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Allan Pomeroy Records, 1906-1970
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Pomeroy, Allan
- Title
- Allan Pomeroy Records
- Dates
- 1906-1970 (inclusive)19061970
1952-1956 (bulk)19521956 - Quantity
- 4.4 cubic feet, (11 boxes), (28 digital image files)
- Collection Number
- 5267-01
- Summary
- Official and personal records from Allan Pomeroy, mayor of Seattle from 1952 to 1956.
- Repository
-
Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov - Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Allan Pomeroy was mayor of Seattle from 1952-1956. In 1948, he was defeated in his first mayoral bid by incumbent Mayor William F. Devin, and in 1956 was unsuccessful in a re-election campaign against Gordon S. Clinton. Pomeroy was a lawyer and judge, serving as Justice of the Peace in Kitsap County (1934-1936), acting Seattle municipal judge (1942), assistant United States Attorney for Western Washington (1942-1948), and King County Superior Court judge (1948). He graduated from the University of Washington School of Law in 1931. He was a member of several clubs and societies, including the Moose Lodge, Eagles, Kiwanis Club, and Alaska-Yukon Pioneers. He served as Exalted Ruler of the Seattle Elks. Pomeroy died on July 7, 1966, and was survived by his wife Loretta.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Records date from 1906-1970, with the bulk of the materials coming from Pomeroy's 1952-1956 mayoral term. The records were donated by family members and do not represent a transfer directly from the Mayor's office. They include both official and personal items, evidencing the history and character of Allan Pomeroy beyond his elected term as Mayor. The earliest item, from 1906, is a handbook of induction ceremonies used by the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. Pomeroy served as Exalted Ruler, and his ceremonial medallion and ribbon is among his personal artifacts.
City of Seattle records include materials from several committees, including the Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee and one focused on Police Practices. Records also include the Mayor's speeches to visiting conventions and document his participation in the Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference. Subject files and specialized reports include a proposed toll road between Tacoma, Seattle, and Everett.
Photographs in the collection include portraits and documentation of his participation in official events. View 5267-01 online
Records also include two boxes of newspapers and clippings.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Allan Pomeroy Records, Record Series 5267-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
GeneralReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Pomeroy Campaign
Materials |
circa 1952 |
| 1/2 | Certificate of
Election |
1952 |
| 1/3 | Biographical
Information |
circa 1952 |
| 1/4 | Annual Message to
Council |
1953-1956 |
| 1/5 | Award, Military Order of the
Purple Heart |
1956 |
| 1/6 | Guestbook of Mayor Allan
Pomeroy |
1954-1956 |
| 1/7 | Ephemera |
1950-1956 |
| 1/8 | News clippings |
1954-1956 |
| 9/1 | Newspapers and
Clippings |
circa 1954 |
| 10/1 | Newspapers and
Clippings |
circa 1954 |
| 99/1 | Italian Honorary Award and
Maritime Proclamation (oversize) - loc 14-4-3 |
1952-1956 |
| item | ||
| TBA | Audio recording, Mayors Devin
and Pomeroy. On 2 oversize glass discs |
1948 |
Mayoral StatementsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/9 | Mayor Pomeroy
Statements |
1952 |
| 1/10 | Mayor Pomeroy
Statements |
1953 |
| 1/11 | Mayor William F. Devin
Statements |
1951 |
| 1/12 | Mayor William F. Devin
Statements |
1952 |
| 1/13 | Robert H. Harlin, Acting
Mayor, Statements |
1951-1952 |
Public AppearancesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/14 | Speeches |
1954 |
| 1/15 | Address to Richland Chamber
of Commerce |
1954 |
| 1/16 | Welcome to His Majesty Haile
Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia |
1954 |
| 1/17 | Reception, Haile
Selassie |
1954 |
| 1/18 | Welcome, Trade
Fair |
1954 |
| 1/19 | Television Program, Oil
Progress Week, Ethyl Corporation |
1954 |
| 1/20 | Notes on "Seattle
1970" |
1954 |
| 1/21 | Speech at Olympia Kiwanis on
the subject of Civil Defense |
1954 |
| 1/22 | Welcome, American Water Works
Association Meeting |
1954 |
| 1/23 | Massing of Colors Memorial
Ceremony |
1954 |
| 1/24 | Address, American Bowling
Congress Tournament |
1954 |
| 1/25 | Address, The Institute of
Government, University of Washington |
1954 |
| 2/1 | Speeches, Reference Materials
File |
1954 |
CorrespondenceReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/2 | Departmental Correspondence,
Building Department |
1952-1953 |
| 2/3 | Departmental Correspondence,
Building Department, Frederick and Nelson Parking Garage |
1953 |
| 2/4 | Departmental Correspondence,
Building Department, Seattle Pacific College |
1953 |
| 2/5 | Departmental Correspondence,
Legal, Spectators on the Viaduct during parades [4 photo prints of
viaduct] |
1954 |
| 2/6 | Departmental Correspondence
Re: Civil Defense Program Radio and Television Shows |
1954 |
| 2/7 | Departmental Correspondence,
Assistant to the Mayor, W. R. Harrison |
1956 |
| 2/8 | External Correspondence,
Parking, Engineering |
1953, 1956 |
| 2/9 | External Correspondence, U.S.
