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John Coffee papers

 File
Identifier: Mss-006

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1940-1980

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is available for research.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes and 4 scrapbooks)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

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.

Title
Guide to the John Coffee Papers
Status
Completed
Author
Elizabeth Knight and Patt Leonard
Date
2011
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Collins Memorial Library
1500 N. Warner Street #1021
Tacoma 98416-1021 United States us