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Magnolia Historical Society records, 1920-2013
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Magnolia Historical Society
- Title
- Magnolia Historical Society records
- Dates
- 1920-2013 (inclusive)19202013
- Quantity
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9.91 cubic feet (13 boxes)
1 oversize folder - Collection Number
- 5345
- Summary
- Organizational records of a local history society in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, Washington
- 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
-
Open to all users.
Portions of this collection are stored offsite. Advance notice required for use.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Magnolia Historical Society is a community organization dedicated to documenting and teaching the history of the Magnolia neighborhood in the city of Seattle. Its members researched and published a history of the area, Magnolia: Memories and Milestones, in 2000. A follow-up volume, Magnolia: Making More Memories, was released in 2007. The Society incorporated in 2001. In addition to researching Magnolia history for its book publications, the society produces teaching units, articles, and publications.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Organization records, project files, research files. See individual accessions below.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged into 2 accessions:
- Accession no. 5345-001, Magnolia Historical Society records, 1920-2002
- Accession no. 5345-004, Magnolia Historical Society records, 1925-2013
Preservation Note
Portions of this collection are stored offsite. Advance notice required for use.
Separated Materials
Material Described Separately:Magnolia Historical Society Photograph Collection (PH Coll 712)
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 5345-001: Magnolia Historical Society Records, 1920-2002Return to Top
Scope and Content: Organization records, project files, research files including 1929-2005, including minutes, correspondence, reports, clippings, newsletters, ephemera, research files; 1929-20025. Includes chapter drafts and photocopied photographs for the Society's history of Magnolia, Magnolia Memories and Milestones, 2000, together with sources used, especially records of Magnolia Community Club. Subject files include clippings, newsletters, project reports, minutes, survey forms, directories, photographs, and related materials documenting the community's efforts to address development issues regarding the Magnolia Bridge, Discovery Park, Magnolia Village, and the Triangle Parking Lot Condo Project. The papers include significant historical information and records gathered for an application for historical landmark status for a building originally built as the Children's Orthopedic Hospital Convalescent home. It was designed by Lionel Pries and William Bain in 1929. Another large group of records document the Magnolia Public Swimming Pool Project . In 1991, Metro (the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle) created a fund of money, later known as the Community Improvement Fund, as compensation for negative impacts caused by construction of the West Point sewage treatment plant. The following year, Magnolia residents voted to spend the funds on a neighborhood pool. The Magnolia Public Swimming Pool Project was established as a non-for-profit corporation in July 1992. The Lowery C. "Pop" Mounger Pool, named for a late Magnolia resident who had been active in local community affairs and was a noted supporter of youth recreation, held its grand opening on June 20, 1998.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Some material stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.
Acquisition Info: Source: Magnolia Historical Society 2003, 2004, and 2007.
Processing Info: Processed in 2010. Accessions 5345-001, 5345-002, and 5345-003 merged into one accession to form Manuscript Accession 5345-001 in 2010.
Separated Material: Visual materials separated in 2007. Architectural drawings and reproduction posters transferred to Visual Materials Curator in 2010.
Five boxes of Magnolia Community Club records were separated and added to existing MCC collection number 4331 as a new accession.
Architectural drawings for a Magnolia home and reproductions of WWII patriotic posters transferred to Visual Materials Curator in 2010.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/1 | 5345-001 | Organization history |
circa 1990s |
Book Publications
Scope and Content: Includes documents relating to
Magnolia: Memories and
Milestones (2000) and
Magnolia: Making More
Memories (2007)
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/2 | 5345-001 | Book ideas |
circa 1998-2000 |
1/3 | 5345-001 | Chapter drafts |
circa 2000 |
1/4-5 | 5345-001 | Correspondence |
1999-2001 |
1/6 | 5345-001 | Financial paperwork |
1999-2000 |
1/7 | 5345-001 | Grants |
1999-2000 |
1/8 | 5345-001 | Graphics -- Advertisements |
circa 2000 |
1/9 | 5345-001 | Graphics -- Community map |
circa 2000 |
1/10 | 5345-001 | Graphics lists |
circa 2000 |
1/11 | 5345-001 | Letters of comment for
Magnolia: Memories and
Milestones
|
2000-2001 |
1/12 | 5345-001 | Library of Congress paperwork |
2000-2001 |
1/13 | 5345-001 | Marketing and publicity
Scope and Content: Includes photographs.
|
1999-2002 |
1/14 | 5345-001 | Miscellaneous |
circa 1990s |
1/15 | 5345-001 | Miscellaneous MHS archival material folder
Scope and Content: Includes handwritten list of numbered folder contents.
|
circa 1990s |
1/16 | 5345-001 | Planning Committee |
2000-2001 |
1/17-18 | 5345-001 | Proof sheets
Scope and Content: Folder 18 includes a 3.5" computer disk.
|
circa 2000 |
1/19 | 5345-001 | Publisher information |
2000 |
1/20 | 5345-001 | Release forms |
1999-2000 |
1/21 | 5345-001 | Schedules |
2000 |
1/22 | 5345-001 | Virginia Marie Folkins Award nomination |
2002 |
1/23 | 5345-001 | Writer packet -- Magnolia Historical Essay Project
II
Scope and Content: Project II became
Magnolia: Making More
Memories, which was published in 2007.
|
2005 |
Project files |
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box-folder:oversize | Accession | ||
6 | 5345-001 | Children's Orthopedic Hospital Convalescent Home --
Architectural drawings |
circa 1930 |
Box/Folder | |||
2/1 | 5345-001 | Children's Orthopedic Hospital Convalescent Home --
Landmark nomination
Scope and Content: Includes photographs.
|
circa 2001-2002 |
2/2 | 5345-001 | Children's Orthopedic Hospital Convalescent Home --
Landmark nomination research |
circa 1920s-2000s |
2/3 | 5345-001 | Children's Orthopedic Hospital Convalescent Home --
Landmark nomination research |
circa 1980s-2000s |
2/4 | 5345-001 | Last Taps at Fort Lawton |
2001 |
2/5 | 5345-001 | Mapping Magnolia |
2002 |
2/6 | 5345-001 | Salmon Bay Charlie's location
Scope and Content: Includes photographs.
|
2003 |
2/7 | 5345-001 | Salmon Bay Charlie's location
Scope and Content: VHS videocassette
|
circa 2003 |
2/8 | 5345-001 | West Point Lighthouse release |
2003 |
Research files |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
2/9 | 5345-001 | Discovery Park |
circa 1980s-2000s |
2/10 | 5345-001 | Fort Lawton
Scope and Content: Includes VHS videocassette.
|
1950s-2000s |
box-folder:oversize | |||
6 | 5345-001 | Fort Lawton -- Maps and floor plans |
circa 1990s |
Box/Folder | |||
2/11-13 | 5345-001 | Historical research and archive
information |
circa 1990s |
2/14 | 5345-001 | Lawton Park neighborhood |
|
2/15-16 | 5345-001 |
Magnolia: Memories and
Milestones chapter research |
circa 1990s |
3/1-15 | 5345-001 |
Magnolia: Memories and
Milestones chapter research |
circa 1990s |
box-folder:oversize | |||
6 | 5345-001 | Map |
circa 1990s |
Box/Folder | |||
3/16 | 5345-001 | Maps |
circa 1990s |
3/17 | 5345-001 | Maps -- Magnolia Village
Scope and Content: "...The Seven Maps of Magnolia, which depict six decades, 1938
to 1998, of growth in The Village."
|
1998 |
3/18 | 5345-001 | Merchants |
circa 1980s-2000s |
3/19 | 5345-001 | Miscellaneous
Scope and Content: Includes microcassette.
|
circa 1959-1990s |
3/20-21 | 5345-001 | Newspaper clippings -- Miscellaneous |
circa 1940s-2000s |
3/22 | 5345-001 | Our Lady of Fatima Parish |
circa 1950s-1990s |
3/23 | 5345-001 | Parks |
1949-1995 |
3/24 | 5345-001 | Queen Anne Historical Society book project |
circa 1990s |
3/25 | 5345-001 | Railroads |
circa 1990s |
3/26 | 5345-001 | Schools |
circa 1990s |
3/27 | 5345-001 | Seattle history |
1960-2001 |
3/28 | 5345-001 | West Point
Scope and Content: Includes VHS videocassette.
|
1992-1997 |
3/29-30 | 5345-001 | West Point Lighthouse |
circa 1990s-2000s |
3/31 | 5345-001 | World War II |
circa 1990s |
box-folder:oversize | Accession | ||
4 | 5345-001 | Scrapbook
Scope and Content: Scrapbook contains clippings of articles and columns by
Magnolia News
writer and editor Shirlie Hitchings.
|
circa 1960s |
Box/Folder | |||
8 | 5345-001 | Three dimensional items
Scope and Content: Small box of ephemeral promotional items from various Magnolia
businesses.
|
|
5 | 5345-001 | Yearbooks -- Catherine Blaine Junior High
School
Scope and Content: 1961-1971 feature only the ninth grade students.
|
1961-1982 |
Magnolia Public Swimming Pool Project Corporation
|
1991-1998 | ||
Organization records |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
7/1 | 5345-001 | Agendas & minutes |
1991-1994 |
7/2 | 5345-001 | Agendas & minutes |
1995-1998 |
7/3 | 5345-001 | Articles of dissolution |
2003 |
7/4 | 5345-001 | Articles of incorporation |
1992 |
7/5 | 5345-001 | Bylaws |
1992 |
7/6 | 5345-001 | Financial records -- Treasurer's file |
1993-1997 |
7/7 | 5345-001 | History |
1991-1994 |
7/8 | 5345-001 | Internal Revenue Service |
1992-2002 |
7/9 | 5345-001 | Membership
Scope and Content: Includes photograph.
|
1992-1997 |
7/10 | 5345-001 | Registrations, licenses, and
certificates |
1992-1993 |
Lowery C. "Pop" Mounger Pool |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
7/11-17 | 5345-001 | Chronological files |
1991-1997 |
8/1-2 | 5345-001 | Chronological files |
1998-2003 |
8/3 | 5345-001 | Community Improvement Fund project
selection |
1991-1992 |
8/4 | 5345-001 | Conceptual site plan |
circa 1996 |
8/5 | 5345-001 | Correspondence -- City of Seattle |
1994-1995 |
8/6 | 5345-001 | Design |
1996-1998 |
8/7 | 5345-001 | Design motifs and schematic plans |
circa 1997-1998 |
8/8 | 5345-001 | Design program |
1997 |
box-folder:oversize | |||
6 | 5345-001 | Design schematic plans |
1997 |
Box/Folder | |||
8/9 | 5345-001 | Donor wall |
1998 |
8/10 | 5345-001 | Feasibility study |
1992-1995 |
8/11-12 | 5345-001 | Feasibility study -- Reports |
1994 |
8/13 | 5345-001 | Grants |
1997 |
8/14 | 5345-001 | Informational handouts |
circa 1994 |
8/15 | 5345-001 | Memorandum of Understanding |
1997 |
8/16 | 5345-001 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
8/17 | 5345-001 | Naming of pool |
1997 |
8/18 | 5345-001 | Newspaper clippings |
1950s, 1990s |
8/19 | 5345-001 | Shoreline Improvement Fund Agreement |
1991-1995 |
8/20 | 5345-001 | Site -- Blaine School |
1993-1995 |
8/21 | 5345-001 | Survey of interest in pool |
1993 |
8/22 | 5345-001 | T-shirt order paperwork |
1997 |
8/23 | 5345-001 | Tiles -- Engraving |
1997-1998 |
Accession No. 5345-004: Magnolia Historical Society Records, 1925-2013Return to Top
Scope and Content: Society business, newsletters, events, special projects, sculpture, Fort Lawton and Discovery Park, neighborhood, maps, miscellaneous.
Physical/Technical Access: Some materials stored off site. Advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Some materials stored off site. Advance notice required for use.
Processing Info: Processed summer 2013 by Alberta Bleck
Acquisition Info: Source: Magnolia Historical Society, 2013.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Society Business |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/1 | 5345-004 | Board of Directors |
2001 June-2006 October |
1/2 | 5345-004 | Organizational history |
1999 September-2006 February |
1/3-4 | 5345-004 | Board meeting agendas and minutes |
2001 January-2012 February |
1/5 | 5345-004 | General meeting agendas and minutes |
2001 January-2010 April |
1/6 | 5345-004 | Business meeting agendas and minutes |
2001 May-2010 May |
1/7 | 5345-004 | Financial reports |
2001 November-2011 September |
1/8 | 5345-004 | Email correspondence |
2001 April-2006 November |
1/9 | 5345-004 | Correspondence |
1999 September-2006 October |
1/10 | 5345-004 | Network documents |
2006 September-2008 March |
1/11 | 5345-004 | Membership rosters |
2001 July-2011 March |
1/12 | 5345-004 | Membership |
circa 2010 |
The Magnolia Historical
Society (MHS) News Quarterly |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/13 | 5345-004 |
MHS News
Quarterly and drafts |
2001 April-2013 Spring |
1/14 | 5345-004 | Article drafts |
2001 |
1/15 | 5345-004 | Mystery Photo Contest (published in
MHS News
Quarterly) |
2003 September-2004 January |
Events |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/16 | 5345-004 | Event planning |
April 2001-October 2010 |
1/17 | 5345-004 | Contracts for facilities |
2002 December-2004 May |
1/18 | 5345-004 | Publicity |
2001 October-2012 January |
1/19 | 5345-004 | Fundraising |
2006 October |
Special Projects |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/20 | 5345-004 | Books and booklets |
1999; undated |
