Museum of History & Industry
Sophie Frye Bass Library
2700 24th Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112
Phone: 206-324-1126
URL: http://www.seattlehistory.org



Guide to the Don Paulson Collection of Political and Social Ephemera, 1953-2007


2002.23





Finding aid prepared by Helice Koffler

Finding aid encoded by, 2006
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.


Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

Museum of History & Industry
Sophie Frye Bass Library

2700 24th Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112
Phone: 206-324-1126
URL: http://www.seattlehistory.org

 
Collection Number:
 

2002.23

 
Collector:
 

Paulson, Don

 
Title:
 

Don Paulson Collection of Political and Social Ephemera

 
Dates:
 

1953-2007 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

10 boxes
7 linear feet

 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

A collection of ephemera gathered in Seattle by artist Don Paulson over more than three decades, including posters, leaflets, publications and more. Subjects are mainly activism and politics.

 
Location of Collection:
 

15a.4.1-3
Library Annex Map Drawer VI.a1.13

 

Biographical Note

Seattle-born artist Don Paulson (1933- ) was a painter in the Pop Art style, sometimes using the pseudonym "Whitey Boom." His work is in the collections of institutions like the Seattle Art Museum and the Anchorage Art Museum. After attending Auburn High School, Paulson served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. In 1960s New York, he was involved with Andy Warhol's Factory and attended the first public performance by the Velvet Underground. Discovering the lightshow scene upon his return to Seattle in 1966, he founded Lux Sit and Dance. This collective used projectors, fog machines, prisms, colored liquids, and other paraphernalia to create their light effects, and worked with bands like Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and the Byrds. Paulson was also a member of E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology), an organization that supported art-science collaborations and encouraged artists to explore new technologies. In addition to his art, Paulson also was an authority on the early gay underground in Seattle, contributing to the Seattle Gay News and co-authoring the book An Evening at the Garden of Allah: A Gay Cabaret in Seattle in 1996. He was active in Black and White Men Together, a gay interracial organization.

Content Description

The collection consists of a wide variety of ephemera gathered by the collector in Seattle over more than three decades. It includes posters taken from telephone poles, leaflets handed out on city streets, newsletters and other publications from activist groups, and many other types of materials. The subject matter is mainly political -- anti-war activism, gay rights, women's liberation, environmentalism, labor unions, etc. -- although there are other topics represented like missing pets and event announcements.

Paulson alluded to the broad nature of the subject matter represented when he described the collection as being "dedicated to everyone who ever participated in a protest March, attended a vigil, campaigned for Peace, Justice, Liberation, Human or Animal Rights, saved the Planet, welcomed the New Age, fought against Racism, Sexism, Ageism, Homophobia and Abuse. And to anyone whose voice wanted to be heard in a world too often refusing to listen."

Arrangement

Within the generally chronological organization of the collection, the material also has been arranged by format. Format types also have been further subdivided by topic and sub-topic when there was a significant amount of materials on a readily identifiable subject within an individual year. Oversize materials were separated from the rest of the collection. As much as possible, the original organization of the material has been preserved.

The collection is arranged as follows:

  • Series I: Book selection material, 1967-1991
  • Series II: Additional material, 1953-2007
  • Series III: Other identified collections, 1968-2000
    • Subseries A: Save the Pike Place Market
    • Subseries B: Gulf War
    • Subseries C: Punk Papers
    • Subseries D: Rodney King
    • Subseries E: Political campaigns
    • Subseries F: John F. Kennedy
    • Subseries G: Jesus
    • Subseries H: Hemp
    • Subseries I: Miscellaneous
  • Series IV: Oversize material

Other Descriptive Information

Note from the collector:

How I Came to Collect Seattle Handbills

In the middle of the 1960s I became aware of the social political climate building in America, personified by the Civil Rights movement, the anti Viet Nam War forces and later the Counter Culture. I began to collect samples of this angst, etc., in the form of handbills (leaflets and flyers). They range from garage sales and lost pets to anti war rallies, liberation movement, ecology and new wave thinking. I walked several thousand miles collecting the 10,000 plus handbills one at a time from telephone poles and bulletin boards in the Seattle area, especially from Capitol Hill and the University District.

