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Communist Party of the United States of America, Washington Chapter Photograph Collection, 1952-1988
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Communist Party of the United States of America (Wash.)
- Title
- Communist Party of the United States of America, Washington Chapter Photograph Collection
- Dates
- 1952-1988 (inclusive)19521988
- Quantity
- 168 photographs (1 box) ; Sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH0814
- Summary
- Photographs relating to the Washington Chapter of the Communist Party
- 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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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
These materials form part of the Communist Party of the United States of America (Wash.) Records; a finding aid is available in the repository.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The development of the Washington State Communist Party began in 1919, when the Socialist Party of America divided, producing the Communist Party of America and the Communist Labor Party. The two parties coexisted in the Northwest until their merger in 1921. At that time, Washington and Oregon became the 12th District of the Communist Party of the USA with headquarters in Seattle. In 1939, Communist Party membership in the 12th district peaked at approximately three-thousand members. Active in civil-rights, environmental, and labor cases throughout the 50s, 60s, and 70s, the SPUSA Washington turned its attention to electoral politics and jobs, among other issues.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of photographs depicting political campaign activities, demonstrations, marches, and other events organized by the Washington chapter of the Communist Party of the United States of America. It includes images of Elmer Kistler engaging in campaign activities during his 1984 run for Washington 37th District Representative, as well as images of B.J. Mangaoang engaging in campaign activities during her 1985 run for Mayor of Seattle and her 1988 run for Governor of Washington. The collection also includes some images of Angela Davis at a rally for the Black Panther Party in 1970, and images of student protesters demonstrating against Davis' incarceration. Also contains individual and group shots of Communist Party members.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View selections from the collection in digital format
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions might exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Donor: Marc Brodine; received February 14 and August 12, 2003.
Processing Note
Processed by Odile Dumbleton, 2010, Kevin Bicknell, 2013, Sara Cordes, 2017
The photographs were relocated from the Communist Party of the United States of America (Wash.) Records, Accession No. 4901-002, in the repository in 2003.
Bibliography
Gregory, James Noble. Communism in Washington State History and Memory Project. Seattle: Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington, 2002. <http://faculty.washington.edu/gregoryj/cpproject/>
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Scrapbook: Tule Lake PhotosReturn to Top
The Tule Lake internment camp, located in Tule Lake, California, was a former Civilian Conservation Corps camp used for the incarceration of Japanese-American civilians from May 27, 1942 until March 20, 1946. In 1952, the federal government considered reopening a portion of the camp to house Communist subversives; the local American Legion protested this decision due to the camp's proximity to an elementary school.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/1 | 1-1 | Collage of newspaper clippings about U.S. internment
camps |
1952 |
1/1 | 1-2 |
Guard tower at Tule Lake camp Caption on opposite page: Tule Lake. Six 80-foot guard towers
mark the boundaries of Federal Prison Camp 38 near Tulelake, California. The
camp is one of several being "rehabilitated" for U.S. anti-fascists [
sic] and peace advocates under provisions of the
McCarran Act.
|
March 27, 1952 |
1/1 | 1-3 | Barbed-Wire Fence surrounding Tule Lake camp Caption on opposite page: Tule Lake. This fence, topped with
barbed wire, runs along the eastern limits of Federal Prison Camp 38.
Authorities announce they intend to replace this fence with a "higher and
stronger" barrier.
|
March 27, 1952 |
1/1 | 1-4 |
Interior view of barracks Caption on opposite page: Interior view of barracks building,
slated to be quarters for inmates for America's first concentration camp to
jail ideas. Note the wood-coal stove in center, the only source of heat in
these frame shacks. Beyond the partition are toilet facilities.
|
March 26, 1952 |
1/1 | 1-5 | Aerial view of Tule Lake camp Caption on opposite page: Panorama view of Federal Prison Camp
38 taken from "The Peninsula", rocky promontory overlooking camp from across
State highway 139. Buildings include army-type barracks, mess halls, store
rooms, office structures, and apartments to house administrative and guard
personnel.
|
March 27, 1952 |
1/1 | 1-6 | Guard tower with buildings and small hills in the
background Caption on opposite page: Guard tower, symbol of oppression,
looms high over southwest corner of Federal Prison Camp 38, Near Tule Lake,
California, on Highway 139. Tower overlooks camp where 20,000 Japanese were
interned in World War II, now slated to become concentration camp for American
anti-fascists and peace advocates. Mess Halls used during World War II are in
center background.
|
March 27, 1952 |
1/1 | 1-7 | Mess hall at Tule Lake camp Caption on opposite page: One of two mess halls at Federal
Prison Camp 38, scheduled for renovation to feed McCarran Act political
prisoners. Hall shown here and the other like it were used to service military
personnel who guarded Japanese during World War II.