Congress House Committee on Governement Operations, Subcommittee on
Intergovernmental Relations |
1956 |
| 2/10 | External Correspondence,
including a thank you note from the Prince of Monaco for a wedding gift from
the City of Seattle |
1955-1956 |
| 2/11 | Personal Correspondence
(memberships, dues, invoices) |
1955 |
| 2/12 | External Correspondence,
Holiday Card |
circa 1954 |
| 2/13 | External Correspondence,
Seattle Hospitality Committee for Visiting Navies |
1955-1956 |
Mayoral Committees and CouncilsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/14 | Mayor's Committee, I am an
American Day |
1953-1955 |
| 2/15 | Mayor's Juvenile Advisory
Committee |
1954 |
| 2/16 | Mayor's Juvenile Advisory
Committee |
1954-1955 |
| 2/17 | Mayor's Committee, Juvenile
Delinquency |
1954 |
| 2/18 | Mayor's Maritime Advisory
Committee |
1953 |
| 2/19 | Mayor's Maritime Advisory
Committee, Publication, "The Marine Digest, Pacific Northwest
Directory" |
1953 |
| 2/20 | Mayor's Maritime Advisory
Committee, U.S. Senate Committee Publication, "The Marine Cooks and Stewards
Union, Staff Report" |
1953 |
| 2/21 | Mayor's Maritime Advisory
Committee, Testimony of Seattle Mayor Allan Pomeroy, Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Investigation of Interference in Free Flow
of Commerce Through the Port of Seattle, April 8, 1953. |
1953 |
| 2/22 | Mayor's Maritime Advisory
Committee, Publication, U.S. Congress, "Hearings before the Special
Subcommittee on Pacific Coast Maritime Matters, of the Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries" |
1954 |
| 3/1 | Mayor's Maritime Advisory
Committee |
1954 |
| 3/2 | Mayor's Maritime Advisory
Committee, Lumber Strike |
1954 |
| 3/3 | Mayor's Maritime Advisory
Committee, First Anniversary Dinner |
1954 |
| 3/4 | Mayor's Maritime Advisory
Committee |
1955 |
| 3/5 | Mayor's Maritime Advisory
Committee, Report by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Freight Rates to the
Far East, Discrimination Against the Pacific Coast |
1955 |
| 3/6 | Mayor's Maritime Advisory
Committee |
1956 |
| 3/7 | Mayor's Maritime Advisory
Committee, Publication, "The Port and Its Publics" by the Port of
Seattle |
circa 1950 |
| 3/8 | Mayoral Committee, Minority
Employment |
1954-1955 |
| 3/9 | Mayor's Advisory Committee on
Police Practices |
1955 |
| 3/10 | Mayor's Advisory Committee on
Police Practices, Police Training in Relation to Minority Groups |
1955 |
| 3/11 | Mayor's Advisory Committee on
Police Practices, Roster |
1955 |
| 3/12 | Mayor's Advisory Committee on
Police Practices, Correspondence |
1955 |
| 3/13 | Mayor's Advisory Committee on
Police Practices, Report |
1956 |
| 3/14 | Mayor's Advisory Committee on
Police Practices |
1956 |
| 3/15 | Mayoral Advisory Committee on
Realty, Real Estate |
1953 |
| 3/16 | Mayoral Committee, Vehicle
Safety, Annual Report |
1953 |
Conferences and TravelReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 4/1 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Program and Handbook |
1953 |
| 4/2 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence |
1952 |
| 4/3 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence |
1953 |
| 4/4 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence |
1953 |
| 4/5 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence |
1953 |
| 4/6 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence |
1953-1954 |
| 4/7 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence, Invitation
