- 1.1.2
- 1909-1984
Contains scrapbooks, assembled by the Tacoma City Manager's office or the Tacoma City Clerk, that primarily show newspaper clippings in which the City of Tacoma is mentioned over the course of the year(s).
Contains scrapbooks, assembled by the Tacoma City Manager's office or the Tacoma City Clerk, that primarily show newspaper clippings in which the City of Tacoma is mentioned over the course of the year(s).
Includes photographs taken by Chapin Bowen across his career as a photographer in Wenatchee and Tacoma. Coverage includes local churches, businesses, organizations, and cemeteries. Military, aircraft, and parades are also included.
Chapin Bowen
Includes correspondence, speeches, writings, photos, and scrapbooks. Documentation related to Linck's resignation from the Treasury Department is also included along with issues of The Spirit of the Age, a newspaper edited by Linck.
John Linck
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
Black Women's Caucus of Washington State, Tacoma Chapter Records
Includes event programs, meeting notes, work plans, and publications related to the Tacoma Chapter of the Black Women's Caucus of Washington State. Also included is an oral history interview conducted with four members of the Tacoma Chapter.
Eatonville High School Publications
Includes yearbooks produced by Eatonville High School showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding academic year.
Gault Junior High School Publications
Includes yearbooks produced by Gault Middle School showing portraits of students and staff as well as news, events, and athletics information from the preceding academic year.
Annie Wright School Publications
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.
Includes photographs, correspondence, and other documentation related to Hanson's role as Mayor. Also included is documentation and ephemera related to his 1959 visit to Tacoma Sister City Kokura, Japan.
Ben Hanson
Mayor Harold M. Tollefson Papers
Includes correspondence, campaign records, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, government reports, photographs, speeches, conference notes, publications of municipal government organizations, and corporate records.
Harold M. Tollefson
The Mazama Bulletin is published by Mazamas, a non-profit mountaineering organization that was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The Mazama Bulletin is published bi-monthly, and, in the past, has had a monthly and yearly edition as well. The bulletin publishes articles about hikes, classes, and climbs put on by Mazamas, issues surrounding conservation, responsible recreation, and outdoor education.
The Homefinder was published by Children's Home Society of Washington quarterly and focused the adoption, fostering, and education of children in Washington state. The title was Washington Children's Homefinder from its inception up to September 1964 (Vol.66 No.3). The publication would often include pictures of children and information on adoption, fostering, homeschooling, and social services.
Tacoma Centennial Committee Records
Includes meeting minutes, programs, and planning documents related to the Tacoma Centennial Celebration.
Tacoma Centennial Committee
Includes scrapbooks, photographs, ledgers, and ephemera related to the Forsberg family.
Forsberg Family
KAYE 1450 AM Radio Station Records
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
Includes an oral history with Sulja Warnick along with digital copies of photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence related to Warnick's life and career.
Sulja Warnick
Michael K. Honey Civil Rights, Social Justice, and Community History Papers
Includes research files, teaching materials, and other documentation related to Professor Michael Honey's work in civil rights and labor history. Also included are projects created by students enrolled in Honey's community history classes focused on figures and topics in Tacoma's history.
Michael K. Honey
Kalma S. Hagan Tacoma Dome Construction Scrapbook
The Kalma Hagan Scrapbook includes pictures and newspaper clippings involving the Hawthorne neighborhood, the construction of the Tacoma Dome, and the aftermath of the construction.
The Northwest Metalworker describes itself as "The Magazine For Machinists and Related Tradesmen." It is published monthly. The Northwest Metalworker publishes on new technologies, new products, safety, and trade education. They also publish reader write-ins.
Real Change describes itself as the "Puget Sound Newspaper of the Poor and Homeless." The publication's first issue was in 1994. Real Change is published by the Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project which is a nonprofit organization that "organizes, educates, and builds alliances to create solutions to homelessness and poverty. We exist to provide a voice for the poor people in our community." The Real Change newspaper is published every other Thursday and sold by the poor and homeless of Seattle. Real Change publishes on local political issues, homeless advocacy, employment information etc. It also publishes creative writing like poetry as well as book reviews.
Weekly newspaper primarily focused on issues of relevance to Tacoma's Black community. At various points, the title appeared as "The Tacoma Facts" and "The Northwest Facts." In the 1970s, the paper advertised itself as "the newspaper most people prefer for information about Tacoma's Minority Communities."
American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) Records
Includes publications, reports, internal memos, newspaper clippings, and other documentation related to the operations, closure, and cleanup of the ASARCO site in Tacoma. Also included are extensive photographic documentation of personnel, facilities, and cleanup activities from 1948 to 2009.
ASARCO
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.
Bill Baarsma
Franklin Pierce High School Ethnic Studies Interviews
Includes interviews conducted by Franklin Pierce High School students for an Ethnic Studies class with teacher Dan Call. Students interviewed family, friends, and other community members about race, racial identity, microaggressions, and discrimination. Interview transcripts created by students have been produced for some audio recordings.
Northwest Air Lifter is a publication for the Lewis-McChord Airforce Base. The publication features national news headlines relating to the military. It also features stories and information on people and events in the McChord Base community.
League of Women Voters of Tacoma-Pierce County Records
Includes annual meeting materials, membership directories, "They Represent You" brochures, studies, and scrapbooks.
League of Women Voters of Tacoma-Pierce County
Puget Sound Computer User was a free monthly publication with its main goals to provide information regarding trends, tools, and guides to the computer world as well as offering articles on business technology, office automation, and computers. Each publication also included ads highlighting local businesses specializing in computer or tech-related services.
Different Times was based in Seattle Washington and focused on disability rights. The publication was "dedicated to the proposition that all are created different, but equal." Different Times included articles about important events in the news that pertain to those with disabilities, articles that gave advice, like how to file an ADA complaint, opinion pieces, etc. Different Times was published mostly monthly, with short stints where it was published weekly, and every two months.
Northwest Environmental Journal
The Northwest Environmental Journal was published by the Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Washington. It aimed to publish research involving the environment in the states of Alaska, Idaho, western Montana, Oregon, Washington, and northwest Canada. The journal included research that was also multidisciplinary, including works involving the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. It was usually published bi-annually.
Northwest Energy News was published monthly by the Northwest Power Planning Council. It included articles on the inner workings of the Northwest Power Planning Council, and other news involving power plants, town hall meetings, conservation, etc.