WAUWoolfeJoeLPHColl1091.xmlGuide to the Joe L. Woolfe Photograph Collection 1947-1982Woolfe (Joe L.) Photograph CollectionSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2015 (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 CollectionsPH1091Woolfe, Joe L., 1902-1989\Joe L. Woolfe photograph collection1947-198236 photographic prints (1 box) ; sizes varyCollection materials are inEnglish.Various award presentations, banquets and events, as well as images taken in Israel, including one of David Ben-Gurion

Joe Woolfe was a jeweler who came to Seattle in 1941 from Chicago. He was born in Manchester, England and raised in Glasgow, Scotland until he was 21. Woolfe was involved in nearly every Jewish organization in Seattle at one time or another, serving on the Board of the Federated Fund and Council, the Anti-Defamation League Board, as president of B'Nai B'rith, and of the American Zionist Council.

The collection includes photos of various award presentations, banquets and events, as well as images taken in Israel, including one of David Ben-Gurion.

Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.

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Collected by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.

Donor: Joe L. Woolfe, March, 1990.

Processed by Jack Falk, Don Romero; processing completed in 2015.

Transferred from the Joe Woolfe papers, Mss. Acc. No. 2110-002 in 1990.

These materials form part of the Joe Woolfe papers which and are described and indexed in the guide to the Joe Woolfe papers, Mss. Coll. No. 2110 , in Special Collections.

Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Jewish AmericansPhotographsWashington (State)Seattle

 

Banquets and Presentations1/11B'nai B'rith event at the Olympic Hotel, Seattlecirca 1960s

Included are Arthur Diamond, Merle D. Cohn, Howard Michel, Barry Schneiderman, Sam Soole, Joe Woolfe, Jack Tacher, Leonard Schroeter, Dr. Louis Caplan, P. Allen Rickels, Al Youngman, Mel Oseran, Leo Friedman, George Cantor, Irving C. Lewis and Phil Boguch.

Heib, Seattle 1/12Jewish War Veterans Award presented to Joe Woolfe (2nd from right) with (left to right) Al Franco, Abe Bridge and Sol Scharincirca 1960sHeib, Seattle 1/13B'nai B'rith Seattle Lodge No. 503, award presentation to Sidney Gerbercirca 1960s

Included are (left to right) Howard Michel, Gerber, Joe Woolfe and Dr. Giovanni Costigan (University of Washington professor).

 1/14B'nai B'rith Seattle Lodge No. 503, installation of officers at the Olympic Hotel, SeattleJune 1960

Joe Woolfe handing gavel to Jack Taub. Arnold Locker is 4th from right.

Louis J. Stern, Bellevue, Washington 1/15Joe Woolfe and Eugene Rickles holding Distinguished Service Award at B'nai B'rith Seattle Lodge No. 503 event at the Olympic Hotel, SeattleJune 1960Louis J. Stern, Bellevue, Washington 1/16Jewish National Fund annual Chanukah banquet at the Norselander Restaurant, SeattleJanuary 1964

Written on verso: Joe Woolfe: Chairman; Ben Maslan: Master of Ceremonies; JNF National President Dr. Joseph P Sternstein: guest speaker; Beatrice Olivier: entertainer.

Heib, Seattle 1/27Joe Woolfe at podium at Jewish National Fund annual Chanukah banquet at the Norselander Restaurant, SeattleJanuary 1964

Written on verso: Making appeal at JNF annual Chanukah banquet, Norselander, Seattle. Honoring Abe and Anne Silver's 50th anniversary. Dr. Joseph P Sternstein, national president JNF: guest speaker; Beatrice Olivier (London and L.A.), entertainer.

Heib, Seattle 1/28Joe Woolfe and Barney Ross at podium. at the Israel Independence Day celebration at the Jewish Community Center, SeattleMay 9, 1965

Typed on verso: Joe L. Woolfe, Chairman, introducing Barney Ross.

Heib, Seattle 1/29Seattle Lodge No. 503, B'nai B'rith, Man of the Year Award presentation at Seattle CenterMarch 16, 1966

Left to right: Joe Woolfe (chairman of the Man of the Year committee), Rev. Lemuel Petersen, President Eugene Rickles.

Louis J. Stern, Bellevue, Washington 1/210Seattle Mayor J.D. "Dorm" Braman signing proclamation for B'nai B'rith Week (October 13-20, 1966), in the Mayor's officeOctober 13, 1966

Attending are Joe Woolfe, Herb Berns, president of B'nai B'rith Council, and Esther Mayo, president of the Women's Council of B'nai B'rith.

Heib, Seattle 1/211Jewish National Fund (JNF) annual Chanukah banquet honoring Vice President Hubert Humphreycirca 1965-1969

Includes Becky Leavitt, executive secretary for the JNF of Seattle; Rose Woolfe, executive secretary of Israel Bonds of Seattle; Harry L. Leavitt, JNF board member, and Vice-President Hubert Humphrey.

