Handford Nuclear Waste Repository
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Segment with Washington representatives talking about Dr. Dixy Lee Ray's comments on the Handford Nuclear Waste situation.
Handford Nuclear Waste Repository
Segment with Washington representatives talking about Dr. Dixy Lee Ray's comments on the Handford Nuclear Waste situation.
This cassette is a Tacoma Tigers interview.
Awareness of Newborns/ Computer Programming
Pediatric doctors talk about newborns in the first segment. Next segment is about computer programming, programming language with Computer Land on 9th and Broadway.
The Tacoma Arts Commision talks about the Tacoma Art Bowl.
This cassette is a broadcast of a Tacoma Tigers game.
Segment on the Washington State Fair in Puyallup with Frank Buster, and Lillian Barna.
Segment with Virginia Anderson about hotels in Tacoma.
June Zambian/ Tacoma Actors Guild/ Nancy Mendoza/ Cheney Studs
1st segment is an interview with June Zambian from Public Utilities. 2nd is a segment about the Tacoma Actors Guild. 3rd segment is an interview with Nancy Mendoza. Last segment is talking about the Cheney Studs.
PT. Defiance Zoo/Bob Barker/Joe Dimaggio/James Watt
PM Tacoma segment on the Point Defiance Zoo. Also on this cassette, previous interviews with Bob Barker, Joe Dimaggio, and James Watt.
Charles M Schulz/ John Denver/ City Council Building
Interviews with cartoonist Charles M Schulz and musician John Denver. Last segment on this cassette is about the Tacoma City Council building.
Part of Tacoma Public Library Records
Singing advertisement for library
Part of Tacoma Public Library Records
Part of Mayor William Baarsma Papers
Karen Vialle, former mayor of Tacoma, discusses the problems that Tacoma was facing when she became mayor. She mentions the Safe Streets Campaign and Neighborhood Improvement Committee as responses to those problems.
Part of Mayor William Baarsma Papers
Quasim discusses how he became involved in the City of Tacoma's Neighborhood Council to promote the Safe Streets Campaign, which aimed to eliminate the conditions that lead to drugs, gangs, and violence within Tacoma's neighborhoods.
Learn, Vote, Lead: District 3 Candidate Forum
This District 3 Candidate Forum was hosted by the League of Women Voters at the Tacoma Public Library South Tacoma Branch on July 11, 2023. Voices include: Monique Piegdon, South Tacoma Library Associate, Cynthia Stewart, former president of the League of Women Voters, Bailey Wambold, forum moderator, and candidates John Frazier, Marlando Redeemer, Jamika Scott, and Chris Van Vechten. Questions included in the forum were designed by the League of Women Voters and pertained to District 3 as well as the city of Tacoma. Topics included: the climate, homelessness, crime, gun control, and how to engage the public.
Ramona Bennett, Puyallup Indians 2 of 2
Part of Reverend David Alger Interviews
A Polish Immigrant: Rose Piekarski (Interview No. 25, Tape No. 1)
Part of Tacoma Public Library Bicentennial Oral History Project
Rose Piekarski gives a sketch of her family, life in Baltimore, work here, family, berry farming in Puyallup Valley. (Interview No. 25, Tape No. 1)
Mineral (Wash.) and Beyond: Fred Naslund (Interview No. 42, Tape No. 1)
Part of Tacoma Public Library Bicentennial Oral History Project
Fred Naslund discusses Mineral (Wash.) in the early 1900s, WWI Navy, work in Alaska mines, Midland. (Interview No. 42, Tape No. 1)
Life Recollection: Mildred Wehmhoff (Interview No. 36, Tape No. 1)
Part of Tacoma Public Library Bicentennial Oral History Project
Mildred Wehmhoff talks early family life in Tacoma, school, church, special events (i.e. the opening of Stadium Bowl), flu pandemic of 1918. (Interview No. 36, Tape No. 1)
Ruston Yugoslavs: John Krillich (Interview No. 50, Tape No. 1)
Part of Tacoma Public Library Bicentennial Oral History Project
John Krillich talks family background, Ruston Yugoslavs, changes in community, social life. (Interview No. 50, Tape No. 1)
Volga Germans: Fred Muntz (Interview No. 38, Tape No. 1)
Part of Tacoma Public Library Bicentennial Oral History Project
Fred Muntz discusses family life in Tacoma, German language, church activities, community life. (Interview No. 38, Tape No. 1)
Alpha Prairie (Wash.) 1888-1910: Mary Johnson (Interview No. 39, Tape No. 1)
Part of Tacoma Public Library Bicentennial Oral History Project
Mary Johnson talks family background, housekeeping, canning, schooling, the farm. (Interview No. 39, Tape No. 1)