Homer B. Splawn Papers, 1860-2007 (bulk 1880s-1980s)

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Splawn family
Title
Homer B. Splawn Papers
Dates
1860-2007 (bulk 1880s-1980s) (inclusive)
Quantity
11 cubic feet, (24 boxes: 10 half legal-sized manuscript boxes; 1 half letter-sized manuscript box; 1 legal-sized manuscript box; 5 oversized newspaper boxes; 3 small boxes; 1 flat box; 2 record boxes)  :  Fair, though aging to newspapers and manuscripts
Collection Number
MS10
Summary
The Homer B. Splawn Papers contain newspaper clippings, business and genealogical records, correspondence and writings created by the Splawns, a prominent pioneering family in Yakima, WA, 1860-2007.
Repository
Central Washington University, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Central Washington University
400 E University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Telephone: 509-963-1023
Fax: 509-963-3684
archive@cwu.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to the public for educational research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Andrew Jackson (A.J. or Jack) Splawn was a cowboy, ranch owner, and politician in the early years of settlement in Yakima, WA. Born in 1845 in Helm County, Missouri, Splawn spent much of his childhood in Linn County, Oregon, before following his older brother Charles to eastern Washington. At sixteen years of age, he hired out as cowboy for Major John Thorp and soon participated in his first cattle drive to Fort Kamloops, British Columbia. He subsequently took part in a variety of cattle drives to British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, and eastern Oregon. During this time, he encountered bandits and hostile Indians, as well as other perils. In 1870 he established Robber’s Roost, a trading post unique to central Washington. Indeed, given the importance of the trading post, Robber’s Roost served as the name for the present town of Ellensburg until 1875, when John Shoudy named the site for his wife, Ellen. In the 1880s, Splawn purchased Springdale Ranch in Cowiche Valley and imported the first Hereford cattle to the Northwest. Later he exported his prize-winning Herefords to Alaska, Hawaii, and China. Splawn promoted the first packing house in the Pacific Northwest and served as outside partner of Frye and Co. of Seattle.

In 1903, A.J. Splawn stepped away from ranching to take part in politics. He served as Washington state senator from 1903-1905, Democratic candidate for governor in 1905, and mayor of North Yakima in 1911. As mayor, he was called on to rid Yakima of prostitution and the Chinese opium trade.

Splawn served as first president of the Tieton Water Users’ Association in the early 1900s. He was also co-founder and first president of the Yakima Valley Transportation Co. He was an early member of the Yakima County Horticultural Union, livestock agent for the Great Northern Railroad, organizer and first president of the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland, leader in the Washington Livestock Association, and organizer and early president of the Washington State Fair.

A.J. Splawn died in March, 1917, of a disease contracted from a parrot at a pet store. He was survived by his wife, Margaret Larsen Splawn.

Margaret Cecilian Larsen was born April 28, 1873, in Independence, Kansas, to John H. Larsen and Hester Elvina Tilton Larsen. In 1878 the family traveled to Tillamook, Oregon, where John Larsen established a trading post. Later they moved to Garibaldi, where Margaret’s mother became postmistress, and then the Dalles, where her father established shipping yards for grain, wool, hides, furs, and pelts. Margaret attended St. Mary’s Academy at the Dalles, graduating in 1891. She taught school in Washington and Montana for seven years and married A.J. Splawn in 1897. Together they had three children: Andrew J. Splawn, Jr., Homer B. Splawn, and Lallooh Splawn Carpenter. Only Homer and Lallooh survived to later adulthood.

After A.J. Splawn passed away in 1917, Margaret Splawn continued to operate the ranch. She was also active in the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, the Twentieth Century Club, the Yakima County Pioneer Association, the Yakima Valley Historical Society, the Oregon Historical Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Columbia River Archaeological Society. In the 1940s, she helped to edit and republish A.J. Splawn’s Kamiakin, his account of Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest and his experiences driving cattle. Margaret Splawn passed away on December 13, 1954.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection comprises manuscripts, notes, newspaper clippings, select photos, and printing plates collected by Homer B. Splawn relating to Splawn family history, with particular emphasis on the 1880s to the 1980s. The collection includes research notes, poems, and stories written by Margaret Splawn in her capacity as editor of her husband’s book Kamiakin and as leader in the Yakima Valley Historical Society. Also included is correspondence initiated or received by Homer B. Splawn as he researched Splawn and Larsen family genealogy. The collection includes limited business records of A.J. Splawn’s ranch and the subsequent Margaret C. Splawn estate, including awards earned by Splawns’ Hereford cattle, property deeds, and an expense ledger. In addition, the collection includes meeting minutes and notes of the Yakima Sons of the American Revolution and the Yakima Valley Historical Society—groups in which Margaret and A.J. Splawn led and participated. Published manuscripts included in this collection are Kamiakin, by A.J. Splawn, and Story of Margaret Larsen Splawn, by Homer B. Splawn and Lalloh Splawn Carpenter.

