Robert E. Burke collection, 1892-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Burke, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1921-1998
Title
Robert E. Burke collection
Dates
1892-1994 (inclusive)
Quantity
60.43 cubic feet (68 boxes plus 2 oversize folders and 1 oversize vertical file)
Collection Number
2874, 4128
Summary
Professor of history, University of Washington, and collector of labor and New Deal related materials
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
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Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

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Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Robert E. Burke was a history professor at University of Washington from 1958 until 1993. Burke acquired this collection during his research, which often focused on studies of progressive and radical politics in California and the United States during the New Deal.

The Washington Commonwealth Federation was created in 1935 from efforts of the Commonwealth Builders. It was a coalition of organized labor, local Democratic Party clubs, advocates of technocracy, and old-age pension supporters. It operated as a left-wing political organization that sought to control the Democratic Party of of Washington state. For most of its history, it focused on drafting, supporting, and endorsing candidates for local, state and federal public offices, and lobbying public officials in pursuit of its own policy agenda. The Federaton was often a center of controversy because of the dominant role played by the Communist Party in setting Federation policy, and because many of its members were also members of the Communist Party. Hugh DeLacy, the Federation's president from 1938 to 1945, was elected to Congress from Seattle in 1944. His election was a high point for the organization, but also left it with a leadership crisis. Having achieved some of its goals in effecting Democratic Party unity and change, the WCF dissolved in 1945.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 5 accessions.

  • Accession No. 2874-002, Robert E. Burke collection, 1934-1945
  • Accession No. 2874-004, Robert E. Burke collection, 1892-1960
  • Accession No. 4128-001, Robert E. Burke collection, 1947-1990
  • Accession No. 4128-002, Robert E. Burke collection, 1910-1994
  • Accession No. 4128-003, Robert E. Burke collection, 1959

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 2874-002: Robert E. Burke collection, 1934-1945Return to Top

9.06 cubic feet (9 boxes, 2 oversize folder)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, convention and campaign files, minutes, financial records, resolutions, speeches and writings, and lists, of the Washington Commonwealth Federation; 1934-1945.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Robert E. Burke, Prof. UW History Dept., September 22, 1978

