Merle Daniel Adlum papers, 1945-1986

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Adlum, Merle Daniel, 1919-1986
Title
Merle Daniel Adlum papers
Dates
1945-1986 (inclusive)
Quantity
67.56 cubic feet
Collection Number
2050
Summary
Trade union official, port commissioner, and civic leader of Seattle, Washington
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Born in 1919, Merle Adlum was active in Seattle and Pacific Northwest union and civic affairs from the early sixties to his death in 1986. Among the most important positions held by Adlum were the presidency of the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific from 1968-1979 and commissioner on the Seattle Port Commission from 1964-1983. Consequently, he had a major impact on the development of Puget Sound's maritime economy. Adlum worked for the Washington State Ferry System before joining the Inlandboatmen's Union. Among some of the civic organizations Adlum served were the Maritime Advisory Committee, the Interstate 90 Task Force (which was renamed the Committee for Balanced Regional Transportation), the Seattle-King County Development Council, a director of the San Francisco Branch of the Federal Reserve Board, 1979-1983; Seattle Opportunities Industrial Council, 1967-1984; the Washington Committee for Responsible Environmental Policy, 1970-1972; etc.

Adlum was born February 21, 1919 in Friday Harbor, Washington. His father was a purser who sailed the area around Seattle and the San Juan Islands, but he left the family when Merle was barely a year old. His mother, aptly named Oceana, was born at sea just two days after her Norwegian sea captain father anchored off Ballard. Adlum, himself, went to sea with an uncle at the age of twelve. He joined the Navy at seventeen, but was discharged after he broke his back during a storm. Returning to the Puget Sound area, Adlum recovered sufficiently to resume his maritime career working for the Washington state ferry system.

Captain Adlum was involved in numerous other organizations, but since his activites did not result in large quantities of material these records have been placed among the subject series of Adlum's personal papers. Adlum's personal filing system made little distinction between the organization he was representing. For instance, IBU or Port of Seattle stationary is routinely used for other business and material in one sub-group often relates to another. Subject files among his personal series also might relate to more than one function.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, notes, minutes, and reports, relating to Adlum's union, civic, and political activities, particularly his work as Seattle port commissioner (1965-1977), officer of Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific (1967-1978), and his activities with Washington Committee for a Responsible Environmental Policy, Shoreline Committee for Initiative 43B (1972), Alternatives for Washington, and Dixy Lee Ray for Governor Committee (1976). Includes material relating to Adlum's other activities with AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Dept., Central Puget Sound Economic Development District, Committee for Balanced Regional Transportation, Economic Development Council of Puget Sound, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Seattle Branch), Pacific Science Center Foundation, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Seattle Ferry Terminal Design Study, Seattle-King County Economic Development Council, Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, Washington Council on International Trade, Washington Environmental Trade Association, and Washington State Canal Commission. Persons represented include Robert W. Bucklin, Henry M. Jackson, Gene Kaspar, and J. Eldon Opheim.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

  • Accession No. 2050-001, Merle Daniel Adlum papers, 1945-1986
  • Accession No. 2050-019, Merle Daniel Adlum papers, 1964-1986

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 2050-001: Merle Daniel Adlum papers, 1945-1986 (bulk 1963-1986)Return to Top

63.28 cubic feet

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, invitations, clippings, photos, ephemera.

Papers cover Adlum's civic, union and personal activities

The papers in this accession have been arranged in subgroups reflecting Adlum's most important union and civic activities. After going to work for the Ferry Service, Adlum joined the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific and in 1954 he went to work as special assistant to John M. Fox, president of the union. From then until 1966 he held this job as well as that of Assistant Business Agent of Local #6 of the Masters, Mates and Pilots which bargained jointly with the I.B.U. From 1966 to 1968 he served as Secretary of the I.B.U.'s Puget Sound Division and in 1968, following Fox's retirement, Adlum was elected president of the entire union. He held that position until 1979. His union activities led to the position of vice president of the Seafarers International Union of North America, which he held concurrently with his I.B.U. presidency. He was also the president of the Puget Sound Division of the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s Maritime Trades Department from 1968 until 1983 and served as a member of the board of trustees of the Northwest Marine Retirement Trust Fund from 1968-1979.

