Erlyn Jensen Rainier Beach Collection
Scope and Contents note
The collection includes maps, flyers and newspaper clippings relating to sale of real estate in Rainier Beach in 1904. Plat maps and photographs of houses are included in some of the flyers. Collection also includes articles, pamphlets, programs and photographs relating to the Rainier Beach community and Seattle. Select items are available in Digital Collections.
Dates
- Creation: 1894-1997
Creator
- Jensen, Erlyn (Person)
- Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
The Rainier Beach Collection was donated by Erlyn Jensen, born in 1933. Much of the collection came from her mother, Ruth Katherine Erlenmeyer Moore, who worked for CK (Cullen K) Sturtevant in his antique shop on Waters Street from the mid-1930s until after his death in the mid-1950s. Ruth came from North Dakota and moved to Rainier Beach when she married Gillis Detmer Moore (known as Gill or Dinty). Gillis moved to Rainier Beach in 1900 when he was four years old; he died in 1961. Their house was built on the former site of C K Sturtevant's tennis courts. Ruth died in 1980.
Full Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement note
Arranged by subject: Seattle Parks, Seattle City Views, Seattle Buildings, Pike Place Market, Seattle Bridges, Seattle City Light Dams, Washington Outdoors, Washington People and Places (not Seattle), Other States, Other Countries, and Art and Business.
Custodial History note
Donated by Erlyn Jensen in 2007.
Location of Records
SMA
Subject
- Moore, Ruth (Person)
- Jensen, Erlyn (Person)
- Sturtevant, Cullen K. (Person)
- Erlenmeyer, Katherine (Person)
Geographic
- Title
- Guide to the Erlyn Jensen Rainier Beach Collection 1894-1997
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository