HTM_WCMss98.xml Guide to the William Fifield Papers 1891-2005 William Fifield Papers Christine Berg and Bill Huntington Whitman College and Northwest Archives 2010
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William Fifield Papers Fifield, L. Wendell, Dr. WCMss.098 10.2 linear feet 7 record cartons, 1 manuscript box, 1 flat box 1891-2005 1910-1980 William Fifield Papers contains publications, audio recordings, memorabilia, photographs, films and other materials from the collections of author William Fifield, his father Rev. L. Wendell Fifield, and other family members. Collection is in English and French.

Collection is open for research.

Donated to the Whitman College and Northwest Archives by William Fifield in 1987 and Donnali Fifield in 2009. The accession number is 2009-001.

William Fifield was a noted author of both fiction and nonfiction. He won an O.Henry short-story prize in 1942, and published In Search of Genius, a collection of interviews with people he considered geniuses, including Picasso, Cocteau, Miro, Dali and Robert Graves, He also published The Devil's Marchioness, a novel based on the life of a notorious seventeenth-century poisoner, the Marquise de Brinvilliers; The Sign of Taurus, a novel set in Mexico about a Jewish refugee; Modigliani, a biography with interviews with members of the artist's family. He also recorded conversations with such luminaries as Marcel Marceau and famed French artist Jean Cocteau, and wrote extensively for publication in magazines such as Harpers. He also wrote about 130 radio and television plays.

Born in Chicago in 1916, Mr. Fifield was raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Seattle, Washington. He was a magna cum laude graduate of Whitman College in 1937, serving as student body president and he won honors in extemporaneous speaking. While working in Hollywood as a scriptwriter, he began publishing short stories in national magazines. In 1950, he moved to Europe to become a full-time writer, and lived there for nearly forty years. He died in 1987 at the age of 71.

His father, the Rev. Dr. L. (Lawrence) Wendell Fifield was a pastor in the Congregational Church from 1927 to 1955, leading churches in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Seattle, Washington; and Brooklyn, New York. Known for his oratorical skills, his sermons were broadcast on radio and he attracted large crowds to public events. His first wife, Juanita, was the mother of his two sons, William and Robert. She died in 1935, and he married his second wife, June, in 1936.

Born in Benton Harbor, Michigan in 1891, Fifield graduated from Oberlin College in 1913 and from Chicago Theological Seminary in 1917. He was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree from Yankton College and a Doctor of Letters from Whitman College. He left the pastorate in 1955 at the age of 64 and spent his retirement years in Southern California. He died in 1964.

Other notable family members were William Fifield's first wife, actress Mercedes McCambridge, who won an Oscar in 1950 for best supporting actress for All the King's Men, and was nominated for another Academy Award for Giant in 1956. His second wife was Donna (Hamilton) Shor, a British-born actress and journalist, and his third wife, model Aaltje Guyt, now Aaltje Verhille, whom he met in Ibiza around 1967. William's daughter, Donnali Fifield, is also a published author and the literary executor of her father's work.

The William Fifield Papers, an archive of the works of William Fifield, including novels, non-fiction, audio recordings, short stories, and essays. Works by family members, included his former wives actress Mercedes McCambridge and Donna (Hamilton) Shor, as well as his daughter Donnali Fifield, are also included.

Family archives for his father, the Rev. Dr. L. Wendell Fifield, and relatives; correspondence, photos, films, audio recordings, inscribed books, sermons, books by Wendell Fifield and family members.

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. for copyright not held by Whitman College.

 Fifield, L. Wendell, Dr. McCambridge, Mercedes Fifield, L. Wendell, Dr. Literature William Fifield Papers 1 1916-1987 Sound Recordings 1 1971, undated Interview with Marcel Marceau. June 28, 1971 genreform: Two magnetic tape reels 1 Marcel Marceau Speaks by Times Two Publishing Company genreform: Two compact discs 1 Marcel Marceau Speaks in English genreform: One audio cassette 1 Jean Cocteau: A Self-Portrait A Conversation with William Fifield in French genreform: Compact disc 1 Non-Fiction 2 1976, 1982 Modigliani: The Biography. New York: William Morrow and Company 1976 1 In Search of Genius. New York: William Morrow and Company 1982 1 Fiction 3 1957-1960 The Devil's Marchioness. 1st edition. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1957 1

A novel based on the life of a notorious seventeenth-century prisoner, "one of history's most evil women", Madeleine d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers (inscribed by the author)

 The Devil's Marchioness. New York: The Dial Press 1957 1 The Sign of the Taurus. 1st edition. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1959 1

A novel set in Mexico about a Jewish refugee forced to earn her living as a fortune teller

 The Sign of the Taurus. 1st edition. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston 1960 1 Matadora. 1st edition. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1960 1

A novel about a female bullfighter

 Wine Writings 4 1978 The Sherry Royalty. Spain by Grafïbérica-Jerez: Sexta S. A. Jerez de la Frontera 1978 1

A history of the great sherry-making families of Spain

 Essays 5 1967, 1974 "Joyce's Brother, Lawrence's Wife, Wolfe's Mother, Twain's Daughter." Reprinted from The Texas Quarterly : 69 – 87. Spring 1967 1 Jean Cocteau Columbia Essays on Modern Writers. New York and London: Columbia University Press 1974 1 Short Stories 6 1943-1944 "The Fisherman of Patzcuaro". In O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1943, ed. Herschel Brickell and Muriel Fuller, 41 – 59. Garden City & New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company 1943 1

Inscribed by the author to his father, November 8, 1943. Contains comments from the O. Henry Memorial Award judges. Biographical note on page 42 says Fifield "sold soap, watches, and cereal". According to Donnali Fifield's mother, he had said this jokingly, referring to his career in radio, in which the programs he announced or wrote for had ads for products. The person who wrote the note took it literally, and it then appeared in other publications that repeated the biographical note.

 "The Fisherman of Patzcuaro". In The Best American Short Stories 1944 and The Yearbook of the American Short Story, ed. Martha Foley, 101 – 116. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company 1944 1 Correspondence 7 1962 Cocteau, Jean, personal letter to William Fifield 17 December 1962 1 Biographical 8 1939, 1987 Ballard Talisman Newspaper December 20, 1939 1 "William Fifield Dead; Prize-Winning Author". The New York Times December 18, 1987 1 Whitman College alumnus folder 1

Contains information about William Fifield post-graduation from Whitman College

 Books 9 1936-1937, 1962 Whitman College yearbook 1936 1 Whitman College yearbook 1937 1 Cocteau, Jean. Le Requiem. 1st edition. France: Gallimard 1962 1 Photographs on DVD 10 1916-1939, 1960-1979 Baby photographs 1916 1 Photograph with grandfather Reverend James W. Fifield Senior 1916-1917 1 Photograph at age 1 1917 1 Photograph at age 2 1918 1 Photograph at age 5 1921 1 Two photos mounted together age 1 and age 7 or 8 circa 1920 1 Age 13 or 14 circa 1930s 1

Studio portrait

 Photographs of William Fifield as an adult circa 1960s-1970s 1 L. Wendell Fifield Papers 2 1913-1994 Publications 1 1920-1994 Fifield, L. Wendell Moments with God: In Prayer or Meditation at Home, at Church, or Wherever You May Be. 1st edition. Los Angeles, California: The Altar Guild of the First Congregational Church 1959 3 4

Included with the book are a clipping about the publication of the supplement, Moments of Meditiation, and a letter regarding the supplement from the Altar Guild to L. Wendell Fifield.

 Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women. Vol. 28. Chicago: Marquis - Who's Who 1954 3 4

Contains biographies of L. Wendell Fifield and James Fifield

 Who's Who in the West. 7th ed. Chicago: Marquis - Who's Who 1960 3 4

Contains biographies of L. Wendell Fifield and James Fifield

 Who was Who in America with World Notables 1961 - 1968. Vol. 4. Chicago: Marquis - Who's Who 3 4 Fifield, L. Wendell. How to Use the Bible. New York: The Womans Press 1920 3 4

Inscribed by the author to an unidentified friend

 Fifield, L. Wendell. You Can't Escape History. In "Best Sermons 1944 Selection", ed. G. Paul Butler, 195 – 201. Chicago & New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company 1944 3 4

