Preliminary Guide to the Ruby El
Hult Papers
1910-2003
| Creator: | Hult, Ruby
El, 1912-, creator |
| Title: | Ruby El Hult
Papers |
| Date Span: | 1910-2003 |
| Quantity:
| 21.46 cubic ft. (21 boxes, 4 folders, 2 map
tubes) |
| Languages: | Collection materials are in
English. |
| Location: | Click on individual accession number in inventory |
Biographical Note
Author of historical accounts about the Pacific Northwest, especially
about the Olympic Mountains of Washington State.
Scope and Content
Correspondence, manuscripts, writings, diaries, research files,
clippings, ephemera, photographs, film reels, sound cassette, videocassettes,
maps; 1910-2003.
Restrictions on Access
Open to all users, but access to portions of the records restricted.
Contact repository for details.
Restrictions on Use
Some restrictions exist on copying, quotation or publication. Contact
Repository for details.
Acquisition Info
Received from Ruby El Hult, August 7, 1973, June 22, 1999, April 15,
2002, October 31, 2002, and December 13, 2004. Additional materials were
received from Robert Monroe, July 15, 1980 and Hazel Chapman, March 30,
1982.
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| Accession No. 0376-001 |
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| 1950 |
| 0.03 cubic ft. (1 folder) |
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| Restrictions on Access |
| Open to all users. |
| Scope and Content |
| Manuscript of article, "Why I hate Dick Poston," 1950. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from Ruby El Hult, August 7, 1973. |
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| Accession No. 0376-002 |
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| 1965-1994 |
| 1.17 cubic ft. (1 box, 1 map tube) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Research notes, writings, general correspondence, especially with
Robert L. Wood; 1965-1994 (bulk ca. 1989-1994). |
| Materials relate primarily to projected publications about George
Welch, an early hiker in the Olympic Mountains, and James C. Adams, animal
menagerie owner and partner of P.T. Barnum. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Open to all users. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from Ruby El Hult, April 15, 2002. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 0376-003 |
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| 1930-2001 |
| 6.00 cubic ft. (6 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Writings, letters, ephemera, clippings, photos, videotapes and
other materials, relating mostly to Hult's writing about Lois and Herb Crisler
and their relationship with the Olympic Mountains; ca. 1930-2001. Includes
original writings by Lois Crisler. Photos include images of the Crislers by E.
Kassovitz. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Closed by the Pacific Northwest Curator; consult curator for
access. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from Ruby El Hult, October 31, 2002. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 0376-004 |
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| 1999 |
| 0.03 cubic ft. (1 folder) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Typescript of autobiographical writings of Lois Crisler, edited in
the 1990s by Ruby El Hult and Russ Dalton for possible publication; 1999. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Open to all users. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from Ruby El Hult, June 22, 1999. |
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| Accession No. 0376-005 |
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| 1910-2003 |
| 14.17 cubic ft. (14 boxes, 1 map tube) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Diaries, correspondence, research files, photographs, scrapbooks,
film reels, maps; 1910-2003. |
| Research files include correspondence, manuscripts, writings,
clippings, monographs, photographs, and related materials collected during
research on various topics for publications, including Herb Crisler, the
Northern Pacific Railroad, Great Northern Railroad, Wellington Disaster, and
The Bird Machine. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Open to all users. |
| Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from Ruby El Hult, December 13, 2004. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Box | Date
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| | Diaries and Journals | |
| 1 | | Journal – John and Ruby | 1958-1959 |
| 1 | | Diaries | 1959-1963 |
| 3 volumes |
| 1 | | Journal – "A Well-Barked Log" | 1967 |
| 1 | | Diaries | 1969-1971 |
| 5 volumes |
| 1 | | Diary – "Top of the Mountain" | 1971 |
| 1 | | Diaries | 1972-1974 |
| 3 volumes |
| 1 | | Diary – "Ten Days in Heaven" | 1974 |
| 1 | | Diaries | 1977-1980 |
| 3 volumes |
| 1 | | Diary – "Birds and Other Live 'Uns" | 1980 |
| 1 | | Diary – "Starlings" | 1980 |
| 1 | | Diary – "Nature" | 1981 |
| 1 | | Diaries | 1981-1985 |
| 4 volumes |
| 2 | | Diaries | 1986-1999 |
| 13 volumes |
| | Letters and
Correspondence | |
| 2 | | Old Nick | 1937-1941 |
