Victor Steinbrueck papers, 1931-2021

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Steinbrueck, Victor
Title
Victor Steinbrueck papers
Dates
1931-2021 (inclusive)
Quantity
26.01 cubic feet (29 boxes, 1 oversize vertical file, and 1 package)
Collection Number
3252
Summary
Papers of an architect, advocate of historic preservation, and professor of architecture, University of 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, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact Special Collection for more information

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

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

Campaign materials, correspondence, notes, minutes, speeches and writings, plans, transcripts of hearings, daybooks, ephemera, photographs and sketches, film and tape recordings. The bulk of material is from the campaign to save the Pike Place Market from destruction by urban renewal. Also includes materials related to the Century 21 Exposition and Space Needle, Pioneer Square, other urban renewal, and teaching materials from the Unviersity of Washington.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Preferred Citation

Victor Steinbrueck papers. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 5 accessions.

  • Accession No. 3252-001, Victor Steinbrueck papers, 1950-1975
  • Accession No. 3252-003, Victor Steinbrueck papers, 1935-1986
  • Accession No. 3252-006, Victor Steinbrueck papers, 1931-1986
  • Accession No. 3252-007, Victor Steinbrueck papers, 1933-1974
  • Accession No. 3252-009, Victor Steinbrueck papers, approximately 1934-2021 (bulk 1960-1981)

Processing Note

Audiovisual material originally accessioned as MSS Accession No. 3252-008 has been transferred to PH Coll 832 (Victor Steinbrueck) in Special Collections, UW Libraries.

Related Materials

Special Collections has additional Steinbrueck architectural drawings, snapshots of the Pike Place Market and other drawings, including the originals for his three books.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 3252-001: Victor Steinbrueck papers, 1950-1975Return to Top

approximately 6 cubic feet (7 boxes and 1 oversize package)
Arrangement: Arranged in 11 series:
  • Campaign to Save the Pike Place Market
  • Friends of the Market
  • Seattle Pike Place Market Historical Commission
  • Citizen's Committee to Save Pioneer Square and the International District
  • Seattle Pioneer Square Historic District Preservation Board
  • Seattle Citizen's Stadium Task Force
  • Campaign to Save Broadway High School
  • Committee to Save the White-Henry-Stuart Building
  • Committee to Save the Bay Building
  • Victor Steinbrueck personal papers
  • American Institute of Architects, Seattle Chapter

Scope and Content: Includes campaign materials, correspondence, notes and minutes, transcripts of hearings, daybooks, ephemera, photographs and sketches, plus film and tape recordings.

The bulk of material documents Steinbrueck's efforts to save the Pike Place Market from destruction by urban renewal. The first two series, Campaign to Save The Pike Place Market and Friends of The Market, both document the effort to save the Market. All material that was labeled "Friends of the Market" is in that series; all other Market material is in the Campaign series. The correspondents, dates and subject matter of the two series is the same, so the researcher should use them together.

Other series include the Seattle Pioneer Square Historic District Preservation Board which documents, generally, Steinbrueck's interest in Pioneer Square. There is no evidence that Steinbrueck was a member of the Commission. Included in this series is a survey of all the buildings in the Pioneer Square district. Other series contain records of other preservationist groups to which Steinbrueck belonged. The Personal Papers series is the remainder of the papers that did not belong in any series.

The notes and minutes regarding Seattle City Council are detailed notes and exact quotations taken by Steinbrueck during Council meetings. Transcripts of hearings are also from Seattle City Council. The daybooks, in spiral shorthand pads, are diaries of phone calls, appointments, ideas, quotes, etc. The package contains hand-decorated and signed shopping bags from the "Save the Market" campaign. One item of special interest not related to the Market campaign is the Pioneer Square Historic District Study, 1969. It documents the Pioneer Square area building by building. Special Collections does not have maps, but does have the related photographs. Films show the market and various people speaking about it; tapes include Market material and a series of lectures by Steinbrueck on Seattle architectural styles.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact Special Collection for more information

Acquisition Info: Gift of Victor Steinbrueck, February 11, 1982.

Processing Info: Accession No. 3252-001 is a merger of Accession Nos. 3252-001 and 3252-002.

