
14/9 Obituaries 1940
14/10 Frank Teck clippings 1903, undated
 

Series V. Scrapbooks circa 1897 - 1909

Scrapbooks contain clippings and copies of Higginson’s poetry and articles, as well as articles and reviews about Higginson and her work.  The first, spanning the period circa 1897-1905 was compiled by Higginson  in 1939 for the State Library in Olympia.

Box 15
Scrapbooks,

15/1 circa 1897 -1905 (compiled for the State Library in Olympia in 1939)
15/2 circa 1897-1908
15/3 circa 1899-1937
15/4 circa 1900-1905
15/5 circa 1908-1909
15/6 circa 1908-1909

Series VI. Photographs circa 1870-1920s.

Photographs of Ella Higginson, family and friends, including one photograph album from which most of the prints have been removed.

Box 16
16/1 -16/ 4 Photographic Prints undated
16/5 Photo album undated
16/6 Glass plate negatives (14 items)  undated
16/7 Glass Plate negative (1 item) undated


Series VII. Ephemera, 1904; Undated.

16/8 Four Leaf Clover undated
16/9 Drawing undated
16/10 Notes re: Fairhaven Library construction, 1904
16/11 Maps of Alaska undated
Oversize Folder 1. Sheet Music to “The Song of The Wanderer” undated

16/12 Four Leaf Clover Sheet Music undated.

Series VIII. Artifacts, Undated.

Box 17
Print blocks

Ella Higginson undated
Buildings undated
Four leaf clover stamp  undated
Four Leaf Clover poem undated
Four Leaf Clover words and music undated
Frontispiece undated
Higginson's signature stamp  undated

American Red Cross Medal undated
 

Box 18
Glass candle holder undated

Painted candle holder undated

Picture frame (no picture) undated

Pen undated

Bead necklace undated

Letter opener undated

Three educational primers undated