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Mary Deaton papers, 1909-1980
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Deaton, Mary
- Title
- Mary Deaton papers
- Dates
- 1909-1980 (inclusive)19091980
- Quantity
- 3.2 cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 6461 (Accession No. 6461-001)
- Summary
- Research materials and manuscripts about the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 23 in Tacoma, Washington
- Repository
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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
No restrictions on access.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Between 1977-1981, Mary Deaton worked as a free-lance writer specializing in labor, labor history and women's issues. In 1979, The Weekly published her piece on the anniversary of The Seattle General Strike of 1919. Mary Deaton had numerous other publications in local newspapers and history and union journals and in 1981 served as project director for the 1981 Labor Film Festival of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association.
Deaton was commissioned in 1979-1980 by International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 23, and the Port of Tacoma to write their history under a grant from the Washington Commission for the Humanities to the Working Waterfront Project. Deaton researched and visited the ILWU headquarters in San Francisco and collected oral histories from many of the members and their children. Deaton submitted a manuscript "Hungry Port: A Documented History of Longshoring in Tacoma, WA," to the commissioning board, which they rejected. In the manuscript, Deaton took a pro-Congress of Industrial Organizations position and delved further into the reasons for breaking the strike and the aftermath, going deeper than odd references to communists. The commissioning body then engaged Tacoma longshore historian Ron Magden to complete the work. Deaton's notes and original manuscript comprise this collection.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection contains research materials and manuscripts about the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 23, for Deaton’s book. Materials include newspaper clippings, International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and ILWU convention proceedings, waterfront labor contracts, testimonies, and secondary source material.There is also an extensive collection of transcripts of oral history interviews with longshore workers and their relatives conducted by Deaton and Dan Jongeling. Also includes notes, drafts, and index cards for Deaton's manuscript. In addition, this collection contains drafts of Deaton’s book that was rejected by the commission.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 3 series.
- SERIES I, RESEARCH MATERIALS, 1909-1980
- Subseries A, Primary Sources
- Subseries B, Interviews
- Subseries C, Secondary Sources
- SERIES II, RESEARCH NOTES, 1979-1980
- SERIES III, MANUSCRIPTS & DRAFTS, 1979-1980
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
SERIES I: RESEARCH MATERIALS, 1909-1980Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Subseries A: Primary Sources |
1909-1980; 1916-1957 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Pacific Coast, District 38 |
approximately 1909 |
| 1/2 | Lumbermans Open Shop Association |
approximately 1916 |
| 1/3 | 1916- Newspaper reports |
approximately 1916, 1979-1980 |
| 1/4 | Contracts and Agreements - Tacoma |
1921-1932 |
| 1/5 | Constitution and By-Laws |
1924 |
| 1/6 | Transcript Excerpts |
approximately 1925-1979 |
| 1/7 | Pictures |
approximately 1928-1980 |
| 1/8 | Earnings |
1930 November |
| 1/9 | International Longshoremen's Association Wage Scale
and Contract |
approximately 1932-1939 |
| 1/10 | Miscellaneous Documents |
approximately 1934-1974 |
| 1/11 | Pacific Coast Longshoreman |
1935 September 2 |
| 1/12 | Waterfront Employees 1936 Strike |
approximately 1934-1937 |
| 1/13 | Assorted Copies of Documents |
approximately 1934-1980 |
| 1/14 | 1936 Strike - Employees |
1936 |
| 1/15 | Sling Load Agreement |
1937 |
| 1/16 | Clippings |
approximately 1937-1938 |
| 1/17 | Bargaining Unit Arbitration, June, 1938 |
1937-1938 |
| 1/18 | Communist Party and Bridges |
1937-1938 |
| 1/19 | Waterfront Employees 1938 Contract |
1937-1938 |
| 1/20 | 1938 Contract, International Longshore and Warehouse
Union |
1938 |
| 1/21 | 1938 Maritime Federation Convention |
1938 |
| 1/22 | International Longshore and Warehouse Union Convention
Proceedings |
approximately 1940 |
| 1/23 | Bridges Testimony |
approximately 1940 |
| 1/24 | 1940 Strike- International Longshore and Warehouse
Union Response |
approximately 1939 |
| 1/25 | 1940 Strike |
1940 |
| 1/26 | 1940 Strike |
approximately 1940 |
| 1/27 | 1940 Strike- NLRB Hearings |
1941 |
| 1/28 | W.T. Morris Before the National Labor Relations
Board |
approximately 1935-1979 |
| 1/29 | Notes Trip to Washington D.C. Paddy Morris and
Reay |
1941 January |
| 1/30 | International Longshoremen's Association v.
