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Jean Norwood papers, 1951-1970
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Norwood, Jean, 1919-2015
- Title
- Jean Norwood papers
- Dates
- 1951-1970 (inclusive)19511970
- Quantity
- approximately 16.42 cubic feet
- Collection Number
- 0768, 1995
- Summary
- Correspondence and materials related to civic activities of a city official and civic leader in Vancouver, 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
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Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.
Some records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
City official, civic leader, Vancouver, Washington.
Jean Eileen Norwood was born May 2, 1919 in Wenatchee, Washington to Stanley and Mabel Neander. Her father died from the Spanish flu when she was only three months old, and her mother raised her only child in Silverdale, Washington. They lived in a log cabin and Mabel taught in a one-room schoolhouse.
She was valedictorian of her class at Ballard High School and attended Washington State University before transferring to the University of Washington, from which she graduated with a degree in Mathematics in 1941. She met her husband, Gus Norwood, in the run up to WWII, and they were married from 1941 to his death in 2006. She served during WWII as a naval architect, using her mathematical abilities to design ships while Gus served with the Pacific fleet.
After the war, they moved to Vancouver, Washington, where Gus worked with the Northwest Public Power Association and Jean raised their five children, served on the PTA, the League of Women Voters, the American Association of University Women, the Women's Club, and served several terms on the Vancouver City Council. In 1967, they moved to Juneau, Alaska, where Gus led the federal government's Alaska Power Administration and worked in government affairs and as a financial analyst. They then moved to Washington, DC where Jean worked as a docent at the Smithsonian Institution. When they moved back to Vancouver in 1974, Jean worked at the YWCA and became a Master Gardener involved with arboretum development in Vancouver. After Gus's death, Jean left her home to live first at the Courtyard Village, then at Touchmark Village until her death. She died on February 3, 2015 at the age of 95 due to complications from the flu.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence and materials regarding the Vancouver City Council and other civic activities, clippings, ephemera.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Organized into 3 accessions.
- Accession No. 0768-001, Jean Norwood papers, 1951-1967
- Accession No. 1995-001, Jean Norwood papers.
- Accession No. 1995-003, Jean Norwood papers, 1965-1970
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Accession No. 0768-001: Jean Norwood papers, 1951-1967Return to Top
Scope and Content: Correspondence and materials re Vancouver City Council and other civic activities, 1951-1967.
Papers relate to the activities of the city council, its committees and departments.
Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Mrs. Gus (Jean) Norwood, 1967-08-22
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Series 1: Personal Papers |
1960-1968 | ||
Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1 | 0768-001 | Biographical materials |
undated |
1 | 0768-001 | Invitations |
1960-1962 |
1 | 0768-001 | Schedules |
1965-1967 |
1 | 0768-001 | White House Regional Conference on Housing |
1961 |
1 | 0768-001 | Elections misc. |
1962 |
1 | 0768-001 | Miscellaneous |
1964-1968 |
1 | 0768-001 | Clark County Mother of the Year |
1962 |
1 | 0768-001 | Ft. Vancouver Historical Society |
1962-1967 |
1 | 0768-001 | Chamber of Commerce, Vancouver, Higher Education
Committee |
1965 |
1 | 0768-001 | Operation NAG (Needed Action Group) |
1967 |
Series 2: Subgroups |
1951-1966 | ||
Box/Folder | Accession | ||
11 | 0768-001 | MacArthur Elementary School Parent Teacher
Association
Scope and Content:
Scrapbook
|
1951-1952 |
1 | 0768-001 | Washington Congress of Parents and
Teachers
Scope and Content:
Ephemera
|
1958-1960 |
1 | 0768-001 | Ft. Vancouver Civic Club
Scope and Content:
Bulletins, related items
|
1964-1967 |
1 | 0768-001 | Fire Prevention Advisory Committee, Vancouver,
Washington
Scope and Content:
Minutes, agenda, misc.
