WAURochesterAlfredR3048.xml Guide to the Alfred R. Rochester Papers 1934-1979 Rochester (Alfred R.) Papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/18/2018)
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Drawer 6, Tapes 614A-C [2025, September, Tracy J Nishimoto]: encoded pdf inventory; during QC process, discovered Package 8 held duplicative materials- deprecated Box 8.

 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-09. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Alfred R. Rochester papers Rochester, Alfred R., 1895-1989 3048 9 cubic feet 9 boxes, 1 os vertical file; 3 audiocassettes 1934-1979 Papers of a public officer of Seattle, Washington Collection materials are in English.

Public officer of Seattle, Washington.

Alfred R. Rochester was born in 1895. Rochester served as State Director of the U.S. National Emergency Council, 1938-39; State Director of the U.S. Office of Government Reports, 1939-42; Seattle City Councilman, 1944-56; Executive Director of the Washington World's Fair Commission, 1959-62. He died in 1989.

Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, ephemera, clippings and photographs; 1934-1979.

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Donated by Alfred R. Rochester, Nov. 1979, Aug. 1983

 Rochester, Alfred R. 1895-1989--Archives Weinstein, Julius D Delfeld, H. J Johnston, Roland B Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989 Bradford, James E Business Men's Committee of North Central Washington Washington (State). World Fair Commission (1955-1962) National Emergency Council (U.S.) Reconstruction Finance Corporation United States. Office of Government Reports United States. Farm Security Administration National Governors' Conference United States. Farm Credit Administration Washington State Planning Council Seattle (Wash.). City Council Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Photographs City Planning Series 1: U.S. National Emergency Council, Washington Organizational Features 1939 3048-001 Box 1 1 General Correspondence re: Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission 1939 May 3048-001 Box 1 2 Carroll, Thomas P. interoffice correspondence 1936-1937 3048-001 Box 1 3 Dykstra, S. H. interoffice correspondence 1936-1937 3048-001 Box 1 4 Foster, Addison G. interoffice correspondence 1936 September - June 1939 3048-001 Box 1 5-9 Hamlin, Frank interoffice correspondence 1939 March - June 3048-001 Box 1 10 Johnston, Roland B. interoffice correspondence 1936 July - 1938 June 3048-001 Box 1 11 Leggett, Eugene S. interoffice correspondence 1934 November - 1939 April 3048-001 Box 1 12-13 Mellett, Lowell interoffice correspondence 1938 June - 1939 June 3048-001 Box 1 14 Miller, C. H. interoffice correspondence 1936 3048-001 Box 1 15 Mitchell, D. Stanley interoffice correspondence 1937 January - March 3048-001 Box 1 16 Oulahan, Richard interoffice correspondence 1937 March - October 3048-001 Box 1 17 Root, Harriet interoffice correspondence 1934 December - 1938 November 3048-001 Box 1 18 Rowe, James H. interoffice correspondence 1935 September - 1936 November 3048-001 Box 1 19 Foster, Addison G., re: Della Graff interoffice correspondence 1935 August - 1938 October 3048-001 Box 1 20 Interoffice correspondence re: Wood, Alice Lawrence 1935 January - 1938 November 3048-001 Box 1 21 Report of Policy Committee to the Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Conference 1939 April 29 3048-001 Box 1 22 Operations Report of Federal Emergency Agencies 1933 March - 1936 June 30 3048-001 Box 1 23 Press Releases 1936, 1939 3048-001 Box 1 24 Publications 1938 3048-001 Box 1 25 Series 2: U.S. Government Reports Office, Washington Organizational 1958 3048-001 Box 1 26 General Correspondence 1939 July - 1942 3048-001 Box 1 27-29 Foster, Addison interoffice correspondence 1939 August - 1941 January 3048-001 Box 1 30-32 Graff, Della interoffice correspondence 1939-1940 3048-001 Box 1 33 Hamblet, Phillip C. interoffice correspondence 1942 January - May 3048-001 Box 1 34 Hamlin, Frank interoffice correspondence 1939 July - 1940 February 3048-001 Box 1 35-37 Herring, Eleanor E. A. interoffice correspondence 1939 February - 1940 September 3048-001 Box 1 38 Mellett, Lowell interoffice correspondence 1939 July - 1940 July, 1942 3048-001 Box 1 39 Mitchell, D. Stanley interoffice correspondence 1939 October - 1940 December 3048-001 Box 1 40 Root, Harriet interoffice correspondence 1939 3048-001 Box 1 41 U.S. Government Reports Office, Montana interoffice correspondence 1940 3048-001 Box 1 42 Walkinshaw, Walter interoffice correspondence 1940 September - October 3048-001 Box 1 43 Newsletter 1939 October - 1940 February 3048-001 Box 1 44 Reports 1939-1940 3048-001 Box 1 45 Press Releases 1940 3048-001 Box 1 46 Directory of Federal and State Departments of Agencies in Washington (state) 1939, 1940 3048-001 Box 1 47 Miscellaneous publications 1939-1942 3048-001 Box 1 48 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Program 1940 3048-001 Box 2 1-2 Business Men's Committee of North Central Washington (Julius D. Weinstein, chairman) general correspondence 1939 October - 1941 July 3048-001 Box 2 3-6 Business Men's Committee of North Central Washington (Julius D. Weinstein, chairman) editorials 1933, 1939-1940 3048-001 Box 2 7 Business Men's Committee of North Central Washington (Julius D. Weinstein, chairman) writings 1939, 1940 3048-001 Box 2 8 Business Men's Committee of North Central Washington (Julius D. Weinstein, chairman) wall chart 1939 3048-001 Box 2 9 Business Men's Committee of North Central Washington (Julius D. Weinstein, chairman) clippings 1940 3048-001 Box 2 10 Series 3: Seattle, Council Biographical Features 1956 3048-001 Box 2 11 General Correspondence 1945-1949, 1955-1956 3048-001 Box 2 12 General Correspondence - Personal 1956 3048-001 Box 2 13 Resolutions 1953, 1955 3048-001 Box 2 14 Reports 1953, 1955, 1956 3048-001 Box 2 15 Speeches and Writings 1948 3048-001 Box 2 16 Address List undated 3048-001 Box 2 17 Photographs undated 3048-001 Box 2 18-23 Ephemera 1953 3048-001 Box 2 24 Clippings 1944-1952 3048-001 Box 2 25-29 Campaign 1956 3048-001 Box 2 30 Proposition I 1956 3048-001 Box 2 31 U.S.S. Valley Forge approximately 1953 3048-001 Box 2 32 Far East Trip itinerary and programs 1953 3048-001 Box 2 33 Far East Trip general correspondence 1953 3048-001 Box 2 34 Far East Trip general correspondence - personal 1953 3048-001 Box 2 35 Far East Trip speeches and writings 1953 3048-001 Box 2 36 Far East Trip messages 1953 3048-001 Box 2 37 Far East Trip servicemen's messages to families 1953 3048-001 Box 2 38-39 Far East Trip photographs undated 3048-001 Box 2 40 Far East Trip ephemera 1953 3048-001 Box 2 41-42 Far East Trip clippings 1953 3048-001 Box 2 43 Series 4: Seattle, Century 21 Exposition Historical Features 1955, 1959-1962 3048-001 Box 3 1 Organizational Features 1949, 1958-1962 3048-001 Box 3 2 World Fair Commission minutes 1955 August 19 3048-001 Box 3 3 Century 21 Commission minutes 1960 3048-001 Box 3 4 Century 21 Commission (various subcommittees) minutes 1958, 1960-1962 3048-001 Box 3 5 World's Fair Commission minutes 1961-1962 3048-001 Box 3 6-7 Incoming Letters 1960-1963 3048-001 Box 3 8 Outgoing Letters 1960-1962 3048-001 Box 3 9 Miscellaneous general correspondence 1956-1963 3048-001 Box 3 10 General Correspondence re: Passes (Gold and Silver) 1962 3048-001 Box 3 11 General Correspondence re: Personal/Official favors 1962 3048-001 Box 3 12-13 General Correspondence re: Plaza of the States 1961-1962 3048-001 Box 3 14 General Correspondence re: Rochester appointment schedule 1960-1962 3048-001 Box 3 15-18 General Correspondence re: Tickets for institutionalized children 1962 3048-001 Box 3 19 Invitations 1962 3048-001 Box 3 20 Financial Records 1960-1962 3048-001 Box 3 21 Legal Documents 1960, 1963 3048-001 Box 3 22 Activities of the Protocol Office of the Seattle World's Fair report 1962 3048-001 Box 3 23 Visitors' Reactions to the Seattle World's Fair report 1962 October 3048-001 Box 3 24 Miscellaneous reports 1960-1962 3048-001 Box 3 25 Speeches and Writings 1955-1962 3048-001 Box 3 26-27 Play Bills 1962 3048-001 Box 3 28 List 1962 3048-001 Box 3 29 Partial map of Seattle 1959 3048-001 Box 3 30 Publications 1952, 1958-1962 3048-001 Box 3 31-32 Ephemera 1962 3048-001 Box 7 Photographs 1962 3048-001 Box 4 Oversize Mounted Photographs 1962 3048-001 OSVF 5 Seattle World's Fair Disc-Shaped Plaque 1962 3048-001 Box 6 Clippings 1961-1962 3048-001 Box 7 8-19 California Contacts - Promotional Presentations 1960 3048-001 Box 9 13 Naval Ships 1962 3048-001 Box 9 14 Opening Day Plans 1962 3048-001 Box 9 15 Theme Building 1961 3048-001 Box 9 16-17 National Governors Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1961 general correspondence 1961 3048-001 Box 9 18 National Governors Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1962 news releases 1961 3048-001 Box 9 19 National Governors Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1963 photographs 1961 3048-001 Box 9 20 National Governors Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1964 ephemera 1961 3048-001 Box 9 21 National Governors Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1965 clippings 1961 3048-001 Box 9 22 Series 5: New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Organizational Features 1964 3048-001 Box 9 23 General Correspondence 1963-1965 3048-001 Box 9 24 Interoffice Correspondence 1963 3048-001 Box 9 25 Rules and Regulations 1961-1965 3048-001 Box 9 26 Industrial Exhibits - Alfred Rochester report 1963 3048-001 Box 10 1 Visitors to the Fair report 1965 3048-001 Box 10 1 Report on all Fair Charges 1963 3048-001 Box 10 2 Miscellaneous reports 1963-1964 3048-001 Box 10 3 Progress Reports 1962-1963 3048-001 Box 10 4-5 Lists 1964-1965 3048-001 Box 10 6 Official Guide Book (original and revised editions) 1964, 1965 3048-001 Box 10 7 Miscellaneous publications 1965 3048-001 Box 10 8 Ephemera 1963-1965 3048-001 Box 10 9-10 Miscellaneous 1962, 1964 3048-001 Box 10 11 Clippings 1960-1961 3048-001 Box 10 12 Series 6: Magnuson, Warren Grant Organizational Features 1971-1975 3048-001 Box 10 13 General Correspondence 1971-1977 3048-001 Box 10 14-15 General Correspondence re: Democratic Campaigns 1964, 1968 3048-001 Box 10 16 General Correspondence (directed to other than Rochester) 1972-1977 3048-001 Box 10 17 Press Releases 1973, 1976-1977 3048-001 Box 10 18 Speeches of Others (Jimmy Carter) 1976 3048-001 Box 10 19 Photographs 1936 3048-001 Box 10 20-21 Lists 1956, 1972-1974 3048-001 Box 10 22 Ephemera 1961, 1970-1975 3048-001 Box 10 23 Clippings 1970s 3048-001 Box 10 24 Series 7: Rochester, Alfred R. - Personal Biographical Features - includes taped interview 1979 3048-001 Box 11 Family correspondence 1946 3048-001 Box 11 1 Mary Ellen Rochester Dubay correspondence 1962, 1968, 1971, 1974 3048-001 Box 11 2 Junius C. Rochester, "Jack" correspondence 1934, 1937, 1942, 1950-1971 3048-001 Box 11 3 Junius "Dude" Rochester correspondence 1948, 1958, 1972-1973 3048-001 Box 11 4 Miscellaneous correspondence 1936-1978 3048-001 Box 11 5-14 General Correspondence re: Employment Referrals 1960-1961 Lists 1944, 1958, 1971 3048-001 Box 4 8 Miscellaneous 1974-1976 3048-001 Box 4 9 Clipping 1961 3048-001 Box 4 10 Campaigns of Alfred and Junius Rochester 1958, 1977 3048-001 Box 4 11 Expo '74 - World's Fair, Spokane, Washington 1974 3048-001 Box 4 12