Brown & Cole, Inc.
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Brown & Cole, Inc. Records
XOE_CPNWS0390
14 linear feet
28 boxes 1 rolled document
1888-2023
This collection
documents the history, activities and impact of Brown & Cole, Inc., a long-time grocery
store business and operation based in Bellingham, Washington. Founded in 1909 (and
incorporated in 1912), Brown & Cole, Inc. expanded over the decades to operate more than
30 stores, with locations across Washington State as well as in Oregon and
Montana.
English .
Brown & Cole was founded in 1909 by Linden Brown
and George H. Cole, beginning with a single dry goods store in Lynden (Washington State). The
business moved to Bellingham, Washington and was formally incorporated in 1912. Subsequent
decades saw Brown & Cole - still a locally owned and operated enterprise - expand from one
Bellingham grocery store and location to ownership of more than 30 stores across Washington as
well as in Oregon and Montana.
Leadership of Brown & Cole was very much a family affair:
Jack B. Cole (son of George H. and Claire Cole) took over as company president from his father
in 1956, and Craig W. Cole (son of Jack B. and Ramona Cole) became president and chief
executive officer in 1989. While "Brown & Cole" is the generic term used to refer to the
company and its assets, Brown & Cole operated with and under such names, partnerships,
license and affiliations as: - Brown & Cole Stores
- Brown & Cole
Stores, LLC
- Brown & Cole Thriftway
- Thriftway
- Mark & Pak
- Food Pavilion
- Thrifty Foods
- Food Depot
- Cascade Food Company
- Washington Food
Company
- Market Place
- International Market Place
- Northwest Choice
- Northwest Neighbors
- Brown & Cole
Catering Company
- Coal Miner Restaurant
- KC Foods
- North Sound Investors 1 & 2
- Fidalgo Bay Investors
- BCI
Leasing
- IGA
- B & C
- Food 4 Less
- Save-on-Foods
- Cost
Cutter
- La Autentica
- Orcas Village Store
- North Sound
Cellars
This collection documents the history, activities and impact of Brown & Cole, Inc., a
long-time grocery store business and operation based in Bellingham, Washington.
Records are organized in seven categories (series), reflecting different types of records
generated by Brown & Cole, Inc. The collection provides a rich set of resources for
studying the history and growth of the company, the local communities it served, and the
impact of larger socio-economic trends on grocery store and other businesses during the 20th
and early 21st centuries. Researchers will find detailed information about topics including:
company policies, philosophies and strategic planning; civic engagement and leadership;
customer and employee experience; product sourcing and distribution; advertising and public
relations; and challenges including rising costs of healthcare and competition from big box
stores.
The collection and this guide include extensive contextual and historical information
prepared and shared by donor Craig W. Cole.
This collection is organized into the following series arrangement: - Formation
and Ownership
- Historical Narratives
- Corporate Board Meetings
and Minutes
- Company Policies and Philosophies
- Advertising and
Public Relations
- Business Plans and Strategies
- Corporate
Citizenship and Industry Leadership
- Photographs
The collection is open to the public for research (some access and use provisions apply).
Advance notice required for access to audio-visual materials (video).
All documents marked "confidential" (including in Series III, IV and VI) are subject to a
publication restriction until January 1, 2034. Researchers must receive written permission
from the donor or individual authorized by the donor before quotation or reproduction of
these materials for publication.
This collection may contain some instances of personally identifiable information (such as
a person's name in conjunction with personal financial or salary information, personal
address/phone/emails) and sensitive or confidential information protected under federal
and/or state privacy laws and regulations. In accordance with Archives & Special
Collections policy, researchers who encounter such information agree to make no note or
other record of privacy-protected information or to publish, publicize or disclose such
information to any other party.
Craig W. Cole and Susan G. Cole donated the Brown & Cole, Inc. Records to the Center
Pacific Northwest Studies on April 12, 2023.
Brown & Cole, Inc. Records, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries
Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA.
Extensive arrangement and description of this collection (including creation of Historical
and Collection Content notes and inventory listings in this collection guide) was completed
by the donors before transfer of the records to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.
Additional archival processing work was conducted by William Powers at the Center for
Pacific Northwest Studes.
About Harmful Content
To learn more about problematic content in our collections, collection description and
teaching tools (including how to provide feedback or request dialogue on this topic), see
the following Statement About
Potentially Harmful Language and Content.
