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Seattle Weekly Times, August 15, 1889
The Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, was a significant turning point in the city's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes. The fire was accidentally started in a paint and woodwork shop at Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) at 2:30 p.m., and over the course of the next 18 hours, swept a southward…
ID Number:2019.3.74
Date:1889
Photograph
Eighth grade class in front of T.T. Minor school, Seattle, June 1940
In the spring of 1940, the 8th grade class at T.T. Minor posed for a graduation picture in front of the school building. This was the last year for the wood-frame structure; classes moved to a new, brick building the following year. The only identified member of the class, Richard (Dick) Warren Saunders, is in the top row at the…
ID Number:2019.7.6
Date:1940
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Phyllis Ratcliff-Beaumonte, June 10, 2002
Interview with Rev. Phyllis Ratcliff-Beaumonte conducted about Seattle's African-American community by Audrey Scales for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on June 10, 2002. She is the past president of the Black Heritage Society of Seattle and Seattle Church Women United and served on the executive committee board of the Seattle branch of the NAACP. Topics discussed include her…
ID Number:2019.35.1.5
Date:2002
Audio recording
Oral history interview with William Danz, March 22, 2005
Interview with William Danz about his life in Seattle, conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on March 22, 2005. Topics discussed include his family background, his childhood, his education at Garfield High School and the University of Washington and the family business, Sterling Realty Organization (SRO), and the theaters they owned. Copyright agreement: Yes;…
ID Number:2019.35.1.16
Date:2005
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Robert J. (Bob) Gerbracht, October 28, 2001
Interview with Robert J. (Bob) Gerbracht, a physicist and rocket scientist who specializes in aviation scheduling, conducted by Constance Schnell for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on October 28, 2001. Topics discussed include his childhood in Seattle, his education at Reed College and Caltech, and his career in rocket science. Copyright agreement: YesDigitized: YesTranscript: Yes, 1 .pdf file…
ID Number:2019.35.1.26
Date:2001
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Larry Gossett, April 11, 2002
Larry Gossett (1945-) was born and raised in Seattle, and by the late 1960s was one of Seattle's best known young Black radicals. In 1967 he was active in Seattle's Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and in 1968 he co-founded the University of Washington Black Student Union (UW BSU). Larry Gossett served as a member of the King County Council…
ID Number:2019.35.1.28
Date:2002
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Frank Hanawalt, June 27-July 18, 2002
Interview with Frank Hanawalt (1921-2009), the principal of Garfield High School from 1959-1968, and then principal of Franklin High School. The interview as conducted by Chuck Richards and Rick Nagel for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project and took place on June 27 and July 18, 2002. Hanawalt was on the front lines of the city's battles with civil…
ID Number:2019.35.1.32
Date:2002
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Farhat Ziadeh, January 18, 2002
This interview with Farhat Ziadeh, the founder of the Jackson School’s Middle East Center and the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization at the University of Washington, was conducted by Margaret Kraushaar for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on January 18, 2002. He was an eminent scholar of Islamic law, a barrister, an Arabic grammarian, a leading…
ID Number:2019.35.1.72
Date:2002
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Wiliam (Bill) Baxter, August 5, 2002
This interview with Bill Baxter was conducted by Jessah Foulk on August 5, 2002 at MOHAI for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project. Baxter was the chairman, president and CEO of BSQUARE Corporation at the time of the interview. He stepped down from this role in July 2003. As of 2019, he has been based at VIZIO…
ID Number:2019.35.6.2
Date:2002
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Jason Chu, August 14, 2002
Interview with Jason Chu by Jessah Foulk on August 14, 2002 at MOHAI for Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project. Chu was the Chief Operating Officer of the DigiPen Institute of Technology at the time of this interview and continues in this role as of 2021. In this first part of the interview, Chu talks about his childhood…
ID Number:2019.35.6.3
Date:2002