Name/Title
Contents lists of Washington School Cornerstone Box, c. 1957Entry/Object ID
2021.64.2Description
Acc. No. 21.64.2 a, b, c, d, e
Subject Category: Schools, Public, Washington
Date or Period: c. 1957
Object: Papers in folder
Description: 4 typed Letter-size papers (a, b, c, d) in a plastic folder (e), open only at the top, brown leather-look on the back, transparent at the front. One list has 14 objects, the others 16. The lists differ in attempts at corrections, and in formatting. One of the lists (b) has handwritten in ballpoint pen on the reverse: ‘Washington School Feb 22, 1911 – July 20, 1957’.
Size (folder): L 12 1/2” x W 9 1/2"
History of Object: 4 lists, in a holder, of contents from the cornerstone box from Washington School, built 1911, demolished 1956/1957. The box was laid in the cornerstone on February 22, 1911. After demolition of the school, the box was donated to the then newly founded Historical Society. However, the box had not been able to keep the contents safe, and the objects were not cataloged until 2021. The folder was found among moved Historical Society / Museum notes after minor reorganizations and are being added to the 2021 catalog entry after the fact. Handwriting on thr back of (b) appears to have been by former curator G. Gunn.
Acquired from: Historical Society Records
Accession Date: 9/29/2023
