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E.D. Geddes Maritime Logs

  • 2.7.6

Includes Edward D. Geddes’s ledgers used for maintaining a record of operational data relating to a ship. The ledger labeled “Cash Book” tracks Captain Geddes’s arrivals and departures from 1952 through 1960. It also contains of the ship master’s cash account. The black leather-bound book labeled “Journal” also contains the ship master’s expense account during Geddes’s captainship of the S.S. Wendell Phillips in 1942. The composition book tracks the port arrivals and departures of the S.S. Wendel Phillips from 1942-1943.

Edward D. Geddes

Tom Terrien Tacoma Transit Collection

  • 2.7.2

Includes a collection of photographs, staff lists, and other materials related to Tacoma Transit compiled by Tom Terrien, who worked for the transit system from 1939-1981.

Tom Terrien

Tacoma Land and Improvement Company Records

  • 2.7.1

Includes articles of incorporation, correspondence, minutes of the Board of Trustees, Board of Directors, stockholders, and other committees, financial records including ledgers and stock registers, legal documents including deeds and resolutions, and reports to stockholders.

Tacoma Land and Improvement Company

Western Boat Building Company Records

  • 2.6.4

Includes plans, correspondence, reports, photographs, and publicity materials related to the operations of the Western Boat Building Company. Boat subject files includes plans, photographs, clippings, and other information related to specific vessels.

Western Boat Building Company

Matthew Dick Boat Building Photographs

  • 2.6.3

Includes images taken from 1977-1979 by Matthew Dick, a student of the Bates Vocational Technical Institute's two-year Boat Building Program.

Matthew Dick

Willits Brothers Canoe Company Records

  • 2.6.2

Business records of the Willits Brothers Canoe Company, including designs for and information on manufacturing and maintaining canoes, photos of the Willits' family and friends, photos of the Puget Sound area from 1920 to the late-1960s, and files, maps, and architectural drawings relating to Day Island, and to the Day Island Improvement Club.

Willits Brothers Canoe Company

Astoria Iron Works Records

  • 2.6.1
  • 1893-1927

Includes correspondence and financial records related to the operations of Astoria Iron Works.

Astoria Iron Works

Ralph W. Thompson Papers

  • 2.5.2

Includes legal documents and correspondence related to Thompson's work as an attorney mainly operating in the lumber industry.

Ralph William Thompson

Bertha Snell Papers

  • 2.5.1

Includes legal documents, correspondence, and other material related to legal cases handled by or involving attorney Bertha Snell. Materials related to Bertha's husband, Attorney Marshall Snell, are also included. Personal photographs, correspondence, and ephemera created or collected by Bertha and Marshall are also a part of the Bertha Snell Papers.

Bertha Snell

Beaver Hill Mining Company Records

  • 2.4.4

Includes records gathered by George Watkins Evans related to the operations of the Beaver Hill Coal Mining Company, including plans and blueprints, photographs, correspondence, and reports.

Beaver Hill Coal Mining Company

Byron Larsen Papers

  • 2.4.3
  • 1960 - 1985

Contains yearly desk journals created by Byron I. Larsen documenting his daily work activities. His work was in geology, city planning, and civil engineering and his notes include dates and brief descriptions of what he was working on and where within the Puget Sound area. There is no journal for the year 1983. Also includes documents regarding a federal mining lawsuit.

Byron Larsen

Griffin Fuel Company Records

  • 2.4.2

Contains deeds, family documents, advertisements, company meeting minutes in loose and bound form, newspaper clippings, stock and partner agreements, various photos of the Griffin family, business and automobiles, a company scrapbook, two stock certificate books and a promotional toy puppet.

Griffin Fuel Company

American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) Records

  • 2.4.1

Includes publications, reports, internal memos, newspaper clippings, and other documentation related to the operations, closure, and cleanup of the ASARCO site in Tacoma. Also included are extensive photographic documentation of personnel, facilities, and cleanup activities from 1948 to 2009.

ASARCO

Cammarano Brothers Photographs

  • 2.3.6

Includes photographs related to the Cammarano Brothers, Inc. including images of business operations, company gatherings, and business facilities.

