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Photographs of Harry Charles Bauer, 1942-1967
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Photographs of Harry Charles Bauer
- Dates
- 1942-1967 (inclusive)19421967
- Quantity
- 39 photographic prints (1 box) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH0599
- Summary
- Photographs of University of Washington Libraries director Harry C. Bauer.
- 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
Collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Harry C. Bauer was born in St. Louis, Mo., on July 22, 1902. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Washington University, and graduated from the St. Louis Library School in 1931. During World War II, he was a combat intelligence officer for the United States Air Force and earned a Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and Air Medal. Bauer was the assistant library director at the University of Washington from 1945 to 1947 and director of the library from 1947 to 1959. He then served as a professor of library science until 1967. Bauer retired from the Army Reserves as a colonel and was a Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the American Legion and Kiwanis Club.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of photographs relating to the life and career of Harry C. Bauer. The main portion of the collection covers his library career, and another series documents his military career. The third series focuses on Bauer with members of the Kiwanis Club.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Processing Note
Processed by Jill M. Dalager, 2002.
The collection was originally housed in the repository's Portrait File.
Related Materials
The Harry Charles Bauer Papers are also available in the repository as manuscripts Accession no. 874-1 and 874-3 through 874-6. Some of these photographs may have come from those accessions.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Library CareerReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 1 | 1 | Portrait of
Harry C. Bauer Keith Grady (photographer)
|
1946 |
| 1 | 2-6 | Portraits of
Harry C. Bauer |
undated |
| 2 | 7 | Harry C. Bauer
in office |
1951 |
| 2 | 8 | Harry C. Bauer in office Harold Countryman (photographer)
|
1952 |
| 2 | 9 | Harry C. Bauer and Stull
Holt |
circa 1954 |
| 2 | 10-11 |
Portraits of Harry C. Bauer James O. Sneddon (photographer)
|
undated |
| 2 | 12 | Harry C. Bauer with Donn Shaw and Dean
E.H. Lauer |
undated |
| 2 | 13 | Harry C. Bauer in library with Jaswandt
Singh Anand and Kenneth Sam Allen The Seattle Times (photographer)
|
undated |
| 2 | 14-16 | Harry C. Bauer standing
outdoors |
undated |
| 2 | 17 | Harry C. Bauer in library stacks with
piles of unshelved books James O. Sneddon (photographer)
|
1958 |
| 3 | 18 | Harry C. Bauer in library with Patricia
Campbell, Jane Salisbury, and Albert Salisbury E.F. Marten (photographer)
|
undated |
| 3 | 19-20 | Harry C. Bauer in library office with
Mr. Maschmedt and Edwin Adams |
1950 |
| 3 | 21 | Harry C. Bauer in library office with
Edwin Adams |
1950 |
| 3 | 22 | Harry C. Bauer in office with J. Ronald
Todd, Jane Salisbury, George Savage, Patricia Campbell, and Albert
Salisbury |
1950 |
| 3 | 23 | Harry C. Bauer in office with J. Ronald
Todd, Jane Salisbury, George Savage, and Patricia Campbell |
1950 |
| 3 | 24 | Bookmobile of the British Book Centre
visit to the University of Washington Left to right: Harry C. Bauer, Robert T. Kenyon, Lois V.
Sperline, B. Ruth Jeffries.
|
April 13, 1950 |
| 3 | 25 |
Harry C. Bauer and Lulu Fairbanks look
at E.A. Hegg photograph albums James O. Sneddon (photographer)
|
undated |
| 3 | 26-27 | Harry C. Bauer in library with Phillip
Padelford and Mrs. F.M. Padelford with a display about a Padelford family
donation James O. Sneddon (photographer)
|
undated |
| 3 | 28a | Harry C. Bauer in group portrait at a
meeting First row seated, left to right: president Charles J.
Armstrong, Father A.A. Lemieux, Dean F. A. Gilfillan, Mrs. Mary Tschudia,
Ethelyn Toner, Dean Katherine Roy, Dean Luther A. Richman, Dr. H.C. Cheever,
Dean Linus J. Carleton. Standing left to right: Dr. Robert E. McConnell, Assistant
Dean Martin Duke, S.L. Crowley, Harry Bauer, Dr. Melvin W. Green, William G.
Loomis, Clifford Rowe, Dr. S.P. Swenson, Professor Arthur B. Stillman,
Professor Myron E. Krueger.
|
undated |
| 3 | 28b | J. Ronald Todd, Ruth W. Ault, and David
E. Griffith looking at photo albums at Washington State University
library James O. Sneddon (photographer)
|
undated |
| 3 | 28c | Ruth W. Ault and David E. Griffith
looking at photo albums at Washington State University library James O. Sneddon (photographer)
|
undated |
Military CareerReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 4 | 29 | Harry C. Bauer
in military uniform |
undated |
| 4 | 30 | 1942 | |
| 4 | 31 | Harry C. Bauer
in the cockpit of a plane United States Navy (photographer)
|
1955 |
| 4 | 32 | Harry C. Bauer
with a group of men (probably at a reunion) in front of an Air Force plane,
McClellan Air Force Base, Wash. United States Air Force (photographer)
|
undated |
| 4 | 33 | Harry C. Bauer
shaking hands with military personnel |
undated |
| 4 | 34 | Harry C. Bauer
with Colonel G.B. Goodrich, Harold E. Wessman, and Lieutenant Colonel Herbert
T. Condon at an Army weapons display, Fort Lewis, Washington United States Army (photographer)
|
July 25, 1962 |
Kiwanis InternationalReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 5 | 35 | Group portrait
of Kiwanis District Organization conference in Portland, Oregon |
November 17-18, 1951 |
| 5 | 36 | Group portrait
of Pacific Northwest Kiwanis district board of trustees meeting in Tacoma,
Washington |
February 13-14, 1954 |
| 5 | 37 | Harry C. Bauer
speaking at Kiwanis Club meeting |
1961 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Academic library directors--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Air pilots--United States--Photographs
- Library employees--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Soldiers--United States--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Bauer, Harry C. (Harry Charles), 1902-1978--Photographs
- Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948
Corporate Names
- Kiwanis International. Pacific Northwest District
- United States. Air Force--Airmen--Photographs
- University of Washington. Libraries
