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John S. Daschbach papers, 1936-1957
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Daschbach, John S
- Title
- John S. Daschbach papers
- Dates
- 1936-1957 (inclusive)19361957
- Quantity
- 3.78 cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 3050 (Accession No. 3050-001)
- Summary
- Papers of a salesman, teacher, and civil rights worker from Seattle, Washington.
- 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
-
The papers are open to all users.
- 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
John S. Daschbach was a salesman, teacher, and civil rights worker from Seattle, Washington. He chaired the Washington Civil Rights Congress, the local branch of a national organization organized in 1946 as an association for the "defense of the constitutional rights and civil liberties of the American people, including Communists and Negroes." The Civil Rights Congress, accused of being a Communist front organization, was investigated by the Subversive Activities Control Board and a grand jury. In 1956 the organzation and its branches dissolved. The Civil Rights Congress took an interest in cases which involved Communists or Black Americans whom the National Congress supported with legal assistance, fund raising, and publicity. Daschbach was one of seven defendants who were arrested in 1952 as accused Communists and tried in 1953 under the Smith Act in U.S. vs. Huff et. al. Daschbach was also a board member, extension director, and teacher at the Seattle Labor School (also known as the Pacific Northwest Labor School). His wife, Marjorie Daschbach, was also a board member.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The John S. Daschbach papers document Daschbach's activities as chair of the Washington State Civil Rights Congress and as extension director and teacher at the Seattle Labor School. In addition to organizational records, the Civil Rights Congress (Washington State) series includes files concerning a number of civil rights cases in which the Civil Rights Congress took an interest, for example, the Foley Square Trial and the Seattle Smith Act case. Most cases involved Communists or African Americans whom the National Congress supported with legal assistance, fund raising, and publicity. The series also includes information about the the Washington State House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities, commonly known as the Canwell Committee. The Seattle Labor School series includes minutes, correspondence, teaching materials, newsletters, and ephemera from the school. The Personal Papers series includes collected documentation on the Boeing Strike in 1941.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Preferred Citation
John S. Daschbach papers. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 4 series:
- Civil Rights Congress (Washington State) records, 1948-1956
- Seattle Labor School records, 1936-1949
- Personal papers, circa 1940-1941, 1956-1957
- Marjorie Daschbach correspondence, circa 1951-1955
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Civil Rights Congress (Washington State) Records, 1948-1956Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Organizational Features |
1949, 1954-1955 |
1/2 | Outgoing Letters - Appeal Letters |
May 1954 |
1/3 | General Correspondence |
1949-1955 |
1/4 | Memoranda |
1949-1955, undated |
1/5 | Court Papers |
1949, undated |
1/6 | Speeches and Writings |
1949-1950, undated |
1/7 | Speeches and Writings - William Patterson |
1955, undated |
1/8-9 | Petitions |
1949 |
Conferences and Conventions |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/10 | State Conference of Washington State Civil Rights
Congress |