Even after Adlum no longer held union office he continued to have a strong interest in the activities of organized labor. Thus a subject series called "Union Materials" has been created within Adlum's personal papers for union pursuits in the later years of his life.

Other subgroups resulted from Adlum's civic activities. In 1964 Adlum was appointed to the Seattle Port Commission. He was reelected in 1967 and continued in that position until 1983, when he failed to be retained for a fifth time.

Between the mid-sixties and the mid-seventies Adlum acted as chairman of the Maritime Advisory Committee for four different Seattle mayors and was also appointed to the Mayor's Convention Center Task Force.

He was a member of a number of committees created by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, including the Alaska Resources Development Committee and the Interstate 90 Task Force. The I-90 Task Force was expanded in 1979 t o include more broad based participation and re-named the Committee for Balanced Regional Transportation with Adlum as president.

Similarly, Adlum served on the Board of Trustees of the Seattle-King County Development Council, later renamed the Central Puget Sound Economic Development Council.

On a state level Adlum was a commissioner on the Washington State Canal Commission from 1967-75 and on a regional level he served as a Director of the San Francisco Branch of the Federal Reserve Board from 1979-83.

Among the many private organizations with which he was affiliated, Adlum was most prominent in the Seattle Opportunities Industrial Council (1967-84), Washington Committee for Responsible Environmental Policy (1970-72), Alternatives for Washington (1974-75) , the Steamer Virginia V Foundation (1985-86), the Western Environmental Trade Association of Seattle (1973-78), the Washington Public Ports Association (1962-84) and the Shorewood Osteopathic Hospital (1981-83).

Also included in the subgroups are the papers relating to the Transportation Institute(1974-84) where Adlum was employed as a consultant.

The personal papers includes election materials relating both to Adlum's Port of Seattle campaigns as well as political campaigns of others. After his Port reelection records, the most extensive of the election series relates to the 1976 and 1980 gubernatorial campaigns of Dixie Lee Ray. The political material and Adlum's subject series comprise most of the personal papers, although there is some general correspondence, and significant numbers of newspaper clippings, invitations, photographs and ephemera.

Captain Adlum was involved in numerous other organizations, but since his activites did not result in large quantities of material these records have been placed among the subject series of Adlum's personal papers. Adlum's personal filing system made little distinction between the organizations he was representing. For instance, I.B.U. or Port of Seattle stationary is routinely used for other business and material in one sub-group often relates to another. Subject files among his personal series also might relate to more than one function.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Merle Adlum, 1/1/1972.

