Thomas C. Rabbitt papers 1943-1961

Railroad Brotherhoods Joint Legislative Board of Washington

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DeLacy, Hugh, 1910-1986

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Born and raised in Seattle, Hugh DeLacy taught English from 1933 to 1937 at the University of Washington, where he helped to organize a teachers' union. He then served on the Seattle City Council for several years and became active in the Democratic Party. During World War II, DeLacy worked as a machinist in the shipyards, and in 1944 he won the First District Congressional seat that had been vacated by Warren Magnuson. Accused of being anti-American in his 1946 bid for re-election, DeLacy was d...

Association of Washington Cities

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Kitsap County Bar Association (Wash.)

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Washington Pension Union

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Founded in 1937 under the name Old Age Pension Union, the group's name was changed to Washington Pension Union in 1944. It dissolved in 1961. It advocated adequate pensions for the elderly and public assistance for the needy. William J. Pennock was a founder and president of the Washington Pension Union until his death in 1953. From the guide to the Washington Pension Union records, 1906-1965, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections) Washington S...

Rabbitt, Thomas C., 1905-1961

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Political leader, Washington State. Thomas C. Rabbitt was born in 1905. He was a Washington State Senator (Democrat) from 1942-1946; Vice-President of the Washington Pension Union, 1938-1961; Executive Secretary of the Progressive Party of Washington, 1952-1953; and Executive Secretary of the Washington Commonwealth Federation from 1942-1946. Rabbitt was an air raid warden during World War II. He was called to testify before the Velde committee circa 1953 or 1954. He die...

South Central Zone Air Raid Wardens

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Democratic Party (Wash.). Central Committee

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Seattle Civilian War Commission

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Domestic war commission which provided services to the armed forces in Seattle during World War II and war-effort information services to civilians. The Seattle Civilian War Commission evolved from the Seattle Welfare Council and Community Fund Defense Committee. In October 1941 the Seattle Municipal Defense Commission was created and many members of the earlier Defense Committee were appointed to the new body. In the Spring of 1942 the name changed to Seattle Civilian W...

University of Washington. Government Institute

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Cannery Workers' and Farm Laborers' Union. Local 77

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Washington Society For Mental Hygiene

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Seattle (Wash.). City Council

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Original city charter established a seven member Common Council; 1890 new city charter created a bi-cameral legislative branch with a nine member Board of Aldermen and 16 member House of Delegates; 1896 charter returned to a single body of 13 members, elected from 11 wards and two at-large; number of council members grew to 18 in 1907; charter amendment in 1910 reduced the number to nine, all elected at large. From the description of Minutes, 1881-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id:...

Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948)

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Curtis MacDougall was born on February 11, 1903, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He started his career as a journalist there at the Fond du Lac Commonwealth-Reporter at the age of fifteen. He received a BA in English from Ripon College in Wisconsin in 1923. He went on to obtain a Master's from Northwestern University in 1926 and a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin in 1933. After working at several newspapers, he joined the faculty of Northwestern University in 1935. During the depress...