Eldon Barrett Papers,

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1 Overview of the Collection Creator Title Dates Quantity Collection Number Summary Repository Access Restrictions Languages Barrett, Eldon Eldon Barrett Papers (inclusive) (bulk) linear feet XOE_CPNWS305barrett (collection) The Eldon Barrett Papers comprise biographical and personal papers, research, writings, and photographic materials documenting the life and career of a nationally known journalist, United Press International (UPI) writer and news bureau chief. Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies Goltz-Murray Archives Building th St. Bellingham, WA Telephone: cpnws@wwu.edu The collection is open to the public. English Biographical Note Eldon Barrett ( ) was a nationally known journalist, United Press International (UPI) reporter and news bureau chief. Born in Nampa, Idaho, Barrett s journalism career began during his teenage years at Olympia High School in Washington State, where he was a writer and editor of the school newspaper. He continued his writing at St. Martin s College in Lacey, Washington, before enlisting in the Merchant Marine during World War II. After the war, Barrett began working for UPI news agency, initially in Salem, Oregon, and then in Seattle, Washington. In 1980, following retirement from UPI, Barrett and his wife Catherine (Ayer) Barrett moved to Bellingham, Washington, where he edited "Going Strong," a Bellingham Herald column on the topic of senior citizens, and continued to research and publish travel-related writing. Eldon Barrett covered myriad issues and events during his career in journalism, including presidential visits to Seattle, sporting events, nuclear bomb testing in Alaska and Washington State legislative sessions. He was an avid and skilled photographer, documenting much of his travel and research interests through images as well as writing. Sources: Eldon Barrett Papers and obituary, published Content Description 1

2 The Eldon Barrett Papers comprise biographical and personal papers, research, writings and photographic materials documenting the life and career of a nationally known journalist, United Press International (UPI) writer and news bureau chief. The collection contains a small number of biographical and personal records, including documents from Eldon Barrett s high school and college years, certificates of award, papers relating to his military service and a copy of his obituary. The bulk of the collection comprises the extensive research and writing files generated through the course of Barrett s career with UPI, and during his retirement years as a freelance travel writer and Bellingham Herald columnist. Maintained largely in the original and meticulous order found in Barrett's office, these files chronicle the extent and evolving nature of his research interests. His files include an assortment of notes, correspondence, articles, clippings, publications, photographs and other materials organized topically as the basis for his professional writings. These research and writings files document a wide variety of subjects, including people, places and events in the Pacific Northwest and other world-wide locations. Barrett researched and documented myriad stories of local and regional interest, including high-profile criminal cases, Pacific Northwest maritime history, WWII history in the Aleutian Islands and nuclear weapons testing at Amchitka, Alaska. Also of interest and grouped together are research files for Barrett s Bellingham Herald Seniors columns, and pertaining to his ideas for books, articles, poetry and other writing projects. While Barrett frequently included copies or drafts of his manuscripts among these (subject-related) research files, researchers will also find many related and additional writings organized together under the headings publications and published articles. Eldon Barrett's papers contain a significant number of slides, photographs and scrapbooks that complement or document his writings and other research materials. Folders, albums and scrapbooks are clearly identified on the inventory with descriptive titles (most supplied or labeled by Barrett) regarding the name, location and date of their subjects. They include slides of travels and landscapes in Western Washington and the Pacific Northwest in particular, images of Seattle and Olympia during the 1960s (including images of visiting presidents, Robert F. Kennedy and Black Panther protests in Olympia), and scrapbooks of photos and clippings documenting Barrett's work "On the Job" at UPI's Seattle office. The collection also includes a small number of programs from sporting and other events, including the dedication ceremony for the Seattle Kingdome. Use of the Collection Preferred Citation Eldon Barrett Papers, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Heritage Resources, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA Administrative Information Arrangement The Eldon Barrett papers are organized in accordance with the following series arrangement: Series I. Biographical and personal papers

