Joe L. Woolfe photograph collection, 1947-1982
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Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Woolfe, Joe L., 1902-1989
- Title
- Joe L. Woolfe photograph collection
- Dates
- 1947-1982 (inclusive)19471982
- Quantity
- 36 photographic prints (1 box) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH1091
- Summary
- Various award presentations, banquets and events, as well as images taken in Israel, including one of David Ben-Gurion
- Repository
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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
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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
These materials form part of the Joe Woolfe papers which and are described and indexed in the guide to the Joe Woolfe papers, Mss. Coll. No. 2110 , in Special Collections.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Joe Woolfe was a jeweler who came to Seattle in 1941 from Chicago. He was born in Manchester, England and raised in Glasgow, Scotland until he was 21. Woolfe was involved in nearly every Jewish organization in Seattle at one time or another, serving on the Board of the Federated Fund and Council, the Anti-Defamation League Board, as president of B'Nai B'rith, and of the American Zionist Council.
Content Description
The collection includes photos of various award presentations, banquets and events, as well as images taken in Israel, including one of David Ben-Gurion.
Other Descriptive Information
Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Banquets and Presentations
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Description: B'nai B'rith event at the Olympic Hotel, Seattle
Included are Arthur Diamond, Merle D. Cohn, Howard Michel, Barry Schneiderman, Sam Soole, Joe Woolfe, Jack Tacher, Leonard Schroeter, Dr. Louis Caplan, P. Allen Rickels, Al Youngman, Mel Oseran, Leo Friedman, George Cantor, Irving C. Lewis and Phil Boguch.
Heib, Seattle (photographer)Dates: circa 1960sContainer: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 1 -
Description: Jewish War Veterans Award presented to Joe Woolfe (2nd from right) with (left to right) Al Franco, Abe Bridge and Sol ScharinHeib, Seattle (photographer)Dates: circa 1960sContainer: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 2
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Description: B'nai B'rith Seattle Lodge No. 503, award presentation to Sidney Gerber
Included are (left to right) Howard Michel, Gerber, Joe Woolfe and Dr. Giovanni Costigan (University of Washington professor).
Dates: circa 1960sContainer: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 3 -
Description: B'nai B'rith Seattle Lodge No. 503, installation of officers at the Olympic Hotel, Seattle
Joe Woolfe handing gavel to Jack Taub. Arnold Locker is 4th from right.
Louis J. Stern, Bellevue, Washington (photographer)Dates: June 1960Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 4 -
Description: Joe Woolfe and Eugene Rickles holding Distinguished Service Award at B'nai B'rith Seattle Lodge No. 503 event at the Olympic Hotel, SeattleLouis J. Stern, Bellevue, Washington (photographer)Dates: June 1960Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 5
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Description: Jewish National Fund annual Chanukah banquet at the Norselander Restaurant, Seattle
Written on verso: Joe Woolfe: Chairman; Ben Maslan: Master of Ceremonies; JNF National President Dr. Joseph P Sternstein: guest speaker; Beatrice Olivier: entertainer.
Heib, Seattle (photographer)Dates: January 1964Container: Box/Folder 1/1, Item 6 -
Description: Joe Woolfe at podium at Jewish National Fund annual Chanukah banquet at the Norselander Restaurant, Seattle
Written on verso: Making appeal at JNF annual Chanukah banquet, Norselander, Seattle. Honoring Abe and Anne Silver's 50th anniversary. Dr. Joseph P Sternstein, national president JNF: guest speaker; Beatrice Olivier (London and L.A.), entertainer.
Heib, Seattle (photographer)Dates: January 1964Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 7 -
Description: Joe Woolfe and Barney Ross at podium. at the Israel Independence Day celebration at the Jewish Community Center, Seattle
Typed on verso: Joe L. Woolfe, Chairman, introducing Barney Ross.
Heib, Seattle (photographer)Dates: May 9, 1965Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 8 -
Description: Seattle Lodge No. 503, B'nai B'rith, Man of the Year Award presentation at Seattle Center
Left to right: Joe Woolfe (chairman of the Man of the Year committee), Rev. Lemuel Petersen, President Eugene Rickles.
Louis J. Stern, Bellevue, Washington (photographer)Dates: March 16, 1966Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 9 -
Description: Seattle Mayor J.D. "Dorm" Braman signing proclamation for B'nai B'rith Week (October 13-20, 1966), in the Mayor's office
Attending are Joe Woolfe, Herb Berns, president of B'nai B'rith Council, and Esther Mayo, president of the Women's Council of B'nai B'rith.
Heib, Seattle (photographer)Dates: October 13, 1966Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 10 -
Description: Jewish National Fund (JNF) annual Chanukah banquet honoring Vice President Hubert Humphrey
Includes Becky Leavitt, executive secretary for the JNF of Seattle; Rose Woolfe, executive secretary of Israel Bonds of Seattle; Harry L. Leavitt, JNF board member, and Vice-President Hubert Humphrey.
Dates: circa 1965-1969Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 11 -
Description: Ben Maslan at podium at Jewish National Fund annual banquet with Joe Woolfe, Norway Center, SeattleFleming Photography, Seattle (photographer)Dates: 1968Container: Box/Folder 1/2, Item 12
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Description: Joe Woolfe receiving Scroll of Honor award at Israel Bonds presentation at Olympic Hotel, Seattle
Left to right: Brigadier General Yaacov Hefetz, Joe Woolfe, Washington State Governor Dan Evans.
Dates: October 22, 1968Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 13 -
Description: Jewish National Fund Banquet with guest speaker Rabbi Ott at podium, Norway Center, Seattle
Dinner chairman: Joe Woolfe; Co-chairman: Ted Rosenblume; M.C.: Mrs. Sam Levinson; Honorary Chairman: Mitchell Ketzlach.
Steven Laiken (photographer)Dates: December 12, 1969Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 14 -
Dates: December 18, 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 15
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Dates: December 18, 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 16
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Description: Candle lighting ceremony at Shomrei Yisrael - Israel Bonds Dinner at the Washington Plaza Hotel [Westin], Seattle
Left to right: Gerson Goldman, Rose Woolfe, Florence Goldman, and Joe Woolfe.
George Somoff Photography, Seattle (photographer)Dates: December 1977Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 17 -
Description: Rabbi Earl Starr, Joe Woolfe and Rose Woolfe at Israel Bonds Dinner at the Washington Plaza Hotel [Westin], SeattleGeorge Somoff Photography, Seattle (photographer)Dates: December 1977Container: Box/Folder 1/3, Item 18
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Events, People, and Places
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Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 19
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Description: Joe Woolfe and his grandson with a full-size Jeep and a miniature Jeep in front of the Seattle Art Museum [Seattle Asian Art Museum] in Volunteer Park, SeattleRoger Dudley, Commercial Photographer, Seattle (photographer)Dates: 1947Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 20
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Description: Bob Schaeffer, Chief Engineer at Western Toy Manufacturing Co. and Joe Woolfe sitting in a Jeep followed by a group of children sitting in toy Jeeps in front of the Seattle Art Museum (Seattle Asian Art Museum) in Volunteer Park, SeattleRoger Dudley, Commercial Photographer, Seattle (photographer)Dates: 1947Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 21
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Description: Joe Woolfe receiving award from national officer of the Israel Histadrut Campaign, National Committee for Labor Israel, at Talmud Torah, Seattle
Morris Nash, president of Seattle Histadrut is at left.
Dates: circa 1955Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 22 -
Description: Washington-Oregon Israel Bonds Delegation group holding banner at SeaTac Airport
Banner reads: Washington-Oregon Israel Bonds Delegation - International Travel 1967 via El Al Israel Airlines.
Port of Seattle Public Relations Office (photographer)Dates: March 1967Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 23 -
Description: Group of people in air force base hangar
Written on verso: Commander Gross briefing us in the hangar at air base outside of Ber Sheba (Ramat David). Major Bar Lev (not in picture) was our host. Left to right: Lee Warshal, Harold Poll, Commander Gross, Martha York (Portland Bond Office) and Joe Woolfe.
Dates: March 29, 1967Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 24 -
Description: Joe Woolfe cutting his cake on his 65th birthday at the Dan-Carmel Hotel, Haifa, Israel
Included are: Mr. & Mrs. Carl Alpert, Mike Litvak, Harold Poll.
A. Engle, Dan-Carmel Hotel, Haifa, Israel (photographer)Dates: April 1, 1967Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 25 -
Description: Seattle group meeting with David Ben-Gurion (1st prime minister of Israel) at a kibbutz in Israel
Left to right: Gertie Rosenfield, Mollie Rosenblatt, David Ben-Gurion, Joe Woolfe and Ben Bridge.
Gertie Rosefield is Mollie Rosenblatt's mother.
Dates: 1967Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 26 -
Description: Photos and awards on wall at home of Joe WoolfeDates: 1970Container: Box/Folder 1/4, Item 27-28
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Description: Joe Woolfe (left) with Max Mondschein at an Israel Bonds cocktail party honoring Senator Henry Jackson, Washington Plaza Hotel [Westin], SeattleHeib, Seattle (photographer)Dates: November 28, 1970Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 29
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Description: Sophie Caplan and Elsa LevinsonDates: 1971Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 30
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Dates: February 1972Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 31
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Description: Jewish National Fund event honoring Governor Dan Evans at Washington Plaza Hotel [Westin], Seattle
Left to right: Joe Woolfe, Oregon Governor Tom McCall, Sylvia Volchok and Ted Rosenblume.
Dates: April 29, 1974Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 32 -
Dates: September 1976Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 33
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Dates: June 27, 1982Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 34
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Description: Joe and Rose Woolfe with another couple, possibly Ben Maslan and his wifeFranz Linder Photo, Vancouver, British Columbia (photographer)Dates: undatedContainer: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 35
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Dates: circa 1978-1989Container: Box/Folder 1/5, Item 36
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Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