Please note that, while organizing A.J. Splawn's book Kamiakin, Margaret Splawn gathered together and edited her husband's notes. Some materials in Series II: Margaret (Larsen) Splawn may, therefore, have been written by A.J. Splawn and edited posthumously by his wife.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Name of document or photograph number]. MS10, Homer B. Splawn Papers. Archives and Special Collections, Brooks Library, Central Washington University.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in eleven series: Series I: A.J. Splawn; Series II: Margaret (Larsen) Splawn; Series III: Splawn family business records; Series IV: Larsen family genealogy; Series V: Splawn family genealogy; Series VI: Yakima Valley history; Series VII: Oversized; Series VIII: Photos and printing plates; Series IX: Published manuscripts; Series X: 3-D objects; Series XI: Audiovisual materials. Within series, folders are arranged alphabetically.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I:  A.J. SplawnReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1-1
Article—“History of Washington" (photocopy)
circa 1933
1-2
Biography by Homer B. Splawn
1-3
Business cards
1-4
Cemetery deeds
1898
1-5
Manuscript—“Cowboy Song"
1-6
Manuscript—Untitled
1-7
Manuscript—Untitled poem
1-8
Mayoral election
1914
1-9
Newspaper clippings
circa 1944-1960
1-10
Obituaries
1917
1-11
Organization membership—Washington Cattlemen’s Association
1947-1990
1-12
Pamphlets—“Hall of Great Westerners"
1-13
Personal correspondence
1913-1917
1-14
Professional correspondence—“Letter to the Editor of the Yakima Republic"
1-15
Professional correspondence—Incoming
circa 1903-1916
1-16
Response to Kamiakin
1956
1-17
Response to Kamiakin
1959
1-18
Response to Kamiakin
circa 2004
1-19
Response to Kamiakin (article)
1-20
Speech—First draft on Northern Pacific irrigation bill
1903
1-21
Will
1917-1929

