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Maid Adams collection of Seattle Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) materials

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-002
Abstract

This collection contains materials gathered by CORE member Jean “Maid” Adams. The bulk of the materials relate to CORE activities and fall into two categories: materials dating from the 1960s focusing on CORE campaigns and civil rights activism and more recent materials relating to the publication and promotion of the 2011 book Seattle in Black and White: The Congress of Racial Equality and the Fight for Equal Opportunity.

Dates: circa 1960-2016
Found in: Seattle Public Library, Special Collections

Air Raid Warden ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-011
Abstract

Materials include training guides, handbooks, reporting forms, first aid notes, newspaper clippings, and ephemera related to the Air Raid Warden program in Seattle, WA circa 1941-1945.

Dates: circa 1941-1945
Found in: Seattle Public Library, Special Collections

Alaska Fur Company letters

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-021
Abstract

Letters addressed to Herman Krupp (1900-1989), circa 1929-1934, while he was based in Kobe, Japan as a buyer for Alaska Fur Company.

Dates: circa 1929-1934; Majority of material found within circa 1929-1934
Found in: Seattle Public Library, Special Collections

Alaska travel and tourism guide collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-078
Abstract

Tourism pamphlets covering sites and attractions in Alaska.

Dates: circa 1905-1970
Found in: Seattle Public Library, Special Collections

Ray Atkeson photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-031
Abstract

Scenic photographs of Washington State taken by Ray Atkeson.

Dates: 1969
Found in: Seattle Public Library, Special Collections

British Columbia travel and tourism guide collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-079
Abstract

Tourism pamphlets covering sites and attractions in British Columbia.

Dates: circa 1910-1978
Found in: Seattle Public Library, Special Collections

John Caldwell drawings

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-012
Abstract

The collection includes nine pencil drawings. They are believed to be created by John Caldwell, a Black serviceman, during World War II. One drawing depicts Seattle’s Camp George Jordan, a camp for Black soldiers located at 1st Ave. S. and Spokane St., which operated between 1942 and 1947. The other drawings are portraits of unknown women and famous entertainers.

Dates: circa 1940s
Found in: Seattle Public Library, Special Collections

Capitol Hill Seafair parade float collection

 Collection — binder: 1
Identifier: 1000-038
Abstract

The collection includes scrapbook pages and images documenting the design, construction and exhibition of Seafair parade floats sponsored by the Capitol Hill Commercial Club circa 1959-1961.

Dates: circa 1959-1961
Found in: Seattle Public Library, Special Collections

Cascade Tunnel Association records

 Collection
Identifier: 1000-013
Abstract

The collection includes correspondence, speech transcripts, clippings, brochures and pamphlets, notes, endorsements, editorial reprints, and other documents related to a campaign to construct a tunnel through the Cascade Mountains.

Dates: circa 1916-1928
Found in: Seattle Public Library, Special Collections

East Madison-East Union Mardi Gras Parade photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-005
Abstract

Six photographs of the East Madison-East Union Mardi Gras parade in Seattle’s Central District.

Dates: 1952-1957
Found in: Seattle Public Library, Special Collections

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Forde Photographers (Seattle, Wash.) 2
Seattle Post-Intelligencer 2
5th Avenue Theatre (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Ackroyd Photography, Inc. 1
Adams, Maid 1
Alaska Fur Company (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition ((1909 :) (Seattle, Wash.)) 1
American Forest Products Industries 1
American Institute of Architects 1
Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America 1
Associated Press Wirephoto 1
Atkeson, Ray (Raymond Adelbert) (1907-02-13-1990-05-25) 1
Baker, Gil (Gilbert L.), 1919-2005 1
Bathhouse Theatre (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Boeing Company 1
Broderick, Henry (1880-10-12-1975-10-07) 1
Brown, Kenneth S., -1972 (Photographer) 1
Cain, Harry P. (Harry Pulliam), 1906-1979 1
Caldwell, John, 1920-2002 1
Camera Craft, Inc. 1
Cascade Tunnel Association (Wash.) 1
Century 21 Exposition (1962 :) (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Children's Hospital and Medical Center (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Collins, Louis, 1941-2018 1
Congress of Racial Equality. Seattle Chapter 1
Conkling family 1
Contemporary Theatre (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Cornish Playhouse (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Cravens, Arthur James, 1911-1984 1
Cravens, Violet A., 1920-1991 1
Crowley, Walt 1
Dick Clark Productions (Firm) 1
Disque, Brice P., 1879-1960 1
Dudley, Hardin and Yang, Inc. 1
Empty Space Theatre 1
Ferry, Elisha P. (Elisha Peyre), 1825-1895 1
Flatte, David 1
Flatte, Joseph 1
Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Frederick & Nelson 1
Gee, Nancie, 1940-2014 1
Goad, Matthew Robert, 1974- 1
Gowman, T. Harry (Thomas Harry), 1888-1960 1
Greater Seattle News Bureau 1
Griffiths, Austin E. (Austin Edwards), 1863-1952 1
Harbor Club (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Hass, Donald C. 1
Hinea, Agnes E., 1892-1986 1
Historic American Buildings Survey 1
HistoryLink (Firm) 1
Hotel Gowman (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Industrial Workers of the World 1
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) 1
Jasiri Media Group 1
Keene, Ernest H., 1882-1970 1
King, LeEtta S. (1893-1978) 1
King, Winfield (1920-1976) 1
Krupp family 1
Krupp, Herman, 1900-1989 1
Kurtzer Flying Service (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Kurtzer, Lana R., 1908-1988 1
Lenggenhager, Werner 1
Liberty Studio (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Lip Sinc International, Incorporated 1
Lurline (Ship) 1
Lusty Lady (Cabaret: Seattle, Wash.) 1
Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989 1
Matson Lines 1
McCaffrey, Marie 1
McCarver family 1
McCarver, Morton Matthew, 1807-1875 1
McKinney, Lora-Ellen 1
McKinney, Louise Jones, 1930-2012 1
McKinney, Samuel Berry, 1926- 1
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) 1
Metropolitan Theatre (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Moore Theatre (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Moore, Jonathan, 1969-2017 1
Mount Zion Baptist Church (Seattle, Wash.) 1
New Orleans Club (Renton, Wash.) 1
Oceanic Trading Company (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Olympic Speedway Association (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Oregon Shakespeare Festival 1
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association 1
Oregon Shakespearean Festival 1
Oregon Shakespearean Festival Association 1
Orpheum Theatre (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Pacific Northwest Ballet 1
Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.) 1
President Theatre (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Prosch family 1
Prosch, Charles, 1822-1913 1
Prosch, Susan Conkling, 1824-1909 1
Prosch, Thomas Wickham (Thomas Wickham), 1850-1915 1
Prosch, Virginia McCarver, 1851-1915 1
Reynolds family 1
Romeo, Robert Anthony, 1954-2016 1
Seattle Apartment Operators’ Association 1

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