On
September 26, 2001, the Mount Baker Club
conveyed, by deed of gift, its significant
papers, club documents, photo and news
scrapbooks, Ramblers and minutes of its meetings
from 1928 to present to Western Washington
University for use at the Center for Pacific
Northwest Studies. Archivist Elizabeth Joffrion
(Ruth Steele is present Archivist),
in accepting the material for Western, stated
that much of the collection has local historical
significance and would greatly enhance the
University'’ research and studies of the
region.
From the inception of the Mount Baker Club in
1911 out of an idea by Charles F. Easton, a
Bellingham jeweler, to promote the Mount Baker
area as a national resource, and for formally
since 1928, the club has maintained and kept
complete and accurate records of its activities
in documents, pictures, minutes of meetings,
Rambler newsletters (first published in August
1928), books and periodicals.
For more than 90 years the Mount Baker Club has
actively and continuously explored, hiked, and
skied, maintained trails and lookouts, camped,
biked and canoed the Great Koma Kulshan of the
Lummi’s (steep white mountain) area. Thanks to
the foresight and efforts of Easton and the
initial organizers of the club, the Mount Baker
area is today one of the premier recreation
landmarks in the Cascade Range.
The Center for Pacific Northwest Studies is
located in the Washington
State Archives Building
Ruth Steele, Acting Archivist
Contact for All Reference Requests
Phone: (360) 650-7747 Fax: (360)650-3323
Email:
Ruth.Steele@wwu.edu
(25th and Bill McDonald Parkway in Bellingham
360-650-7747)
The Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
encourages club members, students, and the
general public to examine the collection at any
time. Weekday hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. An
inventory of the collection will soon be
accessible on the Center’s web page
http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/cpnws/mbclub/mbclubtitle.htm
Club members who have club material (old
Ramblers, letters, pictures, newspaper articles,
artifacts or documents they believe would add
significantly to the collection), please contact
club Trustee Larry Ripes at 360-715-3303.
