Pacific Northwest Poster Collection, 1962-2015

Overview of the Collection

Collector
University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division
Title
Pacific Northwest Poster Collection
Dates
1962-2015 (inclusive)
2007-2009 (bulk)
Quantity
1.89 cubic feet (9 boxes and 6 oversized folders)
86 oversized folders
Collection Number
6112 (Accession No. 6112-001)
Summary
Printed posters, mainly promoting events and exhibitions from various University of Washington departments and student groups, as well as non-profit organizations, commissions, and businesses from the Seattle, Washington area and other locations in the Pacific Northwest
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
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Printed posters, mainly promoting events and exhibitions from various University of Washington departments and student groups, as well as non-profit organizations, commissions, and businesses from the Seattle area and other locations in the Pacific Northwest.

Posters originally hung in Menache Israel's Central Office Supply store in Pioneer Square. These Seattle-area event posters from 1978-2003 include theater performances, music performances, exhibition openings at museums and galleries, visiting/touring performances, events at Seattle and Westlake Center, and festivals. Highlights include events by the Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony, the Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT Theatre in Seattle, Intiman Theatre in Seattle, Village Theatre in Issaquah, Folklife Festival, Seattle Art Museum, Museum of History and Industry, Burke Museum, Davidson Galleries, Seattle Central College, and the Pacific Science Center.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

Information regarding folder contents from Michael Israel donation forthcoming.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Copyrights retained by creator. Contact Special Collections for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in 12 series.

  • Series 1, University of Washington
  • Series 2, Other Colleges and Universities
  • Series 3, Washington Museums
  • Series 4, Washington Music and Theatre
  • Series 5, Seattle Transportation
  • Series 6, Entertainment Venues
  • Series 7, Washington Companies
  • Series 8, Miscellaneous
  • Series 9, Sports and Fitness
  • Series 10, Government
  • Series 11, Community Organizations
  • Series 12, Festivals and Events

Processing Note

Donation from Michael Israel hasn't been fully integrated into the inventory yet--it will be fully described at a later date. The general topics and extents of this added material has been added to the bottom of each relevant series along with a date span.

Acquisition Information

Donor: Jan Knutson, 2007 and Michael Israel (86 oversized folders), son of Menache Israel, on 2019-10-21. University of Washington Libraries exhibits posters separated out from University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division Files of Public Exhibits (Acc. 22-010). North Cascades Institute and USDA-Forest Service posters from North Cascades Conservation Council papers (Acc. 1732-015).

