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And the February State Library jewels winner is…

And the February State Library jewels winner is…

The recent state Republican presidential caucus wasn’t the only event generating buzz in Washington. February’s “State Library jewels” contest is over. And the winner, in a wire-to-wire performance, is the George Washington Bush family papers. The Bush family papers received 43 percent of the votes, ahead of the Heinz Ulbrecht designs for Leavenworth (33 percent) and media clips for the Progressive Party candidate for Governor in 1912 (24 percent). With March here, we’ll do another round of the “State Archives…

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Feb. State Library contest: Bush family papers

Feb. State Library contest: Bush family papers

Photo Courtesy of the Washington State Library Recently, in our February fave “Archives treasures” poll, you chose the letter written by George Washington as the most interesting item featured in our blog posts. In light of Black History Month, and our previous winner, George Washington, we begin our February edition of “State Library jewels” with the George Washington Bush family papers. The Bush family was the first African-American family to make the journey across the Great Plains, and also one of the first five families…

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