WAUGrayMaxineCushing2682.xml Guide to the Maxine Cushing Gray Papers 1930-1987 Gray (Maxine Cushing) Papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/13/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 2682 (Accession No. 2682-001) Gray, Maxine Cushing Maxine Cushing Gray papers 1930-1987 15.17 cubic feet (27 boxes) plus 2 sound cassettes and 7 sound tape reels Collection materials are in English. Papers of Maxine Cushing Gray (1909-1987), a local Seattle arts critic, editor, writer, advocate, and watchdog

Maxine Cushing Gray (1909-1987) was a local Seattle arts critic, editor, writer, advocate, and watchdog. She was very involved in the Pacific Northwest arts scene and worked tirelessly on causes such as Native American arts, arts education in Seattle schools, and funding for artists. Some of the things she did over her long arts career included being a prominent member of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), an arts critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, an editor for the Argus arts weekly, and publisher and editor of the arts journal Northwest Arts. She was nicknamed The Tweed Hornet for her “because of her capacity to sting in print” according to historylink. "I have certain things I believe in, and I cling to them," Maxine told The Seattle Times. "The importance of regionalism in the arts, supporting local artists, public accountability among arts institutions" (November 4, 1981). There is currently a University of Washington fellowship in her name called the Maxine Cushing Gray Visiting Writers Fellowship.

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Organized into 9 series.

Series 1, Correspondence, 1949-1987 Series 2, ACLU, 1967-1971 Series 3, Address books, 1939-1976 Series 4, Argus, 1964-1984 Series 5, Dance, 1956-1973 Series 6, Native American Affairs, 1950s-1970s Series 7, Northwest Arts, 1968-1987 Series 8, Pre-Seattle, 1930-1942 Series 9, Glen LaFontaine, 1968-1970, undated

Maxine Cushing Gray's papers include an extensive collection of correspondence consisting of letters to and from her family, friends, colleagues, and organizations. The collection also contains materials documenting her involvement in the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) where she was a member of the Indian Rights Committe; her time as reporter for the Argus, a weekly newspaper; her involvment in the Holiday Dance Concert and Northwest Dance Theatre; her founding of Northwest Art, a local arts magazine; and her support of Native American arts. There is also material related to her life prior to moving to Seattle in 1941. Lastly, is correspondence, sketches, and drawings from Glen LaFontaine, an artist of American Indian (Cree) descent.

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Received in several donations from Maxine Cushing Gray and the Estate of Maxine Cushing Gray, 1977-2004

 Gray, Maxine Cushing--Archives La Fontaine, Glen Poets--Northwest, Pacific Art critics--Northwest, Pacific American Civil Liberties Union--Records and correspondence Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture--Records and correspondence Henry Art Gallery--Records and correspondence King County Arts Commission--Records and correspondence Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)--Records and correspondence Pacific Northwest Ballet--Records and correspondence Portland Opera (Or.)--Records and correspondence Seattle Art Museum--Records and correspondence Seattle Opera--Records and correspondence Seattle Public Library--Records and correspondence Seattle Public Schools--Records and correspondence University of Washington--Records and correspondence University of British Columbia--Records and correspondence Washington State Arts Commission--Records and correspondence Women music critics--United States--20th century Arts--Washington (State)--Seattle--Citizen participation Indians of North America--Washington (State) Government aid to the arts--Washington (State)--Seattle Dance critics--United States--20th century Dance critics--Washington (State)--Seattle Journalists--United States--20th century Journalists--Washington (State)--Seattle Music critics--Washington (State)--Seattle Music critics--California--San Francisco Periodical editors--Washington (State)--Seattle Personal correspondence Business correspondence Ephemera Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Literature Fine Arts Music Sound Recordings Oral Histories

 