Heller, Ramon, 1932-. "Please the customer first" : the Brown & Cole story. 1985.
Brown & Cole, Inc. -- Archives.
Brown & Cole, Inc. -- Records and Correspondence.
Brown & Cole, Inc. -- Photographs.
Business enterprises -- Washington (State) -- Bellingham -- History -- Sources.
Grocers -- Washington (State) -- Bellingham -- History -- Sources.
Grocers -- Washington (State) -- History -- Sources.
Grocers -- Oregon -- History -- Sources.
Grocers -- Montana -- History -- Sources.
Grocery trade -- Washington (State) -- Bellingham -- History -- Sources.
Grocery trade -- Washington (State) -- History -- Sources.
Grocery trade -- Oregon -- History -- Sources.
Grocery trade -- Montana -- History -- Sources.
Supermarkets -- Washington (State) -- History -- Sources.
Supermarkets -- Oregon -- History -- Sources.
Supermarkets -- Montana -- History -- Sources.
Records (Documents)
Minutes (Records)
Charters and articles of incorporation.
Manifestoes.
Business correspondence.
Press releases.
Guidebooks.
Instructional and educational works.
Handbooks and manuals.
Promotional materials.
Advertisements.
Photographs.
Personal narratives.
Personal correspondence.
Local histories.
Informational works.
Ephemera.
Businesses and Corporations
Civic activism
Bellingham
Formation and Ownership
Series I
1889-2023
Introduction to the papers of Brown & Cole, Inc.
2023-01-03
1
1
History of Share Ownership
1912-12-07 - 2023-12-31
1
2
WA Secretary of State letter re: "Century Corporation"
2011-12-13
1
3
Share Certificates Book (original)
1912
1
4
Share Certificate Book
1927-1956
1
5
Share Certificate Book
1947-1988
1
6
Oldstock (cancelled) Certificates
1999-2006
1
7
Lynden Cooperative Company (sale to)
1912
1
8
Early Land Records
1889-1929
1
9
Brown & Cole, Inc. Shareholder Notebook
1992
2
1-2
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
1998-10-21
2
3
Shareholders Voting Agreement (Cole Family)
2000-02-28
2
4
Historical Narratives
Series II
1922-2012;
undated
"Please the Customer First; The Brown & Cole Story", by Ramon
Heller
1985
2
5
Handwritten historical notes (author and date unknown—Heller?)
undated
2
5
"Brown & Cole Stores: Celebrating 90 Years" (company
publication)
1999
2
5
"Coming Home: More Choices for Lynden" (company publication)
1999
2
5
"Bellingham Centennial: Celebrating Our History", Bellingham Herald pages 5
& 29)
2003-10-17
2
5
"Please the Customer First" (company publication used for HR
recruiting)
2000
2
5
"Brown & Cole-Gram Special Report: The Economics of Our
Business"
2003
2
5
"Statement of Events for Columbia Bank", memorandum by C. Cole (describes
Brown & Cole/Associated Grocers relationship and consequences)
2012-08-29
2
5
"Remembering David" (David B. Ballash, 1932-1922) My Friend and Mentor, by
Craig Cole
2022-12-21
2
5
Corporate Board Meetings and Minutes
Series III
1917-2003
All documents marked "confidential" are subject to a publication restriction until
January 1, 2034. Researchers must receive written permission from the donor or
individual authorized by the donor before quotation or reproduction of these materials
for publication.
Contextual note from donor: Brown & Cole Stores, LLC was a joint venture creation
of Brown & Cole, Inc. (75%) and grocery cooperative wholesaler Associated Grocers,
Inc. (AG) of Seattle (25%) that assumed all supermarket operations and associated
operating assets. Over time through the acquisition of other AG-member retailers, Brown
& Cole, Inc. became an approximate 25% owner of AG.
Corporate Minutes
1917-1961
2
6
Brown & Cole, Inc. Minutes
1956-1979
3
1
Corporate Minutes and Banking Resolutions
1980-1985
3
2-3
Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Board of Directors Minutes
1984-01-20 - 1985-08-12
3
4
Brown & Cole, Inc. Minutes
1986-1987
3
5
Corporate Minutes
1988
3
6
Corporate Minutes (Records)
1989
4
1-2
Corporate Minutes & Records
1990
4
3
Corporate Minutes
1991
4
4-5
Corporate Minutes/Records
1992
5
1
Corporate Minutes & Records
1993
5
2
Corporate Minutes & Records
1994-1995
5
3
Corporate Minutes & Records
1996
6
1
Corporate Minutes & Records
1997; 1998
6
2-4
Meeting of Board of Directors of Brown & Cole, Inc.
