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Alan Liddle papers, 1940-2003
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Liddle, Alan, 1922-2009
- Title
- Alan Liddle papers
- Dates
- 1940-2003 (inclusive)19402003
- Quantity
- 4.47 cubic feet (12 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 5883
- Summary
- Alan Liddle's papers related to historic and cultural institutions in Tacoma, Washington and his career as an architect
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Tacoma architect Alan Curtis Liddle was a prominent figure in that city's civic life. He played an active role in the development of the Old City Hall Historic District in Tacoma, and participated in numerous other civic projects and advocacy for historic preservation, arts and cultural engagement in the Tacoma area. He was a driving force behind the creation of the Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Liddle was born in 1922 in Tacoma. He received his Bachelor's degree in Architecture from the University of Washington in 1948. After graduation, he worked for a year as a draftsman at Lea, Pearson and Richards, Architects in Tacoma. Around 1952, he began his own firm in Tacoma. Liddle returned to the University of Washington as Assistant Professor, 1953-1954. In 1957, he created the firm of Liddle and Jones. His partnership with Robert Jones continued until 1968, after which he struck out on his own again. From 1977 to 1998, Liddle worked with Robert Jacklin in the firm of Liddle and Jacklin. Liddle became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1970. Liddle died in 2009.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Papers and scrapbooks related to Liddle's career as an architect and his involvement with historic and cultural institutions in Tacoma and Washington state.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 2 accessions.
- Accession No. 5883-001, Alan Liddle papers, 1949-2003
- Accession No. 5883-002, Alan Liddle architecture scrapbooks, circa 1940s
Separated Materials
Material Described Separately:Alan Liddle architectural drawing and photograph collection (PH1321)
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 5883-001: Alan Liddle papers, 1949-2003Return to Top
Scope and Content: Papers primarily relating to historic and cultural institutions in Tacoma and Washington state, including the Old City Hall Historic District, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma Philharmonic, Tacoma-Pierce County Civic Arts Commission, Allied Arts of Tacoma, Washington State Arts Commission, Tacoma Spur Art Project, Point Defiance Park Citizens Advisory Committee, Tacoma Zoological Society, Friends of Lakewold Gardens, and University of Washington Architectural Alumni Association. This collection also includes materials related to Liddle's career, awards, daily planners, press clippings, and genealogy research.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Alan Liddle Transferred from Visual Materials, April 2015, 2015-04-08
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Accession | ||
| 1 | 5883-001 | Leo A. Daly Presentation Book: New Tacoma
Project |
1963 |
| 1 | 5883-001 | Landmark preservation ordinance |
1966-1973 |
| 1 | 5883-001 | City of Tacoma Landmarks Preservation
Commission |
1974 |
| 1 | 5883-001 | City of Tacoma Landmarks Preservation
Commission |
1975-1981 |
| 1 | 5883-001 | Freeway Advisory Council |
1969-1973 |
| 2 | 5883-001 | Old City Hall Historic District, National Register of
Historic Places application |
c. 1976 |
| 2 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Old City Hall Historic District |
1977-1983 |
| 2 | 5883-001 | Old City Hall Historic District Merchants
Association |
c. 1970s |
| 2 | 5883-001 | Draft of Old City Hall Historic District Commercial
Revitalization Guide |
1980 |
| 2 | 5883-001 | Old City Hall District Association |
1980-1983 |
| 2 | 5883-001 | Old City Hall Historic District |
1981 |
| 2 | 5883-001 | Old City Hall Historic District Association |
1981 |
| 2 | 5883-001 | Old City Hall Historic District Association |
1982 |
| 3 | 5883-001 | Old City Hall Historic District Commercial
Revitalization Guide |
1982 |
| 3 | 5883-001 | Old City Hall Historic District Association |
1982-1984 |
| 3 | 5883-001 | Old City Hall Historic District Association |
1983 |
| 3 | 5883-001 | Old City Hall Historic District Association |
1983-1985 |
| 3 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Old City Hall Historic District |
1989-1997 |
| 3 | 5883-001 | Photos for publication on Old City Hall Historic
District |
undated |
