WAUFarquharsonMary397_5.xml Guide to the Mary Farquharson Papers 1931-1981 Farquharson (Mary) Papers Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 1996 (Last modified: 2/21/2025)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-04-17. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Mary Farquharson Papers Farquharson, Mary U. 0397 16 cubic feet 17 boxes 1931-1981 Washington State senator and liberal activist who aided incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II Collection materials are in English.

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.

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

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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 Farquharson, Mary U.--Archives Hirabayashi, Gordon K Suzuki, Mitsuo Paul Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play Washington (State)--Race relations Washington (State) Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 Japanese Americans--Washington (State) World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans Japanese Americans--Civil rights Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Japanese Americans Civil Rights 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 January 15, 1934 0397-001 Box 1 1

Includes League of Women Voters

 February 18-October 8, 1935 0397-001 Box 1 2

Includes W.W. Withington

 March 6-November 6, 1936 0397-001 Box 1 3

Includes A.V. of Washington

 January 1937 0397-001 Box 1 4 February-June 1937 0397-001 Box 1 5 February-August 1938 0397-001 Box 1 6

Includes Oregon Commonwealth Federation Democratic Party 46th District Progressive Democratic Club

 September-October 1938 0397-001 Box 1 7

Includes Oregon Commonwealth Federation Democratic Party. 46th District Progressive Democratic Club. Clarence D. Martin

 November-December 1938 0397-001 Box 1 8

Includes Benjamin Kizer

 January-March 1939 0397-001 Box 1 9

Includes 46th District People's Legislative Council; Washington Progressive League; Warren G. Magnuson, Washington Finance Budget and Business Department

 April-July 1939 0397-001 Box 1 10

Includes Oregon COmmonwealth Federation; Washington Finance, Budget and Business Department

 January-July 1940 0397-001 Box 1 11 August-December 1940 0397-001 Box 1 12

Includes U.S. Agriculture Department Washington Finance, Budget and Business Department

 January 1941 0397-001 Box 1 13 February 5-7, 1941 0397-001 Box 1 14

Includes American Civil Liberties Union, WPU

 February 10-25, 1941 0397-001 Box 1 15

Includes E.B. Hanley

 March 1941 0397-001 Box 1 16

Includes Washington University President, Benjamin Kizer

 May-August 1941 0397-001 Box 1 17

Includes Culbert L. Olson, U.S. Office of Production Management

 September-December 1941 0397-001 Box 1 18

Includes A.F.L. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America, International Brotherhood of; U.S. Office of Price Administration, Floyd Oles

 March-June 1942 0397-001 Box 1 19

Includes Washington Public Instruction Superintendent African Students Association

 March-July 1943 0397-001 Box 1 20

Includes American Friends Service Committee

 March-August 1944 0397-001 Box 1 21

Includes America's Town Meeting of the air; Pearsall, Robert J

 February-November 1944 0397-001 Box 1 22 Undated 0397-001 Box 1 23

Includes draft; showed war plants to be sold to private industry; broadcast by Dan McGovern

 Series 2, Campaign Materials

This series contains only circulars, cards, etc. There is no correspondence.

 Regarding Mary Farquharson 0397-001 Box 1 24 Miscellaneous A-J 0397-001 Box 1 25 Miscellaneous K-Z 0397-001 Box 1 26 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

 Miscellaneous 0397-001 Box 1 27 Newspapers 0397-001 Box 1 28

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)

 Cassette tape 201 A, B 2 sound cassette 0397-001 Box 1 29 Series 4, Clippings

See original folders at the end of box 3 for annotations

 Scrapbook 0397-001 Box 1 Clippings 0397-001 Box 2 1-4

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

 Clippings 0397-001 Box 2 5-10

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.

 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.

