Maxine Cushing Gray papers

Maxine Cushing Gray papers, 1930-1987

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Gray, Maxine Cushing
Title: Maxine Cushing Gray papers
Dates: 1930-1987 (inclusive)
19301987
Quantity: 15.17 cubic feet (27 boxes) plus 2 sound cassettes and 7 sound tape reels
Collection Number: 2682 (Accession No. 2682-001)
Summary: Papers of Maxine Cushing Gray (1909-1987), a local Seattle arts critic, editor, writer, advocate, and watchdog
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

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Maxine Cushing Gray (1909-1987) was a local Seattle arts critic, editor, writer, advocate, and watchdog. She was very involved in the Pacific Northwest arts scene and worked tirelessly on causes such as Native American arts, arts education in Seattle schools, and funding for artists. Some of the things she did over her long arts career included being a prominent member of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), an arts critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, an editor for the Argus arts weekly, and publisher and editor of the arts journal Northwest Arts. She was nicknamed The Tweed Hornet for her “because of her capacity to sting in print” according to historylink. "I have certain things I believe in, and I cling to them," Maxine told The Seattle Times. "The importance of regionalism in the arts, supporting local artists, public accountability among arts institutions" (November 4, 1981). There is currently a University of Washington fellowship in her name called the Maxine Cushing Gray Visiting Writers Fellowship.

Resources Used:

http://www.lib.washington.edu/support/endowments/gray
http://crosscut.com/2007/11/the-darkening-northwest-imagination/
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=11119

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Maxine Cushing Gray's papers include an extensive collection of correspondence consisting of letters to and from her family, friends, colleagues, and organizations. The collection also contains materials documenting her involvement in the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) where she was a member of the Indian Rights Committe; her time as reporter for the Argus, a weekly newspaper; her involvment in the Holiday Dance Concert and Northwest Dance Theatre; her founding of Northwest Art, a local arts magazine; and her support of Native American arts. There is also material related to her life prior to moving to Seattle in 1941. Lastly, is correspondence, sketches, and drawings from Glen LaFontaine, an artist of American Indian (Cree) descent.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights retained. Contact repository for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 9 series.

Series 1, Correspondence, 1949-1987
Series 2, ACLU, 1967-1971
Series 3, Address books, 1939-1976
Series 4, Argus, 1964-1984
Series 5, Dance, 1956-1973
Series 6, Native American Affairs, 1950s-1970s
Series 7, Northwest Arts, 1968-1987
Series 8, Pre-Seattle, 1930-1942
Series 9, Glen LaFontaine, 1968-1970, undated

Acquisition Information

Received in several donations from Maxine Cushing Gray and the Estate of Maxine Cushing Gray, 1977-2004