1998-07-08
7
1
Corporate Minutes Book
1999-2000
7
2-4
Meeting of Board of Directors of Brown & Cole, Inc.
1999-10-25
8
1
Meeting of Board of Directors of Brown & Cole, Inc.
2000-11-02
8
2
Meeting of Board of Directors of Brown & Cole, Inc.
2000-08-23
8
3
Meeting of Board of Directors of Brown & Cole, Inc.
2000-10-27
8
4
Meeting of Board of Directors of Brown & Cole, Inc.
2000-12-31
8
5
Meeting of Board of Directors of Brown & Cole, Inc.
2001-12-30
8
6
Meeting of the Board of Managers of Brown & Cole Stores, LLC
2002-10-05
8
7
Meeting of the Board of Managers of Brown & Cole Stores, LLC
2002-11-19
8
8
Meeting of the Board of Managers of Brown & Cole Stores, LLC
2003-08-21
9
1
Company Policies and Philosophies
Series IV
1983-2003
Human Resources
Subseries 1
1983-2003
All documents marked "confidential" are subject to a publication restriction until
January 1, 2034. Researchers must receive written permission from the donor or
individual authorized by the donor before quotation or reproduction of these materials
for publication.
You and Brown & Cole, Inc. – Employee Guidebook
1983-08
9
2
Employee Guidebook
1986
9
3
You and Brown & Cole Stores – Employee Guidebook
1994
9
4
You and Brown & Cole Stores – Employee Guidebook
1996-07
9
4
You and Brown & Cole Stores – Employee Guidebook
2001-02-26
9
5
You and Brown & Cole Stores – Employee Guidebook
2003-03
9
5
Brown & Cole Stores Employee Guidebook Draft
2007-05
9
6
Management Bonus Program
1997
9
7
Management Bonus Program
1998
9
7
Store Compensation Guidelines – 1998
1998-09-21
9
8
Bonus Program (memo)
1999-04-01
9
9
Store Bonus Program (Effective 2nd Quarter 2001)
2001-03-08
9
10
Employee Benefits
1997-03
9
11
Employee Benefits
2003-12-31
9
11
Brown & Cole Food Handling and Safety
1991
9
12
Join the Preferred Employer (recruiting materials)
1991
9
13
Policy Manual
1998
9
14
Corporate Incentive Shares Plan (Phantom Stock)
1998
10
1-2
Leadership
Subseries 2
1989-2003
"What is a Store Manager?"
1989-10-16
10
3
"A Step Beyond Compliance: A Profile of the Diversity-Minded Manager" (C.
Cole)
1996-04
10
4
Please the Customer First (training video)
1996
10
5
Thoughts on What We Believe About Management and Managers Around
Here
1997-1998
10
6
The Brown & Cole Management Philosophy
1998-09-21
10
7
Leadership Pledge
1998
10
8
Brand Positioning Statement
1998
10
9
Cornerstone Philosophies
1999-06
10
10
"Candor with Courtesy" (civility guidelines for management
dialogue)
2000
10
11
"Please the Customer First" (brochure)
2001
10
12
"Our Credo: Please the Customer First/Complacer el Cliente
Primero"
late 1990s
10
13
An Overview of Cornerstone Philosophies
2003-02-25
10
14
Advertising and Public Relations
Series V
1909-2006; undated
Advertising and Public Relations
1909-1979
11
1
Advertising and Public Relations
1980-2002
11
2
Letterhead and logos
undated
11
3
Brown & Cole-Grams
1991-2006
12
1-2
News Clips
1922-1979
12
3
News Clips
1980-1989
12
4
News Clips
1991-1999
13
1
News Clips
2000
13
2
News Clips
2001-2005
13
3
News Clips
2006-2008
13
4
Business Plans and Strategies
Series VI
1987-2007
All documents marked "confidential" are subject to a publication restriction until
January 1, 2034. Researchers must receive written permission from the donor or
individual authorized by the donor before quotation or reproduction of these materials
for publication.