3 Series II. Research and Writings ( inclusive) Series III. Slides, Photographs and Albums circa ( inclusive) ( bulk) Series IV. Event Programs Acquisition Information The Eldon Barrett Papers were donated to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies on July 30, 2010 by his family. Processing Note The Eldon Barrett Papers have been maintained largely in the order in which the author organized them. Eric Mastor processed the Eldon Barrett papers in November 2010, with assistance from Joseph Shay. Detailed Description of the Collection Series I.: Biographical and personal papers, Scrapbook of additional biographical papers and documents can be found in file 11/10. Box/Folder 1/1 Obituary and bookmark from Memorial Gathering 2010 July 4 1/2 Honorable Discharge (Army Transportation Corp.) /3 High school annual Pioneer edition the Olympus 1937 High school annual Olympiad ; /4 Awards and Certificates re: Writing and Journalism /5 Awards and Crtificates re: Photography /6 Awards and Certificates, Other /7 Passports, vaccination records /8 Correspondence /9 Notebook "Eldon: The List Maker" and loose lists 1/10 Postcards 3

4 1/11 Pocket notebook(with wallet sized photographs inside) /12 Seaman's Certificate of Identification /13 School Diplomas Series II.: Materials: Research and Writings, , (bulk ) Olympia, High School and College Writings Box/Folder 1/14 First manuscripts (high school) /15 Large envelope YMCA Olympia Washington Newsletter 1943, copies of the Olympus, Olympia high school newsletter , the Martian, St. Martin s College v.18, nrs.4,6, November 14, 1941, Whatnot (Olympia High School March 24, General research files Box/Folder 1/16 Anasazi - Southwest Tribes circa 1980s-1990s 1/17 Anthropology & Archaeology Prehistoric Phenomena (Archeoastrology, etc) /18 Appaloosa 1960s-2000s 1/19 Archaeology Guatemala, Mexico 1970s-2000s 1/20 Archives (archiving) /21 Artists (painters, sculptors, etc.) /22 Autumn (N. Cascades)

5 1/23 Chet Ullin Mt. Baker Avalanche 1939; /24 Edwin Ayer s Sojourn /25 Jane Barnes (Chippie and the Chinook) /26 Saint Benedict /27 Bighorn Pryor Mustangs, Medicine Wheel, Lovell /28 Bill Brown ( Blanket Bill ) Oregon /29 Birds, Beasts, & Butterflies /30 Black Panthers /31 The Blues, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) /32 Logging boots (& other clothes) /33 Bohunk Nelson & other logging stories b/34 British Columbia /1 Bug Business /2 Gladys Buroker (Bellingham Female Pilot ~1919) /3 George Washington Bush (African-American Washington/ Oregon pioneer--bush Prairie near Olympia, Washington) /4 The C.C.C. (Civilian Conservation Corps) regional, national /5 Dig it now - Grays Harbor-Puget Sound Canal Project /6 Christmas Conjunction (astronomy, Star of Bethlehem) /7 Cannikan (Amchitka Nuclear Tests) First-hand observations, UPI notes, stories /8 Cannikan (Amchitka Nuclear Tests, Photographs)

6 2/9 Copenhagen & Rothkilde (Roskilde) /10 Chuckanut Drive /11 Columbus Day Storm /12 Columbia River /13 Columbia River(Newspaper clippings) /14 State Constitution (Washington) Writings /15 Washington (State) Constitution (includes original from October 1878) /16 Contact Lens (eyes) /17 Cowboy Cooking /18 Crater Lake, Bend, Shaniko, Oregon /19 Days (special) holidays, etc /20 Destinations (Misc.) /21 Diamond Lil /22 Dogfish /23 Earthquakes, Plate Tectonics /24 Eastern Washington (general) /25 Martha Ellis Story (crossed plains in 1852, narratives) /26 England, Wales /27 Flacks (Bob Ward) /28 Foos (Miki & Paul), plane crash 1975, medical flight /29 Pete French (Frenchglen, Oregon)

7 2/30 French Canada /1 Galloping Gertie, 1940 (Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse) /2 Garden Therapy /3 First Gas Station (1907, Seattle, John McLean) 1907 ; /4 Geoducks /5 Gingerbread (cooking) /6 Governor Hotel, Olympia, Washington /7 Great Basin National Park, Nevada (Lehman Caves) /8 Ruth Beebe Hill, Hanta Yo /9 Alta McClellan--Hardware Sales, Bellingham 1996; /10 Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alberta, Canada /11 Herbs, garlic, peppers, strawberries /12 Herring /13 High Desert of Oregon (Harney Lake Malheur Grant) /14 Highway /15 Hippofinks (Fort Lawton, Washington, Anzac unit, defended Tobrak, military) /16 Hoh-Quinault Rain Forest /17 Hose fight (Amtrak) /18 Old Bellingham Houses, Buildings /19 Hovander House (fragrance garden)

8 3/20 Idaho /21 Miscellaneous Indian, treaties, info, etc /22 Indian Resorts & Casinos /23 Inventions, Inventors, etc /24 John Day Fossils /25 Bobby Kennedy, et.al /26 King Arthur /27 Kinseys (photographers) /28 Kites /29 Klondike Kate (Mrs. John Matson, Bend, Oregon) /30 Charles Lappenbusch /31 Ham Lewis (Rep. James Hamilton Lewis, Washington State) 1897; /32 Logger Lingo, History of Logging /33 Lutefisk /34 Mexico, Guatemala /35 Mima Mounds ( Pimples Prairie ) S. of Olympia, Washington /36 Montezuma Castle, Arizona /37 Never Say Die (undertaker, Everett, Washington) 1891; /1 New England, Boston /2 New Orleans /3 North Cascade Park, Highway 1950s

9 4/4 Oaxaca /5 Old Capitol (Olympia, Washington) /6 Olympia (Washington) 1930s /7 Olympic Peninsula, Port Townsend /8 Oregon Coast /9 Oregon-Washington Roads, Parks, Sites, etc /10 WWU s Outdoor Art /11 Owl Party (~1986, Washington State politics) /12 Palacio de Belles Artes, Mexico City /13 Peace Arch, Sam Hill /14 Pickle Ball (invented by Washington Lt. Governor Joel Pritchard, et.al.) /15 General George Pickett (San Juan Pig War) /16 Political Humor (Washington State) /17 Port Townsend Southern Railway /18 A Punny Thing Happened (travel humor, eg, Coals to Newcastle) /19 Rare & Poisonous Plants /20 St. Patrick s (Irish toasts, etc) /21 Western Washington (Puget Sound) /22 Quagmire Jones /23 Mt. Rainier

10 4/24 Rembrandt (local couple s discovery) /25 Restaurants & Cooks /26 Rocks, Fossils, Gems /27 Gene Savoy (Bellingham) -- Andean Explorers Club /1 Scablands, Grand Coulee /2 Scandinavia (Sweden) circa 1980s 5/3 Scotland /4 The Seasons /5 Seattle (general) /6 Seowyn (Lummi Indian-initiation) /7 Septober in Alaska /8 Shannon Point (squid) /9 Shollos (Mexican hairless dog) /10 Shrove Tuesday /11 Silk Train (Japanese trade) /12 Skagit Flats, tulips, La Conner, Sedro-Woolley, Mt Vernon, Anacortes /13 Smorgasbord /14 Snake River, Hells Canyon, (Wallowa)(Hell s Canyon)(1956 map) 1956; /15 Snakes and Reptiles /16 Stone Soup

11 5/17 Save the Tree Squeek circa /18 State Symbols /19 Steelhead /20 Steens Mountain, Alvord Desert, Jordan Valley, Malheur (Oregon) /21 Sweden - Country of quality /22 Tansy Ragwort /23 Thermopolis Hot Springs, Colorado /24 Tillinghast (seed company) /25 Tilt-top table /26 Tomatoes & other vegetables /27 Tools /28 Trees (special) /29 Harry Truman /30 Vanport Flood /31 Velikovsky (astronomy) /32 The Virginian & Guy Waring /33 Volcanoes of the Cascades /34 Volcanoes of the Cascades (Newspaper clippings) /1 Washington (George and Nat) /2 Weather Lore /3 Wherries (boats) Ron Mueller circa

