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Percival R. Jeffcott Papers

Inventory
 

Series I: Correspondence 1923-1968
Series II: Research Notes and Materials ca. 1906-1946 undated
Series III: Manuscripts ca. 1930-1965
Series IV: Pamphlets undated, 1936-1965
Series V: Books  1879, 1920
Series VI: Maps ca. 1866-1966

Series VII. Photographs ca. 1875-1960

Series I: Correspondence 1923-1968

Box 1

1/1  
Mrs. Elsie Goodell Needham, Reminiscences
A.L. Crosina, History of 153 Mile House
James Sheppard, History of 205 Mile House
Alex McInnis (?), incomplete page Re: Alexandria
Jack Henson, note Re: Bill Jarman
Marion Vincent, Re: Genealogy
Willard E. Ireland, Provincial Librarian and Archivist, Victoria B.C.; Re: Chinook Jargon, 1/26/68
Willard E. Ireland, Provincial Librarian and Archivist, Victoria B.C.; Re: Rev. C.M Tate, 1/9/68
Oliver N. Wells, Re: Rev. C.M. Tate and Captain John, 10/1/67
Rose Peugh, Re: Bertrand, 6/12/67
Casey Wells, Re: Log Cabin on the Evans Farm, 2/8/66
Casey Wells, Re: Bertrand television script, 2/2/66
Noel H. Wynne, Re: History of Ferndale post office and postmasters (names and dates), 1/17/66
Oliver N. Wells, Re: map exchange, 1/6/66

1/2
Postcard from P.R. Jeffcott's son depicting the University of Nevada, Re: Virginia City- 10/31/65
Oliver N. Wells, Re: Bertrand story- a television script written by Casey Wells, 5/2/65
Oliver N. Wells, Re: Bertrand, Chilliwack Indians, translation of Chilliwack hymns, 3/29/65
Mabel (?), a Christmas card- 12/22/64
Noel H. Wynne, Re: Thomas Wynne and early Ferndale, 4/9/64
Noel H. Wynne, Re: Questions to Jeffcott about Ferndale history, 1/7/64

1/3  
Ray Sundean, U.S. Commerce Coast and Geographical Survey, 12/10/63
Edna Laurel Calhan, Re: Joel Henry Clayton, 11/2/63
Elmer O. Parker, National Archives and Records Service, Re: James Alexander Patterson, 9/12/63
J.S. Matthews, Re: Chechaco and Sourdough, 9/3/63
Joseph M. O'Donnell, chief, Archives and History Division, West Point Academy; Re: James Alexander Patterson, 7/23/63
Lewis E. Nichols, President Wasco County Historical Society, Re: James Alexander Patterson, 7/18/63
Edna Laurel Calhan, Re: Joel Henry Clayton, 4/8/63
H.C. Halverson, Re: Inquiry of Edna Laurel (Clark) Calhan for information on Joel H. Clayton, 3/14/63

1/4
Ray S. Jones, Re: Mt. Baker Mining District, 6/23/62
Mrs. Mamie Tennant, Re: John Tennant, 4/30/62
Charles Rice, Re: Blanket Bill Jarman, 12/6/61
Henry Jukes, 12/12/60
Richard C. Berner, Re: soliciting collections- 11/5/59
Allan R. Ottley, Re: William Bausman, 5/26/58
Paul W. Thiele, Re: Herbert Vine, 4/21/58
Howard Buswell, Re: Blanket Bill Jarman, 3/12/58
Howard Buswell, Re: The Coast, 2/13/58
George D. Rehberger, Christmas card, Re: Harry Rehberger's address- 12/16/57
Mabel E. Markland, Re: Will Edge, 7/30/57
Rev. Dennis Oldaker, from Kent, U.K., Re: info of Head/Bill Jarman- 7/19/57
Clara E. Davenport, Re: Bill Jarman, 7/8/57
Mabel E. Markland, Re: her upbringing and grandfather, 5/17/57

