Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 732
Tucker, Georgina
Georgina P. Tucker Papers
1920-1997
18 Linear feet of shelf space
20 boxes
Most of the scrapbooks are fragile, consisting of items attached with adhesives to brittle, acidic paper.
This collection consists of Georgina Tucker's papers
and correspondence, primarily materials related to her career with Western Hotels,
Inc. and her years as a student at Washington State College.
Collection materials are in English Japanese Arabic
Georgina Petheram Tucker was born in Spokane, Washington in 1911. She attended
Washington State College from 1929-1933, graduating with a B.S. in Home Economics
with an emphasis in Institutional Management. While at Washington State College
Tucker was an active member of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. After receiving her
degree, she began her 42-year career with Western Hotels, Inc., (Westin Hotels and
Resorts) in the food and beverage department. Working at properties in Spokane,
Wenatchee, Boise, Seattle, San Francisco, and, finally, Los Angeles, Tucker
developed menus, staff training protocol, and food service planning methods for
Western Hotels. In 1961, she was named Westin's director of food and beverage.
Tucker was appointed Executive Housekeeper of Los Angeles' Century Plaza Hotel in
1966. Prior to her service at the Century Plaza, in 1961, she was a consultant in
the opening of Western's International Kyoto. Her practical experience in the hotel
industry contributed to her authorship of two textbooks, The Science of Housekeeping
(1969) and The Professional Housekeeper (1972).
Tucker retired from Western Hotels, Inc. in 1975 and remained active in the
hospitality industry as a consultant. In 1989 she traveled to Egypt with the USAID
International Executive Service Corps to oversee opening and review operations of
several hotels. She also served as an adjunct instructor to hospitality programs at
Golden Gate University, Cornell, the University of California at Davis, and Kenya's
Utalii University. In her retirement, Tucker was also an active member of numerous
community service groups including the Soroptimist Club of Beverly Hills, The
Assistance League of San Mateo County, and Saint Matthews Episcopal Church of San
Mateo, California. She received Washington State University's Distinguished Home
Economics Alumnus Award in 1978.
This collection consists of Georgina Tucker's papers and correspondence, primarily
materials related to her career with Western Hotels, Inc. and her years as a student
at Washington State College. It includes photographs, correspondence, recipes and
menus, travel ephemera, and a sound recording, as well as extensive scrapbooks
documenting Tucker's life and work from 1929 forward.
Series 1: Personal and professional papers, 1929-1993. This series consists of
Tucker's personal papers, correspondence, and publications. It includes articles and
newspaper clippings, miscellaneous awards and certificates, personal correspondence,
travel materials, Washington State College and Alpha Delta Pi Sorority materials,
teaching and instruction materials, and speech drafts.
Series 2: Westin, consulting, and USAID papers, 1933-1989. This series consists of
Tucker's professional papers and materials related to her career with Western
Hotels, Inc. It includes Western Hotels, Inc. recipes and menus, and materials
related to Tucker's role as Executive Director of Food and Beverage. Also included
are materials related to Tucker's 1961 Japan consulting trip and her work with the
International Executive Service Corps in Egypt.
Series 3: Scrapbooks and oversize materials, 1920-1990. This series consists of
scrapbooks and oversize materials. The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically and
document Tucker's time at Washington State College, her work and travels, community
service activities, and retirement.
Most photographs and other visual materials in the collection are in the scrapbook
series, but some are filed with related items in the other series.
Most of the scrapbooks are fragile, consisting of items attached with adhesives to brittle, acidic paper.
The Washington Women's History Consortium provided funding assistance for processing.
The collection was received with no pre-existing arrangement, and has been organized in three series.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions apply.
[Item Description]
Georgina P. Tucker Papers, 1920-1997 (Cage 732)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This collection of Georgina Tucker's papers was donated to the Washington State
University Libraries by Westin Hotels and Resorts in 1999 as part of an installment
of their corporate records (MS 2000-03, separated from MS 1999-20).
Talia Jensen began processing the collection in 2007, and Tabitha Erdey completed the project in 2009.
Tucker's two textbooks, The Science of Housekeeping (1969) and The Professional
Housekeeper (1972), were removed for individual cataloging.
Westin Hotels and Resorts, J. William Keithan archives, 1905-2004 (Cage 656)
Westin Hotels and Resorts, Chef Walter Roth Papers, circa 1951-1980s (Cage 820)
Sid Copeland, "The Story of Western International Hotels," circa 2003 (Cage 834)
Westin Hotels and Resorts Management Conference Photographs, 1957-1988 (Cage 5148)
Preliminary Guide to the Westin Hotels and Resorts Records, circa 1920s-2004 (MSSM.095)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Tucker, Georgina -- Archives
Washington State University -- Alumni and alumnae -- Archives
Westin Hotels & Resorts
Hotel management
Hotel housekeeping
Food industry and trade
Women
Businesses and Corporations
Washington (State)
Colleges and Universities
Series 1: Personal and professional papers, 1929-1997
1
1
Articles, biographies, related correspondence, and miscellaneous family documents, 1923-1974
1
2
Articles (clippings). Topics: housekeeping, restaurants, and home economics, 1961-1986
1
3
Westin Hotels articles (clippings), 1958-1978
1
4
Community service organizations (clippings), 1960-1989
1
5
Wedding invitation, Georgina Petheram and Ralph Tucker (lithographic plate), undated
1
6
Last Will and Testament, 1954
1
7
Western Hotels Thurston Dupar Inspirational Award, 1970
1
8
Western Hotels Thurston Dupar Inspirational Award correspondence and related documentation, 1970
1
9
Western Hotels, Inc. awards, 1958-1975
1
10
Miscellaneous awards and certificates of appreciation, 1984-1993
1
11
Hilton Senior HHonors Club, 1988
1
12
Weldon B. Gibson Distinguished Volunteer, Washington State University, Harry Mullikin Award, 1997
1
13
Republican National Committee, 1972-1992
1
14
Photographs, 1938-1965
Correspondence
1
15
Holiday cards and miscellaneous; undated, 1996
1
16
Miscellaneous, 1961-1969
2
17
Holiday letters and miscellaneous, 1961-1966, 1976
2
18
Personal: Fran and Bob, 1961
2
19
Toilet paper, undated
2
20
Personal, 1970-1979
2
21
Personal, 1983-1989
2
22
Personal, 1990-1993
2
23
Travel: Japan, Thailand, India, Europe trip, miscellaneous, 1961
2
24
Travel: France, 1985
2
25
Travel: United States, miscellaneous ephemera, undated
2
26
Travel: miscellaneous, 1970s-1990s
2
27
Event programs and miscellaneous, 1972-1984
2
28
Speeches; 1961, 1969
2
29
WSU College of Home Economics 75 Year Diamond Jubilee Celebration, 1978
2
30
Washington State University, student and alumni items, 1929-1990
2
31
Washington State University, Alpha Delta Pi, 1931-1978
2
32
Alpha Delta Pi Reunion photographs, 1957
3
33
Future Homemakers of America national meeting, Los Angeles, 1972
3
34
Ramada Inter-National Association, 13th annual meeting and convention, 1975
3
35
Hilton housekeeping seminar, 1986
3
36
Teaching and instructional materials, undated
3
37
The Professional Housekeeper correspondence, 1980
Kenya Utalii College, Nairobi, 1982
3
38
Correspondence
3
39
Trip journal and teaching notes
3
40
Publications
3
41
Course materials
Cornell University Center for Personal Development, 1984-1989
3
42
Correspondence and class rosters
3
43
Programs
3
44
Curriculum outlines and transparencies
3
45
Photographs
3
46
Golden Gate University, Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management Advisory Board agendas and materials, 1984-1992
4
47
Golden Gate University course syllabi and correspondence, professional lecturer certificate, 1984-1992
4
48
University of California Davis, course syllabi and correspondence, 1991-1993
4
49
Teaching and instructional materials, miscellaneous, 1972-1986
4
50
"Christmas at Filoli," 1980s
4
51
Membership and miscellaneous cards, 1943-1993
4
52
Assistance League of San Mateo County, 1960-1993
4
53
Church of Saint Matthew, San Mateo, California, 1945-1993