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series 1: Correspondence, 1949-1987Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1: Family Correspondence
Box/Folder
1/1-8	Dick Cushing	1949-1987
1/9	Jeffrey (And Vickie) Cushing	1965-1974
1/10	Lincoln Cushing	1972-1975
1/11-13	Donovan and Jane Gray	1967-1973
1/14-17	Donovan Gray	1974-1987
1/18	Stanley Gray and Family	1964-1982
	Subseries 2: General Correspondence
Box/Folder
2/1	A, General	1967-1987
2/2	Alden, Grant	1984-1987
2/3	Alpert, Bill	1976-1983
2/4	Arreguin, Alfredo	1986-1987
2/5	Arpino, Gerald	1975-1984
2/6	B	1970-1986
2/7	Bacon, Ernst	1970-1987
2/8	Balazs, Harold	1976-1979
2/9	Barnard, Carol P.	1969-1986
2/10	Barnett, Arthur and Virginia	1968-1987
2/11	Bassetti, Fred	1976
2/12	Bauer, Harry C.	1975-1976
2/13	Beauchamp, Marc	1975-1987
2/14	Benson, Mary Ellen	1976-1980
2/15	Berger, David	1978-1980
2/16	Blaine, John	1976-1987
2/17	Blassingham, Ellen	1981-1987
2/18	Bloedel, Prentice	1972-1984
2/19	Bollinger, Charles W.	1976
2/20	Boris, Ruthanna	1984-1986
2/21	Bounds, Doris	1982-1986
2/22	Braham, J.D	1963-1970
2/23	Bray, Ina	1976-1983
2/24	Brewster, David	1976
2/25	Brovillet, Frank	1973-1976
2/26	C	1963-1987
2/27	Callahen, Kenneth	1971-1979
2/28	Cavalli, Harriet	1976-1986
2/29	Chiarelli, James	1984
2/30	Cohen, Joelle	1983-1985
2/31	Cravath, Ruth	1958-1973
3/1	D	1963-1986
3/2	Dacy, Mignon	1956-1985
3/3	De Obarrio de Sevilla, Carmen	1969-1982
3/4	Doty, Marion	1956-1974
3/5	Doub, William C.	1956-1987
3/6	Doughty, Nanelia	1975-1986
3/7	E	1954-1885
3/8	Earl, Bill (William)	1965-1974
3/9	Easterly, Agnes	1968-1984
3/10	Edwards, Richard Allen	1979-1987
3/11	Emmal, Geneva	1963-1972
3/12	Eckstein, Joanna	1977
3/13	Emory, Meade	1978-1987
3/14	Evans, Erica	1966-1987
3/15	F	1965-1987
3/16	Falls, Gregory	1976-1986
3/17	Fejes, Claire	1973-1987
3/18	Finley, Werdna	1968-1981
3/19	Finn, Robert	1982-1983
3/20	Fisher, Marjory	1966-1984
3/21	Fletcher, Martha	1983-1987
3/22	Friedlander, Paul	1965-1979
3/23	G	1968-1987
3/24	Gereben, Janos	1977-1983
3/25	Godfrey, Susan	1975-1986
4/1	Golberg, Peggy	1982-1985
4/2	Green, Eva and Green, Nancy	1976-1987
4/3	Guzzo, Louis	1977-1983
4/4	H	1965-1987
4/5	Haaga, Agnes	1970-1983
4/6	Harrington, Dick/LaMar/Kevin	1974-1981
4/7	Hawthorn, Maggie	1984-1985
4/8	Heppner, Phil	1977-1984
4/9	Hyams, Barry	1978-1987
4/10	I	1964-1983
4/11	Israel, Norm	1968-1972
4/12	J	1968-1986
4/13	Joffrey, Robert	1986
4/14	K	1962-1985
4/15	Keating, Elizabeth	1985-1987
4/16	Kepner, Rita	1978-1981
4/17	King, Eleanor	1963-1984
4/18	Koenig, John Franklin	1979-1986
4/19	Koskinen-Coburn, Susan	1985-1986
4/20	Krahl, Bob	1969-1976
4/21	L	1965-1986
4/22	La Fontaine, Glen	1963-1972
4/23	Lacy, Barbara	1976-1987
4/24	Layman, Sandra	1985-1986
5/1	Levine, Mary	1982-1984
5/2	Lew, Karen	1980-1986
5/3	Littler, William	1968-1983
5/4	Loeb, Erica/Lucie	1976-1986
5/5	M	1960-1987
5/6	Marois, Mildred	1968-1969
5/7	Mathieson, Karen	1987
5/8	Mayer, Jack	1968-1982
5/9	Mc	1963-1987
5/10	McAllister, Susan	1978-1981
5/11	McBride, Del	1984-1985
5/12	McCabe, Rachelle and Robin	1973-1986
5/13	MacDonald, Gary	1974-1978
5/14	Mee, Nancy	1984
5/15	N	1965-1987
5/16	Nelson, Jan	1968-1986
5/17	O	1968-1987
5/18	Odegaard, Charles	1967-1972
5/19	Olbrantz, John	1987
5/20	Ott, Linda/Margaret and Family	1972-1985
5/21	P	1967-1987
5/22	Penfield, Kedzie	1985
5/23	Pontzious, Richard	1977-1981
5/24	Porter, Peggy	1975-1976
5/25	Puccinelli, Raimendo (Raymond) and Ester	1979-1985
5/26	R	1965-1987
5/27	Randlev, Karen	1983
5/28	Recordon, Susanne	1986
6/1	Reyes, Lawney	1978
6/2	Robinson, Anne Grosvenor	Undated
6/3	Robinson, Earl	1975-1987
6/4	Robinson, John	1968-1987
6/5	Rogers, William (Bill)	1966-1986
6/6	S	1960-1987
6/7	S continued	1965-1987
6/8	Schneebeck, Edwin	1969
6/9	Schonberg, Harold	1963
6/10	Schotten, Yizhak	1982
6/11	Seyfried, Jean	1984-1985
6/12	Sharni, Pamela	1986
6/13	Shaw, David	1976-1982
6/14	Siegel, Anne	1983-1984
6/15	Smith, Janie	1986-1987
6/16	Stultz, Patrick	1984-1987
6/17	T	1959-1983
6/18	Tabor, Troy	1981-1986
6/19	Thiry, Paul	1964-1976
6/20	Thompson, Margaret	1968
6/21	Triem, Eve	1975-1979
6/22	U-V	1975-1984
6/23	Uhlman, Wes	1974-1977
6/24	Voorhees, John	1968-1983
6/25	W	1971-1987
6/26	Wehr, Wes	1974-1986
6/27	Wells, Mary Ann	1969-1983
6/28	Weslow, William	1972-1974
6/29	Whetzel, Judith	1978-1981
6/30	Whistler, Elizabeth Schweppe	1976
6/31	Widditsch, Ann	1975-1982
6/32	Wikarski, Cordelia	1983-1984
6/33	Williams, Cay	1980-1985
6/34	Wright, Clifford	1986-1987