Purchase from Nick Aretakis (2 oversized folders) on 2016-10-21 added as an accrual into existing inventory.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Series 1:  University of WashingtonReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
African Students Association
Box
1
Afro Caribbean Night: Still I Rise!
2007
Alumni Association
Box
1
Washington Weekend: Explore, Enjoy, Celebrate!
2007
1
Staying Healthy in a Chemical World
Additional sponsors: UW Earth Initiative and UW Water Center
2007
1
Early Childhood Development Lecture Series
2007
1
Dawg Dash: Homecoming 2007
2007
American Indian Student Association
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
The King Island "Eskimo Dancers"
1975
Box
1
36th Annual First Nations Powwow
2007
7
Grupo Yawarmayo: Peruvian Scissor Dancers
2007
American Medical Student Association
Box
7
Take the First Step to becoming a Physician: Join AMSA.
2007
Associated Students of the University of Washington
Box
2
Hub Crawl
Additional sponsors: Student Activities and Union Facilities
2007
7
Commencement 2007
2007
7
ASUW is Hiring: Over 40 Jobs Currently Open
2007
7
Dandiya Nite 2007
Additional sponsors: Hindu YUVA
2007
7
Black History Month
Additional sponsors: Black Student Commission
2007
7
Print Sale
Additional sponsors: Printmaking Association
2007
7
Colin Meloy of the Decemberists with Sean Nelson
2008
7
Food, Labor, and Justice: Come Join Us at Our 2nd Annual Conference
Additional sponsors: Student Immigrant and Refugee Rights
2008
7
Maps 6th Annual Benefit Concert and Auction
Additional sponsors: Services and Activities Fee, Office of Multicultural Affairs, and Ethnic Cultural Center/Theatre
2008
7
Dawg Daze: Apply to Be a Dawg Daze Leader!
2008
7
Blue Scholars, Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground, Minus the Bear - Hosted by Judah Friedlander
2008
7
10th Annual Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival - Films, Speakers, Workshops
Additional sponsors: Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network, Seattle City Light, The Mountaineers, Seattle Climate Action Now, and King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks
2008
7
Spring Celebration of Service and Leadership
2008
7
Spring Career Fair: Careers and Internships
2008
7
Facing Climate Change: A Multimedia Presentation
Additional sponsors: Global Warming Solutions for America, Blue Earth Alliance, Benjamin Drummond, and Sara Joy Steele
2008
7
32nd Annual Faculty Lecture - Water, Energy and Life: Fresh Views from the Water's Edge
2008
2
UW Medal of Honor Memorial Dedication and Veterans Day Celebration
Additional sponsors: TriWest Healthcare Alliance
2009
7
Nanoethics: The Nanoethics Graduate Education Symposium
Additional sponsors: University of South Carolina
2009
7
UW Freshman Convocation
2009
7
UW Commencement
2009
Burke Museum
Box
7
Student Open House: Plateau Native Arts
Additional sponsors: UW Undergraduate Academic Affairs and Office of the Vice Provost for Student Life
2007
7
After Hours at the Burke: In Search of Giant Squid
2007
7
After Hours at the Burke
2007
7
Cruising the Fossil Freeway with Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll
2007
7
After Hours at the Burke: Yellowstone to Yukon - Freedom to Roam
2007
8
Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam - Photographs by Florian Schulz
Additional sponsors: The Mountaineers Books and Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
2007
7
Join us Autumn Quarter for a Seminar Exploring - Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam
Additional sponsors: UW Program on the Environment, Canadian Studies Center, The Mountaineers Books, Wilburforce Foundation, and UW College of Forest Resources
2008
8
Plateau Arts and Culture - Peoples of the Plateau: The Indian Photographs of Lee Moorhouse, 1898-1915 & This Place Called Home
2008
2
Coffee: The World in your Cup
2009
5
Cruising the Fossil Freeway with Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll
2009
College of Arts and Sciences
Box
7
UW Drama: Fall 2006 - Black Snow, Anton in Show Business, Romeo and Juliet
Additional sponsors: School of Drama
2006
1
Chamber Dance Company
Additional sponsors: UW Dance Program
2007
1
Emerald City Search: University of Washington's community quest celebrating the Seattle Art Museum's exhibit "Japan Envisions the West: 16th to 19th Century Japanese Art from Kobe City Museum"
Additional sponsors: UW Alumni Association and Hillel
2007
2
2007-08 UW World Series
Additional sponsors: UW World Series
2007
7
Dido and Aeneas
Additional sponsors: UW Schools of Music and Drama
2007
7
David Aubrun's - Proof
Additional sponsors: UW Undergraduate Theatre Society
2007
7
An Evening of Experimental Music with Wire Griot
Additional sponsors: Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media
2007
7
The Book of Liz
Additional sponsors: UW Undergraduate Theatre Society
2007
4
Faith and Finance: The Twin Pillars of American Politics
Additional sponsors: UW Alumni Association
2008
4
Dance Majors Concert 2008
Additional sponsors: UW Dance Program
2008
4
2008 History Lecture Series: JRR Tolkein - The Storyteller's Story
Additional sponsors: UW Alumni Association
2008
7
La Finta Giardiniera
Additional sponsors: UW Schools of Music and Drama
2008
7
Dancing in the Digital Domain
Additional sponsors: UW Dance Program, DXARTS, and Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media