| 2 | | "Lois to Adora Crisler" | 1941-1947 |
| 2 | | Herb Crisler | 1949-1971 |
| 2 | | Crisler/Roth | 1955-1962 |
| 2 | | John Sether/Friends | 1956-1958 |
| 2 | | Ruby and Mac | 1964 |
| 2 | | Misc. | 1964-1966 |
| 2 | | UW Libraries/Monroe | 1965-1999 |
| 2 | | Misc. | 1967 |
| 2 | | John D. McGough | 1967-1969 |
| 2 | | Santa Barbara | 1968 |
| 2 | | Misc. | 1969 |
| 3 | | To & From Friends | 1970 |
| 3 | | September to Remember | 1971 |
| 3 | | To Friends | 1971 |
| 3 | | Misc. | 1970-1971 |
| 3 | | To Hazel | 1971 |
| 3 | | Misc. | 1971-1972 |
| 5 folders |
| 3 | | Doris | 1973 |
| 3 | | Misc. | 1973-1974 |
| 6 folders |
| 3 | | "Russ Smith" | 1975-1989 |
| 3 | | Misc. | 1975-1980 |
| 6 folders |
| 4 | | Misc. | 1980-1984 |
| 5 folders |
| 4 | | Margaret Livingston | 1984-1991 |
| 4 | | Misc. | 1986 |
| 2 folders |
| 4 | | "Herb Crisler Films the Rocky Mountain Big Horn
Sheep" | 1986 |
| 4 | | Misc. | 1987 |
| 4 | | Bob Marriot | 1994-1999 |
| 4 | | Dawn | 1998-2001 |
| 4 | | Barbara | 1999-2001 |
| 4 | | Misc. | 2000-2001 |
| 4 | | Crisler Correspondence – Disney Studio
| 1949-1958 |
| 5 folders |
| 4 | | Susan Oliver | undated |
| 4 | | Jack Rooney | 2000, undated |
| 2 folders |
| 4 | | Shirley Gardner | undated |
| 4 | | Miscellaneous | 1999-2000 |
| 4 | | Family | 1997-2000 |
| 4 | | undated | n.d. |
| 4 | | Stan Fouts | 2000 |
| 4 | | Horton | undated |
| 5 | | Dorothy Catlett | 1980-2001 |
| 21 folders |
| 5 | | Chaco Caynon | undated |
| 5 | | Carpenter | 1983-1988 |
| 5 | | Greeting Cards | undated |
| 5 | | Dawn McLeran | 2002 |
| 5 | | Shackleton | undated |
| 5 | | Artwork | undated |
| 5 | | Russ Dalton | 2001 |
| 5 | | Barbara Kerr – Lois Crisler and the Artic
Wolves | 2002 |
| 5 | | Stan and Elaine | 2002 |
| 5 | | Betty and Lloyd Durham | 2002 |
| 5 | | Harbor Light Books | 2003 |
| 5 | | Clarke Stockwell | 2000-2002 |
| 5 | | Frank and Barbara Caldwell | 1998-1999 |
| 5 | | Ducceschi | 2003 |
| 5 | | Bob Baldwin | 1988-1998 |
| 5 | | Kathleen Forster | 2001 |
| 5 | | Karyl Winn | 2002-2003 |
| 5 | | Puyallup – Miscellaneous | 1938-1998 |
| 5 | | Dorothy Catlett | 2001-2003 |
| 5 | | Tanya Riordan | 1991-1996 |
| 5 | | Post | undated |
| 5 | | Binford & Mort Publishing | 1981-1996 |
| 5 | | Michael Pyle | 1971-1999 |
| 5 | | Bob and Susan Flood | 2000 |
| 5 | | Paul Martin | 1992-1999 |
| 5 | | OMW – Orders | 1992-1993 |
| 5 | | Humes Ranch Book – CP Publishing | 1989 |
| 5 | | Fan Mail | 1990-1997 |
| 5 | | Stan and Bonnie Kreshel | 1981-1989 |
| 5 | | Lady of Book Wealth | 1990-1996 |
| 5 | | Olympic Enchantment Book | 1975-2002 |
| 5 | | Glen Adams – YE Galleon Press | 1997 |
| 5 | | Don Viles and Ruby El Hult | 1974-1996 |
| Scope and Content: Includes an audiocassette tape entitled "Don Viles –
Kanawha." |
| 5 | | Alberta Miller | 1985-1996 |
| 5 | | Anne Dalton | 1989-1996 |
| 6-12 | | Research Files | 1910-2001 |
| 13 | | Photographs | 1942-1978 |
| | 8mm Films | |
| 13 | | Butterfly Time in Ventura (Original) | undated |
| 13 | | Butterflies Originals to Add | undated |
| 13 | | Unidentified Film | undated |
| 14 | | 16mm Film | undated |
| | Oversize Scrapbooks | |
| 14 | | George Washington Bush and Other Negro
Pioneers | 1945-1968 |
| 14 | | Writings and Letters | 1944-1996 |
| 14 | | Oversize Publications | 1939-1992 |
| 14 | | Oversize Photographs | ca. 1943-1944 |
| | Maps | |
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| Tube | |
15 | | Olympic National Park and Forest | 1984-1990 | | 15 | | "Olympic Mountain As Viewed from Kingston, WA"
| 1997 |
| 15 | | "Olympics in Relief with Hiker's Trail Guide to the
Interior of the Olympic Mountains" Map | ca. 1956 |
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| Accession No. 3092-001 |
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| 1966-1977 |
| 0.03 cubic ft. (1 folder) |
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Historical Note
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| Ruby El Hult's married name was Mrs. Andrews. |
| Scope and Content |
| Correspondence, clippings; 1966-1977. |
| This accession consists primarily of Ruby El Hult's correspondence
with R. D. Monroe (Head, Special Collections Division, until November 1980). It
mainly concerns her gifts to the UW Library. The bulk of Hult's writings were
given to Washington State University before 1972. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Open to all users. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from Robert Monroe, July 15, 1980. |
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| Accession No. 3092-002 |
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| 1976 |
| 0.03 cubic ft. (1 folder) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Writing by Ruby El Hult -
Herb Crisler, Mountain Man,
Builder, Wildlife Photographer: His Years in the Olympic Mountain Wilds,
1918-1951; ca. 1976. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Open to all users. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from Hazel Chapman, March 30, 1982. |
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