John Coffee papers, circa 1940-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Coffee, John Main
Title
John Coffee papers
Dates
circa 1940-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.5 linear feet, (2 boxes and 4 scrapbooks)
Collection Number
Mss.006
Summary
Tacoma resident John Main Coffee (1897-1983) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Washington State, 1937-1946. The collection contains papers, correspondence, speeches, photographs, campaign literature, clippings, press releases and scrapbooks.
Repository
University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections

Collins Memorial Library
1500 N. Warner St.
CMB1021
Tacoma, WA
98416-1021
Telephone: 2538792669
archives@pugetsound.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is available for research.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

John Main Coffee (January 23, 1897-June 2, 1983) was a U.S. Representative from Washington State, 6th District, 1937-1946.

Born in Tacoma, Washington, Coffee attended the public schools. He attended University of Washington (in Seattle), earning an A.B. and LL.B., 1920; and Yale University, J.D., 1921. He was admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice in Tacoma. Coffee served as Secretary to United States Senator C.C. Dill in 1923 and 1924; Secretary of the advisory board of the National Recovery Administration, 1933-1935; appraiser and examiner of Pierce County for the Washington State Inheritance Tax and Escheat Division, 1933-1936; and civil service commissioner for Tacoma, Washington, in 1936.

Coffee was a Democrat elected to the Seventy-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1947). He was a practicing attorney in Tacoma and Seattle, Washington. He was a resident of Tacoma, Washington, until his death in June 1983.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Contains Coffee's remarks in the U.S. House of Representatives (from the Congressional Record) from 1940-1945; also his correspondence, radio speeches, photos, campaign literature, newspaper clippings, and press releases from 1946 to the early 1950s. The four scrapbooks contain mainly newspaper articles about his activities and speeches from 1936 to 1945.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1 Remarks by Hon. John M. Coffee in the House of Representatives 1940
1 2 Remarks by Hon. John M. Coffee in the House of Representatives 1941
1 3 Remarks by Hon. John M. Coffee in the House of Representatives 1942
1 4 Remarks by Hon. John M. Coffee in the House of Representatives 1943
1 5 Remarks by Hon. John M. Coffee in the House of Representatives 1944
1 6 Remarks by Hon. John M. Coffee in the House of Representatives 1945
2 1 Correspondence and Campaign 1946
2 2 Campaign and Committee to Investigate National Defense Program 1946
2 3 Press Releases and Radio Speeches 1946
2 4 Correspondence 1947
2 5 Ernest Thor Olson for Congress Pamphlet 1948
2 6 Correspondence and Campaign 1950
2 7 Correspondence 1953
2 8 Correspondence 1956
2 9 Correspondence and Campaign 1958
2 10 Correspondence 1959
2 11 Correspondence 1960
2 12 Correspondence 1963
2 13 Correspondence 1964
2 14 Correspondence 1965
2 15 Correspondence 1966
2 16 Correspondence 1967
2 17 Correspondence 1968
2 18 Correspondence 1969
2 19 Correspondence 1970
2 20 Correspondence 1971
2 21 Correspondence 1973
2 22 Correspondence 1974
2 23 Correspondence 1977
2 24 Correspondence 1979
2 25 Correspondence 1984
2 26 Photographs
2 27 Newspaper Clippings 1947-1973
2 28 Campaign Flyers 1940s
2 29 Congressional Record: John Coffee Speeches 1940s
2 30 Miscellaneous
2 31 Miscellaneous: Campaigns 1946
2 32 Mount Tacoma Club of Washington, Inc.
2 33 Tacoma City Government 1950s
3 Scrapbooks
4 Scrapbook
5 Scrapbook

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Legislators--United States
  • Political Campaigns
  • Politicians--Washington (State)

Geographical Names

  • Washington (State)

Elizabeth Knight and Patt Leonard
2011

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