Container(s) Description Dates
Campaign to Save the Pike Place Market
1955-1975
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 3252-001
Historical/organizational material
1969-1972
1/2-6 3252-001
General correspondence
Scope and Content: Primarily incoming correspondence
1963-1975, undated
1/7-8 3252-001
Writings
1955-1971
1/9 3252-001
Writings - student papers
Restrictions on Access: Access restricted. Contact Special Collections for more information.
1964-1975
1/10-11 3252-001
Reports
1963-1974
1/12-14 3252-001
Urban renewal plans
1968-1969
1/15 3252-001
Environmental impact statement
1971-1973
1/16 3252-001
Grant application
1971
1/17 3252-001
Notes
1969-1975, undated
1/18-20 3252-001
Drawings
1969
1/21 3252-001
Proclamations and resolutions
1971
1/22 3252-001
Newsletters
1969-1971
1/23 3252-001
Guidelines and regulations
1969-1971
1/24 3252-001
Statements regarding central business district plan
1963
1/25 3252-001
Lists
1970-1971
1/26 3252-001
Ordinances
1969
1/27 3252-001
Project and planning files
1972
1/28 3252-001
Legal documents
1972
1/29 3252-001
Ephemera
1969, undated
1/30-31 3252-001
Clippings
1959-1973
Subject files
Box/Folder Accession
1/32 3252-001
Central Park Plaza Corporation
1970-1971
1/33 3252-001
Save the Market Committee
1970-1971
1/34 3252-001
Preliminary commitment for title insurance for the Pike Place Market
1971
1/35 3252-001
Citizen's Planning Council
1963-1965
1/36 3252-001
Seattle Historic Landmarks Compensation Task Force
1974
1/37 3252-001
Seattle Planning and Redevelopment Council
1969
Friends of the Market
1964-1975
Box/Folder Accession
1/38 3252-001
Organizational material
1969, undated
1/39-44 3252-001
General correspondence
1964-1975, undated
2/1 3252-001
Agenda (handwritten meeting plans)
1968-1972
2/2 3252-001
Minutes
2 items
1964, 1968
2/3-14 3252-001
Transcripts of City Council meetings
1969 March-June
2/15-16 3252-001
Notes taken by Steinbrueck at City Council meetings
1967-1971
2/17-20 3252-001
Notes
1968-1974, undated
2/21 3252-001
Writings
1968-1971
2/22 3252-001
Statements against urban renewal
1968-1973
2/23 3252-001
Report
1968
2/24 3252-001
Press releases
1969-1971
2/25 3252-001
Newsletter - Market Newsletter
1969, 1972
2/26 3252-001
Urban Renewal Plans
1968-1973
2/27-28 3252-001
Court papers
1970-1971
2/29 3252-001
Initiatives and petitions
1971
2/30 3252-001
Ordinances
1971
2/31 3252-001
Maps
1971
2/32 3252-001
Drawing
1969
2/33 3252-001
Designs for publicity
1970-1971
package:oversize
3 3252-001
Posters and shopping bags
undated
Box/Folder
2/34-35 3252-001
Photographs
Scope and Content: Including 8 x 10 black and white photographs of the market by Ken Wagner.
1968-1971
Box
7-8 3252-001
Motion picture films
undated
7-8 3252-001
Tape recordings
undated
Box/Folder
2/36 3252-001
Lists
1968, undated
2/37 3252-001
Ephemera
1964-1973
2/38-39 3252-001
Clippings
circa 1964-1975
Subject files
Box/Folder Accession
4/1 3252-001
Washington Council on Historic Preservation
1969-1973
4/2 3252-001
Parking Study
1969
Market Sketchbook
Box/Folder Accession
4/3 3252-001
Market Sketchbook (unbound advance copy)
1968
4/4 3252-001
Incoming letters
1968-1972
4/5 3252-001
Notes
1967
4/6 3252-001
Clippings
1968-1971
4/7 3252-001
Ephemera
1968-1969
Seattle Pike Place Market Historical Commission
1971-1974
Box/Folder Accession
4/8 3252-001
Organizational features
undated
4/9 3252-001
General correspondence
1971-1974
4/10 3252-001
Agenda and minutes
1971-1974
4/11 3252-001
Report
1973-1974
4/12 3252-001
Drawings
1971
4/13 3252-001
Rules and procedures
1972-1974
4/14 3252-001
Ordinances
1971
4/15 3252-001
Newsletter - Pike Place Project Newsletter
1972
4/16 3252-001
Clippings
1971-1972
Box/Folder Accession
4/17 3252-001
Citizen's Committee to Save Pioneer Square and the International District
1972
Seattle Pioneer Square Historic District Preservation Board
1966-1977
Box/Folder Accession
4/18 3252-001
General correspondence
1966-1973
4/19 3252-001
Minutes and agenda
1971-1972
4/20 3252-001
Register of historic places
circa 1969
4/21 3252-001
Reports
1968-1977
4/22 3252-001
Grant application
1972
4/23 3252-001
Maps
1966-1970
4/24 3252-001
Lists
1966-1969
4/25 3252-001
Ordinances
1970-1972
4/26 3252-001
Clippings
1969-1970
Box/Folder Accession
4/27 3252-001
Seattle Citizen's Stadium Task Force
1972
4/28 3252-001
Campaign to Save Broadway High School
1970-1974
4/29 3252-001
Committee to Save the White-Henry-Stuart Building
1974
4/30 3252-001
Committee to Save the Bay Building
1974
Victor Steinbrueck personal papers
Box/Folder Accession
4/31-34 3252-001
General correspondence
Scope and Content: Primarily incoming correspondence.
1961-1975, undated
4/35-36 3252-001
Writings
1960-1978
4/37 3252-001
Minutes - University of Washington Press joint meeting
1 item
1974
4/37 3252-001
Student projects - Architecture 452
Restrictions on Access: Access restricted. Contact Special Collections for more information.
4/38 3252-001
Corliss Avenue North architecture - Kunze and Franklin
1972
4/39 3252-001
Corliss Avenue North negatives
1972
4/40 3252-001
Fremont district architecture - Davidoff and Larson
1972
4/41 3252-001
Fremont district negatives
1972
4/42 3252-001
Ellsworth Storey - McSorley
undated
4/43 3252-001
Notes
1968-1972
4/44 3252-001
Notes regarding construction of University of Washington Faculty Club
1959
4/45 3252-001
Notes regarding design talks
undated
4/46 3252-001
Reports
1970-1973
4/47 3252-001
Newsletters
1964-1973
5/1 3252-001
Engagement calendar
1971
5/2 3252-001
Press releases
1963, 1974
5/3 3252-001
Brochures
1962-1975
5/4 3252-001
Publications
1959-1971
5/5 3252-001
Lists
1968-1969
5/6 3252-001
Prints
undated
5/7-9 3252-001
Drawings
1957-1972
5/10-11 3252-001
Photographs
1970-1974
Box
8 3252-001
Tape recordings
undated
Box/Folder
5/12 3252-001
Ephemera
undated
5/13 3252-001
Maps
1972-1975, undated
5/14 3252-001
Legislation
1967
5/15 3252-001
Legal Documents
1963
5/16 3252-001
Questionnaire
1971
5/17-19 3252-001
Clippings
1948-1974
Subject Files
Box/Folder Accession
5/20 3252-001
University Avenue Mall
1955, 1972
6/1-2 3252-001
Notes regarding About Seattle
1962, undated
6/3-4 3252-001
Guide - Selected Architecture-Pacific Northwest
1950
6/5 3252-001
Survey of Significant Seattle Architecture (research project)
1958-1960
6/6 3252-001
Associated General Contractors' Building
1969
6/7 3252-001
Schooner Wawona
1964-1966
6/8 3252-001
Century 21 Exposition
1958-1962
6/9 3252-001
The Orient (a proposed entertainment complex)
1964
Box/Folder Accession
6/10 3252-001
American Institute of Architects, Seattle Chapter
1961-1971

Accession No. 3252-003: Victor Steinbrueck papers, 1935-1986 (bulk 1962-1984)Return to Top

7 cubic feet (7 boxes)

Scope and Content: Contains biographical information, correspondence, financial records, sales and royalties, writings, drawings, photographs, awards and honors, clippings, publications, subject files.

This material was in Victor Steinbrueck's home at the time of his death and documents varied projects but especially later ones, including Westlake Mall. The Pike Place Market campaign is represented, as is Victor Steinbrueck's book about it, Market Sketchbook, as well as his book Seattle Cityscape.

Most material concerning the Pike Place Market is in the Friends of the Market series, but material concerning his Market Sketchbook, which was used as a fund raiser for Friends of the Market, is in the Personal Papers series. Pike Place Park files are also in Personal Papers. Most material concerning the Westlake Mall project is in the Committee for Alternatives at Westlake series. Other series document Steinbrueck's activities as a board member of the Pike Place Market Historical Commission, and the City's Landmarks Preservation Board. He also had an informal connection with the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority.

Included in the Committee for Alternatives at Westlake and Friends of the Market series are copies of correspondence of elected and city officials which were collected by Steinbrueck. This correspondence is treated as a series separate from Steinbrueck's own correspondence.

The Personal Papers series contains Steinbrueck's studies of Pioneer Square buildings. Steinbrueck's design studies helped put a number of buildings on the National Register of Historic Sites. The drawings in the Committee for Alternatives at Westlake series include Steinbrueck's rough sketches as well as copies of other designs for Westlake.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Gift of Marjorie Nelson Steinbrueck, Victor Steinbrueck's widow, on August 16, 1991.

Processing Info: Processed in 1991.

Processing Info: Photographs were relocated to the Photography collection, Accession No. 2001-21, in 1992.

The 15 items transferred to the photography collection are as follows: 4 prints of model for proposed Westlake Mall, 6 photo montages of Pike Place Market, waterfront and downtown areas, 1 photo of "Hooverville," 1 contact sheet of dilapidated Market-area buildings and two additional contact sheets.

Container(s) Description Dates
Personal papers
1935-1986
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 3252-003
Biographical features
1963-1985
Incoming letters
1967-1984
Box/Folder Accession
1/2 3252-003
American Planning Association
1983
1/2 3252-003
Baar, Edward J.
1985
1/2 3252-003
Bodenmuller, Klaus
1981
1/2 3252-003
Boyte, Harry C.
1983
1/2 3252-003
Bundy, Emory
undated
1/2 3252-003
Chapman, Bruce K.
1971, 1972
1/2 3252-003
Chism, Catherine
1966
1/2 3252-003
CityClub
1983
1/2 3252-003
Clancy, Judith
1974-1980
1/2 3252-003
De Bon, Greg
1973
1/2 3252-003
Ericksen, Trudy
1973
1/2 3252-003
Etcheson, Denise
1977
1/2 3252-003
Fahey, Natus C.
1967
1/2 3252-003
Fein, Carl G.
1971
1/2 3252-003
Fink, Richard J.
1980
1/2 3252-003
Fawthrop, Tom
1984
1/2 3252-003
Garrison, Ken
1963
1/2 3252-003
Gull, Olga
1971
1/2 3252-003
Hancocks, John
1974
1/2 3252-003
Harris, C. Hinman
1971
1/2 3252-003
Heap, Desmond
1982
1/2 3252-003
Herzog, Linda A.
1982
1/2 3252-003
Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority
1982
1/3 3252-003
Jones, Elaine K. S.
1983
1/3 3252-003
Kent Arts Commission
1984
1/3 3252-003
Lamphere, Phyllis
1974
1/3 3252-003
Lee, Loren F.
1974
1/3 3252-003
Mercer Island City Manager
1984
1/3 3252-003
Murphy, Joseph D.
1974
1/3 3252-003
Nelson, Ibsen
undated
1/3 3252-003
Pacific Area Travel Association
1980
1/3 3252-003
Parent Teacher Student Association, Seward School
1974
1/3 3252-003
Patton, Mary Lou
1971
1/3 3252-003
Pelaez Family
1976
1/3 3252-003
Pike Place Market Constituency
1984
1/3 3252-003
Pike Place Merchants Association
1982
1/3 3252-003
PONCHO
1974
1/3 3252-003
Port Townsend Art Commission
undated
1/3 3252-003
Quinn, Patricia
1982
1/4 3252-003
Ross, Glynn
undated
1/4 3252-003
Rybock, Nancy Brier
1974
1/4 3252-003
Save Seward School Committee
1974
1/4 3252-003
Seattle Community Development Department
1974
1/4 3252-003
Seattle Housing Authority
1967
1/4 3252-003
Seattle Esperanto Society
1982
1/4 3252-003
Tomkins, Margaret
1980
1/4 3252-003
Uhlman, Wes
1974
1/4 3252-003
United States, National Endowment for the Arts
1974
1/4 3252-003
University of Washington Henry (Horace C.) Art Gallery
1974
1/4 3252-003
University of Washington Press
1980
1/4 3252-003
Washington State Capitol Museum
1982
1/4 3252-003
Williams, Jeanette
1974
1/4 3252-003
Wilsted, Ted
1971
1/4 3252-003
Wimberly, George J.
1980
1/4 3252-003
Wolfe, Dael
1973
1/4 3252-003
Woodbridge, Sally B.
1974
1/4 3252-003
Unidentified
1974
Box/Folder Accession
1/5 3252-003
Outgoing letters
1971
1/6 3252-003
General correspondence (tributes to Steinbrueck)
1976-1985
1/7 3252-003
Memoranda
1984
Financial records
Box/Folder Accession
1/8 3252-003
Book royalties
1979-1981
1/9 3252-003
Art sales
1973-1982
Box/Folder Accession
1/10 3252-003
Awards and honors
1952-1985
Speeches and writings
About Seattle
Box/Folder Accession
1/11 3252-003
General correspondence
Scope and Content: Including University of Washington Press
1962
1/12 3252-003
Book dummy
circa 1962
Market Sketchbook
Box/Folder Accession
1/13 3252-003
General correspondence
1967-1969
1/14 3252-003
Outlines
1967
1/15 3252-003
Original draft of text
1968
1/16 3252-003
Fourth draft of text
1968
1/17 3252-003
Additions and corrections
1968
1/18 3252-003
Book dummy
1968
1/19 3252-003
Original drawings
Scope and Content: 1 sketch from half-title page
1968
box:oversize
7 3252-003
Copies of drawings
1968
Box/Folder
1/20-21 3252-003
"Puget Sound Architecture" -- drafts and notes
1974
Seattle Cityscape
Box/Folder Accession
1/22 3252-003
General correspondence
1961-1970
1/23 3252-003
Notes
undated
1/24 3252-003
Proof pages
1962
1/25 3252-003
Reviews
1962-1963
1/26 3252-003
Television program on KCTS
1963-1964
Seattle Cityscape #2
Box/Folder Accession
1/27 3252-003
General correspondence
1973-1980
1/28-30 3252-003
Drafts of text
1973
1/31 3252-003
Book dummy
1973
1/32 3252-003
Printer's proofs
1973
1/33 3252-003
Reviews
1973-1974
1/34 3252-003
Lists of sketches
1973-1974
1/35 3252-003
Publishing schedule
1974
box:oversize
7 3252-003
Book dummies
1973
Box/Folder Accession
1/36 3252-003
Miscellaneous writings
1962-1982
Box/Folder Accession
1/37-40 3252-003
Speeches and writings of others
1954-1980
1/41 3252-003
Notes
circa 1960s-1970s
Project files -- Victor Steinbrueck, architect
Box/Folder Accession
1/42 3252-003
Frederick & Nelson Family Homes Project
1935
1/43-44 3252-003
Pike Place Market Park
1976-1982
2/1 3252-003
Pike Place Market Park -- Totem Poles
1983
2/2 3252-003
Victor Steinbrueck/Peter Steinbrueck House
1980
Clippings
Box/Folder Accession
2/3 3252-003
Obituaries and tributes
1985
2/4 3252-003
About Steinbrueck
1972-1986
2/5-6 3252-003
Miscellaneous
1967-1980
Box/Folder Accession
2/7 3252-003
Newsletters
1973-1986
Publications
Box/Folder Accession
2/8 3252-003
Sunset (World's Fair edition)
1962 April
2/9 3252-003
Rehab Right (Oakland Planning Department)
1978
Drawings by Steinbrueck
Box/Folder Accession
2/10 3252-003
Port Townsend (photo reproductions)
1965
2/11 3252-003
Miscellaneous sketches
Scope and Content: Most reproductions, a few original rough sketches. Also see oversize box 7.
1959-1972
Box/Folder Accession
2/12 3252-003
Drawings by Howard P. Sparber
1944
2/13-14 3252-003
Architectural drawings
Scope and Content: Mostly rough sketches; 2 are in publications.
1939, 1955, 1972
2/15 3252-003
Specifications -- Ellsworth Storey house
undated
2/16 3252-003
Photographs
1976, undated
2/17 3252-003
Ephemera
1978-1982
Subject files
Box/Folder Accession
2/18 3252-003
American Institute of Architects, Seattle Chapter
1974, 1983
2/19 3252-003
Arboretum (Washington Park)
1961-1979
2/20 3252-003
Betty Bowen Viewpoint
1982-1985
2/21-23 3252-003
Broadway High School Building (Seattle)
1970-1974
2/24 3252-003
Choose an Effective City Council (CHECC)
1970-1974
2/25 3252-003
Concerned About Trident
1974
2/26 3252-003
Eastlake Neighborhood
1969-1980
2/27 3252-003
Fort Lawton/Discovery Park
1977-1981
2/28 3252-003
Freeways
1965-1972
Juneau, Alaska -- Historic Development Plan
Box/Folder Accession
2/29 3252-003
General correspondence
1982
2/30 3252-003
Statements, clippings
1982
2/31 3252-003
Drawings
1982
box:oversize
7 3252-003
Copy of final plan
1982
Box/Folder Accession
2/32 3252-003
Lake Union
1973
2/33 3252-003
Martha Washington Site
1979
2/34-36 3252-003
Pries, Lionel H.
1976-1978
2/37 3252-003
Olympic Block
1985
2/38 3252-003
Pioneer Square
1954-1972
2/39 3252-003
Seattle architecture
undated
2/40 3252-003
Skagit Hydroelectric Project
1974
2/41 3252-003
Space Needle
1978
2/42 3252-003
Stewart House
1977-1982
2/43 3252-003
Tuai, Liem
1972-1973
2/45 3252-003
University of Washington Architecture and Urban Planning College
1958-1980
2/44 3252-003
Washington State Convention Center
1983-1984
2/46 3252-003
White/Henry/Stuart Building
1973-1974
Allied Arts of Seattle
1970-1983
Box/Folder Accession
3/1 3252-003
General correspondence
1982-1984
3/2 3252-003
Minutes and agendas
1970-1974, 1984
3/3 3252-003
Newsletters
1974
3/4 3252-003
Membership list
1983
3/5 3252-003
Ephemera
1965, undated
3/6 3252-003
Subject file -- Downtown Alternative Plan
1982
Seattle-King County, Citizens Action Force
Biographical/Historical Note: Ad hoc King County/Seattle citizens' committee on King County Domed Stadium.
Box/Folder Accession
3/7 3252-003
General correspondence
1972
3/8 3252-003
Memoranda
1972
3/9 3252-003
Notes
1972
3/10 3252-003
Minutes
1972
3/11 3252-003
Recommendations
1972
3/12 3252-003
Proposals
1972
3/13 3252-003
Statements
1972
3/14 3252-003
King County Stadium Parking Plan
1972
3/15 3252-003
Clippings
1972
box:oversize
7 3252-003
Environmental impact statement
1972
Citizens' Coalition for the Domed Stadium
Box/Folder Accession
3/16 3252-003
General correspondence
1972-1973
3/17 3252-003
Membership list, notes, sketches, ephemera
1972
3/18 3252-003
Clippings
1971-1972
Committee for Alternatives at Westlake (C.A.W.)
Box/Folder Accession
3/19 3252-003
Historical features
1978-1979
3/20 3252-003
Intraorganizational correspondence
1982-1984
Incoming letters
1978-1984
Box/Folder Accession
3/21 3252-003
Allied Arts Foundation
1984
3/21 3252-003
Brooks, R. J.
1982
3/21 3252-003
Caminiti, Benella
1984
3/21 3252-003
Crandall, Gordon F.
1984
3/21 3252-003
Epstein, Jesse
1983
3/21 3252-003
Ferguson, William H.
1979
3/21 3252-003
Kraabel, Paul
1982
3/21 3252-003
Meyers, Donald D.
1983
3/21 3252-003
MOMC ?
1984
3/21 3252-003
Proctor, Terry
1983
3/21 3252-003
Pugh, Zula
1983
3/21 3252-003
Richards, Jack
1982
3/21 3252-003
Seattle Community Development Department
1979, 1983
3/21 3252-003
Shafer, Lawrence L.
1978
3/21 3252-003
Smith, Sam
1978
3/21 3252-003
Spencer, Elaine L.
1980
3/21 3252-003
Yaeger, Michael
1984
3/21 3252-003
Unidentified
1983
Box/Folder Accession
3/22-23 3252-003
Outgoing letters
1978-1984
3/24-27 3252-003
General correspondence of Peter J. Eglick regarding court cases
1982-1984
3/28-31 3252-003
General correspondence
Scope and Content: Mostly of city officials, including Royer, Charles.
1974-1982
3/32-34 3252-003
General correspondence regarding environmental impact statement appeal
1977-1984
3/35 3252-003
Environmental impact statement (Westlake Project)
1978
3/36 3252-003
Comments on environmental impact statement
1977-1984
3/37 3252-003
Financial records
1978-1984
3/38-40 3252-003
Speeches and writings
undated
3/41-43 3252-003
Notes
1978-1984
3/44 3252-003
Statements
1978
3/45 3252-003
News releases
1978-1982
3/46 3252-003
Membership list
undated
4/1-3 3252-003
Drawings (political cartoons)
1978-1984
4/4-7 3252-003
Architectural drawings
1978-1984
4/8-10 3252-003
Agreements
1979
4/11 3252-003
Property assessments
1982
4/12 3252-003
Prospectus
1982
4/13-14 3252-003
Reports
1971-1979
4/15 3252-003
Ordinances and resolutions by Seattle City Council
1971-1983
4/16 3252-003
Transcript (of city council meeting), agendas, fact sheets
1983
4/11-26 3252-003
Court papers
1979-1984
4/27-31 3252-003
Clippings
1978-1985
4/32 3252-003
Flyers
1978
4/33 3252-003
Student papers regarding Westlake Project
1983
4/34 3252-003
Ephemera
1978-1984
4/35 3252-003
Miscellany
1977-1983
Subject files
Box/Folder Accession
4/36 3252-003
Century Square
1982
4/37 3252-003
Choose an Effective City Council (CHECC)
1977-1978
4/38 3252-003
Mondev USA
1976
4/39 3252-003
Pioneer Courthouse Square Design Competition (Portland, Oregon)
1980
5/1 3252-003
Rouse Company
1981-1984
5/2 3252-003
Royer, Charles
1977-1978
5/3 3252-003
Seattle Art Museum
1977-1978
5/4 3252-003
Seattle Design Commission
1978
5/5 3252-003
Seattle, Westlake Development Authority
1978
5/6 3252-003
Seattle, Westlake Evaluation Committee
1978
Downtown Neighborhood Alliance
1980-1984
Box/Folder Accession
5/7 3252-003
General correspondence
1980-1984
5/8 3252-003
Speeches and writings
circa 1981
5/9 3252-003
Clippings
1981-1984
5/10 3252-003
Agenda, notes, ephemera
circa 1981-1983
5/11 3252-003
Subject file -- Cornerstone Development Company
1980-1981
Friends of the Market
1965-1986
Box/Folder Accession
5/12 3252-003
Membership lists
circa 1970s
5/13 3252-003
Intraorganizational correspondence
1968-1977
Incoming letters
1965-1978
Box/Folder Accession
5/14 3252-003
Adams, Brock
1968
5/14 3252-003
Barnett, Virginia
1971
5/14 3252-003
Barrett, Maureen
1971
5/14 3252-003
Bayley, Christopher and Cynthia
undated
5/14 3252-003
Bell, Eleanor
1969
5/14 3252-003
Best, Ted
1965
5/14 3252-003
Beyersdorf, Mrs. R. R.
1971
5/14 3252-003
Braman, J. Dorm
1969
5/14 3252-003
Braun, Barbara
1982
5/14 3252-003
Calvert, Constance
1971
5/14 3252-003
Castillo, Cathy
1969
5/14 3252-003
Communications Northwest
1971
5/14 3252-003
DeCoster, Dorothy
1971
5/14 3252-003
Dietz, Robert H.
1969
5/14 3252-003
Doces, G. John
1971
5/14 3252-003
Feiss, Carl
1971
5/14 3252-003
Frasca, Robert J.
1971, 1977
5/15 3252-003
Harris, C. Hinman
1971
5/15 3252-003
Hauberg, Anne Gould
1970
5/15 3252-003
Hilbert, Roger S., and others
1971
5/15 3252-003
Hill, Timothy J.
1971
5/15 3252-003
Jackson, Henry M.
1966
5/15 3252-003
Jacobson, Ron
1984
5/15 3252-003
Kirk, Paul Hayden
1968
5/15 3252-003
Kraabel, Paul
1977
5/15 3252-003
Lamphere, Phyllis
1970
5/15 3252-003
Larkin, Wayne D.
1971
5/15 3252-003
Leistner, Heinz
1971
