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Victor Steinbrueck Film, Audio and Slide Collection, 1967-1985
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Steinbrueck, Victor
- Title
- Victor Steinbrueck Film, Audio and Slide Collection
- Dates
- 1967-1985 (inclusive)19671985
- Quantity
-
9
film reels (2,675 feet) : silent, color and black and
white ; 16mm
1 videocassette ; 3/4" U-matic tape
6 audio recordings : sound
207 slides : color and black and white - Collection Number
- PH0832
- Summary
- Multimedia materials relating to Seattle Pike Place Market, and interviews and lectures including several with Victor Steinbrueck.
- 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
-
The original films and audio tapes are not accessible due to preservation concerns. For the video, a viewing copy is available and arrangements can be made to view the films by contacting Special Collections.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the University Libraries 21st Century Fund and through a grant from Friends of the Libraries
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Victor Steinbrueck was born in 1911 in Mandan, North Dakota and moved with his family to Washington in 1914. Steinbrueck attended the University of Washington, earning a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1935. He joined the faculty at the University of Washington in 1946 and taught until his retirement in 1976. He was the author of Seattle Cityscape (1962), Seattle Cityscape II (1973) and a collections of his drawings, Market Sketchbook (1968).
Victor Steinbrueck was Seattle's best known advocate of historic preservation. He led the battle against the city's redevelopment plans for the Pike Place Market in the 1960s. In 1959, the City of Seattle, together with the Central Association of Seattle, formulated plans to obtain a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) urban renewal grant to tear down the Market and everything else between First and Western, from Union to Lenora, in order to build a high rise residential, commercial and hotel complex. In response to these plans a group of supporters of the market and members of Allied Arts of Seattle, led by Victor Steinbrueck, formed Friends of the Market in 1964. Their efforts culminated in 1971 with a successful ballot initiative, the "People's Initiative," which established a seven-acre historic district around the market and a historical commission to oversee it, and thus saved the Market from demolition. Steinbrueck also helped lead the campaign in the 1960s that culminated in City Council passage of an ordinance which established the Pioneer Square Historic Preservation District.
In 1972 Steinbrueck was appointed to the Citizens Action Force (Citizen's Stadium Task Force) which was concerned with the impact of the proposed King Street stadium on the surrounding area. He became disillusioned and resigned from the group on August 29, 1972. He joined the Citizens Coalition For the Domed Stadium in a petition drive to put a stadium initiative on the ballot.
For many years Steinbrueck fought the city over its Westlake Mall development plans. The project, initially conceived as a park in the area surrounding the Westlake Monorail terminal in Seattle's central business district, went through numerous plans incorporating, at various times, an office tower, luxury hotel, art museum and retail space. After Charles Royer took office as Mayor and proposed a new version of the Westlake project in 1978, Steinbrueck became the most vocal critic of the plan and a spokesman for Committee for Alternatives at Westlake. In the fall of 1984, City Attorney Doug Jewett achieved an agreement among Steinbrueck, other opponents of the project, and the developers, which incorporated Steinbrueck's ideas for more open public space in the development.
Steinbrueck was also spokesman for the Downtown Neighborhood Alliance, a group which opposed Cornerstone Development's Waterfront Project, proposed for First Avenue in 1980. He also was involved with numerous small projects and controversies regarding public spaces and historic sites.
Steinbrueck died in 1985. After his death, Pike Place Park was named Victor Steinbrueck Park in his memory.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Multimedia materials relating to Seattle Pike Place Market, and interviews and lectures including several with Victor Steinbrueck.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Throughout the viewing copy, University of Washington Libraries has inserted intertitles that display the collection name, accession number and reel number for the material that follows. These intertitles were not part of the original material but were created and added to the viewing copy at the time of transfer for clarity and tracking purposes.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
Finding aid processed by Laurel G. Evans and Marion Brown, 2006. Additional processing by Alden Lee, 2013 ; Jack Falk, 2014. Processing completed by Andrew Weaver, 2014.
Films cleaned, cored, and rehoused by Hannah Palin, 2004 and 2007.
The master and viewing copy for Comin' Home Baby were created in 2004. Master and viewing copies for Love the Differences , PSA for Pike Place Market , and Market Initiative were created in 2007.
These materials form part of the Victor Steinbrueck Papers, Mss. Coll. No. 3252
Acquisition Information
Donor: Victor Steinbrueck, 1982; Peter Steinbrueck, 1999.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Films Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Reel | item | ||
1 | 1 |
Impressions of
the Seattle Public Market by Anne Gregory
1 reel (400 feet) : silent, black and white ; 16mm
Exterior views of Pike Place Market. Views of fish, meat, and
vegetable markets and lower-level shops.
|
1967 |
2 | 2 |
Buddy, We Been
to the Pike Place Market
1 reel (400 feet) : sound, black and white ; 16mm
KOMO television broadcast, includes scenes of people discussing
the Pike Place Market, as well as historical photographs of the Pike Place
Market.
|
circa 1967 |
VC52 | 3 |
Comin' Home
Baby
Seattle architecture seen from various perspectives: buildings
seen from the street below, views from a moving car. Some of the buildings and
scenarios shown include the Smith Tower, the Space Needle, downtown Seattle
from the freeway, crowds of people on downtown streets, cars, lit-up neon
signs, and billboards.
The film was found in a paper bag with the note: "Herbie Mann
Comin' Home Baby 24 frames per sec", which was added when the film was
transferred. The original film was silent.
Original
1 reel (150 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm
|
circa 1968 |
VC70 | 4-5 |
Love the
Differences
Public service announcement for the Pike Place Market.
Original
2 reels (150 feet) : sound, color ; 16mm
|
circa 1970 |
VC70 | 6 | PSA for Pike Place Market
Public service announcement for the Pike Place Market filmed by
Beau Buchanan.
Original
1 reel (150 feet) : sound, color ; 16mm
|
circa 1970 |
VC70 | 7 |
Market
Initiative
Views of the Pike Place Market during the Save the Market campaign, man-on-the-street interviews,
footage of Mark Tobey in the market.
Original
1 reel (600 feet) : sound, color ; 16mm
|
1971? |
8 | 8 | Four Sides (Market) 2 segments -
Anti-Initiative 1 reel (400 feet) : silent, color ; 16mm
Exterior and interior views of Pike Place Market, showing
deteriorating ceilings and other infrastructure and signs opposing the
Save the Market initiative. Neighborhood buildings
and stairway.
|
1971? |
9 | 9 | Victor and Barbara
Steinbrueck 1 reel (425 feet) : sound, color ; 16mm
Victor and Barbara Steinbrueck on the front steps of a large
house in the Queen Anne neighborhood.
|
undated |
cassette | |||
V1 | 10 | Interview with Victor
Steinbrueck 1 videocassette (32 min., 28 sec.) : sound, color ; 3/4" U-Matic tape
Interview with Victor Steinbrueck by David Boeri for a program
produced by KCTS Television.
|
January 1985 |
Sound Recordings Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | item | ||
1 | 11 |
An Essay on
Humanism in Architecture
1 audiocassette (approximately 13 min.)
A talk on humanism in architecture given by Richard McGowan.
Also contains Pete Seeger's performance of "Little Boxes".
Audio of Richard McGowan's 1970 lecture on Pike Place Market.
The Victor Steinbrueck slides that accompany this lecture are items 14-77 in
this collection.
|
1970 |
1 | 12a-b | Victor Steinbrueck discussing
Professor Lionel Pries, 1978 2 audiocassettes
A 1978 lecture delivered by Victor Steinbrueck on the subject of
Professor Lionel Pries.
Note on cassette case: "Class of 1930's Reunion."
|
February 22, 1978 |
1 | 12c-d | Victor Steinbrueck discussing
Professor Lionel Pries, 1980 2 audiocassettes
A 1980 lecture delivered by Victor Steinbrueck on the subject of
Professor Lionel Pries.
Note on cassette case: "Class of 1930's Reunion."
|
May 15, 1980 |
1 | 13 |
Tech effects reel, "City
Lights"
1 audiotape reel (approximately 30 min.) : 1/4" audiotape, 7-1/2 ips
Various audio effects to be used in conjuction with "tech
script."
Note on tape box: "Cue numbers on paper leaders correspond to
numbers in tech script."
|
undated |
Slides Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/1 | 14-77 |
An Essay on Humanism in
Architecture
64 slides : color
Victor Steinbrueck photographs that present various aspects of
Pike Place Market.
Slides to accompany Richard McGowan 1970 lecture on Pike Place
Market, An Essay on Humanism in Architecture. The
audiocassette of this lecture is item 11 in this collection.
|
1970 |
1/2 | 78-220 | Urban Life and Rural Life 143 slides : black and white
Architecture and people in New York City, NY, Seattle, WA, and
various rural areas in America.
|
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Moving Image Collections (University of Washington)
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Steinbrueck, Victor
Corporate Names
- Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.)
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)