|
1959-1961, 1964 |
1 | 0768-001 | Washington State Federation of Garden
Clubs
Scope and Content:
Correspondence, ephemera, news releases from Norwood's role as
publicity chairwoman
|
1959-1960 |
1 | 0768-001 | Friends of the Ft. Vancouver Regional
Library
Scope and Content:
Constitution, correspondence, notes, ephemera, clippings
|
1957-1963 |
1 | 0768-001 | Citizens Committee for School Support, Vancouver,
Washington
Scope and Content:
Minutes, reports, budget Prospectuses, notes, bulletins,
financial information, records of the SPACE program
|
1959-1962 |
1 | 0768-001 | Operation C.I.V.I.C., Vancouver,
Washington
Scope and Content:
Quasi-official community action group; reports, clippings,
memos, minutes
|
1963-1966 |
Series 3: League of Women Voters |
1952-1967 | ||
Box/Folder | Accession | ||
1 | 0768-001 | General Files |
1956-1967, undated |
1 | 0768-001 | Bulletins |
1952-1961 |
1 | 0768-001 | Redistricting and Reapportionment |
1954-1958 |
2 | 0768-001 | "Vancouver Voter" newsletter |
1957-1964 |
2 | 0768-001 | "Washington State Voter" newsletter |
1955-1967 |
2 | 0768-001 | "Fact and Issues" legislation newsletter |
1955-1965 |
2 | 0768-001 | "National Voter" newsletter |
1958-1965 |
2 | 0768-001 | Ephemera (Unfoldered) |
1958, undated |
Series 3: United Fund of Clark County |
1960-1967 | ||
Box/Folder | Accession | ||
2 | 0768-001 | General Files
Scope and Content:
Minutes, bulletins, reports, memos, notes
|
1960-1962 |
2 | 0768-001 | Budget Committee |
1966-1967 |
Series 4: Columbia Region Association of Governments |
1966-1968 | ||
Box/Folder | Accession | ||
2 | 0768-001 | Organization |
1966-1967 |
2 | 0768-001 | Executive Committee Minutes |
1966-1967 |
2 | 0768-001 | General Assembly |
1967 |
2 | 0768-001 | Advisory Committee |
1967 |
2 | 0768-001 | Consultants |
1966-1967 |
2 | 0768-001 | Personnel |
1967 |
2 | 0768-001 | Program and Budget |
1967-1968 |
2-3 | 0768-001 | General
Scope and Content:
Correspondence, minutes, ephemera, reports, etc.
|
1966-1967 |
Series 5: Clark County Health and Welfare Planning
Council |
1964-1966 | ||
Box/Folder | Accession | ||
3 | 0768-001 | General
Scope and Content:
Minutes, bulletins, ephemera, reports, lists of members
|
1964-1966 |
Series 6: Economic Opportunity Committee of Clark
County |
1965-1967 | ||
Box/Folder | Accession | ||
3 | 0768-001 | Corporate Structure |
1965-1967 |
3 | 0768-001 | General
Scope and Content:
Reports, organization material, application for community
action program, minutes, agenda
|
1965-1967 |
Series 7: Vancouver City Council |
1959-1970 | ||
Box/Folder | Accession | ||
3-4 | 0768-001 | Minutes and Agendas |
1960-1967 |
4 | 0768-001 | Budgets
Scope and Content:
Preliminary and final copies, expenditure sheets
|
1960-1965 |
4 | 0768-001 | Clark County Board of Adjustment |
1964-1966 |
4 | 0768-001 | Clark County Board of Equalization |
1966 |
4 | 0768-001 | Clark County Board of Health |
1964-1967 |
5 | 0768-001 | Esther Short Industrial Project, urban
renewal |
1960-1961 |
5-6 | 0768-001 | Chronological File |
1961-1963 |
6 | 0768-001 | Subject File: Air Pollution |
1966 |
6 | 0768-001 | Subject File: Airport |
1964-1967 |
6 | 0768-001 | Subject File: Alcoholism |
1966 |
6 | 0768-001 | Subject File: Annexation |
1964-1967 |
6 | 0768-001 | Subject File: Architect Committee |
1962-1963 |
7 | 0768-001 | Arterials and Streets |
1964-1967 |
7 | 0768-001 | Association of Washington Cities |
1960-1967 |
7 | 0768-001 | Bids |
1964-1967 |
7 | 0768-001 | Bond Issue |
1963-1966 |
7 | 0768-001 | Building |
1964-1965 |
7 | 0768-001 | Building Department |
1963-1966 |
7 | 0768-001 | Building Report |
1966-1967 |
7 | 0768-001 | City Hall |
1964-1965 |
7 | 0768-001 | Civic Center |
1966 |
7 | 0768-001 | Civil Defense |
1961-1967 |
7 | 0768-001 | Clark College |
1964 |
7 | 0768-001 | Design for Clark County |
1966-1967 |
7 | 0768-001 | Code Enforcement |
1967 |
7 | 0768-001 | Council Committees |
1960-1964 |
7 | 0768-001 | Dog Control |
1967 |
7 | 0768-001 | Downtown Development |