Thanks to the refinement of the [Xerox] machine, the spirit of Thomas Paine flooded the American fabric with handbills. It was a huge paper explosion from an extraordinary diverse public -- everyone suddenly had a cheap printing press all their own! It was truly the voice of the people on a national and unprecedented scale. All across America people were dealing with a staggering amount of issues and other radicalizing forces. Since it was happening everywhere, Seattle could be a good example of this silent revolution of paper.

Vashon Island historian Garland Norin wrote: "Your thesis that grassroots handbills throughout a quarter of a century period truly focuses on issues that eventually brought about social and political change. Your proposed book on handbills shows the power of the movement and its expansiveness. Your record of this worldwide time of discontent as illustrated by handbills reveals the historical significance of this picture form of communication."

I hoped to put the best examples in a picture book someday so I [xeroxed] the best examples of years 1967 to 1996 as a mock up for the book. It was to be titled Democracy in Action.

...This paper explosion is basically over, with the Internet taking its place. The passion represented by these handbills has subsided by comparison, also.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information 

The collection was donated by Don Paulson in 2001. Additional materials were donated in 2009.

Processing Note 

Processed by Helice Koffler.

Materials from a subsequent donation in 2009 were added to the collection in October 2009.

Separated Materials 

Paulson's donation to the museum also included a painting.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

The collection is open to the public by appointment.

Restrictions on Use 

The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation 

Don Paulson Collection of Political and Social Ephemera, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle

Subjects

Seattle (Wash.)
Ephemera
Gay rights--Washington (State)--Seattle
Political participation--Washington (State)--Seattle

Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Series I:  Book selection material , 1967-1991

Material selected by Paulson for inclusion in the proposed book, Democracy in America.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box
1
folder
1

Book selection -- Handbills
  1967
 
2
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1967
 
3
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1967
 
4
Book selection -- Draft dodgers' manual and contents
  1968
 
5
Book selection -- Handbills
  1968
 
6
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1968
 
7
Book selection -- Clippings
  1969
 
8
Book selection -- Handbills
  1969
 
9
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1969
 
10
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1969
 
11
Book selection -- Blank forms
  1970
 
12
Book selection -- Clippings
  1970
 
13
Book selection -- Handbills
  1970
 
14
Book selection -- Magazines
  1970
 
15
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1970
 
16
Book selection -- Exhibition catalogs
  1971
 
17
Book selection -- Handbills
  1971
 
18
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1971
 
19
Book selection -- Clippings
  1972
 
20
Book selection -- Handbills
  1972
 
21
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1972
 
22
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1972
 
23
Book selection -- Handbills
  1973
 
24
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1973
 
25
Book selection -- Handbills
  1974
 
26
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1974
 
27
Book selection -- Newsletters: legalization of prostitution
  1974
 
28
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1974
 
29
Book selection -- Pamphlets: Symbionese Liberation Army
  1974
 
30
Book selection -- Zines
  1974
 
31
Book selection -- Calendar
  1975
 
32
Book selection -- Handbills
  1975
 
33
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1975
 
34
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1975
 
35
Book selection -- Posters
  1975
 
36
Book selection -- Zines
  1975
 
37
Book selection -- Handbills
  1976
 
38
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1976
 
39
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1976
 
41
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1976
 
42
Book selection -- Posters
  1976
 
43
Book selection -- Handbills
  1977
 
44
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1977
 
45
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1977
 
46
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1977
 
47
Book selection -- Posters
  1977
 
48
Book selection -- Bumper stickers
  1978
 
49
Book selection -- Handbills
  1978
 
50
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1978
 
51
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1978
 
52
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1978
 
53
Book selection -- Posters
  1978
 
54
Book selection -- Handbills
  1979
 
55
Book selection -- Handbills: anti-nuclear movement
  1979
 
56
Book selection -- Handbills: gay liberation movement
  1979
 
57
Book selection -- Handbills: women's liberation movement
  1979
 
58
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1979
 
59
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1979
 
60
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1979
 
61
Book selection -- Posters
  1979
 
62
Book selection -- Handbills
  1980
 
63
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1980
 
64
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1980
 
65
Book selection -- Posters
  1980
 
66
Book selection -- Zines
  1980
 
67
Book selection -- Handbills
  1981
 
68
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1981
 
69
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1981
 
70
Book selection -- Posters
  1981
 
71
Book selection -- Broadsides
  1982
 
72
Book selection -- Handbills
  1982
 
73
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1982
 
74
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1982
 
75
Book selection -- Posters
  1982
 
2 1
Book selection -- Handbills
  1983
 
2
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1983
 
3
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1983
 
4
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1983
 
5
Book selection -- Posters
  1983
 
6
Book selection -- Handbills
  1984
 
7
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1984
 
8
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1984
 
9
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1984
 
10
Book selection -- Posters
  1984
 
11
Book selection -- Handbills
  1985
 
12
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1985
 
13
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1985
 
14
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1985
 
15
Book selection -- Posters
  1985
 
16
Book selection -- Programs
  1985
 
17
Book selection -- Zines
  1985
 
18
Book selection -- Handbills
  1986
 
19
Book selection -- Labels
  1986
 
20
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1986
 
21
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1986
 
22
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1986
 
23
Book selection -- Pamphlets: Green River murder case
  1986
 
24
Book selection -- Posters
  1986
 
25
Book selection -- Blank forms
  1987
 
26
Book selection -- Handbills
  1987
 
27
Book selection -- Handbills: gay liberation movement
  1987
 
28
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1987
 
29
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1987
 
30
Book selection -- Posters
  1987
 
31
Book selection -- Posters: anti-nuclear movement
  1987
 
32
Book selection -- Posters: Gay liberation movement
  1987
 
33
Book selection -- Posters: missing pets
  1987
 
34
Book selection -- Zines
  1987
 
35
Book selection -- Blank forms
  1988
 
36
Book selection -- Handbills
  1988
 
37
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1988
 
38
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1988
 
39
Book selection -- Posters
  1988
 
40
Book selection -- Posters: anti-posting campaign
  1988
 
41
Book selection -- Posters: gay liberation movement
  1988
 
42
Book selection -- Posters: homeless advocacy
  1988
 
43
Book selection -- Posters: missing pets
  1988
 
44
1988 -- Book selection -- Posters: New Age movement
  1988
 
45
Book selection -- Handbills
  1989
 
46
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1989
 
47
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1989
 
48
Book selection -- Posters
  1989
 
49
Book selection -- Posters: environmental issues
  1989
 
50
Book selection -- Posters: homeless advocacy
  1989
 
51
Book selection -- Posters: missing pets
  1989
 
52
Book selection -- Posters: New Age movement
  1989
 
53
Book selection -- Posters: women's liberation movement
  1989
 
54
Book selection -- Zines
  1989
 
55
Book selection -- Handbills
  1990
 
56
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1990
 
57
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1990
 
58
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1990
 
59
Book selection -- Posters
  1990
 
60
Book selection -- Posters: homeless advocacy
  1990
 
61
Book selection -- Posters: missing pets
  1990
 
62
1990 -- Book selection -- Posters: New Age movement
  1990
 
63
Book selection -- Handbills
  1991
 
64
Book selection -- Handbills: gay liberation movement
  1991
 
65
Book selection -- Handbills: homeless advocacy
  1991
 
66
Book selection -- Handbills: New Age movement
  1991
 
67
Book selection -- Labels
  1991
 
68
Book selection -- Leaflets
  1991
 
69
Book selection -- Newsletters
  1991
 
70
Book selection -- Original art
  1991
 
71
Book selection -- Pamphlets
  1991
 
72
Book selection -- Posters
  1991
 
73
Book selection -- Posters: gay liberation movement
  1991
 
74
Book selection -- Posters: missing pets
  1991
 
75
Book selection -- Posters: New Age movement
  1991
 
76
Book selection -- Zines
  1991

 

