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Robert F. Stern papers and oral history interview, circa 1967-2008
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Stern, Robert F
- Title
- Robert F. Stern papers and oral history interview
- Dates
- circa 1967-2008 (inclusive)19672008
- Quantity
- 4.95 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- 5528
- Summary
- Papers of a longtime human rights and labor activist in the state of Washington regarding his involvement with various social reform causes and organizations
- 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
-
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
Robert "Robby" Stern has a BA in political science from Syracuse University in New York, and earned his law degree at the University of Washington. He has been an activist in the Puget Sound region for more than 35 years, and was widely known as a student activist in the civil rights and anti-war movement in the 1960s, when he was involved with Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
An attorney since 1974, Robby previously worked as a community coalition organizer for the King County Labor Council. Prior to that, he was a pipefitter/welder for Washington Natural Gas, where he was an active member of UA Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 32, serving as shop steward and delegate to the Seattle Building Trades and King County Labor Council. He first joined Local 32 as a marine pipefitter trainee at Todd Shipyards in 1977. Robby has also been a member of the Washington Federation of Teachers as a part-time faculty member at Seattle Community College in the early 1970s, and was a member of AFSCME Local 1488 when he worked as a gardener at the University of Washington.
Robby left his Seattle law practice in 1993 to join the Washington State Labor Council, and has become the organization's "point person" on a variety of policy areas, including international trade, health care and workers' compensation. As the WSLC's chief lobbyist he devotes a lot of his time and energy to promoting responsible legislation in these areas and many others related to workplace standards and rights.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection includes speeches, correspondence, printed ephemera, meeting minutes, and other materials related to Stern's involvement with various social reform causes and organizations. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Anita Warmflash.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The creators' literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arrangement
Organized into 2 accessions.
- Accession No. 5528-001, Robert F. Stern papers, 1967-2008
- Accession No. 5528-002, Robert Stern oral history, 2006
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 5528-001: Robert F. Stern papers, 1967-2008Return to Top
Scope and Content: This collection includes speeches, correspondence, printed ephemera, meeting minutes, and other materials related to Stern's involvement with various social reform causes and organizations. Among the files are materials related to the Health Care Task Force, the Living Wage Coalition, Minimum Wage '98, Fair Share Coalition, and Electrical Deregulation; FBI surveillance files of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and other student activist organizations at the University of Washington in the late 1960s; records of the Puget Sound Task Force on Human Rights (1980s); documentation of human rights activism, including anti-South African apartheid activism and the "Hands Off My Neighbor" symposium (1980s).
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: The creators' literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Robert (Robby) Stern, 2007-2008.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/1 | 5528-001 | Manuscripts, speeches, outgoing
correspondence |
2002-2006 |
1/2-3 | 5528-001 | Fair Share Coalition post-session 2 folders
|
2006 |
1/4 | 5528-001 | Fair Share post-session |
2007 |
1/5 | 5528-001 | Peace without borders |
undated |
1/6 | 5528-001 | Awards and certificates |
undated |
1/7 | 5528-001 | KORUS FTA Activity |
undated |
1/8-9 | 5528-001 | Washington Health Care Reform Coalition |
undated |
1/10 | 5528-001 | Health care reform |
2004 |
1/11 | 5528-001 | Health care reform |
2005 |
1/12 | 5528-001 | Resolution of Syracuse University Senate and related
clippings regarding integration in athletics |
1964 |
1/13 | 5528-001 | Application for the Washington State Bar and related
documents |
1974 |
Box | |||
1 | 5528-001 | Plaque from the Coalition of Black Trade
Unionists |
1998 |
Box/Folder | |||
1 | 5528-001 | Plaque from WFSE/AFSCME |
2000 |
1 | 5528-001 | Certificate from Washington State Health Care