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March 27, 1952 |
1/1 | 1-8 | Barracks at Tule Lake camp Caption on opposite page: These are typical barracks buildings,
slated to be quarters for inmates of America's first concentration camp for the
jailing of ideas.
|
March 27, 1952 |
1/1 | 1-9 | Barrack at Tule Lake camp Caption on opposite page: An outside view of a typical frame
barrack at Federal Prison Camp 38. The crude construction of these barracks is
pointed up by the foundation, which is open at the bottom.
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March 27, 1952 |
1/1 | 1-10 | Aerial view of Tule Lake camp Caption on opposite page: A panorama view of Federal Prison Camp
38 showing the full extent of the camp site. The buildings in the foreground
are administrative. The total area of the camp is roughly marked by the edges
of the picture. The open area behind the administrative buildings is the ground
formerly covered with thousands of frame barrack shacks.
|
March 27, 1952 |
1/1 | 1-11 | Newspaper clipping titled: The Detention Camps for
'Subversives' The article, taken from the January 20, 1952 edition of
The Compass, was written by the paper's most
famous writer, I.F. Stone. Stone went on to publish his own weekly newsletter,
I.F. Stone's Weekly, which was acclaimed by his
fellow journalists as one of the top works of journalism in the United States
in the 20th century.
|
January 20, 1952 |
Communist Party WashingtonReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Leaders and Candidates |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/2 | 2 |
Bill Foster speaking at a podium Earl George (photographer)
William Z. Foster, known also as Bill Foster, was a prominent
member of the Communist Party during the late 1930s through the 1950s. In 1948
he was indicted for subversive activity, but never brought to trial due to
health issues. Foster died on September 1, 1961 in Moscow.
|
circa 1950s |
1/2 | 3 |
Sketch of Bill Foster Hugo Gellert (artist)
|
undated |
1/2 | 4 |
Benjamin J. Davis Jr. Benjamin J. Davis Jr. was an African American Communist Party
leader elected to New York City Council in 1943. He was reelected in 1945, and
in 1949, was one of 11 Party leaders convicted of attempting to overthrow the
United States government. This sentence placed Davis in custody for three years
and four months in the federal prison at Terra Haute, Indiana. At the end of
his sentence, Davis was sentenced to two more months in a prison in Pittsburgh,
PA for refusing to provide authorities with the names of Communist Party
members.
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undated |
1/2 | 5 |
Benjamin Davis (right) shaking hands with another man
with people standing behind them Earl George (photographer)
|
undated |
1/2 | 6 |
Pete Cacchione Mel Kirkwood (photographer)
Cacchione was a Communist Party, USA leader elected to the New
York City Council in 1941.
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circa 1940s-1950s |
1/2 | 7 | circa 1960s-1970s | |
1/2 | 8 |
Heine Huff or Morris Rappaport and woman seated
talking Earl George (photographer)
|
undated |
1/2 | 9 |
Henry "Heine" Huff Henry "Heine" Huff, was one of the "Seattle Seven"; a group of
Seattle Communist Party members indicted under the Smith Act in April, 1953.
|
March 1984 |
1/2 | 10 |
Heine Huff and man with hand over eyes Earl George (photographer)
|
undated |
1/2 | 11 | undated | |
1/2 | 12 |
Gus Hall and man standing talking Earl George (photographer)
|
undated |
1/2 | 13 | undated | |
1/2 | 14 | undated | |
1/2 | 15 | undated | |
1/3 | 16 |
Charlene Mitchell speaking at podium Charlene Mitchell was chosen as the Communist Party's
presidential candidate in 1968.
|
circa 1960s |
1/3 | 17 | undated | |
1/3 | 18 |
Elmer Kistler Earl George (photographer)
|
undated |
1/3 | 19-21 | undated | |
1/3 | 22 | undated | |
1/3 | 23 | undated | |
1/3 | 24-28 | 1984 | |
1/4 | 29-30 | 1985 | |
1/4 | 32-42 | 1985 | |
1/5 | 43-61 | 1988 | |
1/6 | 62 |
Andy Reams, Heine Huff, Bill Foster, Clayton Van
Lydegraf, Barbara Hartle, and Clark Harper Earl George (photographer)
|
circa 1950s |
1/6 | 63 |
Memorial program for Morris Rapoport Eulogy written on verso. Morris Rapoport was born in Czarist
Russia in 1892. He emigrated to Canada, and then the US, and became a founding
member of the Communist Party USA.
