Mary Farquharson Papers - Archives West

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Farquharson, Mary U.

Title

Mary Farquharson Papers

Dates

1931-1981 (inclusive)

Quantity

16 cubic feet, (17 boxes)

Collection Number

0397

Summary

Washington State senator and liberal activist who aided incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II

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

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Collection materials are in 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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Biographical Note

Mary Farquharson was an activist for liberal and Christian causes who served as a Washington State senator from 1935 to 1941. She was born in 1901 or 1902 and died in 1982. During World War II, Farquharson was deeply committed to working to aid Japanese Americans who had been incarcerated. She was instrumental in advancing the case of Gordon Hirabayashi, a Japanese American who refused internment, to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Content Description

Farquharson's papers are organized into several accessions. Accession no. 397-5 dates primarily from 1942 to 1945 and documents activities of Caucasian Americans who did not agree with the federal relocation policy (groups such as the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play). It includes several lengthy letters from Japanese American inmates, as well as clippings, ephemera, committee memoranda, newsletters, and miscellaneous writings of protest. It also contains subject series on two individuals, Gordon K. Hirabayashi and Mitsuo Paul Suzuki.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 4 accessions.

Accession No. 0397-001, Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957
Accession No. 0397-004, Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
Accession No. 0397-005, Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945
Accession No. 0397-006, Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1941

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957
1.47 cubic feet, (4 boxes)
Scope and Content: Correspondence, case files, ca. 1933-1957; and a tape-recorded interview, conducted by Albert Acena, April 24, 1975. Tape includes Mrs. Farquharson's involvement in politics as a state senator, 1935-1942; the Commonwealth Builders, 1934-1935; with the Socialist party, 1933-1934; the Fellowship of Reconciliation from early thirties to present; Democratic Party, 1934-1946.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Processing Info: Merger of accessions 0397-001, 0397-002 and 0397-003.
Acquisition Info: Mrs. Farquharson, Seattle
This accession is arranged in 10 series:
- Series 1, General Correspondence
- Series 2, Campaign Materials
- Series 3, Ephemera
- Series 4, Clippings
- Series 5, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WIL)
- Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington
- Series 7, Communist Party and Activities
- Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union
- Series 9, Seattle Council Against War
- Series 10, Urban League. Seattle
- Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: January 15, 1934
    
    Includes League of Women Voters
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 1
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: February 18-October 8, 1935
    
    Includes W.W. Withington
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 2
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: March 6-November 6, 1936
    
    Includes A.V. of Washington
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 3
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: January 1937
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 4
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: February-June 1937
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 5
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: February-August 1938
    
    Includes Oregon Commonwealth Federation Democratic Party 46th District Progressive Democratic Club
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 6
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: September-October 1938
    
    Includes Oregon Commonwealth Federation Democratic Party. 46th District Progressive Democratic Club. Clarence D. Martin
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 7
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: November-December 1938
    
    Includes Benjamin Kizer
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 8
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: January-March 1939
    
    Includes 46th District People's Legislative Council; Washington Progressive League; Warren G. Magnuson, Washington Finance Budget and Business Department
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 9
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: April-July 1939
    
    Includes Oregon COmmonwealth Federation; Washington Finance, Budget and Business Department
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 10
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: January-July 1940
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 11
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: August-December 1940
    
    Includes U.S. Agriculture Department Washington Finance, Budget and Business Department
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 12
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: January 1941
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 13
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: February 5-7, 1941
    
    Includes American Civil Liberties Union, WPU
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 14
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: February 10-25, 1941
    
    Includes E.B. Hanley
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 15
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: March 1941
    
    Includes Washington University President, Benjamin Kizer
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 16
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: May-August 1941
    
    Includes Culbert L. Olson, U.S. Office of Production Management
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 17
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: September-December 1941
    
    Includes A.F.L. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, International Brotherhood of; U.S. Office of Price Administration, Floyd Oles
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 18
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: March-June 1942
    
    Includes Washington Public Instruction Superintendent African Students Association
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 19
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: March-July 1943
    
    Includes American Friends Service Committee
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 20
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: March-August 1944
    
    Includes America's Town Meeting of the air; Pearsall, Robert J
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 21
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: February-November 1944
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 22
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
  - Description: Undated
    
    Includes draft; showed war plants to be sold to private industry; broadcast by Dan McGovern
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 23
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 1, General Correspondence
- Series 2, Campaign Materials
  This series contains only circulars, cards, etc. There is no correspondence.
  - Description: Regarding Mary Farquharson
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 24
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 2, Campaign Materials
  - Description: Miscellaneous A-J
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 25
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 2, Campaign Materials
  - Description: Miscellaneous K-Z
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 26
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 2, Campaign Materials
- Series 3, Ephemera
  This includes an Argus reprint, publications by AMerican Coalition of Washington, Washington State, Secretary of; Committees on Labor, on initiatives, WCF; Washington State Federation of Labor
  - Description: Miscellaneous
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 27
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 3, Ephemera
  - Description: Newspapers
    
    Includes copies of Washington Teacher (3), Seattle Municipal News (7), WAshington Sentinel (5), The Sunday News (4), Commonwealth Messenger (2), Voice of Action (c.8)
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 28
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 3, Ephemera
  - Description: Cassette tape 201 A, B
    2 sound cassette
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1, Folder 29
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 3, Ephemera
- Series 4, Clippings
  See original folders at the end of box 3 for annotations
  - Description: Scrapbook
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 1
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 4, Clippings
  - Description: Clippings
    
    These were designated 1936 ff by Mrs. Farquharson and deal with labor, B.F. Farquharson's campaign for the school board, and general political activities
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 1-4
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 4, Clippings
  - Description: Clippings
    
    1937 ff-these were also designated by Mrs. Farquharson. They concern "Red" accusations and the United Nations. Some also go back to 1933 and up to 1947. These she had classified as miscellaneous.
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 5-10
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 4, Clippings
- Series 5, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WIL)
  This organization is a participating organization of the National Council for the Prevention of War. Almost all the materials concerns exchanged letters between Mrs. Farquharson and the national organization's executive secretary, Dorothy Ditzer. It was received as a unit and kept in tact. The first half deals with WIL representation at the National Democratic and Republican conventions; the second half deals with war work and consists of official form letters.
  - Description: Correspondence: Incoming-National Council for the Preservation of War
    Dates: June 1940
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 11
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 5, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WIL)
  - Description: Correspondence: Incoming-WIL
    Dates: June-July 1940, September-December 1941
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 12-13
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 5, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WIL)
  - Description: Correspondence: Outgoing
    Dates: June-August 1940
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 14
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 5, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WIL)
  - Description: Ephemera
    
    Consists of Publications by the WIL
    
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 15
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 5, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WIL)
- Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington
  This was included as a unit in the Mary Farquharson papers. Only 2 or 3 pieces of correspondence (1 of Bone's and one of Pearsall's letters) were transferred from main body of papers. The material concerns itself with communist infiltration into the Olympia headquarters of the office and the leadership of Anne Windhausen in 1939.
  - Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: A.F.L. Central Labor Council, Tacoma
      Dates: May 1939
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 16
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Bone, Homer Truett
      Dates: December 28, 1938-July 6, 1939
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 17
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Egan, James W
      Dates: July 1940
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 18
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Harris, Herbert
      Dates: January 21-February 19, 1939
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 19
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: King County Board of Commissioners
      Dates: March 1940
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 21
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: La Due, Herbert
      Dates: June 19-July 14, 1939
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 22
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Martin, Clarence D.
      Dates: June 19-July 14, 1939
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 23
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Nogleberg, John
      
      Including letters from the following-Anne E. Windhusen, Alvin B. Pence, Paul Ashford, C. H. Ehrenberg
      
      Dates: December 1939
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 24
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
      Dates: February 23-April 12, 1939
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 25
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: U.S. Works Projects Administration
      Dates: January 18-August 15, 1939
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 26
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: U.S. Works Projects Administration, Wn
      Dates: January 1939
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 27
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: U.S. Works Projects Administration Federal Writers' Project, Wn
      Dates: January 20-September, 1939
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 28-29
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Washington. State Planning Council
      Dates: January 1940
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 30
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Miscellaneous (A-Z)
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 31
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
  - Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence
    - Description: Correspondence: Outgoing
      Dates: December 24, 1938-June 26, 1940
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 32-34
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence
  - Subseries C, Ephemera
    - Description: Tacoma Labor Advocate
      one copy
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 35
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington / Subseries C, Ephemera
- Series 7, Communist Party and Activities
  This sub-group comprised another folder in Mary Farquharson's collection. The "title" was designated by Mrs. Farquharson. It concerns primarily the University of Washington firings, the Labor school, the visit of Dean Johnson of Canterbury (The "Red Dean") and the Council on American-Soviet Friendship. 1946-1948.
  - Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Gage, Fern
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 36
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 7, Communist Party and Activities / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Gundlash, Ralph
      Dates: 1946, 1948
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 37
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 7, Communist Party and Activities / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Harris, Herbert
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 38
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 7, Communist Party and Activities / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: National Youth Assembly Against Universal Military Training
      Dates: 1948
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 39
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 7, Communist Party and Activities / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Savelle, Max
      Dates: 1948
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 40
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 7, Communist Party and Activities / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Swomley, John M
      Dates: 1947-1948
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 41
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 7, Communist Party and Activities / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Miscellaneous
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 42
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 7, Communist Party and Activities / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
  - Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence
    - Description: Correspondence: Outgoing
      Dates: 1940-1947
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 43
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 7, Communist Party and Activities / Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence
  - Subseries C, Ephemera
    - Description: Ephemera
      
      Contents: reprints from Chicago Journal of Commerce. Congressional Record. Copies of Human Events, In Fact, Socialist Call, Western Socialist, plus other items.
      
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 44-46
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 7, Communist Party and Activities / Subseries C, Ephemera
  - Subseries D, Clippings
    - Description: Regarding University firings
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 2, Folder 47
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 7, Communist Party and Activities / Subseries D, Clippings
- Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union
  Much of the sub-group deals with the attempt to free Ray Becker and attempts to get pardon from Governor Martin. Becker would not accept parole. It also concerns work for Japanese Americans, general matters, circulars and statements. The dates cover the years 1935 to 1948.
  - Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: A.C.L.U. New York
      Dates: 1935-1948
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 1-5
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: A.C.L.U. Northern California Branch
      Dates: 1942
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 6
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: A.C.L.U. Seattle Branch
      Dates: 1936-1948
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 7
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: A.C.L.U. Southern California Branch
      Dates: 1948
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 8
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: American Federation of Teachers
      Dates: 1940
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 9
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Becker, Ray
      Dates: 1938
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 10
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights
      Dates: 1938. undated
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 11
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Common Sense magazine
      Dates: 1938
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 12
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Dowell, E Foster
      Dates: 1940
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 13
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Fellowship of Reconciliation
      Dates: 1936
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 14
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Free Ray Becker Committee
      Dates: 1936-1937
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 15
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Houghton, Cluck and Coughlin
      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 16
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Kizer, Benjamin H
      Dates: 1934-1939
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 17
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Magnuson, Warren G
      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 18
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Parker, Adele
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 19
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Railroad Trainmen, Brotherhood of
      Dates: 1940
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 20
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Shorter, Fred W
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 21
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Smith, S. Stephenson
      Dates: 1938
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 22
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: State Committee for the Protection of Fundamental American Incorporated
      Dates: 1936
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 23
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 24
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Washington. Attorney General
      Dates: 1942
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 25
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Washington Board of Prison Terms and Paroles
      Dates: 1935-1938
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 26
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Washington University. Teacher's Union
      Dates: 1937
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 27
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Miscellany
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 28
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
  - Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence
    - Description: Correspondence: Outgoing
      Dates: 1935-1943, 1948
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 29-37
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence
  - Subseries C, Minutes and Organization
    - Description: Minutes from Board of Directors, New York
      Dates: 1947-1948
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 38
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries C, Minutes and Organization
    - Description: By-laws of the Pacific Northwest Committee of the ACLU
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 39
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries C, Minutes and Organization
  - Subseries D, Ephemera
    - Description: Ephemera
      
      Article, the Centralia Case (regarding Ray Becker) U.S. Senate documents (regarding Japanese Americans, 1942) Affidavits of Jurors (regarding Ray Becker case) Reprints: The Nation, New Republic Circulars
      