1964 |
7 | 0768-001 | Downtown Mall |
1966-1967 |
7 | 0768-001 | Education |
1966 |
7 | 0768-001 | Federal Program |
1966 |
8 | 0768-001 | Finance |
1965-1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Financial Report |
1963-1964 |
8 | 0768-001 | Financial Statements |
1966-1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Fire Department |
1964-1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Fireworks |
1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Gambling |
1965 |
8 | 0768-001 | Gilmore Steel, Sandpoint, Idaho |
1960-1965 |
8 | 0768-001 | Indecent Literature |
1961 |
8 | 0768-001 | Juveniles |
1961 |
8 | 0768-001 | Landscape Commission |
1965-1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Legal |
1964-1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Legislature |
1965-1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Licenses |
1964-1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Local Improvement Districts (L.I.D.s) |
1964-1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Marina |
1962-1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Mayor's Committees |
1964 |
8 | 0768-001 | Miscellany |
1964-1965 |
8 | 0768-001 | National Municipal League (All America
City) |
1959-1960 |
8 | 0768-001 | Neighborhood Youth Corps |
1964-1966 |
8 | 0768-001 | Ordinances |
1961-1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Parking |
1964-1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Parks and Recreation |
1962-1967 |
8 | 0768-001 | Pension Boards |
1966 |
9 | 0768-001 | Personnel |
1964-1967 |
9 | 0768-001 | Planning and Zoning |
1963-1970 |
9 | 0768-001 | Police |
1967 |
9 | 0768-001 | Port District |
1967 |
9 | 0768-001 | Progress Payments |
1965-1966 |
9 | 0768-001 | Public Relations |
1964 |
9 | 0768-001 | Public Works |
1964-1967 |
9 | 0768-001 | Purchasing |
1965 |
9 | 0768-001 | Recreation Building |
1965 |
9 | 0768-001 | Safety |
1966-1967 |
9 | 0768-001 | Schools and Education |
1965 |
9 | 0768-001 | Seamen's Center |
1967 |
9 | 0768-001 | Sewage |
1964 |
9 | 0768-001 | Sewers |
1965-1967 |
9 | 0768-001 | Sister City - Arequipa, Peru |
1966-1967 |
9 | 0768-001 | Special Events |
1966-1967 |
9 | 0768-001 | Streets |
1965 |
9 | 0768-001 | Taverns |
1964-1965 |
9 | 0768-001 | Taxes, Insurance |
1967 |
9 | 0768-001 | Taxes |
1965 |
9 | 0768-001 | Teen-age Dance Board |
1967 |
9 | 0768-001 | Traffic |
1964-1967 |
10 | 0768-001 | Trees |
1964 |
10 | 0768-001 | Tree Talk |
1963-1967 |
10 | 0768-001 | Urban Renewal |
1964-1967 |
10 | 0768-001 | Water |
1965-1967 |
10 | 0768-001 | Water Department |
1964 |
10 | 0768-001 | Zoning |
1965-1967 |
10 | 0768-001 | Ephemera (Unfoldered) |
1963-1967 |
10 | 0768-001 | Campaign |
1967-1970 |
Accession No. 1995-001: Jean Norwood papers, circa 1970sReturn to Top
Scope and Content: Clippings and some correspondence about civic activities.
Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Jean Norwood, 1981-02-17
Accession No. 1995-003: Jean Norwood papers, 1965-1970Return to Top
Scope and Content: Correspondence, clippings, ephemera, ca. 1965-1970.
Mrs. Norwood's activities in Juneau and Vancouver, Wa. are documented here: campaign for merger of all local governments into City and Borough of Juneau, 1970; and a successful campaign to fluoridate Vancouver's water, 1966.
Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Jean Norwood, 1981-02-17
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- City council members--Washington (State)--Vancouver--Archives
- Civic leaders--Alaska--Juneau--Archives
- Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Vancouver--Archives
- Municipal government--Washington (State)--Vancouver--20th century--History--Sources
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
- Women--Washington (State)--Vancouver--Societies and clubs--History--Sources
Personal Names
- Norwood, Jean, 1919-2015--Archives
Geographical Names
- Vancouver (Wash.)--Politics and government--20th century--History--Sources