Biographical Note
Scope and Content Restrictions on Use Restrictions on Access Acquisition Info Processing Info
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Preliminary guide to the Albert S.
Kerry Collection of Photographs and Other Material
circa 1880s-1974
| Creator:
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Kerry, A.S. (Albert Sperry), 1866-1939
, collector | | Title:
| Albert S. Kerry
collection of photographs and other material | | Date Span:
| circa 1880s-1974 | | Quantity:
| 2 boxes, including 79
photographs (.84 cubic feet) | | 2 glass positives | | 1 drawing | | PH Collection No.:
| PH2009-010 | | Location:
| HT997 | | Languages:
| Collection materials are in
English. |
Biographical Note
Albert S. Kerry (1866-1939) was a Northwest lumberman known for his
business acumen and for his civil involvement, in both Washington and Oregon.
Kerry was Vice-President of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909) and
spearheaded the construction of the Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle in
1924. Scope and ContentCollection consists of photographs of Albert S. Kerry, his wife
Katherine, and children Olive May, Albert S. Jr. and Lucy Glen. Other photos
depict Kerry golfing and accepting a check from the first customer at the
Olympic Hotel in Seattle. Also includes photographs of Kerry residences,
including 2 summer homes built for Albert Jr. and Olive Kerry in the late
1930s, designed by modernist architect Paul Thiry. Papers document the Kerry
Timber Company business and also include autobiographical writings by Kerry and
documents related to the content of some of the photographs. Restrictions on UseRestrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication.
Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for
details. Restrictions on AccessThe collection is open to the public. Acquisition InfoDonor: Katharine Kerry Crossley; received in June and December
2008. Processing InfoMinimally processed. Photographs were removed from frames and foldered.
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| | | Photographs and drawings | | | | Albert S. Kerry | | | 1/1 | | Portraits and group photo | circa 1889-1915 | | 3 photographs | | 1 pen and ink drawing | | Include one photograph of Kerry near a rail car with business
partner C.J. Smith and two others. | | 1/2-3 | | Golf | circa 1926-1936 | | 5 photograph (2 folders) | | Photographs of Kerry and others at golfing events. Includes a
photograph of Kerry's wife Katherine and 2 other women. | | | Olympic Hotel | | | 1 photograph | | 1/4 | | Cornelius Vanderbilt, William B. Sevryns and A.S.
Kerry | June 1924 | | Vanderbilt was the first person to make a reservation at the
new Olympic Hotel. Here he is shown handing a check to Kerry, who was president
of the Community Hotel corporation. | | | Family | | | Photographs of Kerry's second wife Katherine, his children Olive
May, Albert Jr. and Lucy Glen, and 1 photograph of Katherine's mother. | | 1/5 | | Katherine Glen Kerry's mother | circa 1880s | | 1/6 | | Katherine Glen Kerry | circa 1890-1926 | | 3 photographs | | Kerry's second wife. | | Includes one 1926 photograph of Katherine Kerry with other
women, member of the Music and Art Foundation | | 1/7 | | Irving Glen | undated | | 2 photographs | | Irving Glen, Katherine Glen Kerry's brother, was Dean of Fine
Arts at the University of Washington. | | 1/8 | | Olive May Kerry | circa 1900-1905 | | 4 photographs | | Daughter of A.S. Kerry by his first wife, Mary Ellen Monroe,
who died in 1901. Includes 2 small 1901 photographs, one a cyanotype, of Olive
Kerry and others canoeing on Lake Washington. | | 1/9 | | Albert S. Kerry Jr. and Lucy Glen Kerry | circa 1903-1918 | | 15 photographs | | Children of A.S. and Katherine Kerry. | | 1/10 | | Albert S. Kerry Jr. and Olive Kerry | circa 1905 | | 1 photograph | | Children of A.S. and Katherine Kerry. | | 1/11 | | Katherine Kerry with Albert Jr., Lucy Glen and/or
Olive Kerry | circa 1903-1918 | | 5 photographs | | 1/12 | | Albert S. Kerry Jr. and Audrey Legg Kerry with a Mark
Tobey painting donated to the Seattle Art Museum | circa 1970s | | 1 photograph | | | Others | | | 1/13 | | Men at Community Hotel Corporation banquet | December 4, 1924 | | Caption on photo: Foreman, Contractors and Material Men,
Community Hotel Corporation | | | Buildings | | | 1/14 | | Kerry residence at 421 W. Highland Drive | undated | | 1/15 | 1 | | Albert S. Kerry Jr. and Olive Kerry's summer homes,
designed by Paul Thiry | undated | | 4 loose photographs | | 6 mounted photographs in portfolio. | | The houses were built for the Kerry's in the late 1930s. | | 1/16 | | Kerry's rental house in Clatskenie, Oregon | undated | | | Cannes Country Club, Mougin | undated | | Photo is inscribed on verso to Mrs. A.S. Kerry | | 1/17 | | Formal gardens near house | undated | | 2 glass positives | | 1/18 | | 1st Ave. block, Seattle | 1957, undated | | | Miscellaneous | | |
| Box | | 1 | | Olive Kerry debut album | 1910 | | 11 photographs in 1 album | | Photographs of the exterior of the Kerry home on W. Highland
Drive, and of the interior decorated, apparently, for the debut of Olive Kerry
on October 26, 1910. | |
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| 1/19 | | Album of snapshots of mining in Alaska (?) | circa 1940s | | 7 photographs |
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| Box | | 2 | | Papers | circa 1913-1974 | | 1 box (.42 cubic feet) | | Kerry Timber Co. meeting minutes and financial statements;
clippings; correspondence; autobiographical writings; and subject files related
to the photographs. | | | |
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| | | Ephemera | | | 1/20-21 | | Baby book for Albert S. Kerry Jr. | 1903 and later | | Includes 6 loose photographs removed from book. | | 1/22 | | Olympic Hotel ephemera | 1924-1942 | | 4 items |
| Subject Terms | |
Personal Names:
| | Kerry, A.S. (Albert Sperry), 1866-1939--Photographs. | |
Genre Headings:
| | Photographs. |
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