6/35	Wyman, Max	1983-1986
6/36	Y	1972-1987
6/37	Unknown Correspondence	1957-1985
	Subseries 3: Organization Correspondence
Box/Folder
7/1	A Alliance of Three Arts: Dance/Theatre/Fashion; Arts Council of Southern Oregon; American Theatre Critics Association; Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies; Associated Councils of the Arts	1965-1987
7/2	A Contemporary Theater (ACT)	1965-1984
7/3	Alaska: Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Arts Council	1982-1986
7/4	Alaska State Council on the Arts John Blaine	1975-1982
7/5	All City Modern Dance Group	1969
7/6	Allied Arts Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Yakima	1960s-1980s
7/7	American Council for the Arts	1987
7/8	and/or	1978-1984
7/9	Arts Education (mixed)	1960s-1970s
7/10	Arts Fund Committee	1986
7/11	Arts for Youth Council	1969-1973
7/12	B Ballet British Columbia; Ballet Review; Battelle Northwest; Bigfork Summer Playhouse; Bothell	1965-1987
7/13	Bellevue Bellevue Playbarn; Bellevue Allied Arts Council; Bellevue Art Museum; Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra. Photographs	1960s-1980s
7/14	Bumbershoot Festival: Declassified Art	1973-1984
7/15	Burke Museum	1983-1989
7/16	C Centrum Press; Cirque playhouse; Classical Music Supporters inc.; Conservatory of Music - University of Missouri;	1961-1987
7/17	Caprezio Dance Foundation Including Ben Sommers, Caprezio Dance Award: Walter Terry, International Dance Alliance and International Dance Week	1980s
7/18	Caravan Stage Company	1984
7/19	Chamber Music Northwest	1976-1984
7/20	City Club News	1984-1985
7/21	Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines	1975-1977
7/22	The Cornish Institute	1964-1986
7/23	Cultural Assistance Center	1987
7/24	Discover Dance	1981-1984
7/25	Empty Space Theatre	1981-1983
7/26	Encore Publishing	1976-1983
7/27	Eugene Arts Foundation	1981
8/1	Eugene Performing Arts Center (Hult)	1982-1983
8/2	Evergreen State College	1970-1982
8/3	F Fifth Avenue Record Shop; Fisher Gallery	1982-1987
8/4	Federal Trade Commission	1972
8/5-7	Ford Foundation Grant Includes correspondence, documents, articles, and congratulatory letters	1962-1967
8/8	Forest Meadows Festival	1976
8/9	Fred Meyer Charitable Trust
8/10	Getty Museum - Scandals	1987
8/11	Graywolf Press	1984
8/12	Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians	1971-1981
8/13	Government: Events and Correspondence City of Seattle; Governor's Conference on Design for Washington; Governor's Writers Day; House of Representatives; Mayor of Vancouver B.C.; Secretary of State; State of Alaska Lieutenant Governor; State of Washington Office of the Governor - incl. Laird Harris; United States Department of Interior; United States Sentate; Vietnam war	1965-1987
8/14	Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington LaMar Harrington (University of Washington sex-bias suit , Henry Art Gallery)	1960s-1980s
8/15	Intiman Theatre	1976-1984
8/16	J-L Jazz Alley; Joan Shelton School of Dancing; Locomotive Monument; Los Angeles Times	1958-1983
8/17	Jeri McDonald & Associates	1981-1982
8/18	Joffrey Ballet	1964-1985
9/1	King County Arts Commission	1968-1987
9/2	Kress Foundation	1982
9/3	Kronos Quartet	1978-1985
9/4	Laban Center for Movement & Dance	1984-1987
9/5	Lady's Musical Club	1981-1987
9/6	Leadership Tomorrow Arts Forum
9/7	M Martha Nishitani Modern Dance School (article mentions Maxine); Mid-Columbia Symphony;	1960-1983
9/8	Maryhill Museum	1975-1981
9/9	Maxine Cushing Gray Fellowship for Writers	1985
9/10	Metropolitan Opera	1982-1984
9/11	Mid Columbia Symphony Young Artists' Competition. Includes Maxine Gray's judge sheets	1977-1978
9/12	Montana Native Arts; University of Montana	1981
9/13	N N.A.A.C.P Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc.; National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA)	1969
9/14	National Endowment for the Arts Including correspondence with Goodwin Chase	1984
9/15	National Flute Association Convention	1982
9/16	Nelle Fisher Dance Company	Unknown
9/17	Northwest Chamber Orchestra	1973-1986
9/18	O Otto Seligman Gallery	1962
9/19	Oregon Arts Organizations Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Light Opera Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival	1975-1984
9/20	P Pacific County Bicentennial Pageant by Helen Davis; Pacific Northwest Bell; Performing Arts Center Authority; Port Angeles Fine Arts Center;
9/21	Pacific Lutheran University	1976-1984