Series 2: Westin Hotels, consulting, and USAID papers, 1933-1989
4
54-55
Recipe book, circa 1935-1937
4
56-57
Recipes, menu specifications, 1950-1965
4
58
Photographs of Tucker with others at Roosevelt Hotel, 1939
4
59
Hotel Boise, 1955
4
60
Western Hotels, Inc. photographs, circa 1960s-1970s
4
61
Tucker oral history, "History of 30 Years with Westin" (audiocassette), circa 1960s-1970s
5
62
Assistant Managers in Charge of Food and Beverage School agenda and photographs, 1954 August
5
63
14 Day Cycle menu and reference list, undated
5
64
Resume of chefs' conference, Western Hotels, Inc., 1955
Hotel restaurant menus
5
65
Hotel Boise, 1935-1955
5
66
Davenport Hotel, circa 1930s-1970s
5
67
Cascadian Hotel, Cosmopolitan Hotel, circa 1930s-1950s
5
68
Hotel Roosevelt, 1936-1939
5
69
The Benton, 1935
5
70-72
Miscellaneous, circa 1930s-1960s
5
73
Hotel menus, recipes, and menu notes, 1930s-1960
5
74
Hotel menus (newspaper clippings), 1934
5
75
Miscellaneous Westin ephemera, circa 1970s-1990s
6
76
Hotel industry magazines, 1982-1990
6
77
Western Hotels, Inc., miscellaneous food and beverage documents, undated
6
78
Caesar's Palace consulting, 1987
7
79
Western Hotels, Inc. manuals, circa 1956
7
80
Western Hotels, Inc., in-house publications, 1961-1991
7
81
Western International Hotels, first annual Executive Housekeepers' workshop, 1968
7
82
Western Hotels, Inc., Marcus Whitman Hotel "Idea Party," 1959
7
83
Food and beverage marketing and instructional materials, circa 1950s
7
84
"Milestones" (pamphlet about Westin history), 1998
7
85
Western Hotels, Inc., Century Plaza Hotel items, 1960s-1970s
7
86
Century Plaza Hotel memorandum by Tucker: Report on Hotel St. Jaques, 1972
Japan consulting trip, 1961
7
87
Photographs
7
88.1-88.2
Day planner and enclosures (correspondence, printed ephemera, notes)
7
89
Hotel reports
8
90
Itineraries, travel materials, and resumes
8
91
Menus and Recipes
8
92
Correspondence
8
93
Miscellaneous printed materials
8
94
Newspaper clippings
8
95
Hotel ephemera (pamphlets, tags, menus)
8
96-97
Itinerary, guidebooks and other tourist materials, photographs
9
98
Postcards
9
99
Business cards and miscellaneous notes
USAID International Executive Service Corps (IESC), Egypt, 1989
9
100
Printed ephemera and receipts
9
101
IESC Egypt Welcome Kit
9
102
Hotel notes
9
103
Correspondence
9
104
Receipts, phone messages, invitations, miscellaneous correspondence
9
105
Hotel printed ephemera (includes in-house forms)
9
106
IESC Volunteer Executive's Manual
9
107
IESC newsletters
9
108
Business cards
9
109
IESC program materials
9
110
Trip preparation file
Series 3: Scrapbooks and oversize materials, 1920-1990
Scrapbooks
10
111-112
"People, Pictures, Postcards," circa 1920-1970
11
113-114
Student years, Washington State College. Includes ephemera related to student activities and athletics, 1930-1933
12
115
Student years, Washington State College. Includes ephemera related to student activities and athletics, 1930-1933 (continued)
12
116-117
Westin and personal materials, 1934-1990
13
118
Westin and personal materials, 1934-1990 (continued)
13
119-120
"Japan and Round the World," 1961
14
121-122
"Japan and Round the World," 1961 (continued)
14
123
"Soroptimist Club of Beverly Hills," 1969-1972
15
124
"Soroptimist Club of Beverly Hills," 1969-1972 (continued)
15
125
USAID International Executive Service Corps (IESC), Egypt, 1989 (oversize items)
15
126
Scrapbook, "1975 Retirement," 1975
15
127
Miscellaneous oversize items, undated
16
128
Washington State University Distinguished Home Economics Alumnus Award (certificate), 1978
16
129-133
Professional awards (plaques), 1963-1989
Oversize case
Japan wall calendars, 1960