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Annie Wright School Publications

  • 4.1.6

Includes yearbooks produced by Annie Wright School showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding academic year. Also included is a catalog and prospectus from 1890-1891.

Richards Studio Photographs

  • 2.1.1

Contains print photographs, 35mm color transparencies (slides), color stereo transparencies (3D slides), and photographic negatives (4x5, 6x8, and 9x12) taken by the Richards Studio from roughly 1910s through to 1980. These images depict a wide range of commercial subject matter including local clubs and organizations, business and industry, sports, public events, city and local government, weddings, and the armed services.

Richards Photography Studio

Community Event Collection

  • CAC0003

Includes videos, interviews, and other material gathered by the Community Archives Center at community events.

Tacoma Public Library Book Notes Radio Program

  • 1.4.5

Tacoma Public Library's Book Notes radio program was featured on KTNT radio Sundays at 10:30 pm. The show existed from the 1950s to the1970s and featured content such as book reviews, oral histories, interviews, and poetry readings. The hosts included librarian Marile Creager, Gary Reese, Louise Morrison, and Georgeanne Schuler.

Tacoma Public Library

Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

  • 5.1.2

Includes photographs organized by topic and maintained by TNT staff. Some files may include a single photograph while others may contain many different photographs.

Tacoma News Tribune

Local Clubs and Organizations Files

  • 3.1

Includes files from Tacoma area clubs and organizations; fliers, membership handbooks, correspondence, directories, and other content related to group operations.

Menu Collection

  • 9.4

Contains menus from area restaurants and local special events. Also included are several menus from ships.

Cookbook Collection

  • 9.5

Includes local and regional cookbooks and recipes produced by community organizations, churches, and businesses.

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

Local Ephemera Collection

  • 9.3

Includes items created for a short term purpose that have been retained for their long term historical, informational, or research value. These include pamphlets and brochures, tickets, and event programs.

Local Writings and Publications

  • 9.7

Includes booklets, manuscripts, theses and dissertations, reports, and other writings about Washington State. Also included are writings about and by Washington authors.

Tacoma Public Library Bicentennial Oral History Project

  • 1.4.6

These oral history interviews were conducted by Ruth L. Wett as part of an oral history project sponsored by the Tacoma Public Library from 1975 to 1976. Each interview provides insight into activities in various neighborhoods, the mixture of immigrant communities, and the reflections on everyday experiences living in Tacoma around the turn of the last century.

Tacoma Public Library

Charles Wright Academy Publications

  • 4.1.10

Includes yearbooks produced by Charles Wright Academy showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding year.

Mann Junior High School Publications

  • 4.1.18

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

Mason Junior High School Publications

  • 4.1.19

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

Saint Leo High School for Girls Publications

  • 4.1.27

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

Saint Patrick Catholic School Publications

  • 4.1.28

Includes yearbooks produced by Saint Patrick Catholic School showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding academic year.

Puyallup High School Publications

  • 4.1.50

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

Hunt Junior High School Publications

  • 4.1.46

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

Steilacoom High School Publications

  • 4.1.32

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

Truman Junior High School Publications

  • 4.1.36

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

University Place School Publications

  • 4.1.37

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

George O. Swasey Scrapbooks

  • 6.3.1

Includes four scrapbooks compiled by George Swasey and family containing photographs, report cards, newspaper clippings, programs, tickets, and other ephemera. Also included are drawings by Swasey.

George O. Swasey

Tacoma Public Library Scrapbooks

  • 1.4.3

Includes scrapbooks compiled by Tacoma Public Library staff containing newspaper clippings, event programs and flyers, photographs, and other material related to the Library. Items identified as "Clippings Scrapbooks" contain only newspaper clippings.

Tacoma Public Library

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

Radio Tacoma Programs

  • CAC2003

Radio Tacoma (101.9) is an all-volunteer, low-power FM community radio station with a mission "to serve Tacoma and the surrounding area, providing the opportunity for participatory democracy as a venue for local voices, news, and talent that might otherwise not get heard." Their regular programming includes The Cannabis Corner, Climate Talk, and Grit City Stories.

Charles Carson Papers

  • CAC1002

Includes writings, photographs, flyers, and other information related to Charles Carson's work as a speaker, musician, and activist.

Charles Carson

Willits Brothers Canoe Company Records

  • 2.6.2

Business records of the Willits Brothers Canoe Company, including designs for and information on manufacturing and maintaining canoes, photos of the Willits' family and friends, photos of the Puget Sound area from 1920 to the late-1960s, and files, maps, and architectural drawings relating to Day Island, and to the Day Island Improvement Club.

Willits Brothers Canoe Company

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