The Daffodil Festival incorporates a variety of events including: Princess Selections Royal Court Promenade Queen's Coronation

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1 MS 62 Daffodilians [Daffodil Festival, Inc.; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival, Inc.] Abstract: The Daffodil parade has been a colorful annual springtime event in Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner and Orting since History: The Daffodil Festival began on April 6, 1926 when Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Orton were hosts to civic leaders from 125 towns in Western Washington. The Orton's lived in rural Sumner and opened up their home for a garden party. The garden party was arranged so the guests could see the many varieties of daffodils in bloom in and around their estate. After this first garden party, the event became an annual affair. In 1934, Parade" year came into being. Well-known Tacoma photographer and first secretary of the founding group, Lee Merrill, suggested that the daffodil blooms, which at that time were thrown away or used as fertilizer, be used instead as decoration for a Festival Parade. Automobiles were decorated with daffodils; bicycles followed in like fashion; and together, paraded through the city and neighboring Valley towns. The presence of a mounted contingent of riding horses in the area prompted their appearance each year to follow. The idea grew and presently the Grand Floral Street Parade travels through four Pierce County communities on Parade Day - Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, and Orting. A parade has taken place every year since with the exception of the war years of The Festival Board of Directors was organized in 1934 to conduct the business of the Daffodil Festival that included putting on special Festival events and providing the financial base for Festival obligations. In 1965 a hosting group - the Daffodilians - was formed to act as the official hosting and visitation unit of the Daffodil Festival. In 1996, the two organizations merged into one and retained the name Daffodilians. The governing body of the Daffodilians, known as the Executive Board, consists of four elected officers and ten appointed vicepresidents. The Daffodilians are responsible for conducting the business of the Daffodil Festival, putting on special Festival events and providing the financial base for Festival obligations. Other responsibilities are to welcome and host dignitaries and quests from other festivals, make visitations to other festivals, serve as escorts for the Queen and her court, as well as honor guard for the Queen and her float. In addition, the Daffodilians exert influence in the community to increase support and participation in the Festival. The Daffodil Festival incorporates a variety of events including: Princess Selections Royal Court Promenade Queen's Coronation 1

2 Scope and Contents: Magnificent Mutt Show Junior Parade Queen's Luncheon YMCA/Daffodil Fun Run Grand Floral Street Parade Daffodil Open Chess Tournament Orting Pancake Breakfast Marine Parade Spring Fair - "The Little Puyallup" Daffodil Classic Bicycle Ride The Daffodil Festival records consist of an expansive compilation of documents spanning over 60 years of the Festival. The collection is arranged chronologically by year starting in Each year typically contains folders regarding photos, publicity, correspondence, and board minutes. Early years (30 s 40 s) contain limited information concerning the Festival s board and organization. However, numerous news clippings and photos provide a view of the parade and royalty. Some limited correspondence also gives a glimpse of the logistical aspect of planning the parade and selecting a queen and court. Letters to/from the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, princesses, and sponsors identify various dates, parade routes, and requirements. Later years give a more complete picture of the Festival. Extensive photos of the parade and the queen and her court exist as well as board member information, budgets, actual expenses, correspondence to/from many active participants (as well as those Festival organizers wanted to be active), advertisements, programs, news clippings, information regarding Festival history, memberships, programs, and royalty,. The collection provides a fairly complete historical record on the Festival. The photos show different eras, styles, and views of society. Other information, such as budgets, correspondence, and news clippings also show the differences in the extent of organization required to coordinate an event of this magnitude. Inclusive Dates: Restrictions: None Volume: 10 linear feet Accession Number:

3 Record Series: Box: Folder: 1: 1934 Photos Queen and Court negatives 2: 1934 Publicity Misc. news clippings including princess and queen selection, fete details, news photos of first parade. 3: 1935 Publicity Misc. news clippings including highlights of parade 4: 1937 Correspondence Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, dates, queen 5: 1937 Publicity Misc. news clippings including publicity, fete winners, Sonja Hennie 6: 1939 Board-Minutes Trustees Board Minutes Annual Members Meetings 7: 1939 Publicity Misc. news clippings including floats (For Motor Co.), Charles Orton 8: 1940 Board-Minutes Treasurer s Report Office of Trustees, Trustees Board minutes 9: 1940 Budget 10: 1940 Daffodil Bulb orders; Misc. info on flowers, daffodil industry, parade rules and regulations 11: 1941 Board-Minutes 12: 1944 Photos Todd Pacific Shipyards float 13: 1948 Board-Minutes Officers and Board members 14: 1948 Correspondence Mayor, Chamber of Commerce, Queen visits 15: 1948 Photos YMBO float 1st Place 16: 1948 Publicity Misc. news releases and press clippings including press release concerning floats, queen and her court 17: 1949 Correspondence Committee, Chamber of Commerce, picture sales, nominating committee 18: 1949 Publicity Misc. news clippings including Queen Mary Jane Gropper 19: 1950 Correspondence Director, parade entrants 3