1949, 1951 |
1/11 | Chicago Chapters Secretaries Conference |
June 4-5, 1949 |
1/12 | Washington State Peace Crusade Peace
Conference |
November 11, 1951 |
1/13 | National Executive Board Meeting |
1950, 1952 |
1/14 | St. Louis Leadership Conference |
June 12-13, 1954 |
Box/Folder | ||
1/15 | Congressional Reports |
1948 |
1/16 | News Releases |
1948 |
Newsletters |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/17 |
Civil Rights Congress Newsletter
|
1949 |
1/18-19 |
Chapter Bulletin
|
1952, 1954 |
1/20 | Miscellaneous |
1949-1952, undated |
Box/Folder | ||
1/21-22 | Publications |
1949-1950, 1952, undated |
2/1 | Directories |
1949, 1951, undated |
2/2 | Lists |
1954, undated |
2/3-5 | Clippings |
1949-1957 |
2/6-7 | Ephemera |
1950-1955, undated |
2/7a | Photographs of Tule Lake Relocation Center |
1952 |
Subject Files |
||
Box/Folder | ||
2/8 | American Committee to Protect the Foreign
Born |
1955, undated |
Canwell Committee |
||
Box/Folder | ||
2/9 | Historical Features |
undated |
2/10 | General Correspondence |
1948 |
2/11 | University of Washington Hearings |
undated |
2/12 | Writings |
undated |
2/13 | Court Papers |
1950 |
2/14 | Petitions |
undated |
2/15 | Clippings |
1948-1949 |
2/16 | Ephemera |
undated |
Civil Rights Congress (Connecticut) |
||
Box/Folder | ||
2/17 | General Correspondence |
1954-1955 |
2/18-19 | Court Papers |
[1954?] |
2/20 | Ephemera |
|
Civil Rights Congress (Pennsylvania) |
||
Box/Folder | ||
2/21 | General Correspondence |
1953-1955 |
2/22 | Newsletters |
1954-1955 |
Civil Rights Congress (Pittsburgh) |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3/1 | Newsletters |
1954-1955 |
3/2 | Memoranda |
1954, undated |
Civil Rights Congress (Massachusetts) |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3/3 | Ephemera |
1952-1954, undated |
Donaldson (Margaret) Case |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3/4 | Historical Features |
1950 |
3/5 | General Correspondence |
1950 |
3/6 | Court Papers |
1950 |
3/7 | Miscellany |
1950 |
3/8 | Clippings |
1950 |
Foley Square Trial (Trial of the Twelve) |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3/9 | Historical Features |
1949, 1951 |
3/10 | General Correspondence |
1948-1949 |
3/11 | Memoranda |
1948-1949 |
3/12 | Reports (Trial Summaries) |
1949 |
3/13-14 | News Releases |
1949 |
3/15 | Speeches and Writings |
October-November 1949, undated |
3/16 | Resolutions |
1949 |
3/17 | Petitions |
October-November 1949 |
3/18 | Clippings |
1949 |
3/19 | Ephemera |
1948-1949 |
Foley Square Trial -- Rehearing |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3/20 | General Correspondence |
1950-1951 |
3/21 | Court Papers |
1949-1951, undated |
3/22 | Newsletters |
1950-1951 |
3/23 | Ephemera |
1950-1951 |
Box/Folder | ||
3/24 | Forgeries (Crank File) |
1951-1955 |
3/25-26 | Forgeries (False Want Ads) |
1950-1951 |
Internal Security Act of 1950 (McCarran
Act) |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3/27 | Historical Features |
1950, 1955 |
3/28-30 | General Correspondence |
1950-1952, 1955 |
3/31 | Minutes (ILUW Protest) |
1950 |
3/32 | Memoranda |
1950-1952, undated |
4/1 | Speeches and Writings |
1950, undated |
4/2 | News Releases |
1952, 1955 |
4/3 | Court Papers |
1950, 1955, undated |
4/4 | Clippings |
1950-1954, undated |
4/5 | Ephemera |
1951, undated |
Box/Folder | ||
4/6 | Jones, Mindel, Davis and Other Cases |
1955 |
Metaline Miners Strike |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/7 | General Correspondence |
1949 |
4/8 | Clippings |
March-April 1949 |
4/9 | Ephemera |
1949 |
Nelson (Steve) Case |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/10 | General Correspondence |
1952-1955 |
4/11 | Memoranda
Including petitions.