 

1/5
Harry Omay, 4/17/57
Dick Eacrett, Re: Bill Jarman, 4/17/57
Thomas Thompson, Re: Bill Jarman, 4/7/57
T. Scott Lucas, Re: Bill Jarman, 3/27/57
Harry Omay, Re: Bill Jarman, 3/20/57
H.J.R.  Cole, of Victoria Esplanade, Re: Jarman's ship and Captain O'May's offer for information- 3/6/57
Howard Buswell, Re: Bill Jarman, 12/16/56
F.W. Bennett, Re: Bill Jarman, 12/5/56
Willard E. Ireland, Re: Bill Jarman, 11/15/56
O'Connor, Re: Bill Jarman, 10/31/56
Keith W. Thompson, Re: Bill Jarman's ship, 10/29/56
H.L. White, Re: Bill Jarman's ship, 10/22/56

Pedro Castineira Re: Spanish Ship Photographs 10/18/56
Keith W. Thompson, Re: Bill Jarman research, 10/16/56
E.C. Russell, Re: HMS Satellite and Bill Jarman, 10/4/56

 

1/6
E.C. Mahon, information referral, 10/2/56
B.A. McKelvie, Re: Bill Jarman, 10/1/56
B.A. McKelvie, Re: Bill Jarman, 7/26/56
R.A. Reynolds, Re: Bill Jarman, 4/26/56
Harriett Shelton Dover, Re: accuracy of Jeffcott's manuscript, 4/24/56
V.M. Charrle (?), Re: Bill Jarman, 4/16/56
R.A Reynolds, re: Bill Jarman, 3/23/56
Admiralty Library, Re: Bill Jarman, 3/12/56
Jack Henson, Re: Bill Jarman, 2/17/56
R.A. Reynolds, Re: Bill Jarman, 2/13/56
British Columbia Provincial Archives, Re: Bill Jarman, 1/25/56
Kathryn Murphy (National Archives), Re: Steilacoom to Bellingham Military Road, 1/19/56
Marion Vincent, Re: local history, 8/6/55
Marion Vincent, Re: local history, 7/29/55
To: Henry Jukes, From: H.C. Banner, Re: Bill Jarman and local events- 12/1/54

 

1/7
Ruth and Harriet Shelton, genealogy and Indian relations, 2/5/54
Ruth Shelton, Re: genealogy, 11/18/53
From P.R. Jeffcott to Ruth Shelton, Re: Sehome genealogy, 10/23/53
Marion Vincent, Re: genealogy, 11/24/53
Marion Vincent, Re: genealogicl manuscript- 9/16/53
Marion Vincent, Re: Nooksack Tales and Trails and local events, 8/17/53
Chris C. Siegel, Re: Bellingham Post Office, 7/5/52
Clifford P. Wilson, Re: Hudson's Bay Record Society, 6/20/52
Hugh Gilmore, Re: "Evangee" pictures, 4/22/52
L. Manning, Re: Bill Jarman, 3/1/52
Hugh Gilmore, Re: steamboat pictures, 2/28/52
J.H.K. Bell, comments on Nooksack Tales and Trails, 10/8/50
J.H.K. Bell, comments on Nooksack Tales and Trails, 9/22/50
Willard E. Ireland, Re: Northern Light, 6/19/48
Andrew R. Smith, Re: information exchange, 12/6/47
Carrie Hunter, Re: enclosures, 9/18/47
To: Evelyn from: Henry Goodell, Re: his father and mother, 7/27/47
Willard E. Ireland, Re: Whatcom and Hope Brig. Trails, 7/19/47
Willard E. Ireland, Re: Northern Light and Whatcom Trails, 7/12/47

 