9/22	Pacific Northwest Ballet	1972-1978
9/23	Pacific Northwest Ballet	1979-1987
10/1	Pacific Northwest Wagner Festival	1982-1983
10/2	Performing Dance Foundation	1973-1975
10/3	Perry-Mansfield	1956-1984
10/4	Philharmonics The Helsinki Philharmonic; Naples-Marco Philharmonic; Reno Philharmonic; Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra	1967-1983
10/5	Pilchuck School	1982-1984
10/6	PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Civic, Cultural and Charitable Organizations)	1968-1985
10/7	Poncho Theatre	1983
10/8	Portland Ballet Society of Portland; Portland Art Museum; Musical Company of Portland, Oregon	1957-1984
10/9	Portland Opera	1981-1985
10/10	R Reader's Digest; Red Earth Performing Arts Company	1975-1977
10/11	S San Jose Mercury and News; Scandinavian Airlines System; Seattle Atlantic Street Center Inc.; Seattle Concert Band; Seattle Housing Authority; Seattle Times; Seattle Young Artists Musical Festival Association; Second City Chamber Series; Shorey Bookstore; Soroptimist Club of Seattle; Southern Methodist University; State University of New York at Binghamton; Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc.; Sterling Advertising Agency; Street & Lundgren A.I.A; Stroud Festival; Summerfest	1967-1986
10/12	San Francisco (Opera and Symphony)	1966-1984
10/13	Scandinavian Celebrations and Festivals	1960, 1975
10/14	Seattle Arts Commission "Art in Seattle Public Spaces"	1975-1984
10/15	Seattle Art Museum	1968-1982
10/16	Seattle Art Museum	1983
10/17	Seattle Art Museum	1984
10/18	Seattle Art Museum	1985
11/1	Seattle Art Museum	1986
11/2	Seattle Art Museum	1987
11/3	Seattle Arts Workers Coalition	1977
11/4	Seattle Chamber Music Festival	1982-1984
11/5	Seattle City Council	1978-1987
11/6	Seattle Concert Band	1981
11/7	Seattle Education Reform Fred Haley	1983
11/8	Seattle First National Bank	1971-1979
11/9	The Seattle Group	1966
11/10	Seattle Model City Program (Arts Task Force)	1969
11/11	Seattle Opera Including Glynn Ross	1966-1987
11/12	Seattle Post Intelligencer	1962-1985
11/13	Seattle Public Library	1977-1983
11/14	Seattle Public Schools Title III, Cultural Enrichment Program	1960s-1970s
11/15	Seattle Repertory Theatre	1965-1985
11/16	Seattle Symphony Orchestra	1972-1987
11/17	Seattle University	1973-1977
11/18	Sitka Summer Music Festival	1975-1980
11/19	Spokane Symphony Orchestra	1982-1984
11/20	Spokane Symphony Society	1975-1981
11/21	Stained Glass: Music for the Eye Exhibit	1979
11/22	Summer Dance Labs (Whitman College)	1984-1986
11/23	T Temple De Hirsch Sisterhood; Time Magazine; Traver Sutton Gallery; Twentieth Century Fund	1962-1985
11/24	Tacoma BalleTacoma; Jo Emery Performing Dance Company of Tacoma; The Concert Ballet Group of Tacoma; Tacoma Actor's Guild; Tacoma Art Museum; Tacoma Artists Corps; Tacoma Civic Ballet; Tacoma Performing Dance Company;Tacoma Symphony and Tacoma Youth Symphony	1959-1987
11/25	Totem Pole for Port of Rotterdam from Port of Seattle	1982
12/1	U-V United Indians of All Tribes Foundation; United States Post Office; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Montana; University of Oregon; University of Rochester; University Unitarian Church; Utah Symphony Orchestra	1962-1981
12/2	United Arts Council	1970
12/3	University of British Columbia	1977-1978
12/4	University of Washington Department of Romance Languages and Literature, Office of Lectures and Concerts, School of Drama, School of Music, University of Washington Press. See "Henry Art Gallery" folder for Henry Art Gallery material; Friends of the University of Washington Arboretum inc.	1960s-1980s
12/5	Vancouver Vancouver Art Gallery; Vancouver Bach Choir; Vancouver Opera Association; Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance; Vancouver Symphony Society	1963-1987
12/6	Visual Arts Center of Alaska	1976-1987
12/7	W Washington Dance Forum; Washington Fall Judicial Conference; the Weekly; Western States Arts Foundation	1973-1987
12/8	Washington Joint Arts Commission American Bicentennial Planning	1974
12/9	Washington State Arts Commission	1962-1986
12/10	Washington State Cultural Enrichment Program	1981
12/11	Washington State Education Reform- Gifted Programs	1968-1971
12/12	Washington Commission for the Humanities	1973-1984
12/13	Washington State Capitol Museum	1967-1986
12/14	WestArt	1977-1978
12/15	Western States Arts Foundation	1976-1985
12/16	Western Washington University	1965-1979
12/17	Your Seattle Parks and Recreation	1975-1980

