Seattle Public Schools history textbook. The author, James Willis Sayre, "was a longtime resident of Seattle -- a journalist, arts promoter, and local historian whose work spanned more than five decades during the city's most explosive period of...
Histories of Seattle area churches, arranged by denomination. The author, Ida Grace Corey, was a former society editor of the Seattle Times and donated the book to the Seattle Public Library in 1940. The Seattle Times reported on the donation:...
Cookbook for newlywed Seattle women, featuring numerous advertisements. "Seattle Brides Cook Book was published locally by the Union Advertising Company around 1911, and The Brides' Cook Book had the imprint of San Francisco's Pacific Coast...
Reprint of article from July, 1930 issue of Harvard Business Review discussing the Denny Regrade, one of several projects to level hills in Seattle. Includes maps of Denny Hill Regrades Number One and Two.
Typescript of memoir written by Jesse Jackson, the "mayor"of Seattle's Hooverville, a homeless encampment which stood from 1931 to 1941 at the site of the former Skinner and Eddy Shipyard in Seattle's industrical district. This typescript was...
Provides an alphabetical listing of Plats filed in King County, Washington, with the following details: date filed, plat volume and page number, and location.
A chronological history of Seattle restaurants written by Hattie Graham Horrocks, a Seattle pioneer. Mrs. Horrocks, a great-granddaughter of Thomas Mercer (after whom Mercer Street and Mercer Island are named), wrote about 18 manuscripts on Pacific...
According to a historylink.org article on Thomas W. Prosch "this chronological history of Seattle from 1850-1897...was still unpublished when he died. The manuscript of this book was typed and the typescript bound as a Works Progress Administration...
Seattle (Wash.)--Periodicals; Washington (State)--Periodicals;
Article from Christmas Supplement 1889 issue of Washington Magazine, describing building construction in and economic growth of Seattle after the Great Fire of June 1889. Includes descriptions of several Seattle neighborhoods and suburbs, including...
Tabulation of statistics from the 1920 United States Federal Census, showing total population and population by sex and race for precincts and enumeration districts of Seattle. Racial categories are White, Negro, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and...
A study of population trends and demographic characteristics of Seattle. The author, Calvin F. Schmid, was a University of Washington sociology professor.
Social Surveys--Washington (State)--Bremerton;
Social Surveys--Washington (State)--Seattle;
Social Values--Washington (State)--Seattle;
Social Values--Washington (State)--Bremerton;
Motion Picture Theaters--Washington (State)--Seattle;
Motion...
Cover title: "Summary of findings: laws and ordinances ... courts ... local institutions ... City detention hospital ... county jail ... movies ...dance halls and cabarets ... women in industry"--Leaves 5-6. Statement of Responsibility: compiled...
University of Washington; University District (Seattle, Wash.); Land Use--Washington (State)--Seattle; City Planning--Washington (State)--Seattle; Neighborhoods--Washington (State)--Seattle; Campus Planning--Washington (State)--Seattle; Residential...
A study of the effects of the University of Washington on the residential land uses of the nearby University District.