Included with this packet is a newspaper clipping entitled "Fifield Writes on Religious Self-Help"

 The Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims. A Church in History: The Story of Plymouth's First Hundred Years Under Beecher, Abott, Hillis, Durkee, and Fifield. Brooklyn: Stefan Salter 1949 3 4 Rounder, Arthur A. Jr. The Congregational Way of Life. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall 1960 3 4

Introduction by L. Wendell Fifield

 Rayner, Alice D. The Path We Came By: A History of Plymouth Congregational Church Seattle, Washington 1869 – 1937. 3 4

Probably published by the church. Contains a chapter on the Fifield pastorate. Contains pictures of Fifield and the church

 Rouner, Arthur A. Jr. The Congregational Way of Life 3 4

Introduction by L. Wendell Fifield

 Andrews, Mildred Tanner. Seeking to Serve: The Legacy of Seattle's Plymouth Congregational Church. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company 1988 3 4

Includes information on L. Wendell Fifield. Mentions Juanita Fifield, Robert Edwin Fifield, and June Fifield

 The Committee on Free Church Polity and Unity. The report of a study by the committee on free church polity and unity to the general council of the congregational Christian churches of the united states. June 1954 3 4

L. Wendell Fifield was chairman of the committee that produced this

 Ballston Journal. Newspaper April 14, 1993 3 4

Photocopy of a clipping of a tribute to June Fifield

 Fifield, June. "What Can We Do for Our Elders? Part One". Advance June 8 1953 3 4 Fifield, June. "What Can We Do for Our Elders? Part Two". Advance June 22 1953 3 4 Fifield, June. "Congregationalist Gives College Chapel". Advance April 6 1955 3 4

On the construction and Congregational architecture of the Helen Hills Hills Chapel at Smith College

 Fifield, June. "The Magic of Dr. Mary". Advance May 4 1955 3 4

On Dr. Mary Cushman, who served as a Congregrational missionary and doctor in Africa for twenty years

 Fifield, June. "The Charlton Hestons". Advance November 16 1956 3 4 Fifield, June. "How Will You Wear Your Crown?" The Congregationalist. December 1962 3 4

Advice to women and reflections on Christmas

 Fifield, June. "What to Do About Garden Snails". Let's Live August 1975 3 4

On her decision to cook the snails from her garden

 Fifield, June. Untitled. Claremont Courier March 7 1984 3 4

On Ditra Flame, the "woman in black" who left roses on Rudolph Valentino's grave each year

 Fifield, June. "Phantom Efficiency: How to Deal with Your Idiosyncratic Inadequacies in a Relatively Self-Sparing Manner without Sacrificing Your Individuality". Undated 3 4

An unpublished humorous piece on clutter inspired by Ethel Kennedy

 Fifield, June. "High Tea Among the Packing Boxes". Undated 3 4

On the day L. Wendell Fifield, June Fifield, and Robert Edwin Fifield moved to Brooklyn, New York after living in Seattle, Washington. Unpublished

 Fifield, June. "Please Pass the Salt". Undated 3 4

A humorous piece on her family's habit of putting salt on toast. Unpublished.

 Fifield, June. "Miss Pingree's Blue Hat". Undated 3 4

On a woman who stayed at Goose Cove Lodge in Maine, where June Fifield and L. Wendell Fifield sometimes went for the summer. Unpublished

 Fifield, June. "Lagniappe at the Louvre". Undated 3 4

Her thoughts on the Mona Lisa and two paintings by Georges de la Tour

 Fifield, June. "The Peacock Feathers". Undated 3 4

On her mother's decision to throw out peacock feathers she loved in order to change the family's luck after June came down with pneumonia

 Fifield, June. "The Winds of the Spirit". Undated 3 4

On her feeling her parents' presence in the wind and in nature after their deaths

 Five light articles by June Fifield Undated 3 4

The first one has a reference to her "scholarly husband who had two left hands when it comes to repairs," it also mentions that she once had a chauffeur and a full-time maid (two photos of her maid included)

 Ballard Talisman. Newspaper. December 20 1939 3 4

Seattle-area newspaper. Article on Christmas program with Robert Edwin Fifield mentioned as narrator

 The Polygon. Newspaper March 26 1943 3 4

Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School, Brooklyn, New York. Robert Edwin Fifield referenced Enlistment in Air Force (page 2) Membership in school orchestra (page 2) Receiving a basketball varsity letter (page 3)

 Lakeside Tatler. Newspaper. June 15 1939 3 4

Lakeside School, Seattle, Washington. Robert Edwin Fifield mentioned Baseball prowess Participation in Christmas play Vice President of Lower School Gold Star Winner

 Fifield, June. Branch Rickey's day of decision. January 1966 3 4 Fifield, June. The Bracelet. May 1, 1980 3 4

About June's first Mother's Day after Robert Edwin Fifield's death. Tribute to Robert Edwin Fifield

 Fifield, June. A prayer in time of war Undated 3 4

Poem . Tribute to Robert Edwin Fifield

 Fifield, June. Every laughing boy Undated 3 4

Poem . Tribute to Robert Edwin Fifield

 Fifield, June 1980 3 4

Poem unpublished about June's first breakfast with her new husband, L. Wendell Fifield, after their marriage.

 Fifield, June. Other miscellaneous poems Undated 3 4 Films 2 1936-1946 Fifield, L. Wendell and June Fifield. Washington State. circa 1930s 3 4 Fifeld, L. Wendell and June Fifield. Oregon circa 1930s 3 4 Fifield, L. Wendell and June Fifield. En route, Seattle 1945 3 4 Fifield, L. Wendell and June Fifield. Montreal circa 1940s 3 4 Fifield, L. Wendell. Plymouth Church and the Women's Guild circa 1940s 3 4 Fifield, L. Wendell. Cape Cod 1942-1943 3 4 Fifield, L. Wendell, June Fifield, and Robert Edwin Fifield. Mount Rainier and Vancouver circa 1930s 3 4 Fifield, L. Wendell, June Fifield, and Robert Edwin Fifield. Seattle 1936-1941 3 4 Fifield, L. Wendell, June Fifield, and Robert Edwin Fifield. New York 1941-1946 3 4 Fifield, L. Wendell, June Fifield, and Robert Edwin Fifield. New York and San Francisco circa 1940s 3 4 Fifield, L. Wendell and June Fifield. Honeymoon, Honolulu 1936 3 4 Fifield family and relatives. San Francisco and Kansas City 1940 3 4 Fifield family and relatives. New York and Kansas City 1941 3 4 Fifield family and relatives. Christmases: New York. 1941 – 1946 3 4 Fifield family and relatives. Peconic, New York 1943-1945 3 4 Sound Recordings Sub-Series 3 1940-1964 KIRO Radio. Tribute to Reverend Doctor L. Wendell Fifield June 23, 1941 3 4

On L. Wendell Fifield's leaving Seattle's Plymouth Congregational for Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn Heights

 Fifield, L. Wendell. Tenth Anniversary of L. Wendell Fifield's Ministry, Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims. December 5, 1951 3 4

Tapes may have been stored in reverse. In four separate small Audio Devices boxes

 Reverend Doctor L. Wendell Fifield Memorial Service, Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims October 7, 1964 3 4 Reverend Doctor L. Wendell Fifield Memorial Service, First Congregational Los Angeles. July 24, 1964 3 4 Fifield, L. Wendell, June Fifield, and Robert Edwin Fifield. Christmas Greetings 1941 3 4 Fifield, June and Margaret Fifield Brown. Golden Wedding (Anniversary?) / You're What I Want for Christmas January 9, 1948 3 4 Fifield June, Robert Edwin Fifield, and June Downs. Tribute to June II and "Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover March 1942 3 4

Recording company marked the record as 'bad'

 Fifield, Robert Edwin and Joan Redden. For Me and My Gal July 13, 1940 3 4 V – E Day, New York waterfront May 8, 1945 3 4 Mellinger, Mabel and Rex Mellinger. What Shall I Say? November 11, 1945 3 4

L. Wendell Fifield's family friends

 Family Chatter circa 1940s 3 4

Voices of: Robert Edwin Fifield, Lydamar Hayward Reese, Mary Fifield Wilson, Mary Anne Wilson

 Hayward, Ema K Shephard. and Myron Bradley Hayward. Los Angeles Travelogue July 25, 1941 3 4