Series 2: ACLU, 1967-1971Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
13/1	ACLU Bill of Rights Day	1968
13/2	ACLU Correspondence	1967-1969
13/3	ACLU Leonard Mandelbaum	1969
13/4	ACLU Memos, Minutes, Notes	1967-1969
13/5	ACLU WA Marijuana Laws	1967-1969
13/6	ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Correspondence	1963-1966
13/7	ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Correspondence	1967-1970
13/8	ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Correspondence	1970-1971
13/9	ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Legislation and Policy	1963-1966
13/10	ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Legislation and Policy	1967-1971
13/11	ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Government documents and publications	1965-1967
13/12	ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Minutes and Memos	1964-1966
13/13	ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Minutes and Memos	1967
13/14	ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Minutes and Memos	1968
13/15	ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Minutes and Memos	1969-1971
13/16	ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Notes and Attendance	1967, undated

Series 3: Address books, 1939-1976Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
14/1	Address Book	Unknown
14/2	Address Book	1964
14/3	Address Book	1967
14/4	Address Book	1968
14/5	Address Book	1969
14/6	Address Book	1971?
14/7	Address Book	1973
14/8	Address Book	1976
14/9	Blue Book of Personal Telephone Numbers	1960s
14/10	Daily Expensed Diary	1939-1940
14/11	Seattle Post-Intelligencer Office Directories	1950, 1951
Box
26	Contact index cards A-Z	undated
27	Contact index cards A-Z	undated

