Includes speeches, thank you notes, schedules, and event information related to Baarsma's two terms as Mayor of Tacoma. Also included are two boxes predating Baarsma's mayoral career containing research materials as well as correspondence, campaign materials, and newsletters related to Pierce County and national democratic politicians.

Includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other materials related to Keithley's career as an educator in and around Pierce County.

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.

Includes autobiographical novels by Pierce County residents who participated in All My Somedays writing project 1981-1983.

Early Tacoma newspaper with local and regional news, editorials, and advertisements.

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.

Contains research files on Japanese American history compiled by Seto. These include notes, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and other information related to Japanese communities in the Pacific Northwest.

Includes a Register of Admitted and Dismissed Children, 1900-1944; Minutes of the Children's Industrial Home, 1927-1932; the official bylaws of the Woman's League; two scrapbooks and a small assortment of slides, 1952-2007.

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.

Includes yearbooks produced by University of Puget Sound showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding academic year.

Includes yearbooks produced by Clover Park High School (Lakewood) showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding academic year.

Weekly four-page local newspaper based out of Tacoma, Washington, with advertisements of Sixth Avenue businesses and some community news content. c. 1930 (Vol. 1, No. 1); Oct. 11, 1932; Jan. 02, 1941 - Sept. 24, 1942.

Weekly newspaper based out of Fort Lewis, Washington, focusing on mostly local and some regional and national military news, life and sports, and also contains a local arts and entertainment guide. Holdings begin May 3, 1990 through end of production on June 15, 2018.

Includes handbooks, meeting minutes, correspondence, newsletters, and other documentation related to local programs aimed at helping low-income individuals.

Bi-monthly community newspaper with articles and information about the Hilltop Area neighborhood of Tacoma. March/April 2017 - Present; August/September 2020 and June/July 2021 issues published in digital form only.

The Jacki Skaught Papers cover the years 1980-2005. The records are divided into five series specifically concerning Jacki Skaught’s role with the Jury and the City of Tacoma: Tacoma Dome Jury of Recommendation Committee Member , Tacoma Dome Reconvened Jury Member, Tacoma Dome Continued Involvement, Other City of Tacoma Positions, and miscellaneous ephemera and memorabilia.

Includes legal documents and correspondence related to Thompson's work as an attorney mainly operating in the lumber industry.

The Island Lantern (originally called "The Monthly Island Lantern") was a publication that ran from April 1, 1924 through March 1980. As proclaimed at the start of nearly every issue it is "published .. by and for the men of the U. S. Penitentiary. McNeil Island, Washington ... The purpose of this publication is to give inmates opportunities for self-expression: to provide a medium for discussion of public problems: to foster better understanding between inmates and the public and to be constructively informative."

Includes video interviews conducted by Reverend David Alger with religious leaders in and around the Tacoma area.

Includes correspondence, writings on local history, and material related to the movement to build a library branch in the Fern Hill area.

Includes meeting minutes, a scrapbook, clippings files, and writings about the history of the Fern Hill School created by the Fern Hill School Parent Teacher Association.

The "Pierce County Recorder" was a weekly newspaper that changed its name from the "Roy Recorder" on October 17, 1930. It covered the areas of Brookdale, Longbranch, McKenna, Parkland, Roy and Spanaway among others in south Pierce County. It focused primarily on local and state news, church and social events, sports including Valley League Baseball and schools including Pacific Lutheran College.

The Tacoma Daily Index is a daily newspaper published by Sound Publishing Inc. It features a daily story on the front page. It publishes legal notices, bankruptcies, liens, orders, calls for bids, federal court notices and auditors’ office notices. The Daily Index was founded on May 1, 1890, as the Daily Mortgage and Lien Record. (1)

Holdings: Nov. 1, 1916 - July 31, 1917; Aug. 1, 1917 - Dec. 30, 2021 (bound); Jan. 5, 2022 - Dec. 30, 2022.

"Alpine News" was a newsletter published by Tacoma Chapter of The Mountaineers. Articles included mountain rescues, events, tips, future climbs, history, stories of recent climbs and other mountain climbing news.

Includes articles of incorporation, correspondence, minutes of the Board of Trustees, Board of Directors, stockholders, and other committees, financial records including ledgers and stock registers, legal documents including deeds and resolutions, and reports to stockholders.

Daily newspaper primarily focused on issues of relevance to Tacoma and Pierce County's Black community. Editions highlighted both local and national news and many editions included supplements titled "Happenings" and "Business Legal Journal" where local community events and business updates were published.

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.

The Woman Voter is a monthly magazine published by the League of Women Voters of Tacoma/Pierce County. It changed its name to The Voter in 1931, and covered politics on the local and national level. Its goal was to inform women voters of their civic responsibility and it published articles on political events, local political issues, and supported candidates for office. After it became a newsletter its topics were more focused on its own members in the League of Women Voters and published meetings, activities, calendars of events and financial/budgetary matters concerning the organization.

Includes yearbooks produced by Bellarmine Preparatory School showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding year.

Includes yearbooks produced by Fife High School showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding year.