John Stamets photographs, approximately 1970s-2000s

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Stamets, John, 1949-
Title
John Stamets photographs
Dates
approximately 1970s-2000s (inclusive)
Quantity
157.81 cubic feet (174 boxes and 3 tubes) plus 1 oversize folder containing photographic prints, negatives, slides and textual materials
Collection Number
PH2016-002
Summary
Photographs made by John Stamets who documented architecture and construction around Seattle, Nicaraguan circuses, Filipino cannery workers, the Rat City Roller girls roller derby team, the collapse of the Husky Stadium and other activities
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

Access restricted: For terms of access, contact Special Collections.

Request at UW

Some records stored off-site; advance notice required for use.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Mr. Stamets was born on April 18, 1949, in Ithaca, N.Y., and grew up in Columbiana, Ohio. Following family tradition, he attended prep school at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania. After graduating from Yale University in 1971, he moved to Seattle in the early 1970s to study neurophysiology at the UW.

But he had already acquired the photography bug at Yale, where he had a chance to study with legendary photographer Walker Evans.

“John was a force of nature,” his brother, Paul, said. “He inspired me on my path into the field of mycology, after his travels to Mexico and Colombia in pursuit of magic mushrooms.”

Back in Seattle, Mr. Stamets drove a cab for several years, taking pictures of his passengers. He also was a photographer for the Seattle Sun, an alternative weekly.

He was most famous for capturing the 1987 collapse of Husky Stadium on camera — a photo he then sold as a nine-shot panoramic postcard titled “Gravity 1, UW 0.”

In 1988, he began shooting the construction of large building projects in downtown Seattle as the city underwent one of its periodic building booms. “I realized it was going to be a very significant time in the city’s history,” he told The Seattle Times in 1992, “comparable to the Denny Regrade.” (The bus tunnel, downtown Seattle Art Museum and five skyscrapers were all under construction.)

In 1992, he joined the UW faculty, where he ran the Architecture Photo Lab. He also became involved in a federal program documenting important historical buildings. His collaborator Susan Boyle, of Boyle Wagoner Architects, noted that more than 350 of his photographs are in the Library of Congress’s Historic American Buildings Survey and the Historic American Engineering Record Collection.

There was little that could stop him from getting the shot he wanted, Boyle said. He even rented the Monorail so he could see into the EMP Museum site during construction, having the driver stop at the best vantage points and open the doors.

A more recent obsession was the Rat City Rollergirls. “In March 2013 I fell down the rabbit hole into modern roller derby,” he said. “I saw it once, and I never left.”

He died the weekend of June 7-8, at age 65, of an apparent heart attack.

Information taken from John Stamets obituary by Michael Upchurch.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Photographs made by John Stamets. The majority of photographs in this collection either document the construction of large building projects in downtown Seattle (including the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Central Library, EMP, Seattle Art Museum, and others), or are part of the Library of Congress’s Historic American Buildings Survey and the Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER), which document achievements in architecture and engineering in the United States through a comprehensive range of building types and engineering technologies (Stamets' HABS/HAER photographs document the Henry Art Gallery, Fox Theater, Longacres racetrack, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and others). Photographs also document Pike Place Market and events at Seattle's Kingdome in the 1980s, as well as other subjects, including Nicaraguan circuses, Filipino cannery workers, the Rat City Roller girls roller derby team, and Seattle taxi passengers in the 1970s.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Restrictions on Use

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries. Some restrictions exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Preservation Note

Some records stored off-site; advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Information

Donor: Stamets family, 2014.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Architecture negatives, color prints ca. 2005, 2001-2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 1

Henry Art Museum negatives and note cards, construction documentation, 1995-1997Return to Top

Container(s): Box 2

Prints and Negatives: SPL Branch Libraries, two bridge projects (one is likely South Park Bridge), an airfield, Pacific First Center (downtown Seattle), Suzallo Renovation, and general files ('96, '98), 1991-2006Return to Top

Container(s): Box 3

Prints and negatives, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 4

Grouped as found.

Project files, prints, and negatives; EMP (Experience Music Project) during construction, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 5

Misc. negatives, 2001Return to Top

Container(s): Box 6

Presently emptyReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 7

Color negatives and prints; Safeco Field and McCormick Tribune Campus Center (MTCC) at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago (IIT)., 1994-2004Return to Top

Container(s): Box 8

IIT MTCC Negatives and prints, circa 2000-2002Return to Top

Container(s): Box 9

Color negatives, slides, prints; EMP during Construction, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 10

Negatives; music hall, 2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 11

Henry Art Gallery negatives, prints ; contact prints of the construction of a theater; negatives of buildings; Seattle Public Library building prints; Suzzallo renovation, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 12

Negatives and note cards, 1998Return to Top

Container(s): Box 13

Project files, prints, construction documentation, circa 2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 14

Negatives and prints from EMP construction, circa 1999-2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box 15

Misc. HABS/HAER prints, negatives, slides, and documentation , circa 1992-2011Return to Top

