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Reference code
2.5.2
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Ralph W. Thompson Papers
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Name of creator
(1889-1961)
Biographical history
Ralph William Thompson was born in Livingston, Montana, on October 26, 1889. (1) He graduated from the University of Washington in 1914 and attended the University of Minnesota. (2) Thompson lived in Washington state for 60 years and served as an attorney for 47 years. (2) Thompson was also a member of Sigma Chi, the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association, and the Tacoma Club. (2) Thompson married Grace M. Knowles, whose father, Samuel Crawford Knowles, was a lumberman. (3) Ralph W. Thompson died on December 16, 1961, in Tacoma.
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Scope and content
Includes legal documents and correspondence related to Thompson's work as an attorney mainly operating in the lumber industry.