|
undated |
1/6 | 64 |
Group of Communist Party leaders seated with posters
in background Earl George (photographer)
|
undated |
1/6 | 65 |
Group of Communist Party, USA leaders seated around a
table M. W. Kirkwood (photographer)
The two men in conversation are Benjamin Davis (left) and Bill
Foster (right)
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undated |
Members |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/7 | 66 |
Communist Party of Washington march in
street Earl George (photographer)
|
1970s |
1/7 | 67 | between 1974-1977 | |
1/7 | 68 |
Communist Party USA members E. Allen,
Seattle (photographer)
Some of the people pictured are: Frank Batterson (left), Larry
Gossett (second to left), Margaret Furst (third to left), Kathleen Brodine,
John Fawcett (rear)Larry Gossett was one of three men sentenced to six months in
prison on July 1, 1968 for organizing a sit in at Seattle's Franklin High
School on March 29, 1968. In 1993, he was elected as the District 10
representative on the King County Council.
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undated |
1/7 | 69 |
Free Ballot Party Headquarters Earl George (photographer)
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undated |
1/7 | 70 | undated | |
1/7 | 71 |
Man and woman seated on bench Earl George (photographer)
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undated |
1/7 | 72 | undated | |
1/7 | 73 |
Woman and two men standing Earl George (photographer)
|
July 3, 1975 |
1/7 | 74 | undated | |
1/8 | 75-76 | undated | |
1/8 | 77 |
Group of men and women seated at a picnic
table Earl George (photographer)
Written on accompanying note: Y. P. E. L., l. to r., Laurel
Robel, ? hidden, Joanna Batterson, David Wimple, Duwayne Rader, ? back to
camera
|
undated |
1/8 | 78 | undated | |
1/8 | 79 |
Participants in the World Congress of Peace Forces
conference in Moscow, Russia E. Allen,
Seattle (photographer)
|
1973 |
1/8 | 80-85 |
Group of men and women at a conference E. Allen,
Seattle (photographer)
|
circa 1970s |
Rallies and ProtestsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Angela Davis |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/9 | 86 |
Angela Davis and Valerie Rubiz at
the Committee for the Right of the Black Panther Party to Exist rally at
Garfield High School, Seattle, WA E. Allen, Seattle, WA (photographer)
Spokane Attorney Carl Maxey also pictured.
|
1970 |
1/9 | 87-90 | undated | |
Labor Protests |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/10 | 91 | undated | |
1/10 | 92 |
Nurses on strike, Seattle, Washington Earl George (photographer)
In the summer of 1976, over 2000 Seattle area nurses,
representing 10 hospitals, went on strike. They listed a number of demands
including, but not limited to, an increase in salary and mandatory registration
in the Washington State Nurses Association. Those on strike from Group Health
Cooperative settled their dispute after 23 days, signing a contract that
increased wages and increased their participation in planning and
assignments.
|
August 1976 |
1/10 | 93 |
Protesters with signs marching in Seattle,
Washington Signs read: Ballard; On Strike
|
undated |
1/10 | 94-95 |
Protesters holding signs Signs read: ITT+CIA = Chile Today; People not Profits; The
Third World is Getting Angry
|
undated |
1/10 | 96-97 |
Protest against the 1978 International Auto Show,
Seattle, Washington Earl George (photographer)
From November 9-13, 1977, Seattle's Kingdome played host to
the 1978 International Auto Show. The protesters rallied in support of the auto
mechanics' strike that had been going on for several months prior to the show.
The strike revolved around issues of wages, fringe benefits, and union
security.
|
November 12, 1977 |
1/10 | 98 | circa 1965-1977 | |
1/10 | 99 | undated | |
1/11 | 100-113 | Circa 1977 | |
1/11 | 114 | circa 1970s | |
1/11 | 115 |
Strike against the transfer of Seattle Central
District school teachers In the spring of 1976, Seattle Central District teachers went
on strike in protest of the decision by Seattle School Board to transfer
teachers of minority race and replace them with whites in compliance with
federal regulations requiring minority race teachers to be evenly distributed
around the city.
|
May 28, 1976 |
Anti-War Protests |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/12 | 116 |
Anti B-1 Bomber Poster Poster reads: Here lies the project built on lies. B-1 Bomber.
