Item description provided by Marcia Pearson Crews.

Name of recipe: Henry's Bakery Gingerbread Boy Cookies
Who created this recipe: Henry's Bakery
How long has it been in the family: Henry's Bakery at Proctor made this recipes from the 1950s until it closed.
What memory do you have of it: Who made the world's best glazed donuts, maple bars, and ginger-bread cookies? Henry's Bakery of course. Growing up three blocks from Proctor I had these treats often. The TNT ran a copy of the gingerbread boy cookies many years ago and this is a copy of it. Delicious!

Oral history interview with Milton P. Andrews by Robert Ewing conducted 1/13/1992. Andrews discusses his experiences growing up as the son of a fundamental (Free Methodist Church) preacher in Missouri, his education, religious training, and his own spiritual and philosophical shift to a more progressive brand of religion and into activism for social justice. Andrews details his controversial tenure as the leader of several churches in Ohio, New York and Washington State, including Epworth Lesourd Methodist Church in Tacoma, where his stance against the Vietnam War led to his forced resignation in 1970. The interview only briefly touches on Andrews's involvement with the Hillside Community Church.

Foundational documents of the Hilltop Library Planning Committee with information about its members, mission, values and goals. Background information on the previous Martin Luther King, Jr. library branch is included. Slides from a presentation about the committee's activities are included. Community cafes were conducted at the Peace Community Center and library usage data was collected from people in attendance. The final document contains a cost outline from the City of Tacoma for rebuilding a library in the Hilltop neighborhood.

As part of the many advocacy and community activities the committee conducted is a writing contest for Hilltop students. Prizes were awarded and a presentation of the winners was shared at the Tacoma City Council meeting on October 16, 2018.

Oral history interviews with Curtis Dungey and Chuck O'Donahue by Angela Cookson conducted 02/1992. The interviews with both Curtis Dungey and Chuck O'Donahue discuss their association with the Tacoma Smelter and ASARCO. O'Donahue, who worked at the plant for over twenty years (1963-1985), also was active as a union leader for Local 25. Dungey was the senior environmental scientist for ASARCO who oversaw the closure of the plant.

Oral history interview with Bob Gallucci by Dian Hathaway conducted April-June 1991. The collection contains two interviews with Bob Gallucci, in which he discusses his experiences growing up as a second generation Italian American within a first generation immigrant extended family household in the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington during the pre- and post World War II years. Gallucci describes the attitudes of his immigrant parents, what life in Hilltop was like during the early and mid twentieth century, the current (1990s) problems of Hilltop, and his reasons for becoming active in issues relating to peace and social justice.

Oral history interview with Jack McQuade by Alex Jaber conducted 05/28/2015. This project is comprised of an oral interview, recorded and transcribed, with Mr. Jack McQuade, co-owner of The Swiss pub, located at 1904 Jefferson Avenue, Tacoma, WA. The research paper investigates the factors involved when Mr. McQuade started this business during the early 1990's, as well as, examining how this helped revitalize and preserve the south downtown Tacoma setting on the UW Tacoma campus. The Swiss is a first-rate location for inspection due to its existence for over 100 years. Mr. McQuade has been the owner for as long as UW's 46 acre downtown campus has been in existence, his insight provides invaluable perspective on the transition over last 25 years of both the campus and his business in relation to one another.

Oral history interview with James Walton by Julian L. McGilvery conducted 05/14/2014. James L Walton, the first African-Ameican city manager in Washington State, recounts his experiences growing up in rural, segregated Texas, in the Vietnam War and involvement in the Mother's Day Disturbance of 1969.

Judy's email submission describing her life durring self isolation and being a member of a more vunerable demographic.