WAUKerryAlbertSPH2009_010.xmlPreliminary guide to the Albert S. Kerry Collection of Photographs and Other Materialcirca 1880s-1974 circa 1880s-1974Kerry (Albert S.) Collection of Photographs and Other MaterialSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2009 (Last modified: 11/27/2017)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written inEnglish.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH2009-010Kerry, A.S. (Albert Sperry), 1866-1939Albert S. Kerry collection of photographs and other materialcirca 1880s-19742 boxes, including 79 photographs (.84 cubic feet)2 glass positives1 drawingCollection materials are inEnglish.Photographs and papers of Northwest lumberman Albert S. Kerry and his family

Albert S. Kerry (1866-1939) was a Northwest lumberman known for his business acumen and for his civil involvement, in both Washington and Oregon. Kerry was Vice-President of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909) and spearheaded the construction of the Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle in 1924.

Collection consists of photographs of Albert S. Kerry, his wife Katherine, and children Olive May, Albert S. Jr. and Lucy Glen. Other photos depict Kerry golfing and accepting a check from the first customer at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle. Also includes photographs of Kerry residences, including 2 summer homes built for Albert Jr. and Olive Kerry in the late 1930s, designed by modernist architect Paul Thiry. Papers document the Kerry Timber Company business and also include autobiographical writings by Kerry and documents related to the content of some of the photographs.

The collection is open to the public.

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Donor: Katharine Kerry Crossley; received in June and December 2008.

Minimally processed.

Photographs were removed from frames and foldered.

Kerry, A.S. (Albert Sperry), 1866-1939--PhotographsVisual Materials Collections (University of Washington)PhotographsPhotographs

 

Photographs and drawingsAlbert S. Kerry1/1Portraits and group photocirca 1889-19153 photographs1 pen and ink drawing

Include one photograph of Kerry near a rail car with business partner C.J. Smith and two others.

1/2-3Golfcirca 1926-19365 photograph (2 folders)

Photographs of Kerry and others at golfing events. Includes a photograph of Kerry's wife Katherine and 2 other women.

Olympic Hotel1 photograph1/4Cornelius Vanderbilt, William B. Sevryns and A.S. KerryJune 1924

Vanderbilt was the first person to make a reservation at the new Olympic Hotel. Here he is shown handing a check to Kerry, who was president of the Community Hotel corporation.

Family

Photographs of Kerry's second wife Katherine, his children Olive May, Albert Jr. and Lucy Glen, and 1 photograph of Katherine's mother.

1/5Katherine Glen Kerry's mothercirca 1880s1/6Katherine Glen Kerrycirca 1890-19263 photographs

Kerry's second wife.

Includes one 1926 photograph of Katherine Kerry with other women, member of the Music and Art Foundation

1/7Irving Glenundated2 photographs

Irving Glen, Katherine Glen Kerry's brother, was Dean of Fine Arts at the University of Washington.

1/8Olive May Kerrycirca 1900-19054 photographs

Daughter of A.S. Kerry by his first wife, Mary Ellen Monroe, who died in 1901. Includes 2 small 1901 photographs, one a cyanotype, of Olive Kerry and others canoeing on Lake Washington.

1/9Albert S. Kerry Jr. and Lucy Glen Kerrycirca 1903-191815 photographs

Children of A.S. and Katherine Kerry.

1/10Albert S. Kerry Jr. and Olive Kerrycirca 19051 photograph

Children of A.S. and Katherine Kerry.

1/11Katherine Kerry with Albert Jr., Lucy Glen and/or Olive Kerrycirca 1903-19185 photographs1/12Albert S. Kerry Jr. and Audrey Legg Kerry with a Mark Tobey painting donated to the Seattle Art Museumcirca 1970s1 photographOthers1/13Men at Community Hotel Corporation banquetDecember 4, 1924

Caption on photo: Foreman, Contractors and Material Men, Community Hotel Corporation

Buildings1/14Kerry residence at 421 W. Highland Driveundated1/15/1Albert S. Kerry Jr. and Olive Kerry's summer homes, designed by Paul Thiryundated4 loose photographs6 mounted photographs in portfolio.

The houses were built for the Kerry's in the late 1930s.

1/16Kerry's rental house in Clatskenie, Oregonundated1/16Cannes Country Club, Mouginundated

Photo is inscribed on verso to Mrs. A.S. Kerry

1/17Formal gardens near houseundated2 glass positives1/181st Ave. block, Seattle1957undatedMiscellaneous1Olive Kerry debut album191011 photographs in 1 album

Photographs of the exterior of the Kerry home on W. Highland Drive, and of the interior decorated, apparently, for the debut of Olive Kerry on October 26, 1910.

1/19Album of snapshots of mining in Alaska (?)circa 1940s7 photographs2Paperscirca 1913-19741 box (.42 cubic feet)

Kerry Timber Co. meeting minutes and financial statements; clippings; correspondence; autobiographical writings; and subject files related to the photographs.

Ephemera1/20-21Baby book for Albert S. Kerry Jr.1903 and later

Includes 6 loose photographs removed from book.

1/22Olympic Hotel ephemera1924-19424 items