2008
7
Angels in America - Part 1: The Millennium Approaches
Additional sponsors: Undergraduate Theatre Center
2008
7
The Heidi Chronicles
Additional sponsors: UW Undergraduate Theatre Society
2008
7
On the Razzle
Additional sponsors: UW Undergraduate Theatre Society
2008
7
Centennial Lecture Series: Beyond the American Point of View
Additional sponsors: UW Alumni Association
2008
7
An Evening of Digital Music, Video, and Dance
Additional sponsors: The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media
2008
7
The Crucible
Additional sponsors: UW Undergraduate Theatre Society
2008
7
Chiwoniso
Additional sponsors: UW World Series
2009
7
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Additional sponsors: UW World Series
2009
7
Eugene Onegin
Additional sponsors: UW School of Music
2009
7
The Two Orphans: A Melodrama
Additional sponsors: UW School of Drama
2009
8
School of Music University Symphony 2009-2010 Season
Additional sponsors: UW School of Music
2009
8
School of Music Choral Ensembles 2009-2010 Season
Additional sponsors: UW School of Music
2009
8
School of Music Concert Bands 2009-2010 Season
Additional sponsors: UW School of Music
2009
8
School of Music Barry Lieberman and Friends 2009-2010 Season
Additional sponsors: UW School of Music
2009
8
School of Music Visiting Arts Recital (Bora Ju, gayageum and Peter Joon Park, janggu) 2009-2010 Season
Additional sponsors: UW School of Music
2009
8
School of Music Percussion Ensembles 2009-2010 Season
Additional sponsors: UW School of Music
2009
8
The Peking Acrobats
Additional sponsors: UW World Series, IAI Presentations, and International Asia Inc.
2009
Department of Asian Languages and Literature
Box
5
David Knechtges: How to View a Mountain in Medieval China
Additional sponsors: Solomon Katz Distinguished Lectures in the Humanities
2009
Department of Astrobiology
Box
7
Life and the Universe
2009
Department of Engineering
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
UW Engineering Open House
Additional sponsors: UW Engineering Student Council
1962
Department of History
Box
7
Lives, History, Memory: The Spanish War 70 Years After
Additional sponsors: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Comparative History fo Ideas, Simpson Center for Humanities, Center for West European Studies, Samuel and Althea Stroum Jewish Studies Program, Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, and UW Global Studies
2009
Department of Philosophy
Box
7
Relief of Pain and Suffering: Too Little or Too Much?
Additional sponsors: The Program on Values in Society
2009
Department of Political Science
Box
7
War and Democracy: The Domestic Political Consequences of International Conflict
Additional sponsors: Institute for National Security Education and Research and Center for West European Studies
2008
Department of Psychology
Box
1
Psychology Lectures - Discovery and Healing: Research serving Humanity
2007
Earth Club
Box
7
Earth Week 2007
2007
Foster School of Business
Box
1
10th Anniversary Business Plan Competition
Additional sponsors: UW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2007
4
2008 Business Plan Competition
Additional sponsors: UW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2008
French Graduate Association
Box
7
French and Francophone Film Festival
2008
The Graduate School
Box
7
Culturalfest 2007
Additional sponsors: Foundation for International Understanding through Students at UW
2007
7
Graduate Fellowship Opportunities: Science, Math, Engineering, Social Sciences & Relate Fields
2008
7
US Energy Policy: Priorities for the Next Administration
2008
Global Medical Brigades
Box
7
Around the World Benefit Auction
2008
7
Under the Mayan Sun Silent Auction
2008
Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies
Box
7
Latin American Challenges to the Neo-Liberal Order
2007
7
Challenges to Fair Trade Conference
Additional sponsors: Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
2008
Henry Art Gallery
Box
4
Seeing the Unseen Exhibition
Additional sponsors: ArtsFund, 4Culture, National Endowment for the Arts, and Washington State Arts Commission
2005
1
An-my Le: Small Wars
2007
1
Viewfinder Exhibition
2007
5
Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light
Additional sponsors: Christie's
2007
7
Sanaa: Visionary Architecture and Design at the Henry
2007
7
Kim Jones: A Retrospective
2007
8
General Idea: Editions 1967-1995
Additional sponsors: Blackwood Gallery
2007
5
Polaroids: Mapplethorpe
2009
2
Jasper John's Light Bulb
2009
7
Panda: Jeffry Mitchell & Tivon Rice
2009
Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
Box
7
The Cold Rush: Arctic Energy
Additional sponsors: UW Canadian Studies Center, Center for Global Studies, Global Trade, Transportation & Logistic Studies, Program on the Environment, and Consulate General of Canada
2008
7
The Luce Lectures on Global Religion and Human Security: What's Religion got to do with Presidential Politics?
2008
7
The Changing Dynamics of US-Japan Relations: Strengthening our Relationship in the Years Ahead
Additional sponsors: The Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation
2008
7
The European Union After Enlargement: Policies and Politics in a New Context
Additional sponsors: European Union Center of Excellence, Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies, and Center for West European Studies
2008
4
Dynamics of Unity of Nations: APJ Abdul Kalam