| 3 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Art League |
1956-1965 |
| 3 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Art Museum |
1964-1969 |
| 4 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Art Museum |
1961-1968 |
| 4 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Art Museum |
1970-1975 |
| 4 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Art Museum |
1976-1979 |
| 4 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Art Museum |
1986 |
| 4 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Art Museum Planning Committee |
1988 |
| 4 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Art Museum Long Range Plan, final
draft |
1988 |
| 4 | 5883-001 | A History of Tacoma Art Museum |
1997 |
| 5 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Philharmonic Board of Trustees |
1958-1967 |
| 5 | 5883-001 | Tacoma-Pierce County Civic Arts Commission |
1964-1966 |
| 5 | 5883-001 | Tacoma-Pierce County Civic Arts Commission |
1967-1970 |
| 5 | 5883-001 | Tacoma-Pierce County Civic Arts Commission |
1969 |
| 5 | 5883-001 | Tacoma-Pierce County Civic Arts Commission Arbor
Committee, etc. |
1969, 1980, 1995 |
| 5 | 5883-001 | Tacoma-Pierce County Civic Arts Commission Performing
Arts Committee |
1964-1967 |
| 5 | 5883-001 | Tacoma-Pierce County Civic Arts Commission Performing
Arts Subcommittee |
1968-1969 |
| 6 | 5883-001 | Allied Arts of Tacoma |
1958-1962 |
| 6 | 5883-001 | Allied Arts of Tacoma Fine Arts Center |
1957-1962 |
| 6 | 5883-001 | Allied Arts of Tacoma records |
1962-1970 |
| 6 | 5883-001 | Allied Arts of Tacoma Gallery 2 |
1972-1973 |
| 7 | 5883-001 | Allied Arts of Tacoma records |
1971-1975 |
| 7 | 5883-001 | Washington State Arts Commission |
1973-1976 |
| 7 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Spur Art Project |
1983-1989 |
| 7 | 5883-001 | Point Defiance Park Citizens' Advisory
Committee |
1975-1979 |
| 7 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Zoological Society records |
1964-1976 |
| 7 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Zoological Society records |
1968-1981 |
| 7 | 5883-001 | Liddle mountain cabin Open Space Agreement |
1971 |
| 7 | 5883-001 | Friends of Lakewold Gardens |
1985-1988 |
| 7 | 5883-001 | UW Architectural Alumni Association |
1954 |
| 8 | 5883-001 | Ski Magazine articles |
1963-1967 |
| 8 | 5883-001 | "Whither Tacoma" presentation notes |
1968-2002 |
| 8 | 5883-001 | Portfolio for AIA Fellowship Nomination |
c. 1969-1970 |
| 8 | 5883-001 | AIA Journal articles and reviews |
1969-1971 |
| 8 | 5883-001 | Awards |
1971-1984 |
| 8 | 5883-001 | Fine Homebuilding |
1990-1993 |
| 8 | 5883-001 | Building Stone magazine |
1984 |
| 8 | 5883-001 | Correspondence with magazines |
1985-1995 |
| 8 | 5883-001 | Gold Nugget Awards jury |
1987 |
| 8 | 5883-001 | Society of Architectural Historians, PNW
Chapter |
1998-2003 |
| 8 | 5883-001 | Correspondence and notes |
1984-1998, undated |
| 8 | 5883-001 | Liddle architectural resumes |
undated |
| 8 | 5883-001 | Liddle and Hewitt Building, 7th and Pacific |
1967-2001 |
| 9 | 5883-001 | Tacoma Sheraton project |
1981-1982 |
| 9 | 5883-001 | Notes on Jane Jacobs' The Death and Life of Great
American Cities |
c. 1962 |
| 9 | 5883-001 | Charles Moore reference file |
1964-1994 |
| 9 | 5883-001 | Alvar Aalto reference file |
1949-1998 |
| 9 | 5883-001 | Fall-Out Shelter Design reference file |
1959-1963 |
| 9 | 5883-001 | Records of Liddle donation of house to TAM |
1983-1997 |
| 9 | 5883-001 | Maytum family genealogy research |
1985-2002 |
| 9 | 5883-001 | Press clippings |
c. 1960s |
| 10 | 5883-001 | Press clippings |
1967-1991 |
| 10 | 5883-001 | Press clippings |
2000-2003 |
| 11 | 5883-001 | Old City Hall Historic District Association, members and
friends contact cards |
undated |
| 11 | 5883-001 | Daily planners |
1967, 1989, 1994 |
| 11 | 5883-001 | Liddle awards |
1950, 1954, 1970, 1983, 1998 |
| 11 | 5883-001 | Old City Hall Historic District records |
undated |
Accession No. 5883-002: Alan Liddle architecture scrapbooks, circa 1940sReturn to Top
Scope and Content: Three scrapbooks containing clippings of exteriors and floorplans of homes. Many of the clippings appear to have come from magazines and Liddle seems not to have designed the homes.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Acquisition Info: Alan Liddle, 2004
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Architects--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Architecture--Washington (State)
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Liddle, Alan, 1922-2009--Archives
Corporate Names
- Tacoma Art Museum
