Rick Rice papers, 1950-2000
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Rice, Rick, 1940-
- Title
- Rick Rice papers
- Dates
- 1950-2000 (inclusive)19502000
1971-1989 (bulk)19711989 - Quantity
- 1.82 cubic feet, (2 boxes and 2 oversize folders)
- Collection Number
- 5827
- Summary
- Materials relating to Rick Rice's activism and career in various industries.
- Repository
- 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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Open to all users.
- Languages
- Collection materials are in English.
Biographical Note
Richard "Rick" Rice was born in 1940 and grew up in Huntington Beach, California. Rice attended the University of California at Berkeley before moving to New York City and then to Seattle in the early 1970s. Rice was active in the student, anti-war, and civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
Rice's commitment to activism carried into his professional life. He worked as a bus driver for Metro Transit for four years, where he was an active union member in the Amalgamated Transit Union, Division 587, and served on a rank-and-file caucus committee. He participated in the 1974 Seattle Metro Transit strike. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Rice continued his activism in local organizations, including the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), the Venceremos Brigade, and the anti‑apartheid movement. During this period, he participated in weekly protests outside the South African consulate in Seattle. In the late 1980s, Rice served on the Issues Committee for the Washington State Rainbow Coalition, and later, in 1992, joined the Northwest Committee of Correspondence.
Activism was a shared commitment for Rice and his wife, Roselynn Harrell (also known as Rose Woodward), who was also a Seattle Metro driver and a social and labor activist. Harrell was involved in South Seattle Community College's Women's Employment Network and worked as a welder. Continuing their joint engagement, Rice and Harrell spent two years at a Uniroyal and Firestone tire plant in Long Beach, California, in an effort to organize it politically as an outgrowth of their activism as members of the socialist organization Line of March. This Marxist‑Leninist organization inspired many New Left student activists to become "proletarianized" workers who would find work in industry and radicalize other workers.
During the 1990s, Rice was active in the Seattle area efforts to create a Labor Party and attendeded conferences on behalf of the effort. Rice's second wife, Kate Thompson, is an artist and an activist; she was a co-founder and co-owner of Storefront Press in Seattle. As of 2014, Rice resides in Mexico.
Content Description
This collection contains photographs, news clippings, interview transcripts, and flyers from the Rokha and Solidev workers' strikes in Tijuana in 1979; local labor publications (e.g. Counterbalance, published by the Ralph Cramden Caucus); flyers, newsletters, and correspondence from local activist groups such as Seattle-Daliwe Sister Community Project and the Seattle to Nicaragua Construction Brigade; meeting minutes, by-laws, notes, correspondence, and monthly newsletters from the Amalgamated Transit Union 587, the Washington State Rainbow Coalition, and the Northwest Committee of Correspondence; news clippings regarding the Seattle metro strike in 1974; and flyers from national organizations such as CISPIES (United States Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador).
Records are primarily in English with a portion in Spanish.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
To the extent that they own the copyright, the donor has transferred the copyright of the materials to the University of Washington; however, copyright in some items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.
Preferred Citation
Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Rick Rice Labor Ephemera and Publications Collection, 5827-001, [box number], [folder number].
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Rick Rice via Carolyn Aamot, UW Libraries Gifts, 2012-09-01.
Related Materials
Wikidata is available for this collection
Processing Note
The collection was kept in the original order in which it was received. Titles provided by processor in brackets.