Separated Material: During processing some personal financial records were discarded as were numerous Port of Seattle publications and, to a lesser degree, publications of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Some of the Port of Seattle and government publications were selected for retention by the Government Publications Division. About 3 cubic feet of union records from the fifties and sixties were transferred to the Inlandboatmen's records where they more properly belonged.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1-14 2050-001
Merle D. Adlum Personal Papers
1945-1986
Box Accession
1 2050-001
Biographical Features
1 2050-001
General Correspondence
ca. 1945-1986
2-3 2050-001
Invitations
3 2050-001
Speeches and Writings
Speeches and Writings by Merle Adlum
Speeches and Writings by Others
4-7 2050-001
Campaign Materials
Box Accession
4-5 2050-001
Campaign Materials: Merle Adlum Seattle Port Commission Campaigns
1967-1983
6-7 2050-001
Campaign Materials: Others, including Dixie Lee Ray and Henry M. Jackson
7-13 2050-001
Subject Series
1960-1986
Box Accession
7 2050-001
Adlum, Merle. Maritime Man of Year Award
1972
7 2050-001
Airport Property
1984-1986
7 2050-001
Alaska. Railroad
1982
7 2050-001
Alaska-Canada Railroad
1976
7 2050-001
Alaska Gas Pipeline - OMAR (Organization for the Management of Alaska's Resources)
1975-1976
7 2050-001
Alaska Pipeline
1974
7 2050-001
Alaska Pipeline and Natural Resources Seminar
1974-1976
7 2050-001
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
1976-1985
7 2050-001
American Century Corp.
1982-1984
7 2050-001
American National Red Cross
1972-1976
8 2050-001
Atlantic Richfield Co.
1977
8 2050-001
Berg, Richard. Saudi Arabia
Undated
8 2050-001
Bigler Container Systems
1981-1983
8 2050-001
Brevick, Art
1981-1982
8 2050-001
Catholic Seamen's Club
1974-1985
8 2050-001
Coal
1981-1982
Box Accession
8 2050-001
Alaska Coal Marketing Conference
8 2050-001
Coal Ports - General
8 2050-001
Coal Ports - Potential
8 2050-001
Coal Ports - Puget Sound
8 2050-001
Coal Seminar - Puget Sound
8 2050-001
Coal News Clippings
8 2050-001
Coast Guard Academy Foundation Inc.
1976-1981
8 2050-001
Coast Guard Museum Northwest
1976-1986
8 2050-001
Colman Dock Historical Exhibit
1981-1982
8 2050-001
Committee for Seattle International High School
1982
8 2050-001
Council for Washington's Future
1973-1979
8 2050-001
Diamond Parking
1984
8 2050-001
Energy
1973-1977
Box Accession
8 2050-001
Alcan Pipeline
8 2050-001
Crisis
8 2050-001
Electric
8 2050-001
El Paso-Alaska Co.
8 2050-001
Federal Power Commission
9 2050-001
Energy, Miscellaneous
9 2050-001
Energy Clippings
9 2050-001
Energy Systems Transmission Inc.
1981
9 2050-001
Evergreen Safety Council
1974-1984
9 2050-001
Export Assistance Center of Washington
1986
9 2050-001
Federal Union
1976-1977
9 2050-001
Fraser, Clara
1980
9 2050-001
Friends of the "Arthur Foss"
1982-1983
9 2050-001
Four Freedoms House of Seattle
1976-1981
9 2050-001
Harbor Club
1976-1986
9 2050-001
Haydon, John
1969-1974
9 2050-001
Hinchey, Ken
1977-1978
9 2050-001
Interaction/Transition
1980-1981
9 2050-001
International Association of Ports and Harbors
1974
9 2050-001
Japan-America Society
1965-1978
9 2050-001
Jones Act
1974-1983
9 2050-001
KCTS Channel 9
1982-1984
10 2050-001
King County Coalition of Nursing Home Resident Councils
1981-1983
10 2050-001
League of Women Voters of Seattle
1970-1976
10 2050-001
Lundberg, Harry. School of Seamanship
1975-1983
10 2050-001
Luvera, Paul
1982
10 2050-001
Magnuson, Warren G. Friends of Committee
1981
10 2050-001
