Includes newspaper clippings organized by topic and maintained by the staff of the Tacoma News Tribune. Most files contain an assortment of clippings on a related from the Tacoma News Tribune. Some files include clippings from other papers and research notes.

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.

Includes correspondence, journals, financial papers, legal papers, printed materials and ephemera, photos and maps. Correspondence consists of both personal and business-related letters (1873-1911). Journal entries provide twenty-two years worth of short accounts of daily farm life, and occasionally mention other early Steilacoom pioneers (1868-1912). Financial papers include tax receipts (1866-1930), handwritten and printed receipts (1861-1931), a checkbook (1861-1862), and small account books recording work, expenses, and brief journal entries (1862-1910). Legal documents include land contracts and descriptions, and court documents relating to the estate of J.W. Roberts (1911-1915). Printed materials and ephemera include a variety of items such as business cards, pamphlets, and menus (undated), and newspaper clippings (1895, 1913-1914). A small series of photos are mostly undated and unidentified. There are also two undated handwritten maps of the Spanaway area.

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.

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.

These copies of the 1945 and 1946 Esquire's Jazz Book, published by Smith & Durrell, Inc. were owned by Marjorie Jane Windus during her time she worked in the Chicago Illinois Blue Note Jazz Club, from the 1940s and early 1950s. These books include autographs and messages from many prominent and lesser-known jazz musicians and singers from that time.

Includes business ledgers containing financial information, store inventories, and other information about the operations of the Cow Butter Store. These ledgers also contain a wide range of enclosed material including correspondence, newspaper clippings, writings, and ephemera.

Includes photographs, correspondence, writings, speeches, and scrapbooks created or collected by members of the Anderson family. Also included are correspondence and financial records related to the Anderson Supply Company.

Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, legal documents, and photographs related to Miller's work as a longshoreman and union leader. Also included are bulletins, meeting minutes, constitutions, and agreements of the International Longshoreman's Association (ILA), International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Maritime Federation of the Pacific Coast, Tacoma Labor Relations Committee, and Puget Sound District Labor Committee.

Minutes from Tacoma City Council meetings. In addition to regular meetings, minutes from study sessions, budget meetings, and special meetings are also included.

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.

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

Includes yearbooks produced by Hilltop Heritage Middle School (formerly Jason Lee Junior High School) showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding academic year.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Includes yearbooks produced by the DuPont-Fort Lewis School District showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding academic year.

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.