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Tacoma Friends Meeting

Oral history interviews with Leonard W. Holden and Julius Jahn by Juanita Hembrow conducted 02/1992. Leonard Holden, founder of the Tacoma Friends Meeting, and Julius Jahn, a long-time member of the Religious Society of Friends, talk about the history of the Quakers and reflect on the personal experiences and revelations that inspired them to become pacifists and Conscientious Objectors. Holden shares his efforts in establishing a permanent Quaker meeting place in the Tacoma area, and Jahn describes his experiences with various Quaker groups and sects throughout the United States. Both men expound on the various services and humanitarian projects that the Tacoma Friends Meeting has been involved in, from draft counseling services to collaborative efforts with other churches to rehabilitate low-income housing.

Mexican-Americans from Mexico to Washington State: Discrimination and Segregation in the Memory o...

Mexican-Americans from Mexico to Washington State: Discrimination and Segregation in the Memory of One Witness

Oral history interview with Jenaro Castaneda by Yris Lance conducted April-May 2007. Jenaro Castaneda, a former migrant worker, describes life growing up in a post-World War II farm labor camp and comments on the social barriers he has faced as a Mexican-American. He also touches on his work with the Washington State Office of Minority and Womens Business Enterprises and expresses his hopes for greater recognition and understanding of Washingtons minority communities.

Sisters of Providence & Sister Mary Francis Cabrini Rohr

Oral history interview with Mary Cabrini Rohr by Connie M. Smith conducted 02/1994. Sister Mary Cabrini Rohr (Frances Rohr, 1910-1997) discusses her decade-spanning nursing and teaching career, including her time as director of the School of Nursing at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington. Special focus is given to the schools 1954 changeover from a three-year professional program to a one-year practical program, a transition that Sister Cabrini personally oversaw.

Sulja Warnick Papers

  • CAC1004

Includes an oral history with Sulja Warnick along with digital copies of photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence related to Warnick's life and career.

Sulja Warnick

Family Photographs

Brief family story to accompany the family photographs: Sulja married Fred Warnick in Seoul, Korea, in 1968. They lived over eight years while married there, mostly in Daegu or Seoul, from 1968 until late 1976. Fred had served in the Army, Corps of Engineers, in Daegu, Korea, Oct 1964 to July 1966. They returned to Tacoma, Fred’s hometown, when daughters’ ages were 4-1/4 and 1-1/2 years old.

Family portrait

Family portrait

Back row: Gina, Fred, Sulja, Jacob.
Middle row: Paul holding Julia, Angela, Gabriel.
Bottom row: Olivia, Rose, Eli.
Taken in April 2010 during Fred's 70th birthday at a professional photography studio in Tacoma.

Sulja's nieces and nephews

Sulja's nieces and nephews

Kang KyoHui, Yi MiKyoung, Yi HoGeun, Yi ChangGeun, and Angela Warnick.
Taken in either January of 1975 or 1976 in Daegu, Korea at Sulja and Fred's home during the lunar new year holiday, based on the girls' traditional Korean dresses.

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