Reponses |
1953 |
| 4/8 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Committee Minutes |
1953 |
| 4/9 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Lists |
1953 |
| 4/10 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Program Planning |
1953 |
| 4/11 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Miscellaneous |
1953 |
| 4/12 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence |
1954 |
| 4/13 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Report to the Ford Foundation |
1954 |
| 4/14 | Second Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Costs |
1954 |
| 4/15 | Third Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Yokohama, Japan, Pomeroy Remarks |
1955 |
| 4/16 | Third Japan-American Pacific
Coast Mayors' Conference, Yokohama, Japan |
1955-1956 |
| 4/17 | Japan-American Pacific Coast
Mayors' Conference, Toyko 1951 (in 1955 reference file) |
1951 |
| 5/1 | 45th Annual State Government
Conference, Seattle |
1953 |
| 5/2 | Middle East Mayors' Tour,
American Municipal Association |
1953 |
| 5/3 | Middle East Mayors' Tour,
American Municipal Association |
1953 |
| 5/4 | Middle East Mayors' Tour,
American Municipal Association, Post-Trip Correspondence |
1953 |
| 5/5 | Mayor's Commentary on Far
Eastern Trip |
1954 |
| 5/6 | Middle East Mayors' Tour,
"Guide for Official Visitors to Damascus" prepared by American
Embassy |
1953-1954 |
| 5/7 | Middle East, Reference
File |
1954-1955 |
| 5/8 | Second White House Mayors'
Conference |
1954 |
| 5/9 | Las Vegas Atomic Bomb Test,
Operation Cue, Site Visit |
1955 |
| 5/10 | Las Vegas Atomic Bomb Test,
Publication, "We Will - A Do It Yourself Manual for Survival in the Atomic
Age" |
1954 |
| 5/11 | Puget Sound Mayors'
Meetings |
1953-1955 |
ReportsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/12 | Reports. City Planning
Commission, Report on a North Seattle Municipal Administrative Center,
September 1 |
1955 |
| 5/13 | Report. Puget Sound Utilities
Council. "Power Program for the Puget Sound - Cascadia Region" |
1955 |
Subject FilesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 6/1 | Subject File - Lists -
Democratic Precinct Committeemen |
1952 |
| 6/2 | Subject File - Lists - Japan
Society of Seattle |
1954-1955 |
| 6/3 | Subject File - Lists -
Newspapers, State and Local |
1954 |
| 6/4 | Subject File - Lists -
Seattle Chamber of Commerce |
1955 |
| 6/5 | Subject File - Lists -
Seattle Clubs and Committees, Membership |
1954 |
| 6/6 | Subject File - Lists -
Secretary of State, Active Corporations, Washington State |
1954 |
| 6/7 | Subject File - Directories -
Bartender's Union Guide, Official Yearbook |
circa 1945 |
| 6/8 | Subject File - Directories -
Seattle Federal Business Association |
1956 |
| 6/9 | Subject File - Alaska,
Statehood |
1954 |
| 6/10 | Subject File - Eagle Gorge
Dam, Green River |
1954 |
| 6/11 | Subject File - Municipal
League, Newsletter |
1955 |
| 6/12 | Subject File - Municipal
League, Newsletter |
1956 |
| 6/13 | Subject File - Municipal
League, Correspondence |
1955 |
| 6/14 | Subject File - Olympia
Newsletter |
1955 |
| 6/15 | Subject File - Olympia
Newsletter |
1956 |
| 6/16 | Subject File - Police, Police
Brutality Complaints |
1955 |
| 6/17 | Subject File - Police, Report
on Death of Frank Woodrow Olsen |
1955 |
| 7/1 | Subject File - Seafair,
Brochure |
1955 |
| 7/2 | Subject File -
Tacoma |
1953 |
| 7/3 | Subject File -
Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Toll Road |