Corporate Comprehensive Annual Operating Plan (AOP)
1987
14
1-3
Annual Operating Plans for 1988
1988
15
1-4
Growth Strategies Notebook (Craig Cole)
1989-1990
16
1
"Why We Plan" (training outline drafted by director/shareholder David B.
Ballash)
1991
16
2
Corporate Strategic Plan
1991-1993
16
3-4
Economic Emergency Plan and Cost Reduction Measures
1992-2003
16
5
"Brown & Cole's Cultural Revolution", Supermarket Insights (Video
Magazine)
1994-12-11
17
1
An Introduction to Brown & Cole
1996-04
17
2
Corporate Comprehensive Operating Plan ("Meeting the Challenge of
Progress")
1996
17
3
Corporate Comprehensive Operating Plan ("Meeting the Challenge of Progress")
[continued]
1996
18
1
Transition Team: Resourse, Process, and Timetable (acquisition and
integration of Thrifty Foods)
1996
18
2
The Best of Both: Combining the Winning Elements of Thrifty Foods and Brown
& Cole Stores
1996-09-11
18
3
The Best of Both: A Plan for Combining the Winning Elements of Thrifty Foods
and Brown & Cole
1997-02-25
18
4
"The Best of Both" Brown & Cole/Thrifty Foods (video)
1996-11-22
18
5
Business Plan – Update No. 1/1997-1998
1998-04
19
1
Store Improvement Plan
1998-01-28
19
3-4
Brown & Cole's Proposal for Downtown Lynden – "A First Class Supermarket
in Harmony with the Civic Center" (video)
1999
19
5
Coming Home: More Choices for Lynden (brochure)
1999
19
6
Brown & Cole: "Anacortes Food Pavilion" (video)
1999-08
20
1
Corporate Strategic Plan ("Quality Growth")
1999-2001
20
2
2000: Focus on Follow-Through, Planning Session
2000-02-08 - 2000-02-09
20
3
Revisiting Our Strategy with Bank of America
2000-10-06
20
4
Revisiting Our Strategy with US Bank
2000
20
5
Revisiting Our Strategy with Western Bank
2000
20
6
A Strategy-Driven Company with Proven Performance
2000-11
20
7
Success through Empowerment (reinvention retreat)
2001-01
20
8
Reinvention Briefing
2001
20
9
Capital Budgeting Plan
1997-1999
19
2
Business Briefing
2001-02-28
21
1
A Professionally Managed, Strategy-Driven Company with Proven
Performance
2001-09-05
21
2
Making the Strategy Work: Local Leadership + Good Strategy =
Success
2002
21
3
Brown & Cole/Associated Grocers form Innovative Growth
Partnership
2002-01-24
21
4
Strategic Plan and Execution Framework
2002-05-10
Overview of Corporate Strategic Plan
2002-05-10
21
5
Corporate Scorecard
2002-05-09
21
5
(Sample) Store Improvement Plan
2002-05-10
21
5
Project Selection & Management Process
2002-05-10
21
5
Cap Ex Projects Under Consideration
2002-05-08
21
5
Business Briefing
2002-08-12
21
6
"Northern Light: Brown & Cole hopes to shine against the national Chains
by focusing on customizing its stores to serve individual Neighborhoods", Supermarket
News magazine
2023-08-19
21
7
Company Strategic Plan
2002-2005
21
8
2003 Annual Planning and Professional Development Retreat
2003-02-24 - 2000-02-29
22
1-2
Store Improvement Plans
2002-2003
22
3-4
Store Support Center Department Improvement Plans
2002-2003
22
5
Lender's Meeting-Mid-Year Results and Revised 2003 Projections
2003-04-26
22
6
Associated Grocers/Brown & Cole, Inc. Joint Business Review
2003-09-23
23
1
Brand Positioning Statement, Brown & Cole-Gram Special
Edition
2005-05
23
2
"Local Customization" (video)
2003
23
3
Store Portfolio Rationalization
2005-05-16
23
4
Business Briefing and Strategic Discussion
2005-06-20
23
5
Brown & Cole Stores, LLC (Scouler Andrews report)
2005-08
23
6
Associated Grocers Update
2005-09
23
7
Business Briefing
2005-10-24
23
8
Draft Summary of New Business Model and Operational Turnaround
Strategy
2006-03-13
23
9
Summary of New Business Model and Operational Turnaround Strategy
2006-04-19
23
10
Team Member Briefing (Sunnyside Food Pavillion)
2006-04-20
23
11
B&C Restructuring: Company Proposal (Prelim. Draft)
2006-05-31
23
12
B&C Restructuring: Company Proposal (Prelim. Draft)
2006-06-14
23
13
GE Capital Update/Maximize Value to Creditors
2006-10-10
23
14
B&C Restructuring: Company Proposal (Prelim. Draft)
2006-10-18
23
15
"Brown & Cole Stores Descriptive Memorandum" (Giuliani Capital
Advisors)
2007-01
24
1
B&C Restructuring: Company Update
2007-01-10
24
2
Presentation Materials - "All Lender Meeting"
2007-01-22
24
3
B&C Restructuring: Company Update to AG
2007-01-24
24
4
B&C Restructuring: Company Update
2007-03-02
24
5
Strategy-April 2006 (file of materials of Craig Cole)
2006
24
6
Corporate Citizenship and Industry Leadership
Series VII
1979-2023
Contextual note from donor on Associated Grocers, Inc (AG): AG was a large regional
cooperative grocery wholesale supplier to approximately 350 stores of varying sizes in
Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. Its headquarters and large main warehouse were located
at the south end of Boeing field in Seattle.