Series 1 Correspondence 1949-1987 Subseries 1 Family Correspondence 1/1-8 Dick Cushing 1949-1987 1/9 Jeffrey (And Vickie) Cushing 1965-1974 1/10 Lincoln Cushing 1972-1975 1/11-13 Donovan and Jane Gray 1967-1973 1/14-17 Donovan Gray 1974-1987 1/18 Stanley Gray and Family 1964-1982 Subseries 2 General Correspondence 2/1 A, General 1967-1987 2/2 Alden, Grant 1984-1987 2/3 Alpert, Bill 1976-1983 2/4 Arreguin, Alfredo 1986-1987 2/5 Arpino, Gerald 1975-1984 2/6 B 1970-1986 2/7 Bacon, Ernst 1970-1987 2/8 Balazs, Harold 1976-1979 2/9 Barnard, Carol P. 1969-1986 2/10 Barnett, Arthur and Virginia 1968-1987 2/11 Bassetti, Fred 1976 2/12 Bauer, Harry C. 1975-1976 2/13 Beauchamp, Marc 1975-1987 2/14 Benson, Mary Ellen 1976-1980 2/15 Berger, David 1978-1980 2/16 Blaine, John 1976-1987 2/17 Blassingham, Ellen 1981-1987 2/18 Bloedel, Prentice 1972-1984 2/19 Bollinger, Charles W. 1976 2/20 Boris, Ruthanna 1984-1986 2/21 Bounds, Doris 1982-1986 2/22 Braham, J.D 1963-1970 2/23 Bray, Ina 1976-1983 2/24 Brewster, David 1976 2/25 Brovillet, Frank 1973-1976 2/26 C 1963-1987 2/27 Callahen, Kenneth 1971-1979 2/28 Cavalli, Harriet 1976-1986 2/29 Chiarelli, James 1984 2/30 Cohen, Joelle 1983-1985 2/31 Cravath, Ruth 1958-1973 3/1 D 1963-1986 3/2 Dacy, Mignon 1956-1985 3/3 De Obarrio de Sevilla, Carmen 1969-1982 3/4 Doty, Marion 1956-1974 3/5 Doub, William C. 1956-1987 3/6 Doughty, Nanelia 1975-1986 3/7 E 1954-1885 3/8 Earl, Bill (William) 1965-1974 3/9 Easterly, Agnes 1968-1984 3/10 Edwards, Richard Allen 1979-1987 3/11 Emmal, Geneva 1963-1972 3/12 Eckstein, Joanna 1977 3/13 Emory, Meade 1978-1987 3/14 Evans, Erica 1966-1987 3/15 F 1965-1987 3/16 Falls, Gregory 1976-1986 3/17 Fejes, Claire 1973-1987 3/18 Finley, Werdna 1968-1981 3/19 Finn, Robert 1982-1983 3/20 Fisher, Marjory 1966-1984 3/21 Fletcher, Martha 1983-1987 3/22 Friedlander, Paul 1965-1979 3/23 G 1968-1987 3/24 Gereben, Janos 1977-1983 3/25 Godfrey, Susan 1975-1986 4/1 Golberg, Peggy 1982-1985 4/2 Green, Eva and Green, Nancy 1976-1987 4/3 Guzzo, Louis 1977-1983 4/4 H 1965-1987 4/5 Haaga, Agnes 1970-1983 4/6 Harrington, Dick/LaMar/Kevin 1974-1981 4/7 Hawthorn, Maggie 1984-1985 4/8 Heppner, Phil 1977-1984 4/9 Hyams, Barry 1978-1987 4/10 I 1964-1983 4/11 Israel, Norm 1968-1972 4/12 J 1968-1986 4/13 Joffrey, Robert 1986 4/14 K 1962-1985 4/15 Keating, Elizabeth 1985-1987 4/16 Kepner, Rita 1978-1981 4/17 King, Eleanor 1963-1984 4/18 Koenig, John Franklin 1979-1986 4/19 Koskinen-Coburn, Susan 1985-1986 4/20 Krahl, Bob 1969-1976 4/21 L 1965-1986 4/22 La Fontaine, Glen 1963-1972 4/23 Lacy, Barbara 1976-1987 4/24 Layman, Sandra 1985-1986 5/1 Levine, Mary 1982-1984 5/2 Lew, Karen 1980-1986 5/3 Littler, William 1968-1983 5/4 Loeb, Erica/Lucie 1976-1986 5/5 M 1960-1987 5/6 Marois, Mildred 1968-1969 5/7 Mathieson, Karen 1987 5/8 Mayer, Jack 1968-1982 5/9 Mc 1963-1987 5/10 McAllister, Susan 1978-1981 5/11 McBride, Del 1984-1985 5/12 McCabe, Rachelle and Robin 1973-1986 5/13 MacDonald, Gary 1974-1978 5/14 Mee, Nancy 1984 5/15 N 1965-1987 5/16 Nelson, Jan 1968-1986 5/17 O 1968-1987 5/18 Odegaard, Charles 1967-1972 5/19 Olbrantz, John 1987 5/20 Ott, Linda/Margaret and Family 1972-1985 5/21 P 1967-1987 5/22 Penfield, Kedzie 1985 5/23 Pontzious, Richard 1977-1981 5/24 Porter, Peggy 1975-1976 5/25 Puccinelli, Raimendo (Raymond) and Ester 1979-1985 5/26 R 1965-1987 5/27 Randlev, Karen 1983 5/28 Recordon, Susanne 1986 6/1 Reyes, Lawney 1978 6/2 Robinson, Anne Grosvenor Undated 6/3 Robinson, Earl 1975-1987 6/4 Robinson, John 1968-1987 6/5 Rogers, William (Bill) 1966-1986 6/6 S 1960-1987 6/7 S continued 1965-1987 6/8 Schneebeck, Edwin 1969 6/9 Schonberg, Harold 1963 6/10 Schotten, Yizhak 1982 6/11 Seyfried, Jean 1984-1985 6/12 Sharni, Pamela 1986 6/13 Shaw, David 1976-1982 6/14 Siegel, Anne 1983-1984 6/15 Smith, Janie 1986-1987 6/16 Stultz, Patrick 1984-1987 6/17 T 1959-1983 6/18 Tabor, Troy 1981-1986 6/19 Thiry, Paul 1964-1976 6/20 Thompson, Margaret 1968 6/21 Triem, Eve 1975-1979 6/22 U-V 1975-1984 6/23 Uhlman, Wes 1974-1977 6/24 Voorhees, John 1968-1983 6/25 W 1971-1987 6/26 Wehr, Wes 1974-1986 6/27 Wells, Mary Ann 1969-1983 6/28 Weslow, William 1972-1974 6/29 Whetzel, Judith 1978-1981 6/30 Whistler, Elizabeth Schweppe 1976 6/31 Widditsch, Ann 1975-1982 6/32 Wikarski, Cordelia 1983-1984 6/33 Williams, Cay 1980-1985 6/34 Wright, Clifford 1986-1987 6/35 Wyman, Max 1983-1986 6/36 Y 1972-1987 6/37 Unknown Correspondence 1957-1985 Subseries 3 Organization Correspondence 7/1 A 1965-1987

