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Tyree Scott photograph collection, 1966-1995
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Scott, Tyree, 1940-2003
- Title
- Tyree Scott photograph collection
- Dates
- 1966-1995 (inclusive)19661995
1975-1978 (bulk)19751978 - Quantity
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91 photographic prints, 73
negatives (1 box) ; sizes vary
201 color slides (1 box) ; 35mm - Collection Number
- PH1093
- Summary
- Photographs related to United Construction Workers Association demonstrations, events, and tours. The slides include images from Tyree Scott and Michael Woo’s trip to China in 1975, a trip to Cuba in 1975, Bakke Decision protests in 1977, and images related to the Ward’s Cove Supreme Court case.
- 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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Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Tyree Scott (1940-2003) was a labor leader and activist deeply involved in many minority workers’ and equal opportunity organizations.
Scott, an electrician grew up in Texas and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He moved to Seattle in 1966 and became a leader in the Central Contractors Association. In 1970, Scott was a founding member of United Construction Workers Association.. He later served as a director. The United Construction Workers Association combined community organization, peaceful demonstrations, and legal action to fight workplace discrimination.
In 1973, Michael Woo of the United Construction Workers Association worked among Asian and Alaska Native cannery workers who lived in Seattle but worked summers in the salmon processing plants in Alaska. From this work, the Alaska Cannery Workers Association was formed to combat discrimination in worker housing, facilities, pay scales and hire status. The Alaska Cannery Workers Association filed Title VII lawsuits against the world’s largest fish companies, including the New England Fish Company and Ward's Cove Packing Company.
Also in 1973, members of United Construction Workers Association, Alaska Cannery Workers Association, and the Northwest Chapter of United Farm Workers of America came together to found the Labor and Employment Law Office. Labor and Employment Law Office hired lawyers and served workers of color, helping them pursue legal recourse in issues of labor discrimination. From its inception, Tyree Scott served on the board of directors of Labor and Employment Law Office.
While Labor and Employment Law Office had always combined its legal work with participation in community organization, the focus was primarily on court action in the early years of its operation. However, in 1989, the Supreme Court’s decision in the long-contested Antonio vs. Ward’s Cove case constituted a major shift in the pursuit of discrimination cases and in Labor and Employment Law Office’s operations. In the Ward's Cove case, the Court’s decision was that the plaintiffs’ statistical demonstration of racial disparity between classes of workers did not make a prima facie case for violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. This set a new precedent for the burden of proof in Civil Rights cases and vastly increased the difficulty of workers pursuing discrimination charges under Title VII.
Tyree Scott became less involved in the activities of the United Construction Workers Association in the late seventies, and the organization faded out of existence around 1981. Tyree Scott retired from the electrician’s trade and remained active as a board member for the Labor and Employment Law Office until his death in 2003.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection includes photographs and slides relating to the activities of Tyree Scott and the United Construction Workers Association (UCWA). Included are images from Tyree Scott and Michael Woo’s trip to China in 1975, a trip to Cuba in 1975, and various demonstrations including Bakke Decision protests in 1977. Images related to the Ward’s Cove Supreme Court case and Frank's Landing are also included, as well as images from 1978 editions of the publication No Separate Peace .
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Marine Corps Service in Vietnam, 1966Return to Top
Container(s): 1/1, Item 1-20
20 slides from Tyree Scott's service in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam in July, 1966. Images depict time lapse explosion on barren hills in slides 1-4, men in military uniforms including Tyree Scott in slides 19 and 20, Vietnamese people traveling in vans and trucks in slides 9 and 10, and the Vietnamese countryside.
TravelReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Trade Unionists tour of China
Slides are deteriorating, tinted red.
|
1975 | ||
Working conditions |
1975 | ||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/2 | 21-33 |
Construction sites
13 slides depicting male and female construction workers
laying bricks, nailing wood planks, and digging dirt, as well as images of
scaffolding and a narrow dirt tunnel.
|
1975 |
1/3 | 34-45 |
Factory sites
12 slides depicting male and female factory workers working
with large machinery and garment workers using sewing machines.
|
1975 |
1/4 | 46-53 |
Medical sites
8 slides depicting female nurses, an open heart surgery
procedure on a male patient, and a general examination of another male
patient.
|
1975 |
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/5 | 54-74 |
Chinese landscape
21 slides depicting waterscapes, Chinese countrysides, statues
of Chairman Mao and soldiers in Zhongshan Square, an airport, and various
unknown structures.