4 20: 1950 Daffodil Info on NW Bulb Growers Association; flowers 21: 1950 Photos NW Airlines, Tacoma Yacht Club 22: 1950 Publicity Misc. press clippings, magazine ads, event info, queen coronation, Greyhound tours 23: 1951 Budget 24: 1951 Correspondence Festival president, Corporation Board, float entrants and marching units 25: 1951 Parade Rules and regulations, results 26: 1951 Publicity Misc. press clippings, magazine ads, pictures of parade and floats, Nations Business magazine 27: 1951 Royalty Queen and her court, coronation times and events 28: 1952 Board-Minutes 29: 1952 Publicity Misc. press clippings, magazines 30: 1953 Board-Minutes 31: 1953 Publicity Misc. press clippings, Great Northern Goat magazine 32: 1954 Board-Minutes 33: 1954 Photos Proofs 34: 1954 Daffodil Parade Program 35: 1954 Publicity Misc. press clippings, magazines 36: 1955 Daffodil Info on flowers, fact sheets, etc. 37: 1955 Publicity Flyers, magazines, etc. 38: 1956 Board-Minutes 39: 1956 Photos Proofs, royalty, advertising, ships 40: 1956 Photos Proofs, royalty, advertising, ships 41: 1956 Publicity Flyers, magazines, etc. 4

5 42: 1957 Correspondence (Letters from Ed Sullivan) 43: 1957 Daffodil Info on flowers, location of bulb fields, etc. 44: 1957 Hospitality Parade suggestions committee report 45: 1957 Photos Parade, business windows, floats, court 46: 1957 Publicity Press clippings, journals, magazines 47: 1958 Board-Minutes 48: 1958 Correspondence (Letter from Sophia Loren) 49: 1958 Daffodil US Department of Agriculture leaflet on bulbs 50: 1958 Music Festival marches, anthems 51: 1958 Parade Procedures, entrance letters, police correspondence, instructions and assignments 52: 1958 Photos Dignitaries, court 53: 1958 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 54: 1959 Correspondence Marine Color Guard, parade committee, executive group 55: 1959 Parade Parade entrants, order of floats 56: 1959 Photos Lunch, Queen, court 57: 1959 Photos Queen, court, judging ceremony 58: 1959 Festival Program 59: 1959 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 60: 1960 Board-Minutes 61: 1960 Correspondence Float committee, Boy Scouts of America, towing company, City Manager 62: 1960 Parade Parade committee, parade order 63: 1960 Photos Court, fleet, daffodils 5

6 64: 1960 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 65: 1961 Board-Minutes 66: 1961 Correspondence City of Tacoma, General William Trane, Chamber 67: 1961 Hospitality Committee chair reports, dance committee 68: 1961 Parade Parade order, band director information, Boy Scouts 69: 1961 Photos Queen, court, boats, daffodil dields 70: 1961 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 71: 1960 Float Photos (Oversize) Box 2: Folders: 1: 1962 Board-Minutes 2: 1962 Correspondence Contributions, invitations to judge, Boy Scouts 3: 1962 Parade Parade committee members, float instructions 4: 1962 Photos Court, floats, flowers 5: 1962 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 6: 1963 Board-Minutes 7: 1963 Correspondence State bulb farm, City manager regarding jr. parade 8: 1963 Historical Background info, history, name origin, org chart 9: 1963 Parade Financial Report, parade order 10: 1963 Photos Coronation, sailboats, ships, boats, court, daffodils 11: 1963 Festival Program 12: 1963 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 13: 1963 Royalty Princess eligibility, misc. 14: 1964 Board-Minutes 6