Series 4: Argus, 1964-1984Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
15/1	Argus Correspondence	1967-1981
15/2	Bailey, Philip	1966-1976
15/3	Christian Science Monitor	1984
15/4	Draft Articles	Unknown
15/5	Echo Glen Children's Home	1968
15/6	Issues	1972-1983
15/7	Miscellaneous	1969-1984
15/8	Ford Foundation Grant Travel Correspondence, Brochures	1964
15/9	Arts Writers & Critiques Colloquium, Sitka, AK 1979	1979
15/10	Arts Writers & Critiques Colloquium, Sitka, AK 1979	1979
15/11	Trip to Alaska on Inaugural Flight Introducing the 49th State's first Boeing 727	1966
15/12	Trip to Bergen on Inaugural SA's Flight	1967
15/13	Travel letters/articles	1964-1973
15/14-15	Notes from Travels	1964
15/16	Voice of America	1969
5" reel 6	Voice of America interview with Robert L. Clark 1 sound tape reel	1969

Series 5: Dance, 1956-1973Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
16/1	Holiday Dance Concert	1958-1959
16/2	Holiday Dance Concert	1960
16/3	Holiday Dance Concert	1960
16/4	Holiday Dance Concert	1960
16/5	Holiday Dance Concert	1961
16/6	Holiday Dance Concert	1962
16/7	Holiday Dance Concert	1963
16/8	Holiday Dance Concert	1964
16/9	Holiday Dance Concert	1963-1964
16/10	Holiday Dance Concert	1964-1973
16/11	Music in the Parks	1958-1960
16/12	Northwest Dance Theater	Jan-March, 1965
16/13	Northwest Dance Theater	April, 1965
16/14	Northwest Dance Theater	May-Dec, 1965
16/15	Northwest Dance Theater	Undated
16/16	Northwest Dance Theater	1964-1965
16/17	Northwest Dance Theater	1965
16/18	NW Dance Theater Michael Maule and Colleen Corke (Dancers)	1965
16/19	Northwest Dance Theater	1964-1965
16/20	Northwest Dance Theater	1964
16/21	Northwest Dance Theater	1964
16/22	Northwest Dance Theater	1965
16/23	Pacific Northwest Music Camp	1959-1960
16/24	Dance Education	1956-1971