Container(s) Description Dates
Washington Commonwealth Federation
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 2874-002
Organizational Features
1941, 1943; undated
1/2 2874-002
Constitution
1938, 1940; undated
1/3 2874-002
Charters, License, Etc.
1942, 1944; undated
General Correspondence
Box/Folder Accession
1/4 2874-002
Abel, Don
undated
1/5 2874-002
American Federation of Labor. King County
1941
1/6 2874-002
American Red Cross
1944
1/7 2874-002
Becker, Ray
1938
1/8 2874-002
Bone, Homer T.
1936-44
1/9 2874-002
Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity
1936
1/10-14 2874-002
Coffee, John M.
1937-44
1/15 2874-002
Devin, William F.
1943, 1944
1/16 2874-002
Dill, Clarence C.
1942
1/17 2874-002
Hill, Knute
1939-42
1/18 2874-002
Holmes, Hal
1943, 1944
1/19 2874-002
Horan, Walt
1943, 1944; undated
1/20 2874-002
International Labor Defense
1944; undated
1/21 2874-002
International Woodworkers of America. Sub-Local #2, Pacific County
1941
1/22 2874-002
International Woodworkers of America. Washington State Local 3-47 Salkum, WA
1940
1/23 2874-002
Jackson, Henry M.
1941-44
1/24 2874-002
Japanese American Committee for Democracy
1942
1/25 2874-002
Ku Klux Klan. Seattle Realm No. 1
1937; undated
1/26 2874-002
Labor’s Non-Partisan League
1938-41
1/27 2874-002
Leavy, Charles H.
1938-42
1/28 2874-002
Levine, David
1939
1/29-32 2874-002
Magnuson, Warren G.
1937-44
1/33 2874-002
Marcantonio, Vito
1941
1/34 2874-002
Miles, W.M.
1942
1/35 2874-002
National Conference on Constitutional Amendment
1937
1/36-41 2874-002
National Federation for Constitutional Liberties
1941-43; undated
1/42 2874-002
Rosellini, Albert D.
1941
1/43 2874-002
Rosellini, Hugh J.
1941
1/44 2874-002
Ross, J. D. (U.S. Bonneville Power Project)
1938
1/45 2874-002
Schuster, Joseph E.
1942
1/46 2874-002
Smith, Martin F.
1937-42
1/47 2874-002
Tyler, Richard G.
1940
1/48 2874-002
U.S. Treasury Department
1939
1/49 2874-002
U.S. Week (News Journal)
1941
1/50 2874-002
Wallace, Henry A. (U.S. Vice President)
1942; undated
1/51 2874-002
Wallgren, Monrad C.
1938-42
1/52 2874-002
Washington Commonwealth Federation. 31st District
1939, 1940
1/53 2874-002
Washington Liberal Coalition
1938
1/54 2874-002
Washington State Federation of Labor
1940-42
1/55 2874-002
Wheeler, Burton K.
1941
1/56 2874-002
Willkie, Wendell
1942
1/57-61 2874-002
Miscellaneous
1938-44
General Correspondence By Geographical Location
Box/Folder Accession
1/62 2874-002
Aberdeen
1939, 1940
1/63 2874-002
Alaska
1936-39; undated
1/64 2874-002
Cowlitz County
1939
1/65 2874-002
Grays Harbor County
1937-41
1/66 2874-002
Kelso, Longview
1940-42
1/67 2874-002
King County. Miscellaneous
1941-42
1/68 2874-002
Kitsap County
1940
1/69, 70 2874-002
Mason County
1940-42
1/71 2874-002
Olympic Peninsula
1940-41
1/72 2874-002
Onalaska
1940, 1941
1/73 2874-002
Pend Oreille County
1938
1/74, 75 2874-002
Pierce County
1938, 1941
1/76 2874-002
Ryerwood
1942
1/77 2874-002
Skagit County
1940-42
1/78 2874-002
Snohomish County
1940-42
1/79 2874-002
Spokane
1942
1/80 2874-002
Thurston County
1937-42
1/81 2874-002
Utah
1939
1/82 2874-002
Vancouver
1941
1/83 2874-002
Wenatchee
1942
1/84, 85 2874-002
Whatcom County
1939-42
1/86 2874-002
Yakima
1941
1/87 2874-002
Yakima County
1940
General Correspondence Regarding
Box/Folder Accession
1/88 2874-002
International Woodworkers of America Claims
1938
1/89 2874-002
La Follette Committee
1936, 1939; undated
1/90 2874-002
Maritime Unions
1941, 1942
1/91 2874-002
National Defense Firings (Navy Yard)
1941, 1942; undated
1/92 2874-002
Natural Resources
1941
1/93 2874-002
Public Welfare
1937, 1938; undated
1/94 2874-002
Rejection of Washington Commonwealth Federation
1935
1/95 2874-002
Sawyer, Harold M.
1938
1/96 2874-002