12 6/4 The Wild West /5 Wilkes, Charles (U.S. exploring expedition) /6 Williwaw Christmas (Alaska, WWII) /7 Wobblies (IWW, labor clash 1916) /8 Yakima Indian Nation, treaties, legal, etc Crime/Maritime/Sports Box/Folder 6/9 Misc.Crimes - Seattle, British Columbia /10 Kent Berry circa 1939; /11 Jake Bird circa /12 D.B. Cooper /13 Kryeacos murder /14 Laura Law murder circa /15 Matnap /16 DeCastro Earl Mayer /17 Michael Olds circa /18 Peel murder case /19 Raoul Guy Rockwell circa /20 Rum runners/bootlegging /21 Thelma Swensen /22 Tornow/Wildman of the Oxbow

13 6/23 Alaska steam /24 Tommy Drake /25 The Equator (Robert Louis Stevenson) /26 Merchant marine /27 The Nautilus and the Missouri /28 Old 75 (re: battle of the Aleutian Islands), Alaska Writings/clippings/correspondence and photographs, re: battle of the Aleutian Islands Brown binder /29 Puget Sound shipping and vessels/ferries /30 Shipwrecks and lighthouses/ the Coast Guard /1 Tall ships of the sea /2 Tatoosh Triangle /3 The Thayer (ship) /4 The Vigilant (ship) /5 The Wawona (ship) /6 Baseball /7 Basketball /8 Boxing /9 Fish /10 Football /11 Horse racing /12 Swimming

14 Writing/Ideas/Poetry Box/Folder 7/13 Background for novel The Nakhodka Konspiracy /14 Unlabeled folder (Writing and copyright) /15 South-east Alaska ferry trip /16 Cutlines and I.D.s (includes photo identification sheets for various articles) /17 Unlabeled (Various Barrett writings and clippings) /18 Photo markets and sales /19 Seattle/Pacific Northwest manuscripts (includes photo identification sheets for various articles) /20 Food book /21 Good writing/jokes/misc /22 Miscellaneous writers /23 UPI (contains September 1992 UPI Downhold Club Directory) /24 Travel brochures 1960s-1990s Other research files Many of these files appear to be source material for Eldon Barrett s later Bellingham Herald Seniors columns. Box/Folder 8/1 Monsters (Mostly about Sasquatch) circa 1930s-1940s; /2 Gardening (includes Sunset s Garden Handbook First edition, 1935)

15 8/3 Gardening Master Gardener Textbook /4 Abuse /5 Book reviews undated 8/6 Kris Bulcroft- Old Love /7 Education Elder Hostel /8 Exercise/fitness/diet /9 Kingdome /10 Long-term care/ dementia day-care /11 Medical problems medicare (includes photograph of Lyndon Johnson signing Medicare and Medicaid into law photo includes Mrs. Johnson, H. Humphrey, Harry S. and Bess Truman) /12 Memories/Oral history nostalgia /13 Peer-counseling /14 Perks and services /15 Pet therapy/music /16 Photography notes (includes magazine: The Photo-Miniature August 1903, v.5, no.53) /17 Safety-accidents-emergency-hypothermia /18 Social Security /19 Taxes- finance /20 Technology /21 Elderly travel

16 8/22 U.S. Frigate Constitution (one brochure) /23 Volunteering/RSVP caregivers/hospice /24 Washington (State) Centennial /25 Whatcom seniors - history and personalities /26 Working /27 Fraud /28 Grandparenting /29 Hobbies- gardening, etc /30 Housing/home-sharing /31 Legal matters- wills, etc /32 Legislation- lobby /33 Lifestyle/myths demographics Publications Box/Folder 8/34 Publications /35 Michael Olds, murderer /36 A Bag of Marbles (fiction) /37 Pacific Northwest - Flying Colors /38 Puget Sound Country Flighttime /39 Seafair: Seattle s nautical festival Flying colors July /1 Seattle: rich in liquid assets American Way