AG had about 150 "coop" shareholder/members who operated one or more stores, most of
them large enough to be considered supermarkets. AG provided a variety of goods and
services to the member stores and became in the 1980s and 1990s one of the largest (and
at one point the largest) privately owned companies in Washington, with sales over $1
billion.
AG and Brown & Cole (a coop member since the 1940s) became strategic partners in
growth, eventually forming a joint venture operating company in 2001. AG assisted Brown
& Cole in acquiring other independent supermarket operations, thereby protecting and
expanding its supply chain to those stores. As Brown & Cole acquired other AG member
stores, it also acquired AG ownership shares, eventually becoming 25% of AG's business
and ownership (and the largest customer of both categories). Brown & Cole itself
grew into becoming one of the top dozen or so private companies in Washington. But the
AG - Brown & Cole relationship became fraught with problems. (See "Statement of
Events for Columbia Bank" of August 29, 2012 in the selected materials provided in this
section for an explanation.)
Tribute to late Jack B. Cole, former President, Brown &
Cole-Gram
2005-12
24
7
Susan G. Cole bio (co-principal owner, board member, corporate officer,
advertising and public affairs manager)
2023-03
24
7
Craig W. Cole bio (co-principal owner, Vice President, Executive Vice
President, President and CEO)
2023-03
24
7
Brown & Cole organizes food airlift to flooded Lummi
reservation
1979-12
24
8
Tribute to late Ramona S. Cole, former Secretary-Treasurer, Brown &
Cole-Gram
2006-02
24
7
Saving the Mount Baker Theater
1982-1983
Contextual Note
2023-03-06
24
9
Letter from Whatcom County to City of Bellingham /offer and
terms
1983-08-09
24
9
Draft County Ordinance
1980s
24
9
"A Proposal for the Mount Baker Theater Center for the Performing Arts",
from Citizens… [for the development thereof] Draft
1980s
24
9
"A Proposal for the Mount Baker Theater Center for the Performing Arts",
from Citizens… [for the development thereof] Formal Draft
1982 -11
24
9
Donation of Lummi Totem (with Contextual Narrative and photos)
1988
24
10
"Recycling Update" flyer (Brown &Cole pioneered with ReSources
environmental organization to encourage customers to bring plastics to the store for
recycling
1990
24
11
Certificate of Flag Flown Over U.S. Capitol in Recognition of Craig Cole
receiving National Grocers Association Spirit of America Award for WA for public
service
1991-02-10
24
12
Excellence in Merchandising Award - Best Seafood Merchandising Event
(National Grocers Association)
1992
24
13
"Ethics and Profit Keep Brown and Cole Growing", Business Journal of
Bellingham/ Whatcom County
1993-02
24
14
"Large Employers: time to take some risk", St. Joseph Hospital
Quarterly
Fall 1993
24
15
"Cole Appointed to Food Marketing Institute Public Affairs Committee", FMI
News Release
1994-03-30
25
1
Craig Cole meets with President Bill Clinton at White House Cabinet Room on
health care reform/meets with White House media afterwards (various materials and
photos)
1994-08-09
25
2-3
Saving Edens Hall-WWU, Edens Hall Memory Book
1994-08-29
25
4
"Profile: Craig Cole, Diversity-Minded and Diversity-Driven", Food Marketing
Institute Issues Bulletin ("FMI"-Washington, DC)
1994-12
25
5
"Diversity: A Step Beyond Compliance", Oregon Food Journal
1995-10-09
25
6
"A Step Beyond Compliance: A Profile of the Diversity-Minded Manager", by
Craig Cole
1996-03
25
7
"Managing Diversity", Progressive Grocer Magazine
1996-03
25
8
"Diversity Minded Management for a New America", by Craig Cole—Presentation
to the 1996 Supermarket Industry Convention and Educational Exhibition of the Food
Marketing Institute, Chicago, Ill.
