Robert E. Burke collection

Robert E. Burke collection, 1892-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Burke, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1921-1998

Title

Robert E. Burke collection

Dates

1892-1994 (inclusive)

Quantity

60.43 cubic feet (68 boxes plus 2 oversize folders and 1 oversize vertical file)

Collection Number

2874, 4128

Summary

Professor of history, University of Washington, and collector of labor and New Deal related materials

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

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Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

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Languages

English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Robert E. Burke was a history professor at University of Washington from 1958 until 1993. Burke acquired this collection during his research, which often focused on studies of progressive and radical politics in California and the United States during the New Deal.

The Washington Commonwealth Federation was created in 1935 from efforts of the Commonwealth Builders. It was a coalition of organized labor, local Democratic Party clubs, advocates of technocracy, and old-age pension supporters. It operated as a left-wing political organization that sought to control the Democratic Party of of Washington state. For most of its history, it focused on drafting, supporting, and endorsing candidates for local, state and federal public offices, and lobbying public officials in pursuit of its own policy agenda. The Federaton was often a center of controversy because of the dominant role played by the Communist Party in setting Federation policy, and because many of its members were also members of the Communist Party. Hugh DeLacy, the Federation's president from 1938 to 1945, was elected to Congress from Seattle in 1944. His election was a high point for the organization, but also left it with a leadership crisis. Having achieved some of its goals in effecting Democratic Party unity and change, the WCF dissolved in 1945.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

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Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

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Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 5 accessions.

Accession No. 2874-002, Robert E. Burke collection, 1934-1945
Accession No. 2874-004, Robert E. Burke collection, 1892-1960
Accession No. 4128-001, Robert E. Burke collection, 1947-1990
Accession No. 4128-002, Robert E. Burke collection, 1910-1994
Accession No. 4128-003, Robert E. Burke collection, 1959

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 2874-002: Robert E. Burke collection, 1934-1945Return to Top

9.06 cubic feet (9 boxes, 2 oversize folder)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, convention and campaign files, minutes, financial records, resolutions, speeches and writings, and lists, of the Washington Commonwealth Federation; 1934-1945.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Robert E. Burke, Prof. UW History Dept., September 22, 1978

