Photograph Collections

Overview of Records

Repository: Providence Archives, Seattle, WA

Date: 1955-1998

Abstract: Photographs document the facilities, personnel, and activities of Providence High School.

Quantity:  1,564 photographs (5 linear feet)

Administrative Information

Restrictions: Providence Archives is a private repository; access to some records is at the discretion of the archivist.

Preferred Citation: [Description of number of cited item].  (188) Providence High School Photograph Collection, Providence Archives, Seattle, Washington.

Accession Information: These photographs were transferred to the Archives by the School and by sisters who worked there over a period of years.  A major accession (2006:46) was added in 2006 after the 50th anniversary celebration.

Processing Information: A typed inventory was created and the collection re-housed in August 2002 by Peter Schmid. The collection was processed in May 2007 by Peter Schmid.

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SERIES A: FACILITIES

(69 photographs)

A1 Tents (1955)

1 photograph

A2 Building 1 (1956)

55 photographs

Most of the photographs in this subseries were removed from scrapbooks: “Providence in the Apostolate,” “Sacred Heart Province,” and an untitled scrapbook in the record group. Includes several photographs of the construction of the school (see also Subject Series D7).

A3 Building 2 (1975)

13 photographs

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SERIES B: PERSONNEL

(184 photographs)

B1 Community Board

Dates: 1985-86

2 photographs

B2 Faculty & Staff

Dates: 1963; 1972-75; 1994-95; n.d.

60 photographs

Includes both lay and SP faculty and staff.

B3 Principals

Dates: 1972; 1978; n.d.

10 photographs

B4 Sisters

Dates: 1956-57; 1963; 1976; 1980; 1987; n.d.

12 photographs

Distinguished from the Faculty & Staff subseries, these photographs tend to show SPs in a community rather than faculty setting.

B5 Students

Dates: 1976; 1978; 1985; 1987; n.d.

100 photographs

Includes classroom and instruction scenes with lay and SP faculty.

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SERIES C: DEPARTMENTS

(39 photographs)

C1 Art

Dates: n.d.

1 photograph

C2 Athletics—Boys’ Baseball

Dates: n.d.

4 photographs

C3 Athletics—Boys’ Basketball

Dates: 1974-75; 1977; n.d.

6 photographs

C4 Athletics—Boys’ Cross-Country

Dates: 1987

1 photograph

C5 Athletics—Girls Athletic Association

Dates: n.d.

1 photograph

See also Albums & Scrapbooks E4-E7.

C6 Athletics—Girls’ Tennis

Dates: 1986

1 photograph

See also Albums & Scrapbooks E6-E7.

C7 Chapel

Dates: n.d.

2 photographs

Photographs removed from scrapbook, “Sacred Heart Province.”

C8 Choir

Dates: 1963-69; 1974; n.d.

18 photographs

C9 Drill Team

Dates: 1974

1 photograph

C10 Music

Dates: 1971; 1974; n.d.

4 photographs

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SERIES D: SUBJECTS

(357 photographs)

D1 Architectural Drawings

Dates: n.d.

1 photograph

D2 B.A.S.H. (Building a Scholastic Heritage, benefit auction)

Dates: 1974; 1986; n.d.

14 photographs

See also Albums & Scrapbooks Series E1 and E2.

D3 Benefactors

Dates: 1991

2 photographs

D4 Blue Ribbon School (1998)

1 photograph

See Also Albums & Scrapbooks E3.

D5 Building Dedication (1975)

68 photographs

D6 Career Day

Dates: 1978

1 photograph

D7 Construction (1955)

8 photographs

See also Facilities Series A2.

D8 Construction (1974)

1 photograph

D9 Disney Studios

Dates: 1988

9 photographs

D10 Faculty Retreat

Dates: 1975

7 photographs

D11 Food Drive

Dates: 1988

1 photograph

D12  Freedom Shrine Award (National Exchange Club)

Dates: n.d.

1 photograph

D13 Graduation

Dates: 1986; n.d.

12 photographs

Includes graduation of Nora Hope, daugher of Bob and Dolores Hope.