      Dates: 1935-1942
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 40-41
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union / Subseries D, Ephemera
- Series 9, Seattle Council Against War
  This material is primarily that of Mary Farquharson's husband and concerns the Speaker's Bureau and their sponsorship of A. Fenner Brockway, Sherwood Eddy, Jeanette Rankin and George Kirkpatrick. All Correspondence is treated as incoming correspondence to Mrs. Farquharson.
  - Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Continental Congress of Workers and Farmers
      Dates: 1933
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 42
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Eddy, Sherwood
      Dates: 1933
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 43
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: League for Industrial Democracy
      Dates: 1933-1934
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 44
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: National Council for Preservation of War
      Dates: 1933-1934
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 45
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Reed College, Portland, Oregon
      Dates: 1933
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 46
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Seattle Council Against War
      
      Contains constitution description of Peace Institute, minutes
      
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 47
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Socialist Party
      Dates: 1934
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 48
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: The World Tomorrow, periodical
      Dates: 1933
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 49
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
    - Description: Miscellany
      Dates: 1933
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 50
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence
  - Subseries B, News Releases
    - Description: Regarding A. Fenner Brockway
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 51-52
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries B, News Releases
    - Description: Regarding Continental Congress of Workers and Farmers
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 53
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries B, News Releases
    - Description: Regarding Sherwood Eddy
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 54-55
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries B, News Releases
    - Description: Regarding George Kirkpatrick
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 56
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries B, News Releases
    - Description: Regarding Jeanette Rankin
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 57
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries B, News Releases
  - Subseries C, Clippings
    - Description: Miscellany
      Container: Box 0397-001 Box 3, Folder 58
      Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 9, Seattle Council Against War / Subseries C, Clippings
- Series 10, Urban League. Seattle
  - Description: Case file-William Barnic Foster
    Dates: 1953-1957
    Container: Box 0397-001 Box 4
    Location: Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957 / Series 10, Urban League. Seattle
Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
9.59 cubic feet
Scope and Content: Correspondence, notes, writings, speeches, publication, clippings, scrapbook of clippings, ephemera, photographs, 1875-1982 (1931-1981).
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Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Chester Kingsbury
- Description: Biographical features, personal documents, incoming letters, and miscellaneous correspondence
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 1
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: General Correspondence
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 2
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Correspondence with Paul and Dora Zia, Diaries (5 vols.), financial and legal records
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 3
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Speeches and writings, honors and awards, guest book, notes, and memorabilia
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 3
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Subject Series: A-B
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 3
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Subject Series: C-F
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 4
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Subject Series: F-P
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 5
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Subject Series: P-U
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 6
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Subject Series: V-Y, Miscellany
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 7
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Clippings, pamphlets, and reprints
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 7
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Scrapbook
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 11
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Publications, pamphlets, and reprints
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 8
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Publications
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 9
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Publications and photographs
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 10
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
- Description: Organizational Subgroups
  Container: Box 0397-004 Box 10
  Location: Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982
Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945
0.21 cubic feet, (1 box)
Scope and Content: Correspondence, writings, newsletters, clippings, ephemera, 1937-1964 (bulk 1942-1945). This accession documents activities of Caucasian Americans who did not agree with the policy of evacuating the Japanese Americans to relocation camps during World War II, and who worked in aid of the evacuees. Incoming correspondence includes long letters from Japanese Americans in the camps.
Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info: Chester Kingsbury
- Personal Papers
  - Description: Incoming Letters
    Dates: 1942-1945
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 1
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Personal Papers
  - Description: Outgoing Letters
    Dates: 1937-1945
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 2
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Personal Papers
  - Writings
    - Description: "The Truth About Pearl Harbor," by John T. Flynn
      Dates: 1944
      Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Personal Papers / Writings
    - Description: "The Japs Must Not Come Back!" by Lambert Schuyler
      Dates: 1944
      Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Personal Papers / Writings
    - Description: "Christmas at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, Relocation Center," by Floyd Schmoe
      Dates: n.d.
      Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 3
      Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Personal Papers / Writings
  - Description: Newsletters
    Dates: 1942, 1945
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 4
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Personal Papers
  - Description: Legal Brief for Japanese American Citizens League, Amicus Curiae (Regan vs King)
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 5
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Personal Papers
  - Description: Ephemera
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 6
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Personal Papers
  - Description: Clippings
    Dates: 1942-1945
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 7
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Personal Papers
  - Description: Subject Series -- Hirabayashi, Gordon K.
    Dates: 1943-1964
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 8
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Personal Papers
- Fellowship of Reconciliation
  - Description: Incoming Letters
    Dates: 1942-1943
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 9
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Fellowship of Reconciliation
  - Description: Outgoing Letters
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 10
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play
  - Description: Incoming Letters
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 11
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play
  - Description: Outgoing Letters
    Dates: 1943
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 12
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play
  - Description: Memorandum
    Dates: n.d.
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 13
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play
  - Description: Subject Series -- Suzuki, Mitsuo Paul
    Dates: 1943-1944
    Container: Box 0397-005 Box 1, Folder 14
    Location: Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945 / Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play
Accession No. 0397-006: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1941
1.28 cubic feet, (1 box)
Scope and Content: Scrapbook of clippings, ephemera, programs from her campaign for State Legislature and her community activism; ca 1933-1941.
Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.
Acquisition Info: Bibliographic Source: Frederick Farquharson papers
- Description: Mary U. Farquharson papers
  Container: Box 0397-006 Box 1
  Location: Accession No. 0397-006: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1941

