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Selections From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Pamphlet Collection

Ask at Level 10 Reference Desk - Seattle Room. Selected items from the pamphlet collection are arranged alphabetically. This collection includes pamphlets from the Seattle Post-intelligencer newspaper...

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Albert S. Balch Autograph Collection

The Albert Balch Collection includes letters, photographs, printed materials, standard autograph forms, and ephemera. These materials range from the 18th to 20th centuries, largely of North American,...

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Education - Sociology Department Newspaper Clippings, ca. 1939-1974

The collection includes newspaper clippings from the Education - Sociology Department from the 1930s through the 1970s on topics such as: recreation (sports and games, recreation); economy (welfare,...

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World War II Newspaper Photograph Collection Finding Aid, 1942-1945

The photographs in the collection are taken by various photograph agencies which distributed images to national publications. The photographs depict war scenes in Denmark, France, Japan, and Germany as...

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Seattle Room Menu Collection, 1892-2018

The Seattle Room's Menu Collection started as a small selection of lunch menus belonging to Seattle Public Library employees. The collection now contains over 2700 menus from restaurants such as...

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Lu Jacobson Collection of Denny Family Material. ca. 1853-1930

The Lu Jacobson Collection includes materials featuring both the Latimer and Denny families. The majority of the materials focus on Alexander Latimer, his third wife, Sarah Chesney Latimer, and their...

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Seattle Business Calendar Collection, 1919-1965

This collection includes calendars within the years 1919-1965, with several gaps in the range. The calendars are of various sizes and styles, some with secondary features such as recipes and homemaking...

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The Harbor Club Records, 1959-2010

The collection includes a variety of printed materials from The Harbor Club, a private club which closed in 2015 after 56 years at the top of the Norton Building in downtown Seattle.

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Cascade Tunnel Association Records, ca. 1916-1928

The collection includes correspondence, speech transcripts, clippings, brochures and pamphlets, notes, endorsements, editorial reprints, and other documents related to a campaign to construct a tunnel...

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Oregon Shakespearean Festival

The Seattle Public Library 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104 Oregon Shakespearean Festival souvenir programs collection, 1950‐ 2000 CREATOR Seattle Public Library EXTENT 3 boxes COLLECTION...

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Seattle Apartment Operators’ Association Records, 1924-1957

This collection contains correspondence, records and ephemera relating to the Seattle Apartment Operators’ Association and their varied activities. The bulk of the collection is centered on the...

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Werner Lenggenhager Photograph Collection, 1950-1984

Werner Lenggenhager (1899-1988) was a Swiss immigrant, a Boeing employee, and a hobby photographer who made it his life's work to create a photographic record of Seattle's architecture, monuments, and...

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Kenneth S. Brown Photograph Collection, ca. 1940-1950

Photographs in the collection depict various aspects of the lumber industry including forest views, the felling of trees, loggers in action, oxen pulling logs, stacks of wood beams and the...

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Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair Photograph Collection, ca. 1995-2004

The collection includes 106 photographs taken at the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair in the 1990s and early 2000s. The photographs show the dealers, visitors and booths at the fair.

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Ray Atkeson Photograph Collection, 1969

The Seattle Public Library 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104 Ray Atkeson Photograph Collection, 1969 CREATOR Ray Atkeson EXTENT 1 box, 75 photographs COLLECTION NUMBER 1000‐031 COLLECTION...

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Lusty Lady Photograph Collection, ca. 1996

Photographs showing construction projects at Lusty Lady, interior and exterior views of the building and candid shots of employees.

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Historic American Building Survey Photograph Collection, ca. 1934-1937

This collection includes photographs of historic homes, churches, forts and other buildings across Washington State. Photographs of architectural drawings, paintings and sketches of certain locales are...

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Seattle Grunge Collection, 1989-2005

The Seattle Grunge Collection contains local and national newspaper clippings, magazine articles, fanclub newsletters, and other printed ephemera from 1989 through 2005 that focus on Seattle’s Grunge...

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World War II Poster Collection, 1939-1945

This collection contains posters from World War II produced by government agencies, businesses, and private organizations in the United States, Great Britain, Canada and other countries. Posters...

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Century 21 Exposition Seattle World's Fair Collection, 1961-2011

The collection includes informational pamphlets, brochures, ephemera and clippings covering topics related to the 1962 World’s Fair such as travel, lodging, events, exhibitions, and construction.

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Safeco Art Collection Records, 1978-2007

This collection contains administrative papers and correspondence related to the Safeco Art Collection, local artist research and correspondence, press clippings, flyers and ephemera from Safeco's...

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Spencer Pottery Collection, ca. 1952-1987

The collection includes clippings, correspondence and flyers as well as photographs and slides showing the Spencer Pottery Studio, family scenes and travels. It also includes ceramic tiles, linoleum...

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Suzanne Hittman Collection of the Pike Place Market, 1908-1980

This collection includes correspondence, business ledgers, receipts, plans, rental agreements and other significant documents produced by Pike Place Market farmers and vendors, Frank Goodwin, Arthur E....

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer Library File Collection, 1901-1996

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Selections from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Pamphlet Collection, 1923-2004

This collection includes pamphlets from the Seattle Post-intelligencer newspaper library pamphlet collection. Items include research materials for journalists and cover a wide variety of topics...

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Peter Steinbrueck Collection of the Pike Place Market, 1965-1984

The Peter Steinbrueck Pike Place Market Collection includes architectural plans, posters, newspaper articles and ephemera related to the Market Initiative and other efforts undertaken by the Friends of...

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Friends of Seattle’s Olmsted Parks Collection, 1902-2009

This collection documents Friends of Seattle’s Olmsted Parks’ work on specific projects, historical materials, information about boulevards, parks and residences in the Seattle area and in other cities...

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Glen Alps Personal Collection, 1933-1987

The Glen Alps Personal Collection consists largely of ephemera from print and printmaking exhibitions from across the United States from mostly the 1960s-1980s with some material from as far back as...

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Greenwood and Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Collection, 1948-2009

This collection includes information on the history, demographics, community organizations, cultural events, and news from the Greenwood and Phinney Ridge neighborhoods of Seattle.

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Ladies Musical Club of Seattle Collection, 1916-1999

This collection includes programs, concert posters, sheet music, notes and reel to reel audiotapes of the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle documenting the years 1916 to 1999.

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Newspaper Clippings Collection: King County, 1934-1988

Newspaper clippings of articles relating to King County, ranging in date from 1934-1988, divided by subjects ranging from Assessor to Zoning.

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