Rest in pieces.
|
undated |
1/12 | 117 | undated | |
1/12 | 118 | between 1969-1970s | |
1/12 | 119 |
Woman speaking at an anti-war rally with a "Bring the
Troops Home Now" banner in the background Banner reads: Bring the troops home now
|
undated |
1/12 | 120 |
Group of people seated with anti-war
banners Banners read: Stop the War Now, Seattle United Women's
Contingent; Radical WomenRadical Women is a socialist feminist group that tackles
issues of racism, sexism, homophobia, and labor exploitation.
|
undated |
1/12 | 121 |
Anti-war protesters with signs Signs read: Where are the other 500,000; Bring them all home;
What about the other 500,000?
|
undated |
1/12 | 122 | circa 1960s-1970s | |
1/12 | 123 | circa 1960s-1970s | |
1/12 | 124 | circa 1960s-1970s | |
1/13 | 125-126 | circa 1960s-1970s | |
1/13 | 127 | circa 1960s-1970s | |
1/13 | 128-132 | circa 1960s-1970s | |
1/13 | 133 | undated | |
1/13 | 134 |
Man and woman standing at the corner of Pike Street,
Seattle, Washington Man's hat reads: Vets for Peace in Vietnam.
|
undated |
1/13 | 135 |
Man standing behind a podium Sign on podium reads: Unity, Solidarity, Peace
|
undated |
Political Protests |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/14 | 136a-b |
Two men holding wooden clubs E. Allen,
Seattle (photographer)
142a is the cropped photo, 142b is the full photoWritten on cropped photo: 'Nixon Youth,' N.C.L.C., Univ.
Christian Church. The National Caucus of Labor Committee (NCLC) is a political
organization founded in 1968 by political activist, Lyndon LaRouche. The group
was originally part of the organization, Students for a Democratic Society.
Since its founding, the group has met opposition from both left and right
leaning political parties, and has been responsible for a number of violent
attacks on rival party members.
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undated |
1/14 | 137 |
Panel of one man and three women. E. Allen,
Seattle (photographer)
|
undated |
1/14 | 138 | undated | |
1/14 | 139 |
Group of protesters, one holding a sign Sign reads: 6 Hr. Day 30 hour Week.
|
undated |
1/14 | 140 |
Group of protesters with the Frye Hotel in the
background, Seattle, Washington Constructed in 1911, the Frye Hotel is now a Seattle landmark
and a part of the Pioneer Square Historic District. Today, the hotel serves as
low income housing.
|
undated |
1/14 | 141 |
Protesters near the California Tavern and Card Room on
the corner of Occidental St and Washington Ave, Seattle, Washington The corners of Occidental and S. Washington in downtown
Seattle marks the Free Speech Corner, akin to the famous Speakers' Corner in
Hyde Park, London.
|
undated |
1/14 | 142 |
Group of people on grass with banners in the
background Banners read: NU-WRO Literature Sale; Manning for Mayor;
NU-WRO
|
undated |
1/14 | 143 |
Anti-Nixon protest E. Allen,
Seattle (photographer)
|
undated |
1/14 | 144-147 | undated | |
1/14 | 148 |
Protesters with a banner standing on a
hillside Banner reads: International Socialists for immediate
withdrawal from E. Asia, jobs for all, end the arms economy, free all GI's
& all other political prisoners, end sexism and racism.
|
undated |
Participants |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/15 | 149 |
Man and woman conversing Earl George (photographer)
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undated |
1/15 | 150 | undated | |
1/15 | 151 | undated | |
1/15 | 152 | undated | |
1/15 | 153 | undated | |
1/15 | 154 | undated | |
1/15 | 155 | undated | |
1/15 | 156 | undated | |
1/15 | 157 |
Group of people posing for a photo E. Allen,
Seattle (photographer)
|
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- African Americans--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Anti-war demonstrations--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Communists--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Demonstrations--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Japanese Americans--California--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Photographs
- Strikes and lockouts--Washington (State)--Photographs
Personal Names
- Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944---Photographs
- Davis, Benjamin J. (Benjamin Jefferson), 1903-1964--Photographs
- Hall, Gus--Photographs
- Huff, Henry P.--Photographs
Corporate Names
- Communist Party of the United States of America (Wash.)--Archives
- Communist Party of the United States of America (Wash.)--Membership--Photographs
- Communist Party of the United States of America (Wash.)--Photographs
- Tule Lake Relocation Center--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)