WAUDaschbachJohnS3050.xml Guide to the John S. Daschbach Papers 1936-1957 Daschbach (John S.) 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 © 2002 (Last modified: 4/12/2018)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-05. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries John S. Daschbach papers Daschbach, John S 3050 3.78 cubic feet 9 boxes 1936-1957 Papers of a salesman, teacher, and civil rights worker from Seattle, Washington. Collection materials are in English.

John S. Daschbach was a salesman, teacher, and civil rights worker from Seattle, Washington. He chaired the Washington Civil Rights Congress, the local branch of a national organization organized in 1946 as an association for the "defense of the constitutional rights and civil liberties of the American people, including Communists and Negroes." The Civil Rights Congress, accused of being a Communist front organization, was investigated by the Subversive Activities Control Board and a grand jury. In 1956 the organzation and its branches dissolved. The Civil Rights Congress took an interest in cases which involved Communists or Black Americans whom the National Congress supported with legal assistance, fund raising, and publicity. Daschbach was one of seven defendants who were arrested in 1952 as accused Communists and tried in 1953 under the Smith Act in U.S. vs. Huff et. al. Daschbach was also a board member, extension director, and teacher at the Seattle Labor School (also known as the Pacific Northwest Labor School). His wife, Marjorie Daschbach, was also a board member.

Arranged in 4 series:

Civil Rights Congress (Washington State) records, 1948-1956 Seattle Labor School records, 1936-1949 Personal papers, circa 1940-1941, 1956-1957 Marjorie Daschbach correspondence, circa 1951-1955

The John S. Daschbach papers document Daschbach's activities as chair of the Washington State Civil Rights Congress and as extension director and teacher at the Seattle Labor School. In addition to organizational records, the Civil Rights Congress (Washington State) series includes files concerning a number of civil rights cases in which the Civil Rights Congress took an interest, for example, the Foley Square Trial and the Seattle Smith Act case. Most cases involved Communists or African Americans whom the National Congress supported with legal assistance, fund raising, and publicity. The series also includes information about the the Washington State House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities, commonly known as the Canwell Committee. The Seattle Labor School series includes minutes, correspondence, teaching materials, newsletters, and ephemera from the school. The Personal Papers series includes collected documentation on the Boeing Strike in 1941.

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The creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Gift of John Daschbach, December 1979 and March 1980.

Accessions No. 3050-001 and 3050-002 were merged when the papers were processed in 1980.

Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.

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Daschbach, John S.--Archives Daschbach, Marjorie Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980 Velde, Harold Himmel, 1910-1985 Caughlan, John, 1909-1999 Washington Civil Rights Congress Seattle Labor School (Seattle, Wash.) Boeing Aircraft Company United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government--20th century Washington (State)--Politics and government--20th century Civil rights workers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives Civil rights--Washington (State)--Societies, etc Communist trials--Washington (State) Trials (Political crimes and offenses)--Washington (State) Aircraft industry--Washington (State) Strikes and lockouts--Aircraft industry--Washington (State)--Puget Sound Region Civil rights--Washington (State) Teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Seattle Washington (State) Labor History Civil Rights Photographs Elementary and Secondary Education Photographs Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) conferences criminal court records Minutes Reports Newsletters writings Speeches, addresses, etc Memorandums Correspondence Press releases Financial records curricula Pamphlets Petitions Seattle Labor School News Labor School News Civil Rights Congress (Washington State) Records 1948-1956 Organizational Features 1949, 1954-1955 3050-001 Box 1 1 Outgoing Letters - Appeal Letters May 1954 3050-001 Box 1 2 General Correspondence 1949-1955 3050-001 Box 1 3 Memoranda 1949-1955, undated 3050-001 Box 1 4 Court Papers 1949, undated 3050-001 Box 1 5 Speeches and Writings 1949-1950, undated 3050-001 Box 1 6 Speeches and Writings - William Patterson 1955, undated 3050-001 Box 1 7 Petitions 1949 3050-001 Box 1 8-9 Conferences and Conventions State Conference of Washington State Civil Rights Congress 1949, 1951 3050-001 Box 1 10 Chicago Chapters Secretaries Conference June 4-5, 1949 3050-001 Box 1 11 Washington State Peace Crusade Peace Conference November 11, 1951 3050-001 Box 1 12 National Executive Board Meeting 1950, 1952 3050-001 Box 1 13 St. Louis Leadership Conference June 12-13, 1954 3050-001 Box 1 14 Congressional Reports 1948 3050-001 Box 1 15 News Releases 1948 3050-001 Box 1 16 Newsletters Civil Rights Congress Newsletter 1949 3050-001 Box 1 17 Chapter Bulletin 1952, 1954 3050-001 Box 1 18-19 Miscellaneous 1949-1952, undated 3050-001 Box 1 20 Publications 1949-1950, 1952, undated 3050-001 Box 1 21-22 Directories 1949, 1951, undated 3050-001 Box 2 1 Lists 1954, undated 3050-001 Box 2 2 Clippings 1949-1957 3050-001 Box 2 3-5 Ephemera 1950-1955, undated 3050-001 Box 2 6-7 Photographs of Tule Lake Relocation Center 1952 3050-001 Box 2 7 Subject Files American Committee to Protect the Foreign Born 1955, undated 3050-001 Box 2 8 Canwell Committee Historical Features undated 3050-001 Box 2 9 General Correspondence 1948 3050-001 Box 2 10 University of Washington Hearings undated 3050-001 Box 2 11 Writings undated 3050-001 Box 2 12 Court Papers 1950 3050-001 Box 2 13 Petitions undated 3050-001 Box 2 14 Clippings 1948-1949 3050-001 Box 2 15 Ephemera undated 3050-001 Box 2 16 Civil Rights Congress (Connecticut) General Correspondence 1954-1955 3050-001 Box 2 17 Court Papers [1954?] 3050-001 Box 2 18-19 Ephemera 3050-001 Box 2 20 Civil Rights Congress (Pennsylvania) General Correspondence 1953-1955 3050-001 Box 2 21 Newsletters 1954-1955 3050-001 Box 2 22 Civil Rights Congress (Pittsburgh) Newsletters 1954-1955 3050-001 Box 3 1 Memoranda 1954, undated 3050-001 Box 3 2 Civil Rights Congress (Massachusetts) Ephemera 1952-1954, undated 3050-001 Box 3 3 Donaldson (Margaret) Case Historical Features 1950 3050-001 Box 3 4 General Correspondence 1950 3050-001 Box 3 5 Court Papers 1950 3050-001 Box 3 6 Miscellany 1950 3050-001 Box 3 7 Clippings 1950 3050-001 Box 3 8 Foley Square Trial (Trial of the Twelve) Historical Features 1949, 1951 3050-001 Box 3 9 General Correspondence 1948-1949 3050-001 Box 3 10 Memoranda 1948-1949 3050-001 Box 3 11 Reports (Trial Summaries) 1949 3050-001 Box 3 12 News Releases 1949 3050-001 Box 3 13-14 Speeches and Writings October-November 1949, undated 3050-001 Box 3 15 Resolutions 1949 3050-001 Box 3 16 Petitions October-November 1949 3050-001 Box 3 17 Clippings 1949 3050-001 Box 3 18 Ephemera 1948-1949 3050-001 Box 3 19 Foley Square Trial -- Rehearing General Correspondence 1950-1951 3050-001 Box 3 20 Court Papers 1949-1951, undated 3050-001 Box 3 21 Newsletters 1950-1951 3050-001 Box 3 22 Ephemera 1950-1951 3050-001 Box 3 23 Forgeries (Crank File) 1951-1955 3050-001 Box 3 24 Forgeries (False Want Ads) 1950-1951 3050-001 Box 3 25-26 Internal Security Act of 1950 (McCarran Act) Historical Features 1950, 1955 3050-001 Box 3 27 General Correspondence 1950-1952, 1955 3050-001 Box 3 28-30 Minutes (ILUW Protest) 1950 3050-001 Box 3 31 Memoranda 1950-1952, undated 3050-001 Box 3 32 Speeches and Writings 1950, undated 3050-001 Box 4 1 News Releases 1952, 1955 3050-001 Box 4 2 Court Papers 1950, 1955, undated 3050-001 Box 4 3 Clippings 1950-1954, undated 3050-001 Box 4 4 Ephemera 1951, undated 3050-001 Box 4 5 Jones, Mindel, Davis and Other Cases 1955 3050-001 Box 4 6 Metaline Miners Strike General Correspondence 1949 3050-001 Box 4 7 Clippings March-April 1949 3050-001 Box 4 8 Ephemera 1949 3050-001 Box 4 9 Nelson (Steve) Case General Correspondence 1952-1955 3050-001 Box 4 10 Memoranda 1952-1955, undated 3050-001 Box 4 11

Including petitions.

