Seattle-Kobe Affiliation Committee Public Relations Records
Scope and Contents note
The Seattle-Kobe Affiliation Committee Public Relations Records date from 1957 to 1964 and contain quarterly reports, correspondence, memoranda, meeting notices, committee directories, newspaper clippings, and photographs illustrating the programs, projects, and activities of the committee and the relationship between residents of Seattle and Kobe. Reports, correspondence, and clippings discuss committee activities, special events, student exchange programs, visits from Japanese royalty, political leaders, and other dignitaries, and information about donations and gifts exchanged between the cities. Cultural events, such as showings of Japanese films, an exhibit of Japanese art at the Seattle Art Museum, and the Seattle visit of the Kobe High School choral group (as well as the Ingraham High School Choir's visit to Japan in the following year) are also documented in committee materials and newspaper clippings. Materials comprising an overview of the Seattle-Kobe Sister City relationship, as well as information on the city of Kobe itself, are included in the collections.
The public relations records were maintained by Jeanne Smith, public relations director for the committee.
Dates
- Creation: 1957-1965
Creator
- Seattle-Kobe Affiliation Committee (Seattle, Wash.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
The Sister City relationship between Seattle, Washington and Kobe, Japan began in 1957 through the office of Seattle Mayor Gordon Clinton and Mayor Chujiro Haraguchi of Kobe. The program was part of an international "People-to-People" initiative first suggested by President Eisenhower in 1956. The Seattle-Kobe relationship was the first of 21 sister-city relationships held by Seattle today; others include Mazatlan, Mexico; Galway City, Ireland; and Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Full Extent
0.6 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Public relations records of the Seattle-Kobe Affiliation Committee, including quarterly reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Arrangement note
Records are arranged chronologically by year.
Subject
- Sister Cities International (Organization)
- Smith, Jeanne, of Seattle, Wash. (Person)
- Seattle-Kobe Affiliation Committee (Seattle, Wash.) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Art, Japanese -- Exhibitions -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Government and Politics
- International Relations
- Kobe-shi (Japan)
- Public relations -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Sister cities -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Student exchange programs -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Washington (State) -- Relations -- Japan
- Title
- Guide to the Seattle-Kobe Affiliation Committee Public Relations Records 1957-1964
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Anne Frantilla
- Date
- Š 2004
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- EAD Location
- http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv75591
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository