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Marple family photograph collection, approximately 1850-1960

Overview of the Collection

Compiler
Marple (Family : Marple, Lucius, 1868-1963)
Title
Marple family photograph collection
Dates
approximately 1850-1960 (inclusive)
Quantity
5 boxes, (5 boxes containing 135 items, 60 photographic prints, 6 daguerreotypes, 3 ambrotypes, 2 tintypes, 15 nitrate negatives, 49 glass plate negatives)
Collection Number
PH1334
Summary
Photographs of members of the Billings, Tracy, Elliot, Folsom, and Marple families of Seattle, Washington
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

Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Request at UW

Languages
Collection materials are in English.
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Biographical Note

Lucius Elliot Marple and his wife, Martha Thayer Marple moved to Seattle from Massachusetts in 1904. They raised five children, Elliot, Warren, Catharine, Richard and Marcia. Lucius Marple was born the first sibling on July 25, 1868 in Boston, Massachusetts to William Warren Marple and Susan Tracy Marple. He attended Harvard University twice, finally graduating in 1899. He worked as an electrical engineer, journalist, street railway manager, and school teacher before meeting Martha. Martha Folsom Thayer Marple was born the middle of three sisters on March 31, 1870 in Winchester, Massachusetts to Samuel Hillard Folsom and Catharine Abbot Cram. She attended Smith College, graduating in 1892. She was a teacher when she met Lucius around 1902. Lucius built many of their houses and furniture. They lived in at least ten different residences from 1904-1921, including in West Seattle, on a farm in Pleasant Valley, in Interbay, on Magnolia Bluff, in Queen Anne, Brighton Beach, and Merrimount.

Warren Marple was born May 17, 1905 in Seattle. He attended University of Washington and Harvard for undergraduate studies, and Northwestern University for graduate studies in public utility economics. He worked as an instructor in economics at the University of Buffalo, for the Illinois Commerce Commission, and Bonneville Power Administration in Portland Oregon. He married Lorna Johnson in 1931, they had one daughter and two grandchildren. Warren died in 1992.

Elliot Marple was born February 12, 1908 in Seattle. He attended University of Washington and Harvard University and became a business journalist. In 1949 he began his own business newsletter, Marple's Business Roundup. The newsletter's name changed to Marple's Business Newsletter in 1974. He married Dorotha E. Lyman in 1934, they had two children and six grandchildren. Elliot died in 2001.

Catharine Marple was born May 14, 1909 in Seattle. She attended University of Washington and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Massachusetts as a sculptress. She participated in an exhibition at Seattle Art Museum, opened a kindergarten, and help many leadership roles in women's' organizations. She married Carl E. E. Webber and had three children and twelve grandchildren. She died in 1983.

Richard Marple was born October 16, 1910 in Seattle. He attended Pomona College and University of Washington. He worked for Gwin, White & Price marketing apples, and became the secretary of the heads of foreign sales. He served as second lieutenant in the Army Quartermaster Corps Reserve. He married Marjorie Turner in 1938 and had one child and one grandchild.

Marcia Tracy Weston Marple was born September 3, 1912 in Seattle. She graduated University of Washington in 1935, and attended Radcliffe, Harvard, and Mills College for graduate studies. She was an exchange student for a year on scholarship at Kobe College in Japan researching Japanese Art. She served in the Women's Army Corps as a recruiting officer, and saw duty in London and Paris. She was involved with Seattle Art Museum, Wichita Art Museum, Asian Decorative Arts Museum, Atheneum Music and Art Library, and Fairfax Commission on the Arts. She married Eyvinn H. Schoenberg in 1944, had two children, and three grandchildren.

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Content Description

Photographs include members of the Billings, Tracy, Elliot, Folsom, and Marple families. The Marple family group includes multiple generations, focusing on Lucius Elliot Marple, his wife Martha Thayer Marple, and their five children, Elliot, Warren, Catharine, Richard, and Marcia. Also includes a series of photographs by Imogen Cunningham.

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

View the digital version of the collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

The Cunningham Trust holds the copyright and licenses reproduction rights for all Imogen Cunningham photographs.

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Administrative Information

Processing Note

Processed by: Sara Cordes, 2017.

Accessioned as PH2002-051.

Separated Materials

Marple Family Papers (Collection 5174)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Names and Subjects

Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Marple, Lucius, 1868-1963--Family--Photographs
    • Marple, Martha, 1870-1967--Photographs
    • Tracy, Oren, 1798-1863--Family--Photographs


2019 (Last modified: 7/3/2024)

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