Henry M. (Henry Martin) Jackson Papers Background The Henry M. Jackson Papers (accession 3560) encompasses over 1200 cubic feet of archival records and papers, photographs, political cartoons, audio tapes, films and videos, political and personal ephemera, and other papers and artifacts, which richly document Jackson's public life and political career. The collection was opened to research in 1987; since that time it has been among the most frequently consulted archives in the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Since the finding aid was first published on the internet, in 2005, the pace of use has increased by members of the University of Washington community, but also by researchers from around the world. The main body of the Henry M. Jackson Papers was donated to the University of Washington Libraries by Jackson's widow, Helen Hardin Jackson, in 1983, shortly after Senator Jackson's death. Subsequent additions were received from the Jackson family, as well as from Jackson's aides and other sources. Generous funding from the Washington State Legislature shortly after the collection was received underwrote the initial processing of the Jackson papers and the creation of a series of paper-based finding aids describing the various component accessions of the collection. Subsequently, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation funded projects that enabled the Libraries to establish an online finding aid for the Jackson's papers, and to convert the bulk of the existing paper-based box-and-folder inventories into a single, integrated online tool, accessible via the internet. A further grant from the Foundation enabled the library to describe in detail the rich, often unique media components of the collection, including photographs, audio recordings, films and videos, artifacts, and political cartoons, and to incorporate them fully into the online finding aid. This same grant also provided funding to digitize a representative sampling of the photographic prints in the collection and make them available via the internet. In addition, all of the archival analog audio tape recordings, films, and videos, were digitized to enhance researcher access to them, and to better ensure long-term preservation of their content. Organization and Access to the Papers The Henry M. Jackson Papers is organized into several accessions, or series, each of which is summarized in the Guide to the Henry M. Jackson Papers 1912-1987 and listed in detail, generally at the folder level. The Guide, or finding aid, helps researchers to identify boxes and folders of specific interest to them. Each series is prefaced with a narrative overview, which establishes biographical or historical context for the file-level inventory that follows. Those most interested in the textual materials in the archive should consult the following series:
Visual media, artifacts, and audio recordings will be found in the following series:
Digital Surrogates Noted In a limited number of instances, material in the collection has been digitized and is accessible through links imbedded in the online finding aid, where icons represent links to digital surrogates.
Funding for encoding the Guide to the Henry M. Jackson Papers was provided through grants awarded by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. |
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