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Allan Pomeroy Records, 1906-1970

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Pomeroy, Allan
Title
Allan Pomeroy Records
Dates
1906-1970 (inclusive)
1952-1956 (bulk)
Quantity
4.4 cubic feet, (11 boxes), (28 digital image files)
Collection Number
5267-01
Summary
Official and personal records from Allan Pomeroy, mayor of Seattle from 1952 to 1956.
Repository
Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Allan Pomeroy was mayor of Seattle from 1952-1956. In 1948, he was defeated in his first mayoral bid by incumbent Mayor William F. Devin, and in 1956 was unsuccessful in a re-election campaign against Gordon S. Clinton. Pomeroy was a lawyer and judge, serving as Justice of the Peace in Kitsap County (1934-1936), acting Seattle municipal judge (1942), assistant United States Attorney for Western Washington (1942-1948), and King County Superior Court judge (1948). He graduated from the University of Washington School of Law in 1931. He was a member of several clubs and societies, including the Moose Lodge, Eagles, Kiwanis Club, and Alaska-Yukon Pioneers. He served as Exalted Ruler of the Seattle Elks. Pomeroy died on July 7, 1966, and was survived by his wife Loretta.

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Content Description

Records date from 1906-1970, with the bulk of the materials coming from Pomeroy's 1952-1956 mayoral term. The records were donated by family members and do not represent a transfer directly from the Mayor's office. They include both official and personal items, evidencing the history and character of Allan Pomeroy beyond his elected term as Mayor. The earliest item, from 1906, is a handbook of induction ceremonies used by the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks. Pomeroy served as Exalted Ruler, and his ceremonial medallion and ribbon is among his personal artifacts.

City of Seattle records include materials from several committees, including the Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee and one focused on Police Practices. Records also include the Mayor's speeches to visiting conventions and document his participation in the Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference. Subject files and specialized reports include a proposed toll road between Tacoma, Seattle, and Everett.

Photographs in the collection include portraits and documentation of his participation in official events. View 5267-01 online

Records also include two boxes of newspapers and clippings.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Allan Pomeroy Records, Record Series 5267-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • General

    • Description: Pomeroy Campaign Materials
      Dates: circa 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
    • Description: Certificate of Election
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
    • Description: Biographical Information
      Dates: circa 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
    • Description: Annual Message to Council
      Dates: 1953-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
    • Description: Award, Military Order of the Purple Heart
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
    • Description: Guestbook of Mayor Allan Pomeroy
      Dates: 1954-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
    • Description: Ephemera
      Dates: 1950-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
    • Description: News clippings
      Dates: 1954-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
    • Description: Newspapers and Clippings
      Dates: circa 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 9/1
    • Description: Newspapers and Clippings
      Dates: circa 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 10/1
    • Description: Italian Honorary Award and Maritime Proclamation (oversize) - loc 14-4-3
      Dates: 1952-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 99/1
    • Description: Audio recording, Mayors Devin and Pomeroy. On 2 oversize glass discs
      Dates: 1948
      Container: Item TBA
  • Mayoral Statements

    • Description: Mayor Pomeroy Statements
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
    • Description: Mayor Pomeroy Statements
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
    • Description: Mayor William F. Devin Statements
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
    • Description: Mayor William F. Devin Statements
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
    • Description: Robert H. Harlin, Acting Mayor, Statements
      Dates: 1951-1952
      Container: Box/Folder 1/13
  • Public Appearances

    • Description: Speeches
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1/14
    • Description: Address to Richland Chamber of Commerce
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1/15
    • Description: Welcome to His Majesty Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16
    • Description: Reception, Haile Selassie
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
    • Description: Welcome, Trade Fair
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1/18
    • Description: Television Program, Oil Progress Week, Ethyl Corporation
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1/19
    • Description: Notes on "Seattle 1970"
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1/20
    • Description: Speech at Olympia Kiwanis on the subject of Civil Defense
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1/21
    • Description: Welcome, American Water Works Association Meeting
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1/22
    • Description: Massing of Colors Memorial Ceremony
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1/23
    • Description: Address, American Bowling Congress Tournament
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1/24
    • Description: Address, The Institute of Government, University of Washington
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 1/25
    • Description: Speeches, Reference Materials File
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 2/1
  • Correspondence

    • Description: Departmental Correspondence, Building Department
      Dates: 1952-1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2/2
    • Description: Departmental Correspondence, Building Department, Frederick and Nelson Parking Garage
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2/3
    • Description: Departmental Correspondence, Building Department, Seattle Pacific College
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2/4
    • Description: Departmental Correspondence, Legal, Spectators on the Viaduct during parades [4 photo prints of viaduct]
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 2/5
    • Description: Departmental Correspondence Re: Civil Defense Program Radio and Television Shows
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 2/6
    • Description: Departmental Correspondence, Assistant to the Mayor, W. R. Harrison
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 2/7
    • Description: External Correspondence, Parking, Engineering
      Dates: 1953, 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 2/8
    • Description: External Correspondence, U.S. Congress House Committee on Governement Operations, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 2/9
    • Description: External Correspondence, including a thank you note from the Prince of Monaco for a wedding gift from the City of Seattle
      Dates: 1955-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 2/10
    • Description: Personal Correspondence (memberships, dues, invoices)
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 2/11
    • Description: External Correspondence, Holiday Card
      Dates: circa 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 2/12
    • Description: External Correspondence, Seattle Hospitality Committee for Visiting Navies
      Dates: 1955-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 2/13
  • Mayoral Committees and Councils

    • Description: Mayor's Committee, I am an American Day
      Dates: 1953-1955
      Container: Box/Folder 2/14
    • Description: Mayor's Juvenile Advisory Committee
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 2/15
    • Description: Mayor's Juvenile Advisory Committee
      Dates: 1954-1955
      Container: Box/Folder 2/16
    • Description: Mayor's Committee, Juvenile Delinquency
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 2/17
    • Description: Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2/18
    • Description: Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, Publication, "The Marine Digest, Pacific Northwest Directory"
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2/19
    • Description: Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, U.S. Senate Committee Publication, "The Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, Staff Report"
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2/20
    • Description: Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, Testimony of Seattle Mayor Allan Pomeroy, Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Investigation of Interference in Free Flow of Commerce Through the Port of Seattle, April 8, 1953.
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 2/21
    • Description: Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, Publication, U.S. Congress, "Hearings before the Special Subcommittee on Pacific Coast Maritime Matters, of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries"
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 2/22
    • Description: Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 3/1
    • Description: Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, Lumber Strike
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 3/2
    • Description: Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, First Anniversary Dinner
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 3/3
    • Description: Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 3/4
    • Description: Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, Report by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Freight Rates to the Far East, Discrimination Against the Pacific Coast
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 3/5
    • Description: Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 3/6
    • Description: Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, Publication, "The Port and Its Publics" by the Port of Seattle
      Dates: circa 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 3/7
    • Description: Mayoral Committee, Minority Employment
      Dates: 1954-1955
      Container: Box/Folder 3/8
    • Description: Mayor's Advisory Committee on Police Practices
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 3/9
    • Description: Mayor's Advisory Committee on Police Practices, Police Training in Relation to Minority Groups
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 3/10
    • Description: Mayor's Advisory Committee on Police Practices, Roster
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 3/11
    • Description: Mayor's Advisory Committee on Police Practices, Correspondence
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 3/12
    • Description: Mayor's Advisory Committee on Police Practices, Report
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 3/13
    • Description: Mayor's Advisory Committee on Police Practices
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 3/14
    • Description: Mayoral Advisory Committee on Realty, Real Estate
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 3/15
    • Description: Mayoral Committee, Vehicle Safety, Annual Report
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 3/16
  • Conferences and Travel

    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Program and Handbook
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4/1
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 4/2
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4/3
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4/4
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4/5
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence
      Dates: 1953-1954
      Container: Box/Folder 4/6
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence, Invitation Reponses
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4/7
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Committee Minutes
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4/8
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Lists
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4/9
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Program Planning
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4/10
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Miscellaneous
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 4/11
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 4/12
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Report to the Ford Foundation
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 4/13
    • Description: Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Costs
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 4/14
    • Description: Third Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Yokohama, Japan, Pomeroy Remarks
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 4/15
    • Description: Third Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Yokohama, Japan
      Dates: 1955-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 4/16
    • Description: Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Toyko 1951 (in 1955 reference file)
      Dates: 1951
      Container: Box/Folder 4/17
    • Description: 45th Annual State Government Conference, Seattle
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 5/1
    • Description: Middle East Mayors' Tour, American Municipal Association
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 5/2
    • Description: Middle East Mayors' Tour, American Municipal Association
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 5/3
    • Description: Middle East Mayors' Tour, American Municipal Association, Post-Trip Correspondence
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 5/4
    • Description: Mayor's Commentary on Far Eastern Trip
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 5/5
    • Description: Middle East Mayors' Tour, "Guide for Official Visitors to Damascus" prepared by American Embassy
      Dates: 1953-1954
      Container: Box/Folder 5/6
    • Description: Middle East, Reference File
      Dates: 1954-1955
      Container: Box/Folder 5/7
    • Description: Second White House Mayors' Conference
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 5/8
    • Description: Las Vegas Atomic Bomb Test, Operation Cue, Site Visit
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 5/9
    • Description: Las Vegas Atomic Bomb Test, Publication, "We Will - A Do It Yourself Manual for Survival in the Atomic Age"
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 5/10
    • Description: Puget Sound Mayors' Meetings
      Dates: 1953-1955
      Container: Box/Folder 5/11
  • Reports

    • Description: Reports. City Planning Commission, Report on a North Seattle Municipal Administrative Center, September 1
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 5/12
    • Description: Report. Puget Sound Utilities Council. "Power Program for the Puget Sound - Cascadia Region"
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 5/13
  • Subject Files

    • Description: Subject File - Lists - Democratic Precinct Committeemen
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 6/1
    • Description: Subject File - Lists - Japan Society of Seattle
      Dates: 1954-1955
      Container: Box/Folder 6/2
    • Description: Subject File - Lists - Newspapers, State and Local
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 6/3
    • Description: Subject File - Lists - Seattle Chamber of Commerce
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 6/4
    • Description: Subject File - Lists - Seattle Clubs and Committees, Membership
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 6/5
    • Description: Subject File - Lists - Secretary of State, Active Corporations, Washington State
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 6/6
    • Description: Subject File - Directories - Bartender's Union Guide, Official Yearbook
      Dates: circa 1945
      Container: Box/Folder 6/7
    • Description: Subject File - Directories - Seattle Federal Business Association
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 6/8
    • Description: Subject File - Alaska, Statehood
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 6/9
    • Description: Subject File - Eagle Gorge Dam, Green River
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 6/10
    • Description: Subject File - Municipal League, Newsletter
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 6/11
    • Description: Subject File - Municipal League, Newsletter
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 6/12
    • Description: Subject File - Municipal League, Correspondence
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 6/13
    • Description: Subject File - Olympia Newsletter
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 6/14
    • Description: Subject File - Olympia Newsletter
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 6/15
    • Description: Subject File - Police, Police Brutality Complaints
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 6/16
    • Description: Subject File - Police, Report on Death of Frank Woodrow Olsen
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 6/17
    • Description: Subject File - Seafair, Brochure
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 7/1
    • Description: Subject File - Tacoma
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 7/2
    • Description: Subject File - Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Toll Road
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 7/3
    • Description: Subject File - Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Toll Road, Preliminary Report
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 7/4
    • Description: Subject File - Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Toll Road, Civil Engineering Report
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 7/5
    • Description: Subject File - Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Toll Road
      Dates: 1955-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 7/6
    • Description: Subject File - Toledo Mayor's Office
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 7/7
    • Description: Subject File - Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Committee Publication, "Industrial Horizons Unlimited"
      Dates: circa 1947
      Container: Box/Folder 7/8
    • Description: Subject File - State Director of Highways, Map, Marion Street Terminal and Tidelands
      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box/Folder 7/9
    • Description: Subject File - Washington State Liaison Service, Schedules
      Dates: 1956
      Container: Box/Folder 7/10
    • Description: Subject File - Waterfront and Maritime Issues
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 7/11
  • Personal