Book II |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/21 | 5345-004 | Neighborhood Matching Fund |
2008 January-2012 December |
1/22 | 5345-004 | Email correspondence |
2005 December-2007 January |
1/23 | 5345-004 | Permission of use |
2005 November-2009 March |
1/24 | 5345-004 | Hiring designer |
2006 July |
1/25 | 5345-004 | Project reports |
2006 April-2008 January |
1/26 | 5345-004 | Copyright issues |
1998 April-2008 September |
1/27 | 5345-004 | Financial reports |
2001 September-2010 May |
1/28 | 5345-004 | Printer hiring |
2007 February |
1/29 | 5345-004 | Editor hiring |
2006 July-2007 April |
1/30 | 5345-004 | Contracts for writers |
2004 November-2006 September |
Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1/31 | 5345-004 | Schools Project |
2001 September-2003 September |
Box/Folder | Accession | ||
2/1 | 5345-004 | Sculpture |
2010 October-2011 June |
Fort Lawton and Discovery Park |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
2/2 | 5345-004 | History |
1969 December-2012 February |
2/3 | 5345-004 | Historic Landmark District |
2003 April-2004 November |
2/4 | 5345-004 | Park preservation - Email correspondence |
2004 July-2008 June |
Neighborhood |
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Box/Folder | Accession | ||
2/5-6 | 5345-004 | Newspaper clippings |
1925 October-2001 April |
2/7 | 5345-004 | Magnolia Village history |
1938 |
2/8 | 5345-004 | Smith Cove history |
undated |
2/9 | 5345-004 | Trestle history |
2000 March |
2/10 | 5345-004 | Perkins Lane history |
1953 October-1990 October |
2/11 | 5345-004 | Tideland re-zone history |
1950 December |
2/12 | 5345-004 | Miss Magnolia Contest |
1976 March-1977 March |
2/13 | 5345-004 | Personal narratives |
1991-2006 |
2/14 | 5345-004 | Correspondence with other societies and
organizations |
2001 April-2011 May |
2/15 | 5345-004 | Cross community collaborations |
2008 February-2010 October |
2/16 | 5345-004 | Awards |
2008 January-March |
2/17-18 | 5345-004 | Photos |
undated |
2/19 | 5345-004 | Picture photocopies and negatives |
undated |
2/20 | 5345-004 | Map pictures |
undated |
2/21 | 5345-004 | VHS tape "Monica Speaks" |
2008 August |
Maps |
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tube:oversize | Accession | ||
4 | 5345-004 | Fort Lawton Map (laminated) |
undated |
4 | 5345-004 | Map reproductions
Scope and Content: Magnolia Bluff of the City of Seattle, Magnolia Map, Kroll’s
Atlas of Seattle, Fort Lewis.
|
undated |
5 | 5345-004 | Map reproductions
Scope and Content: “Real Estate Atlas Baist’s Surveys of Seattle Smith Cove
Waterway (2)”, 1896 Map by Surveyor General (3), Map of Salmon Bay Waterway,
Map of Lake Union Ship Canal, Map of Lake Washington Ship Canal, Lamp Standard
for Ground Lighting, Lake Washington Ship Canal, Lake Washington Ship Canal
proposed channel from the Locks to the deep water of Puget Sound, Lake
Washington Ship Canal Proposed Revetment.
|
undated |
Miscellaneous |
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Box | Accession | ||
3 | 5345-004 | Magnolia miscellany
Scope and Content: Unbound copy of Magnolia: Memories and Milestones, The Seattle
Times Local News section from August 21, 2004, three CDs: 1. “Magnolia
Historical Society 10th Anniversary Events 2011 Pictures” 2. “Seattle Parks
& Recreation 09-16-09: Discovery Park Lighthouse Specifications” 3.
“Admirals Fort Lawton”, and ten microcassettes featuring interviews with the
following: Bob Hansen, Cecile Pittson Horman, Sherman Sloan, Raul Quezada, Al
Jones with Sherm Sloan, Russ Langstaff, Bob Shrewsbury, Alice Holcomb, Laury
& Nancy.
|
2004-2011; undated |
folder:oversize | |||
6 | 5345-004 | Sign and print
Scope and Content: Laminated Magnolia Historical Society sign and reproduction
photo print of Pleasant Valley Private Dairy horse drawn delivery carriage.
|
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Neighborhoods--Washington (State)--Seattle--Societies, etc
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Corporate Names
- Magnolia Community Club (Seattle, Wash.)
- Magnolia Historical Society--Archives
Geographical Names
- Discovery Park (Seattle, Wash.)
- Fort Lawton (Seattle, Wash.)
- Magnolia (Seattle, Wash.)--History--Sources
- Washington (State)--History--Sources
- West Point (Seattle, Wash.)