|
1975 |
1/6 | 75-89 |
People
15 slides depicting Chinese people drinking tea, doing Tai Chi
exercises, playing musical instruments, riding bicycles, walking in gardens,
and dressed in festive costumes.
|
1975 |
1/7 | 90-99 |
Children
10 slides depicting Chinese children dancing, dressed in
festive costumes, holding their noses, and playing basketball and
badminton.
|
1975 |
Cuba trip |
1975 | ||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/8 | 100-110 |
Construction
11 slides depicting young male and female construction workers
of various ethnicities stacking tiles, shoveling dirt, and laying bricks
outdoors.
|
1975 |
1/9 | 111-114 |
Events
4 slides depicting an anti-imperialist parade in Plaza de la
Revolución in Havana, Cuba and an anti-imperialist meeting of young men and
women with a banner advocating solidarity against imperialism.
|
1975 |
1/10 | 115-128 |
Town and country scenes
14 slides depicting urban streets, Cuban countrysides, a
beach, and a three-panel mural during and after creation.
|
1975 |
1/11 | 129-147 |
People
19 slides depicting people of various ethnicities playing
guitars during a pro-revolution meeting, riding and deboarding a bus, at
cookouts, and playing volleyball. In many images, people are wearing shirts
with a "TBV" logo, with a star in the "T".
|
1975 |
Ward's Cove, Alaska trip |
undated | ||
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/12 | 148-159 |
Working facilities
12 slides depicting interiors and exterior views of factories
and warehouses.
|
undated |
1/12 | 160-169 |
Living facilities
10 slides depicting exterior views of housing, and interior
views including kitchen cupboard, hallways, hanging clothing, and art on
walls.
|
undated |
1/13 | 170-180 |
Laundry and bathroom
facilities
11 slides depicting toilets, showers, sinks, laundry machines,
and pipes.
|
undated |
1/14 | 181-189 |
Landscape near Ward's
Cove
9 slides depicting grassy slopes, streams, and larger bodies
of water near Ward's Cove.
|
undated |
1/15 | 190-195 |
People
6 slides depicting men of various ages working and living at
Ward's Cove. Most men appear to be of Asian descent.
|
undated |
UCWA office in Seattle, Washington, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/16, Item 196-201
6 black and white slides depicting Chicano, African-American, and Native American men and women at UCWA office.
Demonstrations and protestsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Bakke Decision Protest in Seattle,
Washington
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) was a
landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that ruled
unconstitutional the admission process of the Medical School at the University
of California at Davis, which set aside 16 of the 100 seats for African
American students. Many proponents of Affirmative Action opposed the
ruling.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/1 | 202 |
Bakke Decision Protest
Contact sheets and negatives for 37 photographs depicting
people marching, holding protest signs, and gathering on the steps of the
United States Courthouse in Seattle, Washington. Includes prints for items
202/6, 202/13, 202/15, 202/19, 202/24, 202/25, 202/26, 202/27, 202/28, 202/34,
202/35 and 202/36.
|
1977 |
2/2 | 203 |
Bakke Decision Protest
Contact sheet and negatives for 14 photographs depicting
people marching, holding protest signs, and gathering on the steps of the
United States Courthouse in Seattle, Washington. Includes prints for items
203/0, 203/1, 203/2, 203/3 203/9 and 203/11.
|
1977 |
2/3 | 204-207 |
Bakke Decision Protest on the steps of the United
States Courthouse in Seattle, Washington
4 black and white photographs depicting Tyree Scott speaking
to people of various ethnicities in front of the United States Courthouse in
Seattle, Washington.
|
1977 |
2/3 | 208-228 |
Scenes of the Bakke Decision Protest
21 color photographs depicting people of various ethnicities
marching, holding protest signs and megaphones in Seattle, Washington. One
image depicts Tyree Scott in a red shirt and tan hooded sweatshirt.
|
1977 |
Box/Folder | item | ||
2/4 | 229 |
March related to the Marxist–Leninist Party,
USA
Image includes signs reading: "Down with Reagan - Chieftain of
Capitalist Reaction", "Pass E.R.A.", "No Way on 3-Way", "Jobs for All", "Tax
the Rich, Not the Poor".
|
1982 |
2/4 | 230 |
United Construction Workers Association protest in an
urban setting
Image includes signs reading: "Tax the Corporations", "Free
Pilar!", "Jobs for All", "Alaska Cannery Workers Assoiciation".
|
undated |
2/4 | 231 |
March near Spring Street in Seattle,
Washington
Image depicts young people of various ethnicities marching with
flags.
|
undated |
No Separate Peace Return to Top
No Separate Peacewas a newspaper published by the UCWA from 1975-1978. It focused on news about the struggles of minorities to obtain human rights in the Seattle area, as well as nationally and internationally.