Separated Materials
Activists for Independent Socialist Politics. 1995. "Independent Politics." ADORATSKY, Vladimir Viktorovich. 1940. Dialectical Materialism. The Theoretical Foundation of Marxism-Leninism. National Book Agency: Calcutta. American Society for Environmental History, and New Jersey Institute of Technology. 1995. "Environmental History Review : EHR : A Publication of the American Society for Environmental History." Black Panther Party Ministry of Information. 1980. "The Black Panther." Canadian Communist League (M-L), and Workers Communist Party (M-L) (Canada). "The Forge : Central Organ of the Canadian Communist League (Marxist-Leninist).," 1979. "Draggin' the Line." 1973. Ediciones Historia y Sociedad. 1974. "Historia Y Sociedad." Alaska Common Ground Collective. n.d. "Common Ground." Free Press Collective (Seattle, Wash). "Washington Free Press.," 2009. No. 7-8,10,12-13,15,17. Harrington, Michael, Democratic Socialists of America, and Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (U.S.). 1979. "Democratic Left." Nexis Advance UK. International Socialists (U.S.), and Labor Education Association (Detroit, Mich). 1983. "Changes Socialist Monthly." Kahk, Juhan, and Karl Siilivask. 1985. History of the Estonian SSR. Tallinn: Perioodika. Keating, Edward M., ed. 1963. Ramparts. Menlo Park, Calif: Laymen's Press. Marxist-Leninist Organizing Committee. "Communist Line.," 1976. No.2-3, 5-6, 8 "News for a People's World : Reporting for Social Change in Northern California." 1993. Vol. 2 No. 6-7. No Separate Peace. 1976. Seattle, Washington: [publisher not identified]. Oregon Coalition for Alternative Human Services, Cascadia Education Project, and Northwest Alliance for Alternative Media and Education. n.d. "The Portland Alliance." Pacific Northwest Research Center. 1979. Northwest Bulletin. Eugene, Or: Pacific Northwest Research Center. Partisan Party. 1971. "The Partisan Community News Service." Puget Sound Power and Light Company. n.d. Puget Power News. Bellevue, Wash: Puget Sound Power & Light Co. Rising Up Angry (Chicago, Ill). 1969. "Rising up Angry : A Revolutionary Organization Dedicated to Building a New Man, ...." "Seattle Community Catalyst.," 1993. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee of California, publisher, Joseph A Blum, and Arlene Eisen Bergman. 1966. The Movement. Tacoma Independent. 1972. Tacoma, Wash: [Tacoma Independent]. Taxi Rank and File Coalition (New York, N.Y.). n.d. "The Hot Seat." Union WAGE (Organization). 1972. "Union W.A.G.E." "Unite!" 1979 Unzueta, Gerardo. 1969. Sobre El Problema Estudiantil-Popular : Cartas Desde La Prisión. México: Fondo de Cultura Popular. Voices of Revolt, a Series of Small Books in Which Are Collected the Outstanding Utterances of World Famous Leaders in Revolutionary Thought and Action. 1927. New York: International Publishers. Washington University. 1964. Trans-Action. Philadelphia, etc: Transaction, Inc, etc. Western Voice. [Publisher not identified], 1973
Detailed Description of the Collection
- Description: Ro-Kha S.A.Dates: approximately 1979Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 1
- Description: [Ro-Kha S.A. News Clippings]Dates: approximately 1979Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 2
- Description: SolidevDates: 1978Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 3
- Description: Solidev (1 of 2)Dates: 1979-1981Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 4
- Description: Solidev (2 of 2)Dates: 1979-1981Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 5
- Description: Politics: Mass Organization TheoryDates: 1975Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 6
- Description: PamphletsDates: 1989-1993Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 7
- Description: Teamsters for a Democratic UnionDates: 1976-1977Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 8
- Description: Draggin' the LineDates: 1975Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 9
- Description: Metro StrikeDates: 1974Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 10
- Description: Revolutionary Communist Party #1Dates: 1972-1975Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 11
- Description: [Ralph Cramden Caucus. Counterbalance (Seattle, WA). 1975., Western Front (Seattle, WA), 1971-1972., Seattle Semi (Seattle, WA), 1972-1975.]Dates: 1975Container: Oversize Folder 5827-001 OS2
- Description: Rank and File Papers, LeafletsDates: 1973-1976Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 12
- Description: Labor Hot SeatDates: 1971-1976Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 13
- Description: La Raza Student Writing Education in China Labor StudiesDates: 1975Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 14
- Description: Bay Area Radical Teachers Organizing Collective. 1975. No More Teachers Dirty Looks. 5 (1).Dates: 1975Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 15
- Description: Venceremos ApplicationDates: approximately 1969Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 16
- Description: Revolutionary Union, Revolutionary Communist Party, Revolutionist Socialist Party #2Dates: 1968-1980Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 17
- Description: Metro Amalgamated Transit Union 587Dates: 1974-1976Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 18