Soviet Relations
1941, 1942; undated
1/97 2874-002
Victory Fighters
1944
Subject Series
Box/Folder Accession
2/1 2874-002
6th Congressional District
1941
2/2, 3 2874-002
Aberdeen (Laura Law Murder Case)
1940
2/4 2874-002
Academic Freedom
1941
2/5 2874-002
Aeronautical Mechanics Union Local 751
1940, 1941
2/6-10 2874-002
Affiliates
1935-44
2/11 2874-002
Affiliates. Congress of Industrial Organizations
1944
2/12 2874-002
Affiliates. Disaffiliates
1937-40
2/13 2874-002
Affiliates. Labor
1935-37
2/14 2874-002
Affiliates. Letters to
1941-42
2/15 2874-002
Affiliation. Application for
1940
2/16 2874-002
America First Committee
undated
2/17 2874-002
American Civil Liberties Union
1937-40
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born
Box/Folder Accession
2/18 2874-002
General Correspondence
1942-44
2/19 2874-002
Minutes
1942-44
Box/Folder Accession
2/20 2874-002
American League for Peace and Democracy
1937-39
2/21 2874-002
Anchor Press
1938
2/22 2874-002
Anti-Fascist Washington Commonwealth Federation Meeting
1941
2/23 2874-002
Anti-Fascist
1939, 1943; undated
2/24 2874-002
Associated Farmers
1938-39
2/25 2874-002
Atlantic Charter Rally
1942
2/26 2874-002
Blackout Ordinance
undated
2/27-31 2874-002
Bridges, Harry
1939-44
2/32 2874-002
Browder, Earl
1942
2/33 2874-002
California
1938, 1939
2/34, 35 2874-002
Canada
1938-42; undated
2/36 2874-002
Christian Party
1936; undated
2/37 2874-002
Civilian Defense
undated
2/38, 39 2874-002
Civil Liberties
1939-44; undated
2/40 2874-002
Civil Liberties (Re: Vincent Noga)
1920-44; undated
2/41 2874-002
Civil Liberties (Wapato Race Riot)
1939
2/42 2874-002
Colorado Progressive Federation
1939
2/43 2874-002
Communism (Communist Party U.S.A.)
1938; undated
2/44 2874-002
Congress of Industrial Organizations
1939-42; undated
2/45 2874-002
Conscription Bill
1940
2/46 2874-002
Consumer’s Action
1941; undated
2/47 2874-002
Defense Work
1941, 1942; undated
2/48 2874-002
Democratic Questionnaire
1937
Dies Committee
1942
Box/Folder Accession
2/49 2874-002
General Correspondence
1942
2/50 2874-002
Miscellany
1942
Box/Folder Accession
2/51 2874-002
Fair Employment Practices
1942, 1942
2/52 2874-002
Farley, James A.
1938, 1939; undated
2/53 2874-002
Fascism
1936; undated
3/1 2874-002
Food for Victory
1942, 1943; undated
3/2 2874-002
Fund and Sub Drive
1940
3/3 2874-002
Health
1938-40
3/4 2874-002
Hootenannies
1944; undated
3/5 2874-002
Housing
undated
3/6 2874-002
Initiative 130
1938
3/7 2874-002
Initiative 151
1942
Japan Boycott
Box/Folder Accession
3/8 2874-002
General Correspondence
1937-40
3/9 2874-002
Minutes
1938
3/10 2874-002
Speeches and Writings
1937-40; undated
3/11 2874-002
Clippings
1937-39
box-folder:oversize
Misc.Oversize. Box 7 2874-002
Posters: Japan Boycott
undated
Box/Folder
3/12 2874-002
Ephemera/Miscellany
undated
Box/Folder Accession
3/13 2874-002
King County Political Action Committee
undated
3/14 2874-002
King County Sentinel
1937; undated
3/15 2874-002
Langlie, Arthur B.
undated
3/16 2874-002
Lease
1941-44
3/17, 18 2874-002
Legislative
1934-44; undated
3/19 2874-002
Legislative. State
1941-42 undated
3/20 2874-002
Legislative Miscellaneous
1942-44
3/21 2874-002
Martin, Charles E.
undated
3/22 2874-002
Martin, Clarence D.
1936; undated
3/23 2874-002
Migratory Labor
1938; undated
3/24 2874-002
Milk Survey
1939, 1942; undated
3/25 2874-002
Monopoly
1938, 1942
3/26 2874-002
Moral Rearmament
1939
3/27 2874-002
Nazi
1937; undated
3/28 2874-002
Negro
1937-42; undated
3/29 2874-002
New Order of Cincinnatus
1937, 1938; undated
3/30 2874-002
Nursery Schools
1942; undated
3/31 2874-002
Oklahoma Criminal Syndicalism Cases (International Labor Defense)
1941, 1942
Old Age Pension Unions (Seattle Old Age Pension Union and Washington Pension Union)