7 15: 1964 Correspondence City manager, towing company 16: 1964 Daffodil Info on flowers, Dept. of Agriculture 17: 1964 Historical Background info on festival 18: 1964 Parade Float rules and regulations. Parade order, city and community group mailing lists 19: 1964 Photos Floats, court, daffodil fields, parade 20: 1964 Festival Program 21: 1964 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 22: 1964 Royalty Instructions to candidates 23: 1964 Sponsorships Patron membership 24: 1965 Board-Minutes 25: 1965 Correspondence City manager 26: 1965 Daffodil Information concerning daffodils including handling instruction, ordering 27: 1965 Historical Festival facts, objectives, background information 28: 1965 Parade Executive committee list, parade route, misc. info 29: 1965 Photos Court, floats, 30: 1965 Festival Program 31: 1965 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 32: 1965 Royalty Chaperones, board of directors, selection procedures 33: 1966 Board-Minutes 34: 1966 Parade City manager, parade arrangements 35: 1966 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 36: 1966 Photos Floats, queen, coronation, princesses 7

8 37: 1967 Board-Minutes 38: 1967 Correspondence Eastern Airlines, WA State Historical Society 39: 1967 Parade Parade committee, parade order 40: 1967 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 41: 1967 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 42: 1967 Royalty Coronation program Box 3: Folders: 1: 1968 Board-Minutes 2: 1968 Budget 3: 1968 Historical Festival events, background, objectives 4: 1968 Memberships List of sustaining members 5: 1968 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 6: 1968 Festival Program 7: 1968 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 8: 1968 Royalty 9: 1969 Board-Minutes 10: 1969 Memberships List of sustaining members 11: 1969 Parade 12: 1969 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 13: 1969 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 14: 1969 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 15: 1970 Board Minutes 16: 1970 Board Minutes 17: 1970 Memberships List of sustaining members 8

9 18: 1970 Festival Program 19: 1970 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 20: 1970 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 21: 1971 Administration Associations, contracts and insurance licenses, etc. 22: 1971 Board-Minutes 23: 1971 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 24: 1971 Festival Program 25: 1971 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 26: 1972 Board-Minutes 27: 1972 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 28: 1972 Festival Program 29: 1972 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 30: 1973 Administration Associations, contracts and insurance licenses, etc. 31: 1973 Board-Minutes 32: 1973 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 33: 1973 Festival Program 34: 1972 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers Box 4: Folders: 1: 1974 Administration Associations, contracts and insurance licenses, etc. 2: 1974 Board Minutes 3: 1974 Board Minutes 4: 1974 Historical History and development of festival, themes from : 1974 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 9

10 6: 1974 Festival Program 7: 1974 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 8: 1975 Administration Associations, contracts and insurance licenses, etc. 9: 1975 Board-Minutes 10: 1975 Correspondence 11: 1975 Daffodil Info on bulbs Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 13: 1975 Festival Program 14: 1975 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 15: 1976 Board-Minutes 16: 1976 Correspondence 17: 1976 Daffodil 18: 1976 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 19: 1976 Festival Program 20: 1970 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 21: 1977 Board-Minutes 22: 1977 Correspondence 23: 1977 Hospitality Keynote breakfast 24: 1977 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 25: 1977 Festival Program 26: 1977 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 27: 1977 Royalty 28: 1978 Board-Minutes 10

11 29: 1978 Correspondence 30: 1978 Photos 31: 1978 Festival Program 32: 1978 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 33: 1979 Board-Minutes 34: 1979 Correspondence 35: 1979 Hospitality Friday night ball, Ticket sales 36: 1979 Photos 37: 1979 Festival Program 38: 1979 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 39: 1979 Royalty Court, floats, queen, parade 40: 1980 Advertising Advertising sales 41: 1980 Board-Minutes 42: 1980 Correspondence 43: 1980 Hospitality General committee 44: 1980 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 45: 1980 Festival Program 46: 1980 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 47: 1981 Board Minutes 48: 1981 Board-Minutes 49: 1981 Hospitality General committee 50: 1981 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 51: 1981 Festival Program 11

12 Box 5: Folders: 1: 1981 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 2: 1982 Advertising Advertising sales 3: 1982 Board-Minutes 4: 1982 Correspondence 5: 1982 Hospitality General committees 6: 1982 Festival Program 7: 1982 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 8: 1982 Royalty 9: 1982 Sponsorships Pepsi 10: 1983 Board-Minutes 11: 1983 Correspondence Hospitality General committee 13: 1983 Other Festivals Capital Lake Fair 14: 1983 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 15: 1983 Festival Program 16: 1983 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 17: 1983 Royalty 18: 1984 Board-Minutes 19: 1984 Hospitality Friday night ball, General committee 20: 1984 Hospitality Golf, Hostess and bartenders, Ladies lunch, Men s lunch Packets, Sunday brunch 21: 1984 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 12

13 22: 1984 Festival Program 23: 1984 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 24: 1984 Royalty 25: 1985 Board-Minutes 26: 1985 Correspondence 27: 1985 Hospitality Friday night ball, General committee 28: 1985 Other Festivals Portland Rose Festival, Sequim Irrigation Festival Spokane Lilac Festival, Washington State Apple Blossom Festival, SeaFair 29: 1985 Parade 30: 1985 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 31: 1985 Festival Program 32: 1985 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 33: 1985 Royalty 34: 1985 Daffodil Festival Report Volume I Chairman s report for year. Includes summary of all committees and events 35: 1985 Daffodil Festival Report Volume II Chairman s report for year. Includes summary of all committees and events Box 6: Folders: 1: 1986 Board-Minutes 2: 1986 Daffodil Festival Report Chairman s report for year. Includes summary of all committees and events 3: 1986 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 4: 1986 Festival Program 5: 1986 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 6: 1986 Royalty 13

14 7: 1987 Board-Minutes 8: 1987 Hospitality Friday night ball, Report on buttons and decals 9: 1987 Membership Application for membership 10: 1987 Parade 11: 1987 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade Festival Program 13: 1987 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 14: 1987 Royalty 15: 1988 Administration Tax and licenses, resolutions, agreement for services, contracts 16: 1988 Board-Minutes 17: 1988 Budget 18: 1988 Correspondence 19: 1988 Hospitality Auction, Buttons, Decorations, Friday night ball 20: 1988 Hospitality Golf, General, Hostess and bartenders, Ladies lunch 21: 1988 Hospitality Men s lunch, Other, Reservations, Saturday night party, Sunday brunch, Transportation 22: 1988 Memberships 3: 1988 Other Festivals Issaquah Salmon Days, Portland Rose Festival, Misc. others 24: 1988 Parade 25: 1988 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade, 26: 1988 Festival Program 27: 1988 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 28: 1988 Royalty 29: 1988 Sponsorships 14

15 30: 1988 Vendors Concession 31: 1989 Administration Tax and licenses, resolutions, agreement for services, contracts 32: 1989 Board-Minutes 33: 1989 Correspondence 34: 1989 Daffodil Festival Report Chairman s report for year. Includes summary of all committees and events Box 7: Folders: 1: 1989 Hospitality Auction 2: 1989 Hospitality Registration 3: 1989 Membership 4: 1989 Other Festivals Yakima Sun Fair, Autumn Leaf Festival 5: 1989 Parade 6: 1989 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 7: 1989 Festival Program 8: 1989 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 9: 1989 Vendors 10: 1990 Administration Contracts, 11: 1990 Board-Minutes Correspondence 13: 1990 Fund Raising Turkey Trot, Goofy Golf Tournament, Moonlight Rambo Bike Ride, misc. 14: 1990 Hospitality General 15: 1990 Hospitality Registration, Reservation, Transportation, Saturday night party, brunch, decorations 15

16 16: 1990 Parade 17: 1990 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 18: 1990 Festival Program 19: 1990 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 20: 1990 Royalty 21: 1991 Board Minutes Jan - July 22: 1991 Board Minutes Aug - Sept 23: 1991 Board of Directors By-law changes 24: 1991 Board of Directors Committees, Minutes, Correspondence, Fundraising 25: 1991 Board of Directors Correspondence from Pierce Co., Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Orting 26: 1991 Board of Directors Membership: individual, patrons, sustaining, business 27: 1991 Board of Directors Correspondence, Buttons, Sweatshirts, Cookbooks, Home Show, Other 28: 1991 Board of Directors Press releases, Program design, Marketing 29: 1991 Board of Directors Correspondence, Sponsors, Royalty, P/R, Marketing 30: 1991 Board of Directors Lapel pins, Membership stickers, Newsletter (Daffodil Bulb) 31: 1991 Board of Directors Royalty 32: 1991 Board of Directors Out-of-town festivals, Programs, Judging, Jr. Parade, Mutt show, Marine parade, Western Washington Fair Correspondence Box 8: Folders: 1: 1991 Board of Directors Parade 2: 1991 Board of Directors Tour groups, Seating, Misc. correspondence 3: 1991 Budget 4: 1991 Daffodil Festival Report Volume I Chairman s report for year. Includes 16

17 summary of all committees and events 5: 1991 Daffodil Festival Report Volume II Chairman s report for year. Includes summary of all committees and events 6: 1991 Hospitality Decorations, Friday night ball, General 7: 1991 Hospitality Marchers lunch, Men s lunch, Non-marchers lunch, Reservations, Saturday night party, Sunday brunch 8: 1991 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 9: 1991 Festival Program 10: 1991 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 11: 1991 Royalty Administration Contracts, licenses 13: 1992 Board of Directors Financials 14: 1992 Board of Directors Membership 15: 1992 Board of Directors Correspondence 16: 1992 Board-Minutes Jan-June 17: 1992 Board-Minutes July-Dec 18: 1992 Daffodil Festival Report Chairman s report for year. Includes summary of all committees and events 19: 1992 Hospitality Decorations, Friday night ball, General 20: 1992 Hospitality Golf, Hostess-bartenders, Marchers lunch, Packets, Registration 21: 1992 Other Festivals Tournament of Roses 22: 1992 Festival Program 23: 1992 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 24: 1992 Royalty Box 9:

18 Folders: 1: 1993 Administration Invoices, contracts, agreements, 2: 1993 Board-Minutes Jan - July 3: 1993 Board-Minutes Aug Dec 4: 1993 Budget 5: 1993 Correspondence 6: 1993 Daffodil Festival Report Chairman s report for year. Includes summary of all committees and events 7: 1993 Fund Raising 8: 1993 Home Show 9: 1993 Hospitality Auction 10: 1993 Hospitality Decorations, Friday night ball, General 11: 1993 Hospitality Hostess-bartenders, Marchers lunch, Men s lunch, Nonmarchers lunch Hospitality Princess promenade, Registration, Sunday brunch, Saturday night party transportation 13: 1993 Parade 14: 1993 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 15: 1993 Royalty 16: 1993 Royalty 17: 1993 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 18: 1993 Sponsorships 19: 1994 Administration File plan, Editorial copy deadlines, Festival objectives, Contracts, agreements 20: 1994 Administration NW Festival Association 21: 1994 Board Minutes Jan July 18

19 22: 1994 Board Minutes Aug - Dec 23: 1994 Budget 24: 1994 Correspondence 25: 1994 Fundraising 26: 1994 Historical 27: 1994 Tacoma Garden and Home Show 28: 1994 Hospitality Cookbooks,Pins/Decals 29: 1994 Hospitality General, Reservations 30: 1994 Other Festivals Orting Red Hat Days, Issaquah Salomon Days Festival, Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival, Portland Starlight Parade, Portland Rose Festival, Spokane Lilac Festival 31: 1994 Other Festivals Capital Lake Fair, Lynwood Lynn-o-Rama, West Seattle Grand Parade, Lakewood Summerfest 32: 1994 Other Festivals Yakima Grand Sun Fair Parade, Port Angeles Derby Days, Garibaldi Days, Astoria Regatta Box 10: Folders: 1: 1994 Parade 2: 1994 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 3: 1994 Festival Program 4: 1994 Publicity Misc. press clippings, ads, flyers 5: 1994 Royalty Judging 6: 1994 Royalty Appearance requests, Judging 7: 1994 Royalty Travel expense reports, Policies, Princess Selection 8: 1994 Vendors 9: 1995 Board-Minutes 19

20 10: 1994 Homeshow 11: 1995 Daffodil Festival Report Chairman s report for year. Includes summary of all committees and events 12: 1995 Hospitality Decorations, Friday night party, General, Saturday night party, Sunday brunch, Transportation 13: 1995 Parade 14: 1995 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 15: 1995 Festival Program 16: 1995 Royalty 17: 1996 Board-Minutes 18: 1996 Budget 19: 1996 Festival Program 20: 1996 Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 21: 1997 Festival Program 22: Misc. Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 23: Misc. Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 24: Misc. Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 25: Misc. Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 26: Misc. Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 27: Misc. Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 28: Misc. Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 29: Misc. Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 30: Misc. Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 31: Misc. Photos Court, floats, queen, parade 20

21 32: Misc. Photos Court, floats, queen, parade Box 11: Miscellaneous Items/Documents Folders: 1: Comedy Script The Budging of Barney - Undated 2: Misc. No Dates 4: Designing and Building Floats Resources Multi Years 5: Board Membership Applications : Board Membership Applications : General history Undated The Continental Wayfarer Vaughn s parade and Float Guide Daffodils 45 RPM Record Oversized Photo Boxes: Box 12: Queen s Courts Photos s Box 13: 1982 Photos, News Clipping, (Oversized Scrapbook Pages) 21