|
1952-1955, undated |
4/12 | Court Papers |
1955, undated |
4/13 | Speeches and Writings |
1952-1953 |
4/14 | News Releases |
1954 |
4/15 | Clippings |
undated |
4/16 | Ephemera |
1955, undated |
Patterson (William L.) Case |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/17 | Historical Features |
1950 |
4/18-19 | General Correspondence |
1951-1954 |
4/20 | Petitions |
undated |
4/21 | Court Papers |
April 1951 |
4/22 | News Releases |
1954 |
4/23 | Clippings |
1950-1952 |
4/24 | Ephemera |
1950, 1954, undated |
Patterson (William L.) Tour |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/25 | Organizational Features |
1951 |
4/26 | General Correspondence |
December 1950-February 1951 |
4/27 | Lists |
1951 |
4/28 | Miscellany |
January 1951 |
4/29 | Ephemera |
1951 |
Rosenberg Trial |
||
Box/Folder | ||
4/30 | General Correspondence |
January-February 1953, undated |
4/31 | Clippings |
December 1952-January 1953 |
4/32 | Ephemera |
1953, undated |
Seattle Six |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/1 | General Correspondence |
1950 |
5/2 | Petitions |
undated |
5/3 | Clippings |
1950 |
Seattle Smith Act Case |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/4 | General Correspondence |
1952-1955 |
5/5 | General Correspondence with John Caughlin
|
1952-1956 |
5/6 | General Correspondence regarding Appeal
Drive |
1954 |
5/7 | Minutes |
September 1952, undated |
5/8 | Financial Records |
1952-1955, undated |
5/9 | Conferences and Conventions - Emergency Civil
Liberty Conference |
June 5, 1954 |
5/10 | Memoranda |
1952-1955, undated |
5/11 | Speeches and Writings |
undated |
5/12 | News Releases |
1952-1953 |
5/13 | Newsletters |
1953, undated |
5/14 | Court Papers |
1952, undated |
5/15 | Petitions |
undated |
5/16 | Notes |
undated |
5/17 | Lists |
[1951-1955?], undated |
5/18 | Clippings |
1952-1954 |
5/19 | Ephemera |
1953, undated |
Smith Act |
||
Box/Folder | ||
5/20 | Historical Features |
1949, 1951, undated |
5/21-24 | General Correspondence |
1950-1955 |
5/25 | Resolutions |
1950-1951, undated |
5/26 | News Releases |
1950-1953 |
5/27 | Memoranda |
1951-1955 |
5/28 | Court Papers |
1950-1951, undated |
5/29 | Petitions |
1951, undated |
5/30 | Speeches and Writings |
1950-1951, 1954, undated |
5/31 | Lists |
1950-1951, undated |
5/32 | Newsletters |
1950-1954, undated |
6/1 | Reports |
undated |
6/2-3 | Clippings |
1950-1956, undated |
6/4-5 | Ephemera |
1952-1955, undated |
Box/Folder | ||
6/6 | Sobell (Martin) Case |
1955 |
6/7 | Till (Emmett) Case |
1955 |
Velde Un-American Activities Hearings,
Seattle |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/8 | Publicity |
1954 |
6/9 | Appeals |
1955 |
6/10 | Clippings |
1955 |
Seattle Labor School Records, 1936-1949, (bulk 1945-1949) Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
6/11 | Organizational Features |
undated |
6/12 | Organizational Information Concerning Committees and
Classes |
1948-1949 |
Minutes |
||
Box/Folder | ||
6/13 | Advisory Board |
February-September 1946 |
6/14 | Shareholders |
February-July 1948 |
6/15 | Board of Directors |
1948-1949 |
6/16 | Staff Meetings |
May 1947-January 1948 |
6/17 | Labor School Forum |
Winter 1948 |
Box/Folder | ||
6/18 | Incoming Letters -- Board of Advisors |
1946 |
6/19-20 | Outgoing Letters |
December 1945-October 1946 |
6/21-23 | General Correspondence |
|
Box/Folder | ||
6/24-25 | International Woodworkers of America (Extension
Classes) |
May-December 1947 |
6/26-27 | Bremerton (Extension Classes) |
January 1946-July 1948 |
6/28 | Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, International Union
(and Tacoma Smeltermen) |
1947-1948 |
7/1 | Regarding Proposed Affiliations |
December 1945-August 1946 |
7/2 | Regarding Finances |
November 1947-January 1948 |
7/3-6 | Regarding Courses and Instructors |
December 1945-October 1947 |
7/7-10 | Regarding Forums |
August 1946-September 1947 |
