Correspondence to and from Ferrier, note card set, 1932-1937, 1961-1962, undated

The Walden I. Ferrier collection holds personal and academic papers of dentist Walden I Ferrier. The collection dates from 1901 to 1962 and contains military correspondence, academic manuscripts, photographs and negatives, newspaper clippings, an honorarium book and certificates of accomplishment, sketches, a graduation mortarboard, nametag, a miniature ledger book, as well as patent and manufacturing documents and correspondence. The collection displays the formative impact that Ferrier had on dentistry in the early twentieth century, and reveals some aspects of his personal ambitions and values. This collection will be helpful to anyone interested in Ferrier’s methods, personal life, education, or in the history of operative dentistry in the Pacific Northwest.