Report of Materials at the Watts House and the Public Library in Scappoose, Oregon September 2017

After a year of sorting, organizing, reading, typing, putting into notebooks, making lists and taking lots of notes I am drawing to a close on the Watts House Collections Inventory for the Scappoose Historical Society. There are still a few odds and ends to finish now that the overall project is completed. There are several posts on my blog gophergenealogy.blogspot.com if you are interested in seeing what we found. Today I created two notebooks, one for the overall board information and the other for all of the collections. That is how I preserve the memories and compilations in a format that documents the many hours spent on this project. My thanks to Tricia Oberndorf, Karen Holmberg, Dorothy Gallagle, our board member Mardi's daughter, Mardi's high school students and anyone else I may have overlooked. It has been a great learning adventure which has enhanced my working skills immensely!

September 2016 to September 2017 Report of Organization and Inventory of Materials at the

Watts House and the Scappoose Public Library for the Scappoose Historical Society

Overview of Work Completed

Reports Included

Watts House Collections - 

                Scappoose Historical Society Board Materials - 3 notebooks and filing cabinet

                Books Originally at Watts House - 203 books

                Books with Signatures at Watts House - 17 books

                Books from Scappoose Public Library - 236 books

                Books at Scappoose Public Library - 198 books

                Books with Signatures at Scappoose Public Library - 22 books

Old Ledger Books Downstairs at Watts House - 6 books, 2 scanned

Old Books behind Counter at Watts House - 12 books

Newspapers in Six Totes at Watts House - 311 papers with various content

Scrapbook Collection at Watts House - 30 books

Scappoose Congregational Church Books and Materials at Watts House - 60 books and 2
notebooks

Notebooks Created at Watts House - 8 notebooks plus

Pictures Sorted in Totes at Watts House - 5 totes

There are about 637 Watts Books and 108 books in the other collections not including notebooks, newspapers and items in totes to finish sorting including pictures. We have scanned two books and a few of the older newspapers. Copies were made of the pages in books that have signatures and these are found in a notebook.