5/15 3252-003
Lindenberger, Manfred and Betty
1971
5/15 3252-003
Luke, Wing
1964
5/15 3252-003
Magnuson, Warren G.
1966-1970
5/15 3252-003
Meeds, Lloyd
1966
5/15 3252-003
Miller, Mrs. Irving
1969
5/15 3252-003
National Trust for Historic Preservation
1971
5/15 3252-003
Nine, Doug
1971
5/15 3252-003
Norfolk (Virginia)
1971
5/15 3252-003
Pelly, Thomas
1966
5/15 3252-003
Queen Anne Antiques
1976
5/15 3252-003
Reinhardt, Charles
1971
5/15 3252-003
Responte, George
1972
5/15 3252-003
Rochester, Junius
1971
5/15 3252-003
Rossellini, Albert F.
1969
5/15 3252-003
Royer, Charles
1982
5/16 3252-003
Sameth, Stella
1971
5/16 3252-003
Seattle, Community Development Department
1969-1973
5/16 3252-003
Seattle Comptroller
1971
5/16 3252-003
Seattle Parks and Recreation Department
1970
5/16 3252-003
Seattle, Pike Place Market Historical Commission
1977
5/16 3252-003
Seattle, Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority
1975-1978
5/16 3252-003
Smith, Sam
1969
5/16 3252-003
Sparling, Oliver H.
1971
5/16 3252-003
Squires, Jane L.
1971
5/16 3252-003
Stone, Luther E.
1971
5/16 3252-003
Trimingham, Tony ?
undated
5/16 3252-003
Tuai, Liem E.
1969
5/17 3252-003
Uhlman, Wes
1971-1977
5/17 3252-003
United States Housing and Urban Development Department, Renewal Assistance Office
1969-1970
5/17 3252-003
United States Housing and Urban Development Department, Seattle Regional Office
1971
5/17 3252-003
United States Interior Department, National Park Service, Archaeology and Historic Preservation Office
1968
5/17 3252-003
Voorhees, Donald
1969
5/17 3252-003
Vye, Barrie
1971
5/17 3252-003
Walter, Jim
1971
5/17 3252-003
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
1970
5/17 3252-003
Washington Environmental Council
1971
5/17 3252-003
Washington State Association of Broadcasters
1971
5/17 3252-003
White, Rob
1971
5/17 3252-003
Yaeger, Michael
1982
5/17 3252-003
Unidentified
1971
Box/Folder Accession
5/18-19 3252-003
Outgoing letters
1968-1977
5/20 3252-003
General correspondence of others
Scope and Content: Including Seattle Community Development Department.
1968-1978
5/21-22 3252-003
Memoranda
1967-1973, circa 1970s
5/23 3252-003
Minutes
1970-1973
5/24 3252-003
Speeches and writings
circa 1969-1973
5/25 3252-003
Ordinance to establish historic district
1971
5/26 3252-003
Court papers (Victor Steinbrueck versus City of Seattle)
1971
5/27 3252-003
Site plans
circa 1971-1977
5/28 3252-003
News releases, statements
1969-1977
5/29 3252-003
Notes
circa 1970s
5/30 3252-003
Notices and flyers
1968-1977
5/31 3252-003
Receipts
1971
5/32 3252-003
Petitions
1968
5/33 3252-003
Proclamation (by Seattle Mayor)
1970
Clippings
Box/Folder Accession
5/34-37 3252-003
Pike Place Market Campaign
1967-1986
box:oversize
7 3252-003
Pike Place Market Campaign
1963-1985
Box/Folder Accession
5/38 3252-003
Ephemera
circa 1970s
5/39 3252-003
Miscellany
circa 1968-1973
Subject files
Box/Folder Accession
5/40 3252-003
Alliance for a Living Market
1971
5/41 3252-003
Central Association of Seattle
1970
5/42 3252-003
Central Park Plaza Corp.
1968-1973
5/43 3252-003
Committee to Save the Market
1971
5/44 3252-003
Initiative anniversary
1981
5/45 3252-003
Pike Place Merchants Association
1968-1983
5/46 3252-003
Pike Place Residents Association
1971
5/47-49 3252-003
Rehabilitation of market core
1975-1976
5/50 3252-003
Schell, Paul
1977
Seattle Community Development Department, Pike Place Project
Box/Folder Accession
5/51 3252-003
General correspondence
1971-1978
5/52 3252-003
Memoranda
1971-1978
5/53 3252-003
List of staff, chronology of project
1972-1973
5/54 3252-003
Goals and objectives, outlines, resolutions, and criteria for development
1971-1973
5/55 3252-003
Budget summaries
1972
6/1 3252-003
Fact sheets
1971-1972
6/2 3252-003
Site plans
1968-1972
6/3-5 3252-003
Urban renewal plans
1969-1973
6/6 3252-003
Reports, studies
1973
6/7 3252-003
News releases
1968-1973
6/8 3252-003
Prospectus, proposal
1974
6/9 3252-003
Newsletters
1972
6/10-11 3252-003
Environmental impact statement
1973
6/12 3252-003
Ephemera
1969-1973
Box/Folder Accession
6/13 3252-003
Seattle Planning and Redevelopment Council (SPARC)
1968
6/14 3252-003
Student analysis of market
undated
Box/Folder Accession
6/15 3252-003
Seattle Chowder Society
1973
Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board
circa 1970-1984
Box/Folder Accession
6/16 3252-003
Organizational features
1977
6/17 3252-003
General correspondence
1982
6/18 3252-003
Minutes and agenda
1974
6/19 3252-003
Landmark nomination forms and data sheets
circa 1970s
6/20 3252-003
Notes
1975
6/21 3252-003
Clippings
1974-1982
6/22 3252-003
Miscellany
1972-1984
Seattle Pike Place Market Historical Commission
1971-1981
Box/Folder Accession
6/23 3252-003
Organizational features
1971-1974
6/24-25 3252-003
General correspondence
Scope and Content: Including Seattle Community Development Department
1972-1983
6/26 3252-003
Memoranda
1972-1984
6/27-28 3252-003
Minutes
1972-1974
6/29 3252-003
Agenda
1972-1974
6/30 3252-003
Architectural plans
Scope and Content: Reproductions, not by Steinbrueck
1972
6/31 3252-003
Notes
undated
6/32 3252-003
Guidelines
1972-1973
6/33-35 3252-003
Planning files -- Pike Project Historical District Preservation Plan
circa 1972-1974
6/36 3252-003
Proposals
1972-1981
6/37 3252-003
Policies and procedures
1973
6/38 3252-003
Miscellany
undated
Seattle Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority
Box/Folder Accession
6/39 3252-003
Organizational features
1973-1982
6/40 3252-003
General correspondence
1973-1984
6/41 3252-003
Memoranda
1977-1982
6/42 3252-003
Minutes and agendas
1973-1984
6/43 3252-003
Project files -- Area 3 rehabilitation
1978
6/44 3252-003
Demographic analysis
1977
6/45 3252-003
Publications -- A Farmer's Guide to the Pike Place Market
undated
6/46 3252-003
News releases
1984
6/47 3252-003
Newsletters
1977-1984
6/48 3252-003
Notes
1974-1983
6/49 3252-003
Rules, regulations and ordinances
1982-1984
6/50 3252-003
Budget
1975
6/51 3252-003
Program plan and policy proposals
1973, 1974
6/52 3252-003
Ephemera and miscellany
1973-1982