D14 Groundbreaking (1974)

32 photographs

D15 Guilds

Dates: 1963; 1966

4 photographs

D16 March of Dimes

Dates: 1966

1 photograph

D17 Mother Joseph Statue

Dates: n.d.

4 photographs

D18 Phonathon

Dates: n.d.

1 photograph

D19 Pioneer Day

Dates: 1986

8 photographs

D20 Quiz Bowl

Dates: 1982

6 photographs

D21 Sisters’ Orchestra

Dates: n.d.

1 photograph

D22 Student Awards

Dates: 1975; 1988; n.d.

22 photographs

Includes photographs removed from the 1965-, 1969-70, and 1970-74 scrapbooks, as well as the 1973-74 clipping binder.

D23 Student Congress

Dates: 1988

1 photograph

D24 Theatrical Productions

Dates: 1963; 1967-68; 1983; 1986-87

41 photographs

Includes photographs removed from the 1965-67 and 1969-70 scrapbooks. Productions include the “Pageant of the Masters”; a Christmas program; “Matchmaker”; and “The Odd Couple.”

D25 Twenty-fifth Anniversary (1980)

110 photographs

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SERIES E: ALBUMS & SCRAPBOOKS

(892 photographs)

E1 B.A.S.H. (Building a Scholastic Heritage, benefit auction)

Dates: 1975

66 photographs

Photographs removed from album, Accession 2006:46. See also Subject Series D2.

E2 B.A.S.H. (Building a Scholastic Heritage, benefit auction)

Dates: 1976

69 photographs

Photographs removed from album, Accession 2006:46. See also Subject Series D2.

E3 Blue Ribbon School Award (1998)

98 photographs

Photographs removed from album, Accession 2006:46. See also Subject Series D4.

E4 Girls Athletic Association

Dates: 1970

27 photographs

Photographs removed from scrapbook, Accession 2006:46. Includes officers; volleyball; basketball; and activities.

E5 Girls Athletic Association

Dates: 1970s

58 photographs

Photographs removed from album, Accession 2006:46. Includes officers; volleyball; basketball; track & field; swimming; Sports Day; miscellaneous; and camping trip.

E6 Girls Athletic Association

Dates: 1970s
  
101 photographs

Photographs removed from album, Accession 2006:46. Includes volleyball; tennis; basketball; and softball.

E7 Girls Athletic Association

Dates: 1970s

73 photographs

Photographs removed from album, Accession 2006:46. Includes volleyball; tennis; basketball; softball; faculty volleyball; and sign painting.

E8 History of Providence High School

Dates: 1955-1961

41 photographs

Photographs removed from scrapbook, Accession 2006:46. Scrapbook presented to Sr. Maria Theresa (Mary Gleason). Half of the photographs could not be removed without harm and remain in the scrapbook.

E9 150th Anniversary of the Sisters in the West (1993)

39 photographs

Photographs removed from album, Accession 1996:38.

E10 Pep Club (1968-69)

77 photographs

Photographs removed from album, Accession 2006:46.

E11 Pep Club (1969-70)

111 photographs

Photographs removed from album, Accession 2006:46.

E12 Pep Club (1972-73)

90 photographs

Photographs removed from album, Accession 2006:46.

E13 Scrapbook (1975-76)

10 photographs

Photographs removed from scrapbook, Accession 2006:46.

E14 Tri-M (Music Honor Society), 1965-68

32 photographs

Photographs removed from scrapbook, Accession 2006:46.

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SERIES F: OVERSIZE

(5 photographs)

F1 Graduating class, 1990

F2 Graduating class, 1991

F3 Graduating class, 1992

F4 Graduating class, 1994

F5 Graduating class, 1996

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SERIES G: SLIDES

(16 photographs)

G1 Building

Dates: 1963; 1965

2 photographs

G2 Students

Dates: 1993; n.d.

2 photographs

G3 Chapel

Dates: 1993

2 photographs

G4 Choir

Dates: 1965

3 photographs

G5 Sisters of Providence Local Community

Dates: 1993

7 photographs

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SERIES H: TRANSPARENCIES

(2 photographs)

H1 Building 1 (1956)

Dates: 1963

2 photographs

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