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Tacoma Ministerial Alliance Records

  • 3.7.2
  • 1883-1912

Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, programs, governing documents, and other materials related to the operations of the Tacoma Ministerial Alliance.

Tacoma Ministerial Alliance

Sixth Avenue Baptist Church Records

  • 3.7.10

Includes publications (bulletins, newsletters, cookbooks, etc.), operational records, photographs, and scrapbooks related to the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church.

Sixth Avenue Baptist Church

Women's Study Clubs Records

  • 3.7.1
  • c. 1910-1970

Includes event programs and schedules from local women's study clubs. The study clubs organized guest lectures and reading groups on a wide variety of topics including art, culture, language, and politics.

Alpha Study Club

Alling Park Garden Club Records

  • 3.6.8

Includes two scrapbooks, one dating from 1947-1953 and the other from 1952-1960. Both scrapbooks hold newspaper articles, photographs, and yearbooks documenting the club’s activities. Additionally, there is a file containing yearbooks, photographs, newspaper articles, ribbons, and certificates from 1971-1976. Also included is a folder on the garden club’s Mini-Standard Flower Show in 1977 and a file about the Magic with Decorative Wood event hosted by the Alling Park Garden Club on May 18-19, 1968.

Alling Park Garden Club

Topaz Circle Records

  • 3.6.5

Includes meeting minutes, programs, and other records related to the operations of the Topaz Circle, the Tacoma branch of the Women of Woodcraft national organization.

Topaz Circle

Robert Ramsey Papers

  • 3.6.4

Includes newspaper clippings, reports, studies, correspondence, and scrapbooks related to Ramsey's research on environmental issues and service in groups like the Nisqually River Task Force, Citizens for a Solar Washington, and the McNeil Island Committee.

Robert Ramsey

Theo Kissick Square Dance Collection

  • 3.6.3

The Kissick Square Dance Collection includes directories and programs for square dance festivals from 1975-2000, along with extensive documentation on organization of the 30th Annual National Convention, as well as periodicals and newsletters on how to host and participate in fun and successful square dance events. Mementos of square dance events and a guest book for the Twilite Twirlers square dance club are also included.

Theo Kissick

The Tacoma Mountaineers Records

  • 3.6.1

Includes scrapbooks, albums, membership records, publications, and photographic slides and prints. Also included are materials contributed by individual members of the Tacoma Chapter of the Mountaineers.

The Tacoma Mountaineers

Poetry Appreciation Club Records

  • 3.5.9

Includes lesson plans, writings, club yearbooks, meeting minutes, and other records relating to the operations of the Poetry Appreciation Club from 1934 to 1979.

Poetry Appreciation Club

Tacoma Art Museum Records

  • 3.5.8

Includes flyers, posters, and brochures that cover many of the Tacoma Art Museum’s shows and events dating back to the2003 grand opening in their current building.

Tacoma Art Museum

Ernest Norling Drawings

  • 3.5.7
  • 1933 - 1934

9 pencil drawings by Ernest Norling depicting work on Civilian Conservation Corps projects in 1933 and 1934. The drawings were created as part of the Public Work of Art (PWAP) Project during the Great Depression.

Ernest Norling

Elizabeth Sale Manuscript

  • 3.5.6
  • 1968

Includes the original typed manuscript of The Field by Elizabeth Sale. According to correspondence from Sale to the Tacoma Public Library dated September 20, 1973, this is the copy sent to Olivant Press for publication in 1968.

Elizabeth Sale

Virna Haffer Collection

  • 3.5.5

Includes photographic works by Haffer organized into a series of titled bound volumes. Each volume includes typewritten descriptive notes. Also included are additional photographs not included in the volumes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.

Virna Haffer

Penelope Loucas Papers

  • 3.5.4

Includes exhibition information, teaching materials, research files, and other documentation related to Penelope Loucas' career as a gallery owner, art curator, and teacher. Also includes extensive research files on artists and art in the Northwest.

Penelope Loucas

Thomas Handforth Collection

  • 3.5.3

This Collection is comprised of the artistic and written output of Thomas S. Handforth. It includes letters, artwork, news clippings, scrap books, photographs, books, and a recording of his Caldecott acceptance speech.

Thomas Handforth

Tacoma Actors Guild Records

  • 3.5.2

Includes photographs and promotional materials for productions, fundraising information and promotional materials, scrapbooks, sheet music, and set design and costume sketches.

Tacoma Actors Guild

Frederick Gamble Jr. Papers

  • 3.5.14

Includes subject files organized by Gamble by name or topic containing mostly correspondence with some additional newspaper clippings, photographs, autographs, sheet music, and ephemera. Files are mostly related to other musicians. Also included are Gamble's scrapbooks.

Frederick Gamble, Jr.

Wyche Story League Records

  • 3.5.12

Includes programs from storytelling events in Washington, and the meeting minutes and scrapbooks created by the League.

Wyche Story League

Tacoma Writers Club Records

  • 3.5.11

Includes scrapbooks, meeting minutes, membership rosters, and writings created by members of the Tacoma Writers Club.

Tacoma Writers Club

Broadway Theater Task Force Records

  • 3.5.10

Includes newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, and materials used for planning the revitalization of the Tacoma Broadway Theatre District during the early 1990s as part of a cultural development plan in the city of Tacoma. Also included are publications, annual reports, and operational documents for the Tacoma Actors Guild, who acted as a catalyst for the commencement of the Broadway Theatre District Campaign.

Broadway Theater District Task Force

Orpheus Club Records

  • 3.5.1

Includes performance programs, meeting minutes, concert records, and scrapbooks related to the Orpheus Club. Also included is information related to the Ladies Musical Club and the St. Cecilia Club.

Orpheus Club

Art Popham Audio and Video Recordings

  • 3.4.9

Audio recordings of the "PM Tacoma" radio broadcast and video recordings of "The Art Popham Show." Content includes interviews with local and national figures, Tacoma news, and local sports.

Art Popham

KAYE 1450 AM Radio Station Records

  • 3.4.8

This collection includes newspaper articles, notes, legal records, and other documents about the Puyallup-based radio station, KAYE, and the controversies surrounding some of the individuals involved in the radio station, including Jim Nicholls and Fred Crisman aka Jon Gold. Also included are newspaper clippings about political topics, many of which were controversial topics on KAYE. A large majority of the materials in this collection are legal documents about KAYE's renewal case as well as letters of support for the station, as the station was accused of violating the Fairness Doctrine outlined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Documents from the FCC about its guidelines for radio as well as documents about the Fairness Doctrine are also included.

KAYE Radio

National League for Woman's Service of Pierce County Records

  • 3.4.7

Contains the registration forms for Pierce County women residents signing up to volunteer for national service. The forms range from April-May 1917 and are arranged numerically by form number from numbers 0-1247. The forms contain some biographical information about the registered women including their age, address, amount of schooling received, current occupation, and the nationality of their parents. Additionally, there is a list of services needed that women can denote interest or experience in, some examples are Social Club Work, Cooking, Gardening, Industrial Shops or Factories, Medical and Nursing, Motor Driving, and Clerical work.

National League for Woman’s Service of Pierce County

Altrusa International Club of Tacoma Records

  • 3.4.4

Includes newsletters, scrapbooks, photographs, meeting minutes, correspondence, and information related to Altrusa projects and initiatives.

Altrusa International Club of Tacoma

Helen Stafford Papers

  • 3.4.2

Inlcudes membership handbooks, programs, agendas, and other information related to several organizations with which Stafford was involved including Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Matron's Club, the Washington Association of Colored Women, the Allen AME Church, and others. Also included are speeches and writings by Stafford and honors and awards she received.

Helen Stafford

Sallie Shawl Papers

  • 3.4.1

Includes records related to various local social justice efforts and organizations including the Shalom Center of Associated Ministries, United for Peace and Justice of Pierce County, TAJO (Tacoma Arabs, Jews, and Others for Peace), Occupy Tacoma, and Stay in Your Homes. Topics covered in the papers include the South African Apartheid, the War in Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, the Occupy Wall Street movement, the death penalty, foreclosures following the 2008 financial crisis, and others. Also included are correspondence, audiovisual material, and handbook and instructions related to activism.

Sallie Shawl

Ancient Order of Vikings Ship No. 1 Records

  • 3.3.3

Includes meeting minutes, membership records, correspondence, and other material related to the operations of the Tacoma chapter (Ship No. 1) of the Ancient Order of Vikings.

Ancient Order of Vikings, Ship Tacoma No. 1

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