Series II:  Additional material , 1953-2007

Material similar in type and range to the items selected for the book.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
 
box
3
folder
1a

Handbills and leaflets
  1953-1956
 
1b
Handbills
  1963-1969
 
2
Leaflets
  1969
 
3
Magazines
  1969
 
4a
Handbills
  1970
 
4b
Pamphlets
  1970
 
5
Zines
  1970
 
6
Blank forms
  1971
 
7
Clippings
  1971
 
8
Handbills
  1971
 
9
Blank forms
  1972
 
10
Handbills
  1972
 
11
Handbills (legal)
  1972
 
12
Leaflets
  1972
 
13
Newsletters
  1972
 
14
Pamphlets
  1972
 
15
Posters
  1972
 
16
Stickers
  1972
 
17
Blank forms
  1973
 
18
Brochures
  1973
 
19
Clippings
  1973
 
20
Handbills
  1973
 
21
Leaflets
  1973
 
22
Magazines
  1973
 
23
Magazines: environmental movement
  1973
 
24
Newsletters
  1973
 
25
Paper bags
  1973
 
26
Pamphlets
  1973
 
27
Posters
  1973
 
28
Blank forms
  1974
 
29
Brochures
  1974
 
30
Clippings
  1974
 
31
Handbills
  1974
 
32
Leaflets
  1974
 
33
Newsletters
  1974
 
34
Newsletters: gay liberation movement
  1974
 
35
Pamphlets
  1974
 
36
Posters
  1974
 
37
Blank forms
  1975
 
38
Brochures
  1975
 
39
Calendars
  1975
 
40
Handbills (small); tickets
  1975
 
41
Handbills
  1975
 
42
Handbills (legal)
  1975
 
43
Handbills: labor movement
  1975
 
44
Handbills: women's liberation movement
  1975
 
45
Leaflets
  1975
 
46
Magazines
  1975
 
47
Newsletters
  1975
 
48
Original artwork
  1975
 
49
Pamphlets
  1975
 
50
Posters
  1975
 
51
Posters (legal)
  1975
 
52
Posters: alternative lifestyles
  1975
 
53
Posters: gay liberation movement
  1975
 
54
Posters: labor movement
  1975
 
55
Posters: labor movement, United Farm Workers
  1975
 
56
Posters: women's liberation movement
  1975
 
57
Stickers
  1975
 
58
Zines
  1975
 
59
Brochures
  1976
 
60
Clippings
  1976
 
61
Handbills
  1976
 
62
Handbills (legal)
  1976
 
64
Handbills: gay liberation movement
  1976
 
65
Handbills: labor movement
  1976
 
66
Handbills: women's movement
  1976
 
67
Handbills: women's movement, abortion rights
  1976
 
68
Leaflets
  1976
 
69
Magazines
  1976
 
70
Newsletters
  1976
 
71
Pamphlets
  1976
 
72
Pamphlets: voters' pamphlet
  1976
 
73
Posters
  1976
 
74
Programs
  1976
 
75
Zines
  1976
 
76
Handbills (small)
  1977
 
77
Handbills
  1977
 
78
Handbills: anti-nuclear movement
  1977
 
79
Handbills: energy crisis
  1977
 
80
Handbills: gay liberation movement
  1977
 
81
Handbills: labor movement
  1977
 
82
Handbills: political campaigns
  1977
 
83
Handbills: women's liberation movement
  1977
 
84
Handbills (legal)
  1977
 
85
Invitations
  1977
 
86
Newsletters
  1977
 
87
Leaflets
  1977
 
88
Magazines
  1977
 
89
Pamphlets
  1977
 
90
Pamphlets (newsprint)
  1977
 
91
Posters
  1977
 
92
Blank forms: gay liberation movement, Initiative 13
  1978
 
93
Brochures
  1978
 
94
Handbills (small)
  1978
 
95
Handbills
  1978
 
96
Handbills: anti-nuclear movement
  1978
 
97
Handbills: gay liberation movement
  1978
 
98
Handbills: labor movement
  1978
 
99
Handbills (legal)
  1978
 
100
Leaflets
  1978
 
101
Leaflets: gay liberation movement, Initiative 13
  1978
 
102
Newsletters
  1978
 
