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Roy Savage prints, posters, and photographs, 1970s-2000s
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Savage, Roy
- Title
- Roy Savage prints, posters, and photographs
- Dates
- 1970s-2000s (inclusive)19702010
- Quantity
- 1 box of photographs plus 5 oversize folders of posters
- Collection Number
- PH2016-068
- Summary
- Prints, posters and photographs made by Roy Savage, a union member and progressive activist
- 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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No restrictions on access.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Roy Savage was an artist, photographer, union member, and progressive activist. He worked as a member of the Service Employees International Union, Local 6 as a janitor at Renton High School and wrote for the SEIU union newspaper for his school "Renton 6 News: Custodians & Grounds".
Savage was an organizer of the Solidarity Day picnic in the Seattle area for years. Savage also provided sound for many labor, social justice, and protest events in the Seattle area.
Savage died of a heart attack in his late 60s.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains issues of this publications, as well as photographs taken mostly by Savage as well as fellow labor activist Earl George. Photographs include various labor and peace movement actions, including a labor movement commoration of Paul Robeson's famous concert at Peace Park on the US-Canada border and various Solidarity march and picnic photographs.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1-3 | Photographs | undated |
| 1/4 | Renton 6 News | 1990 |
| 1/5 | SEIU 6 News | 1990 |
| 1/5 | Pamphlet: Stop the Klan | undated |
| 1/5 | Flier: Let's Celebrate Labor Day | 1986 |
| folder:oversize | ||
| 2 | Poster: Vote Ralph Nader for President | 2000 |
| 2 | Poster: U.S. Out of South Africa | undated |
| 2 | Poster: Stop U.S. Intervention in the Middle East | undated |
| 2 | Poster: Stop Union Busting | undated |
| 2 | Poster: Money for AIDS Research | undated |
| 3 | Poster: Embargo South Africa Not Nicaragua | undated |
| 3 | Poster: For Jobs, Peace and an End to Racism Elect a Worker Elmer Kistler for Rep. 35th Dist | undated |
| 3 | Poster: Lift the Ban Let Winnie Mandela Return Home | undated |
| 3 | Poster: Youth Need Jobs! Not Bakke National Action for Jobs for Youth | April 8, 1978 |
| 3 | Poster: Meet & Hear Angela Davis "Affirmative Action-Let's Fight For it!" | undated |
| 4 | Poster: Money for Jobs Not War | undated |
| 4 | Poster: No U.S. Intervention in Central America | undated |
| 4 | Poster: Full Job & Housing Rights | undated |
| 4 | Poster: Remove the South African Consulate | undated |
| 4 | Poster: Stop the Stall at City Hall | undated |
| 4 | Poster: Boycott South African Cargo | undated |
| 4 | Poster: Peace Jobs & Justice | undated |
| 5 | Poster: SEIU For Mondale In 84 | 1984 |
| 5 | Poster: End the Nuclear Arms Race | undated |
| 5 | Poster: End the Arms Race Take the First Step at Geneva | undated |
| 5 | Poster: U.S. Out of Grenada | undated |
| 5 | Poster: End the Nuclear Arms Race | undated |
| 5 | Poster: End Racism | undated |
| 5 | Poster: Human Needs Not Military Greed | undated |
| 6 | Poster: AFL CIO Farmworkers Make the Growers Negotiate Boycott Head Lettuce | undated |
| 6 | Poster: AFL CIO Farmworkers Make Sun Harvest Negotiate Boycott Chiquita | undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Artists--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Labor movement--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Labor union members--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Labor unions--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Labor--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Savage, Roy--Archives
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington), host institution (creator)