 Correspondence: Incoming-National Council for the Preservation of War June 1940 0397-001 Box 2 11 Correspondence: Incoming-WIL June-July 1940, September-December 1941 0397-001 Box 2 12-13 Correspondence: Outgoing June-August 1940 0397-001 Box 2 14 Ephemera 0397-001 Box 2 15

Consists of Publications by the 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 A.F.L. Central Labor Council, Tacoma May 1939 0397-001 Box 2 16 Bone, Homer Truett December 28, 1938-July 6, 1939 0397-001 Box 2 17 Egan, James W July 1940 0397-001 Box 2 18 Harris, Herbert January 21-February 19, 1939 0397-001 Box 2 19 King County Board of Commissioners March 1940 0397-001 Box 2 21 La Due, Herbert June 19-July 14, 1939 0397-001 Box 2 22 Martin, Clarence D. June 19-July 14, 1939 0397-001 Box 2 23 Nogleberg, John December 1939 0397-001 Box 2 24

Including letters from the following-Anne E. Windhusen, Alvin B. Pence, Paul Ashford, C. H. Ehrenberg

 Seattle Post-Intelligencer February 23-April 12, 1939 0397-001 Box 2 25 U.S. Works Projects Administration January 18-August 15, 1939 0397-001 Box 2 26 U.S. Works Projects Administration, Wn January 1939 0397-001 Box 2 27 U.S. Works Projects Administration Federal Writers' Project, Wn January 20-September, 1939 0397-001 Box 2 28-29 Washington. State Planning Council January 1940 0397-001 Box 2 30 Miscellaneous (A-Z) 0397-001 Box 2 31 Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence Correspondence: Outgoing December 24, 1938-June 26, 1940 0397-001 Box 2 32-34 Subseries C, Ephemera Tacoma Labor Advocate one copy 0397-001 Box 2 35 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 Gage, Fern 0397-001 Box 2 36 Gundlash, Ralph 1946, 1948 0397-001 Box 2 37 Harris, Herbert undated 0397-001 Box 2 38 National Youth Assembly Against Universal Military Training 1948 0397-001 Box 2 39 Savelle, Max 1948 0397-001 Box 2 40 Swomley, John M 1947-1948 0397-001 Box 2 41 Miscellaneous 0397-001 Box 2 42 Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence Correspondence: Outgoing 1940-1947 0397-001 Box 2 43 Subseries C, Ephemera Ephemera 0397-001 Box 2 44-46

Contents: reprints from Chicago Journal of Commerce. Congressional Record. Copies of Human Events, In Fact, Socialist Call, Western Socialist, plus other items.

 Subseries D, Clippings Regarding University firings 0397-001 Box 2 47 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 A.C.L.U. New York 1935-1948 0397-001 Box 3 1-5 A.C.L.U. Northern California Branch 1942 0397-001 Box 3 6 A.C.L.U. Seattle Branch 1936-1948 0397-001 Box 3 7 A.C.L.U. Southern California Branch 1948 0397-001 Box 3 8 American Federation of Teachers 1940 0397-001 Box 3 9 Becker, Ray 1938 0397-001 Box 3 10 Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights 1938. undated 0397-001 Box 3 11 Common Sense magazine 1938 0397-001 Box 3 12 Dowell, E Foster 1940 0397-001 Box 3 13 Fellowship of Reconciliation 1936 0397-001 Box 3 14 Free Ray Becker Committee 1936-1937 0397-001 Box 3 15 Houghton, Cluck and Coughlin 1937 0397-001 Box 3 16 Kizer, Benjamin H 1934-1939 0397-001 Box 3 17 Magnuson, Warren G 1937 0397-001 Box 3 18 Parker, Adele undated 0397-001 Box 3 19 Railroad Trainmen, Brotherhood of 1940 0397-001 Box 3 20 Shorter, Fred W undated 0397-001 Box 3 21 Smith, S. Stephenson 1938 0397-001 Box 3 22 State Committee for the Protection of Fundamental American Incorporated 1936 0397-001 Box 3 23 U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service 1937 0397-001 Box 3 24 Washington. Attorney General 1942 0397-001 Box 3 25 Washington Board of Prison Terms and Paroles 1935-1938 0397-001 Box 3 26 Washington University. Teacher's Union 1937 0397-001 Box 3 27 Miscellany 0397-001 Box 3 28 Subseries B, Outgoing Correspondence Correspondence: Outgoing 1935-1943, 1948 0397-001 Box 3 29-37 Subseries C, Minutes and Organization Minutes from Board of Directors, New York 1947-1948 0397-001 Box 3 38 By-laws of the Pacific Northwest Committee of the ACLU 0397-001 Box 3 39 Subseries D, Ephemera Ephemera 1935-1942 0397-001 Box 3 40-41