II:  Margaret (Larsen) SplawnReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
2-1
Biography—Story of Margaret Larsen Splawn, by Homer B. Splawn and Lallooh Splawn Carpenter
1989
2-2
Biography—by Homer B. Splawn
2-3
Biography—Book research by Homer Splawn
circa 1887-1888
2-4
Cemetery deeds
1918-1928
2-5
Correspondence—Dolph Barnett to Margaret Splawn
1940
2-6
Correspondence—Binsford and Mort, Publishers, to Margaret Splawn
1948
2-7
Correspondence—Clarence Dill to Margaret Splawn
1928-1934
2-8
Correspondence—Evan Estep to Margaret Splawn
2-9
Correspondence—Funk and Wagnalls Company to Margaret Splawn
1919
2-10
Correspondence—General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Division of Indian Welfare, to Margaret Splawn
1931
2-11
Correspondence—Indian Rights Association to Margaret Splawn
1928
2-12
Correspondence—King Resolution
1927-1930
2-13
Correspondence—Margaret Splawn on behalf of St. Mary’s Alumnae Association
2-14
Correspondence—Margaret Splawn to Mrs. Joseph Lindon Smith (fragment)
1929
2-15
Correspondence—Hazard Stevens to Margaret Splawn
1918
2-16
Correspondence—Fred Wilson to Margaret Splawn
1941
2-17
Essays and valedictory address
circa 1891
2-18
Manuscript—“Alexander Ross" edit (text by A.J. Splawn? editing by Margaret Splawn)
2-19
Manuscript—Edit of “Burial grounds" (text by A.J. Splawn? editing by Margaret Splawn, fragment)
2-20
Manuscript—“But a few hoary heads remain"
2-21
Manuscript—“Centennial Hall"
2-22
Manuscript—“David Thompson"
2-23
Manuscript—“A dream"
2-24
Manuscript—“Fire at the Dalles"
3-1
Manuscript—“The Indian in his primitive condition" (text by A.J. Splawn, editing by Margaret Splawn)
3-2
Manuscript—“An Indian name I planted there"
3-3
Manuscript—“Ipaya: An Indian Legend"
3-4
Manuscript—“A June day"
1924
3-5
Manuscript—“Kamiakin’s Garden"
1918
3-6
Manuscript—“Keeping the Watch"
3-7
Manuscript—“The Keystone of the Hearthstone"
3-8
Manuscript—“My Tree"
3-9
Manuscript—“Ne Sitka Klat-a Wa Nan-lah Til-li-cums (We Go to See Our Friends)"
3-10
Manuscript—“Notes of Trip over Cariboo Trail"
1953
3-11
Manuscript—“Now and Then"
3-12
Manuscript—“Old Times Were Good Times"
3-13
Manuscript—“On the Threshold"
3-14
Manuscript—“Rehabiliment of the Dead" (text by A.J. Splawn, editing by Margaret Splawn)
3-15
Manuscript—“Reminiscences"
3-16
Manuscript—“The Return in After Years"
3-17
Manuscript—“The Smoke from a Lone Teepee"
3-18
Manuscript—“St. Mary’s"
3-19
Manuscript—“Stained Glass Windows for the Spokane Hall of Fame"
3-20
Manuscript—“A Summary"
3-21
Manuscript—“Twentieth C. Club"
1915
4-1
Manuscript—“Voters of Washington, I greet you"
4-2
Manuscript—“The Yakima Indians of Washington"
circa 1931
4-3
Manuscript—Untitled, on women (fragment)
4-4
Newspaper clippings
circa 1940s
4-5
Notebook—Native American vocabulary and culture
circa 1877-1930
4-6
Notebook—Yakima Valley history
1882
4-7
Notebook
1903
4-8
Notes—Early Pacific Northwest settlers
4-9
Notes—“Margaret C. Splawn"
4-10
Notes—Native American vocabulary
4-11
Notes—Native American vocabulary
4-12
Notes—Nez Perces, Klickitats, Spokanes
4-13
Notes—The object of education
4-14
Notes—on clubs
4-15
Notes—on Native American history
4-16
Notes—on Native American legends
4-17
Notes—“The watches of the night"
4-18
Notes
circa 1927
4-19
Notes, miscellaneous
5-1
Notes (fragmentary)
5-2
Program—“An Historic Pageant of Kittitas Valley"
1916
5-3
Program—“Talk of Long Ago"
5-4
Research—Garibaldi Post Office
1946
5-5
Research—Newspaper clippings and catalog
circa 1944-1953
5-6
Speech—“Address Anniversary" to Twentieth Century Club
5-7
Speech—“Klahowya tillicums"
circa 1940
5-8
Speech—on behalf of Pioneers Association
5-9
Speech?—on pioneer women
5-10
Speech?—to clubwomen
5-11
Speech—St. Mary’s valedictory address? “To the archbishop"
5-12
Teachers’ certificates

III:  Splawn family business recordsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
5-13
Splawn ranch—Deed (photocopy)
1898
5-14
Splawn ranch—Legal and financial ledger
circa 1882-1890
5-15
Splawn ranch—Livestock interests—American Hereford Record certificates of pedigree
1876-1907
5-16
Splawn ranch—Livestock interests—Committee on Dairy and Life Stock recommendation
1903
5-17
Splawn ranch—Livestock interests—Indiana Blooded Stock Company pedigree certificates
1878
5-18
Splawn ranch—Livestock interests—Parker ranch pamphlet
5-19
Splawn ranch—Livestock interests—Pedigree charts
circa 1899-1903
5-20
Splawn ranch—Publicity—American Hereford Journal
1911-1958
5-21
Splawn ranch—Publicity—Coulee City Review on Splawn Herefords
1902
5-22
Splawn ranch—A.J. Splawn stock certificates
1904
5-23
Splawn ranch—Tax receipt
5-24
Splawn ranch—Tieton Water Users Association records
1902-1923
6-1
Margaret C. Splawn Estate—Deeds
1944-1957
6-2
Margaret C. Splawn Estate—Expense report
1943
6-3
Margaret C. Splawn Estate—JB&S Mill
circa 1945
6-4
Margaret C. Splawn Estate—Loudon stock certificates
1945-1962
6-5
Margaret C. Splawn Estate—Margaret Splawn stock certificates
1904-1945
6-6
Margaret C. Splawn Estate---Newspaper clippings

