WaSMAR5267_01.xml Pomeroy, Allan Records Guide to the Allan Pomeroy Records 1906-1970 Alexandra Swast Seattle Municipal Archives

2016

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Allan Pomeroy Records Pomeroy, Allan 5267-01 4.4 cubic feet 11 boxes 28 digital image files 1906-1970 1952-1956 Official and personal records from Allan Pomeroy, mayor of Seattle from 1952 to 1956. 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.

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.

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

Pomeroy, Allan Seattle (Wash.) Political campaigns--Washington (State)--Seattle Municipal government--Washington (State)--Seattle Mayors--Washington (State)--Seattle General Pomeroy Campaign Materials circa 1952 1/1 Certificate of Election 1952 1/2 Biographical Information circa 1952 1/3 Annual Message to Council 1953-1956 1/4 Award, Military Order of the Purple Heart 1956 1/5 Guestbook of Mayor Allan Pomeroy 1954-1956 1/6 Ephemera 1950-1956 1/7 News clippings 1954-1956 1/8 Newspapers and Clippings circa 1954 9/1 Newspapers and Clippings circa 1954 10/1 Italian Honorary Award and Maritime Proclamation (oversize) - loc 14-4-3 1952-1956 99/1 Audio recording, Mayors Devin and Pomeroy. On 2 oversize glass discs 1948 TBA Mayoral Statements Mayor Pomeroy Statements 1952 1/9 Mayor Pomeroy Statements 1953 1/10 Mayor William F. Devin Statements 1951 1/11 Mayor William F. Devin Statements 1952 1/12 Robert H. Harlin, Acting Mayor, Statements 1951-1952 1/13 Public Appearances Speeches 1954 1/14 Address to Richland Chamber of Commerce 1954 1/15 Welcome to His Majesty Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia 1954 1/16 Reception, Haile Selassie 1954 1/17 Welcome, Trade Fair 1954 1/18 Television Program, Oil Progress Week, Ethyl Corporation 1954 1/19 Notes on "Seattle 1970" 1954 1/20 Speech at Olympia Kiwanis on the subject of Civil Defense 1954 1/21 Welcome, American Water Works Association Meeting 1954 1/22 Massing of Colors Memorial Ceremony 1954 1/23 Address, American Bowling Congress Tournament 1954 1/24 Address, The Institute of Government, University of Washington 1954 1/25 Speeches, Reference Materials File 1954 2/1 Correspondence Departmental Correspondence, Building Department 1952-1953 2/2 Departmental Correspondence, Building Department, Frederick and Nelson Parking Garage 1953 2/3 Departmental Correspondence, Building Department, Seattle Pacific College 1953 2/4 Departmental Correspondence, Legal, Spectators on the Viaduct during parades [4 photo prints of viaduct] 1954 2/5 Departmental Correspondence Re: Civil Defense Program Radio and Television Shows 1954 2/6 Departmental Correspondence, Assistant to the Mayor, W. R. Harrison 1956 2/7 External Correspondence, Parking, Engineering 1953, 1956 2/8 External Correspondence, U.S. Congress House Committee on Governement Operations, Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations 1956 2/9 External Correspondence, including a thank you note from the Prince of Monaco for a wedding gift from the City of Seattle 1955-1956 2/10 Personal Correspondence (memberships, dues, invoices) 1955 2/11 External Correspondence, Holiday Card circa 1954 2/12 External Correspondence, Seattle Hospitality Committee for Visiting Navies 1955-1956 2/13 Mayoral Committees and Councils Mayor's Committee, I am an American Day 1953-1955 2/14 Mayor's Juvenile Advisory Committee 1954 2/15 Mayor's Juvenile Advisory Committee 1954-1955 2/16 Mayor's Committee, Juvenile Delinquency 1954 2/17 Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee 1953 2/18 Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, Publication, "The Marine Digest, Pacific Northwest Directory" 1953 2/19 Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, U.S. Senate Committee Publication, "The Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, Staff Report" 1953 2/20 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. 1953 2/21 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" 1954 2/22 Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee 1954 3/1 Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, Lumber Strike 1954 3/2 Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, First Anniversary Dinner 1954 3/3 Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee 1955 3/4 Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, Report by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Freight Rates to the Far East, Discrimination Against the Pacific Coast 1955 3/5 Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee 1956 3/6 Mayor's Maritime Advisory Committee, Publication, "The Port and Its Publics" by the Port of Seattle circa 1950 3/7 Mayoral Committee, Minority Employment 1954-1955 3/8 Mayor's Advisory Committee on Police Practices 1955 3/9 Mayor's Advisory Committee on Police Practices, Police Training in Relation to Minority Groups 1955 3/10 Mayor's Advisory Committee on Police Practices, Roster 1955 3/11 Mayor's Advisory Committee on Police Practices, Correspondence 1955 3/12 Mayor's Advisory Committee on Police Practices, Report 1956 3/13 Mayor's Advisory Committee on Police Practices 1956 3/14 Mayoral Advisory Committee on Realty, Real Estate 1953 3/15 Mayoral Committee, Vehicle Safety, Annual Report 1953 3/16 Conferences and Travel Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Program and Handbook 1953 4/1 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence 1952 4/2 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence 1953 4/3 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence 1953 4/4 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence 1953 4/5 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence 1953-1954 4/6 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence, Invitation Reponses 1953 4/7 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Committee Minutes 1953 4/8 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Lists 1953 4/9 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Program Planning 1953 4/10 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Miscellaneous 1953 4/11 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Correspondence 1954 4/12 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Report to the Ford Foundation 1954 4/13 Second Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Seattle, Costs 1954 4/14 Third Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Yokohama, Japan, Pomeroy Remarks 1955 4/15 Third Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Yokohama, Japan 1955-1956 4/16 Japan-American Pacific Coast Mayors' Conference, Toyko 1951 (in 1955 reference file) 1951 4/17 45th Annual State Government Conference, Seattle 1953 5/1 Middle East Mayors' Tour, American Municipal Association 1953 5/2 Middle East Mayors' Tour, American Municipal Association 1953 5/3 Middle East Mayors' Tour, American Municipal Association, Post-Trip Correspondence 1953 5/4 Mayor's Commentary on Far Eastern Trip 1954 5/5 Middle East Mayors' Tour, "Guide for Official Visitors to Damascus" prepared by American Embassy 1953-1954 5/6 Middle East, Reference File 1954-1955 5/7 Second White House Mayors' Conference 1954 5/8 Las Vegas Atomic Bomb Test, Operation Cue, Site Visit 1955 5/9 Las Vegas Atomic Bomb Test, Publication, "We Will - A Do It Yourself Manual for Survival in the Atomic Age" 1954 5/10 Puget Sound Mayors' Meetings 1953-1955 5/11 Reports Reports. City Planning Commission, Report on a North Seattle Municipal Administrative Center, September 1 1955 5/12 Report. Puget Sound Utilities Council. "Power Program for the Puget Sound - Cascadia Region" 1955 5/13 Subject Files Subject File - Lists - Democratic Precinct Committeemen 1952 6/1 Subject File - Lists - Japan Society of Seattle 1954-1955 6/2 Subject File - Lists - Newspapers, State and Local 1954 6/3 Subject File - Lists - Seattle Chamber of Commerce 1955 6/4 Subject File - Lists - Seattle Clubs and Committees, Membership 1954 6/5 Subject File - Lists - Secretary of State, Active Corporations, Washington State 1954 6/6 Subject File - Directories - Bartender's Union Guide, Official Yearbook circa 1945 6/7 Subject File - Directories - Seattle Federal Business Association 1956 6/8 Subject File - Alaska, Statehood 1954 6/9 Subject File - Eagle Gorge Dam, Green River 1954 6/10 Subject File - Municipal League, Newsletter 1955 6/11 Subject File - Municipal League, Newsletter 1956 6/12 Subject File - Municipal League, Correspondence 1955 6/13 Subject File - Olympia Newsletter 1955 6/14 Subject File - Olympia Newsletter 1956 6/15 Subject File - Police, Police Brutality Complaints 1955 6/16 Subject File - Police, Report on Death of Frank Woodrow Olsen 1955 6/17 Subject File - Seafair, Brochure 1955 7/1 Subject File - Tacoma 1953 7/2 Subject File - Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Toll Road 1954 7/3 Subject File - Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Toll Road, Preliminary Report 1954 7/4 Subject File - Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Toll Road, Civil Engineering Report 1955 7/5 Subject File - Tacoma-Seattle-Everett Toll Road 1955-1956 7/6 Subject File - Toledo Mayor's Office 1952 7/7 Subject File - Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Committee Publication, "Industrial Horizons Unlimited" circa 1947 7/8 Subject File - State Director of Highways, Map, Marion Street Terminal and Tidelands 1959 7/9 Subject File - Washington State Liaison Service, Schedules 1956 7/10 Subject File - Waterfront and Maritime Issues 1952 7/11 Personal Personal - Publication, Induction Ceremony Handbook, Ritual Part 2 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks 1906 7/12 Personal, Correspondence circa 1930 7/13 Personal, West Seattle High School Yearbook [owned by Loretta Tyler, wife of Allan Pomeroy] 1930 7/14 Personal, Campaign Materials for Frank T. Bell 1940 7/15 Personal, American Federation of Labor, Convention Program, 61st Annual Convention, held in Seattle 1941 7/16 Personal, Work Product, Career as Lawyer and Judge 1940-1949 7/17 Personal, Certificate of Appointment, Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Washington 1948 7/18 Personal, Attorney Work File 1949 8/1 Personal, Newsletter, Seattle 92 Elkgram, April 1950 8/2 Personal, Progress Report, Filipino-American Community Service 1959 8/3 Personal, Autobiography of Henry Broderick 1963 8/4 Personal, Program for the Inaugural Ball of Mayor Uhlman 1970 8/5 Personal, Artifact, Metal Card - Life Membership, the Brooklyn Boys Social Club undated 8/6 Personal, Artifact, Wooden Nameplate for Desk 1952-1956 8/7 Personal, Artifact, Metal, Ballard 827 Elks Lodge Ceremonial Key undated 8/8 Personal, Artifact, Metal Medallion and Fabric Ribbon, Order of the Elks, Exalted Ruler undated 8/9 Personal, Artifact, Metal, Ceremonial Key to the City of Seattle 1952-1956 8/10 Photographs 1952-1956 Photographs, Pomeroy Portraits 1952-1956 11/1 Photographs, Events, Allied Cleaners Contest [?] 1952 11/2 Photographs, Palm Springs Mayors Conference 1953 11/3 Photographs, Second Japan American Pacific Coast Mayors Conference 1953 11/4 Photographs, AAA Pedestrian Safety Award 1954 11/5 Photographs, Master Brewers Meeting Fall 1954 11/6 Photographs, National Conference on Government, University of Washington 1955 11/7 Photographs, Unidentified Events undated 11/8 Photographs, Personal, Unidentifed Wedding Toast undated 11/9 Photographs, Personal, Family undated 11/10