Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Digital Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s first World’s Fair, the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, made Seattle a Pacific Rim gateway. View materials from SPL and the Museum of History and Industry in this collection.
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Souvenir information guide and directory: A.Y.P. Exposition memorandum and daily calendar, 1909
Small guidebook intended to provide information about the city of Seattle and the A.Y.P.E. Guide includes information about ports, parks, amusements, points of interest, A.Y.P.E. maps and schedule, cab and hack fares, streetcar fares and schedules, ferry fares and schedules, a street directory and other information. Also includes an "identification card" on the verso of the title page in which the owner would write identifying information such as home and temporary addresses, ticket numbers, height, weight and emergency contact information. Includes map. 114 pages, 14 cm, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_323513
Date: 1909
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Secretary's report of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: held at Seattle, June 1st to October 16th, 1909
Detailed compilation of A.Y.P.E. financial and logistical information including a balance sheet, a capital stock statement, exhibit earnings and expenditures, revenue from exhibit buildings, a profit and loss account, etc. Logistical information includes lists of board members, committee members, stockholders, etc. 83 pages, 24 cm.
Identifier: spl_ayp_324355
Date: 1909
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Township Plats of King County, Washington Territory - Page 04, Township 23N, Range 2E
This atlas shows early land ownership for King County, Washington, providing names and property boundaries of original purchasers, grantees, claimants, etc.
Identifier: spl_map_218451_P04_T23N_R2E
Date: 1889
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"Seattle opens doors of country to Japanese commissioners," Pacific Northwest Commerce, October 1909
An article detailing the Northwest stops on a 3-month tour of the United States by the Honorary Japanese Commercial Commission, chaired by Baron E. Shibusawa. The commission's itinerary included visits to the A.Y.P.E. on September 1 and on Japan Day, September 4. Pacific Northwest Commerce magazine (official publication of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce) 1.4 October 1909: 11-19, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_362611_oct1909_11
Date: 1909-10
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Invitation from the Officers of the National Guard of Washington to a reception for the Interstate National Guard Association at the Washington State Building, October 4, 1909
Printed invitation particularly requesting the presence of ladies to the reception with dancing to be held at 9:30.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.8
Date: 1909-10-04
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Letter from Edward S. Curtis to Harriet Leitch, May 8, 1951
Letter from Edward Curtis to Harriet Leitch describing a visit from Lillian Smart of the Seattle Historical Society to his home in Los Angeles. Curtis writes that Smart attempted to rush him out to a recording studio so he could make a recording of Pacific Coast history but he protested, saying he need more time to gather his thoughts. Curtis wonders if he offended Smart by refusing to do the initial recording. He states that he hasn't heard back from the Historical Society after letting them know he completed a script for the recording and was now ready to go to the studio.
Identifier: spl_esc_026
Date: 1951-05-08
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"Next World's Fair," The Coast, July 1908
An article describing the preparations underway for the A.Y.P.E. including exhibits planned and buildings under construction as well as the passage of a bill by Congress to appropriate funds for government displays. Also included are more detailed descriptions of the three planned permanent buildings: the Fine Arts Palace (now the Architecture Building), the Auditorium and Machinery Hall. Coast 16.1 (July 1908): 16-19, illustrated.
Identifier: spl_ayp_179583_jul1908
Date: 1908-07
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Invitation from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to a reception for Baron Shibusawa and the honorary commercial commissioners from Japan at the Washington State Building, September 4, 1909
Printed invitation particularly requesting the presence of ladies to the reception to be held from 8:30 until 10:00.
Identifier: mohai_ayp_2006.3.46.10
Date: 1909-09-04
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Letter from Robert L. Laing to Arthur Goodwin informing him of City ordinance violations at Pike Place Market, August 18, 1927
Letter from Robert L. Laing, City of Seattle Fire Marshall, informing Arthur Goodwin that there are several violations of City ordinances in the Pike Place Market buildings. Attached to the letter is a list of the violations including fire escapes and flou chutes that do not conform to city requirements and rotten timbers in the Athenian Bakery.
Identifier: spl_sh_00101
Date: 1927-08-16
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Souvenir bulletin of articles exhibited by Pacific University at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909
Bibliography of books from the Pacific University Library on exhibit at the A.Y.P.E. On verso of title page, “as a pioneer institution Pacific University has had a part in the history of the 'Land West.' The exhibit prepared for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is arranged with a view to represent the development and life of a Historic school.†From page 8, “the collection...includes rare works of geography and travel from the Morse collection; works relating to the development of the Pacific Coast; some interesting specimens of Americana; and texts in Indian, Hawaiian and other Oriental languages.†24 pages, 19 cm.
Identifier: spl_ayp_296548
Date: 1909
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