103
Pamphlets
  1978
 
104
Pamphlets: gay liberation movement, Initiative 13
  1978
 
105
Pamphlets: Native American issues
  1978
 
106
Posters
  1978
 
4 1
Blank forms
  1979
 
2
Broadsides
  1979
 
3
Brochures
  1979
 
4
Catalogs
  1979
 
5
Clippings
  1979
 
6
Handbills (small)
  1979
 
7
Handbills
  1979
 
8
Handbills: anti-nuclear movement
  1979
 
9
Handbills: New Age movement
  1979
 
10
Handbills: prison reform
  1979
 
11
Handbills (legal)
  1979
 
12
Leaflets
  1979
 
13
Newsletters
  1979
 
14
Pamphlets
  1979
 
15
Posters
  1979
 
16
Posters (legal)
  1979
 
17
Posters: anti-nuclear movement
  1979
 
18
Posters: New Age movement
  1979
 
19
Posters: Nicaragua
  1979
 
20
Broadsides
  1980
 
21
Certificates
  1980
 
22
Clippings
  1980
 
23
Handbills (small)
  1980
 
24
Handbills
  1980
 
25
Handbills (legal)
  1980
 
26
Leaflets
  1980
 
27
Newsletters
  1980
 
28
Pamphlets
  1980
 
29
Posters
  1980
 
30
Posters: anti-nuclear movement
  1980
 
31
Blank forms
  1981
 
32
Correspondence
  1981
 
33
Handbills (small)
  1981
 
34
Handbills
  1981
 
35
Handbills (legal)
  1981
 
36
Leaflets
  1981
 
37
Pamphlets
  1981
 
38
Posters
  1981
 
39
Zines
  1981
 
40
Catalogs
  1982
 
41
Handbills (small)
  1982
 
42
Handbills
  1982
 
43
Handbills (legal)
  1982
 
44
Invitations
  1982
 
45
Leaflets
  1982
 
46
Newsletters
  1982
 
47
Original artwork
  1982
 
48
Pamphlets
  1982
 
49
Posters
  1982
 
50
Blank forms
  1983
 
51
Clippings
  1983
 
52
Handbills
  1983
 
53
Leaflets
  1983
 
54
Newsletters
  1983
 
55
Pamphlets
  1983
 
56
Posters
  1983
 
57
Handbills (small)
  1984
 
58
Handbills
  1984
 
59
Handbills (legal)
  1984
 
60
Leaflets
  1984
 
61
Newsletters
  1984
 
62
Original artwork
  1984
 
63
Pamphlets
  1984
 
64
Posters
  1984
 
65
Zines
  1984
 
66
Blank forms
  1985
 
67
Catalogs
  1985
 
68
Clippings
  1985
 
69
Handbills
  1985
 
70
Handbills: gay liberation movement
  1985
 
71
Handbills: New Age movement
  1985
 
72
Leaflets
  1985
 
73
Newsletters
  1985
 
74
Pamphlets
  1985
 
75
Posters
  1985
 
76
Handbills (small)
  1986
 
77
Handbills
  1986
 
78
Handbills: gay liberation movement
  1986
 
79
Handbills (legal)
  1986
 
80
Leaflets
  1986
 
81
Newsletters
  1986
 
82
Posters
  1986
 
83
Posters: gay liberation movement
  1986
 
84
Blank forms
  1987
 
85
Handbills (small)
  1987
 
86
Handbills
  1987
 
87
Leaflets
  1987
 
88
Newsletters
  1987
 
89
Pamphlets
  1987
 
90
Posters
  1987
 
91
Blank forms
  1988
 
92
Brochures: Christmas trees
  1988
 
93
Handbills (small)
  1988
 
94
Handbills
  1988
 
95
Handbills (legal)
  1988
 
96
Leaflets
  1988
 
97
Menus
  1988
 
98
Newsletters
  1988
 
99
Pamphlets
  1988
 
100
Posters
  1988
 
5 1
Blank forms
  1989
 
2
Brochures
  1989
 
3
Catalogs
  1989
 
4
Clippings
  1989
 
5
Handbills (small)
  1989
 
6
Handbills
  1989
 
7
Handbills: homeless advocacy
  1989
 
8
Handbills (legal)
  1989
 
9
Leaflets
  1989
 
10
Magazines
  1989
 
11
Manuscript: squatter's journal
  1989
 
12
Manuscript: employment/resume
  1989
 
13
Newsletters
  1989
 
14
Pamphlets
  1989
 
15
Posters
  1989
 
16
Programs
  1989
 
17
Zines
  1989
 
18