Accession No. 3252-006: Victor Steinbrueck papers, 1931-1986 (bulk 1966-1985)Return to Top

6.9 cubic feet (8 boxes, two oversize folders)
Arrangement: Arranged in 6 series:
  • Committee for Alternatives at Westlake (C.A.W.)
  • Friends of the Market
  • Market Agenda Steering Committee
  • Seattle Landmark Preservation Board
  • Seattle, Pike Place Market Historical Commission
  • Personal papers

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes, speeches and writings, plans, drawings, photographs, environmental impact statements, reports, news releases, posters, petitions, financial records, court papers, drawings, maps, clippings and ephemera. Concerns Steinbrueck's activities as a historic preservationist, on behalf of Seattle's Pike Place Market and as an advocate for an alternative plan for the Westlake Mall. He also prepared architectural surveys of historic buildings in Pioneer Square and many Seattle neighborhoods, and designed small parks at the Pike Place Market and on Capitol Hill in Seattle.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Gift of Marjorie Nelson Steinbrueck, August 8, 1996

Processing Info: Photographs were relocated to the Victor Steinbrueck II Photograph Collection, PHColl 547, in 1998.

9 postcards, mostly of Japan, one architectural drawing of a house for Mr. & Mrs. George Tepley, copies of printed surveys, "Inventory of Building and Urban Design Resources" for older Seattle neighborhoods, and one Pike Place Market poster were relocated within the repository. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Container(s) Description Dates
Committee For Alternatives At Westlake (C.A.W.)
1977-1985, undated
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 3252-006
Historical features
undated
Incoming letters
Box/Folder Accession
1/2 3252-006
Eglick, Peter J
1982-1985
1/2 3252-006
Seattle Community Development Department
1978-1982
1/3-5 3252-006
A-Z miscellaneous
1978-1984
Box/Folder Accession
1/6-7 3252-006
Outgoing letters
1977-1984
1/8 3252-006
Interdepartmental correspondence
1978-1984
1/9 3252-006
Minutes, schedule and agenda
1978-1983
1/10 3252-006
Financial records
1979-1986
1/11-14 3252-006
Court papers
1978-1985
1/15-19 3252-006
Legal documents
1979-1983
1/20 3252-006
Speeches and writings
undated
1/21-22 3252-006
Speeches and writings of others
undated
1/23 3252-006
Agreements
1980
Subject files
Box/Folder Accession
1/24 3252-006
Emerald Place
undated
1/25 3252-006
Goals and objectives
1978
1/26 3252-006
Summary of analyses
1982
1/27 3252-006
Urban Planning/Development Series
undated
Box/Folder Accession
1/28-29 3252-006
Plans and proposals
1983
1/30 3252-006
Land use code
1983
1/31-2/5 3252-006
Environmental impact statements
1977-1981
2/6-14 3252-006
Notes
undated
2/15 3252-006
News releases
1982-1984
2/16 3252-006
Calendars
1983
2/17 3252-006
Notices
1983
2/18 3252-006
Stationery
undated
2/19 3252-006
Lists of members
1978
2/20-22 3252-006
Sketches and drawings
undated
2/23-25 3252-006
Clippings
1978-1984
2/26 3252-006
Ephemera
undated
2/27 3252-006
Miscellany
undated
Friends Of The Market
1966-1982, undated
Box/Folder Accession
2/28 3252-006
Organizational features
undated
2/29 3252-006
Incoming letters
1966-1977
3/1 3252-006
Outgoing letters
1968-1982
3/2 3252-006
Interdepartmental correspondence
1970-1982
3/3 3252-006
Speeches and writings
undated
3/4 3252-006
Speeches and writings of others
undated
3/5 3252-006
Reports
1970, 1979
3/6-7 3252-006
Court Papers
undated
3/8 3252-006
Legal documents
undated
3/9-10 3252-006
Studies
1976-1977
3/11 3252-006
Drawings
undated
3/12 3252-006
Stationery
undated
3/13 3252-006
Maps
undated
3/14 3252-006
News releases
1969-1977
3/15 3252-006
Petitions
undated
VF:oversize
folder 3252-006
Petitions
undated
mapcase:oversize
folder 3252-006
Posters
undated
Box/Folder
3/16 3252-006
Newsletters
1972-1976
3/17 3252-006
Fact sheet
undated
3/18 3252-006
Lists of members
1969
3/19 3252-006
Photographs
undated
3/20 3252-006
Notes
undated
3/21-23 3252-006
Clippings
undated
3/24 3252-006
Ephemera
undated
3/25 3252-006
Miscellany
undated
Box/Folder Accession
3/26 3252-006
Market Agenda Steering Committee
1974-1984
Seattle Landmark Preservation Board
1975-1977, undated
Box/Folder Accession
3/27 3252-006
Incoming letters
1977
3/28 3252-006
Speeches and writings
1976
3/29 3252-006
Ordinances
1973-1976
3/30 3252-006
Data sheets
1975
3/31 3252-006
Nomination forms
undated
3/32 3252-006
Notes
undated
3/33 3252-006
Ephemera
1975
3/34 3252-006
Miscellany
1975
Seattle, Pike Place Market Historical Commission
1970-1983, undated
Box/Folder Accession
3/35 3252-006
Organizational features
undated
3/36 3252-006
Incoming letters
1970-1983
3/37 3252-006
Outgoing letters
1972
3/38 3252-006
Interdepartmental correspondence
1970, 1973
3/39 3252-006
Minutes
1971-1972
3/40 3252-006
Speeches and writings of others
1974
3/41 3252-006
Guidelines
undated
3/42 3252-006
Proposals
undated
3/43 3252-006
Nomination form
undated
Personal Papers
1931-1985
Incoming letters
Box/Folder Accession
3/44 3252-006
Haner, Astra
1963-1975
3/44 3252-006
Nelson, Ibsen
1975
3/45-46 3252-006
A-Z miscellaneous
1963-1985
Box/Folder Accession
3/47 3252-006
Outgoing letters
1966-1975
3/48 3252-006
Speeches and writings
1962, 1967
3/49 3252-006
Speeches and writings of others
1957-1982
3/50 3252-006
Agreements
1975, 1978
Subject files
Allied Arts
Box/Folder Accession
3/51 3252-006
Incoming letters
1965-1983
3/52 3252-006
Speeches and writings
1965-1983
3/53 3252-006
Proposals
1965, undated
3/54 3252-006
Miscellany
undated
Box/Folder Accession
3/55 3252-006
Bay Building
1974
3/56 3252-006
Broadway High School
1974-1975
3/57 3252-006
Central Fire Alarm Station
1961
3/58 3252-006
Cobb & Skinner Building
1983
Downtown
Box/Folder Accession
3/59 3252-006
Incoming letters
1975, 1982
3/60 3252-006
Environmental policy guidelines
1976-1983
3/61-62 3252-006
Plans
1973-1983
3/63 3252-006
Graphic standards