Additional sponsors: UW South Asia Center
2009
Huskies Rowing
Box
4
23rd Annual Windermere Cup
2009
The Information School
Box
7
A Conference for the Emerging Information Professional: iEdge 2008 - Information Crafting our Future
Additional sponsors: ASIS&T UW Chapter and ALISS
2008
Khmer Student Association
Box
7
The Chronicles of Angkor
2008
Korean Student Association
Box
7
Crossing: Movie Tour
Additional sponsors: Link
2009
Libraries
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
Academic Libraries: Myths and Realities
Third National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Poster features a logo based on the Nootka legend of the woodpecker and the thunderbirds; typescript conference announcement included with poster summarizes the legend.
1984
OS Folder 1
Notable Washingtonians: An Exhibit
Additional sponsors: UW Special Collections
1985
Box
8
5000000 Volumes: University of Washington Libraries
1991
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
No Finer Site: UW's Early Years on Union Bay
Additional sponsors: UW Special Collections & Preservation Division
1995
Box
1
Frank Lloyd Wright: Selected Drawings
Additional sponsors: UW Special Collections & Preservation Division
1996
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
19th Century Americana: Selected Recent Acquisitions form the Hilen Collection
Additional sponsors: UW Special Collections & Preservation Division
1996
Box
3
"A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the United States Constitution" (A traveling exhibition)
Additional sponsors: American Library Association, National Museum of American History, and Smithsonian Institution
1997
6
Ancient Voices Speak: Recording Northwest Heritage
2004
7
Poetic Spaces: Photographs and Poetry of the Young living on the Margins of Calcutta
Additional sponsors: UW South Asia Center and Kalam: Margins Write
2007
7
Beyond Teleologies: Alternative Voices and Histories in Colonial Vietnam
Additional sponsors: Southeast Asian Center, College of Arts and Sciences, Simpson Center for Humanities, Henry M. Jackson School for International Studies, and Department of History
2007
7
Waters of Washington: Archives Month
Additional sponsors: Washington State Archives Month Coordinating Committee
2007
7
How Adelaide Hasse Got Fired: A Feminist History of Librarianship through the Story of One Difficult Woman, 1889-1953
Additional sponsors: The Information School, Department of Women's Studies, and Association for the Librarians of the University of Washington
2008
2
Symposium in Celebration of 30 Years of US-China Relations: China in America and America in China
Additional sponsors: UW Libraries East Asia Library, East Asia Center, Global Studies Center, and China Studies Program
2009
7
Shaping the UW's History: 100 Years after Seattle's First World's Fair
2009
7
Botanical Illustration: Art Meets Science
Additional sponsors: Libraries Excellence Fund
2009
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
Bridging Washington - Washington Archives Month
Additional sponsors: The National Archives at Seattle and Washington State Archives
2015
OS Folder 1
A Legacy of Public Service: An exhibit based on the papers of Warren G. Magnuson and Henry M. Jackson in the University of Washington Libraries
Additional sponsors: UW Publications Design
OS Folder 2
Western Books 1987: the 46th Exhibition of Distinguished Western Printing selected by the Rounce & Coffin Club of Los Angeles
September 6-30, 1988
OS Folder 2
Traveler's Memories: An Exhibition of Travelers' Accounts and Guidebooks, 1975-1925
March 24-June 12, 1987
OS Folder 2
Special Collections Selected Acquisitions 1981-1987
January-March, 1988
OS Folder 2
Vintage Print to Videodisc
October 1-December 31, 1988
OS Folder 2
Northwest Nights: Hotels and Lodging in the Northwest since 1850
June 20-September 4, 1988
OS Folder 2
Seattle in Flames! A Centennial Exhibition Commemorating the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889
June-August 1989
OS Folder 2
Western Books 1989: The 48th Exhibition Sponsored by the Rounce & Coffin Club of Los Angeles
September 4-October 4, 1990
OS Folder 2
1889: Year of Statehood
October 6-December 31, 1989
OS Folder 3
The Fascination of What's Difficult: The Life and Times of William Butler Yeats
January 15-April 15, 1990
OS Folder 2
Images of North American Indians: an exhibition of portraits from M'Kenney and Hall's History of the Indian Tribes of North America
May-June 1990
OS Folder 3
Endangered Theatres: Will the Show Go On?
October 14, 1991-January 15, 1992
OS Folder 2
1991 Western Books Exhibition sponsored by the Rounce and Coffin Club of Los Angeles
September 7-October 2, 1992
OS Folder 2
Poems by Mr. Gray; Drawings by Mr. Blake: the watercolor illustrations of the William Blake for the poems of Thomas Gray
April 20-June 21, 1992
OS Folder 2
"Main Street of the Northwest": the Railroad Influence
October 2-December 31, 1992
OS Folder 2
Fifty-first Annual Western Books Exhibition 1992: a traveling exhibit sponsored by the Rounce and Coffin Club
September 1-30, 1993
OS Folder 2
52nd Annual Western Books Exhibition 1993: a traveling exhibit sponsored by the Rounce & Coffin Club
September 1994
OS Folder 2
53rd Western Books Exhibition 1994
September 4-29, 1995
OS Folder 3
Route to Paradise: Women on the Oregon Trail
June 8-August 31, 1994
OS Folder 2
Yugoslavian Costume: A tribute to Blanche Payne
October 4-December 31, 1994
OS Folder 3
No Finer Site: UW's Early Years on Union Bay
October-December 1995
OS Folder 2
Let's Keep the Market: the 25th anniversary of the citizens initiative that saved the Market
July-August 1996
OS Folder 2
Capturing Color: Five hundred years of decorated paper
October 1-December 26, 1996
OS Folder 2
My Voyages Having Enabled Me to Compare the Different Nations: An Exhibit of Visual and Written Records of European Contact with Northwest Native Peoples
Autumn 1995-Winter 1996
OS Folder 2
55th Annual Western Books Exhibition: a traveling exhibit sponsored by the Rounce and Coffin Club, Los Angeles
September 2-October 3, 1997
OS Folder 2
Western Books Exhibition: the 56th Annual Exhibition, 1997
September 8-October 4, 1998
OS Folder 2
Curiouser & Curiouser: Alice in Special Collections' Attic
October 31-December 31, 1998
OS Folder 2
Salmon to Sushi, Lefse to Lattes: Pacific Northwest Foodways
November 1, 1998-January 19, 1999
OS Folder 3
Mount Rainier National Park: 100 Years of Paradise
January 22-March 25, 1999
OS Folder 2
Husky Football: Past to Present
December 1999-January 2000
OS Folder 3
From a Shadow No Larger than a Woman's Hand: An introduction to the Women's Suffrage Movement in the Northwest
April 15-June 23, 2000
OS Folder 3
Vistas of Green: the Olmsted Legacy in the University Neighborhood
May 1-August 29, 2003
OS Folder 2
Forty Years in the Woods: the Northwest Logging Photography of Clark Kinsey
January 7-March 19, 2004
OS Folder 3
"Travels to the source…": an Exploration of the Literature of Lewis & Clark
December 2005-January 2006
OS Folder 3
Our Market Century: an exhibit on the Pike Place Market 1907-2007
June 11-August 24, 2007
OS Folder 2
Shaping the UW"s History: 100 Years After "Seattle's First World's Fair"
2009
Micronesian Islands Club
Box
7
Micronesia: Our Heritage, Our Islands, Our Future - Reducing our Environmental Footprint for a Propitious Tomorrow
2008
Office of Minority and Diversity Affairs
Box
7
An Evening with Michael Benitez, JR: Redefining Activism in the Age of Conformity
Additional sponsors: Ethnic Cultural Center/Theatre
2008
7
Enriching the Academy: Diversity Research at the University of Washington
Additional sponsors: Diversity Research Institute
2008
Program on Climate Change
Box
7
The Ocean and Climate Change: Exciting Stories, Realistic Problems, and the Future
2008
7
Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America
2008
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Box
7
Sustainable Fisheries: Where Sustainability Meets Reality
2007
School of Art, Art History & Design
Box
8
UW Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Additional sponsors: UW Master of Fine Arts
2008
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Box
7
Satellite Tracking Albatrosses: Inter-specific Differences in Distribution and Marine Habitat Use and the Influence of Aerodynamics
Additional sponsors: Wildlife Science Seminar
2009
4
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
Additional sponsors: Washington Commission for the Humanities, The Wilderness Society, and UW College of Forest Resources
School of Medicine
Box
7
Discover Medical School
2008
Simpson Center for the Humanities
Box
1
Solomon Katz Distinguished Lectures in the Humanities - Derek Attridge: Reading and Responsibility
2007
7
UW Inventions of the Imagination: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Imaginary since Romanticism
Additional sponsors: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Max Kade Foundation, Center for West European Studies, Department of Germanic, Comparative Literature, and Philosophy, and College of Arts and Sciences
2007
7
Critical Medical Humanities Lecture Series: Placing Global Health
2007
7
Collecting the Museum: A Film Festival
2007
7
Solomon Katz Distinguished Lectures in the Humanities - Vincent L. Rafael: Translation in Wartime
2007
7
Mike Davis: Who will Build the Ark? - The Architectural Imagination in an Age of Catastrophic Convergence
Additional sponsors: UW College of Arts and Sciences
2008
7
Queer Worlds (Lecture Series)
2008
7
Popular Culture and The Arts in Africa
Additional sponsors: UW College of Arts and Sciences
2008
6
Metropolis & Micropolitics: South Asia's Sutured Cities
Additional sponsors: South Asia National Resource Center and Institute for Transnational Studies
2009
8
Gospel Choir Fall Concert
2009
Students for Equal Health
Box
7
3rd Annual Summit of Health Inequality: Empower - Translating Knowledge into Action
2008
Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Box
4
11th Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium
Additional sponsors: UW Research Program, Undergraduate Academic Affairs, Office of Research, and Mary Gates Endowment for Students
2007
7
Field Notes from a Catastrophe (Man, Nature, and Climate Change) live! with Elisabeth Kolbert
Additional sponsors: UW Common Book
2007
7
An Evening with author Luis Urrea
Additional sponsors: UW Common Book, First Year Programs, and UW Alumni Association
2008
Undergraduate Research Program
Box
1
10th Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium
Additional sponsors: UW Research Program, Office of Research, and Mary Gates Endowment for Students
2007
E46
Michael Israel donation
5 folders
Includes posters related to the following entities: Burke Museum, Henry Art Gallery, Meany Hall, Ethnic Theatre.
1980-2001

Series 2:  Other Colleges and UniversitiesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Asha for Education
Box
7
The Famous Indian Rock Fusion Band: Indian Ocean - Live in Concert
2009
Cornish College of the Arts
Box
1
Cornish Music Series 2007
Additional sponsors: Earshot Jazz Festival
2007
Pierce College Puyallup
Box
7
Byron Hurt: Beyond Beats & Rhymes
2009
Seattle University
Box
7
Bloody Henry
Additional sponsors: Brian Kooser
2009
E46
Michael Israel donation
6 folders
Includes posters related to the following entities: Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle Central Community College, Bellevue Community College, Everett Community College, University of Puget Sound, Seattle University.
1980-2001

Series 3:  Washington MuseumsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Bellevue Art Museum
Box
1
Preview the Exhibition: All Gods Children and A Look Within
Additional sponsors: Poncho and Bellevue Arts Commission
1993
EMP Museum
Box
7
Spaced Out: The Final Frontier in Album Covers
2009
Historic Seattle
folder:oversize
OS Folder 5
Faces of Seattle
undated
Linda Farris Gallery
Box
7
My Neighbor, The Stadium: An Artful Welcome to the Kingdome
1976
Makah Cultural and Research Center
Box
3
At Ozette, ending have become beginnings. From Ozette comes new understanding.
Pacific Science Center
Box
5
April 1-5, 2009: Spring Fling
Additional sponsors: The Northwest Herpetological Society
2009
7
Earth Revealed: A View of Our Planet from Space
2009
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Box
5
Zoolights: Recapture the Magic
2009
Sacred Circle Gallery
Box
3
Emmi Whitehorse: Indian Artists of the 1980s Show
1983
Seattle Aquarium
Box
4
Sound Conversations at the Seattle Aquarium
2009
5
Sound Conversations at the Seattle Aquarium with Jeff Renner
2009
Seattle Art Museum
Box
2
Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act
2009
Tacoma Art Museum
Box
2
Adornable Bodies Wanted
2009
Washington State History Museum
Box
2
In the Spirit: Northwest Native Arts Market & Festival
Additional sponsors: The Longhouse Education & Cultural Center at Evergreen State College
2009
Woodland Park Zoo
Box
3
Emerald City Search: University of Washington's community quest celebrating the Woodland Park Zoo and the "Year of the Frog"
Additional sponsors: Seattle Times
2008
8
Becu Zootunes
Additional sponsors: Carter Subaru
2009
E47-49
Michael Israel donation
23 folders
Includes posters related to the following entities: Bellevue Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, Museum of History and Industry, Pacific Science Center, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle Art Musem, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Wing Luke Museum, Nordic Heritage Museum, COCA, Vancouver Art Gallery, Museum of Glass, Center for Wooden Boats, The Public Art Space, Davidson Galleries, Stonington Gallery, Kimzey Miller Gallery, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Northwest Gallery of Fine Woodworking, Silver Image Gallery.
1980-2002