- Description: Northwest Committee of Correspondence Minutes and NewslettersDates: 1991-1992Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 19
- Description: Seattle-Daliwe Sister Community ProjectDates: 1991-1992Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 20
- Description: Global ExchangeDates: 1992Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 21
- Description: Venceremos BrigadeDates: 1974-1989Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 22
- Description: MailersDates: 1995Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 23
- Description: Gray Panthers of SeattleDates: 1988-1992Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 24
- Description: Seattle Southern African Program, American Friends Service CommitteeDates: 1987Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 25
- Description: Seattle to Nicaragua Construction BrigadeDates: 1987Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 26
- Description: Politics: RightDates: 1974Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 27
- Description: Politics: New American MovementDates: 1975-1979Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 28
- Description: [Literature on Latin America]Dates: 1992Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 29
- Description: Grand Jury ComixDates: 1978Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 30
- Description: Line of March, October LeagueDates: 1983Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 31
- Description: Politics: Venceremos Brigade FormsDates: 1984-1985Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 32
- Description: Politics: Center for Cuban StudiesDates: 1983-1986Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 33
- Description: [Johnson, Alexandra R., Shellorne, Dorthy J., Trash (Seattle, WA), 1980.]Dates: 1980Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 34
- Description: [Flyers]Dates: 1976-1999Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 35
- Description: [Independent Progressive Political Organizing Committee Proposals]Dates: 1996Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 36
- Description: [National Lawyers Guild Project Report]Dates: 1973Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 37
- Description: [Washington State Rainbow Coalition]Dates: 1988-1989Container: Box 5827-001 Box 1, Folder 38
- Description: [National Lawyers Guild, Seattle Chapter, Contempt (Seattle, WA), 1974-1976.]Dates: 1974-1976Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 1
- Description: [Northwest Bulletin]Dates: 1976Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 2
- Description: [Newsletters]Dates: 1971-1993Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 3
- Description: [Inside-Out Prisoner Support Group Newsletters]Dates: 1971-1972Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 4
- Description: [Union of the Unemployed News]Dates: approximately 1971Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 5
- Description: [United States Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador]Dates: 1992-1994Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 6
- Description: [Flyers Regarding Cuba]Dates: approximately 1995Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 7
- Description: [Seattle Labor Party]Dates: 1986-1996Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 8
- Description: [Jobs with Justice Flyers]Dates: approximately 1993-1997Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 9
- Description: [Anti-Apartheid Flyers]Dates: 1993Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 10
- Description: Washington Tenants' HandbookDates: 1976Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 11
- Description: [Bread and Roses Newsletter]Dates: 1980Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 12
- Description: [Patriot Party]Dates: 1968-1975Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 13
- Description: [Green Seattle]Dates: 1997-1999Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 14
- Description: [La Comuna, El Salvador Poetry]Dates: 1983Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 15
- Description: [Literature Regarding War in the Philippines, Longshoremen]Dates: approximately 1975Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 16
- Description: [Literature Regarding Labor Laws and Organizing]Dates: 1950-1994Container: Box 5827-001 Box 2, Folder 17
- Description: [Event Posters]Dates: approximately 1983-1984Container: Oversize Folder 5827-001 OS1
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Subject Terms
- Civil rights workers--United States
- Civil rights workers--Washington (State)
- Labor movement--Washington (State)
- Labor unions--Washington (State)
- Labor--Washington (State)
- Pacifists--United States
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Form or Genre Terms
- Ephemera
- Fliers (Ephemera)
- Photographs
- Posters
- Tracts (Ephemera)
Other Creators
Personal Names
- Rice, Rick, 1940- --Archives
Corporate Names
- Anti-Apartheid Movement
- Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (U.S.)
- Jobs with Justice
- King County (Wash.). Transit Division
- King County (Wash.). Transit Division--Employees
- Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (creator)
- Teamsters for a Democratic Union
- Venceremos Brigade
