The Seattle Art Museum was established in 1933. It was preceded by
the Seattle Fine Arts Society (1910-1929) and the Art Institute of Seattle
(1929-1933). From 1933 until 1991 the museum was based in Volunteer Park, in a
building designed by Carl F. Gould. A new museum in downtown Seattle opened in
1991 with a collection in excess of 18,000 objects. The Volunteer Park building
became the Seattle Asian Art Museum, also administered by the Seattle Art
Museum.
Correspondence, writings, minutes, reports, budget files, exhibition
files, conferences and conventions, project and planning files, committee
files, loan files, lists, indexes, personnel files, development files, grant
files, policy manuals, newsletters, publications, publicity, clippings,
scrapbooks, engagement books, catalogs, photographs, slides, ephemera, subject
files; 1908-2004.
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of
Washington Libraries.
Access partially restricted. For terms of access, contact
repository.
Received from the Seattle Art Museum between 1976 and 2005.
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| Accession No. 2636-001 |
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| 1910-1970 |
| 40.00 cubic ft. (40 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Correspondence and supporting records from the Seattle Art Museum
and its two predecessor organizations; 1910-1970. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, January 7, September 30, and
December 21, 1976. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 2. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-002 |
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| 1941-1974 |
| 0.03 cubic ft. (1 folder) |
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Historical Note
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| Richard E. Fuller was head of the Seattle Art Museum, and its main
benefactor, between 1933 and 1973. |
| Scope and Content |
| Letters between Dr. Richard E. Fuller and artists, mostly from the
Northwest; 1941-1974. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, November 1, 1977. |
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| Accession No. 2636-003 |
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| 1974 |
| 0.84 cubic ft. ( 3 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Letters, layout designs, notes, tapes concerning the Skagit Valley
Artists Exhibition, catalogs in 1974. Includes Jeri McDonald's files dealing
with Skagit artists as well as the exhibition catalog. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, March 25, 1978. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Inventory in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-004 |
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| 1953-1956 |
| 0.14 cubic ft. (1 package) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Five electrical transcription discs from 1953-1956, presumably
broadcast on KXA. They concern the Seattle Art Museum, Norman Davis, a Japanese
Art Exhibit Premiere, and a Walter P. Chrysler Exhibit. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, May 4, 1978. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Inventory in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-005 |
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| 1908-1952 |
| 3.00 cubic ft. (3 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Clippings; 1908-1952. Photocopies of clippings are pasted to 8.5"
x 11" loose sheets of bond paper with dates pencilled on the upper corner of
sheets. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Open to all users. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum. Merger of acc. nos.
2636-005, 2636-012, and 2636-019. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
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| Accession No. 2636-011 |
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| 1975-1979 |
| 1.42 cubic ft. ( 2 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Exhibition files, including correspondence, loans, clippings,
photographs; 1975-1979. Files are from Modern Art Department of Seattle Art
Museum and are in chronological order. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, October 21, 1982. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-018 |
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| 1968-1978 |
| 8.63 cubic ft. (10 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Exhibition files; 1968-1978. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, February 21, 1986. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-020 |
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| 1959-1986 |
| 24.00 cubic ft. (24 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| General correspondence, exhibit planning files, related materials;
ca. 1959-1986. The records are primarily files of Executive Directors Willis
Woods (1974-1979) and Arnold Jolles (1979-1985). Also includes papers of Thomas
Maytham as Associate Director, and records of Asian Art Department, primarily
exhibition and publication correspondence. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, July 31, 1986. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-021 |
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| 1953-1974 |
| 0.42 cubic ft. (1 box) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Engagement books; 1953-1974. |
| Complete run of Seattle Art Museum engagement books, from the
initial year a book was produced in 1953 through the 1974 edition . Each page
of the calendar has a picture of an item from the Museum collection. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Open to all users. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, September 2, 1986. |
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| Accession No. 2636-022 |
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| 1913-1985 |
| 7.00 cubic ft. ( 7 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Correspondence, reports, exhibition files, ephemera; 1957-1985;
Seattle Fine Arts Society records, 1913-1917. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, December 17, 1986. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-023 |
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| 1953-1968 |
| 3.00 cubic ft. (3 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Clippings; 1953-1968. Photocopies of clippings are pasted to 8.5"
x 11" loose sheets of bond paper. Dates are penciled on the upper corner of
sheets. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Open to all users. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, April 21, 1987. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
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| Accession No. 2636-024 |
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| 1962-1983 |
| 12.00 cubic ft. (12 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Correspondence, exhibition files, conferences and conventions,
project and planning files, photographs, subject series; 1962-1983. |
| Except for a small amount of material from Curator of Textiles,
this entire accession is from the Asian Art Department. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, July 14, 1987. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-025 |
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| 1935-1936 |
| 0.63 cubic ft. (2 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Typewritten drafts of two monographs: "Various Chinese Poets,
Their Biographies and Selected Poems", 1935 and "Art-Themes in Chinese Poetry",
1936 by Hardin T. McClelland. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Open to all users. |
| Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, July 14, 1987. |
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| Accession No. 2636-026 |
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| 1947-1986 |
| 5.03 cubic ft. (5 boxes, 1 oversize folder) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Correspondence, minutes, budgets, reports, planning files,
exhibition files, other record series; 1947-1986. Includes files of Henry
Trubner and Bill Rathbun. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, August 28, 1987. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-027 |
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| 1978-1987 |
| 6.00 cubic ft. (6 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Correspondence, minutes, budgets, personnel files, policy manuals,
and subject series, from the Seattle Art Museum's Personnel Department;
1978-1987. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, January 14, 1988. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-028 |
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| 1973-1985 |
| 6.84 cubic ft. (9 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Correspondence, minutes, exhibition files, lists, clippings;
1973-1985. The bulk of this accession is from the Modern Art Department. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, January 14, 1988. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-029 |
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| 1990 |
| 0.03 cubic ft. (1 folder) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Index produced in 1990 concerning the artists described in the
Seattle Art Museum's computerized data-management system. The system documents
over 550 artists working in all media. Biographical features, exhibition
histories, bibliographies, etc. can be obtained for a small charge per page
from the Seattle Art Museum by written request. A cover letter gives the name
and address of the person to contact in the Museum's Office of the Registrar.
The title of the index is "Northwest Artists in the Seattle Art Museum
Collection". |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Open to all users. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, January 24, 1990. |
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| Accession No. 2636-030 |
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| 1960-1991 |
| 124.00 cubic ft. (122 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Correspondence, financial records, budgets, development files,
acknowledgements of gifts, grants and grant proposals, reports, publicity,
newsletters/calendars, surveys, exhibition files, publications, blueprints,
photographs, clippings; 1960-1991. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, February 12, and February
28, 1992. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-031 |
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| 1923-1991 |
| 67.00 cubic ft. (67 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Correspondence, financial records, development files, public
relations files, exhibition files, newsletters, and minutes; 1923-1991. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, March 27, April 9, and May
1, 1992. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-032 |
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| 1953-1957 |
| 0.03 cubic ft. (1 folder) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Two negatives with corresponding photographs (8" x 10", black and
white). One shows Kenjiro Nomura, probably taken at the Zoe Dusanne Gallery,
1953; the other is of Zoe Dusanne, Paul Horiuchi, his wife and child, May
1957. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Open to all users. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, January 16, 1990. |
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| Accession No. 2636-033 |
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| undated |
| 0.33 cubic ft. (1 box) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Scrapbook of color photographs compiled by Priscilla Klepser,
documenting her collection of porcelain in the museum. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, March July 24, 1995. |
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| Accession No. 2636-034 |
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| 1978-1997 |
| 9.00 cubic ft. ( 9 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Exhibition records, comment books; 1978-1997 (bulk 1986-1996). |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, August 8, 1997. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Inventory in the repository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-035 |
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| 1932-1993 (Bulk: ca.
1970-1993) |
| 2.00 cubic ft. (2 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Correspondence, photographs, subject series; 1932-1993 (bulk ca.
1970-1993). Records document the work of the Office of the Registrar. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, August 15, 1997. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the respository. |
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| Accession No. 2636-036 |
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| 1927-2002 (Bulk: ca.
1980-1997) |
| 85.76 cubic ft. ( 87 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Correspondence, project files, curatorial files, director's office
files, council and guild files, press releases and other files of the museum,
subject series; 1927-2002 (bulk ca. 1980-1997). Records document, in part, the
administrative and curatorial functions of the museum. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, June 3, 2003. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Other Finding Aids |
| Container list in the repository . |
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| Accession No. 2636-037 |
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| 1933-2004 (Bulk: 1979-2003) |
| 25.42 cubic ft. (26 boxes) |
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| Scope and Content |
| Exhibition files, loan files, committee files, budget files,
annual reports, subjet files; 1933-2004 (bulk 1979-2003). Exhibition files
include correspondence, check lists, condition reports, photographs, slides,
and other records created by the Office of the Registrar during planning for
past Seattle Art Museum exhibits. |
| Restrictions on Access |
| Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository. |
| Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. |
| Acquisition Info |
| Received from the Seattle Art Museum, March 17, 2005. |
| Processing Info |
| Processing Level 1. |
| Box | Date
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| Registrar's Office | |
| 1-2 | Travelling Exhibitions | 1979-1985 |
| Exhibitions | |
| 2-3 | 1986 | 1986 |
| 3-4 | 1987 | 1987 |
| 4-5 | 1988 | 1988 |
| 5-6 | 1989-1990 | 1989-1990 |
| 6-7 | 1991-1993 | 1991-1993 |
| 7-8 | 1993-1996 | 1993-1996 |
| 8-9 | 2000-2001 | 2000-2001 |
| 9-10 | 1988-1992 | 1988-1992 |
| 10 | Volunteer Park Installation | 1994 |
| 10 | Registrars Committee | 1979-1981 |
| 10 | Collection Committee | 1988-1989 |
| Downtown Installations | |
| 10 | Northwest Checklist | 1991 |
| 10 | Islamic Galleries | 1991 |
| 10 | Photography / Northwest Art Galleries | 1991 |
| 10 | Oceania and Africa | 1991 |
| Administrative | |
| 10 | Downtown Maintenance Budget | 1991-1992 |
| 10 | SAM Warehouse | 1991-1993 |
| 10 | Fiscal Year Budgets | 2003 |
| 10 | Paid Invoices | 2002 |
| 10 | Mastercard Expeditures | 2000-2002 |
| 11-12 | Fiscal Year Budgets | 1992-2002 |
| 12-15 | Retired Exhibitions | 1989-2003 |
| 15-16 | Completed Loans Out | 1989-1993 |
| 16-18 | Retired Outgoing Loans | 1993-2000 |
| 18 | Loan Log Book | 1966-1986 |
| 18-19 |
Treasures From A Lost
Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art From Sichuan Exhibition Condition
Reports | 2000-2002 |
| 19 | Annual Reports | 1979-1999 |
| 19 | Seattle Art Museum Strategic Plans | 1973-2003 |
| 19 | Cancelled Exhibitions | 1999-2004 |
| 19 | ARGUS | 1988-1989 |
| 19 | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperative (APEC) | 1993-1994 |
| 20-21 | Processed Rights and Reproduction Requests | 1999-2002 |
| 21 | Accession Log Copies | 1933-1984 |
| 21-22 | Downtown Move and Building Preparation | 1984-1992 |
| 23-26 | Matisse "Oriente Casaque Brodee" | 1997-2000 |
| Restrictions on Access:
RESTRICTED |
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Subject Terms |
| Personal Names: |
| Fuller, Richard E.
(Richard Eugene), 1897-1976. |
| Jolles, Arnold H.,
1940- |
| Lee, Sherman E. --
Archives. |
| Maytham, Thomas N. --
Archives. |
| Woods, Willis
F. |
| Organizations: |
| Art
Institute of Seattle -- Archives. |
| Seattle
Fine Arts Society -- Archives. |
| Seattle Art
Museum--Archives. |
| Subjects: |
| Art museums -- Washington
(State) -- Seattle. |
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