Alliance of Three Arts: Dance/Theatre/Fashion; Arts Council of Southern Oregon; American Theatre Critics Association; Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies; Associated Councils of the Arts

7/2 A Contemporary Theater (ACT) 1965-1984 7/3 Alaska: Anchorage 1982-1986

Museum of History and Art, Arts Council

7/4 Alaska State Council on the Arts 1975-1982

John Blaine

7/5 All City Modern Dance Group 1969 7/6 Allied Arts 1960s-1980s

Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Yakima

7/7 American Council for the Arts 1987 7/8 and/or 1978-1984 7/9 Arts Education (mixed) 1960s-1970s 7/10 Arts Fund Committee 1986 7/11 Arts for Youth Council 1969-1973 7/12 B 1965-1987

Ballet British Columbia; Ballet Review; Battelle Northwest; Bigfork Summer Playhouse; Bothell

7/13 Bellevue 1960s-1980s

Bellevue Playbarn; Bellevue Allied Arts Council; Bellevue Art Museum; Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra. Photographs

7/14 Bumbershoot Festival: Declassified Art 1973-1984 7/15 Burke Museum 1983-1989 7/16 C 1961-1987

Centrum Press; Cirque playhouse; Classical Music Supporters inc.; Conservatory of Music - University of Missouri;

7/17 Caprezio Dance Foundation 1980s

Including Ben Sommers, Caprezio Dance Award: Walter Terry, International Dance Alliance and International Dance Week

7/18 Caravan Stage Company 1984 7/19 Chamber Music Northwest 1976-1984 7/20 City Club News 1984-1985 7/21 Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines 1975-1977 7/22 The Cornish Institute 1964-1986 7/23 Cultural Assistance Center 1987 7/24 Discover Dance 1981-1984 7/25 Empty Space Theatre 1981-1983 7/26 Encore Publishing 1976-1983 7/27 Eugene Arts Foundation 1981 8/1 Eugene Performing Arts Center (Hult) 1982-1983 8/2 Evergreen State College 1970-1982 8/3 F 1982-1987

Fifth Avenue Record Shop; Fisher Gallery

8/4 Federal Trade Commission 1972 8/5-7 Ford Foundation Grant 1962-1967

Includes correspondence, documents, articles, and congratulatory letters

 8/8 Forest Meadows Festival 1976 8/9 Fred Meyer Charitable Trust 8/10 Getty Museum - Scandals 1987 8/11 Graywolf Press 1984 8/12 Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 1971-1981 8/13 Government: Events and Correspondence 1965-1987

City of Seattle; Governor's Conference on Design for Washington; Governor's Writers Day; House of Representatives; Mayor of Vancouver B.C.; Secretary of State; State of Alaska Lieutenant Governor; State of Washington Office of the Governor - incl. Laird Harris; United States Department of Interior; United States Sentate; Vietnam war

8/14 Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington 1960s-1980s

LaMar Harrington (University of Washington sex-bias suit , Henry Art Gallery)

8/15 Intiman Theatre 1976-1984 8/16 J-L 1958-1983

Jazz Alley; Joan Shelton School of Dancing; Locomotive Monument; Los Angeles Times

8/17 Jeri McDonald & Associates 1981-1982 8/18 Joffrey Ballet 1964-1985 9/1 King County Arts Commission 1968-1987 9/2 Kress Foundation 1982 9/3 Kronos Quartet 1978-1985 9/4 Laban Center for Movement & Dance 1984-1987 9/5 Lady's Musical Club 1981-1987 9/6 Leadership Tomorrow Arts Forum 9/7 M 1960-1983

Martha Nishitani Modern Dance School (article mentions Maxine); Mid-Columbia Symphony;

9/8 Maryhill Museum 1975-1981 9/9 Maxine Cushing Gray Fellowship for Writers 1985 9/10 Metropolitan Opera 1982-1984 9/11 Mid Columbia Symphony 1977-1978

Young Artists' Competition. Includes Maxine Gray's judge sheets

9/12 Montana 1981

Native Arts; University of Montana

9/13 N 1969

N.A.A.C.P Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc.; National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA)

9/14 National Endowment for the Arts 1984

Including correspondence with Goodwin Chase

9/15 National Flute Association Convention 1982 9/16 Nelle Fisher Dance Company Unknown 9/17 Northwest Chamber Orchestra 1973-1986 9/18 O 1962

Otto Seligman Gallery

9/19 Oregon Arts Organizations 1975-1984

Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Light Opera Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival

9/20 P

Pacific County Bicentennial Pageant by Helen Davis; Pacific Northwest Bell; Performing Arts Center Authority; Port Angeles Fine Arts Center;

9/21 Pacific Lutheran University 1976-1984 9/22 Pacific Northwest Ballet 1972-1978 9/23 Pacific Northwest Ballet 1979-1987 10/1 Pacific Northwest Wagner Festival 1982-1983 10/2 Performing Dance Foundation 1973-1975 10/3 Perry-Mansfield 1956-1984 10/4 Philharmonics 1967-1983

The Helsinki Philharmonic; Naples-Marco Philharmonic; Reno Philharmonic; Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra

10/5 Pilchuck School 1982-1984 10/6 PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Civic, Cultural and Charitable Organizations) 1968-1985 10/7 Poncho Theatre 1983 10/8 Portland 1957-1984

Ballet Society of Portland; Portland Art Museum; Musical Company of Portland, Oregon

