Biographical Note

Scope and Content

Restrictions on Access

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 Inventory

Subject Terms


Preliminary Guide to the Merle Daniel Adlum Papers
1945-1986


Manuscript Collection No.: 2050
Creator: Adlum, Merle Daniel, 1919-1986, creator
Title: Merle Daniel Adlum papers
Date Span: 1945-1986
Quantity: 67.56 cubic feet
Languages: Collection materials are in English.

Biographical Note

Born in 1919, Merle Adlum was active in Seattle and Pacific Northwest union and civic affairs from the early sixties to his death in 1986. Among the most important positions held by Adlum were the presidency of the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific from 1968-1979 and commissioner on the Seattle Port Commission from 1964-1983. Consequently, he had a major impact on the development of Puget Sound's maritime economy. Adlum worked for the Washington State Ferry System before joining the Inlandboatmen's Union. Among some of the civic organizations Adlum served were the Maritime Advisory Committee, the Interstate 90 Task Force (which was renamed the Committee for Balanced Regional Transportation), the Seattle-King County Development Council, a director of the San Francisco Branch of the Federal Reserve Board, 1979-1983; Seattle Opportunities Industrial Council, 1967-1984; the Washington Committee for Responsible Environmental Policy, 1970-1972; etc.

Scope and Content

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Restrictions on Access

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Inventory

 
Accession No. 2050-001
Adlum, Merle Daniel, 1919-1986
Merle Daniel Adlum papers, 1945-1986 (Bulk: 1963-1986)
63.28 cubic feet
Scope and Content
Correspondence, reports, invitations, clippings, photos, ephemera.
Papers cover Adlum's civic, union and personal activities
Restrictions on Access
Open to all users.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info
Donated by Merle Adlum, 1/1/1972.
Other Finding Aids
Inventory/container list available in Special Collections.
 
Accession No. 2050-019
Adlum, Merle Daniel, 1919-1986
Merle Daniel Adlum papers, 1964-1986 (Bulk: 1979-1986)
4.28 cubic feet
Scope and Content
Correspondence, minutes, campaign files, ephemera, photos, tape recordings.
Photographs are of Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific gatherings, and partially identified cassette tapes are of Inlandboatmen's Union conventions as well as Adlum's Port Commission radio ads.
Restrictions on Access
Open to all users.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Restrictions on Use
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Acquisition Info
Donated by Miriam Adlum, 4/4/1990.
Other Finding Aids
Inventory/container list available in Special Collections.

Subject Terms
Personal Names:
Adlum, Merle Daniel, 1919-1986--Archives.
Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983.
Ray, Dixy Lee, creator.
Wright, James Arlington, 1927-
Organizations:
AFL-CIO. Maritime Trades Dept.
Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific.
Seattle Port Commission.
Subjects:
Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Last modified: November 08, 2007
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