1/8
Andrew Smith, Re: ferries and local history, 5/28/47
Andrew Smith, Re: local history, 5/1/47
Andrew Smith, Re: beaver trap robber, 4/12/47
Robert D. Monroe, Re: Bill Jarman excerpts from Van Buskirk diary, 4/3/47
Minnie L. Little, Re: Charles McKay and Edward Warbass, 2/25/47
Andrew Smith, reminiscences, Lynden dates (1880's), 1/27/47
Andrew Smith, Re: Indian burial, 1/4/47
Postcard from Howard E. Buswell, Re: picture of Frederick F. Lane- 7/21/46
J.S. Matthews, Vancouver City Archives to W.E. Ireland, Re: lynching at Sumas- 4/20/46
J.S. Matthews, Vancouver City Archives to G. Lanctot Re: lynching at Sumas- 4/20/46
Edgar A. Klapp, International Boundary Commission, Re: records of the old boundary
 Survey of 1857 and 1858 along the border of Whatcom County, 4/11/46
Postcard from Howard Buswell, Re: necktie party in British Columbia- 3/11/46
Howard Buswell, Re: records missing from auditors office- 2/25/46
Howard Buswell, Re: Charley Kahana- 2/9/46
Howard Buswell, Re: early marriage records, 1/18/46

 

1/9
L.A. Kibbe to R.E. Hawley, Re: Lynden Seminary- 10/21/45
Andrew Smith, notes of Washington childhood- 3/28/42
Chadwick Brooks, Re: Volume III of Hudson's Bay Record Society- 1/31/41
Michael Lubbock, Re: Hudson's Bay Record Society- 4/13/39
Michael Lubbock to Mabel Jeffcott, Re: acceptance to Hudson's Bay Record Society-  4/13/39
Gladys McComb, Re: Pioneer days of Charles McComb in Ferndale and Mountain View, 3/31/39
C.M. Porter, Re: 70 Mile House, Caribou Road- 2/7/39
H. Floyd (?)- 12/20/38
F. Gilbert Forbes, Re: details accompanying road house proofs- 11/30/38
Author in doubt, Re: Mile Houses- 11/26/38
Robert S. Chapman, Re: Mile Houses- 11/26/38
P.R. Jeffcott, Re: request for information to Chasm Hotel, about 59 Mile House- answer on letter- 11/14/38
H. Floyd, Re: acknowledging receipt of photos- 10/28/38
J. Gordon (?), Victoria Bureau of Tourism, Re: Province booklets- 10/8/38
George S. Baldwin, Stanley, British Columbia, Re: photos- 10/7/35
H. Eldridge, U.S. Post Office to Roland Gamwell, Re: Indian information, 11/20/24
Andrew R. Smith, Re: moving from Hartford, Conn. to Lynden, Washington Territory in 1877. Relates farm life and other personal experiences, 9/23
 

Series II: Research Notes and Materials ca. 1906-1946 undated

 

1/10 Duplicates of Northern Light articles; references to the Whatcom Trail, Fraser River, and the Gold Rush of 1858.  Also, references to the above in the Whatcom Gazette and the Steilacoom Puget Sound Herald compiled by P.R. Jeffcott -


1/11 (Same as Above), pages 47+


1/12 Whatcom County Post Offices, from the U.S. Office Records


1/13 Story of the Enterprise. Pictures and captions by P.R. Jeffcott


1/14 "Notes of Cougar Stories and Mike Gorman". P.R. Jeffcott


1/15 "Notes on the South Fork." P.R. Jeffcott


1/16 "Notes on the Nooksack Ferry." P.R. Jeffcott

 
1/17 "Notes for the Bellingham Bay Mail and from the Bureau of Indian Affairs" P.R. Jeffcott


1/18 "Notes from the Bellingham Bay Mail" P.R. Jeffcott


1/19 "Notes from the Bellingham Bay Mail 1879; William Jarman's relatives'  notes" P.R. Jeffcott


1/20 "Notes from the Northern Light" P.R. Jeffcott


1/21 "Notes from the Northern Light" P.R. Jeffcott


1/22 "Notes from the Anacortes American" P.R. Jeffcott


1/23 Notes on Lynden, Washington. Compiled by P.R. Jeffcott


1/24 Notes from the Anacortes American on Ferndale and Lynden, Washington Compiled by P.R. Jeffcott