Box/Folder Accession
3/32 2874-002
General Correspondence
1938-42; undated
Box/Folder Accession
3/33 2874-002
Membership Lists
undated
3/34 2874-002
Miscellany
1937-44
3/35 2874-002
Pacific County
1937; undated
3/36 2874-002
Peace
1939; undated
3/37 2874-002
Philippines and Filipinos
1939; undated
3/38 2874-002
Precincts
undated
3/39 2874-002
Price Control
1942-44; undated
3/40 2874-002
Public Power
1941, 1942; undated
3/41 2874-002
Radio License
1940; undated
3/42 2874-002
Relief Crisis
1939
3/43 2874-002
Renter’s Protective League of Washington
1937; undated
Rents
Box/Folder Accession
3/44 2874-002
General Correspondence
1941, 1942; undated
3/45 2874-002
Speeches, Writings and Reports
1941, 1942; undated
3/46 2874-002
Regulations (Federal)
1942
3/47 2874-002
Miscellany
1942; undated
Box/Folder Accession
3/48 2874-002
Roosevelt, Franklin .D.
1941-44; undated
Russian War Relief, Inc.
Box/Folder Accession
3/49 2874-002
General Correspondence
1941, 1942; undated
3/50 2874-002
Lists
undated
Box/Folder Accession
3/51 2874-002
Schwellenbach, Lewis B.
1937-39
3/52 2874-002
Seattle. City Council
1943, 1944; undated
3/53 2874-002
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
undated
3/54 2874-002
Seattle Star
1937-39
3/55 2874-002
Smith, Tom
1939
3/56 2874-002
Sound Truck
1939, 1940; undated
3/57 2874-002
Sponsoring Committees
undated
3/58 2874-002
Sunday News
1935-38; undated
3/59 2874-002
Third Term for FDR
1940; undated
3/60 2874-002
Trade Unions. AFL
1943-45; undated
4/1 2874-002
Trade Unions. CIO
1942-44
4/2, 3 2874-002
Trade Unions. Lists
1937-44; undated
4/4 2874-002
Trotsky, Leon
1942; undated
U.S. Farm Security Administration
Box/Folder Accession
4/5 2874-002
General Correspondence
1939
4/6 2874-002
Reports
1938, 1939
Box/Folder Accession
4/7 2874-002
U.S. National Labor Relations Board
1937-41; undated
4/8 2874-002
U.S. Supreme Court Conference
undated
4/9 2874-002
U.S. Works Projects Administration
1938-40; undated
4/10 2874-002
Voters Aid League Service
undated
4/11 2874-002
War
1935-38; undated
4/12 2874-002
Washington State Social Security Council
1944
4/13 2874-002
Whatcom County
1937, 1938
4/14 2874-002
Women
1939; undated
4/15 2874-002
Workers Alliance of Washington
1936, 1937; undated
4/16 2874-002
Zioncheck Memorial Library and Fund
1937, 1939; undated
Campaigns And Conventions
1936 Campaign
Box/Folder Accession
4/17 2874-002
General Correspondence
4/18 2874-002
Miscellany
4/19 2874-002
Union Party
1936 (July) Convention
Box/Folder Accession
4/20 2874-002
Delegate Roll Call
4/21-23 2874-002
Miscellany
4/24 2874-002
Legislative Proposals
4/25 2874-002
Resolutions
1936 (April) Everett Committee
Box/Folder Accession
4/26 2874-002
Minutes
4/27 2874-002
Adopted Resolutions
4/28 2874-002
Constitution Committee Report
1936 (November) Convention
Box/Folder Accession
4/29 2874-002
Minutes
1937 (September) Convention
Box/Folder Accession
4/30 2874-002
Applications
4/31 2874-002
Committees
4/32 2874-002
Convention Calls
4/33 2874-002
General Correspondence
4/34, 35 2874-002
Credentials
4/36 2874-002
Delegates
1938 Campaign
Box/Folder Accession
4/37 2874-002
Affidavits
4/38 2874-002
General Correspondence
4/39 2874-002
Miscellany
Box/Folder Accession
4/40 2874-002
1938 Campaign (Seattle Mayoralty)
1938 (February) Convention – City-County
Box/Folder Accession
5/1 2874-002
General Correspondence
5/2 2874-002
Miscellany
5/3 2874-002
Credentials
5/4 2874-002
Minutes
5/5 2874-002
Resolutions
1938 (November) Legislative Conference
Box/Folder Accession
5/6 2874-002
Minutes
5/7, 8 2874-002
Credentials
5/9 2874-002
Platform Committee
5/10 2874-002
Proceedings
5/11, 12 2874-002
Miscellany
5/13 2874-002
Resolutions
1940 (February) Convention