IV:  Larsen family genealogyReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
6-7
Correspondence—Mrs. Jonathan Blumhagen to Homer Splawn
1954-1955
6-8
Correspondence—Sarah Burr to Margaret Splawn
1949
6-9
Correspondence—Minnie to Heather Larsen
1928
6-10
Family tree
1930
6-11
Birton T. Larsen
1956
6-12
Lawrence Larsen
1910-1928
6-13
Minnie Larsen Loudon
1908
6-14
Minnie Larsen Loudon application for membership in Daughters of the American Revolution
1910
6-15
Loudons—Article (fragment, photocopy)
6-16
Miscellaneous notes
6-17
Margaret Splawn application for membership in Daughters of the American Revolution
6-18
Peden family
6-19
Tilton family
1982

V:  Splawn family genealogyReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
6-20
Article—“The Splawn Brothers and Grandma Rice"
1976
6-21
Correspondence—Reba Blakely to Homer Splawn
1974
6-22
Correspondence—Norma Corey and Homer Splawn
1979
6-23
Correspondence—Paul Elvig and Homer Splawn
1998
6-24
Correspondence—Diana Enz to Homer Splawn
1995
6-25
Correspondence—Mrs. Harold G. Griep to Margaret Splawn
1978
6-26
Correspondence—Sherry Horton and Homer Splawn
1995-1997
7-1
Correspondence—Henry Hudson to Loudon
7-2
Correspondence—Homer Splawn and Vivian Johnson
1979
7-3
Correspondence—Effie Jones Littlefield to Homer Splawn
1959-1960
7-4
Correspondence—Splawn and Mrs. Gordon McCormick
1974-1975
7-5
Correspondence—Fred McDowell to Margaret Splawn
1933
7-6
Correspondence—McGinnis-Splawn-Carpenter genealogy
7-7
Correspondence—Katherine Milligan to Homer Splawn
1975
7-8
Correspondence—Mortensens and Homer Splawn
1979-1999
7-9
Correspondence—Richard Moseley to Homer Splawn
1976
7-10
Correspondence—Charles F. Myers and Homer Splawn
1983-1984
7-11
Correspondence—Jan Rasmussen to Homer Splawn
1983
7-12
Correspondence—Ida Robinson to Margaret Splawn
1935
7-13
Correspondence—Minnie Sibbets and Homer Splawn
1955-1957
7-14
Correspondence—Mary Inglis Sims and Homer Splawn
1987
7-15
Correspondence—David Smith to Homer Splawn
1990
7-16
Correspondence—Andrew Newton Splawn to Margaret Splawn
1948
7-17
Correspondence—Bill Splawn to Homer Splawn
1970
7-18
Correspondence—Edward Splawn and Homer Splawn
1981
7-19
Correspondence—Johnny Splawn to Homer Splawn
1978
7-20
Correspondence—Leon Splawn to Homer Splawn
1992
7-21
Correspondence—Marjorie Splawn and Homer Splawn
1962
7-22
Correspondence—Paul Splawn to Homer Splawn
1987
7-23
Correspondence—Sammy and Paul Splawn to Homer Splawn
1991
7-24
Correspondence—Walter MW Splawn to Margaret Splawn
1935
7-25
Correspondence—Louise Townsend and Homer Splawn
1979
7-26
Correspondence—George Whistler to Homer Splawn
1952
7-27
Correspondence—Jerry ? and Homer Splawn
1998
7-28
Correspondence—Herb and Ann ? to Homer Splawn
1991
7-29
Family record (certified by notary)
1948
7-30
McHaney family history
1989-2004
8-1
Notes
8-2
Sons of Veterans membership application
1862-1866
8-3
Andrew Jackson Splawn (1899-1957)
1957
8-4
Cecile O. Splawn
1954
8-5
Charles Splawn, George Splawn, Nancy Splawn Bond (photocopied newspaper clippings)
8-6
Fawn Splawn Cooper
8-7
Homer Splawn application for membership in Sons of the American Revolution
1957
8-8
Homer Splawn, career
circa 1940s
8-9
John Splawn—South Carolina deed (photocopy)
1765
8-10
John Homer Splawn, Jr.
1976
8-11
John and Dink Splawn—Article—“Bribery Led to a Yakima City Shootout" (photocopy)
1879
8-12
Josie and Floyd Splawn—Business card
8-13
Lallooh Splawn?—Notes
8-14
Lottie Splawn
1984-2001
8-15
Moses Splawn—Article—“Moses Splawn: Discoverer of the Boise Basin Gold," by Sherry Horton
8-16
Moses Splawn—Article—“Pioneer days in Idaho county" (photocopy)
8-17
Moses Splawn—Article—“Pioneer Portrait: Moses Splawn," by Sherry Horton
1996
8-18
Moses Splawn—Article
8-19
Moses Splawn—Newspaper clippings
circa 1925
8-20
Moses Splawn—Poetry (transcribed/edited by Margaret Splawn)
8-21
Moses Splawn—Warranty deed (photocopy)
1898
8-22
Newton Splawn
1967
8-23
William L. Splawn
8-24
Splawns (1790-1850)
1990
8-25
Sterling family history
1956
8-26
Washington Pioneer Certificate application for A.J. Splawn
1987

