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location of cassette: Drawer 7, Tape 702

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-05-01. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Garland Ethel papers Ethel, Garland, 1902-1980 2406 16.69 cubic feet 13 cubic feet, 1 vertical file; includes 1 sound cassette 1913-1980 Professor of English, University of Washington, labor union official Collection materials are in English.

Garland Ethel was born in Okanogan, County, Washington 1899, and educated at University of Washington where he taught in the English Department for 42 years before retiring in 1969. His principle research interest was Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was the assistant editor of the "Moscow News," 1932; and secretary of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 401 (U.W.); and active with the State's Joint Legislative Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities. He died in 1980. He made headlines in 1948 when he was caught up in the so-called "Canwell investigation," a Joe McCarthy-style hunt for Communists. Ethel was cited for contempt by a state legislative committee for refusing to name other UW faculty members who reportedly attended Communist meetings with him. As result of the hearings, the UW Board of Regents put him and two other faculty members on probation.

Organized into 2 accessions.

Accession No. 2406-001, Garland O. Ethel papers, 1913-1980 Accession No. 2406-005, Garland Ethel memorial service recording, 1980

Biographical features, tape-recorded interview and transcript, correspondence, military records, speeches and writings, notes, research notes and writings, reprints, tape and wire recordings, computer diskettes.

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No restrictions on paper-based materials. No user access copy is currently available for the audio tape. Users may obtain a reproduction of the tape for a fee by contacting Special Collections.

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Anderson, Reggie Carbray, Richard J Caughlan, John, 1909- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Criticism and interpretation Eby, Edwin Harold, 1900-1994 Ethel, Garland, 1902-1980--Archives Ethel, Garland, 1902-1980--Interviews Grummel, William Hansen, William Nostrand, Howard Lee, 1910-2004 Read, William Richards, Mary Jane Winther, Sophus K American Federation of Teachers. Local 401 (Seattle, Wash.) University of Washington. University Archives Washington (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities Washington (State)--Politics and government University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington) Communism--Washington (State) Congresses and conventions English literature--Study and teaching--Washington (State) Governmental investigations--Washington (State) Labor unions--Washington (State) Subversive activities--Washington (State) Teachers' unions--Washington (State) Colleges and Universities Labor History Labor Unions Fiction Lecture notes Wire recordings Oral histories Sound recordings College teachers--Washington (State) Accession No. 2406-001: Garland O. Ethel papers, 1913-1980 16.69 cubic feet 13 boxes

Scope and Content: Biographical features, tape-recorded interview and transcript, correspondence, military records, speeches and writings, notes, research notes and writings, reprints, clippings, subject series (including letters from Frank Plumb) on Spanish Civil War, tape and wire recordings, computer diskettes; 1913-1980. Included in the papers is an unpublished autobiography of his youth in Okanogan County. Letters and other items have been annotated by donor to indicate significance of writers. Jane Sanders, as a Ph.D. candidate in Higher Education, interviewed Prof. Ethel to obtain his views on the general progress of the University of Washington in the 1920s and'30s, and on the presidents of the U.W. from Suzzallo onward. Professor Ethel also speaks candidly about his role in the Canwell Hearings.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access. The original analog tape cannot be played due to preservation concerns. The interview has been digitized and a transcript is available on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. The tape and wire recordings and computer diskettes are closed until processed.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Digital Content/Other Formats:View selections from this accession in digital format . Listen to the interview and view the transcript of the interview on the Libraries' Digital Collections website.

Acquisition Info: Bibliographic Source: Gifts of Garland Ethel, 1975-80, and materials removed from his basement study after his death, September 1980, null

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Biographical Features 2406-001 Box 1 Incoming Correspondence 2406-001 Box 1 Incoming Correspondence 2406-001 Box 2 Outgoing Correspondence 2406-001 Box 3 Speeches and Writings 2406-001 Box 4 Speeches and Writings 2406-001 Box 5 Speeches and Writings 2406-001 Box 6 Conferences and Conventions 2406-001 Box 7 Notecards 2406-001 Box 8 Clippings 2406-001 Box 9 Subject Series 2406-001 Box 10 Subject Series - University of Washington 2406-001 Box 11 Subgroups 2406-001 Box 12 Subgroups 2406-001 Box 13 Accession No. 2406-005: Garland Ethel memorial service recording, 1980 1 cassette

Scope and Content: Cassette tape recording of memorial service for Professor Ethel, 22 October 1980 (held in Kane Hall).

The order of speakers on the tape of the Ethel Memorial is as follows: 1. Richard J. Carbray; 2. E. Harold Eby, Professor Emeritus of English; 3. John Caughlan, attorney; 4. Richard J. Carbray; 5. William Grummel, Professor of Classics; 6. William Reed, Professor Emeritus of Classics; 7. Sophus K. Winther, Professor Emeritus of English; 8. William Hanson, attorney; 9. Reggie "The Plumber" Anderson; 10. Howard Nostrand, Professor of Romance Languages and Literature; 11. Unidentified woman. 12. E. Harold Eby; 13. Mary Jane Richards, friend of Mrs. Ethel; 14. Richard J. Carbray.

Restrictions on Access: No user access copy is currently available for the audio tape. Users may obtain a reproduction of the tape for a fee by contacting Special Collections.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Richard Carbray, 1980-10-01

Garland Ethel memorial service recording