1974
3/64 3252-006
Notes
undated
3/65 3252-006
Clippings
1970, 1973
3/66 3252-006
Miscellany
undated
England
Box/Folder Accession
3/67 3252-006
Incoming letters
1966, 1968
3/68 3252-006
Outgoing letters
1967
3/69 3252-006
Speeches and writings
undated
Subject fles
Box/Folder Accession
3/70 3252-006
Alcan
1966-1968
4/1 3252-006
Motorcars
1966, 1968
Box/Folder Accession
4/2 3252-006
Newsletters
1973
4/3 3252-006
Notes
undated
4/4 3252-006
Clippings
1972
4/5 3252-006
Miscellany
undated
Box/Folder Accession
4/6 3252-006
Franklin High School
1983
4/7 3252-006
Freeways
1973
4/8 3252-006
King County Stadium
1972
mapcase:oversize Accession
folder 3252-006
Posters
undated
Landmark Preservation
Box/Folder Accession
4/9 3252-006
Incoming letters
1968-1977
4/10 3252-006
Agenda - Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
1972
4/11 3252-006
Speeches and writings
1968
4/12 3252-006
Reports
1978-1979
4/13 3252-006
Subject file - Ad Hoc Committee on Historic Preservation
1980-1981
4/14 3252-006
Ordinances
1973
4/15 3252-006
Grants
1968
4/16 3252-006
Notes
undated
4/17 3252-006
Clippings
1969, 1980
VF:oversize-mapcase:oversize
folder/folder 3252-006
Ephemera
1975
Box/Folder
4/18 3252-006
Miscellany
undated
Box/Folder Accession
4/19 3252-006
McGraw Square
1945-1983
4/20 3252-006
Olympic Hotel
1974-1975
4/21 3252-006
Rolls-Royce Owners Club
1965-1969
Seattle Architects
Box/Folder Accession
4/22 3252-006
Notes
undated
4/23 3252-006
Miscellany
undated
Box/Folder Accession
4/24 3252-006
Seattle Architects - Folke Nyberg
1983
Seattle Architects - Lionel Pries
Box/Folder Accession
4/25 3252-006
Incoming letters
1977-1980
4/26 3252-006
Speeches and writings
undated
4/27 3252-006
Notes
undated
Space Needle
Box/Folder Accession
4/28 3252-006
Incoming letters
1961, 1978
4/29 3252-006
Reports
1961
4/30 3252-006
Proposals
1978
4/31 3252-006
Ordinances
1961
4/32 3252-006
Maps
undated
4/33 3252-006
Notes
undated
4/34 3252-006
Sketches
undated
4/35 3252-006
Clippings
1978
4/36 3252-006
Ephemera
1978
4/37 3252-006
Miscellany
undated
Box/Folder Accession
4/38 3252-006
Steinbrueck Memorial
1985
4/39 3252-006
University Avenue
1955
4/40 3252-006
White Henry Stuart Building
1975
4/41 3252-006
Woodland Park Zoo
1973-1976
Box/Folder Accession
4/42 3252-006
Project files - Betty Bowen Memorial Park
1977-1978
Project files - Capitol Hill Viewpoint
Box/Folder Accession
4/43 3252-006
Incoming letters
1974-1975
4/44 3252-006
Outgoing letters
1974-1975
4/45 3252-006
Interdepartmental correspondence
1973, 1975
4/46 3252-006
Minutes
1975
4/47 3252-006
Speeches and writings
undated
4/48 3252-006
Environmental impact statements
1973-1974
4/49 3252-006
Proposals
undated
4/50 3252-006
Reports
1974
4/51 3252-006
Contract change orders
undated
4/52-54 3252-006
Specifications
undated
4/55 3252-006
Agreements
1975
4/56 3252-006
Financial records
1974-1975
4/57 3252-006
Maps
undated
4/58 3252-006
Notes
undated
4/59-60 3252-006
Plans (drawings)
undated
4/61 3252-006
Photographs
undated
4/62 3252-006
Clippings
1975
4/63 3252-006
Miscellany
undated
Project files - Historic Seattle Preservation And Development Authority Survey
Maps and inventories
Box/Folder Accession
4/64 3252-006
Alki/Admiral
1975
4/64 3252-006
Ballard
1975
4/64 3252-006
Capitol Hill
1975
4/64 3252-006
Central Area
1975
4/64 3252-006
Denny regrade
1975
4/64 3252-006
First Hill
1975
4/64 3252-006
Fremont
1975
4/64 3252-006
International District
1975
4/64 3252-006
Madrona, Leschi and Madison Park
1975
4/64 3252-006
Mount Baker
1975
4/64 3252-006
University District
1975
4/64 3252-006
Wallingford
1975
Box/Folder Accession
4/65 3252-006
Notes
1975
Box/Folder Accession
4/66 3252-006
Project files - Macau PATA Taskforce
1980
Project files - Market Park
Box/Folder Accession
4/67 3252-006
Incoming letters
1981-1983
4/68 3252-006
Speeches and writing
undated
4/69 3252-006
Sketches
undated
4/70 3252-006
Notes
undated
4/71 3252-006
Stationery
undated
4/72 3252-006
Clippings
1984
4/73 3252-006
Ephemera
1982
4/74 3252-006
Miscellany
undated
Project files - Pioneer Square Inventory
Box/Folder Accession
4/75 3252-006
Incoming letters
1968-1970
4/76 3252-006
Outgoing letters
1968-1977
5/1 3252-006
Speeches and writings
undated
5/2 3252-006
Speeches and writings of others
undated
5/3 3252-006
Recommendations
1971
5/4 3252-006
Nomination forms
undated
5/5-6 3252-006
Building data
undated
5/7 3252-006
Ordinances
1970-1974
5/8-9 3252-006
Notes
undated
5/10-11 3252-006
Maps
undated
5/12 3252-006
Photographs
undated
5/13-14 3252-006
Drawings
undated
5/15 3252-006
Clippings
1966
5/16 3252-006
Miscellany
undated
Box/Folder Accession
5/17 3252-006
Project files - World Trade Center Architectural Consultant
1969, 1983
5/18 3252-006
Newsletters
1969-1984
5/19 3252-006
Stationery
undated
VF:oversize
folder 3252-006
Awards
1948-1985
Box/Folder
5/20 3252-006
Drawing tool
undated
5/21-22 3252-006
Calendars
1983
5/23 3252-006
Copies of illustrations of Seattle buildings
undated
5/24 3252-006
Maps
undated
5/25 3252-006
Drawings - Schoolwork
circa 1930's
5/26-27 3252-006
Sketches, drawings and doodles
undated
5/28 3252-006
List - Seattle cityscape sketches
undated
5/29 3252-006
Photographs
undated
5/30-32 3252-006
Notes
undated
5/33-35 3252-006
Clippings
1931-1985
5/36 3252-006
Ephemera
undated
5/37 3252-006
Miscellany
undated
6-7 3252-006
Publications
1966-1982
8 3252-006
Newspapers and clippings
1959-1966

Accession No. 3252-007: Victor Steinbrueck papers, 1933-1974Return to Top

.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Notes, schedules, agenda and related material for courses in the University of Washington School, later College, of Architecture; 1933-1934, 1947, 1953-1955, 1972. Part includes Steinbrueck's student work (1933-1934). Another file consists of Steinbrueck's comments on a consultant study for the Trident submarine base near Bremerton, 1973-74. His comments were solicited by the Pacifist group, Concerned About Trident.

