Bellingham City Charter collection

Bellingham City Charter collection, 1950

Overview of the Collection

Title: Bellingham City Charter collection
Dates: 1950 (inclusive)
19501950

1966-1970 (inclusive)
19661970
Quantity: 0.25 linear feet
Collection Number: XOE_CPNWS0087bellinghamcharter (collection)
Summary: The collection contains various material related to the Bellingham City Charter and other development issues throughout Whatcom County.
Repository: Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Archives Building
808 25th St.
Bellingham, WA
98225
Telephone: (360) 650-7534
cpnws@wwu.edu
Access Restrictions: The collection is open to the public.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Bellingham City Charter collection contains correspondences, minutes, notes, petitions and reports related to attempts to revise the Bellingham City Charter in 1950 and again in the late-1960s. The collection also includes material related to a 1969-1970 zoning dispute over the Old Larson Mill site on Lake Whatcom, as well as various other development issues throughout Whatcom County.

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Preferred Citation

Bellingham City Charter collection, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.

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Acquisition Information

Donated by Vernon O. Tyler, date unknown.

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Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
1/1	Letters concerning City Charter and Free Holders	1966-1969
1/2	Old Charter Copies, New Proposals, and Public Sentiment Papers	1966-1969
1/3	Newspaper Clippings regarding the City Charter	1967-1969
1/4	Minutes of the Steering Committee	1950
1/5	Correspondence between the committees - Letters, Suggestions, etc.	1950
1/6	Reports, Reprints, Copies from Committees - City Charter	1950
1/7	Larson Mill Site	1969
1/8	Development Issues - City of Bellingham	1969-1970

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