Reverend David Alger Interviews
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Includes video interviews conducted by Reverend David Alger with religious leaders in and around the Tacoma area.
Reverend David Alger
Reverend David Alger Interviews
Includes video interviews conducted by Reverend David Alger with religious leaders in and around the Tacoma area.
Reverend David Alger
Includes correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, and other documentation related to Jacqueline Noel's work at the Tacoma Public Library as the Head of the Reference Department and later as City of Tacoma Librarian. Also included is information related to Noel's genealogical research and involvement in organizations such as the Huguenot Society of America, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the North End Shakespeare Club. Collections of personal papers from Noel's family members, including Eleanor Noel, Jacob Noel, Anita Noel Mason, Thomas W Mason, and Thomas "Teddy" Mason were gathered by Noel and available as a part of her Papers. Extensive family photographs dating back to c. 1850s are included.
Jacqueline Noel
Includes extensive correspondence between Johnston and colleagues, citizens, and agencies/corporations. Additionally, the Gordon Johnston Papers contain agendas and reports from the Puget Sound Governmental Conference (later the Puget Sound Council of Governments), and the Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency. Also included are city reports and financial documents, including expenditure reports and Annual Budget reports.
Gordon Johnston
Amzie D. Browning Papers and Photographs
Includes print photographs and glass plate negatives taken by Browning. Also included is documentation related to Browning's Sharpe Sign Co. and correspondence.
Amzie D. Browning
Altrusa International Club of Tacoma Records
Includes newsletters, scrapbooks, photographs, meeting minutes, correspondence, and information related to Altrusa projects and initiatives.
Altrusa International Club of Tacoma
Includes correspondence, reports, research files, and other documentation related to Kaiser's work as the Director of Tacoma Public Library and as a leader in national, regional, and state library associations. Research files and related correspondence are also included in the papers, particularly on the topics of school librarians and the restoration of the name of Mount Tahoma. As Library Director during World War I and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, Kaiser's papers also intersect with these topics and their impact on libraries.
John Boynton Kaiser
Washington State Fair Collection
A collection of photographs by professional and amateur photographers throughout the years of the Washington State Fair/Puyallup Fair from 1900-2011. Original photograph collection is held by the Washington State Fair and not at Tacoma Public Library. First and last names of the photographers are listed when known. Unknown photographers have been filed in the decade in which it was taken.
Includes correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, photos, and other documents related to Wanda Thompson’s life. Many of the documents pertain to Thompson’s career including her time as a model, job analyst for Puget Sound Bank, employee at the Washington State Department of Corrections, and the Executive Director of the Rehabilitation Council of Washington State. The papers also point to Thompson’s involvement with the community in Tacoma like her engagement with the Afro-Pageant and Show. Also included is an oral history with Wanda Thompson recorded on June 3, 2023.
Wanda Thompson
Includes scrapbooks, photographs, ledgers, and ephemera related to the Forsberg family.
Forsberg Family
Includes photographs related to a wide variety of local events and locations taken by Marvin Boland between the 1910s through the 1930s.
Marvin D. Boland
Includes correspondence, performance programs, and documentation related to Stave's employment with Sears, Roebuck and Company and the Northern Pacific Railway Company in Tacoma. Also included are scrapbooks containing clippings, ticket stubs, business cards, brochures, menus, and other ephemera.
Clarence Stave
Includes correspondence and legal documents. Also includes material related to William Dudley Pelley and the "Silver Shirts" or "Silver Legion," a racist and anti-Semitic organization founded in 1933. Woodard's correspondence includes positive commentary on the organization.
Carrie Woodard
Includes correspondence, reports, and other documentation primarily related to the Washington State Library War Council during World War I.
Bishop Frederic Keator
Includes waterfront, street, and building photographs by F. Jay Haynes.
F. Jay Haynes
Includes photographs taken by City of Tacoma photographer William Trueblood of city events.
William Trueblood
Albert Henry Barnes Photographs
Includes photographs of landscape and outdoor activities taken by Albert Henry Barnes.
Albert Henry Barnes
Inlcudes digital images and prints of street photography taken primarily in Tacoma and Seattle during the 1970s and 2000s. Also included are oversize photographs, photographic negatives, and photographic slides.
Stephen Cysewski
Includes maps of the northwestern United States from various sources. Coverage is primarily focused on Washington, Pierce County, and Tacoma.
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
Includes documentation from Morgan's career as a historian, writer, journalist, broadcaster, and teacher. Materials include: drafts and manuscripts of Morgan's books, articles, and unpublished writing projects; research files assembled by Morgan and containing clippings, reports, notes, and writing drafts; teaching materials such as lesson plans and lecture notes; photographs used in Morgan's publications or related to research topics; transcripts and notes from Morgan's radio broadcasts; audio and video recordings; personal materials, awards, and ephemera.
Murray Morgan
Includes yearbooks produced by Foss High School showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding academic year.
Pacific Lutheran University Publications
Includes yearbooks produced by Pacific Lutheran University showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding academic year.
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
Includes journals, photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, and materials related to Davy's career as a teacher.
Marguerite Neely Davy
Includes newspaper clippings, photographs, and documentation related to Kupka's work in the state legislature. Also included is information about investigations of the Northern State Hospital.
George Kupka
Tom Terrien Tacoma Transit Collection
Includes a collection of photographs, staff lists, and other materials related to Tacoma Transit compiled by Tom Terrien, who worked for the transit system from 1939-1981.
Tom Terrien
Orting High School Publications
Includes yearbooks produced by Orting High School showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding academic year.
Franklin Pierce High School Publications
Includes yearbooks produced by Franklin Pierce High School showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding year.
McIlvaigh Junior High School Publications
Includes yearbooks produced by McIlvaigh Junior High School showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding year.
Spanaway Lake High School Publications
Includes yearbooks produced by Spanaway High School showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding academic year.