Box/Folder Accession
5/14 2874-002
General Correspondence
5/15-18 2874-002
Miscellany
5/19-21 2874-002
Credentials
5/22 2874-002
State Board Resolutions
5/23 2874-002
Resolutions
1941 (February) Legislative Convention and Conference
Box/Folder Accession
5/24 2874-002
General Correspondence
5/25 2874-002
Delegates, Resolutions
5/26 2874-002
Delegates and Credentials
5/27 2874-002
Delegate Statistics
5/28 2874-002
Resolutions
5/29, 30 2874-002
Miscellany
1942 Campaign
Box/Folder Accession
6/1 2874-002
District Reports
6/2 2874-002
District Worker Lists
6/3 2874-002
Precinct Workers
6/4 2874-002
City Primaries
1942 (September) Convention
Box/Folder Accession
6/5 2874-002
General Correspondence
6/6 2874-002
Credentials
Box/Folder Accession
6/7 2874-002
1942 (February) Washington’s Birthday Conference
6/8, 9 2874-002
1943 (February) Washington’s Birthday Conference
1943 Campaign
Box/Folder Accession
6/10 2874-002
Election Information (Out of Town)
Box/Folder Accession
6/11 2874-002
1944 Legislative Candidates
6/12 2874-002
1944 Campaign (Spring) – Political Welfare Committee
6/13, 14 2874-002
1945 Convention – Dissolution
6/15 2874-002
undated District Work
6/16 2874-002
undated Ephemera
Conferences And Conventions
Box/Folder Accession
6/17 2874-002
2nd District Conference, Burlington
1942
6/18 2874-002
Farm-Labor
1940-41
6/19 2874-002
Independent Democrats of Washington Nominations
1940
Washington State Emergency Defense Conference
Box/Folder Accession
6/20, 21 2874-002
General Correspondence
1941
6/22 2874-002
Resolutions
1941
6/23 2874-002
Miscellany
1941
Box/Folder Accession
6/24 2874-002
Washington State Industrial Union Council
1940
Campaigns And Candidates
DeLacy, Hugh 1937 City Council Campaign
Box/Folder Accession
6/25 2874-002
Campaign Material
6/26 2874-002
Endorsements
Clippings
Box/Folder Accession
6/27 2874-002
City Light and other Power Problems
6/28 2874-002
Education
6/29 2874-002
Labor
6/30 2874-002
Miscellaneous Council Issues and City Items
6/31 2874-002
Miscellaneous Legislative Notes
6/32 2874-002
Municipal Health Issues
6/33 2874-002
Municipal Transportation Problems
6/34 2874-002
Pre-Primary
6/35 2874-002
Post-Primary
6/36 2874-002
Relief and WPA
Box/Folder Accession
6/37 2874-002
Radio Continuity
7/1 2874-002
Miscellany
7/2, 3 2874-002
Publications
Box/Folder Accession
7/4, 5 2874-002
DeLacy, Hugh 1938 City Council Campaign - Miscellany
7/6 2874-002
DeLacy, Hugh 1939 City Council Campaign - Miscellany
DeLacy, Hugh 1940 City Council Campaign
Box/Folder Accession
7/7 2874-002
General Correspondence
7/8 2874-002
Endorsements
7/9 2874-002
General Literature
7/10 2874-002
Miscellany
DeLacy, Hugh 1942 City Council Campaign
Box/Folder Accession
7/11, 12 2874-002
General Correspondence
7/13 2874-002
Ads and Clippings
7/14 2874-002
Clippings
7/15 2874-002
Campaign Finances
7/16 2874-002
Finances
7/17, 18 2874-002
Literature of Others
7/19 2874-002
Miscellaneous
7/20 2874-002
News Releases
7/21 2874-002
Radio Continuity
7/22, 23 2874-002
Radio Speeches
DeLacy, Hugh 1942 City Council Campaign (Spring)
Box/Folder Accession
7/24 2874-002
Lists
7/25 2874-002
Miscellany
7/26 2874-002
Publicity and Statements
Box/Folder Accession
7/27 2874-002
DeLacy, Hugh Record 1937-40
box-folder:oversize
Misc. Oversize Box 7 2874-002
DeLacy, Hugh – Campaign Posters
1942
Box/Folder
7/28 2874-002
Kingston, Ross City Council Campaign
1939
Pettus, Terry City Council Campaign
1944
Box/Folder Accession
7/29 2874-002
General Correspondence
7/30 2874-002
District Reports
7/31 2874-002
Literature
7/32 2874-002
Miscellany
7/33 2874-002
Radio Continuity
8/1 2874-002
Finances
8/2 2874-002
Workers
8/3 2874-002
Democratic Party – Convention
Box/Folder Accession
8/4 2874-002