The Steinbrueck papers in this accession include course files for courses he taught at the University and some of his student work. Also includes material concerning the Trident submarine base at Bangor.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: University of Washington Libraries, Architecture and Urban Planning Library, November 16, 1998.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 3252-007
Intradepartmental correspondence
1972, undated
Course files
1947-1956, undated
Box Accession
1 3252-007
Architecture 4 and 10
undated
1 3252-007
Architecture 5 and 11
1947-1948, undated
1 3252-007
Architecture 6 and 12
1947-1948, undated
1 3252-007
Design and composition (Architecture 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12)
undated
1 3252-007
Architecture 124
1953, undated
1 3252-007
Architecture 125
1953-1956, undated
1 3252-007
Architecture 126 and 316
1955-1956, undated
1 3252-007
Curriculum materials
1955-1956
Student work
1933-1934
Box Accession
1 3252-007
Architecture 151
1933
1 3252-007
Architecture 152
1934
Subject file-Trident Submarine Support Site
Box Accession
1 3252-007
Incoming letters
1974
1 3252-007
Speeches and writings
undated
1 3252-007
Environmental impact statement
1973
1 3252-007
Miscellany
undated

Accession No. 3252-009: Victor Steinbrueck papers, approximately 1934-2021 (bulk 1960-1981)Return to Top

5.69 cubic feet (6 boxes and 1 oversize vertical file)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, speeches and writings, plans, drawings, photographs, environmental impact statements, reports, drawings, teaching notebooks, and cassette taped of interviews with Steinbrueck. Among other topics, the papers concern the Space Needle, Steinbrueck's activities as an historic preservationist, on behalf of Seattle's Pike Place Market, and as an advocate for an alternative plan for the Westlake Mall.

Restrictions on Access: Access to portions of the collection is restricted. No user access copy is available for audio cassettes. Users may be able to obtain a reproduction of the media for a fee. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Peter Steinbrueck, January 2023.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Accession
1 3252-009
Friends of the Market, Pike Place
Scope and Content: Artwork, clippings, correspondence, notes, diagrams, maps, press releases, promotional materials, meeting materials, legal documents, and newsletters
approximately 1961-1975
1, 2 3252-009
Germany Trip
1964
1 3252-009
University of Washington Special Collections Finding Aids
Scope and Content: Friends of the Market records and Victor Steinbrueck papers finding aids
1992
1 3252-009
Civic Battles
Scope and Content: Clippings, letters, and notes on various civic issues
approximately 1967-1971
2 3252-009
Seattle Cityscapes
1961-1966
2 3252-009
University of Washington Faculty
1968
2 3252-009
Historic Preservation
Scope and Content: Articles, correspondence, and other materials
1971-1981
2 3252-009
Steinbrueck Writings and Writings About
Scope and Content: Includes articles, correspondence, clippings, and awards
1953-1980
2 3252-009
Urban Design
approximately 1967-1970s
2 3252-009
Pike Place Market
Scope and Content: Clippings, correspondence, notes, promotional materials, newsletters, and others
1968-2021
2 3252-009
Publications
Scope and Content: Consists of the World's Fair 1962 Official Guidebook, Queen City Magazine (1969), and the Seattle Central Community College Environmental Impact Statement (undated)
1962-1969
3 3252-009
Correspondence and Mailings
Scope and Content: Correspondence, memos, mailings, publications, and other materials from a variety of projects and colleagues.
1961-1981
3 3252-009
Sketches and Drawings
Scope and Content: Various sketches and drawings, mostly by Steinbrueck. Many are photocopies or other reproductions.
1960-1980
3 3252-009
Pike Place Market and Historic Preservation
1971-1982
3 3252-009
Biographical Materials
1934-1980; 1963-1980
3 3252-009
Clippings
1964-1981
4 3252-009
University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Scope and Content: Correspondence, class materials, articles, and other materials related to Steinbrueck's position at the University of Washington
Restrictions on Access: One folder is restricted
1961-1972
4 3252-009
Notes and Notebooks
Scope and Content: Includes teaching notebooks
approximately 1960s-1970s
4 3252-009
Historic Preservation
Scope and Content: Correspondence, notes, publications, and other materials related to historic preservation and "civic battles"
approximately 1960s-1970s
4 3252-009
Century 21 Exposition and the Space Needle
Scope and Content: Correspondence, notes, sketches, clippings, and other materials related principally to Steinbrueck's design work for the Space Needle
approximately 1960-1962
4 3252-009
Sketches and Drawings
Scope and Content: Includes originals and prints
undated
5 3252-009
Sketches and Drawings
1962, 1970-1979
5 3252-009
Correspondence and Mailings
Scope and Content: Minoru Yamasaki and Jim Ellis
1934-1981
5 3252-009
Pike Place Market and Historic Preservation
Scope and Content: Includes financial records
1968-1980
5 3252-009
Biographical Materials
1963-1966
5 3252-009
Publications
Scope and Content: Pike Place Urban Renewal Plan (1974); The Ave: A Program for the Revitalization of the University District Core (undated); Downtown Historic District Development Plan, Juneau, Alaska (1982)
6 3252-009
Audio Cassettes
9 audio cassettes
Scope and Content: Includes Victor Steinbrueck Faculty Club memorial service (1985), interviews, totem pole dedication (1984), Planning Roundtable (1979), and others
approximately 1979-1985
VF:oversize
OS VF219 3252-009
Oversize Materials
Scope and Content: "There is Still a Chance to Save Pike Place Market" posters (undated); National Bank of Commerce Pike Place Branch paper bag (undated); Pike Place Market F. R. Bartholick designs (1975)
approximately 1970s

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Architects--Washington (State)--Seattle--20th century--Archives
  • City planning--Washington (State)--Seattle--Citizen participation
  • Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Seattle--20th century--Archives
  • Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Historic buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Historic preservation--Washington (State)--Seattle--Citizen participation
  • Markets--Conservation and restoration--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Political activists--Washington (State)--Seattle--20th century--Archives
  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989
  • Steinbrueck, Victor--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Downtown Neighborhood Alliance (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Friends of the Market (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Seattle (Wash.). Pioneer Square Historic Preservation Board

Geographical Names

  • Pike Place Market Historical District (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Pioneer Square-Skid Road Historic District (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Seattle (Wash.)--Buildings, structures, etc
  • Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government
  • Washington (State)--Buildings, structures, etc
  • Westlake Mall (Seattle, Wash.)

Occupations

  • Architects
  • College teachers

Titles within the Collection

  • Market sketchbook
  • Seattle cityscapes
  • Seattle cityscapes #2

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Uhlman, Wesley C. (Wesley Carl), 1935- --Correspondence (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • Committee For Alternatives At Westlake (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • University of Washington. University Archives