Marine Fire Protection Project
1973-1985
10 2050-001
Marion, Arlen
1981-1982
10 2050-001
Maritime Alliance of the Pacific Northwest
1985-1986
10 2050-001
Muskoxen
1982
10 2050-001
National Governors Conference on International Trade
1979
10 2050-001
National Jewish Hospital
1983-1984
Box Accession
10 2050-001
Adlum, Merle. Dinner
10 2050-001
Magnuson, Warren G. Dinner
10 2050-001
Ray, Dixie Lee. Dinner
10 2050-001
National Maritime Council
1975-1981
10 2050-001
National Maritime Week
1981-1986
10 2050-001
National Symposium on Marine Transportation Management
1975
10 2050-001
Navy League of the United States
1968-1982
10 2050-001
Nissan Motor Co.
1973-1974
10 2050-001
Northern Tier Pipeline
1982
10 2050-001
Northwest Center for the Retarded
1980-1983
10 2050-001
Northwest Ferry Retirees
1982-1985
10 2050-001
Northwest Regional Conference on the Emerging Economic Order
1978-1979
10 2050-001
Northwest Seaport
1985-1986
11 2050-001
Ocean Mining
1978
11 2050-001
Oil Port Controversy
1977-1979
11 2050-001
Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities
1967-1977
11 2050-001
Pacific Northwest Foundation for Products of Excellence
1978-1979
11 2050-001
Pacific Northwest Science Center
1977-1984
11 2050-001
Pacific Northwest Waterways Association (formerly Inland Empire Waterways Association)
1960-1982
11 2050-001
Public Health Service System
11 2050-001
Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society
1971-1983
11 2050-001
Russia. East-West Trade
1972
11 2050-001
Russia Trip (Tashkent). City of Seattle
1974
12 2050-001
Sea-World Processors Inc.
1983
12 2050-001
Seattle. Seattle 2000
1973
12 2050-001
Smits, Ted
1981
12 2050-001
Union Materials
1979-1986
Box Accession
12 2050-001
Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific
12 2050-001
I.B.U. Case 36-CD-170
1982
12 2050-001
I.B.U. Alaska.
12 2050-001
O ' Clary, Greg. Trial.
12 2050-001
Sea Way Express
12 2050-001
Explorer Cruise Line
12 2050-001
Convention Materials
12 2050-001
Collective Bargaining Information
12 2050-001
Clippings
12 2050-001
United States . Labor Department, re Ferry purchase by Washington State Highway Commission
1973
12 2050-001
U.S.A. Coalition Advisory Committee
1985
12 2050-001
U.S. Fishing Industry
1979-1980
12 2050-001
U.S.S. Oklahoma Association Inc.
1981-1984
13 2050-001
United for Washington
1979
13 2050-001
Washington. Department of Transportation. Seattle Ferry Terminal Design Study
1979-1980
13 2050-001
Washington. University. Higher Education Financing Proposal. Citizens Committee
1982-1983
13 2050-001
Washington. University. Political Science Advisory Board
1978
13 2050-001
Washington Council on International Trade
1976-1982
13 2050-001
Washington Generals
1977-1978
13 2050-001
Washington Highway Users Federation
1982
13 2050-001
Washington Public Employees Retirement System
1974-1976
13 2050-001
Washington State Centennial '89
1986
13 2050-001
Washington State China Relations Council
1979-1983
13 2050-001
Washington State International Trade Fair
1973-1984
13 2050-001
Waterfront Awareness
1982-1983
13 2050-001
Weird Order of Oozik
Undated.
13 2050-001
World Affairs Council
1968-1979
14 2050-001
Resumes
14 2050-001
Clippings
14 2050-001
Publications
14 2050-001
Ephemera
14 2050-001
Appointment Calendars
15 2050-001
Alternatives for Washington
1974-1975
15-18 2050-001
Central Puget Sound Economic Development District (formerly Seattle-King County Economic Development Council)
1971-1982
19-20 2050-001
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
1972-1986
Box Accession
19 2050-001
Health Care Committee