Blank forms
  1990
 
19
Handbills (small)
  1990
 
20
Handbills
  1990
 
21
Handbills, Gulf War
  1990
 
22
Leaflets
  1990
 
23
Newsletters
  1990
 
24
Pamphlets
  1990
 
25
Posters
  1990
 
26
Blank forms
  1991
 
27
Catalogs
  1991
 
28
Handbills (small)
  1991
 
29
Handbills
  1991
 
30
Handbills (legal)
  1991
 
31
Labels
  1991
 
32
Leaflets
  1991
 
33
Magazines
  1991
 
34
Newsletters
  1991
 
35
Original artwork
  1991
 
36
Pamphlets
  1991
 
37
Placards
  1991
 
38
Posters
  1991
 
39
Zines
  1991
 
40
Zines (newsprint)
  1991
 
41
Blank forms
  1992
 
42
Catalogs
  1992
 
43
Handbills (small)
  1992
 
44
Handbills
  1992
 
45
Handbills
  1992
 
46
Handbills: anti-nuclear movement
  1992
 
47
Handbills: environmental movement
  1992
 
48
Handbills: homeless advocacy
  1992
 
49
Handbills: Native American issues
  1992
 
50
Handbills: Pike Place Market
  1992
 
51
Handbills: war on drugs/police aggressiveness
  1992
 
52
Handbills: women's liberation movement
  1992
 
53
Labels
  1992
 
54
Leaflets
  1992
 
55
Manuscripts
  1992
 
56
Newsletters
  1992
 
57
Pamphlets
  1992
 
58
Placards
  1992
 
59
Posters (small)
  1992
 
60
Posters
  1992
 
61
Posters (legal)
  1992
 
62
Posters: environmental issues
  1992
 
63
Posters: missing pets
  1992
 
64
Posters: war on drugs
  1992
 
65
Posters: women's liberation movement
  1992
 
66
Zines
  1992
 
67
Blank forms
  1993
 
68
Broadsides
  1993
 
69
Catalogs
  1993
 
70
Handbills (small)
  1993
 
71
Handbills
  1993
 
72
Handbills: anti-war, Somalia
  1993
 
73
Handbills (legal)
  1993
 
74
Leaflets
  1993
 
75
Newsletters
  1993
 
76
Pamphlets
  1993
 
77
Posters
  1993
 
78
Zines
  1993
 
6 1
Catalogs
  1994
 
2
Handbills (small)
  1994
 
3
Handbills
  1994
 
4
Handbills: gay liberation movement
  1994
 
5
Handbills (legal)
  1994
 
6
Labels
  1994
 
7
Leaflets
  1994
 
8
Newsletters
  1994
 
9
Pamphlets
  1994
 
10
Posters
  1994
 
11
Programs
  1994
 
12
Zines
  1994
 
13
Catalogs
  1995
 
14
Coloring book
  1995
 
15
Graphics
  1995
 
16
Handbills (small)
  1995
 
17
Handbills
  1995
 
18
Leaflets
  1995
 
19
Magazines
  1995
 
20
Pamphlets
  1995
 
21
Posters
  1995
 
22
Zines
  1995
 
23
Brochures
  1996
 
24
Comic books
  1996
 
25
Handbills (small)
  1996
 
26
Handbills
  1996
 
27
Handbills: gay liberation movement
  1996
 
28
Handbills (legal)
  1996
 
29
Labels
  1996
 
30
Newsletters
  1996
 
31
Newsletters: gay liberation movement
  1996
 
32
Original artwork (with manuscripts)
  1996
 
33
Pamphlets: gay liberation movement
  1996
 
34
Posters
  1996
 
35
Tickets
  1996
 
36
Zines
  1996
 
37
Handbills
  1997
 
38
Leaflets
  1997
 
39
Newsletters
  1997
 
40
Pamphlets
  1997
 
41
Handbills
  1998
 

Handbills
  1998
 
42
Handbills
  1999
 
43
Handbills, leaflets, booklets
  2000-2007

 

Series III:  Other identified collections , 1968-2000

Material kept separately from the rest of the collection focusing, for the most part, on several identified themes. The material has been divided into subseries based on Paulson's topical arrangement.
 
 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
Subseries A:  Save the Pike Place Market
 