1996-05-06 - 1996-05-07
25
9
"A Vision of Growth/Cole combines values with business sense", Bellingham
Herald
1996-12-22
25
10
"Brown & Cole Vows to Stay Private, Independent", WA CEO
Magazine
1997-05
25
11
"Strategic Planning for Retailers", FMI Workshop, Chicago, Ill.
1999-05-04
25
12
Puget Sound Best Practices Award for Strategic Leadership, Aurthur Andersen,
Puget Sound Business Journal, and Xerox Business Services
1999-10-05
25
13
"Resolution of Whatcom County Democrats" (recognition)
1999-11-10
25
14
"Careers in the Supermarket Industry" (recruiting video), FMI
1999
25
15
C. Cole Appointment to FMI Committee on Research (letter)
2000-01-14
25
16
"Whatcom County Business Person of Year" (C. Cole), Whatcom County Business
Pulse Magazine
2000-04
25
17
"Washington's Top Private Companies" (Brown & Cole #12), Washington CEO
Magazine
2000-05
25
18
"Ol' King Cole", Washington CEO Magazine
2000-05
25
18
"Valuing the Differences", The Confectioner Magazine
2000-06-05
25
19
Brown & Cole charitable giving criteria (and shareholder
match)
2000-12-07
25
20
National Advertising Award for Newspaper Public Service, Food Marketing
Institute and Good Housekeeping Magazine (cited in June 2001 Brown &
Cole-Gram)
2003-04
25
21
"Not by Bread Alone: Supermarkets tackle social issues", Progressive Grocer
Magazine
2000-01
25
22
"Civil rights lawyer [Morris Dees] packs in crowd", Bellingham Herald (event
sponsored by Craig and Susan Cole Diversity Endowment at WWU)
2001-01-23
25
23
"Kennedy touts economic pluses in good environmental policies", Bellingham
Herald
2002-04-04
25
24
Donation of Freedom Park on Camano Island, WA by Brown & Cole
2001-2004; 2007; 2022
History of the Creation of Freedom Park, Camano Island, WA
2022-12-08
26
1
News Release
2002-12-08
26
1
Dedication Message
2002-12-07
26
1
Dedication Ceremony Program
2003-07-04
26
1
Dedication of Pearl Harbor Survivors Memorial Program
2004-07-04
26
1
Corrective Deed of Gift
2007-06-26
26
1
Initial Deed of Gift
2002-12-02
26
1
Ltr. from C.A.R.E. requesting gift of land
2002-10-01
26
1
Ltr. From Brown & Cole confirming gift (with associated
correspondence)
2002-10-30
26
1
Correspondence from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
2001-05-01
26
2
"Walmartenizing of Washington Workers", letter from C. Cole to WA State
Senator Karen Keiser
2004-05-14
26
3
C. Cole Interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., "Ring of Fire" radio program
(CD)
2004-07-01
26
4
"Walmart's Dominance Exacts a Growing Price", (guest editorial)Puget Sound
Business Journal
2003-03-21
26
5
"Think Your CEO is Honest? How Would You know?!", by C. Cole, Directors
Monthly, National Association of Corporate Directors
2004-08
26
6
Ibid. - reprinted in Washington CEO Magazine
2004-11
26
7
"Responsible employers protect workers", (Guest Editorial) by C. Cole and
Robert Crittenden, MD, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
2005-04-07
26
8
Note from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
2005-08-07
26
9
"Catching the Health Reform Bug", Seattle Times editorial
2006-02-10
26
10
"Mandatory Health Care Bills Get Some Industry Support" Supermarket News (SN)
Archives
2006-03-27
26
11
"Board Structure Isn't Enough; Code of Conduct for In-Boardroom Behavior" by
C. Cole, Directors Monthly, National Association of Corporate Directors
2006-10
26
12
"Legislature lets taxpayers pay for workers' health care costs" (Guest