17 9/2 Seattle: city for all seasons Sky /3 Space Needle Accent /4 Time to laugh P.I./Northwest /5 Washington/Oregon: the fourth corner Flying Colors /6 Appaloosa /7 All in days work (Reader s Digest) /8 Seattle/Puget Sound Business Journals /9 Blowing in the wind (kites) /10 Perspective on planes /11 Book reviews /12 A ride with the Wild Breadman /13 Brock Adams /14 Buggy Business (Ladybugs) /15 Business week /16 Carefree Copenhagen and Sweden /17 Chippie and the Chinook /18 "Of Bears, Squeeks, and Timberbeasts and How to Choke a Herring"(Volume Three) by Eldon Barrett 2012 July Published articles Box/Folder 9/19 Christmas conjunction /20 Christmas trees ( Shelton: Sultan of Swag )

18 9/21 Clam funny (filler) /22 Diamond Lil /23 Dishwasher salmon /24 Jean Enerson At home on KING-TV /25 Fillers (used) /26 Gingerbread /27 Tilting-top table George Washington ate here /28 Herald specials /29 Island hopping on Puget Sound /30 Latin lover /31 Legislature (humor) /32 Professor Loftus (fires) /33 Hay Lewis (people s choice) /34 Logger lingo /35 Logging boots /36 Low-interest tax loans /37 Lutefisk /38 Lynden /39 The Maine is remembered (hiker s park) /40 Matanuska /41 Mima mounds

19 9/42 Monster roster /43 Never say die /44 Nostalgia columns /45 Olympic Peninsula /46 "Personal Privilege""Deal," 9/47 Pulse publications /48 Reader s Digest filler /49 Seavest /50 Septober in Alaska /51 Ski to Sea /52 Slainte /53 State Seal /54 Steelhead /55 Tansy Ragwort /56 Vanport flood 1948; /57 Western Avenue /58 Memories and other stories Volume 1 by Eldon Barrett 2009 Series III.: Slides, Photographs and Scrapbooks, , Box/Folder 10/1 Slides Bellingham/Whatcom County (1of 2) circa

20 10/2 Slides Bellingham/Whatcom County (2of 2) circa /3 Slides Oregon (1of 2) circa /4 Slides Oregon (2of 2) circa /5 Slides Flora, Fauna, Sun Shots, Autumn (1 of 2) circa /6 Slides Flora, Fauna, Sun Shots, Autumn (1 of 2) circa /7 Slides Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, North Cascades etc. (1 of 2) 10/8 Slides Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, North Cascades etc. (1 of 2) circa circa /9 UPI Editor s Notebook circa /10 UPI Editor s Notebook circa /1 Photo Album contains pictures of Seattle, Robert F. Kennedy, Presidents, Black Panthers in Olympia 11/2 Photo Album: pictures of Washington State, Alaska, Greece, Italy 11/3 Black and White 35mm Negatives include photos of famous people and various places around the United States 11/4 Black and White 35mm Negatives: Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Bellingham 11/5 Slides Various places and events from around the World (1 of 2) 11/6 Slides Various places and events from around the World (2 of 2) circa 1960s-1990 undated undated undated circa 1960s-1970s circa 1960s-1970s 11/7 Seattle World s Fair Official Press Book /8 Photos and Clippings File (1 of 2): Eldon Barrett On The Job

21 11/9 Photos and Clippings File (2 of 2): Eldon Barrett On The Job /10 UPI Notebook High School reports and World War II papers circa 1930s-1950s 11/11 Photographs, Press Corp (Salem and Seattle) /12 Photographs, S.S. North Coast and Crew, U.S.S. Mississippi 11/13 Photograph, Other 11/14 Slides Alaska & Alaska Indians (1 of 2), circa /15 Slides Alaska & Alaska Indians (2 of 2), circa b/16 Slides Box 1 (contains images of Seattle, Green Lake, RFK, politicians, Bellingham Bay, Boats) 11b/17 Slides Box 2 (contains images of Ferries, Gold Cup Race, Seattle, WWU Alumni Race, Pike Place Market) 11b/18 Slides Olympic Penninsula Port Townsend Washington Coast Olympia (1 of 2) 11b/19 Slides Olympic Penninsula Port Townsend Washington Coast Olympia (2 of 2) 12/1 Envelope of 4 x 6 in. negatives Ellis C. Ayer (CD of digitized images included in folder) 1970 circa circa undated 12/2 Photos and Slides (Various world-wide locations and Seattle) circa 1960s-1970s 12/3 Photos and Slides (Various world-wide locations and Seattle) circa 1960s-1970s 12/4 Newspaper Clippings Amchitka and more circa /5 Newspaper scrapbook of Eldon Barrett clippings, press credentials, business cards, etc. 12/6 Black and White photographs including images of Native Americans and locations around the world circa 1970s to 1980 undated 21

