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Postcard Collection

  • 9.2

Postcards with a focus on the city of Tacoma including images of local buildings, landscapes,and people. Other postcards are from around the Puget Sound region and Washington state along with some national and international cards. Postcards are arranged either by named collection or by subject and feature a front and back image. Postcards feature black and white, color, and colorized photography plus sepia and text only formats.

General Photograph Collection

  • 9.17

Includes photographs covering a wide range of locations, events, buildings, and people that are not part of a specific photograph collection or created by an individual photographer.

Washington State Fair Collection

  • 9.15

A collection of photographs by professional and amateur photographers throughout the years of the Washington State Fair/Puyallup Fair from 1900-2011. Original photograph collection is held by the Washington State Fair and not at Tacoma Public Library. First and last names of the photographers are listed when known. Unknown photographers have been filed in the decade in which it was taken.

Vietnam War Collection

  • 9.14

Includes photos and documents related to the Vietnam War and the related anti-war movement. The photos are undated, documenting what appears to be the experience of soldiers, including portraits of Vietnamese people and group photos, and pictures of soldiers. The documents that are dated range from 1969-71, and consist of anti-war posters for events and rallies, many of them held by students at the University of Washington along with documents and letters from local organizations such as Tacoma Women for Peace.

Sheet Music Collection

  • 9.13

A collection of sheet music that has to do with Tacoma, the Puget Sound region or Washington State that ranges from the 19th century to the late 20th century.

World War II Collection

  • 9.12

Includes materials related to World War II collected by Tacoma Public Library including reports, pamphlets, propaganda, maps, bulletins, and Tacoma war ration book. A photo biography of Adolf Hitler compiled by Joseph Goebbels for the German people titled "Adolf Hitler: Pictures from the Life of the Fuhrer" is also included.

Lost Tacoma Project Collection

  • 9.11

The "Lost Tacoma" project was originally designed and conceived by archivist Jeanie Fisher. It includes blueprints and technical drawings of both proposed buildings in Tacoma which were never constructed and constructed buildings which are now demolished. This is a partial representation of the Lost Tacoma collection, constituting 116 of the total 560 blueprints across 26 locations. Digitization for this project was supported by a 2016 Pierce County Historic Preservation Grant.

Edward S. Curtis Collection

  • 9.10

Includes a collection of glass lantern slides and a set of the North American Indian. The Northwest Room’s set of The North American Indian consists of twenty individually bound books, each with an average of 250 pages and 75 images, and 20 accompanying portfolios, each with an average of 36 large image plates housed in each folding case.

Scrapbook Collection

  • 9.1

Includes scrapbooks created by various individuals, families, organizations, and businesses. Some creators are unidentified. Scrapbooks may include photographs, newspaper clippings, writing, and ephemera.

Local and State Elections Subject Files

  • 8.5
  • 1914-2002

Includes mostly mailers, flyers, newspaper clippings, sample ballots and voter guides from various political races in and around Tacoma and Pierce County as well as election races for state and federal positions. Material related to bond measures, levies, initiatives, propositions and referendums are also present. Series marked c. 1980-c. 1995 contain material sorted by the politician's last name.

Clipping and Reference Files

  • 8.3

Newspaper articles, pamphlets, flyers, reports, and other mass-produced publications compiled by Northwest Room staff and organized by subject matter.

Pierce County Veterans' Burial Cards

  • 7.3.1

These burial cards were produced by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Agency under the Veterans' Grave Registration program in Pierce County, Washington. The range of dates spans from the mid-nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. A majority of the individuals listed on these cards are identified as veterans of the Civil War, but also included is the Spanish-American War, the Boer War, and World War I. The information on the cards contain the person's name, rank and organization in the military, what war they are a veteran of, along with the date/place enlisted and date/place discharged by the military. Additionally, the burial information includes the name and location of the cemetery; the grave number, location, and condition of the plot; and the date of the burial along with any marker information. Also included is the date, location, and cause of death, along with a line for name and address of next of kin. Not all fields are complete on all cards. The burial locations in Washington include Tacoma, Puyallup, Orting, Sumner, Spanaway, Roy, Alder, Fort Lewis, Fox Island, and Buckley.

Puyallup Police and Fire Department Annual Reports

  • 7.2.1
  • 1977-1982

Annual reports from the Puyallup Fire Department and Puyallup Police Department including notes on accomplishments, department statistics, personal/organization charts, union activities, and training reports, among other information.

