University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections0859 (Accession No. 0859-005)Moran, Robert, 1857-1943Robert Moran papers1889-1926.42 cubic feet (1 box)Collection materials are in
English.Correspondence
and poems related to shipbuilder and mayor of Seattle, WashingtonShipbuilder and mayor of Seattle, Washington
Born 1857 in New York City, Robert Moran served as mayor of Seattle
and acquired a large estate on Orcas Island, much of which he donated to be
turned into a state park. Moran was mayor from 1888 to 1890, during the great
fire that destroyed much of the city. In 1904 he retired to his Rosario estate
on Orcas Island. Before his death in 1933, Moran deeded much of his land to the
state, which turned it into Moran State Park.
Correspondence of Moran as Mayor of Seattle, 1889-1890; correspondence
regarding Moran's gift of land on Orcas Island for a state park, 1912-1926;
poems written by Edmond S. Meany, 1909-1923.
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Donated by John Moran, 2/22/1968.
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Moran, Robert, 1857-1943--ArchivesCowles, William Barnum, 1855-Meany, Edmond S. (Edmond Stephen), 1862-1935Seattle (Wash.). MayorAmerican Forestry AssociationWashington (State). Highway DivisionWashington State Parks and Recreation CommissionUniversity of Washington. College of EngineeringCommittee for the International Exposition of 1892B.F. Goodrich CompanyGreat Britain. Consulate (San Francisco, Calif.)Fire Underwriters Inspection BureauKing County (Wash.). CommissionersSeattle (Wash.). Police DepartmentStruve, Haines and McMicken (Seattle, Wash.)Tiffany and CompanyH. R. Worthington Hydraulic WorksMayors--Washington (State)--Seattle--SourcesLabor UnionsLabor HistoryShips and ShippingPolitics and PoliticiansWashington (State)SeattlePublic Works
Series 1Personal Papers1/1Biographical Features19801/2The American Forestry Association
correspondence19231/2Babcock, C. L. correspondence1921-19251/3Capron, Victor J. correspondence1913-19231/3Green, Joshua correspondence19151/3Hinkle, J. Grant correspondence19211/4Meany, Edmond S. correspondence1912-1914, 19201/5Miller, Mabel Ingersoll correspondence19231/6Murray, John L. correspondence19231/6Nash, E. H. correspondence1917-19211/7-8Natural Parks Association of Washington
correspondence1919-19261/9Nichols, Ralph D. correspondence19131/10Rea, John A. correspondence1916-1917, 19211/10San Juan County correspondence19231/11Seattle Post Intelligencer correspondence19131/11Washington Highways Division correspondence1922-19241/12Washington Park Commissioners Board
correspondence1913-19251/13U.W. Engineering College correspondence1915-19161/14-15General Correspondence miscellaneous: A-W1913-19231/16Speeches and Writings of Edmond S. Meany1909-19231/17Ephemera1919Series 2Seattle Mayor1/18Committee for the International Exposition of 1892
incoming letters18891/19Cowles, William incoming letters1889-18901/20Cregier, Dewitt C. (Chicago Mayor) incoming
letters18891/20Denny, A. A. incoming letters18891/20Elmes, Charles F. incoming letters18891/21Ferry, Elisha P. incoming letters1889-18901/21Fire Underwriter's Inspection Bureau incoming
letters18891/21Gilman, Luthene Clairmont incoming letters1889½1Goodrich, B. F. Co. incoming letters1889½1Gowey, John F. (Olympia Mayor) incoming
letters18891/21Grant, Fred J. incoming letters18891/21Grant, John (Victoria B.C. Mayor) incoming
letters18891/22Great Britain, Consulate General, San Francisco incoming
letters18891/22Hill, John W. incoming letters18891/22King County Commissioners Board incoming
letters18891/23Seattle Police Department incoming letters1889-18901/23Smith, Robert A. (St. Paul Mayor) incoming
letters18891/23Struve, Haines and McMicken incoming letters18891/23Tiffany and Co. incoming letters1889-18901/24US Miscellaneous incoming letters1889-18901/24Washington, miscellaneous incoming letters1889-18901/24Wheelwright, S. A. (Tacoma Mayor) incoming
letters18901/24Worthington, H. R. Hydraulic Works incoming
letters18891/25-28Miscellaneous incoming letters: A-W1888-18901/29Ephemera1889