10/9 Portland Opera 1981-1985 10/10 R 1975-1977

Reader's Digest; Red Earth Performing Arts Company

10/11 S 1967-1986

San Jose Mercury and News; Scandinavian Airlines System; Seattle Atlantic Street Center Inc.; Seattle Concert Band; Seattle Housing Authority; Seattle Times; Seattle Young Artists Musical Festival Association; Second City Chamber Series; Shorey Bookstore; Soroptimist Club of Seattle; Southern Methodist University; State University of New York at Binghamton; Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc.; Sterling Advertising Agency; Street & Lundgren A.I.A; Stroud Festival; Summerfest

10/12 San Francisco (Opera and Symphony) 1966-1984 10/13 Scandinavian Celebrations and Festivals 1960, 1975 10/14 Seattle Arts Commission 1975-1984

"Art in Seattle Public Spaces"

10/15 Seattle Art Museum 1968-1982 10/16 Seattle Art Museum 1983 10/17 Seattle Art Museum 1984 10/18 Seattle Art Museum 1985 11/1 Seattle Art Museum 1986 11/2 Seattle Art Museum 1987 11/3 Seattle Arts Workers Coalition 1977 11/4 Seattle Chamber Music Festival 1982-1984 11/5 Seattle City Council 1978-1987 11/6 Seattle Concert Band 1981 11/7 Seattle Education Reform 1983

Fred Haley

11/8 Seattle First National Bank 1971-1979 11/9 The Seattle Group 1966 11/10 Seattle Model City Program (Arts Task Force) 1969 11/11 Seattle Opera 1966-1987

Including Glynn Ross

11/12 Seattle Post Intelligencer 1962-1985 11/13 Seattle Public Library 1977-1983 11/14 Seattle Public Schools 1960s-1970s

Title III, Cultural Enrichment Program

11/15 Seattle Repertory Theatre 1965-1985 11/16 Seattle Symphony Orchestra 1972-1987 11/17 Seattle University 1973-1977 11/18 Sitka Summer Music Festival 1975-1980 11/19 Spokane Symphony Orchestra 1982-1984 11/20 Spokane Symphony Society 1975-1981 11/21 Stained Glass: Music for the Eye Exhibit 1979 11/22 Summer Dance Labs (Whitman College) 1984-1986 11/23 T 1962-1985

Temple De Hirsch Sisterhood; Time Magazine; Traver Sutton Gallery; Twentieth Century Fund

11/24 Tacoma 1959-1987

BalleTacoma; Jo Emery Performing Dance Company of Tacoma; The Concert Ballet Group of Tacoma; Tacoma Actor's Guild; Tacoma Art Museum; Tacoma Artists Corps; Tacoma Civic Ballet; Tacoma Performing Dance Company;Tacoma Symphony and Tacoma Youth Symphony

11/25 Totem Pole for Port of Rotterdam from Port of Seattle 1982 12/1 U-V 1962-1981

United Indians of All Tribes Foundation; United States Post Office; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Montana; University of Oregon; University of Rochester; University Unitarian Church; Utah Symphony Orchestra

12/2 United Arts Council 1970 12/3 University of British Columbia 1977-1978 12/4 University of Washington 1960s-1980s

Department of Romance Languages and Literature, Office of Lectures and Concerts, School of Drama, School of Music, University of Washington Press. See "Henry Art Gallery" folder for Henry Art Gallery material; Friends of the University of Washington Arboretum inc.

12/5 Vancouver 1963-1987

Vancouver Art Gallery; Vancouver Bach Choir; Vancouver Opera Association; Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance; Vancouver Symphony Society

12/6 Visual Arts Center of Alaska 1976-1987 12/7 W 1973-1987

Washington Dance Forum; Washington Fall Judicial Conference; the Weekly; Western States Arts Foundation