 
box17
7
folder
1

Save the Pike Place Market -- Handbills, articles and reports
 
   
Subseries B:  Gulf War
 
 
box
7

Gulf War -- Books
 
 
2
Gulf War -- Cartoons
 
 
3
Gulf War -- Clippings
 
 
4
Gulf War -- Flyers
 
 
5
Gulf War -- Handbills (small)
 
 
6
Gulf War -- Handbills
 
 
7
Gulf War -- Handbills
 
 
8
Gulf War -- Handbills (legal)
 
 
9
Gulf War -- Leaflets
 
 
10
Gulf War -- Magazines
 
 
11
Gulf War -- Newsletters
 
 
12
Gulf War -- Original art
 
 
13
Gulf War -- Pamphlets
 
 
14
Gulf War -- Photographs
 
 
15
Gulf War -- Posters (small)
 
 
16
Gulf War -- Posters
 
 
17
Gulf War -- Posters
 
 
18
Gulf War -- Posters
 
 
19
Gulf War -- Posters
 
 
20
Gulf War -- Posters (legal)
 
 
21
Gulf War -- Programs
 
 
22
Gulf War -- Stickers
 
 
23
Gulf War -- Zines
 
   
Subseries C:  Punk Papers
 
 
24
Punk Papers -- Clippings
 
 
25
Punk Papers -- Handbills (Paulson's photocopies?)
 
 
26
Punk Papers -- Leaflets
 
 
27
Punk Papers -- Posters
 
 
28
Punk Papers -- Zines -- A-E
 
 
29
Punk Papers -- Zines -- F-L
 
 
30
Punk Papers -- Zines -- N-W
 
   
Subseries D:  Rodney King
 
 
31
Rodney King -- Blank forms
 
 
32
Rodney King -- Broadsides
 
 
33
Rodney King -- Clippings
 
 
34
Rodney King -- Handbills (small)
 
 
35
Rodney King -- Handbills
 
 
36
Rodney King -- Leaflets
 
 
37
Rodney King -- Pamphlets
 
 
38
Rodney King -- Posters
 
   
Subseries E:  Political campaigns
 
 
39
Presidential campaigns
  1968
 
40
Presidential campaigns, Eugene McCarthy
  1968
 
41
Presidential campaigns
  1972
 
42
Presidential campaigns, George McGovern
  1972
 
43
Presidential campaigns
  1976
 
44
Presidential campaigns
  1980
 
45
Presidential campaigns
  1984
 
46
Presidential campaigns, Walter Mondale
  1984
 
47
Presidential campaigns
  1988
 
48
Presidential campaigns
  1992
 
49
Presidential campaigns, Jerry Brown
  1992
 
50
Presidential campaigns, Bill Clinton
  1992
 
51
Presidential campaigns
  1996
 
52
Presidential campaigns
  2000
 
53
Presidential campaigns, Lyndon LaRouche
 
 
54
Presidential campaigns, Jesse Jackson
 
 
55
Presidential campaigns, anti-Reagan
 
 
56
Presidential campaigns, anti-Bush
 
 
57
Mayoral elections
 
 
58
Municipal elections
 
 
59
State elections
 
 
60
U.S. Congress elections
 
 
61
U.S. Senate elections
 
 
62