Digitized versions of No Separate Peace can be viewed at: http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/NSP.htm .
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Robert "Spider" Gaines, University of Washington
football player
Robert "Spider" Gaines was a wide receiver on the University
of Washington football team from 1975-1978.
An inteview with Gaines was included in the publication
No Separate Peace, Vol. 3, No. 1 - March 1978.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/5 | 232 | 1978 | |
2/5 | 233 | 1978 | |
2/5 | 234 | 1978 | |
Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP)
Building
The Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP) was founded in 1964
as part of the first generation of community-inspired organizations funded by
the Economic Opportunity Act. The building is located at 722 18th Ave, Seattle
WA 98122.
An article about CAMP was included in the publication
No Separate Peace, Vol. 3, No. 1 - March 1978.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/6 | 235 | circa 1978 | |
2/6 | 236 | circa 1978 | |
A Tribute to Working Women
On March 11, 1978, approximately 80 people came together to
commemorate International Women's Day.
The event was covered in the publicationNo
Separate Peace, Vol. 3, No. 2 - May 1, 1978.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/7 | 237 | 1978 | |
2/7 | 238 | 1978 | |
2/7 | 239 | 1978 | |
2/7 | 240 | 1978 | |
2/7 | 241 | 1978 | |
2/7 | 242-244 | 1978 | |
Auto mechanics' strike in Seattle,
Washington
On April 1, 1978, auto mechanics in the Seattle area led a
march through the north area of downtown Seattle.
The march was covered in the publicationNo Separate Peace, Vol. 3, No. 2 - May 1, 1978.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/8 | 245 |
Forward-facing view of workers marching in auto
mechanics' strike in Seattle, Washington
Man in foreground is carrying a sign that says "Concerned
Citizens Support Auto Trades."
|
1978 |
2/8 | 246 |
Side view of workers marching in auto mechanics'
strike in Seattle, Washington
Men in foreground are carrying signs that say "On Strike /
Boycott / Struck Auto Dealers."
|
1978 |
Events and meetingsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Forum in Brazil |
1995 | ||
Box/Folder | item | ||
2/9 | 247 |
Anna Simeon, Head of Domestic Workers
Union in Brazil
Note on accompanying material: Brazil, 1995, [was at WTO
Seattle].
|
1995 |
2/9 | 248 |
Rosa Cadeo
Note on accompanying material: Rosa Cadeo (sp), (in flowered
dress + black sweater), Dominican --- works for garment workers, (organized
underground).
|
1995 |
United Construction Workers Association (UCWA)
Picnic |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/10 | 249-250 | undated | |
2/10 | 251-266 | undated | |
Box/Folder | item | ||
2/11 | 267 |
Meeting in unknown location
Note on verso: Tutu present at mtg, Chicago?
|
undated |
Frank's LandingReturn to Top
Frank's Landing is an area on the Nisqually River in southern Puget Sound. Labor activists including Tyree Scott and Roberto Maestas visited Frank's Landing to support the Indian fishing rights movement.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/12 | 268 | circa 1970-1975 | |
2/12 | 269 |
Tyree Scott at Frank's
Landing
Note on verso: Tyee S @ Frank's Landing.
|
circa 1970-1975 |
2/12 | 270 | circa 1970-1975 | |
2/12 | 271 |
Juan Bocanegro and others at Frank's
Landing
Note on verso: Juan Bocanegro (?) @ Frank's Landing.
|
circa 1970-1975 |
PeopleReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/13 | 272 | undated | |
2/13 | 273 |
Planning committee for the Conference
of National Minority Marxist-Leninists in Detroit
Sylvia Kimora (second from the left) and Leslie Roberts (third
from the right) were both speakers at the conference.
|
circa 1979-1980 |
2/13 | 274-275 | undated | |
2/13 | 276 |
Man with glasses pointing
Word bubble stating "SEND ME YOUR MINORITIES." affixed to
photograph.
|
undated |
2/13 | 277 | People at outdoor gathering
Contact sheet and negatives for 20 photographs.
|
undated |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Scott, Tyree, 1940-2003--Photographs
Corporate Names
- United Construction Workers Association
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)