Letter from Charles W. Saunders, Architect, to University of Washington Museum Director F. S. Hall, regarding the poor condition of the Forestry Building in which the museum is housed, October 15, 1915

• Main Author: Saunders, Charles W.
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Saunders; Charles W. > Correspondence; Hall; F. S. > Correspondence; University of Washington > Buildings; Building failures > Washington (State) > Seattle; Pacific; Union Bay; Yukon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/pioneerlife/id/8147

The Washington State Museum was housed in the old Forestry Building that was built for he Alaska Yukon Pacfic Exposition in 1909. The collections remained there until about 1923 when the building was destroyed due to rot. Saunders is "convinced that it is very necessary that immediate action be...