WAUMacDonaldKennethA4555.xml Guide to the Kenneth A. MacDonald Papers 1950-1968 MacDonald (Kenneth A.) papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/19/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 4555 (Accession No. 4555-001) MacDonald, Kenneth A., 1917- Kenneth A. MacDonald papers 1950-1968 2.42 cubic feet (6 boxes, 1 tube [including 6 sound tape reels]) Collection materials are inEnglish. Papers of Seattle, Washington attorney

Attorney Ken MacDonald (1917-2012), cofounder of the Seattle, Washington law firm MacDonald Hoague and Bayless, represented a number of clients brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Raised in Quincy, Massachusetts, MacDonald obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College in 1939 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1942. He married his wife Elinor in 1940 and the couple had four children: Douglas, Lindsay, Garth, and Leslie. MacDonald served in the US Army during World War II and settled in Seattle following the war in 1946.

MacDonald, Fran Hoague, and Alec Bayless founded their law firm, MacDonald Hoague and Bayless, in 1952. The law firm represented clients in fair-housing cases, discrimination cases, and other cases relating to civil liberties. MacDonald represented clients called to testify before HUAC including Margaret Jean Schuddakopf, a Tacoma School District counselor who was accused of being a communist. MacDonald also represented University of Washington employees who refused to sign a loyalty oath during the Cold War era. MacDonald headed the Washington State Board Against Discrimination and was an active member of the Seattle chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Sources:

O’Hagan, Maureen. “Obituary: Seattle Attorney Who Defended the Downtrodden Dies at 95.” The Seattle Times. November 22, 2012. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituary-seattle-attorney-who-defended-the-downtrodden-dies-at-95/.

Materials are arranged topically.

Materials include correspondence, subject files, reports, court records, memos, press releases, sound recordings, notes, fliers, brochures, essays, and newspaper articles that document Kenneth A. MacDonald’s career as an attorney from 1950 to 1968. The subject files document a number of topics including the court case Margaret Jean Schuddakopf v. Tacoma School District, the Washington State Board Against Discrimination, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the investigation of Hal C. Schuddakopf, Hugh B. Mitchell’s gubernatorial campaign, and anti-communism in Washington State in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Materials were donated by Kenneth A. MacDonald, 1996 April 30.

Processing was completed in 1996 October 29.

MacDonald, Kenneth A., 1917- --Archives Costigan, Giovanni, 1905-1990 Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989 Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983 Mitchell, Hugh B. (Hugh Burnton), 1907-1996 American Civil Liberties Union. Seattle Chapter Seattle (Wash.). Citizens' Advisory Committee on Minority Housing Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Washington (State) Seattle Civil Rights Civil Procedure and Courts Politics and Politicians Sound Recordings

 

1 MacDonald's resume 1952 1 Correspondence 1950-1953 1 Communism and anti-communism subject file: newspaper articles, fliers, brochures, and essays 1959-1962 1 Ed Henry for King County Superior Court Judge campaign file: newspaper articles, notes, and correspondence 1960 1 John Birch Society anti-communism subject file: newspaper articles, notes, correspondence, reports, memos, and essays 1955-1962 1 Hugh B. Mitchell for Governor campaign file: press releases, notes, and memos 1952 2 4 folders "Operation Abolition" anti-communism subject file 1950-1962

Materials include newspaper articles, sermons, notes, newsletters, John Birch Society publications, HUAC broadcast transcripts, press releases, HUAC pamphlets, essays, speeches, and commentary about the films "Communism on the Map" and "Operation Abolition"

 2 Dr. Giovanni Costigan subject file 1961

Materials include newspaper articles, correspondence, press releases, and notes regarding Dr. Giovanni Costigan, professor of history at the University of Washington, and his opposition to the public showing of the anti-communist film "Communism of the Map" to schoolchildren in the Seattle area.

 5 6 sound tape reels Sound recordings of HUAC hearings and public demonstrations 1965-1968 2 Bound US Supreme Court and Washington State Supreme Court reports from cases where MacDonald served as an attorney 1959-1963 2 "Report of the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Minority Housing" in Seattle approximately 1962-1965 2 "Equal Opportunity in the Seattle Area: Evaluation of Policies and Programs Affecting Equality of Opportunity, Especially in Education, Employment, and Housing" by the League of Women Voters of Seattle and a memo 1965 March 3, 4 7 folders Margaret Jean Schuddakopf v. Tacoma School District subject file 1954-1959

Materials include correspondence, court records, notes concerning legal research, court decisions consulted as part of research, and newspaper articles.

 6 6 folders Hal C. Schuddakopf subject file: reports, correspondence, statements, and notes regarding loyalty security case 1951-1955

Materials are restricted.

 4 4 folders Washington State Board Against Discrimination correspondence 1965-1968 7 Certificate awarded to MacDonald by the University Unitarian Church 1964