Cammarano Bros, Inc.

Cow Butter Store Records

  • 2.3.5
  • 1894-1940

Includes business ledgers containing financial information, store inventories, and other information about the operations of the Cow Butter Store. These ledgers also contain a wide range of enclosed material including correspondence, newspaper clippings, writings, and ephemera.

Cow Butter Store

Red Kelly Papers

  • 2.3.2

Includes audio and video recordings on various formats including cassettes, reel-to-reel and vinyl, correspondence, OWL Party items, oversized photos, band performance flyers and newspaper clippings, various subject files including writings on Red Kelly, Woody Herman book edits and Harry James book reviews, scrapbooks and sheet music.

Red Kelly

Gerald Davis Papers

  • 2.3.1
  • 1941 - 1958

Includes correspondence, photographs, and financial records related to Davis' career with Heidelberg Brewing Company and Carling Brewing Company in Tacoma. Also included are reports and studies on the Tacoma and Seattle beer market, marketing campaign materials, and studies of European breweries.

Gerald Davis

William Hocking Papers

  • 2.2.4

Includes blueprints, correspondence, contracts, and financial records related to Hocking's work as an architect and members of the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

William Hocking

Sutton, Whitney, and Dugan Architectural Records

  • 2.2.2

Includes architectural plans, specifications, and other documents related to building construction, renovation, and additions designed by the Sutton, Whitney, and Dugan Architectural Firm including buildings on the campus of the University of Puget Sound and Annie Wright Seminary, First Presbyterian Church, National Bank of Tacoma, and additions to the Tacoma General Hospital. Some local residences are also included.

Sutton, Whitney, and Dugan Architectural Firm

James R. Merritt Architectural Records

  • 2.2.1
  • 1970-2015

Includes project studies, project images, and drawings for architectural projects created by James R. Merritt and the various architectural firms he was associated with between 1970-2015.

James R. Merritt

Amzie D. Browning Papers and Photographs

  • 2.1.9

Includes print photographs and glass plate negatives taken by Browning. Also included is documentation related to Browning's Sharpe Sign Co. and correspondence.

Amzie D. Browning

Chapin Bowen Photographs

  • 2.1.8

Includes photographs taken by Chapin Bowen across his career as a photographer in Wenatchee and Tacoma. Coverage includes local churches, businesses, organizations, and cemeteries. Military, aircraft, and parades are also included.

Chapin Bowen

Marvin Boland Photographs

  • 2.1.6

Includes photographs related to a wide variety of local events and locations taken by Marvin Boland between the 1910s through the 1930s.

Marvin D. Boland

Christopher Petrich Photographs

  • 2.1.5

Includes photographs taken by Christopher Petrich of a range of locations and events in Tacoma including the Hawthorne Neighborhood, the Tacoma Dome, and a visit to Tacoma by Jacques Cousteau. Also included are photographs of various buildings and aerials.

Christopher Petrich

C. E. and Hattie King Photographs

  • 2.1.4
  • 1885

Includes 14 photographs of Tacoma taken c. 1886-1900 by C. E. and Hattie King of Commencement Bay, Northern Pacific railroad tracks, local schools, and members of the Puyallup and other area tribes.

C.E. and Hattie King

Kenneth G. Ollar Photographs

  • 2.1.3

Includes 22 8x10 photographs of the Browns Point Salmon Bake, circa 1960.

Kenneth G. Ollar

Stephen Cysewski Photographs

  • 2.1.2

Inlcudes digital images and prints of street photography taken primarily in Tacoma and Seattle during the 1970s and 2000s. Also included are oversize photographs, photographic negatives, and photographic slides.

Stephen Cysewski

F. Jay Haynes Photographs

  • 2.1.19

Includes waterfront, street, and building photographs by F. Jay Haynes.

F. Jay Haynes

Thomas H. Rutter Photographs

  • 2.1.18

Includes photos taken by Thomas H Rutter of local buildings, the waterfront, and long boats.

Thomas H. Rutter

Lee Merrill Photographs

  • 2.1.17

Includes photos taken by Lee Merrill of construction projects, group outings, and a Daffodil Queen.

Lee Merrill

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