1954 |
| 7/4 | Subject File -
Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Toll Road, Preliminary Report |
1954 |
| 7/5 | Subject File -
Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Toll Road, Civil Engineering Report |
1955 |
| 7/6 | Subject File -
Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Toll Road |
1955-1956 |
| 7/7 | Subject File - Toledo Mayor's
Office |
1952 |
| 7/8 | Subject File - Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Committee Publication, "Industrial Horizons
Unlimited" |
circa 1947 |
| 7/9 | Subject File - State Director
of Highways, Map, Marion Street Terminal and Tidelands |
1959 |
| 7/10 | Subject File - Washington
State Liaison Service, Schedules |
1956 |
| 7/11 | Subject File - Waterfront and
Maritime Issues |
1952 |
PersonalReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 7/12 | Personal - Publication,
Induction Ceremony Handbook, Ritual Part 2 of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of the Elks |
1906 |
| 7/13 | Personal,
Correspondence |
circa 1930 |
| 7/14 | Personal, West Seattle High
School Yearbook [owned by Loretta Tyler, wife of Allan Pomeroy] |
1930 |
| 7/15 | Personal, Campaign Materials
for Frank T. Bell |
1940 |
| 7/16 | Personal, American Federation
of Labor, Convention Program, 61st Annual Convention, held in
Seattle |
1941 |
| 7/17 | Personal, Work Product,
Career as Lawyer and Judge |
1940-1949 |
| 7/18 | Personal, Certificate of
Appointment, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Washington |
1948 |
| 8/1 | Personal, Attorney Work
File |
1949 |
| 8/2 | Personal, Newsletter, Seattle
92 Elkgram, April |
1950 |
| 8/3 | Personal, Progress Report,
Filipino-American Community Service |
1959 |
| 8/4 | Personal, Autobiography of
Henry Broderick |
1963 |
| 8/5 | Personal, Program for the
Inaugural Ball of Mayor Uhlman |
1970 |
| 8/6 | Personal, Artifact, Metal
Card - Life Membership, the Brooklyn Boys Social Club |
undated |
| 8/7 | Personal, Artifact, Wooden
Nameplate for Desk |
1952-1956 |
| 8/8 | Personal, Artifact, Metal,
Ballard 827 Elks Lodge Ceremonial Key |
undated |
| 8/9 | Personal, Artifact, Metal
Medallion and Fabric Ribbon, Order of the Elks, Exalted Ruler |
undated |
| 8/10 | Personal, Artifact, Metal,
Ceremonial Key to the City of Seattle |
1952-1956 |
Photographs, 1952-1956Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 11/1 | Photographs, Pomeroy
Portraits |
1952-1956 |
| 11/2 | Photographs, Events, Allied
Cleaners Contest [?] |
1952 |
| 11/3 | Photographs, Palm Springs
Mayors Conference |
1953 |
| 11/4 | Photographs, Second Japan
American Pacific Coast Mayors Conference |
1953 |
| 11/5 | Photographs, AAA Pedestrian
Safety Award |
1954 |
| 11/6 | Photographs, Master Brewers
Meeting |
Fall 1954 |
| 11/7 | Photographs, National
Conference on Government, University of Washington |
1955 |
| 11/8 | Photographs, Unidentified
Events |
undated |
| 11/9 | Photographs, Personal,
Unidentifed Wedding Toast |
undated |
| 11/10 | Photographs, Personal,
Family |
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Municipal government--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Political campaigns--Washington (State)--Seattle
Personal Names
- Pomeroy, Allan
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)
Occupations
- Mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle
Alexandra Swast
July 30, 2020
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