Column) by C. Cole, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
2007-02-27
26
13
C. Cole Testimony Regarding HB 2094 (Health Care) Before WA House of
Representatives Appropriations Committee
2007-03-15
26
14
Environmental Heroes for 2007 (award), ReSources
2007
26
15
Corporate Constituency (social purpose) Law advocacy
2007-2019
"The Legislative Dance of SB 5294 and HB 1111: A Story of Influence and
Compromise", Jeffrey Farrah, Seattle University Law School (student
thesis)
2007
26
16
SB 5294 and HB 1111 texts and bill summaries
2007-01
26
16
Designated "social purpose corporation" (email exchanges C. Cole, Rep. J
Morris, and M. Knowlden)
2011-01
26
16
"Time to Change Washington's Corporation Laws to Reflect Enlightened
Capitalism", Craig Cole, unpublished draft opinion piece
2019
26
16
Whatcom Transportation Authority Formation
2018-04-04; 1982-04
"Brief Outline of History of Formation of Whatcom Transportation Authority
(WTA)" (C. Cole chaired efforts to birth WTA formation and was first Board Chair)
See following item
2018-04-04
26
17
"A Study of Transportation Alternatives Between Bellingham, Ferndale, and
Cherry Point", Joint Transportation Committee of Ferndale and Bellingham Chambers of
Commerce (C. Cole Chair)
1982-04
26
17
Whatcom County Natural Heritage Task Force and Plan
2018-04-10; 1991-06-19
"Brief Overview of Whatcom County Natural Heritage Task Force and Natural
Heritage Plan" (C. Cole was Chair and principal author). See following
item
2018-04-10
26
18
"Preserving a Way of Life: A Natural Heritage Plan for Whatcom
County"
1991-06-19
26
18
"Associated Grocers, big wholesaler align", Puget Sound Business
Journal
1998-12
26
19
"Associated Grocers key to Brown & Cole growth", Bellingham
Herald
1999-12-28
26
20
"Chairman's Message" (C. Cole), Annual Shareholders Meeting, Associated
Grocers, Inc. (Seattle)
1999-12-06
26
21
"Dear Fellow AG Board Members" (Cole resignation from Board
letter)
2000-10-04
26
22
"All AG Members", Bob Hoyt, Interim CEO letter re Cole
resignation)
2000-10-17
26
23
"Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for the Associated Grocers Board of
Directors", memorandum by Craig Cole (who was reinstated as AG Board
member)
2014-05-14
26
24
"Statement of Events for Columbia Bank", C. Cole narrative on AG-Brown &
Cole relationship and business impacts
2012-08-29
26
25
Photographs
Series VIII
1888-2005;
undated
People
1909-2005
27
1
People: Governor Booth Gardener visits Ferndale Thriftway and Brown &
Cole Headquarters at 2026 Main Street
1988-10-31
27
2
People: Gary Locke visits Brown & Cole Headquarters in
Ferndale
1996-10
27
3
People: Christine Gregoire, Pete Kremen, Kelli Linville, and Harriette Spanel
visit Brown & Cole Headquarters in Bellingham
2005-08-04
27
4
Events and Promotions: Brown & Cole airlift food donation to Lummi Nation
Reservation
1979-12
27
5
Events and Promotions
1950-1990
27
6
Events and Promotions: Lobstermania
1980s-1990s
27
7
Buildings: Bellingham
1912-2003
27
8
Buildings: Blaine
1990
27
9
Buildings: Ferndale Mark & Pak
1970s-1980s
27
10
Buildings: Ferndale
1940s-1972;
undated
27
11
Buildings: Lynden
1909; undated
27
12
Buildings: Monroe
1987
27
13
Buildings: Orcas Island
1980s
27
14
Buildings: Point Roberts
1982-05-27
27
15
Photo layout of Ramon Heller's "Brown & Cole Story"
1888-1976
28
Display photographs
undated
28
"80 Years of Winning Teams"
post
1987
28
Brown & Cole, Inc. poster
undated
28