22 12/7 Slides Eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, (1 of 2) circa /8 Slides Eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, (2 of 2) circa /9 Loose color prints (5 sheets) Bellingham/Whatcom County undated 12/10 Slides Top Pix Miscellaneous circa /11 Slides Canada (1 of 2) circa /12 Slides Canada (2 of 2) circa /1 Color photographs and negatives includes WWU Sculptures, WWU, Whatcom County, VRI undated 13/2 Loose postcards undated Series IV.: Event Programs, Box/Folder 13/3 Dedication Ceremony and Pageant Program The Spirit of America The Kingdome March 27, /4 NBA All Star Game Program January 15, /5 Pat Boone Celebrity Golf Classic Ocean Shores, Washington Program 13/6 University of Washington Academic Centennial Convocation Proceedings Program 1968 November 16, /7 Newspaper Clippings /8 Boeing Magazine September /9 United States National Viewpoint Statement on the Environment August 15,

23 13/10 USA 76: The First Two Hundred Years Bicentennial Program /11 Icemen: A History of the Western Hockey League circa /12 The Dong Show: Puget Sound Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association 28th Annual Mid-Winter Sports Banquet Program February 6, /13 Seattle Mariners Official 1978 Scorecard /14 The Kingdome Magazine March /15 Alaska Pictorial Panorama /16 The Worlds of Alaska /17 Introduction to Alaska 1972 with photo review Cities of the North /18 The Alaska Journal Vol. 3 Nos /19 Alaska Today Volumes 1 and /20 Seattle Pilots Official Scorebook April /21 "Indians in Washington" Published by Victor A. Meyers Secretary of State 13/22 "Southern Alberta's Roamin' Empire" By Ken Liddell Frontier Book No. 6 Undated Undated 13/23 "Strangers on the Land" Yakima Treaty of /24 Olympia Washington Centennial Program 1950 Newspaper Clippings and Headlines Oversizedbox 1 "Headlines of History from the Seattle Post- Intelligencer"(11.5"x15.5") 1975 Newspaper Scrapbook (16"x12"x2") 23

24 Oversizedbox 2 Framed Certificate "Project Cannikin" Undated Certificate from the Rice Systems of Business Penmanship "Welcome to Nautilus" June 15, 1957 Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Journalists--Northwest, Pacific--History--Sources. Nuclear testing--alaska--amchitka Island--History--Sources. Older people--washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources. Reporters and reporting--northwest, Pacific--History--Sources. World War, Alaska--Aleutian Islands--History--Sources. Personal Names : Eldon Barrett, Archives. (creator) Corporate Names : Kingdome (Seattle, Wash.)--History--Sources. United Press International--History--Sources. Geographical Names : Aleutian Islands (Alaska)--History, Military--Sources. Amchitka Island (Alaska)--History--Sources. Northwest, Pacific--Description and travel--history--sources. Northwest, Pacific--Description and travel--history--sources--photographs. Northwest, Pacific--History--Sources. Northwest, Pacific--History--Sources--Photographs. Olympia (Wash.)--History--Sources. Olympia (Wash.)--History--Sources--Photographs. Seattle (Wash.)--History--Sources. Seattle (Wash.)--History--Sources--Photographs. Washington (State)--History--Sources. Washington (State)--History--Sources--Photographs. Finding aid prepared by Eric L. Mastor