Native American Affairs , 1950s-1970sReturn to Top

Container(s): Item Series 6

Container(s)	Description	Dates
	Subseries 1: Arts
Box/Folder
17/1	Correspondence Re: Native American Arts	1967-1978
17/2	Indian Arts and Crafts Legislation, Correspondence, Publications	1964-1969
17/3	Indian Cultural Consultant Project (Washington State Arts Commission)	1977
17/4	Indian Festival of the Arts	1970
17/5	Museum of the American Indian	1969-1970
17/6	Native American Arts Symposium	1977
17/7	Niatum, Duane (Mcginnis) Poetry	1968-1976
17/8	Press Releases/Invitations RE: Art	1966-1982
17/9	Pride in Heritage - Spokane	1969
17/10	Programs and Announcements	1967-1985
17/11	Seattle Indian War Dance Contest	1967-1971
5" reel 1	Seattle International War Dance Competition 1 sound tape reel	1969
5" reel 2-5	Janet McCloud's program at NW Inter-Tribal Club Pow Wow 4 sound tape reels Pow wow held at Fort Lawton and aired on KRAM-FM. Includes Frank White Buffalo Man and Bert Peters as M.C.	1970
item
Subseries 2	Education	1950s-1970s
Box/Folder
17/12	Correspondence: Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies	1970-1971
17/13	Louis Bruno (WA Superintendent of Public Instruction)	1968-1971
17/14	Correspondence Re: Native American Education	1966-1969
17/15	Correspondence: State Board for Community College Education	1970
17/16	Eastern Washington State College Indian Education	1968
17/17	First Americans Training Group (Joy Doctor)	1971-1972
17/18	Indian Education Report (Sen. Edward Kennedy)	1969-1970
17/19	Indian Studies at the University of Washington	1968-1971
17/20	Louis Bruno "Seeking Design for the Future" Program	1968
17/21	Marysville Teacher's Workshop	1970
17/22	News Releases Re: Native American Education Programs & Workshops	1966-1976
17/23	Native American Education Reports	1966-1969
17/24	Pamphlets and Brochures Native American Education Programs & Workshops	1960s-1970s, undated
18/1	Project Clallum (Indian Youth & Heritage Program)	1967
18/2	Renton School District Intercultural Committee	1970-1971, undated
18/3	Skagit Valley College Indian Program	1970
18/4	Teachers of Indian Children Workshop	1969
18/5	Urban-Racial-Disadvantaged Education	1969
18/6	Urban, Racial, Rural, Disadvantaged Education Program (URRD), WA	1970-1971
	Subseries 3: Correspondence
Box/Folder
18/7	Correspondence to Gray Re: Native Americans	1952-1968
18/8	Correspondence to Gray Re: Native Americans	1960-1974
18/9	Correspondence to Gray Re: Native Americans	1967-1969
18/10	Correspondence to Gray Re: Native Americans	1970-1977
18/11	Correspondence: Leo Alexander	1969-1974
	Subseries 4: Research materials
Box/Folder
18/12	American Indian Women's Service League	1960, 1970-1977
18/13	American Indians in Urban Crisis Workshop	1971
18/14	California Indian Legal Services	1969
18/15	Chief Seattle (Book by James Vernon Metcalfe)	Undated
18/16	Columbia River Council Fish Commission-Yakima Nation	1969
18/17	Columbia River Indian News (Leo Alexander)	1970-1978
18/18	Elizabeth Morris	1970
18/19	Fort Lawton Re: Indian Cultural Center	1970-1974, undated
18/20	Legal Rights of American Indians-Series of brochures	1970
18/21	Legislation, Government Publications Re: Native Americans	1959-1971
18/22	Lummi Aquaculture Project	1969
18/23	Native American Fishing Rights	1960-1979, undated
19/1	Native American Organizations, Miscellaneous	1970-1977, undated
19/2	Native American Rights Fund	1970-1972
19/3	Native American Treaties/Rights	1970-1974
19/4	Newsletters-Native American Groups	1966-1970
19/5	Nooksack Native Americans	1965-1969
19/6	Northwest Indian News	1960-1971
19/7	NWIN Stories (Northwest Indian?	1975
19/8	Northwest Intertribal Club	1971-1974
19/9	Pamphlets Re: Native Americans	1967-1973, undated
19/10	Prison Reform	1968-1972
19/11	Right to be Indian Conference	1969
19/12	Seattle Indian Center	1964-1974
19/13	Seattle Indian Center Re: Seattle Indian News	1960-1970
19/14	Seattle Indian Center Re: Grant From the National Endowment for the Humanities	1968-1971
19/15	Seattle Indian Longhouse Association	1971
19/16	Small Tribes Organization of Western Washington	1971-1972, undated
19/17	Symposium on Water Rights Issues	1973
19/18	Washington State Committee Meeting Re: Indian Civil Rights	1973
19/19	Yakima Nation Review	1974-1975
19/20	Dacotah Territory poetry journal	1973

Northwest Arts, 1968-1987Return to Top

Container(s): Item Series 7

Includes information about contributors and submissions, general, and subscriptions.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
20/1-20/22	Contributors and submissions, A-Z Includes materials from Wilhelmina Driver Douglas Nigh, Dennis Palmason, Earle Thompson, Eve Triem, and others.	1975-1984, unknown
21/1	Arts Day	1984
21/2	Correspondence from MCG	1970s-1984
21/3	Northwest Arts Correspondence	1980-1985
21/4	Mary Reinhardt Foundation grant request	1976
21/5	MCG Editor Drafts/Publishing Drafts	1970-1984
21/6	Issues	1975-1984
21/7	NorthWest Dance Coalition	1984
21/8	Publishing Drafts - Public Art in Seattle	1975
21/9	Press Clippings/Announcements	1975-1976
21/10	Article in Seattle Times about Maxine, and letters of congratulations	1981
Box
Drawer 3, Tape 360	KING FM interview with Maxine Cushing Gray on the subject of Northwest Arts since 1947 1 sound cassette	1977
Drawer 3, Tape 361	Interview with U.S. composer Carlisle Floyd 1 sound cassette	1970
Box/Folder
22/1-8	Subscription Requests and Renewals	1975-1987
22/9	Subscription Requests and Renewals	Undated

Series 8: Pre-Seattle, 1930-1942Return to Top

Consists of correspondence, programs, and notes from her life prior to moving to Seattle in 1941.

