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Kreielsheimer Foundation records

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Kreielsheimer Foundation
Title
Kreielsheimer Foundation records
Quantity
49 cubic feet (49 boxes)
Collection Number
5429 (Accession No. 5429-001)
Summary
Records of a Seattle-based organization responsible for providing financial support to arts organizations in Seattle, the Puget Sound, and Alaska.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

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Additional Reference Guides

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Kreielsheimer Foundation was established in the late 1970s from joint bequests of the estates of Leo T. Kreielsheimer (d. 1975) and of his wife, Greye McCormick Kreielsheimer (d. 1980). Kreielsheimer’s will specified that the Foundation must conclude its active philanthropic grants 25 years after his death. Between 1981 and 2000, when the Foundation ceased its active granting activity in accordance with the terms of the Kreielsheimer bequest, the Foundation distributed over $100 million in support of the arts and education throughout the Washington State, in particular the Puget Sound Region, and Alaska. Administration of the Kreielsheimer Foundation was entrusted to two trustees: Seafirst Bank (later Bank of America), and one individual trustee. Charles F. Osborn, Leo Kreielsheimer’s personal attorney, served in this capacity from the time the Foundation was established until his death 1992. His successor, also specifically named in Leo Kreielsheimer’s will, was Donald L. Johnson, who oversaw Foundation activities from 1992 through 2000.

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Content Description

Grant files, financial records, building files; 1978-2001.

Grant files include correspondence, minutes, budget materials, reports, notes, drafts, committee files, conference files, publications, clippings, brochures, programs, reviews, newsletters, press releases, and related material documenting the administration of financial support to Washington and Alaska state arts organizations.

Financial records include tax return forms (990s), correspondence, and memoranda created by the organization between 1979 and 2001.

Building files include correspondence, drafts, appraisals, leases, titles, and other legal documents related to the lease and initial gift for the Century Building for the Corporate Council for the Arts.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 1 accession:

  • Accession No. 5429-001, Kreielsheimer Foundation records, 1978-2001

Preservation Note

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Information

Received from the Kreielsheimer Foundation Remainder Trust, January 9, 2006.

Processing Note

Minimally processed.

Bibliography

Dorpat, Paul, ed., Legacy: the Kreielsheimer Foundation (Kreielsheimer Remainder Foundation in association with University of Washington Press, 2006)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Corporate Names

  • Kreielsheimer Foundation--Archives

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Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)


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