1978
19 2050-001
Alaska Resources Development Committee
1976-1982
19 2050-001
I-90 Task Force
1978-1986
20 2050-001
Puget Sound Navigational Safety Company
1975
20 2050-001
Government Affairs Council
1982
20 2050-001
Petroleum Policy Task Force
1975-1980
20 2050-001
International Trade Task Force
1982
20 2050-001
Committee For Balanced Regional Transportation
1980-1983
21 2050-001
Seattle Mayor's Office. Maritime Advisory Committee
1956-1976
21 2050-001
Seattle Mayor's Office. Convention Center Task Force
1977-1984
22 2050-001
Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center
1967-1984
22 2050-001
Shorewood Osteopathic Hospital
1981-1983
22 2050-001
Steamer Virginia V. Foundation
1985-1986
23 2050-001
Transportation Institute
1975-1980
Box Accession
23 2050-001
Subject Series
1977-1980
Box Accession
23 2050-001
Cargo Group
1978
Box Accession
23 2050-001
California Crude Oil
23 2050-001
Export Credit Sale Program
23 2050-001
Navy's Use of Private Vessels
23 2050-001
Norwegian Flag Vessels
23 2050-001
P.L. 480 (Food Aid Policy and Cargo Preference
23 2050-001
SRP Program
23 2050-001
Energy
1977
23 2050-001
H.R. 1614 (U.S. Crews-Drilling Rigs)
1977
23 2050-001
Luciano, Peter
1977-1984
23 2050-001
Pacific Sea Power Forum
1980
23 2050-001
Railroad Acts
1975-1976
23 2050-001
Richardson Associates Transaction
1975-1976
23 2050-001
Sail Cargo Concept
1980-1981
23 2050-001
Sea Use Council
1978
23 2050-001
Shipping Forecasts
1976
23 2050-001
State Legislation
1977
23 2050-001
Steering Committee
1977
23 2050-001
Towing and Dredging
1975-1979
23 2050-001
U.S. Merchant Marine-Navy Utilization
1976-1978
23 2050-001
U.S. Transportation Department
Undated
23 2050-001
Users Tax
1977
23 2050-001
Virgin Islands
1977
23 2050-001
Wheelhouse Personnel
1978
23 2050-001
Speeches, Writings, and Testimony
1977-1982
24 2050-001
Publications of Transportation Institute
24-25 2050-001
Washington State Canal Commission
1966-1975
26 2050-001
Washington Committee For a Responsible Environmental Policy
1970-1972
26 2050-001
Washington Public Ports Association
1962-1984
Box Accession
26 2050-001
Petroleum Facilities Committee
1974-1975
Box Accession
26 2050-001
Subject Series
1981-1982
Box Accession
23 2050-001
Jones Act
1982
23 2050-001
Washington Legislature
1981
26 2050-001
Western Environmental Trade Association of Seattle
1973-1978
27 2050-001
Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific
1968-1978
Box Accession
27 2050-001
Correspondence
1972-1978
Box Accession
27 2050-001
President
ca. 1974-1978
27 2050-001
Inlandboatmen's Union
ca. 1972-1977
28 2050-001
Reading File
28 2050-001
Speeches, Writings, and Testimony
Box Accession
28 2050-001
Speeches, Writings, and Testimony by Adlum
28 2050-001
Speeches, Writings, and Testimony by Others
29 2050-001
Executive Council
1966-1978
29 2050-001
Strikes
29 2050-001
Dues Increases
29 2050-001
Grievances
29 2050-001
Pensions
29 2050-001
Financial Records
30 2050-001
Insurance
30 2050-001
Legal Documents and Matters
31-32 2050-001
Negotiations and Contracts
33-34 2050-001
Subject Series
35-37 2050-001
Legislation
Box Accession
35 2050-001
Regional Divisions of the Inlandboatmen's Union-Correspondence
Box Accession
35 2050-001
Alaska
36 2050-001
Columbia River
36 2050-001
Puget Sound
36 2050-001
Hawaii
37 2050-001
San Francisco
37 2050-001
Southern California
38-40 2050-001
Elections
40-41 2050-001
Conventions
1972-1979
43 2050-001
Publications
43 2050-001
Photos
43 2050-001
Ephemera
44 2050-001
Clippings
45-48 2050-001
AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department
1971-1986
Box Accession
45-47 2050-001
General Correspondence
46 2050-001
Subject Series
47-48 2050-001
Conferences and Conventions
48 2050-001
Speeches and Writings
Box Accession
48 2050-001
Speeches and Writings by Merle Adlum
48 2050-001
Speeches and Writings by Others
48 2050-001
Financial Records
48 2050-001
Ephemera
49-50 2050-001
Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO
1968-1979
51-55 2050-001
Northwest Marine Retirement Trust Fund
1968-1979
56-57 2050-001
U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Seattle Branch, Directors Board
1979-1983
58-64 2050-001
Seattle Port Commission
1964-1983
Box Accession
58 2050-001
General Correspondence
58 2050-001
Speeches and Writings
Box Accession
58 2050-001
Speeches and Writing by Merle Adlum
58 2050-001
Speeches and Writing by Others
59-62 2050-001
Subject Series
1964-1983
Box Accession
59 2050-001
Port of Seattle History
59 2050-001
Airport. Sea-Tac International Airport
1964-1969
Box Accession
59 2050-001
Name Change
1983
59 2050-001
Operators Council
1965-1966
59 2050-001
Property
1983
59 2050-001
Sea-Tac Task Force
1983
59 2050-001
Sea-Tac Taxis
1981-1983
59 2050-001
Alaska
1964-1966
59 2050-001
Alaska Ferry Terminal
1975-1978
59 2050-001
Alaskan Way Street Car
1981
59 2050-001
Anchorage Harbor Shoal
1975
59 2050-001
Associations
1964-1967
59 2050-001
Block, Jack. Port Commissioner
1975-1976
59 2050-001
Boat Basin, Seattle
1969-1974
59 2050-001
Bulk Loading Facility
1964-1965
60 2050-001
Capital Improvements Committee
1964-1966
60 2050-001
Central Association
1964-1965
60 2050-001
China
Box Accession
60 2050-001
Bo Yibo - Vice Premier
1980
60 2050-001
Potential Trade
1971
60 2050-001
Coal
1982
60 2050-001
Container Jurisdiction - Teamsters vs. Longshoremen
1969
60 2050-001
Cranes
1966
60 2050-001
D-2 Lands Claim
1977-1979
60 2050-001
Duwamish Basin
1966-1983
60 2050-001
Eastside Airfield - Bellevue
1980-1983
60 2050-001
60 2050-001
Energy
1977
60 2050-001
Energy Education Workshop
1982
60 2050-001
Federal Maritime Commission
1964-1965
60 2050-001
First Avenue Bridge
1981
60 2050-001
Fish Processing Relocation
1965
60 2050-001
Fishermen's Terminal
1965-1967
60 2050-001
Foreign Trade Zone
1964-1983
60 2050-001
Goldmark, Peter C.
1982
60 2050-001
Grain
1964-1965
60 2050-001
Grain Terminal
1966
60 2050-001
Harbor Area Leases
1964-1966
60 2050-001
Industrial Development
1964-1966
60 2050-001
Industrial Revenue Bond Program
1982
60 2050-001
Insurance
1966
60 2050-001
Japan
1966-1967
60 2050-001
Kellogg Island
1976-1983
60 2050-001
King County
1964
60 2050-001
Kotkins, Henry - Port Commissioner
1980-1983
60 2050-001
Kotkins, Henry. Bicycle Path
1974-1975
60 2050-001
Legal Counsel
1964-1966
60 2050-001
Log Exports
1965
60 2050-001
Little, A. D. Report
1964
60 2050-001
Lysen, King
1972-1978
60 2050-001
McManus, Tom
1982
60 2050-001
Magnolia Club versus Port of Seattle
1982
60 2050-001
Memberships
1964-1966
60 2050-001
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
1980
60 2050-001
60 2050-001
Non-Discrimination
1964-1965
60 2050-001
Northwest Marine Terminal Association
1965
60 2050-001
Olympic Steam Ship Co., 1965-1966
60 2050-001
Pacific Northwest-Southwest Air Service
1965-1966
61 2050-001
Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities
1965-1967
61 2050-001
Personnel
1964-1970
61 2050-001
Piers
1964-1983
Box Accession
61 2050-001
5
1966
61 2050-001
18 - Todd Shipyard's Plant "A"
1964-1966
61 2050-001
20 and 21
1965-1967
61 2050-001
25
1965
61 2050-001
28 and 29
1965-1966
61 2050-001
30
1964
61 2050-001
36, 37, 38, and 39 - Proposed