Gubernatorial elections
 
   
Subseries F:  John F. Kennedy
 
 
63
John F. Kennedy -- Assassination theories
 
   
Subseries G:  Jesus
 
 
64
Jesus -- Handbills
 
 
65
Jesus -- Pamphlets
 
 
66
Jesus -- Tickets
 
   
Subseries H:  Hemp
 
 
77
Hemp -- Handbills
 
 
78
Hemp -- Book Cooking with Marijuana
  1974
 
79
Hemp -- Photographs of "Hemp Expo"
  1991 August 17
 
8 photographs
 
box/oversize
8
15
Hemp -- Posters
 
 
10 21
Hemp -- Newspapers
 
   
Subseries I:  Miscellaneous
 
 
box
7
67
Bingo board and menu
 
 
68
Environmental issues
 
 
69
Handbills (undated)
 
 
70
Images for book
 
 
71
Millennium preparations
 
 
72
Missing in Action (MIAs)
 
 
73
Missing pets
 
 
74
Newsletters
 
 
75
Vietnam war protest
 
 
76
Women's liberation movement
 
 
80
First National Bank Building
  1968
 
81
Save Sand Point
  1974
 
82
Freeway Park
  1975
 
83
Save the International District
  1975
 
84
Kingdome
  1973-1974
 
85
KRAB-FM program listings
 
 
86
Bumper stickers
 

 

Series IV:  Oversize

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
Posters
 
 
box
8
folder
1

African-American/Pan-African issues
 
 
2
Anarchy
 
 
3
Anti-nuclear movement
 
 
4
Environmental issues
 
 
5
Events
 
 
6
Gay liberation movement
 
 
7
Homeless advocacy
 
 
8
Law and order
 
 
9
Native American issues
 
 
10
New Age movement
 
 
11
Political campaigns
 
 
12
Vietnam War protest
 
 
13
Women's liberation movement
 
 
14
Miscellaneous
 
 
drawer
VI.1a.13


Miscellaneous
 
   
Miscellaneous oversize
 
 
box
9
folder
1

Book selection
  1986
 
2
Book selection
  1988
 
3
Miscellaneous
  1971
 
4
Miscellaneous
  1975
 
5
Miscellaneous
  1976
 
6
Miscellaneous
  1979
 
7
Miscellaneous
  1980
 
8
Miscellaneous
  1983
 
9
Miscellaneous
  1984
 
10
Miscellaneous
  1985
 
11
Miscellaneous
  1986
 
12
Miscellaneous
  1987
 
13
Miscellaneous
  1988
 
14
Miscellaneous
  1989
 
15
Miscellaneous
  1990
 
16
Miscellaneous
  1991
 
17
Miscellaneous
  1992
 
18
Miscellaneous
  1993
 
19
Miscellaneous
  1994
 
20
Gulf War
 
 
20a
Gulf War, publications
 
 
21
Punk Papers
 
 
22
Rodney King
 
 
23
Presidential campaigns, Ronald Reagan
 
 
24
Presidential campaigns, George Bush
 
 
25
Presidential campaigns, Al Gore
 
 
26
Presidential campaigns, Jesse Jackson
 
 
27
Political campaigns, miscellaneous
 
 
28
Jesus