12/8 Washington Joint Arts Commission 1974

American Bicentennial Planning

12/9 Washington State Arts Commission 1962-1986 12/10 Washington State Cultural Enrichment Program 1981 12/11 Washington State Education Reform- Gifted Programs 1968-1971 12/12 Washington Commission for the Humanities 1973-1984 12/13 Washington State Capitol Museum 1967-1986 12/14 WestArt 1977-1978 12/15 Western States Arts Foundation 1976-1985 12/16 Western Washington University 1965-1979 12/17 Your Seattle Parks and Recreation 1975-1980 Series 2 ACLU 1967-1971 13/1 ACLU Bill of Rights Day 1968 13/2 ACLU Correspondence 1967-1969 13/3 ACLU Leonard Mandelbaum 1969 13/4 ACLU Memos, Minutes, Notes 1967-1969 13/5 ACLU WA Marijuana Laws 1967-1969 13/6 ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Correspondence 1963-1966 13/7 ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Correspondence 1967-1970 13/8 ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Correspondence 1970-1971 13/9 ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Legislation and Policy 1963-1966 13/10 ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Legislation and Policy 1967-1971 13/11 ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Government documents and publications 1965-1967 13/12 ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Minutes and Memos 1964-1966 13/13 ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Minutes and Memos 1967 13/14 ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Minutes and Memos 1968 13/15 ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Minutes and Memos 1969-1971 13/16 ACLU Indian Rights Committee - Notes and Attendance 1967, undated Series 3 Address books 1939-1976 14/1 Address Book Unknown 14/2 Address Book 1964 14/3 Address Book 1967 14/4 Address Book 1968 14/5 Address Book 1969 14/6 Address Book 1971? 14/7 Address Book 1973 14/8 Address Book 1976 14/9 Blue Book of Personal Telephone Numbers 1960s 14/10 Daily Expensed Diary 1939-1940 14/11 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Office Directories 1950, 1951 26 Contact index cards A-Z undated 27 Contact index cards A-Z undated Series 4 Argus 1964-1984 15/1 Argus Correspondence 1967-1981 15/2 Bailey, Philip 1966-1976 15/3 Christian Science Monitor 1984 15/4 Draft Articles Unknown 15/5 Echo Glen Children's Home 1968 15/6 Issues 1972-1983 15/7 Miscellaneous 1969-1984 15/8 Ford Foundation Grant Travel Correspondence, Brochures 1964 15/9 Arts Writers & Critiques Colloquium, Sitka, AK 1979 1979 15/10 Arts Writers & Critiques Colloquium, Sitka, AK 1979 1979 15/11 Trip to Alaska on Inaugural Flight Introducing the 49th State's first Boeing 727 1966 15/12 Trip to Bergen on Inaugural SA's Flight 1967 15/13 Travel letters/articles 1964-1973 15/14-15 Notes from Travels 1964 15/16 Voice of America 1969 5" reel 6 Voice of America interview with Robert L. Clark 1969 1 sound tape reel Series 5 Dance 1956-1973 16/1 Holiday Dance Concert 1958-1959 16/2 Holiday Dance Concert 1960 16/3 Holiday Dance Concert 1960 16/4 Holiday Dance Concert 1960 16/5 Holiday Dance Concert 1961 16/6 Holiday Dance Concert 1962 16/7 Holiday Dance Concert 1963 16/8 Holiday Dance Concert 1964 16/9 Holiday Dance Concert 1963-1964 16/10 Holiday Dance Concert 1964-1973 16/11 Music in the Parks 1958-1960 16/12 Northwest Dance Theater Jan-March, 1965 16/13 Northwest Dance Theater April, 1965 16/14 Northwest Dance Theater May-Dec, 1965 16/15 Northwest Dance Theater Undated 16/16 Northwest Dance Theater 1964-1965 16/17 Northwest Dance Theater 1965 16/18 NW Dance Theater Michael Maule and Colleen Corke (Dancers) 1965 16/19 Northwest Dance Theater 1964-1965 16/20 Northwest Dance Theater 1964 16/21 Northwest Dance Theater 1964 16/22 Northwest Dance Theater 1965 16/23 Pacific Northwest Music Camp 1959-1960 16/24 Dance Education 1956-1971 Series 6 Native American Affairs 1950s-1970s Subseries 1 Arts 17/1 Correspondence Re: Native American Arts 1967-1978 17/2 Indian Arts and Crafts Legislation, Correspondence, Publications 1964-1969 17/3 Indian Cultural Consultant Project (Washington State Arts Commission) 1977 17/4 Indian Festival of the Arts 1970 17/5 Museum of the American Indian 1969-1970 17/6 Native American Arts Symposium 1977 17/7 Niatum, Duane (Mcginnis) Poetry 1968-1976 17/8 Press Releases/Invitations RE: Art 1966-1982 17/9 Pride in Heritage - Spokane 1969 17/10 Programs and Announcements 1967-1985 17/11 Seattle Indian War Dance Contest 1967-1971 5" reel 1 Seattle International War Dance Competition 1969 1 sound tape reel 5" reel 2-5 Janet McCloud's program at NW Inter-Tribal Club Pow Wow 1970 4 sound tape reels