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Washington Commonwealth Federation
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	2874-002	Organizational Features	1941, 1943; undated
1/2	2874-002	Constitution	1938, 1940; undated
1/3	2874-002	Charters, License, Etc.	1942, 1944; undated
		General Correspondence
Box/Folder	Accession
1/4	2874-002	Abel, Don	undated
1/5	2874-002	American Federation of Labor. King County	1941
1/6	2874-002	American Red Cross	1944
1/7	2874-002	Becker, Ray	1938
1/8	2874-002	Bone, Homer T.	1936-44
1/9	2874-002	Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity	1936
1/10-14	2874-002	Coffee, John M.	1937-44
1/15	2874-002	Devin, William F.	1943, 1944
1/16	2874-002	Dill, Clarence C.	1942
1/17	2874-002	Hill, Knute	1939-42
1/18	2874-002	Holmes, Hal	1943, 1944
1/19	2874-002	Horan, Walt	1943, 1944; undated
1/20	2874-002	International Labor Defense	1944; undated
1/21	2874-002	International Woodworkers of America. Sub-Local #2, Pacific County	1941
1/22	2874-002	International Woodworkers of America. Washington State Local 3-47 Salkum, WA	1940
1/23	2874-002	Jackson, Henry M.	1941-44
1/24	2874-002	Japanese American Committee for Democracy	1942
1/25	2874-002	Ku Klux Klan. Seattle Realm No. 1	1937; undated
1/26	2874-002	Labor’s Non-Partisan League	1938-41
1/27	2874-002	Leavy, Charles H.	1938-42
1/28	2874-002	Levine, David	1939
1/29-32	2874-002	Magnuson, Warren G.	1937-44
1/33	2874-002	Marcantonio, Vito	1941
1/34	2874-002	Miles, W.M.	1942
1/35	2874-002	National Conference on Constitutional Amendment	1937
1/36-41	2874-002	National Federation for Constitutional Liberties	1941-43; undated
1/42	2874-002	Rosellini, Albert D.	1941
1/43	2874-002	Rosellini, Hugh J.	1941
1/44	2874-002	Ross, J. D. (U.S. Bonneville Power Project)	1938
1/45	2874-002	Schuster, Joseph E.	1942
1/46	2874-002	Smith, Martin F.	1937-42
1/47	2874-002	Tyler, Richard G.	1940
1/48	2874-002	U.S. Treasury Department	1939
1/49	2874-002	U.S. Week (News Journal)	1941
1/50	2874-002	Wallace, Henry A. (U.S. Vice President)	1942; undated
1/51	2874-002	Wallgren, Monrad C.	1938-42
1/52	2874-002	Washington Commonwealth Federation. 31st District	1939, 1940
1/53	2874-002	Washington Liberal Coalition	1938
1/54	2874-002	Washington State Federation of Labor	1940-42
1/55	2874-002	Wheeler, Burton K.	1941
1/56	2874-002	Willkie, Wendell	1942
1/57-61	2874-002	Miscellaneous	1938-44
		General Correspondence By Geographical Location
Box/Folder	Accession
1/62	2874-002	Aberdeen	1939, 1940
1/63	2874-002	Alaska	1936-39; undated
1/64	2874-002	Cowlitz County	1939
1/65	2874-002	Grays Harbor County	1937-41
1/66	2874-002	Kelso, Longview	1940-42
1/67	2874-002	King County. Miscellaneous	1941-42
1/68	2874-002	Kitsap County	1940
1/69, 70	2874-002	Mason County	1940-42
1/71	2874-002	Olympic Peninsula	1940-41
1/72	2874-002	Onalaska	1940, 1941
1/73	2874-002	Pend Oreille County	1938
1/74, 75	2874-002	Pierce County	1938, 1941
1/76	2874-002	Ryerwood	1942
1/77	2874-002	Skagit County	1940-42
1/78	2874-002	Snohomish County	1940-42
1/79	2874-002	Spokane	1942
1/80	2874-002	Thurston County	1937-42
1/81	2874-002	Utah	1939
1/82	2874-002	Vancouver	1941
1/83	2874-002	Wenatchee	1942
1/84, 85	2874-002	Whatcom County	1939-42
1/86	2874-002	Yakima	1941
1/87	2874-002	Yakima County	1940
		General Correspondence Regarding
Box/Folder	Accession
1/88	2874-002	International Woodworkers of America Claims	1938
1/89	2874-002	La Follette Committee	1936, 1939; undated
1/90	2874-002	Maritime Unions	1941, 1942
1/91	2874-002	National Defense Firings (Navy Yard)	1941, 1942; undated
1/92	2874-002	Natural Resources	1941
1/93	2874-002	Public Welfare	1937, 1938; undated
1/94	2874-002	Rejection of Washington Commonwealth Federation	1935
1/95	2874-002	Sawyer, Harold M.	1938
1/96	2874-002	Soviet Relations	1941, 1942; undated
1/97	2874-002	Victory Fighters	1944
		Subject Series
Box/Folder	Accession
2/1	2874-002	6th Congressional District	1941
2/2, 3	2874-002	Aberdeen (Laura Law Murder Case)	1940
2/4	2874-002	Academic Freedom	1941
2/5	2874-002	Aeronautical Mechanics Union Local 751	1940, 1941
2/6-10	2874-002	Affiliates	1935-44
2/11	2874-002	Affiliates. Congress of Industrial Organizations	1944
2/12	2874-002	Affiliates. Disaffiliates	1937-40
2/13	2874-002	Affiliates. Labor	1935-37
2/14	2874-002	Affiliates. Letters to	1941-42
2/15	2874-002	Affiliation. Application for	1940
2/16	2874-002	America First Committee	undated
2/17	2874-002	American Civil Liberties Union	1937-40
		American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born
Box/Folder	Accession
2/18	2874-002	General Correspondence	1942-44
2/19	2874-002	Minutes	1942-44
Box/Folder	Accession
2/20	2874-002	American League for Peace and Democracy	1937-39
2/21	2874-002	Anchor Press	1938
2/22	2874-002	Anti-Fascist Washington Commonwealth Federation Meeting	1941
2/23	2874-002	Anti-Fascist	1939, 1943; undated
2/24	2874-002	Associated Farmers	1938-39
2/25	2874-002	Atlantic Charter Rally	1942
2/26	2874-002	Blackout Ordinance	undated
2/27-31	2874-002	Bridges, Harry	1939-44
2/32	2874-002	Browder, Earl	1942
2/33	2874-002	California	1938, 1939
2/34, 35	2874-002	Canada	1938-42; undated
2/36	2874-002	Christian Party	1936; undated
2/37	2874-002	Civilian Defense	undated
2/38, 39	2874-002	Civil Liberties	1939-44; undated
2/40	2874-002	Civil Liberties (Re: Vincent Noga)	1920-44; undated
2/41	2874-002	Civil Liberties (Wapato Race Riot)	1939
2/42	2874-002	Colorado Progressive Federation	1939
2/43	2874-002	Communism (Communist Party U.S.A.)	1938; undated
2/44	2874-002	Congress of Industrial Organizations	1939-42; undated
2/45	2874-002	Conscription Bill	1940
2/46	2874-002	Consumer’s Action	1941; undated
2/47	2874-002	Defense Work	1941, 1942; undated
2/48	2874-002	Democratic Questionnaire	1937
		Dies Committee	1942
Box/Folder	Accession
2/49	2874-002	General Correspondence	1942
2/50	2874-002	Miscellany	1942
Box/Folder	Accession
2/51	2874-002	Fair Employment Practices	1942, 1942
2/52	2874-002	Farley, James A.	1938, 1939; undated
2/53	2874-002	Fascism	1936; undated
3/1	2874-002	Food for Victory	1942, 1943; undated
3/2	2874-002	Fund and Sub Drive	1940
3/3	2874-002	Health	1938-40
3/4	2874-002	Hootenannies	1944; undated
3/5	2874-002	Housing	undated
3/6	2874-002	Initiative 130	1938
3/7	2874-002	Initiative 151	1942
		Japan Boycott
Box/Folder	Accession
3/8	2874-002	General Correspondence	1937-40
3/9	2874-002	Minutes	1938
3/10	2874-002	Speeches and Writings	1937-40; undated
3/11	2874-002	Clippings	1937-39
box-folder:oversize
Misc.Oversize. Box 7	2874-002	Posters: Japan Boycott	undated
Box/Folder
3/12	2874-002	Ephemera/Miscellany	undated
Box/Folder	Accession
3/13	2874-002	King County Political Action Committee	undated
3/14	2874-002	King County Sentinel	1937; undated
3/15	2874-002	Langlie, Arthur B.	undated
3/16	2874-002	Lease	1941-44
3/17, 18	2874-002	Legislative	1934-44; undated
3/19	2874-002	Legislative. State	1941-42 undated
3/20	2874-002	Legislative Miscellaneous	1942-44
3/21	2874-002	Martin, Charles E.	undated
3/22	2874-002	Martin, Clarence D.	1936; undated
3/23	2874-002	Migratory Labor	1938; undated
3/24	2874-002	Milk Survey	1939, 1942; undated
3/25	2874-002	Monopoly	1938, 1942
3/26	2874-002	Moral Rearmament	1939
3/27	2874-002	Nazi	1937; undated
3/28	2874-002	Negro	1937-42; undated
3/29	2874-002	New Order of Cincinnatus	1937, 1938; undated
3/30	2874-002	Nursery Schools	1942; undated
3/31	2874-002	Oklahoma Criminal Syndicalism Cases (International Labor Defense)	1941, 1942
		Old Age Pension Unions (Seattle Old Age Pension Union and Washington Pension Union)
