Seattle-Kobe Affiliation Committee public relations records, 1957-1964.

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Seattle-Kobe Affiliation Committee public relations records, 1957-1964.

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Quarterly reports, correspondence, memoranda, meeting notices, committee directories, newspaper clippings, and photographs illustrating the programs, projects, and activities of the committee and the relationship between residents of Seattle, Wash., and Kobe, Japan. Reports, correspondence, and clippings discuss committee activities, special events, student exchange programs, visits from Japanese royalty, political leaders, and other dignitaries, and information about donations and gifts exchanged between the cities. Cultural events, such as showings of Japanese films, an exhibit of Japanese art at the Seattle Art Museum, and the Seattle visit of the Kobe high school choral group (as well as a Seattle-area high school choral group visit to Japan in the following year) are also documented in committee materials and newspaper clippings. Materials comprising an overview of the Seattle-Kobe sister city relationship, as well as information on the city of Kobe itself, are included in the collection. The public relations records were maintained by Jeanne Smith, public relations director for the committee.

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Seattle Municipal Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8072239

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Smith, Jeanne, of Seattle, Wash.

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Sister Cities International

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Seattle art museum

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Seattle-Kobe Affiliation Committee (Seattle, Wash.)

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The Sister City relationship between Seattle, Washington and Kobe, Japan began in 1957 through the office of Seattle Mayor Gordon Clinton and Mayor Chujiro Haraguchi of Kobe. The program was part of an international "People-to-People" initiative first suggested by President Eisenhower in 1956. The Seattle-Kobe relationship was the first of 21 sister-city relationships held by Seattle today; others include Mazatlan, Mexico; Galway City, Ireland; and Tashkent, Uzbekistan. From the guid...