 1/212Ben Maslan at podium at Jewish National Fund annual banquet with Joe Woolfe, Norway Center, Seattle1968Fleming Photography, Seattle 1/313Joe Woolfe receiving Scroll of Honor award at Israel Bonds presentation at Olympic Hotel, SeattleOctober 22, 1968

Left to right: Brigadier General Yaacov Hefetz, Joe Woolfe, Washington State Governor Dan Evans.

 1/314Jewish National Fund Banquet with guest speaker Rabbi Ott at podium, Norway Center, SeattleDecember 12, 1969

Dinner chairman: Joe Woolfe; Co-chairman: Ted Rosenblume; M.C.: Mrs. Sam Levinson; Honorary Chairman: Mitchell Ketzlach.

Steven Laiken 1/315Jewish National Fund annual banquet with 1972 Olympic swimmer Rick Colella, Joe Woolfe, and Al Franco, Washington Plaza Hotel [Westin], SeattleDecember 18, 1972 1/316Joe Woolfe and Elsa Levinson at the Jewish National Fund annual banquet at the Washington Plaza Hotel [Westin], SeattleDecember 18, 1972 1/317Candle lighting ceremony at Shomrei Yisrael - Israel Bonds Dinner at the Washington Plaza Hotel [Westin], SeattleDecember 1977

Left to right: Gerson Goldman, Rose Woolfe, Florence Goldman, and Joe Woolfe.

George Somoff Photography, Seattle 1/318Rabbi Earl Starr, Joe Woolfe and Rose Woolfe at Israel Bonds Dinner at the Washington Plaza Hotel [Westin], SeattleDecember 1977George Somoff Photography, Seattle Events, People, and Places1/419Al Youngman (left) holding a fish and Joe Woolfe holding a bottle of milk and a fishundated 1/420Joe Woolfe and his grandson with a full-size Jeep and a miniature Jeep in front of the Seattle Art Museum [Seattle Asian Art Museum] in Volunteer Park, Seattle1947Roger Dudley, Commercial Photographer, Seattle 1/421Bob Schaeffer, Chief Engineer at Western Toy Manufacturing Co. and Joe Woolfe sitting in a Jeep followed by a group of children sitting in toy Jeeps in front of the Seattle Art Museum (Seattle Asian Art Museum) in Volunteer Park, Seattle1947Roger Dudley, Commercial Photographer, Seattle 1/422Joe Woolfe receiving award from national officer of the Israel Histadrut Campaign, National Committee for Labor Israel, at Talmud Torah, Seattlecirca 1955

Morris Nash, president of Seattle Histadrut is at left.

 1/423Washington-Oregon Israel Bonds Delegation group holding banner at SeaTac AirportMarch 1967

Banner reads: Washington-Oregon Israel Bonds Delegation - International Travel 1967 via El Al Israel Airlines.

Port of Seattle Public Relations Office 1/424Group of people in air force base hangarMarch 29, 1967

Written on verso: Commander Gross briefing us in the hangar at air base outside of Ber Sheba (Ramat David). Major Bar Lev (not in picture) was our host. Left to right: Lee Warshal, Harold Poll, Commander Gross, Martha York (Portland Bond Office) and Joe Woolfe.

 1/425Joe Woolfe cutting his cake on his 65th birthday at the Dan-Carmel Hotel, Haifa, IsraelApril 1, 1967

Included are: Mr. & Mrs. Carl Alpert, Mike Litvak, Harold Poll.

A. Engle, Dan-Carmel Hotel, Haifa, Israel 1/426Seattle group meeting with David Ben-Gurion (1st prime minister of Israel) at a kibbutz in Israel1967

Left to right: Gertie Rosenfield, Mollie Rosenblatt, David Ben-Gurion, Joe Woolfe and Ben Bridge.

Gertie Rosefield is Mollie Rosenblatt's mother.

1/427-28Photos and awards on wall at home of Joe Woolfe1970 1/529Joe Woolfe (left) with Max Mondschein at an Israel Bonds cocktail party honoring Senator Henry Jackson, Washington Plaza Hotel [Westin], SeattleNovember 28, 1970Heib, Seattle 1/530Sophie Caplan and Elsa Levinson1971 1/531Seymour KaplanFebruary 1972Kennell-Ellis, Inc., Seattle 1/532Jewish National Fund event honoring Governor Dan Evans at Washington Plaza Hotel [Westin], SeattleApril 29, 1974

Left to right: Joe Woolfe, Oregon Governor Tom McCall, Sylvia Volchok and Ted Rosenblume.

 1/533Joe Woolfe, Al Youngman and Julius Meyers at Meyers' houseSeptember 1976 1/534Joe Woolfe, Max Silver and Al Youngman at Woolfe's 56th anniversary, SeattleJune 27, 1982 1/535Joe and Rose Woolfe with another couple, possibly Ben Maslan and his wifeundatedFranz Linder Photo, Vancouver, British Columbia 1/536Joe and Rose Woolfe with Seattle Mayor Charles Royer and another mancirca 1978-1989