Warner, Joe Campaign (State House)
undated
Box/Folder Accession
8/5 2874-002
Platform
1936-40; undated
8/6-8 2874-002
Public Welfare Resolutions
1938, 1941; undated
8/9, 10 2874-002
Resolutions
undated
Speeches And Writings
Box/Folder Accession
8/11 2874-002
Coffee, John M.
1941-44
8/12 2874-002
DeLacy, Hugh
undated
8/13 2874-002
Grange
1939, 1940
Box/Folder Accession
8/14 2874-002
Memoranda (for Richard Neuberger Regarding Democratic Party)
1938; undated
8/15 2874-002
Press Releases
1941, 1944; undated
Bulletins
Box/Folder Accession
8/16, 17 2874-002
Miscellaneous
1937, 1938; undated
8/18 2874-002
Industrial Council of Washington, Seattle Division
1936
Newsletters
Box/Folder Accession
8/19 2874-002
Seattle Municipal News
1943
8/20 2874-002
The Week
1938-40
8/21 2874-002
of Others (including Bulletins)
1936-41
Box/Folder Accession
8/22 2874-002
Publications
1936-42
Lists
Box/Folder Accession
8/23 2874-002
ADC (Mothers, Blacksmiths, Teachers, etc.)
1942
BSEU
Box/Folder Accession
8/24 2874-002
Members
1942
8/25 2874-002
43rd District
1942
Box/Folder Accession
8/26 2874-002
Churches
1939
8/27 2874-002
Community Club
undated
8/28 2874-002
District Contacts
undated
8/29 2874-002
Grange
1941, 1944; undated
8/30 2874-002
Labor
undated
8/31 2874-002
Legislative Districts
undated
8/32 2874-002
Machinists
1943, 44; undated
8/33, 34 2874-002
Miscellaneous
1938-45; undated
8/35 2874-002
Newspapers
undated
8/36 2874-002
School Teachers
1943
Box/Folder Accession
8/37 2874-002
Legal Documents
1935-40; undated
Case Files
Box/Folder Accession
8/38 2874-002
Edwin J. Brown vs. Washington Commonwealth Federation
1940
8/39 2874-002
H.J. Parker Suit
1940
8/40 2874-002
New Dealer
1939
8/41 2874-002
Pearsall, R.J. (Federal Writer’s Project, Tacoma)
1939
8/42 2874-002
Recall (WA State Senator Joseph Roberts)
1941
Financial Records
Box/Folder Accession
8/43 2874-002
Miscellaneous
1937, 1938
8/44 2874-002
Capital Stock Tax
1937-41
8/45 2874-002
Financial Statements
1939-44; undated
9/1 2874-002
Accounts Payable
1942
9/2 2874-002
Social Security Reports
1941, 1942
9/3 2874-002
Taxes
1943, 1944; undated
9/4 2874-002
Financial Statements
1944
Box/Folder Accession
9/5 2874-002
Miscellany
1937-40; undated
9/6 2874-002
Ephemera
1938; undated
9/7 2874-002
Armed Services Welfare Committee
1942
9/8 2874-002
Commonwealth Builders Executive Board (incl. Minutes)
1934-36
Executive Committee
Box/Folder Accession
9/9 2874-002
General Correspondence
1937-41
9/10-13 2874-002
Minutes
1936-44
9/14 2874-002
Minutes and Miscellany
1942; undated
9/15 2874-002
Actions and Resolutions
1944
9/16 2874-002
Miscellany
1936
Box/Folder Accession
9/17 2874-002
“500” Club
1939, 1940
Youth Section
Box/Folder Accession
9/18 2874-002
Emergency Youth Committee - General Correspondence
1936-41; undated
9/19 2874-002
Miscellany
1936, 1937; undated
Box/Folder Accession
9/20 2874-002
Rabbitt, Thomas C. (legislative Correspondence)
1945
Democratic Party. King County
Box/Folder Accession
9/21 2874-002
General Correspondence
1936-39
9/22 2874-002
Minutes
1938
9/23 2874-002
Resolutions
undated
9/24 2874-002
Miscellany
1938, 1940; undated
Democratic Party. Washington
Box/Folder Accession
9/25, 26 2874-002
General Correspondence
1938, 1940
9/27 2874-002
Minutes And Speeches
1938
9/28, 29 2874-002
Platform
1936-46
9/30 2874-002
Resolutions
1938
9/31 2874-002
Miscellany
1938
Democratic Party. Convention, Washington State
Box/Folder Accession
9/32 2874-002
General Correspondence
1942
9/33 2874-002
Minutes
1942
9/34 2874-002
Resolutions And Committee Membership Lists
1942
Democratic Party. [U.S.]
Box/Folder Accession
9/35 2874-002
General Correspondence
1940
9/36 2874-002
Platform
1936
9/37 2874-002
Miscellany
1940
9/38-40 2874-002
Duplicates