Box/Folder	Accession
3/32	2874-002	General Correspondence	1938-42; undated
Box/Folder	Accession
3/33	2874-002	Membership Lists	undated
3/34	2874-002	Miscellany	1937-44
3/35	2874-002	Pacific County	1937; undated
3/36	2874-002	Peace	1939; undated
3/37	2874-002	Philippines and Filipinos	1939; undated
3/38	2874-002	Precincts	undated
3/39	2874-002	Price Control	1942-44; undated
3/40	2874-002	Public Power	1941, 1942; undated
3/41	2874-002	Radio License	1940; undated
3/42	2874-002	Relief Crisis	1939
3/43	2874-002	Renter’s Protective League of Washington	1937; undated
		Rents
Box/Folder	Accession
3/44	2874-002	General Correspondence	1941, 1942; undated
3/45	2874-002	Speeches, Writings and Reports	1941, 1942; undated
3/46	2874-002	Regulations (Federal)	1942
3/47	2874-002	Miscellany	1942; undated
Box/Folder	Accession
3/48	2874-002	Roosevelt, Franklin .D.	1941-44; undated
		Russian War Relief, Inc.
Box/Folder	Accession
3/49	2874-002	General Correspondence	1941, 1942; undated
3/50	2874-002	Lists	undated
Box/Folder	Accession
3/51	2874-002	Schwellenbach, Lewis B.	1937-39
3/52	2874-002	Seattle. City Council	1943, 1944; undated
3/53	2874-002	Seattle Post-Intelligencer	undated
3/54	2874-002	Seattle Star	1937-39
3/55	2874-002	Smith, Tom	1939
3/56	2874-002	Sound Truck	1939, 1940; undated
3/57	2874-002	Sponsoring Committees	undated
3/58	2874-002	Sunday News	1935-38; undated
3/59	2874-002	Third Term for FDR	1940; undated
3/60	2874-002	Trade Unions. AFL	1943-45; undated
4/1	2874-002	Trade Unions. CIO	1942-44
4/2, 3	2874-002	Trade Unions. Lists	1937-44; undated
4/4	2874-002	Trotsky, Leon	1942; undated
		U.S. Farm Security Administration
Box/Folder	Accession
4/5	2874-002	General Correspondence	1939
4/6	2874-002	Reports	1938, 1939
Box/Folder	Accession
4/7	2874-002	U.S. National Labor Relations Board	1937-41; undated
4/8	2874-002	U.S. Supreme Court Conference	undated
4/9	2874-002	U.S. Works Projects Administration	1938-40; undated
4/10	2874-002	Voters Aid League Service	undated
4/11	2874-002	War	1935-38; undated
4/12	2874-002	Washington State Social Security Council	1944
4/13	2874-002	Whatcom County	1937, 1938
4/14	2874-002	Women	1939; undated
4/15	2874-002	Workers Alliance of Washington	1936, 1937; undated
4/16	2874-002	Zioncheck Memorial Library and Fund	1937, 1939; undated
		Campaigns And Conventions
		1936 Campaign
Box/Folder	Accession
4/17	2874-002	General Correspondence
4/18	2874-002	Miscellany
4/19	2874-002	Union Party
		1936 (July) Convention
Box/Folder	Accession
4/20	2874-002	Delegate Roll Call
4/21-23	2874-002	Miscellany
4/24	2874-002	Legislative Proposals
4/25	2874-002	Resolutions
		1936 (April) Everett Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
4/26	2874-002	Minutes
4/27	2874-002	Adopted Resolutions
4/28	2874-002	Constitution Committee Report
		1936 (November) Convention
Box/Folder	Accession
4/29	2874-002	Minutes
		1937 (September) Convention
Box/Folder	Accession
4/30	2874-002	Applications
4/31	2874-002	Committees
4/32	2874-002	Convention Calls
4/33	2874-002	General Correspondence
4/34, 35	2874-002	Credentials
4/36	2874-002	Delegates
		1938 Campaign
Box/Folder	Accession
4/37	2874-002	Affidavits
4/38	2874-002	General Correspondence
4/39	2874-002	Miscellany
Box/Folder	Accession
4/40	2874-002	1938 Campaign (Seattle Mayoralty)
		1938 (February) Convention – City-County
Box/Folder	Accession
5/1	2874-002	General Correspondence
5/2	2874-002	Miscellany
5/3	2874-002	Credentials
5/4	2874-002	Minutes
5/5	2874-002	Resolutions
		1938 (November) Legislative Conference
Box/Folder	Accession
5/6	2874-002	Minutes
5/7, 8	2874-002	Credentials
5/9	2874-002	Platform Committee
5/10	2874-002	Proceedings
5/11, 12	2874-002	Miscellany
5/13	2874-002	Resolutions
		1940 (February) Convention
Box/Folder	Accession
5/14	2874-002	General Correspondence
5/15-18	2874-002	Miscellany
5/19-21	2874-002	Credentials
5/22	2874-002	State Board Resolutions
5/23	2874-002	Resolutions
		1941 (February) Legislative Convention and Conference
Box/Folder	Accession
5/24	2874-002	General Correspondence
5/25	2874-002	Delegates, Resolutions
5/26	2874-002	Delegates and Credentials
5/27	2874-002	Delegate Statistics
5/28	2874-002	Resolutions
5/29, 30	2874-002	Miscellany
		1942 Campaign
Box/Folder	Accession
6/1	2874-002	District Reports
6/2	2874-002	District Worker Lists
6/3	2874-002	Precinct Workers
6/4	2874-002	City Primaries
		1942 (September) Convention
Box/Folder	Accession
6/5	2874-002	General Correspondence
6/6	2874-002	Credentials
Box/Folder	Accession
6/7	2874-002	1942 (February) Washington’s Birthday Conference
6/8, 9	2874-002	1943 (February) Washington’s Birthday Conference
		1943 Campaign
Box/Folder	Accession
6/10	2874-002	Election Information (Out of Town)
Box/Folder	Accession
6/11	2874-002	1944 Legislative Candidates
6/12	2874-002	1944 Campaign (Spring) – Political Welfare Committee
6/13, 14	2874-002	1945 Convention – Dissolution
6/15	2874-002	undated District Work
6/16	2874-002	undated Ephemera
		Conferences And Conventions
Box/Folder	Accession
6/17	2874-002	2nd District Conference, Burlington	1942
6/18	2874-002	Farm-Labor	1940-41
6/19	2874-002	Independent Democrats of Washington Nominations	1940
		Washington State Emergency Defense Conference
Box/Folder	Accession
6/20, 21	2874-002	General Correspondence	1941
6/22	2874-002	Resolutions	1941
6/23	2874-002	Miscellany	1941
Box/Folder	Accession
6/24	2874-002	Washington State Industrial Union Council	1940
		Campaigns And Candidates
		DeLacy, Hugh 1937 City Council Campaign
Box/Folder	Accession
6/25	2874-002	Campaign Material
6/26	2874-002	Endorsements
		Clippings
Box/Folder	Accession
6/27	2874-002	City Light and other Power Problems
6/28	2874-002	Education
6/29	2874-002	Labor
6/30	2874-002	Miscellaneous Council Issues and City Items
6/31	2874-002	Miscellaneous Legislative Notes
6/32	2874-002	Municipal Health Issues
6/33	2874-002	Municipal Transportation Problems
6/34	2874-002	Pre-Primary
6/35	2874-002	Post-Primary
6/36	2874-002	Relief and WPA
Box/Folder	Accession
6/37	2874-002	Radio Continuity
7/1	2874-002	Miscellany
7/2, 3	2874-002	Publications
Box/Folder	Accession
7/4, 5	2874-002	DeLacy, Hugh 1938 City Council Campaign - Miscellany
7/6	2874-002	DeLacy, Hugh 1939 City Council Campaign - Miscellany
		DeLacy, Hugh 1940 City Council Campaign
Box/Folder	Accession
7/7	2874-002	General Correspondence
7/8	2874-002	Endorsements
7/9	2874-002	General Literature
7/10	2874-002	Miscellany
		DeLacy, Hugh 1942 City Council Campaign
Box/Folder	Accession
7/11, 12	2874-002	General Correspondence
7/13	2874-002	Ads and Clippings
7/14	2874-002	Clippings
7/15	2874-002	Campaign Finances
7/16	2874-002	Finances
7/17, 18	2874-002	Literature of Others
7/19	2874-002	Miscellaneous
7/20	2874-002	News Releases
7/21	2874-002	Radio Continuity
7/22, 23	2874-002	Radio Speeches
		DeLacy, Hugh 1942 City Council Campaign (Spring)
Box/Folder	Accession
7/24	2874-002	Lists
7/25	2874-002	Miscellany
7/26	2874-002	Publicity and Statements
Box/Folder	Accession
7/27	2874-002	DeLacy, Hugh Record 1937-40
box-folder:oversize
Misc. Oversize Box 7	2874-002	DeLacy, Hugh – Campaign Posters	1942
Box/Folder
7/28	2874-002	Kingston, Ross City Council Campaign	1939
		Pettus, Terry City Council Campaign	1944
Box/Folder	Accession
7/29	2874-002	General Correspondence
7/30	2874-002	District Reports
7/31	2874-002	Literature
7/32	2874-002	Miscellany
7/33	2874-002	Radio Continuity
8/1	2874-002	Finances
8/2	2874-002	Workers
8/3	2874-002	Democratic Party – Convention
Box/Folder	Accession
8/4	2874-002	Warner, Joe Campaign (State House)	undated
Box/Folder	Accession
8/5	2874-002	Platform	1936-40; undated
8/6-8	2874-002	Public Welfare Resolutions	1938, 1941; undated
8/9, 10	2874-002	Resolutions	undated
		Speeches And Writings
Box/Folder	Accession
8/11	2874-002	Coffee, John M.	1941-44
8/12	2874-002	DeLacy, Hugh	undated
8/13	2874-002	Grange	1939, 1940
Box/Folder	Accession
8/14	2874-002	Memoranda (for Richard Neuberger Regarding Democratic Party)	1938; undated
8/15	2874-002	Press Releases	1941, 1944; undated
		Bulletins
Box/Folder	Accession
8/16, 17	2874-002	Miscellaneous	1937, 1938; undated
8/18	2874-002	Industrial Council of Washington, Seattle Division	1936
		Newsletters
Box/Folder	Accession
8/19	2874-002	Seattle Municipal News	1943
8/20	2874-002	The Week	1938-40
8/21	2874-002	of Others (including Bulletins)	1936-41
Box/Folder	Accession
8/22	2874-002	Publications	1936-42
		Lists
Box/Folder	Accession
8/23	2874-002	ADC (Mothers, Blacksmiths, Teachers, etc.)	1942
		BSEU
Box/Folder	Accession
8/24	2874-002	Members	1942
8/25	2874-002	43rd District	1942
Box/Folder	Accession
8/26	2874-002	Churches	1939
8/27	2874-002	Community Club	undated
8/28	2874-002	District Contacts	undated
8/29	2874-002	Grange	1941, 1944; undated
8/30	2874-002	Labor	undated
8/31	2874-002	Legislative Districts	undated
8/32	2874-002	Machinists	1943, 44; undated
8/33, 34	2874-002	Miscellaneous	1938-45; undated
8/35	2874-002	Newspapers	undated
8/36	2874-002	School Teachers	1943
Box/Folder	Accession
8/37	2874-002	Legal Documents	1935-40; undated
		Case Files
Box/Folder	Accession
8/38	2874-002	Edwin J. Brown vs. Washington Commonwealth Federation	1940
8/39	2874-002	H.J. Parker Suit	1940
8/40	2874-002	New Dealer	1939
8/41	2874-002	Pearsall, R.J. (Federal Writer’s Project, Tacoma)	1939
8/42	2874-002	Recall (WA State Senator Joseph Roberts)	1941
		Financial Records
Box/Folder	Accession
8/43	2874-002	Miscellaneous	1937, 1938
8/44	2874-002	Capital Stock Tax	1937-41
8/45	2874-002	Financial Statements	1939-44; undated
9/1	2874-002	Accounts Payable	1942
9/2	2874-002	Social Security Reports	1941, 1942
9/3	2874-002	Taxes	1943, 1944; undated
9/4	2874-002	Financial Statements	1944
Box/Folder	Accession
9/5	2874-002	Miscellany	1937-40; undated
9/6	2874-002	Ephemera	1938; undated
9/7	2874-002	Armed Services Welfare Committee	1942
9/8	2874-002	Commonwealth Builders Executive Board (incl. Minutes)	1934-36
		Executive Committee
Box/Folder	Accession
9/9	2874-002	General Correspondence	1937-41
9/10-13	2874-002	Minutes	1936-44
9/14	2874-002	Minutes and Miscellany	1942; undated
9/15	2874-002	Actions and Resolutions	1944
9/16	2874-002	Miscellany	1936
Box/Folder	Accession
9/17	2874-002	“500” Club	1939, 1940
		Youth Section
Box/Folder	Accession
9/18	2874-002	Emergency Youth Committee - General Correspondence	1936-41; undated
9/19	2874-002	Miscellany	1936, 1937; undated
Box/Folder	Accession
9/20	2874-002	Rabbitt, Thomas C. (legislative Correspondence)	1945
		Democratic Party. King County
Box/Folder	Accession
9/21	2874-002	General Correspondence	1936-39
9/22	2874-002	Minutes	1938
9/23	2874-002	Resolutions	undated
9/24	2874-002	Miscellany	1938, 1940; undated
		Democratic Party. Washington
Box/Folder	Accession
9/25, 26	2874-002	General Correspondence	1938, 1940
9/27	2874-002	Minutes And Speeches	1938
9/28, 29	2874-002	Platform	1936-46
9/30	2874-002	Resolutions	1938
9/31	2874-002	Miscellany	1938
		Democratic Party. Convention, Washington State
Box/Folder	Accession
9/32	2874-002	General Correspondence	1942
9/33	2874-002	Minutes	1942
9/34	2874-002	Resolutions And Committee Membership Lists	1942
		Democratic Party. [U.S.]
Box/Folder	Accession
9/35	2874-002	General Correspondence	1940
9/36	2874-002	Platform	1936
9/37	2874-002	Miscellany	1940
9/38-40	2874-002	Duplicates

Accession No. 2874-004: Robert E. Burke collection, 1892-1960 (bulk 1932-1959)Return to Top

4.53 cubic feet (11 boxes, 1 oversized vertical file)

Scope and Content: Ephemera, newsletters and other serial publications, clippings, and scrapbook collected by Robert E. Burke. Subjects include: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, labor, the Communist and Socialist parties and the Spanish Civil War.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Robert E. Burke, January 1, 1960.

Accession No. 4128-001: Robert E. Burke collection, 1947-1990Return to Top

26 cubic feet (26 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, notes, conference and convention files, speeches, writings, and research files; ca. 1947-1990.

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Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Robert Burke, 7/25/90; Boxes 5,6,7 received from Mss. 6/23/90, June 23, 1990

Accession No. 4128-002: Robert E. Burke collection, 1910-1994Return to Top

20.42 cubic feet (21 boxes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, research notes, course history files, conference presentations, indexes, typescripts, typescripts of others, dissertations of others, and research related material; 1910-1994. The bulk of these papers is composed of source material on Hiram Johnson, U.S. Senator from California; the Hearst newspapers; and E.W. Scripps and the Scripps West Coast newspapers. Course history files and correspondence with Garland Publishing regarding Burke's editorial responsibilities are the other major series. Also notable are the indexes compiled for references to Hiram Johnson in the N.Y. Times, Congressional Record, books, articles, theses and in manuscript respositories and archives (1911-1981).

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.

Restrictions on Use: Robert Burke's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries; permission is required to quote material created by others.

Acquisition Info: Robert E. Burke, December 24, 1997

Accession No. 4128-003: Robert E. Burke collection, 1959Return to Top

.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Lecture notes and bibliography for his undergraduate course History of the Pacific Northwest; ca. 1959. Included are Burke's background notes on early collectors of Pacific Northwest historical sources: H.H. Bancroft, Elwood Evans, Daniel Bagley.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: May be copied and quoted.

Acquisition Info: Donated by John Findlay, June 2, 1999.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Personal Names

Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990
Burke, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1921-1998--Archives
Hicks, John D
Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Scripps, E.W

Corporate Names

Hearst Newspapers

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Bone, Homer Truett, 1883-1970 (creator)
- Coffee, John Main, 1897- (creator)
- Costigan, Howard (creator)
- DeLacy, Hugh, 1910-1986 (creator)
- Dill, Clarence C. (Clarence Cleveland), 1884-1978 (creator)
- Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983 (creator)
- Magnuson, Warren G. (Warren Grant), 1905-1989 (creator)
- Pennock, William J. (William Jonathan), -1953 (creator)
- Pettus, Terry, 1904- (creator)
- Rabbitt, Thomas C., 1905-1961 (creator)
- Smith, Martin F. (Martin Fernard), 1891-1954 (creator)
- Wallgren, Monrad C. (Monrad Charles), 1891-1961 (creator)
Corporate Names
- American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born (creator)
- American Red Cross (creator)
- Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity (creator)
- Commonwealth Builders (Organization : Wash.) (creator)
- Democratic Party (King County, Wash.) (creator)
- Democratic Party (U.S.) (creator)
- Democratic Party (Wash.) (creator)
- International Labor Defense (creator)
- International Woodworkers of America, International. Local 3-47, Salkum (creator)
- Japanese American Committee for Democracy (creator)
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ). Crown Point Klan #1 (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
- Labor's Non-Partisan League (creator)
- National Conference on Constitutional Amendment (creator)
- National Federation for Constitutional Liberties (creator)
- United States. Farm Security Administration (creator)
- Washington Commonwealth Federation (creator)
- Washington Old Age Pension Union (creator)
- Washington Pension Union (creator)
- Washington State Federation of Labor (creator)
- Washington State Social Security Council (creator)
- Workers Alliance of Washington (creator)

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Archives West Finding Aid

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