Pow wow held at Fort Lawton and aired on KRAM-FM. Includes Frank White Buffalo Man and Bert Peters as M.C.

 Subseries 2 Education 1950s-1970s 17/12 Correspondence: Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies 1970-1971 17/13 Louis Bruno (WA Superintendent of Public Instruction) 1968-1971 17/14 Correspondence Re: Native American Education 1966-1969 17/15 Correspondence: State Board for Community College Education 1970 17/16 Eastern Washington State College Indian Education 1968 17/17 First Americans Training Group (Joy Doctor) 1971-1972 17/18 Indian Education Report (Sen. Edward Kennedy) 1969-1970 17/19 Indian Studies at the University of Washington 1968-1971 17/20 Louis Bruno "Seeking Design for the Future" Program 1968 17/21 Marysville Teacher's Workshop 1970 17/22 News Releases Re: Native American Education Programs & Workshops 1966-1976 17/23 Native American Education Reports 1966-1969 17/24 Pamphlets and Brochures Native American Education Programs & Workshops 1960s-1970s, undated 18/1 Project Clallum (Indian Youth & Heritage Program) 1967 18/2 Renton School District Intercultural Committee 1970-1971, undated 18/3 Skagit Valley College Indian Program 1970 18/4 Teachers of Indian Children Workshop 1969 18/5 Urban-Racial-Disadvantaged Education 1969 18/6 Urban, Racial, Rural, Disadvantaged Education Program (URRD), WA 1970-1971 Subseries 3 Correspondence 18/7 Correspondence to Gray Re: Native Americans 1952-1968 18/8 Correspondence to Gray Re: Native Americans 1960-1974 18/9 Correspondence to Gray Re: Native Americans 1967-1969 18/10 Correspondence to Gray Re: Native Americans 1970-1977 18/11 Correspondence: Leo Alexander 1969-1974 Subseries 4 Research materials 18/12 American Indian Women's Service League 1960, 1970-1977 18/13 American Indians in Urban Crisis Workshop 1971 18/14 California Indian Legal Services 1969 18/15 Chief Seattle (Book by James Vernon Metcalfe) Undated 18/16 Columbia River Council Fish Commission-Yakima Nation 1969 18/17 Columbia River Indian News (Leo Alexander) 1970-1978 18/18 Elizabeth Morris 1970 18/19 Fort Lawton Re: Indian Cultural Center 1970-1974, undated 18/20 Legal Rights of American Indians-Series of brochures 1970 18/21 Legislation, Government Publications Re: Native Americans 1959-1971 18/22 Lummi Aquaculture Project 1969 18/23 Native American Fishing Rights 1960-1979, undated 19/1 Native American Organizations, Miscellaneous 1970-1977, undated 19/2 Native American Rights Fund 1970-1972 19/3 Native American Treaties/Rights 1970-1974 19/4 Newsletters-Native American Groups 1966-1970 19/5 Nooksack Native Americans 1965-1969 19/6 Northwest Indian News 1960-1971 19/7 NWIN Stories (Northwest Indian? 1975 19/8 Northwest Intertribal Club 1971-1974 19/9 Pamphlets Re: Native Americans 1967-1973, undated 19/10 Prison Reform 1968-1972 19/11 Right to be Indian Conference 1969 19/12 Seattle Indian Center 1964-1974 19/13 Seattle Indian Center Re: Seattle Indian News 1960-1970 19/14 Seattle Indian Center Re: Grant From the National Endowment for the Humanities 1968-1971 19/15 Seattle Indian Longhouse Association 1971 19/16 Small Tribes Organization of Western Washington 1971-1972, undated 19/17 Symposium on Water Rights Issues 1973 19/18 Washington State Committee Meeting Re: Indian Civil Rights 1973 19/19 Yakima Nation Review 1974-1975 19/20 Dacotah Territory poetry journal 1973 Series 7 Northwest Arts 1968-1987

Includes information about contributors and submissions, general, and subscriptions.

