Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum records, 1907-2010

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, subject files and records of the Puget Sound Academy of Sciences; 1915-1917, 1936-1953, 1962-1972.

Scope and Content: Research Report No. 1, Northwest Coast Basketry and Culture Change, by Joan Megan Jones; Announcements of lectures, field trips, exhibits; news releases; exhibit literature (1978-1980); newsletters (1974-1980); annual reports (1970-1976).

Scope and Content: Publications (The Murrelet), 1920-1959.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, budget planning files, reports, exhibition files; 1962-1989.

Scope and Content: Exhibition booklet (statements from Native American Tribes); 1990.

The booklet, "A Time of Gathering: an Intertribal Welcome; Statements from Thiry-Six Washington Tribes" contains the statements and logos used in a 1989 Burke Museum exhibit, "A Time of Gathering." Roberta Haines and Robin Wright were the editors of the booklet.

Scope and Content: Annual report; 1967-1968.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, ca. 1937-1963.

Scope and Content: Clippings, exhibit files, lectures and seminar files; 1930-1993.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, annual reports, exhibit files and subject series; circa 1966-1989 (1980-1989).

Scope and Content: Annual Reports; 1969-1971, 1983-1984.

Scope and Content: Publicity, press releases, memoranda, press clippings; 1907-1994 (bulk 1993-1994).

These records resulted from public relations activities of the museum and document special exhibits, especially from 1988 to 1994. Includes research materials for 1985 centennial exhibit.

Scope and Content: Planning and development files for three exhibits: "Old Growth Forests: Treasures in Transition"; "Survivors: A New Vision of Endangered Animals"; and "Te Waka Toi: Contemporary Maori Art from New Zealand"; 1992-1993.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, legal and real estate documents; 1957-1991.

Records are copies of documents dealing with the set-up of the Burke Trust based on the terms of the will of the late Caroline McGilvra Burke and the subsequent dissolution of the Trust. The proceeds from the dissolution were ultimately invested by the University of Washington in an endowment benefiting the Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, reports, agendas, minutes, financial records, membership lists, committee files, exhibit files, newsletters, clippings, subject series.

Includes the administrative files of Karl L. Hutterer while serving as director of the Burke Museum (1990-2000).

Scope and Content: Grant files; 1982-1999.

Grant files document continuing applications and proposals to the Institute of Museum Services for General Operating Support funding.

Scope and Content: Records of the Development and Membership Office. Contents include press clippings, exhibit files, event files, development files and donor files.