1/25 Genealogical notes; Nooksack Tribal Enrollment; Misc. collected notes including "Letters and Notes on Sehome from Mrs. Marion lambert Vincent"  P.R. Jeffcott


1/26 Stock Certificates, legal documents relating to Whatcom County mining  companies, gas and oil companies, coal companies, and similar enterprises


1/27 "Mrs. Jukes Family Tree."  Two copies of five generation pedigree chart. (Eldridge Family)


1/28 Photstat copies of Bill Jarman's legal papers pertains to his ranch. 13 items.


1/29 Photostat copies of "Jarman Papers." 6 items, 1 photo.


1/30 Photostat copies of National Archives and Records Service documents relating to William Jarman. 5 items and cover letter.


1/31 Copy of Bureau of American Ethnology Manuscript titled "Indian Nomenclature of Localities in Washington and Oregon Territories."
 

Box 2

2/1 Copies of correspondence of W.P. McCarther to his father (1849-1850) and a copy of an account of military detachment transported to Ft. Steilacoom, Washington Territory.


2/2 Report to the President and Directors of the of the Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad Company- 2 copies


2/3 Memo book; interview notes; article notes; newspaper notes; etc. "Whatcom Chapter No. 5, Daughters of Pioneers"; small notebook notes, mostly blank notepad.


2/4 Ephemera


2/5 P.R. Jeffcott's "Last Will and Testament", Coal Mine Personnel List, and genealogical items


2/6 Ephemera- ribbons and pins


2/7 Photostat copy- first issue of "The Esquinaux" 1866


2/8 "Atlas Science Tablet for Laboratory Notes and Drawings in Biology" Whatcom Normal School, first term 1899


2/9 Biographies- Members of the Clam Digger's Association


2/10 Nooksack Indian Census- Chief Sehome's ancestors


2/11 Notebook: notes on Dr. Welch


2/12 Notebook: notes on Lieut. Robert H. Davis


2/13 Notebook: Notes on J.B. Nichols


2/14 Notebook: notes on Archibald Menzie- notes taken from A. Menzie's Journal


2/15 Notebook: Notes on Rev. John Alexander Tennant


2/16 Notebook: Notes on Nooksack Indians- Story of Skagit Tom.  Notes on Methodist Conference Reports, 1884-1898.


2/17 Miscellaneous handwritten names and notes- 40 pages.

 

2/18 Newspaper clippings re: Whatcom County Pioneers (including "Blanket Bill" Jarman) ca. 1906-1953
 

Box 3

 

3/1 Notes on Mr. H.C. Wells, Hampton.


3/2 Notes on Andrew Ecklund of Blue Canyon Mine


3/3 "Sketches of Old Pioneers", P.R. Jeffcott. Individuals mentioned include Warbass, McCloskey, John Harris, and Billy Clarke


3/4 Typed manuscript of letter written by R.C. Moody, Col. Comg., Lt. Governor, Commander of Lands and Works, Feb. 10, 1859


3/5 "The Villages of the Nooksack Tribe, Whatcom County, State of Washington."


3/6 Handwritten notes from interviews.  Subject: Jim Bertrand.


3/7 Handwritten notes from interviews.  Subject: The Evan's Cabin


3/8 Missionary activities in the Chilliwack Valley.


3/9 Miscellaneous notes on William King Lear and George H. Warbass


3/10 Miscellaneous notes on William T. Ballou


3/11 Miscellaneous notes on Terrance Grogan


3/12 Miscellaneous notes on John H. Plaster


3/13 Miscellaneous notes about George Warbass, Elizabeth Jack, and William Patternson


3/14 Miscellaneous letter addressed to P.R. Jeffcott, 2/6/46

 

3/15 List of Officers of Whatcom County 1863


3/16 Warbass, Captain E. undated


3/17 Articles re: Bellingham and Sehome Coal Mines 1918, undated.
 