Series 4:  Washington Music and TheatreReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
5th Avenue Theatre
Box
2
Catch Me if You Can
2009
8
White Christmas the Musical
2009
A Contemporary Theatre
Box
2
Das Barbecu
2009
4
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2009
Bicycle Film Festival
Box
7
Bicycle Film Festival
Additional sponsors: 42 Below
2009
Book-it Repertory Theatre
Box
2
Emma
2009
Bumbershoot
Box
7
Seattle's Music and Arts Festival: Bumbershoot 2009
Additional sponsors: Samsung Mobile
2009
Icicle Creek Music Center
Box
7
Icicle Creek International Chamber Music Festival: Chamber Music in the Cascades
2009
International Ballet Theatre
Box
7
The Nutcracker
2009
Intiman Theatre Company
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
Peter Pan
1992
Great Music Weekend
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
4th Annual Great Music Weekend
Additional sponsors: KZOK (102.5 FM & 1600 AM)
1977
Grunge and Rock shows
1983-1993
folder:oversize
OS Folder 6
Bret Hartman Presents Heir Apparent with very special Guests: Gypsy Rose and the legendary Lether Spung
undated
OS Folder 6
Mother Love Bone
1988
OS Folder 6
The Vogue Soundgarden and Feast
1987
OS Folder 6
Soundgarden Skin Yard H-Hour
1987
OS Folder 6
Malfunkshun
undated
OS Folder 6
All Ager Rager
2014
OS Folder 6
Holy war cadets present a Halloween Party with Dr. Know
undated
OS Folder 6
Green River The Melvins Grey Door Locals 'R' Gang False Liberty
1984
OS Folder 6
Skin Yard Record Release Party Malfunkshun My Eye
2 pages
undated
OS Folder 6
From Italy... Raw Power stark raving MAD The Melvins Skank Puppies
undated
OS Folder 6
Soundgarden Blood Circus with special guest Eagle Park Slim
undated
OS Folder 6
From Seattle, Washington Nirvana
1989
OS Folder 6
The Accused Oily Bloodmen Morphius All ages
1988
OS Folder 6
Mother Love Bone Spades Satisfaction Monkey
1988
OS Folder 6
Nirvana Nevermind U.S. Tour
1991
OS Folder 6
Malfunkshun lyrics
3 pages
1983
OS Folder 6
S.O.S. Productions Present…They're Back…from Seattle...Accused and, from L.A. Cryptic Slaughter with Wehrmacht and…from Seattle…False Liberty
1986
OS Folder 6
Sacharine Trust Green River Hell Cows Death Midgets
undated
OS Folder 6
Fallout Records and Skateboards presents Back to school with a vengeance metal blade recording artists Dr. Know Poison Idea The accused Melvins False Liberty
1986
OS Folder 6
KMCU welcomes Redd Kross Soundgarden
undated
OS Folder 6
All The Way Live!!! Malfunksun with the Melvins from Olympia Metal Death Squad and from Seattle 64 Spiders
undated
OS Folder 6
Malfunkshun 333
undated
OS Folder 6
Punk Rock Mondays Presents the Thornes also Annonymous
undated
OS Folder 6
Holy War Cadets and KCMU welcome D.O.A. from Winnipeg The Unwanted from Olympia Immoral Roberts Green River D-SM-L
undated
OS Folder 6
Skin Yard Record Release Part-tay with ADRD and!!! Special guest Landrew the Love Child from Olympia
undated
OS Folder 6
"Metal" From Japan Loudness
undated
OS Folder 6
Poison Idea + Special Guest
1992
OS Folder 6
A day of fun in the sun with, Final Warning also appearing Oily Bloodmen + Death Midget
undated
OS Folder 6
Malfunksun
undated
Medieval Women's Choir
Box
7
Feliz Navidad: A Concert of Spanish Christmas Music
2009
Monktail Creative Music Concern
Box
7
4th Annual Free: Sounds Outside
2009
Northwest Associated Arts
Box
7
An Evening with David Sedaris
Additional sponsors: The Stranger
2009
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Box
7
Discover Dance: A Portrait of Community
2008
5
Director's Choice: Petite Mort, Mopey, the Seasons, West Side Story Suite
Additional sponsors: Boeing
2009
5
The Nutcracker
2009
7
Discover Dance
2009
Paramount Theatre
Box
8
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
2009
4
Shen Yun Divine Performing Arts
Additional sponsors: Falun Dafa Association of Washington and New Tang Dynasty Celebration
2009
Printer's Devil Theatre
Box
5
Keefee's House of Cards
2009
Seattle Arts and Lectures
Box
7
Seattle Arts and Lectures 2008-2009 Season
2009
Seattle Children's Theatre
Box
2
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
2009
5
A Tale of Two Cities
2009
Seattle Choral Company
Box
7
Mozart's Mass in C Minor
2009
Seattle Men's Chorus
Box
6
Seattle Men's Chorus Salutes the Movies
1988
5
Seattle Men's Chorus: Santa Baby
2009
Seattle Public Theatre
Box
7
Santa Land Diaries & The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
2009
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Box
5
Opus
2009
Seattle Symphony
Box
7
Handel's Messiah
2009
Seattle Theatre Group
Box
2
Gregory Maqoma: Beautiful Me
Additional sponsors: Vuyani Dance Theatre
2009
Sound Theatre Company
Box
7
Top Girls
2009
Strawberry Theatre Workshop
Box
2
The Elephant Man
2009
Ursa Major Theatre Company
Box
7
How to Be Cool: An original comedy about music, monkeys, and the Culture of Cool
2009
Wing-it Productions
Box
7
A comedic look at love, lust, and marriage by the cupids at Jet City Improv: Dirty Laundry
Additional sponsors: Jet City Improv
2009
7
Lovetanic
2009
E49-51
Michael Israel donation
29 folders
Includes posters related to the following entities: 5th Avenue Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, The Bathhouse Theater, Intiman Theatre Company, Issaquah Village Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Children's Theatre, Seattle Men's Chorus, Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony, Renton Civic Theatre, Empty Space Theatre, Pioneer Square Theatre, Skid Row Theatre, New City Theatre, Northwest Chamber Orchestra, Moore Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Seattle Opera House, Conservatory Theatre Company, Civic Light Opera, Brass Ring Theatre, Seattle Rep Theatre, Jazz Port Townsend, Annex Theatre, Poncho Theatre, Center Stage (Mercer Island), Langston Hughes Center.
1980-2002

