Seattle
Subject Source: archiveswest
Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:
Maid Adams collection of Seattle Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) materials
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.
Air Raid Warden ephemera collection
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.
Alaska Fur Company letters
Letters addressed to Herman Krupp (1900-1989), circa 1929-1934, while he was based in Kobe, Japan as a buyer for Alaska Fur Company.
John Caldwell drawings
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.
Capitol Hill Seafair parade float collection
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.
East Madison-East Union Mardi Gras Parade photograph collection
Six photographs of the East Madison-East Union Mardi Gras parade in Seattle’s Central District.
Frederick & Nelson collection
The collection consists of a variety of materials that relate to the retail practices and corporate culture of the Frederick & Nelson chain of department stores, founded in Seattle in 1890.
Nancie Gee Pike Place Market photograph collection
Photographs taken by Nancie Gee, a Chinese American photographer, for her book Reflections in Pike Place Markets which was published in 1968. The book depicts scenes and people at the market at a time when a significant preservation movement was underway to protect the area’s historic character in the face of redevelopment efforts.
Matthew Robert Goad collection
Collection contains materials related to Seattle’s Gothic-Industrial music and arts counterculture, including artwork, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and issues of local alternative periodical publications. The collection also includes materials related to the real-life superhero movement in Seattle.
T. Harry Gowman collection
The collection includes a variety of materials related to T. Harry Gowman and his Seattle hotel, Hotel Gowman.