Series III: Manuscripts ca. 1930-1960s

 

3/18 "Bellingham Once Was a Terminal City.  Its First Railroad History is Told" by P. R. Jeffcott


3/19 Notes on Joel Clayton and Clayton Bay


3/20 "Dead Man's Point- Place of Mystery and Romance" by P. R. Jeffcott


3/21 "Boom! Boom! Cannons Boomed on Bellingham Bay.  Some History Told First Time" by P. R. Jeffcott


3/22 "Shoreline Tales on Bellingham Bay. New Historical Light Reveals Much of Interest on the First Settlers" by P. R. Jeffcott- 15 pages


3/23 "Stories of Birch Bay and Semiahmoo.  A Historical Anthology of the North Western Corner of Whatcom County" by P. R. Jeffcott.


3/24 "Stories of Birch Bay and Semiahmoo.  A Historical Anthology of the North Western Corner of Whatcom County" by P. R. Jeffcott


3/25 "Stories of Birch Bay and Semiahmoo.  A Historical Anthology of the North Western Corner of Whatcom County" by P. R. Jeffcott


3/26 "Stories of Birch Bay and Semiahmoo.  A Historical Anthology of the North Western Corner of Whatcom County" by P. R. Jeffcott


3/27 "Fairhaven- Ghost Town Stirs Again" by P. R. Jeffcott


3/28 "Recollections of Ferndale Sixty Years Ago" by P. R. Jeffcott


3/29 (Same as Above)


3/30 "Ferndale Tales" published in the Ferndale Record by P. R. Jeffcott


3/31 "Ferndale Tales" published in the Ferndale Record by P. R. Jeffcott


3/32 "Ferndale has a Centennial. Anniversary of John A. Tennant's Settlement, 1859" by P. R. Jeffcott


3/33 "Ferndale's Pioneer Doctors Were Our Real Assets in Early Days" by P. R. Jeffcott


3/34 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Introduction, Chapter I, II


3/35 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Chapter III, IV
 

Box 4

 

4/1 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Chapter V (p 1-40)


4/2 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Chapter V (p. 41-80)


4/3 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Chapter VI, VII, VIII


4/4 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Chapter IX, X


4/5 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Chapter XI, XII, XIII


4/6 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Chapter XIV, XV, XVI


4/7 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Chapter XVII, XVIII, XIX


4/8 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Chapter XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV


4/9 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Chapter XXV, XXVI


4/10 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Chapter XXVII, XXVIII


4/11 Nooksack Tales and Trails: Index


4/12 "The Story of Enterprise or Romantic Tales of Early Days in the Nooksack Valley" 


4/13 "Romance and Intrigue on Bellingham Bay: A Story of Old Sehome"


4/14 "Story of the Fourth of July Celebration in 1874 at Sehome" 


4/15 "Coming Up- 1858 Centennials, Notes on Whatcom County History" 


4/16 Centennial Stories 1858-1958


4/17 Centennial Stories 1858-1958 (cont.)


4/18 "History of Enterprise" Whatcom County Old Settlers Association


4/19 Chechaco and Sourdough, or the Mt. Baker Gold Rush- List of Illustration


4/20 Chechaco and Sourdough, or the Mt. Baker Gold Rush- pages 1-23 Original
 

Box 5

 

5/1 Chechaco and Sourdough, or the Mt. Baker Gold Rush- pages 24-59 Original


5/2 Chechaco and Sourdough, or the Mt. Baker Gold Rush- pages 1-23 Carbon


5/3 Chechaco and Sourdough, or the Mt. Baker Gold Rush- pages 24-59 Carbon


5/4 Chechaco and Sourdough, or the Mt. Baker Gold Rush- pages 60-109 Book II, Original


5/5 Chechaco and Sourdough, or the Mt. Baker Gold Rush- pages 60-109 Book II, Copy


5/6 Chechaco and Sourdough, or the Mt. Baker Gold Rush- pages 110-158 Book III, Original


5/7 Chechaco and Sourdough, or the Mt. Baker Gold Rush- pages 110-158 Book III, Copy


5/8 Chechaco and Sourdough, or the Mt. Baker Gold Rush- Index


5/9 "More Talk than Gold, Nooksack Mining District" by Will D. Jenkins- 2 pages.


5/10 "Some History of Names in the Mt. Baker Mining District." An Address before the Cascade Wilderness Club, Feb. 4, 1964


5/11 "A Search for a Route to the Similkameen Gold Mine, 1886" T. C. Austin and Samuel Belford


5/12 "Note on Bellingham Coal Mines" 


5/13 Early Discoveries and Exploration in Local Waters: Chapters 1-3
     (typed original)


5/14 Early Discoveries and Exploration in Local Waters: Chapters 1-3
     (handwritten)


5/15 Early Discoveries and Exploration in Local Waters: Chapters 1-3
     (typed copy)


5/16 "Chief Yelokanum's Fishtrap" Robert Emmet Hawley


5/17 "Fraser River, Lure of Three Quests"  2/6/32


5/18 "Sample of Chinook Jargon" 


5/19 History of the Nooksacks


5/20 "Ferndale once had a Gold Rush" 


5/21 "Mt. Baker Mines- Notes" Book I, pages 1-49
 

Box 6

 

6/1 "Mt. Baker Mines- Notes" Book I, pages 50-110


6/2 "Mt. Baker Mines- Notes" Book II, pages 111-140


6/3 "Mt. Baker Mines- Notes" Book II, pages 141-176


6/4 "The Story of Enterprise: A Romantic Tale of Early Days in the Nooksack Valley" 


6/5 "Shoreline Stories on Bellingham Bay: The Bellingham Bay Coal Mines."


6/6 "Shoreline Stories on Bellingham Bay: The Bellingham Bay Coal Mine, The Company Store"- Book II, III, and Illustrations


6/7 Economic Growth of Whatcom County Since 1890


6/8 "The Villages of the Nooksack Tribe. Whatcom County" P. R. Jeffcott- 4 pages.


6/9 Short Stories and Notes


6/10 Notes about Bill Jarman; Ferndale 60 Years Ago- first writing; General Notes on Various Subjects; Biographical Material- John Tennant and Rev. D. G. LeSoured.


6/11 Ferndale School Speech


6/12 Untitled Pioneer Notes


6/13 "Honor to Our Pioneers" 


6/14 History of the Nooksacks


6/15 William Jarman (Blanket Bill)


6/16 Untitled- Early History of Bellingham


6/17 "The Everson Ferry" (Nooksack Crossing), Pete Harkness


6/18 Life Sketch of John A. Tennant


6/19 Notes and Comments Re: Charley Kahana Interview- 2/12/45


6/20 "Fraser River, Lure of Three Quests" (History of the Fraser River), 1932


6/21 Blanket Bill Jarman- P. R. Jeffcott- Draft Copy: Title Page, Dedication, Preface, Table of Contents, Table of Illustrations.


6/22 Blanket Bill Jarman- P. R. Jeffcott- Master Copy: Main Text


6/23 Blanket Bill Jarman- P. R. Jeffcott- Carbon Copy: Main Text
 

Box 7

 

7/1 Blanket Bill Jarman- P. R. Jeffcott- Master Copy: Appendix


7/2 Blanket Bill Jarman- P. R. Jeffcott- Carbon Copy: Appendix


7/3 Blanket Bill Jarman- P. R. Jeffcott- Galley Proof: Title page-page 66

 
7/4 Blanket Bill Jarman- P. R. Jeffcott- Galley Proof: Pages 67-129


7/5 Blanket Bill Jarman- P. R. Jeffcott- Galley Proof: Pages 130-202


7/6 Blanket Bill Jarman- P. R. Jeffcott- Published Copy: Chapter 1-3, pages 5-20.