Container(s): Box 16

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
16
Sunrise lodge
14 prints, (58 negatives [editing]), and documents.
 1997?
16
Miscellaneous prints, slides and negatives
14 prints, 2 slides, (167 negatives[editing]).
 between 2006 and 2010?
16
Art: Grants and Exhibits
2 folders of documents.
 between 1992 and 1993
16
San Francisco Jewish Community Center (HABS No. CA-2724)
51 prints.
 2001
16
Frank-Jensen Summer Home (HABS No. WA-207)
1 folder of documents.
 between 1991 and 1992?
16
Guidelines for preparing written historical and descriptive data
1 folder of documents.
 1985?
16
Salishan (Tacoma, WA, HABS draft)
38 prints.
 1999
16
Forest and a pipe or drain
8 prints.
 2007
16
A house
9 prints
 2007
16
A Dam
17 prints.
 2010
16
Pike Place Market and Seattle Waterfront
23 prints, and 12 negatives.
 1992
16/1
Exterior and interior of houses, Skykomish
21 prints.
 2006
16/2
Exterior and interior of houses, Skykomish
13 prints, 18 thirty-five millimeter strips, and 4 thirty-five millimeter negative strips.
 2006
16
Army and Navy
54 prints, 6 negatives, 5 thirty-five millimeter strips, 6 fourty-five? millimeter strip negatives, and 5 folders of documents.
 between 1992 and 1996

Misc. prints , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 17

Negatives, note cards on Seattle Central Library and other projects, 1996-1997Return to Top

Container(s): Box 18

Seattle Central Library negatives and prints, 2003Return to Top

Container(s): Box 19

Construction documentation projects, Bellevue Art Museum, negative record sheets, 2005-2006Return to Top

Container(s): Box 20

Vertico negatives in binders, box 1 of 3, 1988-1989Return to Top

Container(s): Box 21

Misc. prints , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 22

Prints: SPL Branch Libraries, bridges, dam, and misc. projects, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 23

Milwaukee Art Museum and others negatives and prints, circa 2006Return to Top

Container(s): Box 24

Misc. prints from Scanning Office (Gould 19C), circa 1999-2004Return to Top

Container(s): Box 25

Vertico negatives in binders, box 2 of 3, 1989-1990Return to Top

Container(s): Box 26

Project files/portfolios, prints, old negative note cards, 1994Return to Top

Container(s): Box 27

Misc. color and black/white negatives, some EMP negatives included, 1995-2007Return to Top

Container(s): Box 28

Negatives and Prints, Seattle Central Library and IIT, 2003-2004Return to Top

Container(s): Box 29

HABS Prints, Documentation, and Slides, 1991-1992Return to Top

Container(s): Box 30

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
30
Fox Theater (HABS No. WA-197), Seattle, WA
796 prints, 30 slides, and 4 folders of documents.
 1991-1992

Vertico negatives in binders, box 3 of 3, 1990-1992Return to Top

Container(s): Box 31

Misc. negatives, 2008-2010Return to Top

Container(s): Box 32

Misc. negatives , 2003-2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 33

Some appear to show construction on building next to Seattle Art Museum.

Project slides and misc. negatives, circa 1997Return to Top

Container(s): Box 34

Boxed as found. Covers a lot of different projects, including Seattle Public Library and EMP.

Cobb building documentation, prints and negatives, 2006Return to Top

Container(s): Box 35

Misc. negatives, 2004-2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 36

Misc. negatives, one box labeled "South Park Bridge" with print glued to top of box, 2006-2009Return to Top

Container(s): Box 37

Misc. negatives, 2003Return to Top

Container(s): Box 38

HABS/HAER Prints, Negatives, Slides, and Documentation , 1993-2002Return to Top

Container(s): Box 39

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
39
Landsburg Dam (HAER draft), Landsburg, WA
29 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 1993-2002
39
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (HAER No. WA-116), Bremerton, WA
269 prints, 12 negatives, 5 slides, and 4 folders of documents.
 1993-2002
39
Henry Art Gallery (HABS No. WA-213), Seattle, WA
402 prints, 71 negatives, 347 slides, 2 sketches, 6 thirty-five millimeter strips, 18 fourty-five millimeter strips, and 3 folders of documents.
 1993-2002

HABS/HAER Project folders; documentation, negatives, and prints; box 3 of 3, between 2010 and 2013Return to Top

Container(s): Box 40

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
40
Jameson house or residence, Bothell, WA
33 prints, 3 negatives, 11 slides, and 2 bound booklets.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
Boone/Truly Ranch, Bothell, WA
38 prints, and 1 bound booklet.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
Bothell
2 folders of documents.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
Angeline Strelic Residence
2 prints, and1 folder of documents.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
501 1st Avenue S. - NBBI
7 prints.
 between and 2010 and 2013?
40
Wright Runstad
48 prints, and 5 negatives.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
The Shaub Ellison Building
1 bound booklet.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
UW Tacoma
31 prints, 5 slides, and 1 folder of documents
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
Foster Golf Links-Clubhouse
16 prints, 1 folder of documents.
 Feburary 2006
40
Holly Park
6 prints, and 2 folders of documents.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
Fenderal Central South
1 folder of documents.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
City Archive
2 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
Hamilton Hotel
1 bound booklet.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
Willowmoor Entry Collumns
7 prints.
 between 2010 and 2013
40
Introduction to Federal Projects and Historic Preservation Law
1 folder of documents.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
Miscellaneous Loose Documents
2 folders of documents.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
2nd and Seneca from 1st Avenue
1 folder of documents.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
LAAS
1 folder of documents.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
South Park Bridge Documents
2 folders of documents.
 between 2010 and 2013?
40
South Park Bridge KC Dot Documents
3 folders of documents.
 between 2010 and 2013?

General Seattle photography, 1990-1991Return to Top

Container(s): Box 41

HABS/HAER Project folders; documentation and prints; box 1 of 3, between 1983 and 2007?Return to Top

Container(s): Box 42

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
42
Dams
 betweeen 1993 and 2006
Box
42
Powerdale Dam
34 prints, 20 large prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 2006
42
Rockcreek Hydro
53 prints, 3 postcards, 1 negative, and 2 folders of documents.
 2002?
42
Cedar Falls
16 prints.
 2002
42
Snoqualmie Power Station, Snoqualmie, WA
1 print, 2 folders of documents.
 1993
42
Baker River Dams (upper and lower)
28 prints, 3 folders of documents.
 2006
42
Miscellaneous/Unidentified dam
27 prints.
 2008-2011
42
Miscillaneos Bridges
20 slides, and 30 negatives.
 between 1983 and 2007?
Box/Folder
42
An unidentified bridge
30 prints.
 between 1983 and 2007?
Box
42
Sauk Bridge
15 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 between 2002 and 2006?
42
Novelty Bridge
52 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 between 1997 and 1999
42
Jones Bridge
11 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 between 1990 and 2007?
42
Mt. Si Bridge
20 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 2006
42
Norman Bridge
7 prints, 6 kodak 400TMY strips, and 1 folder of documents.
 2004
42
Cedar Mountain Bridge
35 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 2002
42
Fremont Bridge
14 prints, and1 folder of documents.
 2005
42
N. 21st Street Bridge
31 prints, and 3 folders of documents.
 1983?
42
Woodinville Duvall Bridge
31 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 2002
42
Raging River Bridge, Fall City, WA
23 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 1997
Box/Folder
42
Southpark Bridge
24 prints.
 2009
Box
42
Preston Bridge and Church
19 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 2002
42
Mt. Vernon 2nd Street Bridge
23 prints.
 September 2001
42
Bridge No. 91
25 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 2007

HABS Prints and Documentation: Longacres (HABS No. WA-201) ; Badger Mountain Lookout (HABS No. WA-208) ; Curtis Wharf (HABS No. WA-198), between 1992 and1994Return to Top

Container(s): Box 43

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
43
Badger Mountain Lookout (HABS No. WA-208)
48 prints, 7 negatives, 1 slide, and 2 folders of documents.
 between1992 and 1994
43
Curtis Wharf (HABS No. WA-198)
68 prints, 46 negatives, and 1 bound book of documents.
 1992-1994
43
Longacres (HABS No. WA-201)
245 prints, 566 negatives, and 3 folders documents.
 1992-1994
43
Chelan Butte Lookout, Wenatchee National Forest
32 prints.
 1995?

Prints: general project files, EMP construction, SPL Central construction, IIT Campus Center Construction, circa 1991-2006Return to Top

Container(s): Box 44

HABS/HAER Project folders; documentation and prints; box 2 of 3, between 2002 and 2008Return to Top

Container(s): Box 45

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
45
Millersylvania State Park
48 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 1995
45
Sandpoint Buildings
35 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 1998
45
Fircrest
71 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 between 2004 and 2005
45
Hamilton Hotel Portland, OR
31 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 1993
45
Bunkers
3 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 1994
45
Wenatchee Cabin
28 prints, and 1 negative.
 1994
45
Kosai Farm
39 prints, 7 thirty-five millimeter strips, and 1 folder of documents.
 1995
45
Nelson Farm
48 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 2001
45
Aldarra Farm
19 prints, and 1 folder of documents.
 1998
45
Malt Dairy Farm
26 prints.
 2003
45
Auburn Division St. Houses
1 folder of documents.
 1998
45
Denny-Hanson Aqua-Barn
32 prints, 2 negatives, 9 slides, and1 folder of documents.
 2001
45
Unlabled
20 prints.
 1998
45
Summer Yeast and Vinegar Plants
1 folder of documents.
 2008
45
Webster Creek
1 folder of documents.
 2007
45
Collins Building-Everette
27 prints, and 2 folder of documents.
 2007
45
Wyckoff Docks
36 prints, 15 fourty-five millimeter strips, and 1 folder of documents.
 1995
45
Pacific Creosoting Plant (Wyckoff Facility) West Dock
20 prints, and 5 negatives.
 1995
45
Roslyn Cole
1 folder of documents.
 1996

Miscellaneous negatives of Seattle projects, includes EMP and SAM, 1991-1999Return to Top

Container(s): Box 46

Miscellaneous Seattle building projects, 1995-1999Return to Top

Container(s): Box 47

Miscellaneous Seattle building projects, negatives; includes EMP and SAM, 2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box 48

Misc. negatives, 2000-2002Return to Top

Container(s): Box 49

Misc. negatives (in chronological order), May-October, 2002Return to Top

Container(s): Box 50

Misc. prints from Scanning Office (Gould 19C), circa 1996-2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box 51

Misc. Seattle building projects negatives and prints, 1994-2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 52

Misc. prints and negatives/color negatives, circa 1997-2012Return to Top

Container(s): Box 53

Misc. prints and negatives, circa 1987-1998Return to Top

Container(s): Box 54

Large prints: misc building projects, circa 1988-2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 55

Panoramic prints, circa 1985-1988Return to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 56

Mostly Pike Place Market, some Kingdome events, some of protesters ('86) and pedestrians in Downtown Seattle

Large prints, circa 1992-1998Return to Top

Container(s): Box 57

Single matted print, posters, Music Hall, Madonna Wall (EMP SE Corner), misc. building projects.

Large Prints: untitled, but possibly depicting the Music Hall, EMP, and the Henry Art Gallery, circa 1992-1998Return to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 58

Large prints, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 59

Some appear to be from Stamet's days of taking pictures of his taxi passengers, others are portraits or misc. street scenes.

Large prints: Henry Art Gallery during construction, 1996Return to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 60

55 oversized prints.

Large prints: Seattle Art Museum during construction, 1991Return to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 61

Large prints, circa1988-1990Return to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 62

Most appear to be buildings in Downtown and Pioneer Square during construction.

Large prints: MAM, IIT, Sundial, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 63

Misc. prints of varying sizes, circa 2007-2009Return to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 64

Large prints: untitled, circa 2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 65

Unable to determine the buildings depicted during construction.

Large prints: misc. buildings under construction, and Seattle Coleseum demol, Millenium Tower,, 1989?Return to Top

Container(s): Box:oversize 66

[REMINDER] Moved box 66 from HT1020 to HT1018 due to lack of shelf space.

HABS prints and documentation, between 1993 and 2007?Return to Top

Container(s): Box 67

247 miscellaneous negatives.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
67
Madigan Army Hospital (HABS No. WA-202)
380 prints, 393 negatives, 13 slides, 2 thirty-five millimeter strips, and 6 folders of documents.
 between 1993 and 2007?
67
Post Hospital (HABS No. WA-205),Fort Lewis, WA
92 prints, and 6 folders of documents.
 between 1993 and 2007?

Suzzalo and Seattle Branch Libraries prints, circa 2000-2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 68

Each branch library has its own labeled folder.

Miscellaneous slides, negatives, and color negatives, circa 1988-2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box 69

Originally housed in binders.

Taxi-related documents and files, circa 1980-1983Return to Top

Container(s): Box 70

Probably from years spent driving a Taxi and occasionally photographing passengers.

UW REQ JAN-JUNE '82, circa 1982Return to Top

Container(s): Box 71

Various prints.

Miscellaneous Prints/Documents, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 72

Various prints.

Miscellaneous Prints/Documents , circa 1981-1982Return to Top

Container(s): Box 73

Miscellaneous Prints/Documents , circa 1982-2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box 74

Domingo/Viernes Depositions and Manuscripts.

Newspapers , 1994-2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box 74

Pike Place Market News '94 - '00 and Reflex Magazine Dec. '95 - Jan. '96.

Large prints: misc. building projects, circa 2000-2001Return to Top

Container(s): Box 75

Includes Suzzalo Renovation (excellent shot of Reading Room renovation).

Large prints: misc. building projects, circa 1988-2009Return to Top

Container(s): Box 76

Large prints: misc. building projects, circa 1999-2003Return to Top

Container(s): Box 77

Large prints: Henry Art Gallery, and probably a stadium under construction, circa 1996-1998Return to Top

Container(s): Box 78

10 oversized prints of Gallery, and 1 oversized print of stadium.

Miscilleneous portraits of elderly people, circa 1985-1987Return to Top

Container(s): Box 79?

Large prints: Henry Art Gallery, misc. building projects, circa 1985-2011Return to Top

Container(s): Box 79?

Large Prints: Music hall, misc. building projects, circa 1988-2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 80

9 prints of the Music hall.

Large Prints: Bellevue Art Museum, misc. building projects, circa 2000-2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 81

Large Prints: misc. building projects, some of light rail (Seattle?), circa 2001-2003Return to Top

Container(s): Box 82

Large Prints: Suzzallo Renovation, misc. building projects, circa 1997-2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 83

Large Prints: Bellevue Art Museum, circa 2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box 84

Large Prints , circa 1990-2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 85

Subjects include Museum of Gass, , Protesters (Downtown Seattle?), Bellevue Art Museum, SAM, Seattle Central Library demol., MAM, McKan Apt. demol., 505 Union Station, and misc. building projects.

Large Prints, circa 1996-2001Return to Top

Container(s): Box 86

Subjects include 10 prints of Henry Art Gallery, and 5 prints of old farm building.

Large Prints: IIT-MTCC, EMP construction, circa 1999-2002Return to Top

Container(s): Box 87

Large Prints: Single color print, BW prints for misc. building projects, circa 1988-2001Return to Top

Container(s): Box 88

Looking East on Pine, possibly Safeco Field construction.

Large Prints: Suzzalo Renovation , circa 2001-2002Return to Top

Container(s): Box 89

Very good condition, excellent shots of Reading Room renovation.

Negatives in labeled, dated sleeves (10/1/76-2/28/81), 1976-1981Return to Top

Container(s): Box 90

Various prints and negatives, circa 1976-1981Return to Top

Container(s): Box 90

Subjects include San Francisco, Cherry Point Arco Refinery, wheat harvest, Seattle Sonics, Mexico trip, and Anti-Nuclear Power Protest '77 (Crabshell Alliance).

Various slides, negatives, proofs, and prints, circa 1974-1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 91

Stamets labeled the boxes as "WA State Slides," "Good Prints," "Seattle 'Scapes," "The Group Proofs and Negs."

Various prints and negatives, circa 1988-1992Return to Top

Container(s): Box 92

Includes "Catholic Progress" prints and negatives, "Vertico" prints from Aug. '88 to Dec. '91, and "Urban Scrape" prints.

Various slides, circa 1984-1985Return to Top

Container(s): Box 93

"Alaska '85", "Street Art/Artists", Politics '84-85", "Misc. extra slides", "Taxi Passengers."

Various negatives, circa 1983-1991Return to Top

Container(s): Box 93

"Market Widelux" - likely Pike Place.

Notebook, circa 1983-1991Return to Top

Container(s): Box 93

Notes about experiments on cats and rats

Various slides, prints, and negatives, circa 1978-1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 94

Subjects include includes color prints from a wedding, prints labeled "Daniel Masfield - Deaf/Blind" (possibly by another photographer), IFPTE Conference Photography ('82).

Various prints and negatives, circa 1977-1991Return to Top

Container(s): Box 95

Taxi passenger photos comprise the majority, some color photos and some of Housing/Tenants Union demolition.

Various prints and negatives, circa 1977-1995Return to Top

Container(s): Box 96

Taxi passengers, Amusement Center, West Seattle bridge, photos related to Nicaraguan Embargo protests/political activism, Shorey's bookstore, "Hot Shots", and weddings.

Large color prints taken in Nicaragua: "Nicaragua Libre", circa 1985Return to Top

Container(s): Box 97

Prints of various sizes, appear to be photographs taken by Jerry Gay for the Seattle Sun in 1980, circa 1980Return to Top

Container(s): Box 98

Misc. large color prints, possibly the Seattle Center, circa 1985Return to Top

Container(s): Box 99

Misc. large prints, circa 1977-86Return to Top

Container(s): Box 100

Some are black and white prints of taxi passengers, undated but probably from late 1970; a May 7, 1977 black and white print titled Yamasaki's Rainier Tower depicting the tower, a brick building being demolished and an overhead airplane in flight; the rest are color photographs from '83-'86, possibly Seattle Center.

Misc. large color prints, circa 1979-1985Return to Top

Container(s): Box 101

Most appear to possibly depict the Seattle Center, some Nicaragua photos as well.

Misc. large color prints, circa 1983-1985Return to Top

Container(s): Box 102

Some possibly Seattle Center, some of Pike Place Market, some of an unidentified mountain.

Large color prints , Circa 1980sReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 103

Might be Seattle Center.

Misc. prints, negatives, color negatives, and slides, , Circa 1974-1990Return to Top

Container(s): Box 104

Includes large amount of prints from Kingdome contracts ('88-'90), slides of Seattle and WA state, theater negatives and slides, and taxi passenger prints with model releases.

Misc. documents, prints, and newspaper/magazine clippings, circa 1988-1990, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 105

Some materials related to Kingdome photography project ('88-'90).

Misc. documents, prints, newspaper/magazine clippings, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 106

Misc. documents, prints, and newspaper/magazine clippings, 1991-1992, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 107

Includes Music Hall demolition prints and docs. from 91-92.

Misc. negatives and prints, circa 1977-1992Return to Top

Container(s): Box 108

Subjects include: Taxi passengers/taxi company from '77-'79, Music Hall ('91-'92), First Ave (Pike to Union) from '80-81, Fremont Forum, Volunteer Park Bicycle Race (4/1/78), theater prints, and 4th of July Fireworks Crew ('79).

Music Hall panorama prints , circa 1991-1992Return to Top

Container(s): Box 109

Various slides, circa 1973-1996Return to Top

Container(s): Box 109

Negatives in labeled, dated sleeves, 1978-1982Return to Top

Container(s): Box 110

Miscellaneous slides, circa 1985-1998Return to Top

Container(s): Box 110

"Art Scene" negatives and prints, 1988-1989Return to Top

Container(s): Box 110

DVD/CDs of photos from Savery Hall renovation , circa 2008Return to Top

Container(s): Box 110

Miscellaneous matted prints, prints and negatives, circa 1969-1995Return to Top

Container(s): Box 111

Nicaragua, personal photos, Labor council office, and various subjects.

Materials form "Alaskeros" exhibition, circa 1969-1995Return to Top

Container(s): Box 111

Davenport College Arts Magazine, 1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box 111

Miscellaneous prints , circa 1977-1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 112

Grouped as found and put into 19 folders; dates are approximate, as most prints were undated.

Kingdome project negatives, circa 1986-1991Return to Top

Container(s): Box 113

Kingdome panoramic prints, circa 1986-1989Return to Top

Container(s): Box 113

East Coast negatives and prints, circa 1971-1974Return to Top

Container(s): Box 113

Domingo/Viernes prints, negatives, and docs, circa 1977-1991Return to Top

Container(s): Box 113

Seattle Sun slide show by Nancy WalzReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 113

Miscellaneous prints and negatives (some, but few, negatives as well), also a folder of slides (Lakeview Cemetery, color negatives (skyline) , 1987-1995Return to Top

Container(s): Box 114

Subjects include: Harborview Garage ('89-'90), Vertico (Jan '88-July '88 and Oct '89-April '90), "Art Scene" ('87-'95), and miscellaneous building projects.

Slides of Lakeview Cemetery and color negatives of the skyline, circa 1986-1990Return to Top

Container(s): Box 114

Miscellaneous prints and negatives, circa 1977-1999Return to Top

Container(s): Box 115

Subjects include Pike Place Market and the people that work the shops there are heavily featured, also contains labeled folders of Stamets' favorite Pike Place Market photos (e.g. "MARKET BEST!", "MARKET 'BEST' - PORTRAITS") .

Pike Place Market prints, slides, and documents, 1984-1999Return to Top

Container(s): Box 116

Miscellaneous prints, negatives, documents, circa 1989-2002Return to Top

Container(s): Box 117

Includes photography project proposals, magazine and newspaper clippings, journals, mockups, and other materials.

Large prints of CTC/Theater productions , 1980Return to Top

Container(s): Box 118

Large color prints titled "Mechanical Carnival #2", 1980Return to Top

Container(s): Box 119

Possible undeveloped film , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 120-121

Miscellaneous newspaper and magazine clippings (mostly Seattle-area publications), circa 1977-2004Return to Top

Container(s): Box 122

Photocopies of articles with Stamets' photos, circa 1977-2004Return to Top

Container(s): Box 122

Negatives, photos, blueprints, photography project correspondence, and documents , circa 1977-2004Return to Top

Container(s): Box 122

Possible undeveloped film , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 123

Misc. loose prints and negatives from various building projects and other photography projects, loose blueprint negatives, circa 1975-2008Return to Top

Container(s): Box 124

Issues of the Seattle Sun, 1975Return to Top

Container(s): Box 124

UW Department of Architecture design folio , 2007Return to Top

Container(s): Box 124

Issues of the Seattle Sun, 1980Return to Top

Container(s): Box 125

Legal papers related to the Domingo-Viernes case, circa 1980-1985Return to Top

Container(s): Box 125

Papers, photos, pamphlets, newspaper/magazine clippings, documents, and notes (taken by Stamets) related to the Domingo-Viernes case.

Documents, prints, negatives of building projects, circa 1977-1999Return to Top

Container(s): Box 126

Miscellaneous prints, 1977-1978Return to Top

Container(s): Box 126

Project files, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 127

Panorama Prints of Pike Place Market, 1986-1987Return to Top

Container(s): Box 128

Prints, 1986-1991Return to Top

Container(s): Box 128

Taxi Passenger project prints and negatives , 1978-1981Return to Top

Container(s): Box 128

Negatives and prints, 1976-1982Return to Top

Container(s): Box 128

Possible undeveloped film , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 129-130

Project files and documents, 1984-1993Return to Top

Container(s): Box 131

Project files and documents, 1984-1993Return to Top

Container(s): Box 131

Seattle Sun staff negatives and prints, 1978-1982Return to Top

Container(s): Box 131

Boeing materials on specific aircraft, circa 1978-1993Return to Top

Container(s): Box 131

Nordstrom construction prints, 1997-2001Return to Top

Container(s): Box 132

Steno notebooks, 2001, 2003Return to Top

Container(s): Box 132

Misc. prints and negatives, 1986-2010Return to Top

Container(s): Box 132

Includes Longacres demolition ('92) and Fremont Bridge prints (2005) as well as other subjects.

Misc. prints and some negatives of various building projects, circa 1990-2008Return to Top

Container(s): Box 133

Includes construction at SAM ('08), Cabrini Hospital demolition ('95), King County Landmarks ('90).

