Jody Aliesan papers, 1943-2012

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Aliesan, Jody
Title
Jody Aliesan papers
Dates
1943-2012 (inclusive)
Quantity
12.49 cubic feet (31 boxes including 5 reel-to-reel tapes, 4 sound cassettes, 4 floppy disks, and 7 sound compact discs)
Collection Number
2272
Summary
Poet, feminist, urban activist, and folk singer of Seattle, 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 is restricted. Contact Special Collections for details.

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Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Jody Aliesan, born JoAnne Armstrong in 1943, was a poet, writer, and activist in the Pacific Northwest from 1970 until her death in 2012. She published eleven books of poetry and countless poems in regional, national, and international publications. Aliesan was active in numerous political and social movements, including the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, the second wave feminist movement in the 1970s, and the peace movement from the 1960s to the 2000s. She was an active supporter of equal rights for all and advocated for environmental preservation and sustainability, both in the Pacific Northwest and on a global scale.

Born in Missouri, as a youth Aliesan moved with her family to Kansas, Texas, and El Segundo, California, where she completed high school. While in high school, she studied as an American Field Service exchange student in Flensburg, Germany. Following her graduation from El Segundo High School in 1961, she attended Occidental College in Los Angeles where she received a Bachelor’s degree in English and Comparative Literary Studies in 1965. While at Occidental, she returned to Germany through an International Fellowship to the North Frisian Islands in 1964. After completing her Master’s Degree in English and American Literature from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts in 1968, she moved to Alabama, where she spent a year teaching at Miles College. After short forays to Washington, D.C. and Chicago to work for the Vietnam Moratorium Committee, Aliesan moved to Seattle in 1970.

In Seattle, Aliesan became involved with the Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) Women’s Commission and the Young Women’s Christian Association of the University of Washington (UW YWCA). In her words, she and other ”early second-wave feminists took over the UW YWCA and turned it into a women’s center, where a number of organizations got their start -- like the Lesbian Resource Center, Rape Relief, and Aradia Clinic.” Aliesan’s official role at ASUW was as a writer and researcher, but she considered herself “an outside agitator.” She wrote two reports for that organization (“A Report on the status of women at the University of Washington”) -- one focusing on faculty and staff, the other on students -- that resulted in a class action suit and breakthrough changes for women at the university. In 1971, Aliesan was appointed to Seattle’s first Women’s Commission, from which she resigned after a year of discord and controversy among the commission. Aliesan also served as a consultant for the University of Washington Office of Equal Opportunity.

Aliesan’s first decade in Seattle was a time of enormous personal growth. She changed her last name to Aliesan, an Old English word meaning “free.” She released an album of original songs titled “You’ll Be Hearing More From Me” in 1972 and gave musical performances from time to time, although she did not consider herself a musician. She decided to find work that allowed her more time to devote to her poetry, and consequently began working for Puget Consumers Co-op (PCC), an organization with which she was associated for the next three decades. In 1977 and 1978, Aliesan was able to devote all of her working time to her writing as a result of a National Endowment for the Arts literary fellowship, a King County Arts Commission Work-in-Progress grant, and the Snohomish County Poetry in the Cities award.

In 1978, Aliesan was a member of the steering committee for the Citizens to Retain Fair Employment, an organization formed to defeat Initiative 13 which would have allowed employers in Seattle to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. In 1979, Aliesan was awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Energy to educate the public in environmental sustainability and conservation techniques. This project, dubbed Urban Homestead, entailed Aliesan hosting four public open houses at her home and writing a regular column in the Seattle Times about her techniques and environmental ethos.

During the 1980s, Aliesan purchased a plot of land on Waldron Island, a remote, rustic location in the San Juan Islands that has no commercial businesses, public utilities, or paved roads. She designed and built a cabin on the land, using it as a writing retreat, and was welcomed into the small, reclusive community. She was active in the fight to curtail logging on the island and to preserve the land as part of the San Juan Preservation Trust.

In 1984, during her tenure at the University of Washington Continuing Education department, she worked as the Coordinator for the Braille Project, which used new software to convert conventional text into Grade II Braille. A Braille version of one of Aliesan’s books, Desire, is included in this collection. She also taught continuing education classes on poetry and writing, as well as poetry workshops, during this period.

In 1999, Aliesan co-founded the PCC Farmland Fund (now the PCC Farmland Trust), a nonprofit group that works to save threatened Washington farmland. She served as President of the Fund from 1999 until 2005, when she emigrated to Canada. Her decision to emigrate came after the onset of the 2003 Iraq War, and she was able to attain full Canadian citizenship before her death in 2012.

Although she had many interests, causes, and places of employment, Aliesan’s focus was always her writing. From 1975 to 2006, Aliesan published eleven books of poetry with local independent presses. Countless poems of Aliesan’s were accepted for publication in local, national, and international journals and magazines. She also wrote a large nonfiction historical manuscript on the Great Irish Famine, which was not published in her lifetime. Her papers also include many files devoted to research for future projects, clippings she found interesting, and jotted ideas for poems on scraps of paper. These files, along with the drafts that show how she developed a poem over time, provide the researcher with a complete sense of Aliesan’s creative process.