International Longshore and Warehouse Union - International Longshore and
Warehouse Union Literature |
approximately 1937-1955 |
| 1/31 | International Longshoremen's Association vs
International Longshore and Warehouse Union - International Longshoremen's
Association literature |
approximately 1940-1956 |
| 1/32 | International Brotherhood of Longshoremen - District
38 |
approximately 1954-1957 |
| 1/33 | Transcript Excerpt Copies |
1955 |
| 1/34 | Ship Clerks |
approximately 1979 |
| 1/35 | Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings |
approximately 1979 |
| 1/36 | Central Labor Council (Pierce County Unincorporated
Tacoma Trades Council) |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/37 | Newspapers and Periodicals Index |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/38 | Miscellaneous Newspaper Notes 1906-1945 |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/39 | Handwritten Chronologies |
approximately 1950-1980 |
| 1/40 | Releases |
1980 June |
Subseries B: Interviews |
1916-1980; 1979-1980 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/41 | Anonymous Interview |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/42 | Lyle Ames interview by Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/43 | Lyle Ames |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/44 | Lee Barker interview by Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/45 | William and Marie Bauer interviews by Marie
Rice |
approximately 1967-1980 |
| 1/46 | Murray Corey interview with Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/47 | Edwards and Conklin Interview with Mary
Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/48 | John Ehly interview by Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/49 | Carl Engel Interview by Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/50 | George Ginnis interview by Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/51 | Green, Thomas J. |
1979 |
| 1/52 | Reed Jones interview by Dan Jongleing |
1980 June 13 |
| 1/53 | Al LeBlanc interview with Dan Jongeling |
1980 June 11 |
| 1/54 | Phil Lelli interview by Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/55 | Raymond Maury interviewed by Dan Jongeling |
1980 June 6 |
| 1/56 | George Mitchell interview by Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/57 | Don Mosman interview by Dan Jongleing |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/58 | Burt Nelson |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/59 | Martin Peterson interview by Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/60 | Martin Peterson |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/61 | Frank and Lee Reichl Interview by Mary
Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/62 | Richard Dale Smith, General Manager Port of Tacoma
interview by Dan Jongleing |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/63 | Jack Tanner Interview by Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/64 | Morris Thoreson interviewed by Mary Deaton |
1980 March 5 |
| 1/65 | Morry Thoresen |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/66 | Tiny T. Thronson |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/67 | Thronson, Tiny interviews by Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/68 | Tiny Thronsen |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/69 | Wardell Canada Interview by Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/70 | World War II on Docks |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 1/71 | Transcript Excerpts- Copies |
1916 |
Subseries C: Secondary Sources |
1934-1980; 1955-1980 | |
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/72 | Working Conditions 1922-1934 |
approximately 1934-1979 |
| 1/73 | Jones Thesis |
approximately 1950-1979 |
| 1/74 | International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union.
1955. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Story : Two Decades of
Militant Unionism. San Francisco California: Information Department
International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union. |
1955 |
| 1/75 | Tacoma Hiring Hall |
approximately 1955-1979 |
| 1/76 | Pacific Coast Longshore Industry by Schneider and
Siegel, Pages 12-89 |
approximately 1955-1980 |
| 1/77 | Weir, Stanley |
approximately 1958-1979 |
| 1/78 | "Into the Mechanized Future" |
approximately 1960-1979 |
| 1/79 | Mack Thesis |
1972, 1979 |
| 1/80 | Black Workers in Longshoring |
approximately 1974 |
| 1/81 | Wage Chronology 34-78 |
1977 |
| 1/82 | History of Tacoma and Notes |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 2/1 | Independent Study Report Port History II by Daniel L.
Jongeling |
1980 August 31 |
SERIES II: RESEARCH NOTES, 1979-1980Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/2 | Bibliography - Tacoma |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 2/3 | General Notes- two Stenographic Pads |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 2/4 | General Notes- two Stenographic Pads |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 2/5 | General Notes- one Stenographic Pad |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 2/6 | General Notes- two Stenographic Pads |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 2/7 | Tacoma Notecards |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 3/1 | Card Box of Index Cards |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 3/2 | Handwritten and Typed Notecards |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 3/3-6 | Tacoma Notecards |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 3/7 | General Notecards |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 3/8 | Tacoma Notecards |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 4/1-3 | General Notecards |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 4/4 | Box of Notecards |
approximately 1979-1980 |
SERIES III: MANUSCRIPTS & DRAFTS, 1979-1980Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 5/1 | Loose notes |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 5/2 | 2nd Draft— Carbons - Chapter One, Introduction
(Incorporating necessary pages of 1st Draft carbons) |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 5/3 | Missing Carbon First Draft Discards |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 5/4 | 2nd draft - Originals - Chapter One,
Introduction |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 5/5-12 | Loose Draft Pages |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 5/13 | Draft of "Hungry Port: A Documented History of
Longshoring in Tacoma" by Mary Deaton |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 5/14 | Dedication and Introduction |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 5/15 | Chapter 2, Pages 2-1 to 2-10 |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 5/16 | Chapter 1-4, Pages 1-307 |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 5/17 | Chapter 5, Pages 308-382 |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 5/18 | Chapter 6 plus extra |
approximately 1979-1980 |
| 5/19 | Typist Copies |
approximately 1979-1980 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (host institution)
