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Addis Gutmann papers, 1897-1966
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Gutmann, Addis, 1901-1971
- Title
- Addis Gutmann papers
- Dates
- 1897-1966 (inclusive)18971966
1916-1954 (bulk)19161954 - Quantity
- 1.89 cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 1902 (Accession No. 1902-005)
- Summary
- Addis Gutmann was a fur merchant in Seattle and served in the Office of the Quartermaster General in Alaska during WWII. His papers reflect his personal, business, and military activities.
- 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
Simon David Addis Gutmann was born was born January 6, 1901 in Victoria B.C. to Adelaide Rosetta and Mortiz Gutmann. Addis Gutmann attended the Moran School, the University of Washington and the Army Industrial College. He married Estelle Schlesinger from Denver, Colorado on June 15, 1927. His father Mortiz was a fur dealer with the Hudson Bay Fur Company. Around 1923 Addis Gutmann became a manager for the fur company and would eventually become Vice President in 1930 working alongside his father the president of the company. In 1932 Addis became president of the Hudson Bay fur company later known as the Alaska Fur Company. He would go on to become the Vice President and President of the Alaska Fur Company until 1950 and the president of the Alaska Jewelry Company from 1951 to 1959.
Gutmann was a second lieutenant in the Officer’s reserve Corps in 1925 and became a Major in 1928. Among other activities he was a consultant for the Armed Service on winter clothing and equipment. Addis Gutmann was called from the reserves on January 4, 1941 to serve in the Chief Oversees Supply Division in the Asiatic-Pacific and in Europe. In 1945 Addis Gutmann assisted in providing food supplies to Jewish refugees with the goal of transporting 800 Jews to a French port to board a ship bound for Palestine. He was discharged February 21, 1946 awarded with a bronze star medal and the rank of Colonel.
After the war Gutmann returned to the fur business and managed the Alaska Fur Company. He became a part of the National Jewish Welfare Board and attended meetings in regards to Veterans Administration hospital volunteer expansion. In 1951 he traveled to Washington D.C. to serve as a consultant to the military on winter clothing. He was president of numerous organizations including the National Sojourners, the Jewish Community Center, Retired Officers Association and was installed as the comander of the American Legion Seattle Post 1 in 1953. Gutmann became the president of the Franklin Savings and Loan Association, that opened September 22, 1960 at Broadway and East Pine Street, Seattle and was on the legislative committee of the United States Savings and Loan League. He was chairman of the King County Cancer Crusade April, 1968 and was elected the County Cancer Society's president the next year. He died October 30, 1971.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, reports, designs and specifications, and memorabilia including scrapbooks.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged into three series:
- Personal Papers
- Alaska Fur Co. Records
- U.S. Military
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal PapersReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Biographical |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Biographical and genealogical papers |
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1/2 | Citizenship documents |
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Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/3 | Allen, Raymond B. |
1950 |
1/4 | Berger, Casper |
1949 |
1/5 | Boone, Abbott |
1940 |
1/6 | Chastek, Chester J. |
1950 |
1/7 | Clark, Mark W. |
1949 |
1/8 | Delta Sigma Fraternity |
1920 |
1/9 | Erickson, R.C. |
1949 |
1/10 | Frank, James E. |
1941 |
1/11 | Green, Joshua |
1966 |
1/12 | Jackson, Henry M. |
1953 |
1/13 | Jewish Community Council |
1946 |
1/14 | Little, James Raymond |
1941 |
1/15 | Littlejohn, Robert M. |
1942 |
1/16 | Radford, A.W. |
1950 |
1/17 | Humphries |
1940 |
1/18 | Stusser, Leslie |
1950 |
1/19 | United Jewish Appeal |
1946 |
1/20 | United Palestine Appeal |
1946 |
1/21 | U.S. Department of the Navy, Franklin D.
Roosevelt |
1918 |
1/22 | University of Washington Associated Students
(ASUW) |
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1/23 | Van Sickler, D.R. |
1952 |
1/24 | Unidentified |
1940 |
Speeches and writings |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/25 | Alaskan defense |
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1/26 | Battle of Jutland |
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1/27 | Brotherhood lectures |
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Notes
Includes organized and typed notes on various topics, possibly
from lectures attended.
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Box/Folder | ||
1/28 | Civil defense |
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1/29 | Economic intelligence |
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5/1 | European tour of duty |
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1/30 | Geopolitics |
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1/31 | Logistics |
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1/32 | Manpower |
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1/33 | Military contracting and renegotiating |
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1/34 | Nine principles of war |
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1/35 | Organization for national security |
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1/36 | Recruiting program |
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1/37 | History of Russian expansion |
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1/38 | Wartime facilities |
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1/39 | Miscellaneous notes |
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Newspaper clippings |
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Box/Folder | ||
5/2-6 | Newspaper clippings |
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Awards and certificates |
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Box/Folder | ||
5/7 | Awards and certificates |
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5/10 | Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibiton award
plaques |
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Memorabilia |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/40 | Cards and ephemera
Includes Dachau concentration camp visitors pass
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1/41 | Menus |
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1/42 | Invitations to FDR inaugural celebrations |
1941 |
5/8-9 | Scrapbooks Two scrapbooks
Includes newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera relating
to Gutmann's personal and professional life and military career as well as
copies of the Gutmann family Christmas cards.
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Gutmann Family |
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Box/Folder | ||
1/43 | Moritz Gutmann |
1897-1900 |
1/44 | Addis Gutmann, Jr.
Includes letter from Rabbi Nadich.
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Alaska Fur Co.Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Incoming correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
2/1 | Bon Marche |
1951 |
2/2 | Borg Fabric Division |
1951 |
2/3 | Craftmaster |
1951 |
2/4 | Fred Franke & Co. |
1951 |
2/5 | Harris Research Laboratories |
1952 |
2/6 | Jen-Cel-Lite Corp. |
1950 |
2/7 | Isaac A. Schoen & Sons, Inc. |
1950 |
2/8 | U.S. Army |
1950-1953 |
2/9 | University of Washington School of
Medicine |
1951 |
Outgoing correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
2/10 | Outgoing correspondence |
1950-1953 |
General correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
2/11 | Celanese Corporation of America |
1950-1951 |
2/12 | E.K. Gubin |
1953 |
2/13 | B.P. John Furniture Corporation |
1951 |
2/14 | Ladisch, Rolf K. |
1951 |
2/15 | O'Brien, Clarence, and Jacobson, Harvey |
1950-1953 |
2/16 | Pinkley, Virgil |
1951 |
2/17 | U.S. Air Force, Air Materiel COmmand |
1951 |
2/18 | U.S. Army, Quartermaster General |
1950-1953 |
2/19 | U.S. Patent Office |
1951 |
Sleeping bag garment design |
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Box/Folder | ||
2/20 | Specifications |
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2/21 | Description and photographs |
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2/22 | Correspondence, drawings, and photographs |
1950-1954 |
2/23 | Patent for Combined Garment and Sleeping Bag, designed
by Addis Gutmann |
1953 |
Cold climate clothing contacts |
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Box/Folder | ||
2/24 | Manufacturer's representatives |
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2/25 | Equipment manufacturers |
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Catalogs and advertisements |
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Box/Folder | ||
2/26 | Hudson Bay Fur Co. catalogs |
circa 1910s |
2/27 | Hudson Bay Fur Co. catalogs |
circa 1920s |
2/28 | Alaska Fur Co. and Hudson Bay Fur Co. flyers and
advertisements |
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2/29 | Miscellaneous cold climate clothing notes,
advertisements, and publications |
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2/30 | Newspaper clippings |
U.S. MilitaryReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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General military documents |
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Box/Folder | ||
3/1 | Orders, separation, and other documents |
1941-1946 |
Correspondence |
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Box/Folder | ||
3/2 | General correspondence |
1940-1950 |
Cold climate clothing |
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Box/Folder | ||
3/3-5 | Clothing communications for Alaska defense force
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1940-1942 |
3/6 | Authority for cold climate procurement |
1941-1942 |
3/7 | Negotiated purchase of cold climate
clothing
Includes bids and transcripts of telephone conversations.
|
1941 |
3/8 | Sleeping bag specification drafts and
photographs |
circa 1940-1942 |
4/1 | Ski jacket design |
1938 |
Reports |
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Box/Folder | ||
4/2 | Drafts of report on Alaska |
1938 |
4/3 | Report on Alaska
Confidential report on Alaska prepared by Addis Gutmann
detailing general characteristics of Alaska, Japanese fishing activities,
climate of Aleutian Islands, points of military importance, clothing in Alaska,
and other general information. The report is illustrated with photographs of
Alaska towns and features.
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1938 |
3/9 | Allocation of private industrial capacity |
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3/10 | Arctic Clothing |
1945 |
3/11 | Associated Services for the Armed Forces,
Inc. |
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3/12 | Greenland |
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3/13 | Invasion of Africa (Operation Torch) |
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3/14 | Invasion of Europe (Operation Overlord) |
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3/15 | Invasion of Italy |
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3/16 | Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky) |
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3/17 | “Manpower Controls are Necessary” |
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3/18 | “Montgomery versus Patton” |
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3/19 | “National Security Factors in Industrial
Location” |
1948 |
3/20 | Ski equipment and patrols |
1941 |
4/4 | Weather reports on Iceland, Greenland, and
Finland |
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Other papers |
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Box/Folder | ||
3/21 | Miscellaneous publications |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Businesspeople--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Executives--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Fur trade--Washington (State)
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Gutmann, Addis, 1901-1971--Archives
- Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983
Corporate Names
- Alaska Fur Company (Seattle, Wash.)
- Alaska Fur Company (Seattle, Wash.)--History--Archives
- Hudson Bay Fur Co. (Seattle, Wash.)
- Hudson Bay Fur Co. (Seattle, Wash.)--History--Archives
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Washington State Jewish Archives (University of Washington) (curator)