Series 5:  Seattle TransportationReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Seattle Metro
Box
6
Metro's Transit Works and Fun Map
1974
Sound Transit
Box
2
Travel Light - Central Link Light Rail: Enjoy Free Train Rides and Entertainment during the Opening Weekend July 18 & 19
2009

Series 6:  Entertainment VenuesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Center City Cinema
Box
7
Free Outdoors Movies in the Park
2009
KEXP
Box
2
Concerts at the Mural
2009
Seattle Center
Box
3
Northwest Folklife Festival
2009
5
Seattle Center Winterfest
2009
Westlake Center
Box
7
The 23rd Annual Great Figgy Pudding Street Corner Caroling Competition
Additional sponsors: Starbucks, Morgan Sound, Daily Journal of Commerce, Warm 106.9 FM, and Pike Place Market
2009
E53
Michael Israel donation
5 folders
Includes posters related to the following entities: Westlake Center, Seattle Center, Pioneer Square, Pike Place Market, Omnidome.
1980-2002

Series 7:  Washington CompaniesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
1904 Restaurant/Wine Bar
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
1904 Restaurant/Wine Bar
undated
Microsoft
Box
2
South Lake Union Block Party
2009

Series 8:  MiscellaneousReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
ALASKA!
Box
3
ALASKA!
Additional sponsors: Litho in USA
undated
An Everyday Story: Norwegian Women's Fiction
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
An Everyday Story: Norwegian Women's Fiction
undated
Benjamin Franklin: Innovative American
Box
7
Benjamin Franklin: Innovative American
Additional sponsors: The Interactive History Co. and Hardwick and Sons, Inc.
2006
The Botshabelo Project
Box
3
The Botshabelo Project: Angels in the Dust
2008
Canada's Northwest Boreal Forest
folder:oversize
OS Folder 5
Plants Used by Aboriginal People in Canada's Northwest Boreal Forest
2000
Don Quixote in His Library: After an Engraving by Gustave Dore
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
Don Quixote in His Library: After an Engraving by Gustave Dore
1973
Gracki
Box
7
Grackl
2009
No Smoking Please (with Geese)
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
No Smoking Please (with Geese)
Creator: Dave Funk/Outright Graphics
1979
Objects of Bright Pride
Box
3
Objects of Bright Pride: Barry Herem
undated
Prince William Sound
Box
6
Prince William Sound (Autographed)
undated
Sealaska Corporation
Box
3
Sealaska Corporation: A Growing Tradition
Designer: C. Jorgensen
1982
Street Scramble
Box
7
Street Scramble: 30 locations are circled on a neighborhood map. On foot or bike. How many can you visit in 90 minutes? In 3 hours?
2009
Winterfilm Collective
Box
6
Winter Soldier: They Risked Everything to Tell the Truth
Additional sponsors: Vietnam Veterans against the War
undated
E53
Michael Israel donation
7 folders
Includes posters related to the following topics: Sports and Fitness, KCTS/9, Art schools, Radio, UW Press, Travel.
1978-2004

Series 9:  Sports and FitnessReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Boardwalk Run/Walk Fitness Carnival
Box
7
4th Annual Boardwalk Run/Walk Fitness Carnival
Additional sponsors: Treeswing and Seattle Children's Hospital
2009
Lilac Bloomsday Run
folder:oversize
OS Folder 1
Lilac Bloomsday Run
undated
Seattle Mariners
Box
3
Welcome Back Jr.
undated
Seattle Sounders
Box
4
2009 Inaugural Season Schedule
2009

Series 10:  GovernmentReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Committee for Efficiency and Fairness in Public Safety
Box
7
No New Jailhouse Rock: Initiative 100 Signature Gathering Party
Additional sponsors: Committee for Efficiency and Fairness in Public Safety, Real Change Organizing Project, and Seattle Education Access
2009
Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
Box
7
Langston Hughes African American Film Festival
Additional sponsors: Lucky Seven Foundation, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, 4 Culture, and Safeco Insurance
2009
7
City Hall becomes Concert Hall; Free at Noon
2009
8
Summertime becomes Showtime
2009
8
Holiday Concerts, Good Tidings, Great Music, Free at Noon
2009
Tukwila Parks and Recreation
Box
7
9th Annual Backyard Wildlife Festival
Additional sponsors: National Wildlife Federation, Tukwila Life, King Conservation District, and REI
2009
National Park Service/Forest Service
folder:oversize
OS Folder 4
Recreation Opportunity Spectrum-Pacific Northwest Region United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Forest Service
undated
Box
9
The North Cascades (National Parks Service Department of the Interior)
undated
9
North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake, Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas, Washington
undated

Series 11:  Community OrganizationsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Break Free PNW
folder:oversize
OS Folder 5
Mass Action Against Fossil Fuels
2019
Equal Rights Amendment
folder:oversize
OS Folder 5
Volunteers Please Complete Card for Each Category of Interest and File in Box
undated
OS Folder 5
HJR 61 Yes Equal Right Amendment
1972
Eastside Nihon Matsuri Association
Box
8
12th Annual Aki Matsuri: A Japanese Fall Festival
2009
Global Oneness Project
Box
4
The New Narrative: Local Voices for a Global Future
2009
Milal Mission in Seattle
Box
7
Milal Night: Unending Love (So Hyang, Sujin Jung)
2009
North Cascades Institute
folder:oversize
OS Folder 4
North Cascades Institute: Celebrating the Natural and Cultural Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest
1996
Sierra Club
folder:oversize
OS Folder 4
The Wild Cascades
undated
Stroum Jewish Community Center
Box
7
Seattle Jewish Film Festival
2009
The People's Summit
Box
7
Global Justice Forward
2009
YWCA
Box
4
Inspire YWCA Luncheon
2009

Series 12:  Festivals and EventsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
folder:oversize
OS Folder 4
Seattle International Children's Festival
Donated by Andrea Wagner, 12 May 2022
1996
E51-52
Michael Israel donation
11 folders
Includes posters related to the following events: Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Olympic Music Festival, Bellevue Jazz Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Northwest Folklife Festival, Northwest Flower and Garden Show.
1980-2003

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Community organization--Washington (State)--Posters
  • Museums--Washington (State)--Posters
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
  • Student activities--Washington (State)--Seattle--Posters
  • Student unions--Washington (State)--Seattle--Posters
  • Theaters--Washington (State)--Posters

Corporate Names

  • Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture--Posters
  • Henry Art Gallery--Posters
  • University of Washington--Anniversaries, etc.--Posters
  • University of Washington--Departments--Posters
  • University of Washington--Students--Posters
  • University of Washington. College of Arts and Sciences--Posters
  • Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities--Posters

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • University of Washington. Libraries. Special Collections Division, (collector)