Names and Subjects

Subject Terms

Japanese Americans--Civil rights
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Japanese Americans--Washington (State)
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans

Geographical Names

Washington (State)
Washington (State)--Race relations

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Farquharson, Mary U.--Archives
- Hirabayashi, Gordon K
- Suzuki, Mitsuo Paul
Corporate Names
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.)
- Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play

Mary Farquharson Papers, 1931-1981

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Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957Close Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957

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Series 3, EphemeraClose Series 3, Ephemera

Series 4, ClippingsClose Series 4, Clippings

Series 5, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WIL)Close Series 5, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WIL)

Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, WashingtonClose Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington

Subseries A, Incoming CorrespondenceClose Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence

Subseries B, Outgoing CorrespondenceClose Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence

Subseries C, EphemeraClose Subseries C, Ephemera

Series 7, Communist Party and ActivitiesClose Series 7, Communist Party and Activities

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Subseries B, Outgoing CorrespondenceClose Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence

Subseries C, EphemeraClose Subseries C, Ephemera

Subseries D, ClippingsClose Subseries D, Clippings

Series 8, American Civil Liberties UnionClose Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union

Subseries A, Incoming CorrespondenceClose Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence

Subseries B, Outgoing CorrespondenceClose Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence

Subseries C, Minutes and OrganizationClose Subseries C, Minutes and Organization

Subseries D, EphemeraClose Subseries D, Ephemera

Series 9, Seattle Council Against WarClose Series 9, Seattle Council Against War

Subseries A, Incoming CorrespondenceClose Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence

Subseries B, News ReleasesClose Subseries B, News Releases

Subseries C, ClippingsClose Subseries C, Clippings

Series 10, Urban League. SeattleClose Series 10, Urban League. Seattle

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Other Descriptive Information

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WritingsClose Writings

Fellowship of ReconciliationClose Fellowship of Reconciliation

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Subject Terms

Geographical Names

Other Creators

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Biographical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Accession No. 0397-001: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1957

Series 1, General Correspondence

Series 2, Campaign Materials

Series 3, Ephemera

Series 4, Clippings

Series 5, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WIL)

Series 6, U.S. Writers' Project, Washington

Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence

Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence

Subseries C, Ephemera

Series 7, Communist Party and Activities

Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence

Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence

Subseries C, Ephemera

Subseries D, Clippings

Series 8, American Civil Liberties Union

Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence

Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence

Subseries C, Minutes and Organization

Subseries D, Ephemera

Series 9, Seattle Council Against War

Subseries A, Incoming Correspondence

Subseries B, News Releases

Subseries C, Clippings

Series 10, Urban League. Seattle

Accession No. 0397-004: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1875-1982

Accession No. 0397-005: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1942-1945

Personal Papers

Writings

Fellowship of Reconciliation

Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play

Accession No. 0397-006: Mary U. Farquharson papers, 1933-1941

Names and Subjects