7/11-13 | Regarding Social Functions |
December 1945-November 1946 |
7/14 | Regarding Dissolution of Seattle Labor
School |
1947-1949 |
7/15 | Financial Records |
1946-1948 |
7/16-17 | Financial Records -- Audit Reports |
1945-1948 |
7/18 | Memoranda |
1945-1947 |
7/19 | Resolutions |
1946, undated |
7/20 | Curriculum |
1946-1947 |
7/21 | Reports on Extension Courses |
undated |
7/22 | Speeches and Writings |
1946, undated |
Conferences and Conventions |
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/23 | Seattle Labor School Conference |
October 6, 1945 |
Lists |
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/24 | Seattle Businessmen |
undated |
7/25 | Board of Advisors, Directors |
1945, undated |
7/26 | Attendance, Registration |
1946-1947 |
Box/Folder | ||
7/27 | News Releases |
1946-1947, undated |
Newsletters |
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/28 |
Seattle Labor School News
|
March 1946 |
7/29 |
Labor School News
|
1946-1947 |
Teaching Material |
||
Box/Folder | ||
7/30 | Agreements/Grievances |
1947-1948, undated |
7/31 | Labor History |
1947-1948, undated |
8/1 | Parliamentary Law |
1948, undated |
8/2 | Shop Stewards |
1948, undated |
8/3 | Miscellany |
1946-1948. undated |
Box/Folder | ||
8/4 | Clippings |
1946-1947 |
Ephemera |
||
Box/Folder | ||
8/5 | Announcements |
1946-1948 |
8/6 | Seattle Labor School Pamphlets |
1946-1947 |
8/7 | Labor Songs |
undated |
8/8-11 | Publications and Miscellaneous |
1936-1948 |
Subject Files |
||
Box/Folder | ||
8/12 | Cannery Workers, CIO, Local 7 |
1948 |
Labor Education |
||
Box/Folder | ||
8/13 | General Correspondence |
1946, undated |
8/14 | Ephemera |
1946, undated |
Personal Papers, 1940-1941, 1956-1957, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
9/1 | Biographical Features |
undated |
Subject Files |
||
Boeing Strike in 1941
Despite the fact that Daschbach collected materials about the
Boeing Strike in 1971, there is no evidence that he participated in the
stike.
|
||
Box/Folder | ||
9/2 | Minutes |
1940 |
9/3 | Resolutions |
1941 |
9/4 | Legal Papers |
February 1941, undated |
9/5 | Bulletins |
1941, undated |
9/6 | Photograph (Unidentified) |
undated |
9/7-15 | Clippings |
1940-1941 |
9/16 | Ephemera |
undated |
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Local 184:
Ephemera |
1940 | |
Box/Folder | ||
9/18-19 | Clippings |
1956-1957 |
Marjorie Daschbach Correspondence, 1951-1955, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 9/20
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Aircraft industry--Washington (State)
- Civil rights workers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Civil rights--Washington (State)
- Civil rights--Washington (State)--Societies, etc
- Communist trials--Washington (State)
- Strikes and lockouts--Aircraft industry--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region
- Teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--Washington (State)
Personal Names
- Caughlan, John, 1909-1999
- Daschbach, John S.--Archives
- Daschbach, Marjorie
- Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980
- Velde, Harold Himmel, 1910-1985
Corporate Names
- Boeing Aircraft Company
- Seattle Labor School (Seattle, Wash.)
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
- Washington Civil Rights Congress
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government--20th century
- Washington (State)--Politics and government--20th century
Form or Genre Terms
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Memorandums
- Newsletters
- Pamphlets
- Petitions
- Photographs
- Press releases
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- conferences
- correspondence
- criminal court records
- curricula
- financial records
- minutes
- reports
- writings
Titles within the Collection
- Labor School News
- Seattle Labor School News
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)