Accession No. 2874-004: Robert E. Burke collection, 1892-1960 (bulk 1932-1959)Return to Top

4.53 cubic feet (11 boxes, 1 oversized vertical file)

Scope and Content: Ephemera, newsletters and other serial publications, clippings, and scrapbook collected by Robert E. Burke. Subjects include: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, labor, the Communist and Socialist parties and the Spanish Civil War.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Robert E. Burke, January 1, 1960.

Accession No. 4128-001: Robert E. Burke collection, 1947-1990Return to Top

26 cubic feet (26 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, notes, conference and convention files, speeches, writings, and research files; ca. 1947-1990.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Robert Burke, 7/25/90; Boxes 5,6,7 received from Mss. 6/23/90, June 23, 1990

Accession No. 4128-002: Robert E. Burke collection, 1910-1994Return to Top

20.42 cubic feet (21 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, research notes, course history files, conference presentations, indexes, typescripts, typescripts of others, dissertations of others, and research related material; 1910-1994. The bulk of these papers is composed of source material on Hiram Johnson, U.S. Senator from California; the Hearst newspapers; and E.W. Scripps and the Scripps West Coast newspapers. Course history files and correspondence with Garland Publishing regarding Burke's editorial responsibilities are the other major series. Also notable are the indexes compiled for references to Hiram Johnson in the N.Y. Times, Congressional Record, books, articles, theses and in manuscript respositories and archives (1911-1981).

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

Restrictions on Use: Robert Burke's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries; permission is required to quote material created by others.

Acquisition Info: Robert E. Burke, December 24, 1997

Accession No. 4128-003: Robert E. Burke collection, 1959Return to Top

.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Lecture notes and bibliography for his undergraduate course History of the Pacific Northwest; ca. 1959. Included are Burke's background notes on early collectors of Pacific Northwest historical sources: H.H. Bancroft, Elwood Evans, Daniel Bagley.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: May be copied and quoted.

Acquisition Info: Donated by John Findlay, June 2, 1999.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

  • Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990
  • Burke, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1921-1998--Archives
  • Hicks, John D
  • Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
  • Scripps, E.W

Corporate Names

  • Hearst Newspapers

Other Creators

  • Personal Names
    • Bone, Homer Truett, 1883-1970 (creator)
    • Coffee, John Main, 1897- (creator)
    • Costigan, Howard (creator)
    • DeLacy, Hugh, 1910-1986 (creator)
    • Dill, Clarence C. (Clarence Cleveland), 1884-1978 (creator)
    • Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983 (creator)
    • Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989 (creator)
    • Pennock, William J. (William Jonathan), -1953 (creator)
    • Pettus, Terry, 1904- (creator)
    • Rabbitt, Thomas C., 1905-1961 (creator)
    • Smith, Martin F. (Martin Fernard), 1891-1954 (creator)
    • Wallgren, Monrad C. (Monrad Charles), 1891-1961 (creator)
    Corporate Names
    • American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born (creator)
    • American Red Cross (creator)
    • Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity (creator)
    • Commonwealth Builders (Organization : Wash.) (creator)
    • Democratic Party (King County, Wash.) (creator)
    • Democratic Party (U.S.) (creator)
    • Democratic Party (Wash.) (creator)
    • International Labor Defense (creator)
    • International Woodworkers of America, International. Local 3-47, Salkum (creator)
    • Japanese American Committee for Democracy (creator)
    • Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Crown Point Klan #1 (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Labor's Non-Partisan League (creator)
    • National Conference on Constitutional Amendment (creator)
    • National Federation for Constitutional Liberties (creator)
    • United States. Farm Security Administration (creator)
    • Washington Commonwealth Federation (creator)
    • Washington Old Age Pension Union (creator)
    • Washington Pension Union (creator)
    • Washington State Federation of Labor (creator)
    • Washington State Social Security Council (creator)
    • Workers Alliance of Washington (creator)

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)