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

 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 Continental Congress of Workers and Farmers 1933 0397-001 Box 3 42 Eddy, Sherwood 1933 0397-001 Box 3 43 League for Industrial Democracy 1933-1934 0397-001 Box 3 44 National Council for Preservation of War 1933-1934 0397-001 Box 3 45 Reed College, Portland, Oregon 1933 0397-001 Box 3 46 Seattle Council Against War undated 0397-001 Box 3 47

Contains constitution description of Peace Institute, minutes

 Socialist Party 1934 0397-001 Box 3 48 The World Tomorrow, periodical 1933 0397-001 Box 3 49 Miscellany 1933 0397-001 Box 3 50 Subseries B, News Releases Regarding A. Fenner Brockway 0397-001 Box 3 51-52 Regarding Continental Congress of Workers and Farmers 0397-001 Box 3 53 Regarding Sherwood Eddy 0397-001 Box 3 54-55 Regarding George Kirkpatrick 0397-001 Box 3 56 Regarding Jeanette Rankin 0397-001 Box 3 57 Subseries C, Clippings Miscellany 0397-001 Box 3 58 Series 10, Urban League. Seattle Case file-William Barnic Foster 1953-1957 0397-001 Box 4 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

 Biographical features, personal documents, incoming letters, and miscellaneous correspondence 0397-004 Box 1 General Correspondence 0397-004 Box 2 Correspondence with Paul and Dora Zia, Diaries (5 vols.), financial and legal records 0397-004 Box 3 Speeches and writings, honors and awards, guest book, notes, and memorabilia 0397-004 Box 3 Subject Series: A-B 0397-004 Box 3 Subject Series: C-F 0397-004 Box 4 Subject Series: F-P 0397-004 Box 5 Subject Series: P-U 0397-004 Box 6 Subject Series: V-Y, Miscellany 0397-004 Box 7 Clippings, pamphlets, and reprints 0397-004 Box 7 Scrapbook 0397-004 Box 11 Publications, pamphlets, and reprints 0397-004 Box 8 Publications 0397-004 Box 9 Publications and photographs 0397-004 Box 10 Organizational Subgroups 0397-004 Box 10 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 Incoming Letters 1942-1945 0397-005 Box 1 1 Outgoing Letters 1937-1945 0397-005 Box 1 2 Writings "The Truth About Pearl Harbor," by John T. Flynn 1944 0397-005 Box 1 3 "The Japs Must Not Come Back!" by Lambert Schuyler 1944 0397-005 Box 1 3 "Christmas at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, Relocation Center," by Floyd Schmoe n.d. 0397-005 Box 1 3 Newsletters 1942, 1945 0397-005 Box 1 4 Legal Brief for Japanese American Citizens League, Amicus Curiae (Regan vs King) 1943 0397-005 Box 1 5 Ephemera 1943 0397-005 Box 1 6 Clippings 1942-1945 0397-005 Box 1 7 Subject Series -- Hirabayashi, Gordon K. 1943-1964 0397-005 Box 1 8 Fellowship of Reconciliation Incoming Letters 1942-1943 0397-005 Box 1 9 Outgoing Letters 1943 0397-005 Box 1 10 Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play Incoming Letters 1943 0397-005 Box 1 11 Outgoing Letters 1943 0397-005 Box 1 12 Memorandum n.d. 0397-005 Box 1 13 Subject Series -- Suzuki, Mitsuo Paul 1943-1944 0397-005 Box 1 14 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

 Mary U. Farquharson papers 0397-006 Box 1