Aliesan was unmarried at the end of her life, and never had children. Her legacy is defined by her poems and writing, her activism and advocacy for numerous political and social causes, her fight to save farmland and natural preserves in the Pacific Northwest, and her close personal relationships with friends and family.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Materials from Jody Aliesan’s personal and professional life as a poet, writer, and activist. This collection includes biographical information; journals; student work; drafts and published versions of poems, books, articles, and other writings; publicity materials for Aliesan’s poetry readings; clippings, publications, correspondence, and other materials for Aliesan’s activist causes (including the ASUW, UW YWCA, and Citizens to Retain Fair Employment); Urban Homestead correspondence, open house information, and Seattle Times columns; teaching and conference materials; awards; professional and personal correspondence; and more.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

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

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Preservation Note

Access to archival recordings: Due to the fragility of archival tape recordings, potential users may be required to arrange for transfer to digital format before the material can be accessed. Please contact Special Collections for further information.

Separated Materials

Material Described Separately:

Jody Aliesan photograph collection (PH2015-027)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 2272-001: Jody Aliesan papers, 1943-2012Return to Top

12.49 cubic feet (31 boxes)

Scope and Content: Materials from Jody Aliesan’s personal and professional life as a poet, writer, and activist. This collection includes biographical information; journals; student work; drafts and published versions of poems, books, articles, and other writings; publicity materials for Aliesan’s poetry readings; clippings, publications, correspondence, and other materials for Aliesan’s activist causes (including the ASUW, UW YWCA, and Citizens to Retain Fair Employment); Urban Homestead correspondence, open house information, and Seattle Times columns; teaching and conference materials; awards; professional and personal correspondence; and more.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers is restricted. Contact Special Collections for details.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Jody Aliesan, 1974-2004. Some materials donated by Alicia Hokanson, 2012

Processing Info: Processed by Suzanne LeDoux and Jennifer MacDowell, 2015. All other Jody Aliesan accessions (2272-002 through -022, 2014081801, and ICDB13002) have been merged with this accession.

Container(s) Description Dates
Biographical Information
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 2272-001
Chronologies
1943-2010
1/2 2272-001
Chronologies
2004-2012
1/3 2272-001
Biographical interview and notes
1996
1/4 2272-001
Personality profiles
1965, 1999, 2004
1/5 2272-001
Astrological chart
undated, 1995-2007
1/6 2272-001
Astrological chart
1972-2006
1/7 2272-001
Astrological chart
undated, 1995
1/8 2272-001
Genealogical DNA Test
2005
1/9 2272-001
Resumes and bibliographies
1996-2011
1/10 2272-001
Miscellaneous
1972-2007
1/11 2272-001
FBI file
1977
1/12 2272-001
CD, files and bibliographies
undated
Journals
Box/Folder Accession
1/13 2272-001
Personal diary
1970
1/14 2272-001
Seattle Women's Movement Diary
1970-1971
1/15 2272-001
Ireland
1995
1/16 2272-001
Ireland
1995
1/17 2272-001
Ireland
1995
1/18 2272-001
Ireland
1995
1/19 2272-001
Ireland
undated
½0 2272-001
Ireland
undated
½1 2272-001
Ireland
undated
2/1 2272-001
Cancer journal
January-March 2011
2/2 2272-001
Cancer journal
March-April 2011
2/3 2272-001
Cancer journal
May-June 2011
2/4 2272-001
Cancer journal
June-August 2011
2/5 2272-001
Journal I disk
undated
Student work
Box/Folder Accession
2/6 2272-001
High school
1957-1961
2/7 2272-001
High school
1957-1961
2/8 2272-001
High school
1957-1961
2/9 2272-001
Foreign exchange to Germany, notebooks
1960
2/10 2272-001
Foreign exchange to Germany, notes
1960
2/11 2272-001
Foreign exchange to Germany, books
undated
2/12 2272-001
Foreign exchange to Germany, books
1909
2/13 2272-001
Foreign exchange to Germany, sheet music
1960
2/14 2272-001
Foreign exchange to Germany, maps
1960
2/15 2272-001
Foreign exchange to Germany, fabric
1960
2/16 2272-001
Foreign exchange to Germany, ephemera
1960
3/1 2272-001
Occidental College
1964-1965
3/2 2272-001
Occidental College
1965-1966
3/3 2272-001
Brandeis University
1965-1966
3/4 2272-001
Brandeis University
1966
3/5 2272-001
Brandeis University
1966
3/6 2272-001
Brandeis University
1966-1967
3/7 2272-001
Brandeis University
1967-1968
3/8 2272-001
Brandeis University
1968
22/12 2272-001
Occidental College and Brandeis University diplomas
1965, 1970
Editorial work
Box/Folder Accession
3/9 2272-001
Raven Chronicles
1997
3/10 2272-001
A Place at the Table
1999
Juror work
Box/Folder Accession
3/11 2272-001
The Written Arts
1985
3/12 2272-001
The Written Arts on Vashon
1990
PCC Farmland Trust
Box/Folder Accession
3/13 2272-001
Notes
1999-2001
3/14 2272-001
Correspondence and notes
1996-2004
3/15 2272-001
Clippings and Sound Consumer newsletters
1977-1999
3/16 2272-001
Sound Consumer newsletters
2003-2005
3/17 2272-001
Pins and soil sample
undated
Poetry drafts
Box/Folder Accession
4/1 2272-001
Poetry drafts
undated
4/2 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1960s
4/3 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1972
4/4 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1972-1978
4/5 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1973
4/6 2272-001
"Sanctus"
1973-1978
4/7 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1973-1981
4/8 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1975
4/9 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1976
4/10 2272-001
"Looking at Photographs of Relatives"
1976-1978
4/11 2272-001
"Ralph"
1976-1978
4/12 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1977
4/13 2272-001
"This Morning"
1977-1978
4/14 2272-001
"After We Moved Here"
1978
4/15 2272-001
"Auquries"
1978
4/16 2272-001
"Brief Rousing at Sunup"
1978
4/17 2272-001
"Cassandra"
1978
4/18 2272-001
"Down Here (the cynic)"
1978
4/19 2272-001
"Fame"
1978
4/20 2272-001
"Heritage"
1978
4/21 2272-001
"Hunger for Randy"
1978
4/22 2272-001
"I Repeat"
1978
4/23 2272-001
"Letter"
1978
4/24 2272-001
"March"
1978
4/25 2272-001
"Mary the Whore"
1978
4/26 2272-001
"My Father Walking"
1978
4/27 2272-001
"Newspaper Story"
1978
4/28 2272-001
"On a Wednesday"
1978
4/29 2272-001
"Refugee from the North"
1978
4/30 2272-001
"Servant Girl"
1978
4/31 2272-001
"Thirty-five"
1978
4/32 2272-001
"Were You There"
1978
4/33 2272-001
"Witness"
1978
4/34 2272-001
"Letter"
1978
4/35-40 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1978
4/41 2272-001
"Application for Rebirth"
1978
4/42 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1978
4/43 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1978-1979
4/44 2272-001
"Fractal Set"
1978-1979
4/45 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1978-1979
4/46 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1978-1979
4/47 2272-001
"Dead Cats"
1978-1980
4/48 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1978-1980
4/49 2272-001
"The Silky Side"
1978-1981
4/50 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1978-1982
4/51 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1978-1983
5/1-3 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1979
5/4 2272-001
"Valentine's Day"
1979-1980
5/5 2272-001
"Old Man on a Cold Day"
1979-1980
5/6 2272-001
"Visitation"
1979-1980
5/7 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1979-1981
5/8 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1980
5/9 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1980
5/10 2272-001
"Yes"
1980
5/11 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1980
5/12 2272-001
"Admit You Don't Know How to Live"
1980-1981
5/13 2272-001
"Two Songs"
1980-1981
5/14 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1980-1981
5/15 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1980-1981
5/16 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1980-1981
5/17 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1981
5/18 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1981
5/19 2272-001
"End of Eleven Years"
1981
5/20 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1981
5/21 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1981
5/22 2272-001
"Conversation"
1981
5/23 2272-001
"Play"
1981
5/24 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1981
5/25 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1981-1983
5/26 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1982
5/27 2272-001
"The Tower"
1982-1983
5/28 2272-001
"The Beast"
1982-1983
5/29 2272-001
"To Command a Good View"
1982-1983
5/30 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1982-1983
5/31 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1982-1983
5/32 2272-001
"Neighbors"
1982-1983
5/33 2272-001
"The City of Refuge"
1982-1983
6/1 2272-001
"Doing Least Harm"
1982-1983
6/2 2272-001
"The Inside Passage"
1982-1983
6/3 2272-001
Untitled
1983-1983
6/4 2272-001
"Three over Time"
1982-1983
6/5 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1982-1983
6/6 2272-001
"Le Chambon, France: 1943"
1983
6/7 2272-001
"Refugia"
1983
6/8 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1983
6/9 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1985
6/10 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1986
6/11 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1986
6/12 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1986-1987
6/13 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1987
6/14 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1987-1988
6/15 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1987-1988
6/16 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1987-1991
6/17 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1988
6/18 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1989
6/19 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1990
6/20 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1990-1991
6/21 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1990-1993
6/22 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1991
6/23 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1991
7/1 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1991-1992
7/2 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1993
7/3 2272-001
"aesthetic/anaesthetic"
1993
7/4 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1993-1994
7/5 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1994
7/6 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1995
7/7 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1995-1998
7/8 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1996
7/9 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1997
7/10 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1997-1998
7/11 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1998
7/12 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1998
7/13 2272-001
Poetry drafts
1999-2000
7/14 2272-001
Poetry drafts
2000
7/15 2272-001
Poetry drafts
2001
7/16 2272-001
Poetry drafts
2002
7/17 2272-001
Errata and poem and manuscript changes
undated
Published poetry
Box/Folder Accession
7/18 2272-001
"St. Joan, on what's at stake"
2010
7/19 2272-001
CDs, Poetry Pole
2009
7/20 2272-001
Published poetry
1970-1971
22/5 2272-001
Published poetry
1972
22/6 2272-001
Published poetry
1973
22/7 2272-001
Published poetry
1974
22/8 2272-001
Published poetry
1975
7/21 2272-001
Published poetry
1976
22/9 2272-001
Published poetry
1977-1978
7/22 2272-001
Published poetry
1979
7/23 2272-001
Published poetry
1980
7/24 2272-001
Published poetry
1981
7/25 2272-001
Published poetry
1982
7/26 2272-001
Published poetry
1983
7/27 2272-001
Published poetry
1984
7/28 2272-001
Published poetry
1987
7/29 2272-001
Published poetry
1988
7/30 2272-001
Published poetry
1990
7/31 2272-001
Published poetry
1991
7/32 2272-001
Published poetry
1993
7/33 2272-001
Published poetry
2002-2003
Published works
Box/Folder Accession
8/1 2272-001
Soul Claiming reviews
1976-1978
8/2 2272-001
Soul Claiming clippings and reviews
1976-1978
8/3 2272-001
as if it will matter published book
1978
8/4 2272-001
as if it will matter reviews
1979
8/5 2272-001
as if it will matter clippings and reviews
1979
8/6 2272-001
Doing Least Harm published book
1985
8/7 2272-001
Doing Least Harm manuscript
1983
8/8 2272-001
Doing Least Harm Artist in Residency program materials
1983
8/9 2272-001
Doing Least Harm reviews
1984-1987
8/10 2272-001
Doing Least Harm clippings
1983-1984
8/11 2272-001
Doing Least Harm advertisement
undated
8/12 2272-001
Doing Least Harm readings
1983-1984
8/13 2272-001
Doing Least Harm promotional materials
1984
8/14 2272-001
Desire published book
1985
8/15 2272-001
Desire poems and catalogs
1975-1985
8/16 2272-001
Desire manuscript and book covers
1978-1982
8/17 2272-001
Desire manuscript
1985
8/18 2272-001
Desire publication notes
1985
8/19 2272-001
Desire reviews
1985-1986
8/20 2272-001
Desire clippings and reviews
1985
8/21 2272-001
Desire notes and feedback
undated
8/22 2272-001
Beloved of the Sky draft
1989-1992
8/23 2272-001
Beloved of the Sky draft
1991
8/24 2272-001
Beloved of the Sky correspondence and edited draft
1992
8/25 2272-001
States of Grace typescript
1992
8/26 2272-001
States of Grace advertisement
undated
8/27 2272-001
Grief Sweat correspondence with Broken Moon Press
1989-1991
8/28 2272-001
Grief Sweat clippings and reviews
1990-1991
8/29 2272-001
Grief Sweat readings
1990-1991
8/30 2272-001
Grief Sweat correspondence, personal
1990-1991
8/31 2272-001
Grief Sweat uncorrected proof
1991
8/32 2272-001
Grief Sweat author proof
1991
9/1 2272-001
Grief Sweat manuscript
c. 1991
22/13 2272-001
Grief Sweat broadside
1991
9/2 2272-001
Grief Sweat reviews
1991-1994
9/3 2272-001
Grief Sweat clippings and reviews
1991-1993
9/4 2272-001
Grief Sweat audiobook correspondence
1991-1993
9/5 2272-001
Grief Sweat audiobook notes
1993
9/6 2272-001
Grief Sweat audiobook reviews
1993-1994
9/7 2272-001
Grief Sweat cassette tapes, demos and final recording
undated, 1993
9/8 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead notes
undated
9/9 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead notes
1995-1996
9/10 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead research articles and clippings
1991-1999
9/11 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead research articles and clippings
1995-1998
9/12 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead publishing correspondence
1995-2007
9/13 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead publishing correspondence
1996-1998
9/14 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead manuscript
1998
10/1 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead manuscript
1998
10/2 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead manuscript, Parts I and II
1996
10/3 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead manuscript, Part III
1996
10/4 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead manuscript
1996
10/5 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead manuscript
1996
10/6 2272-001
Speaking for the Dead CDs and disks
undated
11/1 2272-001
Loving in Time of War typescript
c. 1999
11/2 2272-001
Loving in Time of War correspondence
1999
11/3 2272-001
Loving in Time of War disk
undated
11/4 2272-001
Loving in Time of War paste up
1999
11/5 2272-001
Loving in Time of War uncorrected proof
1999
11/6 2272-001
Loving in Time of War corrected copy
1999
11/7 2272-001
Loving in Time of War reviews
1999-2000
11/8 2272-001
Loving in Time of War clippings and reviews
2000
11/9 2272-001
True North book cover
undated
11/10 2272-001
True North notes and clippings
2006
11/11 2272-001
True North correspondence
2006-2007
11/12 2272-001
True North reviews
2007-2008
11/13 2272-001
True North CDs and disks
undated, 2007
Published works featuring Aliesan
Box/Folder Accession
12 2272-001
Published works featuring Aliesan
1972-2010
13 2272-001
Published works featuring Aliesan
1972-2010
Other writing
Box/Folder Accession
14/1 2272-001
Script, Looking Good
1992
14/2 2272-001
Music, Thunder in the Sun
1971
14/3 2272-001
Music, You'll Be Hearing More from Me CD and cassette recordings
undated
14/4 2272-001
Music, Thunder in the Sun
1971
14/5 2272-001
Music, New Songs
1974
14/6 2272-001
Music, Optimysticism
1995
14/7 2272-001
Music, Optimysticism
1995
14/8 2272-001
Optimysticism cassette tape and CD
1995
14/9 2272-001
Essay, Singing the Old Way
undated
14/10 2272-001
Essays
undated
14/11 2272-001
Essays
undated
14/12 2272-001
Essay, A Change in the Weather
undated
14/13 2272-001
Essay, The Curse
undated
14/14 2272-001
Essay, Equal Protection under the Law
1994
14/15 2272-001
Essay, To Be Held in the Light
1994
14/16 2272-001
Essay, Coming Out Green
1994
14/17 2272-001
Articles and clippings
1977, 2002
14/18 2272-001
Articles and clippings
1994-1996
14/19 2272-001
Short story, Columbus Day
1992
14/20 2272-001
Manuscript CD
undated
14/21 2272-001
Sutra Blues film DVD, The Tin Flute disk, Northern Passage disk
undated, 2011
14/22 2272-001
Reviews
1993
14/23 2272-001
Reviews
1998-1999
14/24 2272-001
Copyrights
1966-1986
14/25 2272-001
Poetry press catalogs
1985
14/26 2272-001
Letters to the Editor, various publications
1994-2000
14/27 2272-001
General articles featuring Aliesan
1983-2003
22/10 2272-001
General articles featuring Aliesan
1977-1982
Notes and research
Box/Folder Accession
15/1 2272-001
"Courage/compassion in the face of cruelty/evil"
1983-1986
15/2 2272-001
"Dark Angel"
undated, 1987-1988
15/3 2272-001
"Dark Angel"
1988
15/4 2272-001
"Dreams"
undated, 1969-1981
15/5 2272-001
"Emergence"
undated, 1989
15/6 2272-001
"Fate/Chaos"
undated
15/7 2272-001
"Lies"
undated
15/8 2272-001
"Lies"
c. 1989-1998
15/9 2272-001
"Lies" clippings
1989-1999
15/10 2272-001
"Lies" clippings
1991-2002
15/11 2272-001
"Lies" clippings
1990-1999
15/12 2272-001
"Lies" correspondence
1999
15/13 2272-001
"Lightning near the Tower"
1965-1982
15/14 2272-001
On writing
1980-2007
15/15 2272-001
On writing, clippings
1993-2006
15/16 2272-001
On writing, "A Poet's Commonplace Book"
1994
15/17 2272-001
"Personal Mythology"
1978-1979
15/18 2272-001
"Siuna Dubh (Black Joan/Joan of Arc)"
undated
15/19 2272-001
"Suffering/Healing"
undated
15/20 2272-001
"The Path"
undated
15/21 2272-001
Miscellaneous
undated
15/22 2272-001
Miscellaneous
undated
15/23 2272-001
Miscellaneous
2004-2007
Ideas
Box/Folder Accession
15/24-26 2272-001
Miscellaneous
undated
Readings
Box/Folder Accession
16/1 2272-001
Readings
undated
22/14 2272-001
Readings
undated
22/15 2272-001
Readings
undated
16/2 2272-001
Readings and notes
1969-1989
16/3 2272-001
Readings
1980
16/4 2272-001
Readings
1981
22/16 2272-001
Readings
1982-1983
16/5 2272-001
Readings
1985
16/6 2272-001
Readings
1987
16/7 2272-001
Readings
1988
16/8 2272-001
Readings
1989
16/9 2272-001
Readings
1990
16/10 2272-001
Readings
1991
16/11 2272-001
Readings
1992
16/12 2272-001
Readings
1993
16/13 2272-001
Reading, Northwest Passages
1993-1995
16/14 2272-001
Reading, Washington Center for the Book
1996
16/15 2272-001
Readings
1996
16/16 2272-001
Readings
1997
16/17 2272-001
Readings
1998
16/18 2272-001
Reading, Aradia Women's Health Center
1999
16/19 2272-001
Readings
1999
16/20 2272-001
Readings
2000
16/21 2272-001
Readings
2002
16/22 2272-001
Readings
2003
16/23 2272-001
Readings
2004
16/24 2272-001
Interview and Readings cassette tapes
1976-1996
Activism
Box/Folder Accession
17/1 2272-001
UW YWCA organizational materials
1971-1972
17/2 2272-001
UW YWCA incoming correspondence
1972
17/3 2272-001
UW YWCA outgoing correspondence
1972
17/4 2272-001
UW YWCA financial records
1971-1972
17/5 2272-001
UW YWCA programming
1971-1973
17/6 2272-001
UW YWCA programming
1972
17/7 2272-001
UW YWCA promotional materials
undated
17/8 2272-001
UW YWCA miscellaneous
undated
17/9 2272-001
UW YWCA materials
1970-1971
22/18 2272-001
UW YWCA clippings
1971-1973
22/19 2272-001
UW YWCA clippings
1972-1973
17/10 2272-001
ASUW
undated, 1971
17/11 2272-001
ASUW Women's Commission Awareness Seminar materials
1960s-1970s
17/12 2272-001
ASUW Women's Commission Awareness Seminar materials
1971
17/13 2272-001
ASUW Women's Commission incoming correspondence
1970-1972
17/14 2272-001
ASUW Women's Commission outgoing correspondence
1970-1971
17/15 2272-001
ASUW Women's Commission organizational materials
1971
17/16 2272-001
ASUW Women's Commission publications
1970s
17/17 2272-001
ASUW Women's Commission childcare proposal
1970-1971
17/18 2272-001
ASUW A Report on the Status of Women at the University of Washington
1970-1971
22/21 2272-001
ASUW Women's Commission clippings
1971-1972
17/19 2272-001
ASUW Women's Commission miscellaneous
1970
17/20 2272-001
Seattle Women's Commission incoming correspondence
1971
17/21 2272-001
Seattle Women's Commission outgoing correspondence
undated, 1972
22/20 2272-001
Seattle Women's Commission clippings
1971
17/22 2272-001
Seattle Women's Commission miscellaneous
undated
17/23 2272-001
Concerned Citizens against Discriminatory Laws, proposed King County ordinance on prostitution
1971
17/24 2272-001
H.R. 1: The Social Security Amendments of 1971
1971
17/25 2272-001
Family Law Conference correspondence and notes
1971-1972
17/26 2272-001
Family Law Conference materials
1970-1971
17/27 2272-001
Family Law Conference materials
1970-1972
17/28 2272-001
Family Law Conference materials
1972
17/29 2272-001
Seattle groups
1970-1972
17/30 2272-001
Feminist publications
1972
17/31 2272-001
Political articles
1990s
17/32 2272-001
Speeches and writings
1969-1971
17/33 2272-001
General clippings
1971
17/34 2272-001
Clippings on rape
1970-1972
17/35 2272-001
Clippings on polarization
undated
17/36 2272-001
Clippings
undated
17/37 2272-001
Clippings on stereotypes
undated
17/38 2272-001
Clippings on marriage
undated
17/39 2272-001
Clippings on sex objectification
undated
17/40 2272-001
Newspapers
1970-1971
18/1 2272-001
Political stickers
undated
18/2-5 2272-001
Citizens to Retain Fair Employment campaign materials
1978
18/6 2272-001
Hands Off Washington general campaign materials
1994
18/7 2272-001
Hands Off Washington readings and organizational notes
undated and 1994
18/8 2272-001
Hands Off Washington readings and correspondence
1994
18/9 2272-001
Hands Off Washington reading, Red and Black Books
1994
18/10 2272-001
Hands Off Washington reading, Elliott Bay Bookstore
1994
18/11 2272-001
Hands Off Washington clippings
1994
18/12 2272-001
Peace Movement correspondence
2001
22/22 2272-001
Peace Movement clippings
2003
18/13 2272-001
Peace Movement clippings
2003
18/14 2272-001
Peace Movement notes
2001-2003
18/15 2272-001
Women's Liberation Movement publications
1968-1973
18/16 2272-001
Speeches and lectures
1970-1977
18/17 2272-001
Chicago
undated
18/18 2272-001
Buttons and nametags
undated, 1968-1972
18/19 2272-001
Buttons
1970-1972
18/20 2272-001
Buttons
1970-1978
18/21 2272-001
Buttons
1978-1994
18/22 2272-001
Buttons
1995-2003
Urban Homestead
Box/Folder Accession
19/1 2272-001
Grant materials
1978
19/2 2272-001
Grant materials
1978
19/3 2272-001
Grant funding correspondence
1979
19/4 2272-001
Open House correspondence
1979-1980
19/5 2272-001
Open House working materials
November 1979
19/6 2272-001
Open House guest pages
November 1979
19/7 2272-001
Open House working materials
March 1980
19/8 2272-001
Open House guest pages
March 1980
19/9 2272-001
Open House working materials
June 1980
19/10 2272-001
Open House guest pages
June 1980
19/11 2272-001
Open House information packet
June 1980
19/12 2272-001
Open House working materials
September 1980
19/13 2272-001
Open House guest pages
September 1980
19/14 2272-001
Open House information packet
September 1980
19/15 2272-001
Performance report
December 1979
19/16 2272-001
Open House follow-up report
November 1979
19/17 2272-001