June Fifield's parents

 The Three Guesses [Millie, Margaret Fifield Brown, June Fifield]. Happy Birthday June 26, 1941 3 4 Rodgers, Richard and Oscar Hammerstein II. Oklahoma! Selections from the Theatre Guild Musical Play. With Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Howard da Silva, Celeste Holm, and Lee Dixon. Records. 1943 3 4 Rossini, Gioacchino. William Tell – Overture. With Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. RCA Manufacturing Company Undated 3 4 NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street. With Dinah Shore and Professor Sidney Bechet. RCA Manufacturing Company. Undated 3 4 Fifield, John Lawrence and the Plymouth Church Choir. Christmas 1946 3 4 Fifield, John Lawrence. Concerto and The Train. March 23, 1945 3 4 Fifield, John Lawrence. A Biggg Train March 23, 1945 3 4 Fifield, John Lawrence. Peter and the Subway. March 23, 1945 3 4 Fifield, John Lawrence. Punk March 23, 1945 3 4 Fifield, James W. Jr. and Helen Fifield (William Fifield and Mercedes McCambridge on reverse) July 31 1941 and August 12 1941 3 4 Fifield, James W. Jr. and Mary Irene Fifield. Love Forever and Till We Meet Again. August 23, 1941 3 4 Documents and Records 4 1937-1954 Fifield, Mary Irene. Notarized birth certificate for L. Wendell Fifield 1943 3 4

L. Wendell Fifield: born in Benton Harbor, Michigan on June 10 1891

 Fifield, June. Notarized birth certificate for June Fifield. 1954 1954 3 4

June Hayward Fifield: born in Tacoma, Washington on June 26, 1911

 Robert Edwin Fifield's adoption papers. September 16 1937 3 4

Included is a cover letter from Dan Earle, the attorney for petitioner

 Correspondence 5 1935-1943 1 1 Correspondence from June Fifield to her parents while staying at Whistlin' Jack Lodge in Naches, Washington August 31, 1937 1 1 Correspondence from June Fifield to Robert Edwin Fifield, from Lake Crescent, Washington September 3. 1936 1 1 Correspondence from Robert Edwin Fifield to his brother William Fifield May 4, 1935 1 1

William Fifield was at Whitman in the Beta House. Robert Edwin Fifield was 10 years old

 Correspondence from Robert Edwin Fifield to his parents, June and L. Wendell Fifield August 21-26, 1937 1

9 post cards Sunrise Lodge in Rainier National Park

 Holiday correspondence from Robert Edwin Fifield to his parents, June and L. Wendell Fifield circa 1930s 1

7 Valentine's Day cards, 1 Christmas card, 1 Mother's Day (?) card

 Correspondence from Robert Edwin Fifield to his parents, June and L. Wendell Fifield, from Camp Orkila, Orcas Island, Washington 1938-1940 1 Correspondence from Robert Edwin Fifield to his parents, June and L. Wendell Fifield from Camp Parsons, Brinnon, Washington 1938-1940 1 Correspondence from Norman Beers to June Fifield regarding Robert Edwin Fifield's performance at Camp Orkila July 15, 1940 1 Congratulatory correspondence for 8th grade graduation 1939 1

Greeting card from the Krafts. Greeting card from Robert Edwin Fifield's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hayward

 Correspondence from Lydamar Hayward Reese to Robert Edwin Fifield June 1, 1943 1

High school graduation congratulations sent from Tacoma, Washington

 Correspondence from James W. Fifield, Jr. to Robert Edwin Fifield June 2, 1943 1

High school graduation congratulations Note from the First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, California entitled "What is the War Doing to You?" sent from Los Angeles, California

 Correspondence from Margaret Fifield Brown to Robert Edwin Fifield June 3, 1943 1 Correspondence from June Fifield to Robert Edwin Fifield June 11, 1943 1 Correspondence from Bob Reese to Robert Edwin Fifield July 18, 1943 1 1

Regarding entering the armed services sent from Los Angeles, California

 Correspondence from June Fifield to Robert Edwin Fifield Undated 1

Probably given shortly before Robert Edwin Fifield left for training camp. References a gift, likely hand-made by June Fifield

 Memorabilia 6 1913-1962 Ministerial Robes 7 Chasuble 7 Tie 7 Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College 1913 4 Bachelor of Divinity, Chicago Theological Seminary June 7, 1916 4 Fifield, L. Wendell. The basis of authority in religious thinking. Bachelor of divinity thesis, Chicago Theological Seminary 1916 4 Honorary Doctorate of Divinity, Yankton College June 10, 1925 4

Signed by college president Henry Kimball Warren

 Thank-you from the Plymouth Church in Seattle June 19, 1947 4

For "having the idea of creating an anniversary fund" for the Plymouth Church 100th anniversary of the church was celebrated May 14 1947 Framed

 Thank-you from the First Congregational Church in Los Angeles October 2, 1958 4 "This Week in Seattle Guide" December 28, 1940 4

Honored as Seattleite of the year: "He just naturally earned it."

 Villesvik, John. Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle (not formally titled) circa 1930s 6 Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (not formally titled). Undated 6

Pen and ink.

 Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (not formally titled) Undated 2

Porcelain tinted tile

 Calling cards 1

"Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Wendell Fifield" "Mrs. Lawrence Wendell Fifield" "Dr. L. Wendell Fifield"

 Engraving plates for calling cards 1

"Mrs. Lawrence Wendell Fifield" "Mrs. L. Wendell Fifield"

 Gavel 1

Ivory, Monogrammed "LWF"

 Ink pen 4 "Puget Sound Views". 4

An album of nature photographs by Asahel Curtis of Mount Rainier given to L. Wendell Fifield and June Fifield by the Plymouth Congregational Church on June 27 1941.

 First Congregational Church. Lent meditation program. March 23 1958 4

Led by June Fifield based on the themes of James W. Fifield, Jr.s' The Single Path.

 Drawing of June Fifield as a girl 4 Bardue, Mary. Drawing of June. 1929 4

Mary Bardue was either a cousin or an aunt on Ema K. Shephard's side

 Silhouette of June Fifield as a young woman 4 Claremont newspaper clipping. Probably 1961 or 1962 4

Regarding June Fifield's presidency of the local branch of the Motion Picture Council. Also with this clipping is another that mentions her re-election

 Silver dollar bracelet 1

Corresponds to her short story, "The Bracelet"

 Envelope of 17 miscellaneous photos 1930s 4

Photographs of Ema Kinsey Shephard Hayward and Myron Bradley Hayward Photographs of Ema Kinsey Shephard Hayward, Lydamar Hayward, and June Hayward Fifield on Bainbridge Island, Washington (Gazaam House, 1935)

 Smith, Ethelynde. Two hand-painted cards for June Fifield 4

Included with a card from her to June; clipping about her in The Altadenan, Altadena, California, September 2, 1976

 Air Force hat, World War II 5 Air Force tie pin, World War II 4

with a star and angel wings around the wings of a propeller

 Air Force medallion, World War II 4 New Testament, with Psalms and a Devotional Guide for Servicemen 1

Pocket Bible with a handwritten dedication that it was given to him by the Board of Deacons of Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims on August 2, 1943 with L. Wendell Fifield's signature. Gray leather case

 New Testament 1

American Bible Society o issued to soldiers during World War II President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's signature printed on the first page

 The Lakeside School brochure. 1939 4

Seattle, Washington. Notes on buildings and Lakeside people

 The Doubting Shepherd. December 1938. Program 4

Robert Edwin Fifield listed as playing 'Joel', one of the shepherds. The Lakeside School, Seattle, Washington

 The Lakeside School. Commencement Exercises. June 15 1939. Program 4

Robert Edwin Fifield listed as graduate of the 8th grade. Stephen B. L. Penrose commencement speaker

 Spring Concert of Ballard High School, May 24 1940. Program 4

Robert Edwin Fifield listed as flutist

 Rental contract, March 20 1939 1

From Hopper-Kelly Company for rental of flute to Robert Edwin Fifield

 Mid-Winter Concert The Music Department of Ballard High School, January 24 1941. Program 1

Robert Edwin Fifield acknowledged. Robert Edwin Fifield listed as a flutist

 Father's Dinner badge, December 10 1942. 4

Polytechnic Preparatory School, Brooklyn, New York. Robert Edwin Fifield's teachers noted on reverse