Misc. documents, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 133

Misc. panoramic negatives, circa 1986Return to Top

Container(s): Box 133

Captioned photos of Rat City Roller Girls, 2013Return to Top

Container(s): Box 133

Issue of Northwest Construction magazine with Stamets photo on cover, 1999Return to Top

Container(s): Box 133

Miscellaneous prints, negatives, and slides, circa 1977-2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 134

Subjects include: Bellevue skyline ('91), Pike Place Market Historic Preservation Easement photo contract ('92), Key Bank in Ballard ('91), Longacres racetractk ('92), Telephone poles ('04), and various building projects.

Prints, negatives, and documents, circa 1979-2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box 135

Loose materials were foldered as found due to overwhelming amount.

Subjects include: Vertico (5/3/88-8/17/88), Henry Art Building (1995), Nordstrom (1998).

Negatives (1985-1992), documents and photocopied prints contributed Gwathmey Siegel Book on Henry Art Gallery, and misc. prints, circa 1979-2001Return to Top

Container(s): Box 136

5 folders of documents, and photocopied contact sheets.

Loose large prints, circa 1977-2001Return to Top

Container(s): Box 137

Slides of Blaine, WA and US Customs, 1984Return to Top

Container(s): Box 138

Negatives, 1967-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box 138

Prints and contact sheet prints, 1967-1971Return to Top

Container(s): Box 138

Seattle newspapers and magazines , 1977-1988Return to Top

Container(s): Box 138

Magazines/newsletter clippings related to photography and camerasReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 138

Magazines/newsletter clippings, circa 1979-2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box 139

Documents and file folders, circa 1979-2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box 139

Pike Place Market prints, Husky Stadium Collapse prints, misc. Seattle architecture prints and negatives, and building project portfolio prints, circa 1985-2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box 139

Misc. prints and negatives, most of Seattle construction projects, circa 1979-2001Return to Top

Container(s): Box 140

Misc. Prints: misc. construction prints and loose prints, Hotel Hamilton, Whidbey Naval Air Station, Mercado Receiption, and Theater Photographs, circa 1989-2010Return to Top

Container(s): Box 141

Market News prints, 1994-1996Return to Top

Container(s): Box 141

HABS/HAER prints and documents, 1991-1998Return to Top

Container(s): Box 141

Includes Madigan building, Kosai Farms ('95), Wenatchee, Hamilton Hotel in Portland ('93), Bothell: Jamison House and Boone/Truly Farm ('91 & '93), and Whibley Island Naval Air Station, as well as misc. HABS ('92-'98). Also includes HAER prints of North 21st Street Bridge in Tacoma ('93), and HABS report and negatives of Curtis Whaf in Anacortes.

Project files with prints: SAM construction, Vertico project, HACR/Boeing, Pier 66, Collesium Demolition, and Skybridge, circa 1988-1991Return to Top

Container(s): Box 142

Prints, negatives, and documents: Pike Place Market, Pacific Place, Kingdome, Nicaragua Libre, and Pioneer Square Theater, circa 1988-2001Return to Top

Container(s): Box 143

Subjects include: HABS Curtis Wharf ('92), Pike Place Market, HABS SF Jewish Community Center ('01), "Nicaragua Libre", the Kingdome ('88-'91), and misc. building construction projects.

Prints, slides, and negatives: Kingdome, fall of "Hammering Man" at SAM, and misc. projects, circa 1978-2006Return to Top

Container(s): Box 144

Issues of the Seattle Sun, circa 1977-1978Return to Top

Container(s): Box 145

Slides of Seattle buildings ('86-'88) , 1986-1988Return to Top

Container(s): Box 146

Project files , 1990-2003Return to Top

Container(s): Box 146

Projects include Boeing, Music Hall, Seattle Sun, Vertico, IIT.

Oversize prints , circa 1987-1998Return to Top

Container(s): Box 147

Oversize prints , circa 1988-2001Return to Top

Container(s): Box 148

Possible undeveloped film , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 149-151

Misc. project files , 1976-1994Return to Top

Container(s): Box 152

Subjects include: Taxi project, Newmark, St. Stephen's, and photos of a man Stamets' friend (a Pike Place news stand owner) claims is D. B. Cooper.

Photographs, circa 1976-1994Return to Top

Container(s): Box 152

Photos of a man Stamets' friend (a Pike Place news stand owner) claims is D. B. Cooper.

Misc. prints, negatives, and documents, circa 1976-2013Return to Top

Container(s): Box 153

Subjects include: EMP ('99), Chelan Lookout Tower ('95), Japanese Language School - Tacoma ('94), and Neptune and IIT Project files.

Slides of Blaine, Wash. and US Customs, 1984Return to Top

Container(s): Box 154

Negatives, 1967-1969Return to Top

Container(s): Box 154

Prints and contact sheet prints, 1967-1971Return to Top

Container(s): Box 154

Misc. Seattle newspapers and magazines, 1977-1988Return to Top

Container(s): Box 154

Misc. magazines/newsletter clippings related to photography and cameras , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 154

Misc. project files; misc. prints and negatives, circa 1977-1995Return to Top

Container(s): Box 155

Subjects include: HABS - Chelan Butte Lookout ('95), Seattle Festivals ('83-'85), Pacific Northwest Art Expo ('86), various theater groups ('77-'85), and the Solar Eclipse of Feb. 26, 1979.