Performance report
April 1980
19/18 2272-001
Performance report
July 1980
19/19 2272-001
Open House follow-up report
June 1980
19/20 2272-001
Performance report
October 1980
19/21 2272-001
Open House follow-up report
September 1980
19/22 2272-001
Final financial report
October 1980-January 1981
19/23 2272-001
Speech
1980
19/24 2272-001
Correspondence
1980
19/25 2272-001
Correspondence
1980
19/26 2272-001
Correspondence
1980-1981
20/1 2272-001
Seattle Times columns
January-August 1980
20/2 2272-001
Seattle Times columns
September 1980-June 1981
20/3 2272-001
Notes and drafts of newspaper columns
circa 1980
20/4 2272-001
Seattle Times columns
1980-1981
20/5-10 2272-001
Responses to Seattle Times columns
1980
20/11 2272-001
Responses to Seattle Times columns
1980-1981
22/17 2272-001
Urban Homestead clippings
1979
20/12 2272-001
Incoming correspondence
1980-1993
20/13 2272-001
Landscape architecture study
1981
20/14 2272-001
Open House indoor signs
1980
20/15 2272-001
Open House indoor signs
1980
21 2272-001
Survey responses
1980
Braille Project
Box/Folder Accession
22/1 2272-001
Job description and articles
1982-1984
22/2 2272-001
Project abstract and articles
1983
22/3 2272-001
Clippings
1984
22/4 2272-001
Braille copy of Desire
1985
Teaching
Box/Folder Accession
23/1 2272-001
Class materials, Basic Workshop
undated
23/2 2272-001
Class materials, Introduction and Exercises
undated
23/3 2272-001
Class materials, handouts
1998
23/4 2272-001
Class materials, meditations and experiences
undated, 1987
23/5 2272-001
Class materials, miscellaneous
1987-1998
23/6 2272-001
Class materials, miscellaneous
undated, 1989
23/7 2272-001
Class materials, miscellaneous
1988-1990
23/8 2272-001
Class materials, miscellaneous
1990-1993
23/9 2272-001
Notes
undated
23/10 2272-001
Writing Workshop notes and correspondence
1987- Winter 1988
23/11 2272-001
Writing Workshop notes and correspondence
Summer 1998
23/12 2272-001
Writing Workshop notes and correspondence
Autumn 1988
23/13 2272-001
Writing Workshop notes and correspondence
1989
23/14 2272-001
Writing Workshop notes and correspondence
1990-1991
23/15 2272-001
Writing Workshop notes and correspondence
1992-1994
23/16 2272-001
Heart to Art Workshop, notes and correspondence
1991
23/17 2272-001
Padilla Bay Poetry Workshop
1997
23/18 2272-001
Poetry workshop
1997
23/19 2272-001
Centrum Arts and Creative Education poetry workshop
1998
23/20 2272-001
North Seattle Community College
1990
23/21 2272-001
Reading Evaluations, Babson College
1988
23/22 2272-001
Course Evaluations, UW Extension
1974-1975
23/23 2272-001
Course Evaluations, UW Extension
1987-Winter 1988
23/24 2272-001
Course Evaluations, UW Extension
Summer-Autumn 1988
23/25 2272-001
Course Evaluations, UW Extension
1989-1991
23/26 2272-001
Course Evaluations, UW Extension
1992-1994
24/1 2272-001
High school poetry workshop, Yakima, WA
2000
24/2 2272-001
High school poetry workshop, Yakima, WA
2000
24/3 2272-001
High school poetry workshop, Yakima, WA
2000
24/4 2272-001
High school poetry workshop, Yakima, WA
2000
24/5 2272-001
High school poetry workshop, Yakima, WA
2000
24/6 2272-001
CD
undated
24/7 2272-001
Student work
1994
24/8 2272-001
Kent-Meridian High School
1998
Conferences
Box/Folder Accession
24/9 2272-001
Pacific Northwest Writers Conference
1987
24/10 2272-001
Pacific Northwest Writers Conference workshop
1988
24/11 2272-001
Pacific Northwest Writers Conference workshop and evaluations
1988
24/12 2272-001
Pacific Northwest Writers Conference
1989
24/13 2272-001
Bumbershoot Literary Forum
1988
24/14 2272-001
Seattle Tilth Symposium
1994
24/15 2272-001
Miscellaneous
1989-1990
Awards
Box/Folder Accession
25/1 2272-001
El Segundo High School Hall of Fame
1985
30/1 2272-001
El Segundo High School Hall of Fame poster
1985
25/2 2272-001
Artist Trust Grant
1992
25/3 2272-001
Seattle Arts Commission grant
1994
25/4 2272-001
King County Arts Commission Individual Artist program
1988
Waldron Property
Box/Folder Accession
25/5 2272-001
Garden plan and notes
undated, 1974-1985
25/6 2272-001
Correspondence
1985-2004
25/7 2272-001
Correspondence
undated, 1984
25/8 2272-001
Cabin construction documents
1984-1986
25/9 2272-001
Cabin construction documents
1984-1986
25/10 2272-001
Cabin designs and planning documents
1980s
25/11 2272-001
Island maps and history
undated, 1959
25/12 2272-001
Clippings
1981-2000
25/13 2272-001
Sale, legal documents and correspondence
1989-2005
25/14 2272-001
Conservation easement and correspondence
1986-1994
25/15 2272-001
Conservation easement and property appraisal
1990-1991
25/16 2272-001
Purchase documents and correspondence
1982-1991
25/17 2272-001
Purchase documents and correspondence
1979-1986
25/18 2272-001
Wren House poet's retreat
2001
Emigration to Canada
Box/Folder Accession
26/1 2272-001
Research and notes
2004-2007
26/2 2272-001
Temporary housing documents
2003-2004
26/3 2272-001
Permanent resident application
2003-2004
26/4 2272-001
Permanent resident application
2006
26/5 2272-001
Permanent resident application
2006
26/6 2272-001
Permanent resident application
2007
26/7 2272-001
Permanent residence documents
2007
26/8 2272-001
Citizenship application
2006
26/9 2272-001
Citizenship application
2009-2011
26/10 2272-001
Citizenship application
2011
26/11 2272-001
Writers' Union of Canada membership documents
2007-2009
26/12 2272-001
