Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days Collection

Collection

Identifier: WCMss-311

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days Collection consists of material related to Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days and its predecessors: the Southeastern Washington Fair, the Southeastern Washington Fair and Frontier Days, and Walla Walla Frontier Days. This collection, which dates from 1870 to 2002, consists of souvenir programs, newspaper articles, slides of the 1948 parade, correspondence, tickets, ribbons, photographs, and other Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days ephemera. Articles about and photographs of "Tex" MCLeod, copies of the "Premium List" and the 1949 "Silver Jubilee" scrapbook celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the return of the fair after its discontinuation during the First World War are also included.

Dates

Creation: 1870-2002

Creator

Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

3.1 Linear Feet (2 manuscript boxes, 1 record carton, 1 flat box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days Collection houses materials related to the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days and its predecessors: the Southeastern Washington Fair, the Southeastern Washington Fair and Frontier Days, and Walla Walla Frontier Days. The materials date from 1870 to 2002.