Annie's Birthday at Annie Wright, Times, Miss E. Lewis. Gathered in the Great Hall, graduates of the 1948 class at Annie Wright Seminary completed the traditional spade hiding ceremony and said good-bye to one another as they prepared to leave for different colleges through the country. They hid the spade for the class of 1949 to find. In addition, according to custom, the choir at the first service of the school year was made up of graduates of Annie Wright. (T.Times, 9/l17/1948, p.4)
Three students lean from one of the windows of the ivy covered buildings at Annie Wright Seminary. The girls wear dark sweaters that are part of their school uniforms. The school had several high school boarding students.
Annie Wright Seminary. 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 format. A view of the exterior of the buildings at Annie Wright. The school first opened in Tacoma in 1884. The facility moved to this location in 1924. The buildings were designed by Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, architects. The Tudor Gothic brick buildings are covered by ivy. The roofs are studded by dormers. Expansive grounds surround the buildings.
Annie Wright Seminary was having their annual candlelight Christmas carol services, Christmas festivities would follow. This was an event that all grade levels at AWS participated in. View of Annie Wright students trying to get Santa's attention, the school Christmas tree is in background decorated with balloons, the teacher is standing on left side of Santa Claus (T.N.T., 12/12/48, p. D-4). TPL-8104
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In January 1949 Annie Wright Seminary students would be traveling to Olympia where they would visit the Governor and the State government buildings. The above photograph of students enrolled in Annie Wright Seminary's lower school appeared in the 1949 Annie Wright Seminary's yearbook, the Shield. All the girls are wearing their uniforms. (AWS Shield, 1949).
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Annie Wright Seminary. Men are playing baseball on the grounds of Annie Wright Seminary. The school's buildings are shown in the background. The man at bat is wearing suspenders and even his hat. Several students are seen in the stands and sitting on the lawn.
Annie Wright Seminary. A view of Commencement Bay from the playing field at Annie Wright Seminary. Men wearing street clothes are playing baseball and students and parents watch from the grassy hillside.
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Father's Day, lower classes, Annie Wright Seminary, Miss Jenkins. Fathers of children in the lower classes are honored with a banquet and a performance for Fathers' Day held in the courtyard.
Father's Day, lower classes, Annie Wright Seminary, Miss Jenkins. Fathers and their daughters are seated at the foot of a large staircase watching an entertainment in May of 1949. An ivy covered arched walkway is seen on the right of the open courtyard. Tables in the back are now empty.
Father's Day, lower classes, Annie Wright Seminary, Miss Jenkins. Fathers have joined their daughters for Fathers' Day. They are seated together at tables in the open courtyard at Annie Wright.
Father's Day, lower classes, Annie Wright Seminary, Miss Jenkins. The entertainment is over and the audience is looking at the camera for this group portrait of fathers and daughters for Fathers' Day 1949. Two women stand in the arches along the right side of the open courtyard.
Father's Day, lower classes, Annie Wright Seminary, Miss Jenkins. A view of the banquet for fathers and daughters through the arcade at Annie Wright. They are celebrating Fathers' Day together in 1949.
Father's Day, lower classes, Annie Wright Seminary, Miss Jenkins. The audience is breaking up after a performance during a celebration of Fathers' Day at Annie Wright. The arcade along the right side is covered with ivy.
Scenic views, Annie Wright Seminary. A view of Raynor Chapel from the side along North 10th Street. The exterior is covered with a heavy growth of ivy.
Scenic views, Annie Wright Seminary. The exterior of Raynor Chapel at Annie Wright Seminary from Tacoma Avenue North. The chapel was named for Mrs. Amanda A.H. Raynor, head of bible classes and vice principal from 1884 until 1907. The exterior of the building is thickly covered with ivy. A stained glass window is seen along the front of the building below the bell tower.
Scenic views, Annie Wright Seminary. Two young girls and their fathers are leaving Annie Wright in this photograph dated May 21, 1949. This view shows the front of the building covered thickly with ivy.
Tea for new members of AAUW at Annie Wright Seminary, Tribune, Barbara Dana. The Tacoma branch of American Association of University Women honored its new members with a reception in the Great Hall of Annie Wright Seminary. Mrs. E.N. Davidson, president of the Tacoma branch, opened the business meeting . A musical program was furnished by students of Annie Wright. Mrs. M.J. Frapper, social chairman, was in charge of the tea and was assisted by Mrs. W.F. Norris as junior co-chairman. (TNT, 11/13/1949, p.D-4)
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Reception at Annie Wright Seminary after concert at Temple Theater, Tribune, Barbara Dana. A reception was held at Annie Wright Seminary follwing Tacoma Philharmonic's opening concert for 1949. Those attending the concert were able to greet Conductor Eugene Linden and vivacious guest pianist Lily Kraus. L-R are Dr. Otto Mandl, husband of Lily Kraus, Mrs. Virginia Linden, Lily Kraus, and Eugene Linden. (TNT, 11/27/1949, p.D-6)
Activities at Annie Wright Seminary. Students are studying and taking notes during a science class at Annie Wright in November of 1949. One girl is examining something under a microscope and another student is weighing something, possibly a guinea pig. The girl in the middle is taking notes of the weight.