Copyright registration
2011
26/13 2272-001
Immigration work permit disk and citizenship photo CD
undated
Consultant work
Box/Folder Accession
26/14 2272-001
King Street Productions
1971
26/15 2272-001
on-the-page.com Incorporation documents
2005
26/16 2272-001
on-the-page.com incorporation and dissolution notes
2001-2007
26/17 2272-001
on-the-page.com website design documents
2005
26/18 2272-001
on-the-page.com screenshots
2007
26/19 2272-001
on-the-page.com dissolution documents
2007
26/20 2272-001
on-the-page.com disks, CD with logo, and business cards
undated
Correspondence, personal
Box/Folder Accession
27/1 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1964-1969
27/2 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1970-1972
27/3 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1973-1974
27/4 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1976
27/5 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1977-1980
27/6 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1981
27/7 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1982
27/8 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1983
27/9 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1984
27/10 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1985
27/11 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1986
27/12 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1987
27/13 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1988-1989
27/14 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1990-1991
27/15 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1992-1994
27/16 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1995-1996
27/17 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1997-1998
27/18 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
1999
27/19 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
2000
27/20 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
2001
27/21 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
2002
27/22 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
2003
27/23 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
2004
27/24 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
2008-2009
27/25 2272-001
Contacts list
1983-2004
27/26 2272-001
Armstrong, John
1979, 2008
27/27 2272-001
Bodeen, Jim
June-November 1998
27/28 2272-001
Bodeen, Jim
December 1998-February 1999
27/29 2272-001
Bodeen, Jim
March-April 1999
27/30 2272-001
Bodeen, Jim
April-May 1999
27/31 2272-001
Bodeen, Jim
May-July 1999
27/32 2272-001
Bodeen, Jim
August 1999
27/33 2272-001
Bodeen, Jim
September-November 1999
27/34 2272-001
Bodeen, Jim
November-December 1999
27/35 2272-001
Bodeen, Jim
2000-2001
27/36 2272-001
Carruth, Hayden
1985
27/37 2272-001
Flanagan, Richard
1979-1980
27/38 2272-001
Hallie, Philip
1986
22/11 2272-001
Personal Correspondence with Sam Hamill
1981-1988
27/39 2272-001
Lauridsen, Morton
1986
28/1 2272-001
O'Cuaig
1995-1996
28/2 2272-001
O'Cuaig
1997
28/3 2272-001
O'Cuaig
1998
28/4 2272-001
O'Cuaig
1999-2000
28/5 2272-001
Triem, Eve
1981-1982
28/6 2272-001
Taft, Wes
1995
28/7 2272-001
Correspondence, personal
undated
Correspondence, professional
Box/Folder Accession
28/8 2272-001
Broken Moon Press
1990-1994
28/9 2272-001
Empty Bowl Press
1984-1985
28/10 2272-001
Feminist Writers' Guild
1983-1985
28/11 2272-001
Gaess, Roger
1979-1982
28/12 2272-001
King County Arts Commission
1988-1989
28/13 2272-001
Monitor Book Company
1979
28/14 2272-001
Neacoxie Press
2000
28/15 2272-001
Occidental College
1986-1987
28/16 2272-001
Poets for Peace
1982-1983
28/17 2272-001
Raven Chronicles
1994-2005
28/18 2272-001
Seattle Arts Commission
1982-1988
28/19 2272-001
Small Press Distribution
1989
28/20 2272-001
Smith College
1985-1986
28/21 2272-001
University of Washington
1983-1991
28/22 2272-001
Vashon Allied Arts
1989
28/23 2272-001
Miscellaneous
1975-1982
28/24 2272-001
Miscellaneous
1984-1994
28/25 2272-001
Miscellaneous
1998-1999
28/26 2272-001
Miscellaneous
2000-2008
28/27 2272-001
Miscellaneous
undated
Ephemera
Box/Folder Accession
29/1 2272-001
Ephemera
undated, 1978-1994
29/2 2272-001
Ephemera
1989-2005
29/3 2272-001
Ephemera
1988
29/4 2272-001
Drawings
1969
29/5 2272-001
Poetry by Vess Lazarov
2007
29/6 2272-001
Memorials and death announcements
1985-2010
Box/Folder Accession
31 2272-001
Audio Reels and VHS tapes, concerts and recordings
1952-1999

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Conservationists--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Feminists--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Poets--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Women conservationists--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Women poets--Washington (State)--Seattle

Personal Names

  • Aliesan, Jody--Archives

Corporate Names

  • Seattle Women's Commission
  • University of Washington. Associated Students. Women's Commission
  • Young Women's Christian Association (University of Washington)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Daley, Michael
    • Uhlman, Wesley C. (Wesley Carl), 1935- (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • Citizens to Retain Fair Employment (Seattle, Wash.)
    • Empty Bowl (Firm)
    • United States. Departmentof Energy
    • University of Washington. Extension
    • University of Washington. Independent Study. Braille Project