    • Description: Personal - Publication, Induction Ceremony Handbook, Ritual Part 2 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks
      Dates: 1906
      Container: Box/Folder 7/12
    • Description: Personal, Correspondence
      Dates: circa 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 7/13
    • Description: Personal, West Seattle High School Yearbook [owned by Loretta Tyler, wife of Allan Pomeroy]
      Dates: 1930
      Container: Box/Folder 7/14
    • Description: Personal, Campaign Materials for Frank T. Bell
      Dates: 1940
      Container: Box/Folder 7/15
    • Description: Personal, American Federation of Labor, Convention Program, 61st Annual Convention, held in Seattle
      Dates: 1941
      Container: Box/Folder 7/16
    • Description: Personal, Work Product, Career as Lawyer and Judge
      Dates: 1940-1949
      Container: Box/Folder 7/17
    • Description: Personal, Certificate of Appointment, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Washington
      Dates: 1948
      Container: Box/Folder 7/18
    • Description: Personal, Attorney Work File
      Dates: 1949
      Container: Box/Folder 8/1
    • Description: Personal, Newsletter, Seattle 92 Elkgram, April
      Dates: 1950
      Container: Box/Folder 8/2
    • Description: Personal, Progress Report, Filipino-American Community Service
      Dates: 1959
      Container: Box/Folder 8/3
    • Description: Personal, Autobiography of Henry Broderick
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Box/Folder 8/4
    • Description: Personal, Program for the Inaugural Ball of Mayor Uhlman
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box/Folder 8/5
    • Description: Personal, Artifact, Metal Card - Life Membership, the Brooklyn Boys Social Club
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 8/6
    • Description: Personal, Artifact, Wooden Nameplate for Desk
      Dates: 1952-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 8/7
    • Description: Personal, Artifact, Metal, Ballard 827 Elks Lodge Ceremonial Key
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 8/8
    • Description: Personal, Artifact, Metal Medallion and Fabric Ribbon, Order of the Elks, Exalted Ruler
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 8/9
    • Description: Personal, Artifact, Metal, Ceremonial Key to the City of Seattle
      Dates: 1952-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 8/10
  • Photographs, 1952-1956

    • Description: Photographs, Pomeroy Portraits
      Dates: 1952-1956
      Container: Box/Folder 11/1
    • Description: Photographs, Events, Allied Cleaners Contest [?]
      Dates: 1952
      Container: Box/Folder 11/2
    • Description: Photographs, Palm Springs Mayors Conference
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 11/3
    • Description: Photographs, Second Japan American Pacific Coast Mayors Conference
      Dates: 1953
      Container: Box/Folder 11/4
    • Description: Photographs, AAA Pedestrian Safety Award
      Dates: 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 11/5
    • Description: Photographs, Master Brewers Meeting
      Dates: Fall 1954
      Container: Box/Folder 11/6
    • Description: Photographs, National Conference on Government, University of Washington
      Dates: 1955
      Container: Box/Folder 11/7
    • Description: Photographs, Unidentified Events
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 11/8
    • Description: Photographs, Personal, Unidentifed Wedding Toast
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 11/9
    • Description: Photographs, Personal, Family
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 11/10