VI:  Yakima Valley historyReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
9-1
Article—“Belinda Mulrooney Carbonneau"
9-2
Article—“Dodging the Road Agents"
1970
9-3
Article—The West
1971
9-4
Article—“Wild Old Days"
1971
9-5
Article—Yakima City
9-6
Calendar—Ellensburg Bicentennial
1976
9-7
Historical Committee of Yakima Valley Pioneer Association—Notebook
1915
9-8
Manuscript—“Samples," by PJ Conrad
9-9
Menu—Devonshire Hotel Dining Room
1958
9-10
Menu—Northern Pacific Railway
9-11
Miscellaneous book excerpts
9-12
Newsletter—“Klickitat Heritage"
February 1975-August 1975
10-1
Newsletter—“State of Washington Dept. of Highways News"
September 1975
10-2
Newspaper clippings
circa 1944-1987
10-3
Programs—Sarah Eva Dodd funeral
10-4
Programs—“Unveiling of Thorp Memorial Monument"
1941
10-5
Publications—“Archaeology of the Upper Columbia Region"
September 1942
10-6
Publications—Eastern Washington Historical Primer
1943
10-7
Publications—“The Land of the Yakimas"
1977
10-8
Publications—Mid-America: An Historical Review
July 1949
10-9
Publications—“History of the Yakima Valley Bench and Bar"
2002
11-1
Publications—“The Yakima Basin and Its Water
11-2
Sons of the American Revolution—Application for charter
1914
11-3
Sons of the American Revolution—Constitution and By-laws
1914
11-4
Sons of the American Revolution—Correspondence
1913-1914
11-5
Sons of the American Revolution—Correspondence
1915
11-6
Sons of the American Revolution—Correspondence
1916
11-7
Sons of the American Revolution—Correspondence
1917
11-8
Sons of the American Revolution—Correspondence
1955
11-9
Sons of the American Revolution—Expenses
1916-1917
11-10
Sons of the American Revolution—Meeting minutes
1914-1917
11-11
Sons of the American Revolution—Notes
1956-1969
11-12
Sons of the American Revolution—Program
circa 1915
11-13
Sons of the American Revolution—Roll
1916-1917
11-14
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Correspondence by members
11-15
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Correspondence on Indian trails
1961-1964
11-16
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Meeting minutes
1917-1959
11-17
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Notebook of JA Slavin
1962
11-18
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Notes, Ahtanum Mission
circa 1962
11-19
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Notes, Cowychee Telephone Company
11-20
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Notes, Indian trails/Ahtanum Valley
circa 1963
11-21
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Notes, Konowac Pass (by Walter Purdin and Joe Slavin)
11-22
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Notes, “Selamona" and “Tampico"
11-23
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Notes and clippings, “Stage coach route"
circa 1998
11-24
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Pamphlets, “A Sagebrush Lawyer"
11-25
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Pamphlets, “Washington at a Glance"
11-26
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers, “Biography of DD Reynolds"
11-27
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers, Daverin family history
1972
11-28
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers, “Fifty Golden Years"
circa 1955
11-29
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers, “The First White Child Born in Ahtanum"
11-30
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers, “Fort Simcoe, Washington"
11-31
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers, “Hannah Melvina Chappell"
11-32
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers, “History of the Yakimas, 1860-1875"
1977
11-33
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers—“John Boe Nelson and Clarissa Janes Nelson Family"
1957
11-34
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers, “LeBree Quesnell: Fifty Happy Golden Years"
circa 1957
11-35
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers, “Oregon Trail," by Mrs. James G. Leed
1924
11-36
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers, “Story by Mrs. Charles Longmire"
11-37
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers, “Traveling History of the Pioneers," by David Longmire
1919
11-38
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers presented in session, Ahtanum
1918
11-39
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers presented in session, “The Beginnings of Irrigation in the State of WA"
1947
11-40
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers presented in session, “Early French families, pioneers of Moxee"
11-41
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Papers presented in session, “Father Boulet to Knights of Columbus"
1955
11-42
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Speech, “Ernest and Grayce Laney"
1961
11-43
Yakima Valley Historical Society—Speech
May 1961
11-44
Yakima Valley Museum
1976