Puget Sound Environmental Atlas

  • 7.1.5
  • Collection
  • 1987

Contains volumes 1 and 2 of the 1987 Puget Sound Environmental Atlas and the 1992 Update. Volumes 1 and 2 have corporate authors: Untied States Army Corps of Engineers, Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, United States Environmental Protection Agency, D. R. Systems Inc. and Evans-Hamilton Inc. The 1992 Update has corporate authors: Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, Washington State and Puget Sound Estuary Program.

Puget Sound Water Quality Authority

Port of Tacoma Records

  • 7.1.2

Includes reports, studies, plans, and promotional materials related to the operations of the Port of Tacoma. Also included are "Master and Seamen Release Logs" from approximately 1910-1942.

Port of Tacoma

Puyallup Tribe Land Claims Settlement Records

  • 7.1.1

Includes drafts, revisions, and finalized settlement documents, reports, minutes, press conference recordings, and other material related to the 1990 Land Claims Settlement reached between the Puyallup Tribe, the state of Washington, the city of Tacoma, Pierce County, private entities, and the federal government. Also included are extensive research files related to impacted lands and waterways, fishing rights, the history of the Puyallup Tribe, and other similar legal settlements.

Kalma S. Hagan Tacoma Dome Construction Scrapbook

  • 6.3.3
  • c. 1983

The Kalma Hagan Scrapbook includes pictures and newspaper clippings involving the Hawthorne neighborhood, the construction of the Tacoma Dome, and the aftermath of the construction.

Marjorie Jane Windus Autograph Collection

  • 6.3.2
  • 1945-1946

These copies of the 1945 and 1946 Esquire's Jazz Book, published by Smith & Durrell, Inc. were owned by Marjorie Jane Windus during her time she worked in the Chicago Illinois Blue Note Jazz Club, from the 1940s and early 1950s. These books include autographs and messages from many prominent and lesser-known jazz musicians and singers from that time.

Marjorie Jane Windus

George O. Swasey Scrapbooks

  • 6.3.1

Includes four scrapbooks compiled by George Swasey and family containing photographs, report cards, newspaper clippings, programs, tickets, and other ephemera. Also included are drawings by Swasey.

George O. Swasey

Forsberg-Sauers Family Papers

  • 6.2.9

Includes writings, diaries, genealogical research, family newsletters, and photographs relating to the Forsberg and Sauers families. Also includes is an an unpublished manuscript titles The Oakes Street Gang written by Malcolm Forsberg about his experience growing up in South Tacoma.

Forsberg-Sauers Family

Forsberg Family Papers

  • 6.2.8

Includes scrapbooks, photographs, ledgers, and ephemera related to the Forsberg family.

Forsberg Family

Pixler Family Papers

  • 6.2.7

Includes genealogical information about the Pixler and Moriarty families, along with information and accounts of life in Kosmos, Washington including photographs taken before the creation of the Mossyrock Dam, and activities at the site since 1968 up to 2014. The residents of Kosmos were displaced in 1967 to make way for the dam project.

Pixler Family

Stanley-Mason Family Papers

  • 6.2.6

Includes dairies, correspondence, legal documents, photographs, and other documentation related to the Stanley-Mason family and their work as fur trappers in Alaska. Also included is information related to their "Alaska Friends" organization, a group for former Alaska residents living in Seattle. An unpublished manuscript, "Return to the Frontier," is also included.

Cavanaugh Family Papers

  • 6.2.5

Includes commencement yearbooks and memory books, scrapbooks, maps, correspondence, photographs, meeting minutes, directories, mementos of Tacoma area logging and lumber businesses, and ephemera such as event programs.

Cavanaugh Family

Lindstrom Family Papers

  • 6.2.4

Includes personal correspondence, financial materials, diaries, ephemera, and photographs of Tacoma in the early 20th century created or collected by the Lindstrom family. Pricing manuals, lumber maps, and other industry information related to Emil Lindstrom's work with the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company and the Lindstrom-Hanforth Lumber Company are also included.

Lindstrom Family

Anderson Family Papers

  • 6.2.3

Includes photographs, correspondence, writings, speeches, and scrapbooks created or collected by members of the Anderson family. Also included are correspondence and financial records related to the Anderson Supply Company.

Anderson Family

Byrd Family Papers

  • 6.2.2
  • 1804 - 1934

Includes diaries, legal documents, photographs, and artifacts related to the Byrd family who arrived in the Puget Sound region from Illinois in 1853.

Byrd Family

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