WAUPNWNewspapersSpecialIssues5997.xmlGuide to the Pacific Northwest Newspapers Special Issues Collection 1883-2011Pacific Northwest Newspapers Special IssuesSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2016 (Last modified: 12/6/2024)
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections5997 (Accession No. 5997-001)University of Washington Libraries. Special CollectionsPacific Northwest newspapers special and unique issues collection1883-20110.85 cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 oversize folder) Collection materials are in English.Special edition and single issues from a variety of Washington state newspapers

The Seattle Press-Times was bought by Alden J. Blethen in 1896 and began publication under its new name, The Seattle Times, in 1981. As of 2015, it is the largest daily newspaper in the state of Washington.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer was, until 2009, Seattle's oldest running newspaper. Founded in 1863, the newspaper was bought by the Hearst Corporation in 1921, and ran until March 17th, 2009, when the declining demand for printed newspapers forced the Hearst Corporation to suspend publication.

Seattle Weekly was founded in 1976 and is the largest community news organization in Washington state.

The Walla Walla Union was founded in 1868 as a Republican Party newspaper to counter the democratic leanings of the Washington Statesman (Walla Walla's first newpaper founded in 1861). The Walla Walla Union merged with the Walla Walla Bulletin (founded in 1906) in 1934 into the Union-Bulletin.

Arranged in 4 series.

Series 1, SeattleSeries 2, Western WashingtonSeries 3, Eastern WashingtonSeries 4, World News and Special Subjects

Includes special edition newspapers from Seattle Weekly, The Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the Walla Walla Union.

Open to all users.

Request at UW

Contains only published material.

Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Seattle (Wash.)--Anniversaries, etcSeattle (Wash.)--NewspapersNewspapersSeattleJournalismWashington (State)Labor History

 

Series 1SeattleSubseries AGeneral1The Seattle Times: Sunday Pictorial1960 April 11The Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest2011 June 11Seattle Weekly: Fall Fashion1992 August 11Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Invitation to Seattle1952 May 11Seattle Post-Intelligencer: The First 100 Years in Seattle1952 February 101Seattle Post-Intelligencer: A Great City Plans for its Future1952 February 101Seattle Times: A Century of Progress1953 November 15

Parts A-H and R

1Seattle Daily Times: Nation's Defender's Parade - Half-Million People see Imposing Spectacle1908 May 26Subseries BSeattle Fire2Seattle Daily Press: "Phoenix-like Seattle will Rise from its Ashes"1889 June 82Seattle Morning Journal: "The Aftermath"1889 June 82Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "A Sea of Fire - The Business Part of Seattle in Ruins"1889 June 72Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Full of Hope - A New Seattle will Arise"1889 June 82The Daily Ledger (Tacoma): "Stricken Seattle"1889 June 7OS1The Daily Examiner (San Francisco, CA): "The Ruins of Seattle"1889 June 122Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Seattle Aflame!" (Souvenir Edition)1921 June 62Seattle Sunday Times Magazine Section: "On Another June 6th in Seattle"1943 June 6Series 2Western Washington2Sumner Standard: Merry Christmas? The Japs are Coming Back1944 December 211Port Townsend Leader1971 January 28Series 3Eastern Washington2Spokane Daily Chronicle: Twenty-Fifth Year Silver Jubilee Edition of the Power City1911 March 222The Walla Walla Union1918 October 27

Headlines include: "S.S. Sophia Sinks near Skagway, No Survivors, 343 Lose their Lives" and "German Defense Lines on Most Vital Sector Beginning to Crack"

2The Walla Walla Union: 65th Anniversary Edition1934 April 172The Walla Walla Union: Centennial Edition1936 August 12Series 4World News and Special SubjectsSubseries AMajor World EventsOS1The Seattle Daily Times: "Germany Accepts Armistice!"1918 November 11OS1Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882-1945"1945 April 13OS1Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Victory! German War's Over, Now Hit Japs"1945 May 8OS1Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "President Announces: Jap Nation Surrenders"1945 August 15OS1Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Surrender Signed by Japs"1945 September 2OS1Seattle Post-Intelligencer1945 September 31The Seattle Times: Music World Mourns John Lennon1980 December 9Subseries BNorthern Pacific RailroadOS1The North-West News (Portland, OR)1883 September 8OS1The Weekly News1883 September 13OS1The Morning Oregonian1883 September 9

Headline: "The Iron Wedding: Completion of the Line of the Northern Pacific Railroad"

OS1Morning Standard (Portland, OR)1883 September 11

Headline: "The Last Spike"

Subseries CLabor1Good Government Educator1947 February 28

Headlines include: "Who Wants to Make John Fox U. of W. Regent?"

1The Washington Veteran1919 February 8OS1The Seattle Star1919 February 4

Headlines include: "U.S. Officers to Discuss Strike," "Stop Before It's Too Late"

OS1Seattle Strike Intelligencer: "W.R. Hearst Shows True Colors"undated