Mary Deaton papers, 1909-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Deaton, Mary
Title
Mary Deaton papers
Dates
1909-1980 (inclusive)
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
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.

Request at UW

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

Restrictions on Use

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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

Acquisition Information

Donated by Mary Deaton and Duncan West in 2021.

Processing Note

Processed by Andrew Le, Ben Hauptman, Emily Klemkow, Olivia Davis, Shelby Shipley, and Eulalie Mathieu in 2023.

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

  • Corporate Names
    • Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (host institution)