 20/1-20/22 Contributors and submissions, A-Z 1975-1984, unknown

Includes materials from Wilhelmina Driver Douglas Nigh, Dennis Palmason, Earle Thompson, Eve Triem, and others.

 21/1 Arts Day 1984 21/2 Correspondence from MCG 1970s-1984 21/3 Northwest Arts Correspondence 1980-1985 21/4 Mary Reinhardt Foundation grant request 1976 21/5 MCG Editor Drafts/Publishing Drafts 1970-1984 21/6 Issues 1975-1984 21/7 NorthWest Dance Coalition 1984 21/8 Publishing Drafts - Public Art in Seattle 1975 21/9 Press Clippings/Announcements 1975-1976 21/10 Article in Seattle Times about Maxine, and letters of congratulations 1981 Drawer 3, Tape 360 KING FM interview with Maxine Cushing Gray on the subject of Northwest Arts since 1947 1977 1 sound cassette Drawer 3, Tape 361 Interview with U.S. composer Carlisle Floyd 1970 1 sound cassette 22/1-8 Subscription Requests and Renewals 1975-1987 22/9 Subscription Requests and Renewals Undated Series 8 Pre-Seattle 1930-1942

Consists of correspondence, programs, and notes from her life prior to moving to Seattle in 1941.

This series is arranged alphabetically by topic or person.

 23/1 A 1935-1938 23/2 American Dance Association 1937-1942 23/3 Argentinita 1938-1941 23/4 Association of University Women 1937 23/5 B 23/6 Ballet Russee 1934-1941 23/7 Bennington School of Dance 1934-1938 23/8 Bennington School of Dance 1936-1938 23/9 Bennington School of Dance 1936-1939 23/10 Bibliographic Research - Books on Dance 1937 23/11 Bibliography of Books on the Dance draft by Maxine Gray 1936 23/12 C 1932-1940 23/13 D 1930-1939 23/14 Dance Council of Northern California 1936 23/15 Dance Editor 1936-1937, undated 23/16 Dance Magazine, Dance Observer 1937-1945 23/17 Davis, Wilfrid 1936-1940 23/18 De Mare, Rolf 1937 23/19 Educational Dance 1932-1938 23/20 Enters, Agnes 1937-1938 23/21 F 1936-1940 23/22 Folk Festival, Federal Theater Project 1937-1938 23/23 G 1934-1940 23/24 Golden Gate International Exposition 1938-1939 23/25 Grahm, Martha 1936-1938 23/26 H 1934-1941 23/27 Horton Dance Group 1938-1940 24/1 Humphrey-Weidman Dance Group 1938-1940 24/2 Humphrey-Weidman Dance Group 1938-1939 24/3 Humphrey-Weidman Dance Group 1938-1940 24/4 I-J 1937-1941 24/5 Jooss European Ballet 1936-1938 24/6 K 1932-1944 24/7 L 1936-1940 24/8 M 1933-1940 24/9 Mills College 1938 24/10 N-O 1937-1939 24/11 Perry-Mansfield Camps 1937 24/12 Pataky, Veronica 1935-1938 24/13 S 1935-1940 24/14 San Francisco Museum of Art 1937-1938 24/15 San Francisco Opera Ballet 1933-1940 24/16 Shawn and his Men Dancers 1935-1936 24/17 T 1930-1944 24/18 Trudi Shoop Comic Ballet 1934-1938 24/19 U-V 1936-1942 24/20 W-Z 1936-1940 Series 9 Glen LaFontaine 1968-1970 undated 25/1 Correspondence with Glen LaFontaine 1968-1970 25/2-4 Sketches and Drawings by Glen LaFontaine undated