Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
Joe L. Woolfe photograph collection, 1947-1982
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
-
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
-
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 NoteReturn to Top
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 DescriptionReturn to Top
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 InformationReturn to Top
Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Banquets and PresentationsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/1 | 1 |
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)
|
circa 1960s |
| 1/1 | 2 | circa 1960s | |
| 1/1 | 3 |
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).
|
circa 1960s |
| 1/1 | 4 |
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)
|
June 1960 |
| 1/1 | 5 |
Joe Woolfe and Eugene Rickles holding Distinguished Service Award at B'nai B'rith Seattle Lodge No. 503 event at the Olympic Hotel, Seattle Louis J. Stern, Bellevue, Washington (photographer)
|
June 1960 |
| 1/1 | 6 |
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)
|
January 1964 |
| 1/2 | 7 |
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)
|
January 1964 |
| 1/2 | 8 |
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)
|
May 9, 1965 |
| 1/2 | 9 |
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)
|
March 16, 1966 |
| 1/2 | 10 |
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)
|
October 13, 1966 |
| 1/2 | 11 |
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.
|
circa 1965-1969 |
| 1/2 | 12 |
Ben Maslan at podium at Jewish National Fund annual banquet with Joe Woolfe, Norway Center, Seattle Fleming Photography, Seattle (photographer)
|
1968 |
| 1/3 | 13 |
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.
|
October 22, 1968 |
| 1/3 | 14 |
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)
|
December 12, 1969 |
| 1/3 | 15 | December 18, 1972 | |
| 1/3 | 16 | December 18, 1972 | |
| 1/3 | 17 |
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)
|
December 1977 |
| 1/3 | 18 |
Rabbi Earl Starr, Joe Woolfe and Rose Woolfe at Israel Bonds Dinner at the Washington Plaza Hotel [Westin], Seattle George Somoff Photography, Seattle (photographer)
|
December 1977 |
Events, People, and PlacesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/4 | 19 | undated | |
| 1/4 | 20 |
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, Seattle Roger Dudley, Commercial Photographer, Seattle (photographer)
|
1947 |
| 1/4 | 21 |
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, Seattle Roger Dudley, Commercial Photographer, Seattle (photographer)
|
1947 |
| 1/4 | 22 |
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.
|
circa 1955 |
| 1/4 | 23 |
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)
|
March 1967 |
| 1/4 | 24 |
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.
|
March 29, 1967 |
| 1/4 | 25 |
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)
|
April 1, 1967 |
| 1/4 | 26 | 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.
|
1967 |
| 1/4 | 27-28 | 1970 | |
| 1/5 | 29 | November 28, 1970 | |
| 1/5 | 30 | 1971 | |
| 1/5 | 31 |
Seymour Kaplan Kennell-Ellis, Inc., Seattle (photographer)
|
February 1972 |
| 1/5 | 32 |
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.
|
April 29, 1974 |
| 1/5 | 33 | September 1976 | |
| 1/5 | 34 | June 27, 1982 | |
| 1/5 | 35 |
Joe and Rose Woolfe with another couple, possibly Ben Maslan and his wife Franz Linder Photo, Vancouver, British Columbia (photographer)
|
undated |
| 1/5 | 36 | circa 1978-1989 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Loading...