Activities at Annie Wright Seminary. Three students at Annie Wright Seminary practice their ballet movements. The students met every Monday and Friday in dance studio to practice, under the direction of Mis Nancy Jane Bare. They performed for the Christmas party, "Prince Rupert" and "Hunting for the Christmas Tree", for May Day, and a mid-year recital with "Gossip" and "Rondina". A large mirror and bars are seen against the wall behind them. (The Shield, 1950)
Activities at Annie Wright Seminary. A sign over the map says, "AWS Goes to College". Strings run between locations on the map to cards on the bulletin board with the names of colleges and names of Annie Wright students attending them.
Activities at Annie Wright Seminary, a group portrait of the Blue Team. Four students in the front wear letter sweaters with "B" on them and beanies with "Blue" written on them. They also wear white shorts and saddle shoes. The other students in the photograph are wearing one of the Annie Wright uniforms of dark skirts, white blouses with peter pan collars, a scarf at the opening of the collar and a dark, v-neck sweater with the Annie Wright emblem on the left breast. (The Shield, 1950)
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Activities at Annie Wright Seminary. Ten members of the Seminary Athletic Council at Annie Wright Seminary pose with a plaque with a figure of the headless, winged victory. Several smaller, individual, engraved plaques hang from the bottom of the larger plaque. The council was one of the governing bodies at the seminary and planned athletic actiities, Dad's Day, Initiation, and the May Day Banquet. The girls wear one of their uniforms, dark skirts, white blouses with peter pan collars, a scarf at the collar opening and dark v-neck sweaters with the Annie Wright emblem on the left breast. (The Shield, 1950)
Activities at Annie Wright Seminary. In November of 1949, three students were photographed taking a break from studies in one of the large dormitory rooms at Annie Wright Seminary. One of the girls sits at a desk with a book open. Another student leans against one of the dressers in the room while sitting on the arm of an upholstered chair. The other girl sits on the end of her bed with stuffed animals. An Annie Wright banner is hung on the wall and there are also two bulletin boards hung on the walls. Annie Wright Seminary was a private school for girls, many of them boarding, which had been established in September of 1884.
Students at Annie Wright Seminary watch a slide presentation shown by one of their teachers. The teacher handles the slide projector from a table in the middle of the class. A movie projector stands at the back of the room. Sound panels have been attached to the back wall.
Junior Prom at Annie Wright seminary. Three couples pose at the foot of the staircase while one of the students reviews her dance card. Two other Annie Wright students can be seen on the stairs. Ordered by Tribune, Barbara Dana. (TNT, 5/7/1950, p.D-6, The Shield, 1951, p. 9)
Junior Prom at Annie Wright Seminary. Chaparones and a few students are seen in a receiving line for the Junior Prom in this photograph from April of 1950. Head Mistress Ruth Jenkins is seen on the far left. Ordered by Tribune, Barbara Dana. (TNT, 5/7/1950, p.D-6)
The confirmation class for 1950 pose in Raynor Chapel at Annie Wright Seminary. A three-paneled glass screen is shown at the center of the altar with the chapel's stained glass window behind them. The young women wear white shirt-waist dresses with short sleeves and white scarves over their heads.
The American Association of University Women held their annual New Members Tea in the Great Hall at Annie Wright Seminary. The committee for the event gathered around the colorful tea table. L-R, Floramae D. (Mrs. Herbert) Phillips, Mrs. Harold Carlson, Ruth McConihe, Sigrid M. (Mrs. Herman) Sowell and Sarah L. (Mrs. William Foster) Norris. 78 new members were announced, bringing the Tacoma branch membership to 401. (TNT, 11/22/1950, p.10)
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Ordered for The Shield by Annie Wright Seminary. Members of the administrative staff at Annie Wright: Miss Patricia Bulmer, general office assistant; Mrs. Ruth Phelps, house manager; Mrs. Florence I. Perry, financial secretary; Mrs.Helen E. Breitenbach, secretary and Miss Russer, secretary to the headmistress. (The Shield, 1951) Format 5" x 6".