VII:  OversizedReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
12-1
A.J. Splawn—Senate resolution relating to death of Andrew Jackson Splawn
1919
12-2
Margaret Splawn—Biography—Register of persons examined (photocopy)
1895-1914
12-3
Margaret Splawn—Membership certificate, Daughters of the American Revolution
1915
12-4
Splawn family business records—Splawn ranch—Deed to Upper Ranch
1875
12-5
Splawn family business records—Splawn ranch—Deed to Upper Ranch
1882
12-6
Splawn family genealogy—Sons of Veterans Roster of Officers
1895
12-7
Western American history—Menus, Danville Hotel Restaurant
12-8
Western American history—Booklet and images, Oregon Historical Society
1968
12-9
Yakima Valley history—Publications, The Fruit Grower’s Friend
1973
12-10
Yakima Valley history—Yakima City map (photocopy)
1984
13-1
Map of Splawn property
13-2
Margaret Larsen diploma, St. Mary’s Academy
1891
14-1
Newspaper clippings—Pacific Northwest history
1960-1963
14-2
Newspaper clippings—A.J. Splawn
1900-2007
15-1
Newspaper clippings—Splawns
1908
15-2
Newspaper clippings—Yakima Valley history
1882-1959
16-1
Newspaper clippings—Yakima Valley history
1960-2007

VIII:  Photos and printing platesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
17-1
Leah Jeffers Baker (classmate of Margaret Splawn at the Dalles)
1888
17-2
Fort Boisse
17-3
Lawrence Larsen
circa 1921
17-4
National Cowboy Hall of Fame (photos by Yvonne Willien?)
circa 1990s
17-5
Old Block House
17-6
Old Yakima City
circa 1885
17-7
Pioneer Day at Old Mission (1923, reprint)
2006
17-8
A.J. Splawn
circa 1873
17-9
Charles Splawn
prior to 1908
17-10
Charles Splawn? (reprint)
17-11
Margaret Splawn?
17-12
Moses Splawn in his 90s (slide and reprints)
2005
17-13
Revisiting routes traveled by Moses Splawn
1995
17-14
Photos by Nancy Splawn of Edmonds, WA, and Homer and Mary Splawn
2004
17-15
Tieton Project Engineering Corps
1903
18-1
Printing plate—A.J. Splawn portrait
19-1
Printing plates—for A.J. Splawn’s Kamiakin

IX:  Published manuscriptsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
20-1
Copies of Kamiakin, by A.J. Splawn
1944
21-1
Copies of Kamiakin, by A.J. Splawn
1944
22-1
Galleys for “Story of Margaret Larsen Splawn,” by Homer Splawn and Lallooh Splawn Carpenter
1989

X:  3-D objectsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
23-1
A.J. Splawn—Wallet
23-2
Ribbons for Splawns’ Hereford cattle
1904-1907

XI:  Audiovisual materialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box/Folder
24-1
Magnetic tape—Historian John Beck, etc.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--History
  • Ranching--West (U.S.)--History
  • Women--West (U.S.)--History--20th century
  • Yakima (Wash.)--History

Geographical Names

  • Yakima River Valley (Wash.)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Carpenter, Lallooh (Splawn) (creator)
    • Splawn, A. J. (creator)
    • Splawn, Homer B. (creator)
    • Splawn, Margaret C. (Larsen) (creator)
    Family Names
    • Splawn family (creator)