1964-1967
61 2050-001
46 - Alaska Steamship Co.
1964-1966
61 2050-001
46 - Matson Navigation
1964-1965
61 2050-001
48
1964-1966
61 2050-001
66
1966
61 2050-001
90 and 91
1981-1983
61 2050-001
Miscellaneous
1964-1967
61 2050-001
Pilfering
1980
61 2050-001
Port Watch
1983
61 2050-001
Ports. Miscellaneous
1964-1966
61 2050-001
The Preston
1982
61 2050-001
Puget Sound Port Authority - Proposed
1982
61 2050-001
Publicity
1964-1966
61 2050-001
Railroad "Excess Crew" Law
1965
61 2050-001
Rembold Corp.
1983
61 2050-001
Risedorf-Lewis, James. Request to table agenda item #11
1981
61 2050-001
Seattle
1964-1966
61 2050-001
Seattle. Port
Box Accession
61 2050-001
Industrial Development Corporation of the Port of Seattle
1982
61 2050-001
Finances
1964-1966
61 2050-001
Purposes and Objective
1959-1980
61 2050-001
70th Anniversary
1981
61 2050-001
Walking Tour
1979-1980
61 2050-001
General
1965-1966
61 2050-001
Seattle Marine Business Coalition
1982-1983
61 2050-001
Sea-Land Service Inc.
1964-1966
Box Accession
61 2050-001
Sea-Land Lease
1982
61 2050-001
Sea-Land versus Tote
1975-1976
61 2050-001
Scarbrough, Dwight
1975-1977
62 2050-001
Shilshole Bay Marina
1965-1981
62 2050-001
Sister Port Cities - Kobe, Japan and Seattle
1966-1967
62 2050-001
Statistical
1964-1966
62 2050-001
Tacoma, Port of. Container Terminal
1981-1983
62 2050-001
Tardiff, Anthony - $1. Boat Auction
1982-1983
62 2050-001
Trade Promotion and Development
1964-1982
62 2050-001
Uhlman, Wes
1975
62 2050-001
U.S. Economic Development Administration. Project Application
1966
62 2050-001
U.S. Government
1965-1966
62 2050-001
U.S. Navy. Home Port. Carrier Task Force Group.
1983
62 2050-001
Vessel Information
1975-1978
62 2050-001
Washington. State
1965-1967
62 2050-001
Washington Public Ports Association
1965-1967
62 2050-001
West Seattle
1970-1983
Box Accession
62 2050-001
West Seattle Boat Marina
1977-1982
62 2050-001
West Seattle Bridge
1977-1983
62 2050-001
World Trade Center
1965-1967
63 2050-001
Expense Receipts
63 2050-001
Promotional Hosting
63 2050-001
Travel
63 2050-001
Conventions and Conferences
1967-1983
63 2050-001
Clippings
63 2050-001
Photos
64 2050-001
Publications

Accession No. 2050-019: Merle Daniel Adlum papers, 1964-1986 (bulk 1979-1986)Return to Top

4.28 cubic feet

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, campaign files, ephemera, photos, tape recordings.

Photographs are of Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific gatherings, and partially identified cassette tapes are of Inlandboatmen's Union conventions as well as Adlum's Seattle Port Commission radio ads.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Miriam Adlum, 4/4/1990.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1-5 2050-019
Merle Daniel Adlum papers
Box Accession
1 2050-019
Correspondence
1 2050-019
Campaign Files
1 2050-019
Ephemera and Related Series
2, 3 2050-019
Photographs
3 2050-019
Clippings
4 2050-019
Tape Recordings
5 2050-019
Clippings
Box Accession
5 2050-019
Sailor's Union of the Pacific Historical Booklet
1985
AFL-CIO. Martime Trades Department Puget Sound District
1972-1978

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Adlum, Merle Daniel, 1919-1986--Archives
  • Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983
  • Wright, James, 1927-1980

Corporate Names

  • Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific
  • Seattle Port Commission

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Ray, Dixy Lee (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • AFL-CIO. Maritime Trades Department