 Court Papers 1955, undated 3050-001 Box 4 12 Speeches and Writings 1952-1953 3050-001 Box 4 13 News Releases 1954 3050-001 Box 4 14 Clippings undated 3050-001 Box 4 15 Ephemera 1955, undated 3050-001 Box 4 16 Patterson (William L.) Case Historical Features 1950 3050-001 Box 4 17 General Correspondence 1951-1954 3050-001 Box 4 18-19 Petitions undated 3050-001 Box 4 20 Court Papers April 1951 3050-001 Box 4 21 News Releases 1954 3050-001 Box 4 22 Clippings 1950-1952 3050-001 Box 4 23 Ephemera 1950, 1954, undated 3050-001 Box 4 24 Patterson (William L.) Tour Organizational Features 1951 3050-001 Box 4 25 General Correspondence December 1950-February 1951 3050-001 Box 4 26 Lists 1951 3050-001 Box 4 27 Miscellany January 1951 3050-001 Box 4 28 Ephemera 1951 3050-001 Box 4 29 Rosenberg Trial General Correspondence January-February 1953, undated 3050-001 Box 4 30 Clippings December 1952-January 1953 3050-001 Box 4 31 Ephemera 1953, undated 3050-001 Box 4 32 Seattle Six General Correspondence 1950 3050-001 Box 5 1 Petitions undated 3050-001 Box 5 2 Clippings 1950 3050-001 Box 5 3 Seattle Smith Act Case General Correspondence 1952-1955 3050-001 Box 5 4 General Correspondence with John Caughlin 1952-1956 3050-001 Box 5 5 General Correspondence regarding Appeal Drive 1954 3050-001 Box 5 6 Minutes September 1952, undated 3050-001 Box 5 7 Financial Records 1952-1955, undated 3050-001 Box 5 8 Conferences and Conventions - Emergency Civil Liberty Conference June 5, 1954 3050-001 Box 5 9 Memoranda 1952-1955, undated 3050-001 Box 5 10 Speeches and Writings undated 3050-001 Box 5 11 News Releases 1952-1953 3050-001 Box 5 12 Newsletters 1953, undated 3050-001 Box 5 13 Court Papers 1952, undated 3050-001 Box 5 14 Petitions undated 3050-001 Box 5 15 Notes undated 3050-001 Box 5 16 Lists [1951-1955?], undated 3050-001 Box 5 17 Clippings 1952-1954 3050-001 Box 5 18 Ephemera 1953, undated 3050-001 Box 5 19 Smith Act Historical Features 1949, 1951, undated 3050-001 Box 5 20 General Correspondence 1950-1955 3050-001 Box 5 21-24 Resolutions 1950-1951, undated 3050-001 Box 5 25 News Releases 1950-1953 3050-001 Box 5 26 Memoranda 1951-1955 3050-001 Box 5 27 Court Papers 1950-1951, undated 3050-001 Box 5 28 Petitions 1951, undated 3050-001 Box 5 29 Speeches and Writings 1950-1951, 1954, undated 3050-001 Box 5 30 Lists 1950-1951, undated 3050-001 Box 5 31 Newsletters 1950-1954, undated 3050-001 Box 5 32 Reports undated 3050-001 Box 6 1 Clippings 1950-1956, undated 3050-001 Box 6 2-3 Ephemera 1952-1955, undated 3050-001 Box 6 4-5 Sobell (Martin) Case 1955 3050-001 Box 6 6 Till (Emmett) Case 1955 3050-001 Box 6 7 Velde Un-American Activities Hearings, Seattle Publicity 1954 3050-001 Box 6 8 Appeals 1955 3050-001 Box 6 9 Clippings 1955 3050-001 Box 6 10 Seattle Labor School Records 1936-1949 1945-1949 Organizational Features undated 3050-001 Box 6 11 Organizational Information Concerning Committees and Classes 1948-1949 3050-001 Box 6 12 Minutes Advisory Board February-September 1946 3050-001 Box 6 13 Shareholders February-July 1948 3050-001 Box 6 14 Board of Directors 1948-1949 3050-001 Box 6 15 Staff Meetings May 1947-January 1948 3050-001 Box 6 16 Labor School Forum Winter 1948 3050-001 Box 6 17 Incoming Letters -- Board of Advisors 1946 3050-001 Box 6 18 Outgoing Letters December 1945-October 1946 3050-001 Box 6 19-20 General Correspondence 3050-001 Box 6 21-23 International Woodworkers of America (Extension Classes) May-December 1947 3050-001 Box 6 24-25 Bremerton (Extension Classes) January 1946-July 1948 3050-001 Box 6 26-27 Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, International Union (and Tacoma Smeltermen) 1947-1948 3050-001 Box 6 28 Regarding Proposed Affiliations December 1945-August 1946 3050-001 Box 7 1 Regarding Finances November 1947-January 1948 3050-001 Box 7 2 Regarding Courses and Instructors December 1945-October 1947 3050-001 Box 7 3-6 Regarding Forums August 1946-September 1947 3050-001 Box 7 7-10 Regarding Social Functions December 1945-November 1946 3050-001 Box 7 11-13 Regarding Dissolution of Seattle Labor School 1947-1949 3050-001 Box 7 14 Financial Records 1946-1948 3050-001 Box 7 15 Financial Records -- Audit Reports 1945-1948 3050-001 Box 7 16-17 Memoranda 1945-1947 3050-001 Box 7 18 Resolutions 1946, undated 3050-001 Box 7 19 Curriculum 1946-1947 3050-001 Box 7 20 Reports on Extension Courses undated 3050-001 Box 7 21 Speeches and Writings 1946, undated 3050-001 Box 7 22 Conferences and Conventions Seattle Labor School Conference October 6, 1945 3050-001 Box 7 23 Lists Seattle Businessmen undated 3050-001 Box 7 24 Board of Advisors, Directors 1945, undated 3050-001 Box 7 25 Attendance, Registration 1946-1947 3050-001 Box 7 26 News Releases 1946-1947, undated 3050-001 Box 7 27 Newsletters Seattle Labor School News March 1946 3050-001 Box 7 28 Labor School News 1946-1947 3050-001 Box 7 29 Teaching Material Agreements/Grievances 1947-1948, undated 3050-001 Box 7 30 Labor History 1947-1948, undated 3050-001 Box 7 31 Parliamentary Law 1948, undated 3050-001 Box 8 1 Shop Stewards 1948, undated 3050-001 Box 8 2 Miscellany 1946-1948. undated 3050-001 Box 8 3 Clippings 1946-1947 3050-001 Box 8 4 Ephemera Announcements 1946-1948 3050-001 Box 8 5 Seattle Labor School Pamphlets 1946-1947 3050-001 Box 8 6 Labor Songs undated 3050-001 Box 8 7 Publications and Miscellaneous 1936-1948 3050-001 Box 8 8-11 Subject Files Cannery Workers, CIO, Local 7 1948 3050-001 Box 8 12 Labor Education General Correspondence 1946, undated 3050-001 Box 8 13 Ephemera 1946, undated 3050-001 Box 8 14 Personal Papers 1940-1941, 1956-1957, undated Biographical Features undated 3050-001 Box 9 1 Subject Files Boeing Strike in 1941

Despite the fact that Daschbach collected materials about the Boeing Strike in 1971, there is no evidence that he participated in the stike.

 Minutes 1940 3050-001 Box 9 2 Resolutions 1941 3050-001 Box 9 3 Legal Papers February 1941, undated 3050-001 Box 9 4 Bulletins 1941, undated 3050-001 Box 9 5 Photograph (Unidentified) undated 3050-001 Box 9 6 Clippings 1940-1941 3050-001 Box 9 7-15 Ephemera undated 3050-001 Box 9 16 International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Local 184: Ephemera 1940 Clippings 1956-1957 3050-001 Box 9 18-19 Marjorie Daschbach Correspondence 1951-1955, undated 3050-001 Box 9 20