7/7 "William Robert Jarman: A Summary of Data on His Story" 


7/8 "In Good Old Pioneer Days" 


7/9 "Brief History of the Old Settlers Association" 


7/10 "Also a Pioneer Centennial" 


7/11 "Alphabetical Text on Ferndale Pioneers" 


7/12 "Bachelors Have Trouble in Early Days" 


7/13 "Steamboating on the Nooksack" 


7/14 "The Little Gray Church" (Poem) 


7/15 "Our Pioneers" (Poem), 11/6/39


7/16 "Nooksack Tales and Trails" #1- "Hans Bethusen's Friend"


7/17 "Nooksack Tales and Trails" #2- "The Credulous Mr. Luster"


7/18 "Those Who Came Early" Paper read before the Aftermath Club, 11/15/65


7/19 "James C. Bertrand"


7/20 "Some Legendary History of Bertrand Prairie" 


7/21 "James C. Bertrand, Pioneer of the Northwest Boundary and Bertrand
     Prairie" 


7/22 Untitled letter to editor of the Ferndale Record from Hugh Eldridge


7/23 "Billy Clark" P. R. Jeffcott- 2 copies (master/carbon), 10 pages.


7/24 "Henry C. Egley, 1933 or 34," Address given by Egley describing Lynden.


7/25 "A Brief Sketch of My Life" P. R. Jeffcott


7/26 "The Nooksack Indians: A Brief History of the Tribe" 
 

Box 8

 

8/1 "James Alexander Patterson at Squa-ha-lish Fathered Darigold"


8/2 "Alexander Patterson and Reuben Bizer at Squahalish" 


8/3 "The Old Time Teacher and Our Community" 


8/4 "Whatcom County Old Settler's Association was a Colorful Institution of the Pioneers" 


8/5 Diary of Mrs. Jerusha Nobles with written notes


8/6 Story of James Kavanaugh's wife, Princess Troi Stola from the Anacortes American


8/7 "The James Kavanaugh Diary" handwritten transcription written by P. R. Jeffcott from the Anacortes American


8/8 "Sketches" 


8/9 "Grandma Mosher's Scrapbook is a Wonder of Pioneer Art" 


8/10 "Pioneer Along the Bend of the Nooksack" by Lelah Jackson Edson


8/11 "Pioneer Recollections of Pleasant Valley" by Rebecca E. (Tarta) Jeffcott


8/12 "Sketches from an Itinerant Methodist Preacher's Pioneering in Whatcom County" or "Sowing the Seeds of Methodism in the Northwest" 


8/13 'The Frederick F. Lane Diary of a Prospecting Trip up the Nooksack River, 1860" 


8/14 "John Benjamin Nichols" 


8/15 "The Autobiography of the Reverend C. M. Tate, First Methodist Missionary to the Nooksack Tribe of Indians of Whatcom County, Washington, USA" transcribed by P. R. Jeffcott


8/16 Appendix to "Death Calles Beloved"; collection of eulogies to Rev. Charles M. Tate


8/17 Appendix no. 1, Rev. Charles M. Tate


8/18 "Relations of the Nooksack to the Chilliwack Tribe" from C. M. Tate's story


8/19 "Captain John or Jack" 


8/20 "First White Settlers in the Lynden District" information received from Johnnie Killcup


8/21 "Captain Killcup" 


8/22 "George T. Kinley" 


8/23 "Chief Yelokanum's Fishtrap: A Tale of 1878" 


8/24 "The Adventuresome Life of Reuben Nowell" by Casey Wells


8/25 "Hasty Memoirs of 'Life at Nooksack River' especially in relation to Prospectors and Mines" by Leona Adkinson McClimans


8/26 "A Story of the Real Life of One Named Charley Anderson…"  by Jason H. Adkinson


8/27 "James R. Beatty" by Laura Beatty


8/28 "James Bremner" 