This series is arranged alphabetically by topic or person.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
23/1	A	1935-1938
23/2	American Dance Association	1937-1942
23/3	Argentinita	1938-1941
23/4	Association of University Women	1937
23/5	B
23/6	Ballet Russee	1934-1941
23/7	Bennington School of Dance	1934-1938
23/8	Bennington School of Dance	1936-1938
23/9	Bennington School of Dance	1936-1939
23/10	Bibliographic Research - Books on Dance	1937
23/11	Bibliography of Books on the Dance draft by Maxine Gray	1936
23/12	C	1932-1940
23/13	D	1930-1939
23/14	Dance Council of Northern California	1936
23/15	Dance Editor	1936-1937, undated
23/16	Dance Magazine, Dance Observer	1937-1945
23/17	Davis, Wilfrid	1936-1940
23/18	De Mare, Rolf	1937
23/19	Educational Dance	1932-1938
23/20	Enters, Agnes	1937-1938
23/21	F	1936-1940
23/22	Folk Festival, Federal Theater Project	1937-1938
23/23	G	1934-1940
23/24	Golden Gate International Exposition	1938-1939
23/25	Grahm, Martha	1936-1938
23/26	H	1934-1941
23/27	Horton Dance Group	1938-1940
24/1	Humphrey-Weidman Dance Group	1938-1940
24/2	Humphrey-Weidman Dance Group	1938-1939
24/3	Humphrey-Weidman Dance Group	1938-1940
24/4	I-J	1937-1941
24/5	Jooss European Ballet	1936-1938
24/6	K	1932-1944
24/7	L	1936-1940
24/8	M	1933-1940
24/9	Mills College	1938
24/10	N-O	1937-1939
24/11	Perry-Mansfield Camps	1937
24/12	Pataky, Veronica	1935-1938
24/13	S	1935-1940
24/14	San Francisco Museum of Art	1937-1938
24/15	San Francisco Opera Ballet	1933-1940
24/16	Shawn and his Men Dancers	1935-1936
24/17	T	1930-1944
24/18	Trudi Shoop Comic Ballet	1934-1938
24/19	U-V	1936-1942
24/20	W-Z	1936-1940

Series 9: Glen LaFontaine, 1968-1970, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
25/1	Correspondence with Glen LaFontaine	1968-1970
25/2-4	Sketches and Drawings by Glen LaFontaine	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Art critics--Northwest, Pacific
Arts--Washington (State)--Seattle--Citizen participation
Dance critics--United States--20th century
Dance critics--Washington (State)--Seattle
Government aid to the arts--Washington (State)--Seattle
Indians of North America--Washington (State)
Journalists--United States--20th century
Journalists--Washington (State)--Seattle
Music critics--California--San Francisco
Music critics--Washington (State)--Seattle
Periodical editors--Washington (State)--Seattle
Poets--Northwest, Pacific
Women music critics--United States--20th century

Personal Names

Gray, Maxine Cushing--Archives

Corporate Names

American Civil Liberties Union--Records and correspondence
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture--Records and correspondence
Henry Art Gallery--Records and correspondence
King County Arts Commission--Records and correspondence
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)--Records and correspondence
Pacific Northwest Ballet--Records and correspondence
Portland Opera (Or.)--Records and correspondence
Seattle Art Museum--Records and correspondence
Seattle Opera--Records and correspondence
Seattle Public Library--Records and correspondence
Seattle Public Schools--Records and correspondence
University of British Columbia--Records and correspondence
University of Washington--Records and correspondence
Washington State Arts Commission--Records and correspondence

Form or Genre Terms

Business correspondence
Ephemera
Personal correspondence

Other Creators

Personal Names
- La Fontaine, Glen

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents