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Preliminary Guide to the Palmer Smith Family Papers
1793-2001



Manuscript Collection No.: 5483
Accession No.: 5483-001
Creator: Smith family, creator
Title: Palmer Smith family papers
Date Span: 1793-2001
Quantity: 14.2 cubic feet (16 boxes)
Languages: Collection materials are in English.


Biographical Note

Palmer Smith Jr. (1922-2004) was a Seattle lawyer and an advocate for civil rights, social justice, and education. He was married to Dorothy (Dottie) Boetter in 1945 with whom he had three children: Jennifer, Jared and Melissa. Palmer Smith Jr. was the son of Palmer Smith (1891-1955) and Martha Baynes Smith (1898-1984) who married in 1921. The senior Palmer Smith was a journalist. Martha Baynes Smith was an artist whose pen name was "Ariel Baynes". Some of Ariel Baynes artwork is in the Arents Collection (History of Tobacco) in the New York Public Library. Palmer Smith Sr. was the son of Anna R. Palmer and Albert F. Smith who married in 1877. Anna R. Palmer's parents were Monroe Palmer (1819-1892) and Martha B. Palmer (1826-1912). Other family members reflected in the material include: Palmer Smith Jr.'s brother, Frank White Smith (1928-2003), his uncle, Francis Adams Smith (died 1956), and Baynes family members.


Arrangement

Arranged as received.


Restrictions on Access

Open to all users.


Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.


Preferred Citation

Palmer Smith family papers. Special Collections Division, University of Washington Libraries.


Acquisition Info

Source: Melissa and Jared Smith, Palmer Smith Jr.'s daughter and son, June 30th, 2007.


Processing Info

Minimally processed.


Other Finding Aids

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Inventory

 
Accession No. 5483-001
Palmer Smith family papers, 1793-2001
14.2 cubic feet (15 boxes, one map tube)
Scope and Content
Consisting primarily of family correspondence, this group of materials also includes seven scrapbooks of clippings from Palmer Smith Sr.'s journalism career, genealogical histories of the Baynes, Coolidge, Palmer and Smith families, and writings, foremost by Palmer Smith Sr., but also by Anna R. Palmer Smith, and Martha Baynes Smith. Other material of note includes correspondence from the White House (Martha Baynes Smith's brother, William, was married to Hubert Humphrey's sister, Fern); a file relating to President J.F. Kennedy's planned trip to Seattle in 1962 which was cancelled due to the Cuban Missile Crisis; books owned by family members (including an autograph book) which date to the 19th century; and original drawings, reproductions, and writings by "Ariel Baynes," which was a psuedonym used by Martha Baynes Smith.
Physical/Technical Access
Papers are stored offsite; advance notice required for use.
Acquisition Info
Source: Melissa and Jared Smith, Palmer Smith Jr.'s daughter and son, June 30th, 2007.
Processing Info
Minimally processed.
Box Date
1 Family histories, correspondence, writings, miscellaneous 1886-2001
Family records 1910-1914
Family records 1917
Family records 1891-1910
Family records 1932-2001
General Notes: 2 folders
Family records 1904-1927
Family records 1900
Palmer Smith class notes, school notes 1917-1918
Frank Smith navy papers 1947-1951
Family's letters 1945-1949
Editorials; New York & Minneapolis 1917-1925
Palmer Smith ancestory 1903
Letters from Martha Baynes Smith 1928-1939
Diary of a trip and monthly balancing undated
Family records 1903-1993
Kennedy- Presidential transportation (pre-missile crisis visit to Seattle which was canceled) 1962
Family records 1995-1996
Autograph book, dictionary, diary 1872-1906
Anna Smith's book 1867
"The Poet's Birthday Book" 1881
Letter's from Francis 1929-1948
Anna Smith journals of summer Colorado trip 1886
Geneology- Smith & Baynes families 1937
Miscellaneous familiy materials
Editorials; Time, Washington Post, Herald Tribune 1927-1948
PS personal- rel with DLS
Eldora Larson- Neshonoc
Miscellaneous & Geneology
Geneology; Coolidge
2 Family histories, correspondence, writings, miscellaneous 1926-1967
Palmer Smith Jr. letters- Harvard 1943
General Notes: 5 folders
Old family miscellaneous
Photographs
Stories by Martha Baynes and correspondence
Articles, stories & notes 1967
$50,000 prize story and notes 1926
Letters to the editor
General Notes: 2 folders
Good Neighbor playing cards
Short story plot clippings & synopsis
American Junior Red Cross News publication 1941
Doubleday
Correspondence, death certificates
Mortgage payoff, Christmas card, clippings
Letters, war rations, photos 1945
Melissa Smith (daughter) to her grandmother, Martha B. Smith
3 Correspondence, writings, miscellaneous 1880-1981
Letters to Mrs. Palmer Smith from Jared Smith 1963-1973
Letters to Mrs. Palmer Smith from Jennifer Smith 1960-1974
Drawing and recipe to Mrs. Palmer Smith from unidentified grandchild
Correspondence from PS to DB (uncertain identification)
"Storied Streets" stories by Palmer Smith
Editorials written by Palmer Smith Sr.
Articles by Palmer Smith 1915-1916
Army plan
Notes, periodicals, Columbia University reunion, miscellaneous
Articles clippings, notes 1889-1915
Introduction in Journalism
Correspondence & article clippings 1924
Essays, politics, Freshman year, correspondence 1915-1916
Essays; Columbia University
Marriage certificate, "Gems for the Bridal Ring" 1880
Diary calendar 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981
General Notes: 6 folders; 1978 is blank
Address book
General Notes: 2 folders
Anclean Art and Archaeology notebook 1972
Phone numbers
"Louise La Gorce's Cookie Tree" 1971
"The Blot", Columbia University 1917
4 Correspondence 1889-1920
Albert F. Smith 1899-1906
General Notes: 3 folders
Albert F. Smith & Francis Smith 1910-1916
General Notes: 18 folders
Palmer Smith Sr. 1913-1917
General Notes: 2 folders
Albert F. Smith & Francis Smith; Palmer Sr. 1916-1920
5 Correspondence 1916-1973
Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Smith 1916-1924
General Notes: 21 folders
Mrs. Albert F. Smith 1918-1919
Palmer Smith Sr. 1921-1924
General Notes: 2 folders
Note to Jared (?) from Dottie
Asian paper money (2 bills) in 10 and 50 denominations
Photo of unidentified newborn baby
Letters to Martha B. Smith from Palmer Smith Jr. 1972-1973
6 Correspondence 1927-1931
Palmer Smith Sr. 1927-1928
Palmer Smith Sr. & Martha 1927-1931
General Notes: 6 folders
Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Smith 1927-1931
General Notes: 8 folders
Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Smith, Palmer Sr. & Martha 1930
Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Smith and Palmer Sr. 1928-1931
General Notes: 6 folders
7 Correspondence 1943-1956
Palmer Smith Jr. 1943-1946
General Notes: 18 folders
Palmer Smith Sr. & Martha and Catherine Coughan Sparks 1952-1956
8 Correspondence 1957-1983
Frank Sparks & Catherine Coughan 1957-1959
Martha Smith 1960-1979
General Notes: 13 folders
Martha/Ariel 1980-1983
General Notes: 3 folders
Miscellaneous Smith family letters and notes
General Notes: 6 folders
9 Correspondence 1932-1943
Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Smith 1932-1933
General Notes: 3 folders
Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Smith & Palmer Sr. 1932-1934
General Notes: 4 folders
Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Smith, Palmer Sr. & Palmer Jr. 1933-1934
Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Smith, Palmer Sr., Martha, Palmer Jr., Francis 1933
Palmer Smith Jr. & Francis Adams 1939
Palmer Smith Sr. 1935-1939
General Notes: 3 folders
Palmer Smith Jr. 1941-1943
General Notes: 6 folders
10 Correspondence 1924-1927
Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Smith 1924-1925
General Notes: 4 folders
Mr. & Mrs. Albert F. Smith, Palmer Sr. & Martha 1925-1927
General Notes: 4 folders
Martha Smith 1925
Palmer Smith Sr. & Martha 1925-1927
General Notes: 9 folders
Palmer Smith Sr. 1925-1927
General Notes: 2 folders
11 Bound volumes of clippings and correspondence, Palmer Smith Sr. 1916-1924
Clippings 1916-1923
Clippings & correspondence 1919-1924
Clippings 1920
Clippings 1920-1921
Clippings 1921-1924
Clippings 1922-1924
12 Correspondence, miscellaneous 1944-1949
Europe letters 1949
General Notes: 3 folders
Children's letters 1948-1950
General Notes: 3 folders
Palmer Smith Jr.- Notre Dame 1944
Palmer Smith Jr. 1944
Palmer Smith Jr. letters 1953
Palmer Smith Jr.- Hawaii 1945-1946
General Notes: 2 folders
Palmer Smith Jr. letters from Harvard 1944
Harvard 1945-1949
General Notes: 3 folders
Palmer Jr. & Dottie (DB)- Boulder, Colorado 1944-1946
Letters from Palmer Smith Jr. and Dottie (DBS) 1946-1947
Palmer and Dottie, New York 1945
Photo
Navy 1944-1946
General Notes: 2 folders
History 62 notebook
Government 27 notebook
Government 29 notebook
"Navigation" notes, Palmer Smith
Boyscout badges
13 Correspondence, familiy history, miscellaneous 1793-1994
Palmer Smith Sr.- Serbia trip 1915
Wedding Announcement imprinter 1945
Palmer Smith Sr. article clippings 1926
School of Journalism 1914-1916
Geneology- family history 1793-1930
General Notes: 10 folders
Family letters
"A Place Like No Other", Neshonoc 1994
14 Writings, clippings, Miscellaneous 1900-1945
Ariel Baynes- Kukulcan
Ariel Baynes correspondence & Maya 1942
Ariel Baynes, books on tobacco 1938-1941
Aztec booklets, Pan America Union 1941
Pan America, Viking thanksgiving, Agro America drawings
Trademark and playing card information
Newspaper clippings about Aztec medicine 1940
Ariel Baynes Indian booklet/illustrations 1900
The good neighbor Maya playing cards, Ariel Baynes 1941
Photograph 1945
15 Bound volume of article clippings 1924-1926
Film review articles by Palmer Smith Sr. 1924-1926
16 Blueprints undated
A house designed but never built on Oxon Hill, near Anacostia, VA

Subject Terms

Personal Names:
Bain family.
Coolidge family.
Palmer family.
Smith family--Archives.
Smith, Anna R. Palmer.
Smith, Martha Baynes.
Smith, Palmer, 1891-1955.
Smith, Palmer, 1922-2004.
Subjects:
Lawyers--Washington (State)--Seattle.
Last modified: March 10, 2008
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