 SAT College Entrance Examination Board Ticket, January 9 1943 1

Columbia University, New York, New York

 Certificate of Graduation, June 4 1943 4

Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School

 Invitation to Robert Edwin Fifield's graduation ceremony, 1943 4

Polytechnic Preparatory country Day School

 Brochures for Camp Orkila, 1938, 1939, 1940 1 Girard, Adele and Joe Marsala. Little Sir Echo. New York: Bergman, Vocco, and Conn,1917 4

Sheet music and lyrics

 Badge from General Council Congregational and Christian Churches for associate membership, August 13 – 20 1940 1 Baseball glove 4

Robert Edwin Fifield's name written on the side. Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School

 Advertisement for a shoe shine service Bob offered to his neighbors in Blue Ridge, Seattle, Washington, probably 1937 or 1938 4 Silhouette of Robert Edwin Fifield as a boy 4 Oberlin College pin 1 Books 7 1908-1977 Kennedy, Charles Rann. "The Terrible Meek". New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1912 4 Van Loon, Hendrik Willem. 1st edition. "The Message of the Bells or, What Happened to Us on Christmas Eve". New York 1942 1 Asch, Sholem. "The Nazarene". New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1939 1

Inscribed by the author to L. Wendell Fifield (1940). Front cover missing. Included with the book is a letter by Sholem Asch to L. Wendell Fifield

 "A Service Book", revised, 3rd edition. Chicago: The National Selected Morticians 1940 1

Contains words for burials, etc. "L. Wendell Fifield" engraved on the cover "In My Father's House" by Robert Freeman (page 121) marked by L. Wendell Fifield

 Durant, Will. "The Story of Philosophy The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers". 11th edition. New York: Simon and Schuster 1926 3 Ives, Burl. "Wayfaring Stranger: An Autobiography". New York & Toronto: Whittelsey House 1948 3 Whittelsey, Delia Taylor. "Thoughts by the Way". Seattle, Washington: Frank McCaffrey 1933 3 Dorris, Anna Verona. "When My Heart Sings". 1st edition. New York: Exposition Press 1959 1 Lott, Elsie Moore. "Wagons Rolled West". Salt Lake City, Utah: Stevens & Wallis 1955 3 Moore, Marianne. "Collected Poems". New York: The Macmillan Company 1953 4 Cushman, Mary Floyd. "Missionary Doctor: The Story of Twenty Years in Africa". New York & London: Harper & Brothers 1944 1 King, Julius. "Wild Flowers at a Glance". Cleveland, Ohio: The Harter Publishing Company 1935 1

Gift from his grandfather, James W. Fifield Senior, on his 13th birthday, December 3 1937. Inscription from James W. Fifield Senior to Robert Edwin Fifield

 Davis, Royal G. "Light on a Gothic Tower". Los Angeles, California: First Congregational Church of Los Angeles 1967 4 Seelye, B. B. "A Brief History of the First Congregational Church Kansas City, Mo. 1866 – 1909". Kansas City, Missouri: Hailman Printing Company 1909 1 Central High School Yearbook, Kansas City, Missouri 1908 4 Field, Eugene. "Some Poems of Childhood." New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1931 3 Collodi, C. "Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet". New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Undated 1 Fifield, James W. Jr. "The Tall Preacher: Autobiography of Dr. James W. Fifield, Jr. With Bill Youngs". California: Pepperdine University Press 1977 3 Fifield, James W. Jr. "The Single Path". Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall 1957 3

A guide to moral and mental health. Included with this book is a newspaper clipping entitled "Fifield Writes on Religious Self-Help"

 Oberlin College Yearbook 1913 3

The 1914 Hi-Oh-Hi

Photographs 8 1919-1959 Plymouth Church pulpit Undated 2 L. Wendell Fifield with plaque recognizing him as the First Citizen of Seattle, 1940 January 1941 2 Shutter, Michael. (Untitled) Studio portrait of L. Wendell Fifield, June Fifield, and Robert Edwin Fifield 1943 2 Home at 10815 Valmay Avenue NW, Seattle, Washington circa 1930s-1940s 2

Various photographs, some published in Sunset magazine in 1938.

