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Oral history interview with Giovanni Costigan, 1985

Giovanni Costigan (1905–1990) was a noted historian and popular lecturer, and a specialist in Irish and English history. Costigan attended the University of Oxford, and University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he earned his PhD. Costigan taught at the University of Wisconsin and Idaho State University before joining the history department at the University of Washington in 1934. He retired…
ID Number:1985.135.6
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Anne Gould Hauberg, April 24, 1985

Anne Gould Hauberg (1917 – 2016) was a Seattle civic activist, philanthropist, and patron of the arts.Anne and her husband John Hauberg emerged as patrons of the arts in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest in the 1950s. They collected art works, and provided support for emerging Northwest artists. By the 1960s, Anne Hauberg particularly focused on supporting the crafts through…
ID Number:1985.135.11
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Frances Penrose Owen, April 1985

Frances Penrose Owen (1900-2002) was a civic leader in Seattle, Washington, and one of the most important women in Washington state in the field of education. Born in Walla Walla, Washington, Owen attended Whitman College, graduating with a degree in Greek. Afterwards, she studied politics at Bryn Mawr, taught economics at Whitman, and earned a master’s degree in education from…
ID Number:1985.135.20
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Dexter Strong, May-June 1985

Dexter K. Strong (1907-1985) was the headmaster of Seattle’s Lakeside School for 18 years (1951-1969). Now a co-educational private secondary school, during Strong’s tenure Lakeside was still a boys-only boarding school. Strong diversified the boarders’ school experience by organizing skiing and hiking trips and other weekend activities, and inviting students and faculty into his home for get-togethers. During his tenure,…
ID Number:1985.135.27
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Willard Wright, July 15, 1985

Willard J. Wright (1914-1997) was a Seattle lawyer at the firm of Davis Wright Tremaine. A Seattle native, he attended the Lakeside School, graduating in 1932. He was a longtime trustee of Lakeside beginning in 1938 and was involved in the selection of the new headmaster after the sudden death of Headmaster Robert Adams in 1950. In this interview, Wright…
ID Number:1985.135.31
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Kate Webster, March 30, 1988

Kate Belcher Webster (1924-2017) was a longtime Washington State University (WSU) regent and a leader at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Born and raised in New York City, Webster moved to Seattle some time after her marriage to Holt Webster, founder of the Airborne Express delivery company. She described herself as a “professional volunteer.” In Seattle, Webster first became involved with the…
ID Number:1985.135.32
Date:1988
Image of Lucille Engdahl working with deaf children, University of Washington Speech Clinic, Seattle, 1939
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Lucille Engdahl working with deaf children, University of Washington Speech Clinic, Seattle, 1939

Using new techniques, the hard-of-hearing section of the University of Washington speech clinic began training three deaf children how to talk. Instructors speak into an amplification device placed against the patient's ear to convey that sound exists and has meaning. Graduate student Lucille Engdahl also showed the children how to shape their mouths and by touching their throats how to…
ID Number:1986.5.2055.1
Date:1939
Image of Ballard High School football players, Seattle, September 1954
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Ballard High School football players, Seattle, September 1954

The Ballard Beavers were among eight high school teams featured at the annual East vs. West Jamboree at Memorial Stadium. The football portion of the pep rally consisted of four 15-minute quarters with each of the West teams (Ballard, Lincoln, Queen Anne and West Seattle) matched against an East team (Roosevelt, Garfield, Franklin and Cleveland). Officials expected a crowd of…
ID Number:1986.5.3398.1
Date:1954
Image of Ballard versus Franklin High School football game in Seattle, 1958
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Ballard versus Franklin High School football game in Seattle, 1958

Handwritten on sleeve: FOOTBALL, Ballard High vs. Franklin, 1958.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): October 30, 1958.
ID Number:1986.5.3400.1
Date:1958
Image of Cleveland versus West Seattle high school football game, Seattle, 1955
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Cleveland versus West Seattle high school football game, Seattle, 1955

Handwritten on sleeve: FOOTBALL, Cleveland High vs. West Seattle. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): 1955.
ID Number:1986.5.3409.1
Date:1955
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