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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Also known as the Hannukkah Eve Windstorm, this weather event caused wide-spread power outages and significant damage throughout the City of Seattle and the surrounding areas. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Autobiography of A.B. Moe, a Norwegian immigrant who came to America in 1881. He lived in Poulsbo, Washington, for 41 years and served as its first mayor. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Correspondence and files of the Planning Commission's assistant director for administration. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | A biography of Abraham Vereide commemorating the 75th anniversary of his emigration from Norway to the US in 1905. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Meeting minutes from the Air Pollution Control Advisory Board, which served in an advisory capacity to the City Council on air pollution issues. |
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| Repository: | Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library |
| Summary: | Minutes, correspondence and other materials generated by and of interest to the Alaska Fishermen's Union |
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| Repository: | Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library |
| Summary: | Promotional and souvenir publications, photographs and ephemera from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, 1909. |
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| Repository: | Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library |
| Summary: | Interviews with various individuals about the history of Allied Arts of Seattle |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | An oral history interview with Ingrid Amundsen, a Norwegian immigrant. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | A brief biographical account of Anders O. Aasen, born on 16 January 1874, in Lyngdal, Norway. He was ordained in the Norwegian Lutheran Synod in 1899, and served in many churches in Canada and the United States. He died in 1974 at age one hundred. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | An oral history interview with Alfred (Aage) Valdemar Andersen, a Danish immigrant. |
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| Repository: | Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room, Special Collections & Archives |
| Summary: | Ada Woodruff Anderson was a well-known Pacific Northwest novelist who wrote the novels The Heart of Red Firs, Rim of the Desert, and Strain of White. This collection includes personal and family papers, as well as records from the photographic supply company she her husband, Oliver Phelps Anderson, ran together on Bainbridge Island. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | An oral history interview with Ellen Hoch Anderson, a Danish immigrant. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Reports filed by City Light to the U.S. Department of Energy. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | An oral history interview with Ida Pauline Apalseth, a Norwegian immigrant. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives |
| Summary: | Interview and performance on KING-FM 98.1, Seattle, with Venezuelan musicians Los Hermanos Aparicio. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Collection contains the records of Ascension Lutheran in Seattle, Washington. |
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| Repository: | Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room, Special Collections & Archives |
| Summary: | This collection contains the business records of Astoria Iron Works, a prominent canning machinery company started in 1881 in Astoria, Oregon. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives |
| Summary: | Flamenco performance recorded at the Nippon Kan Theater in Seattle, 4/6/83. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Minutes, correspondence, reports, memos, and other materials related to the Ballard Avenue Landmark District and its oversight board. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives |
| Summary: | The Kearney W. Barton collection of Northwest sound recordings primarily consists of original recordings engineered and/or produced by Barton at Audio Recording, Inc., his own recording studio, which operated out of various locations in Seattle, Washington from 1961 through the late 2000s. The bulk of the collection is comprised of music recordings, but also contains a smaller percentage of spoken word recordings, as well as radio advertisements (many of which also incorporate music). Specific audio formats represented in the collection include: open reel analog tape, compact cassettes, analog sound discs (7 inch, 10 inch, 12 inch, and 16 inch), magnetic wire records, and compact discs. The collection also contains a small amount of manuscript material, which mainly consists of technical notes that were found with some recordings and very limited correspondence (chiefly from lawyers). In some instances, notes included on original containers also have been preserved when material has been rehoused. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Records relating to the Seattle Pilots' short residence in the city, including maintenance files for Sick's Stadium and documents relating to various lawsuits after the team left Seattle. |
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| Repository: | Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library |
| Summary: | The collection documents the activity of the Seattle plant of the Bemis Brothers Bag Company (later the Bemis Company, Inc.), manufacturer of textile, paper and plastic bags and packaging. It includes business records, equipment blueprints and manuals, promotional materials, original bag artwork and photographs of Seattle plant facilities, equipment and personnel. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | An oral history interview with Emmy Erickson Berg, a Swedish immigrant. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | An oral history interview with Carl Albin Berg, a Swedish immigrant. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Collection contains the records of Bethany Lutheran Church in Bainbridge Island, Washington. |
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| Collection Title: | |
| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Collection contains the records of Bethany Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Collection contains the records of Bethel Chinese Lutheran Church in Seattle, Washington. |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Collection contains the records of Bethel of Shoreline Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. |
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| Repository: | Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library |
| Summary: | Photographs, scrapbooks, albums, journals and clippings documenting the Norman C. Blanchard family and the history of Blanchard Boat Company |
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| Repository: | Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library |
| Summary: | Series of oral history interviews with boatbuilder Norman C. Blanchard |
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| Repository: | Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library |
| Summary: | Photographs of ships built by the Blanchard Boat Company in Seattle, including work boats, sailboats, rowboats and motor yachts, as well as boat plans, brochures and clippings |
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| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | An oral history interview with Ole Andreas Rasmussen Blindheim, a Norwegian immigrant. |
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| Collection Title: | |
| Repository: | Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library |
| Summary: | Oral histories from Boeing employees created for the 100th anniversary of the company |
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| Repository: | Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library |
| Summary: | Official Boeing Airplane Company photographs of the production of planes at the Boeing plant on the Duwamish River in Seattle, 1929. |
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| Repository: | Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library |
| Summary: | Scrapbooks, ledgers, photographs, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and papers from the Bon Marché (now Macy’s) department store located in Seattle, Washington |
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| Repository: | Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Papers of the life and ministry of Charles J. Boppell, missionary to Africa and the Pacific Northwest. |
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| Collection Title: | |
| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | An oral history interview with Wilhelmina Strom Borresen, a Norwegian immigrant. |
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| Collection Title: | |
| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | An oral history interview with Thomas Wilhelm Olsen Breiwick, a Norwegian immigrant. |
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| Repository: | Whitworth University Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | Miscellaneous records of Brighton Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Washington from 1901 until its closure in 1998. Closure was forced by schism in the congregation followed by a short recovery period and final closure due to changing demographics of the neighborhood. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Slides and negatives of the Burke-Gilman Trail and other Seattle parks. |
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| Repository: | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections |
| Summary: | Photographs of vaudeville and stage performers, arranged alphabetically, and ephemera belonging to Charles "Tiny" Burnett |
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| Repository: | University of Oregon, Archives of Northwest Folklore |
| Summary: | Marion Buvick was a student of folklore at the University of Oregon. This collection includes an essay and fieldwork documentation relating to this student's folklore fieldwork project. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Records documenting the activities of the Capitol Hill Neighborhood Service Center. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Records documenting the activites of the Carkeek Park Advisory Council. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Files documenting the activities and programs developed by park staff within the Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center. |
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| Collection Title: | |
| Repository: | Pacific Lutheran University, Archives and Special Collections |
| Summary: | An oral history interview with Jennie Josefine Brehm Carlson, a Swedish immigrant. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Records documenting the transfer of land for the Cedar River Watershed. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Over 300 maps dating from the 1890s to the 1970s depicting land acquisition of property in the City's Cedar River Watershed and pipelines. |
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| Repository: | Seattle Municipal Archives |
| Summary: | Records documenting the activities of the Central Neighborhood Service Center. |