 Brooklyn Heights Home 1941 2 Peconic, Long Island, New York Home circa 1940s 2 Home at 777 Plymouth Road, Claremont, California circa 1950s 2 Photocopy of circular photograph portrait of June Fifield, Lydamar Hayward (June's sister), and Ema K. Shephard Hayward (June's mother) Undated 2 Class photographs 1919 2

Probably Lincoln School, Olympia, Washington

 Photographs of June Fifield, alone or with friends circa 1930s-1950s 2 Shutter, Michael. Untitled studio portrait of June Fifield 1943 2 Negatives Undated 2

Three envelopes of negatives

 Photos taken on Orcas Island, Washington at Camp Orkila 1938-1939 2 Team photos from Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School, Brooklyn, New York circa early 1940s 2 Robert Edwin Fifield playing soccer circa early 1940s 2 Lawrence Wendell Fifield Family Album 1925-1936 2 Works by and about other Fifield Family Members 3 1940-2008 Mercedes McCambridge 1 1981-1982, 2005 McCambridge, Mercedes. The Quality of Mercy: An Autobiography. 1st edition. New York: Times Books 1981 2

Contains photographs, numerous mentions of John Lawrence, and gives a general description of her two husbands (page 78).

 McCambridge, Mercedes. "The Quality of Mercy: An Autobiography". 2nd edition. New York: Berkley Books 1982 2 Lackman, Ron. "Mercedes McCambridge: A Biography and Career Record." 1st edition. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company 2005 2

Contains a complete list of Mercedes McCambridge's work, several references to William Fifield and John Lawrence, and a photograph of John Lawrence as a young man. Included with the book is a biography of Ron Lackman from Internet Movie Database

 Donna Hamilton Shor 2 1940-2008 Haspiel, James. Young Marilyn: Becoming the Legend. New York: Hyperion 1994 2

Contains images of Donna Shor with Marilyn Monroe (page 18) and a reference to her (page 19).

 Beard, James. Love and Kisses and a Halo of Truffles: Letters to Helen Evans Brown, ed. John Ferrone. 1st edition. New York: Aracde Publishing 1994 2 Powell, Violet. The Departure Platform: An Autobiography. London: Random House 1998 2

Contains references to William Fifield, Donna Fifield, and their children (pages 130 – 132).

 McLellan, Diana. The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood. New York: St. Martin's Press 2000 2

Contains acknowledgement to Donna Shor (page XII)

 Photographs circa 1940s-1960s 2

10 photos. Marilyn Monroe William Fifield Mike Fanning DVD

 Shor, Donna. "Trump and the Turks: Whether by jet a la Donald or by Western Union, getting around town is a must." Washington Life April 2008 2 Donnali Fifield 3 1954-2006 Jacquet, Luc. March of the Penguins, trans. Donna Fifield. Washington D.C.: National Geographic 2006 2 Photographs 1954-? 2

Over 30 photos Donna Hamilton Shor Fifield, Brian Fifield, William Fifield. DVD

 Kyle Freeman 4 2003 Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. "The Complete Sherlock Holmes", ed. Kyle Freeman. Vol. I. New York: Barnes & Nobles Classics 2003 2

Introduction and notes by Kyle Freeman

 Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. "The Complete Sherlock Holmes", ed. Kyle Freeman. Vol. II. New York: Barnes & Nobles Classics 2003 2 Jane Fifield Flynn 5 1992 Flynn, Jane Fifield. Kansas City Women of Independent Minds. 1st edition. Kansas City, Missouri: Fifield Publishing Company 1992 2

Included with book is a photocopy of a newspaper article on Jane Fifield Flynn (August 23 1996). Inscribed by Jane Fifield Flynn to June Fifield

 Flynn, Jane Fifield. Kansas City Style. 3rd printing. Kansas City, Missouri: Fifield Publishing Company 1992 2

Inscribed by the author

 Unprocessed accession 2 linear feet 2 boxes 1950-1981 8 9

The boxes include articles, books, and documents on William and Donna Fifield's food and wine career in Europe. Also included are vinyl recordings and records, movies (DVD, VHS), CDs, photographs, magazines, and books owned by the Fifields.