Authority |
2007 |
2/1 | 5528-001 | Health care--Access to state PEBB |
2005 |
2/2 | 5528-001 | Health care--cost containment |
2005 |
2/3 | 5528-001 | Health Care--HSA's |
2005 |
2/4 | 5528-001 | Health care--fair share |
2005 |
2/5 | 5528-001 | Health care--mental health parity |
2005 |
2/6 | 5528-001 | Health care--prescription drugs |
2005 |
2/7 | 5528-001 | Health care--quality of care |
2005 |
2/8 | 5528-001 | Health care--risk pooling |
2005 |
2/9 | 5528-001 | Health Care Task Force |
2005 |
2/10 | 5528-001 | Health Care Coalition informational
materials |
2008 |
2/11 | 5528-001 | WTO Seattle |
undated |
2/12 | 5528-001 | Fast Track |
2001 |
2/13 | 5528-001 | WTO |
undated |
2/14 | 5528-001 | Employment standards |
undated |
2/15 | 5528-001 | Family care |
undated |
2/16 | 5528-001 | Family leave insurance |
undated |
2/17-19 | 5528-001 | Living Wage Coalition 3 folders
|
undated |
2/20 | 5528-001 | Livable wage campaigns |
undated |
2/21 | 5528-001 | Livable Wage Coalition--Post Ford Grant |
undated |
2/22 | 5528-001 | Livable wage movement |
undated |
2/23 | 5528-001 | Family wage materials |
undated |
2/24 | 5528-001 | Minimum wage conference |
2005 |
2/25 | 5528-001 | Minimum wage consultant |
1998 |
2/26 | 5528-001 | Minimum wage--general |
1998 |
2/27 | 5528-001 | Minimum wage--presentations |
1998 |
2/28 | 5528-001 | Minimum wage--media |
1998 |
2/29 | 5528-001 | Minimum wage--fundraising |
undated |
2/30 | 5528-001 | Minimum wage--polling |
1998 |
2/31 | 5528-001 | Minimum wage--publicity |
1998 |
2/32 | 5528-001 | Minimum wage--internal communications |
1998 |
2/33 | 5528-001 | Minimum wage--Research |
1998 |
2/34 | 5528-001 | Minimum wage--signature gathering |
1998 |
3/1 | 5528-001 | Family care |
2005 |
3/2 | 5528-001 | Family leave insurance |
2005 |
3/3 | 5528-001 | ABA convention |
undated |
3/4 | 5528-001 | African-American community and labor |
undated |
3/5 | 5528-001 | Anne Frank exhibit |
undated |
3/6 | 5528-001 | Organizing and December 10th rally |
undated |
3/7-8 | 5528-001 | Electrical deregulation 2 folders
|
undated |
3/9 | 5528-001 | Electrical deregulation conference |
undated |
3/10 | 5528-001 | Hands Off Washington |
undated |
3/11 | 5528-001 | Health care reform |
2003 |
3/12 | 5528-001 | Rally for working families |
1996 |
3/13 | 5528-001 | President's Day rally |
2002 |
3/14 | 5528-001 | Rolling Thunder |
undated |
3/15 | 5528-001 | Rally--miscellaneous |
undated |
3/16 | 5528-001 | Articles and speeches |
undated |
3/17 | 5528-001 |
" Hands Off My Neighbor"
evaluations |
undated |
3/18 | 5528-001 |
" Hands Off My Neighbor"
|
undated |
3/19 | 5528-001 | University District movement |
undated |
3/20 | 5528-001 | Voices from South Africa--logistics,
contacts |
undated |
3/21 | 5528-001 | Voices from South Africa--final report |
undated |
3/22 | 5528-001 | Voices from South Africa--publications and
media |
undated |
3/23 | 5528-001 | Puget Sound Task Force on Human Rights
(PSTF)--Bylaws |
undated |
3/24 | 5528-001 | PSTF--general meetings (non-core) |
undated |
3/25 | 5528-001 | PSTF--core group |
undated |
3/26 | 5528-001 | PSTF--minutes |
undated |
3/27 | 5528-001 | PSTF--publicity |
undated |
3/28 | 5528-001 | Retirement party |
2008 |
4/1-2 | 5528-001 | FBI surveillance files - Students for a Democratic
Society 2 folders
|
undated |
4/3-4 | 5528-001 | Court files - Students for a Democratic
Society 2 folders
|
1970 May |
4/5 | 5528-001 | Court files - Students for a Democratic
Society |
1971 October |
Box | |||
4/6 | 5528-001 | FBI surveillance files - Robert Stern |
1967-2008 |
4/7 | 5528-001 | Documents related to Robert Stern's parents, who
emigrated from Nazi Germany |
circa 1974-1988 |
4/8 | 5528-001 | Alameda County documents, related to Stern's probation
period |
1973 |
Box/Folder | |||
4/9 | 5528-001 | Narrative about Stern's arrest in Seattle |
2004 May |
5/1 | 5528-001 | Posters 2 loose
1 framed
|
undated |
Accession No. 5528-002: Robert Stern oral history, 2006Return to Top
Scope and Content: Oral history interview conducted on May 7, 2006 with Anita Warmflash. Stern describes his family history immigrating to the United States, recounts growing up as a Jew in the South, and then discusses his life of social activism.
Digital Content/Other Formats: Listen to the audio recording and view the transcript of this interview on the Libraries Digital Collections site.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use: The creators' literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Stern, Robert F.--Archives
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Washington State Jewish Archives (University of Washington)
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- Washington State Jewish Archives (University of Washington)