8/29 "Howard E. Buswell: In Memoriam" 


8/30 "B. H. Bruns and E. H. Bruns"


8/31 "George Slater was Sire of a Well Known Family: Old Home Still Stands"

 

8/32 Eldridge, Edward – letter in Reveille re: taxation in Whatcom County undated
 

Series IV: Pamphlets undated, 1936-1965

 

Box 9

 

9/1 Indian Names of Washington (missing)


9/2 A Brief Historical Sketch of Port Townsend, Washington (missing)


9/3 A Brief Historical Sketch of Port Townsend, Washington (Same as above but a different printing)


9/4 St. Joachims Mission Church at the Lummi Indian Reservation, Washington (letter enclosed)


9/5 The Lummi Island Story (missing)


9/6 A Vocabulary of Native Words in the Halkomelem Language


9/7 The American Indian


9/8 The Seven Brothers of the House of Ste-Tee-Thlum. (letter enclosed)


9/9 Shelton High School Alumni Association


9/10 Early Washington Communities in Art


9/11 Designations of Principal Platted Editions, Whatcom County, Washington


9/12 Blaine, Washington.  The International City.


9/13 Same as Above (missing)


9/14 Washington Highways to History


9/15 Linking the Atlantic to the Pacific, Ocean to Ocean, Montreal greets Vancouver


9/16 British Columbia, Canada


9/17 Vancouver Historical Journal, No. 4, January 1961


9/18 Pilot Commander Don Jose Maria Narvaez, 1791


9/19 Steamboat Days on the Skeena River, British Columbia


9/20 Fort Langley National Historic Park


9/21 Stuart and Babine Lake Districts


9/22 Pacific Northwest Americana Catalog, Oregon Historical Society


9/23 Tidal Action in British Columbia Waters


9/24 Mineralogist's Pocket Reference


9/25 The Book of Presidents


9/26 Gravesend: The Gateway to the Port of London


9/27 History, Catalogue 569 of New English Books from Blackwell's

 

9/28 San Juan Dispute: A Thrilling Period in US History 1852-1872


9/29 H.M. Chatham and HMS Discovery – greeting card illustrations undated.

 

Box 10


10/1 True West Magazine, June 1965


10/2 Caribou and Northwest Digest, February 1950


10/3 Hudson's Bay Record Society Rules


10/4 Caribou Land Recording Division, 1936


10/5 "The Development of Tugs on the B. C. Coast" address by Capt. Charles Warren Cates, F. R. A. I. to the B. C. Area, Pacific Northwest Section, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Vancouver, B. C., January 31, 1958.


10/6 A Report on Washington State Oil Development, Olympia, Washington, February 18, 1952


10/7 "The Mediterranean of the Pacific" Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Sept. 1870, Vol. XLI


10/8 "Whites in the Valley of  STAW-loh" from "Anthology of Valley History" by Casey Wells, 1965


10/9 "The 'Judas' Ox" from "Anthology of Valley History" by Casey Wells, 1965.


10/10 "How Seabird Island Got Its Name" from "Anthology of Valley History" by Casey Wells, 1965.


10/11 "The Skeleton in the Stump" from "Anthology of Valley History" by Casey Wells, 1965.


10/12 "Work, the Road to Success: The Story of Hillview" by Gilbert P. Kincaid, 1941.


10/13 "Pioneers of Peace" 75th Anniversary (Diamond Jubilee) of Blaine, Washington 1884-1959.
 

Series V- Books 1879, 1920

 

10/14 British Columbia Pilot, Vol. 1, Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1920.


10/15 Journal of the Legislature of Washington Territory, 1879.

 

Series VI- Maps ca. 1866-1966

Follow this link to the Center's online map database for item-level description of maps in the P.R. Jeffcott papers.

 

Series VII. Photographs ca. 1875-1960

Follow this link to the Center's online photo database for item-level description of images in the P.R. Jeffcott papers.