Issues of the Seattle Sun, 1977-1981Return to Top

Container(s): Box 156

Personal files , 1988-1989Return to Top

Container(s): Box 156

Issue of Seattle Times with article on Stamets' photography , 2000Return to Top

Container(s): Box 156

Possible undeveloped film , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 157-159

Misc. prints, negatives, slides, and newspaper/magazine clippings , circa 1984-2005Return to Top

Container(s): Box 160

Subjects include: Henry Art Building Renovation prints/color negatives ('96), Drydock 3 at the Port of Seattle ('94), HAER - Wyckoff ('95-'96), and misc. buildings/construction projects.

Misc. loose prints, negatives, and documents, circa 1973-2011Return to Top

Container(s): Box 161

Largely photos of various building projects/architecture, does include HABS prints of Longacres Racetrack (circa 1992).

Misc. loose prints, negatives, documents, and slides, circa 1976-2014Return to Top

Container(s): Box 162

Subjects include: 3Bob Marley at the Paramount Theater (1979), Trinity Episcopal Parish Church post-earthquake renovation (2001), and Rat City Rollergirls (2013-2014).

Digital and tape materials, circa 1977-2013Return to Top

Container(s): Box 163

DVD-RWs & CD-RWs of digital photo files ('97-'13), micro floppy discs ('90-'98), misc. audio cassette tapes ('77-'03), Canon Compactflash Card memory card ('03), and some blank DVD-RWs.

Oversize prints, circa 1979-1998 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 164

Subjects include: Portfolio prints/clippings ('79-'92), Bob Marley at the Paramount Theater prints ('79), Pike Place Market ('85-'86), Husky Stadium Collapse ('87), and misc. loose prints ('84-'98).

Oversize matted prints, circa 1979-1997 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 165

Oversize prints, circa 1987-2001Return to Top

Container(s): Box 166

Subjects include: Pike Place Market ('85-'86), Seattle Art Museum ('91), Music Hall demolition ('92), and misc. events at the Kingdome (includes Seattle Mariners games, motor cross, and Paul McCartney in concert).

Oversize prints, circa 1986-1992 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 167

Subjects include: A building, probably Kingdome (motorcross show/race?, '88), a baseball game, and Folklife Festival ('87).

Large matted prints, circa 1983-1988 Return to Top

Container(s): Box 168

Subjects include: Pike Place Market ('85-'86), Music Hall, and the Wah Mee Club ('83).

8 prints of the Music Hall.

Ephemera , undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Box 169

Includes photography ephemera (sheet film holders, etc.), personal items (such as old IDs and Press passes from events), postcards, etc.

Miscellany, circa 1977-2003Return to Top

Container(s): Box 170

Newspaper/magazine clippings ('77-'03), small posters, mounted prints, long developed negative/transparency rolls, and envelopes of empty negative sleeves with labels and dates.

Newspaper and magazine articles/clippings, circa 1979-1992Return to Top

Container(s): Box 171

Newspapers/magazines featuring Stamets' photography and some articles (foldered and in oversize upright archival box); also includes coverage on Wah Mee Massacre (1983).

Newspaper and magazine articles/clippings, circa 1977-1988Return to Top

Container(s): Box 172

Newspapers/magazines featuring Stamets' photography and some articles (foldered and in oversize upright archival box); also includes duplicate copies of certain editions/issues.

Oversize rolled photographsReturn to Top

Container(s): Tube 173

Milwaukie Art Museum at Night 00-12.9-21c (2000); Henry Art Gallery Construction, 2 prints (1996); Photocopy of panorama street scene of Westlake plaza, Seattle (undated); Alaskeros: A Documentary Exhibit on Pioneer Filipino Cannery Workers Exhibit poster (undated).

Blueprints of Salishan Defense Housing Project , 1942Return to Top

Container(s): Tube 174

Oversize rolled transparency of building under construction, undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Tube 175

HABS/HAER Prints and Slides: Longacres, Curtis Wharf ('92), Fox Theater/Music Hall, Henry Art Gallery, misc. HABS/HAER projects, circa 1992-1998Return to Top

Container(s): Tube 176

Urbanscrape vol. 1 "Our Business is Funny Business", undatedReturn to Top

Container(s): Tube 177

Note on the front page: "When the J.C. Pennys Buildig at 2nd & Pike was given to the Seattle Art Museum, the Museum traded that block for the nearby Arcade Plaza Building at First & University. This is the story of what happened next."

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Architecture--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
  • City dwellers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
  • Photographs--Specimens
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Stamets, John, 1949---Archives

Corporate Names

  • Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
  • Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.)--Photographs
  • Rat City Rollergirls--Photographs
  • Seattle Art Museum--Photographs
  • Seattle Central Library--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)--Photographs

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, (associated name)


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