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Pacific Northwest
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Black Oral History Collection 
 Features interviews with "African American pioneers and their descendants throughout Washington [state], Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, from 1972-1974." Topics discussed "include early black settlers, job opportunities, social life and community, living patterns, black churches, and black political involvement from the late 1800s through 1974." Includes sound files and descriptive records. Browsable and searchable. From Washington State University Libraries. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xblackoralhistory.html Topics: Black Resources, History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jan 4, 2006 Center for Columbia River History (CCRH)
This agency "is dedicated to examining the 'hidden histories' of the Basin and to helping people think about the historical record from different perspectives." This site includes photo, document, and oral history archives; curricula for "Columbia River Studies," an interdisciplinary high school course; an events calendar; and student projects. The CCRH is a regional partnership of Washington State University at Vancouver, Portland State University, and the Washington State Historical Society. http://www.ccrh.org/ Topics: History, U.S. History By Place Last updated Feb 11, 2003 Clark Kinsey and the Documentation of the Pacific Northwest Logging Industry
This online exhibit discusses the work of photographer Clark Kinsey, who captured images of "the logging and milling camps and other forest related activities in Washington [state], Oregon, California and British Columbia." Features information about the Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company, logging operations, locomotives, camp life, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the Spruce Production Division. Searchable. From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/exhibits/kinsey/ Topics: Agriculture, Environment, Industries, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photography, Plants, U.S. History By Place Last updated Dec 8, 2005 Clark Kinsey Photographs Collection
This online collection features the work of photographer Clark Kinsey, who documented the logging industry in the Pacific Northwest. Following World War I he began photographing "the logging and milling camps and other forest related activities in Washington [state], Oregon, California and British Columbia." Includes biographical information. Searchable. From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://content-dev.lib.washington.edu/clarkkinseyweb/ Topics: Agriculture, Environment, Industries, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Plants, U.S. History By Place Last updated Feb 21, 2005 Classics in Washington History
Electronic editions of books written by Washington state and Oregon pioneers. Includes reminiscences by pioneers such as Ezra Meeker, Arthur Denny, and Caroline C. Leighton, one of the state's first women pioneers. Requires download of free DJVU Viewer software. From the Washington State Library. http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/publications.aspx Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Nov 24, 2009 Darius Kinsey Photographs
This online exhibit features the work of Darius Kinsey, brother of Clark Kinsey and "a pioneer artist active as a photographer in the Northwest from the late 19th century to 1940." With his wife, Darius operated a photography studio in the town of Sedro-Wooley, Washington state, before moving to Seattle in 1906 to focus exclusively on logging documentation. Includes biographical information and a searchable database of photographs. From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://content-dev.lib.washington.edu/kinseyweb/ Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Feb 23, 2005 Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection
A searchable collection of early Washington state maps covering disputed boundaries, maps showing planned features of new towns, railroad tracks, postal roads, and Indian reservations. Includes a "Historical Timeline of Events Leading to the Formation of Washington State," with links to related maps. A joint project of Washington State University Libraries and the University of Washington Libraries. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xmaps.html Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 24, 2004 History of Washington State and the Pacific Northwest
This site contains a series of illustrated Pacific Northwest history lectures prepared for undergraduates by a professor at the University of Washington. Covers the years from 1741 to the late 20th century. Includes three major areas: a general introduction to Pacific Northwest history, contacts and contests from 1741 to 1900 (such as fur trade and Pacific Northwest Indians), and urban industrial growth from 1846 to the present. http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/hstaa432/ Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 28, 2009 Jesuit Oregon Province Archives (JOPA)
In 1992, the Jesuit Oregon Province Archives were transferred to the Foley Center Library at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington State. This page describes the collection, which "will be particularly valuable for researchers of Native American languages and ethnology, of early Northwest/Alaska settlement and mission histories, and of regional ecclesiastical history." Includes descriptions of the collection, including manuscripts, photo archives, records from Jesuit mission houses, and other documents. Searchable. http://www.gonzaga.edu/Academics/Libraries/Foley+Library/Departments/Special+Collections/Collections/JOPA/ Topics: Religion, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 22, 2004 Labor Press Project
"This site brings together information about the history and ongoing influence of newspapers and periodicals published by unions, labor councils, and radical organizations in the Pacific Northwest." Presents a history of labor journalism, and describes labor groups and publications. Features the mastheads of and details about radical newspapers, including the Seattle Union Record. From a University of Washington history and labor studies professor. http://faculty.washington.edu/gregoryj/laborpress/ Topics: Labor, Newspapers by Place: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Oct 16, 2009 Murray's People: A Collection of Essays
This site celebrates the work of Murray C. Morgan, journalist, historian, and native of Tacoma, Washington state. The site includes a short autobiography, obituary (Morgan died in 2000), and a collection of Morgan's essays. The essays "have been chosen and edited by Librarian Gary Fuller Reese from more than 30 years of newspaper and magazine articles, radio broadcasts, and books." From the Tacoma Public Library. http://www2.tacomapubliclibrary.org/v2/nwroom/morgan/Intro.htm Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 22, 2005 The National Archives in Seattle, Washington
Describes this regional branch of the National Archives and Records Administration, which serves as a "depository and center for research in historical records from Federal agencies and courts in the Pacific Northwest including Idaho, Oregon, and Washington" state. Features guides to the Seattle branch and its holdings, finding aids, a list of services available to the public, a FAQ, and a downloadable booklet on this regional branch. http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/seattle/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jul 30, 2005 Northwest Illustrations Collection
Presents a digital collection of more than 50 illustrations from a rare 1889 book on the history of the Pacific Northwest. Includes portraits and images of towns, timber, ranches, farms, and residences. Browsable and searchable. The book, which was sponsored by the North Pacific History Company of Portland, was edited by well-known Northwest historian Elwood Evans. The identity of the illustrator is unknown. From Washington State University Libraries. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xnwillustrations.html Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Northwest of the West: The Frontier Experience on the Northwest Coast
A brief, illustrated overview of westward expansion in the Pacific Northwest, including information on settlers and emigrants, the early economy of the region, railroads, pioneer Ezra Meeker, and contemporary merchandising of the frontier experience. A part of The Frontier in American Culture , from the University of Washington Libraries. http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/frontier/local/ Topics: U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Feb 18, 2004 Pacific Northwest Garden History
This site, prepared by a botanist, discusses the history of gardening in British Columbia, Washington state, and Oregon. It covers gardeners, plants, and historic Northwest gardens. Notable features include "Weigh-Off Winners" (famous supersized vegetables, including a 25-pound beet and an 11-pound potato), a gallery of invasive, non-native species, the "Heirloom Vegetable Gardener's Assistant," a 200-year timeline of what was grown and when, and listings of historic public gardens. http://www.halcyon.com/tmend/nwgardenhistory.htm Topics: Gardening, U.S. History By Place Last updated Feb 4, 2004 Pacific Northwest Historians Guild
"The Pacific Northwest Historians Guild promotes the study of history, preservation of historical resources, and publication of materials relating to Pacific Northwest history." This Seattle-based organization for the history of the Pacific Northwest is a good source for locating historians working in this field. Includes information about upcoming events, conferences, and exhibits. http://www.pnwhistorians.org/ Topics: History, Notable People, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Pacific Northwest History
Collection of links to websites with historical material for Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington state. Also includes links to general Pacific Northwest sites. Topics include American Indians, the Columbia River, and the Klondike gold rush. From the University of Washington Libraries. http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/tm/pnw.html Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Mar 23, 2006 Pioneer History to About 1900: Churches of Christ & Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest
This extensive, searchable site presents brief histories of 19th century churches and Bible colleges in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington state. Period photographs and drawings of the churches, ministers, colleges, and communities are provided as well as maps and aerial photographs of many of the communities as they appeared 100 years ago. From a minister affiliated with the Northwest College of the Bible. http://ncbible.org/nwh/orhistmenu.html Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 15, 2003 Portraits Database
This site features "an ongoing digital collection of photographs of individuals well known not only in the Pacific Northwest, but also nationally." Includes portraits of architects, artists, authors and editors, engineers, historians, legislators, mayors, photographers, surveyors, theatrical producers, and teachers. Descriptive data is included for each portrait. Searchable. From the University of Washington Libraries. http://content.lib.washington.edu/portraitsweb/ Topics: Architecture by Place, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 20, 2004 Providence Archives
This site describes the manuscripts and archival materials of the Providence Health System and the Sisters of Providence. Housed in Seattle, the archives are "recognized as a valuable resource for scholars of Pacific Northwest history." The site features several online exhibits and describes the archive's collections, records, and services. Includes a newsletter and online research request forms. Searchable. From Providence Health System. http://www.providence.org/PHS/Archives/ Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 8, 2004 The Salmon Collection
This online exhibit "contains documents, photographs and other material describing the roots of the salmon crisis in the Pacific Northwest in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries." Browse by topics such as Native Americans, seining (using nets), traps and fishwheels, fish drying, salmon hatcheries, salmon canneries, salmon on the Columbia River, and the salmon industries in Alaska and Washington state. Searchable. From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://content.lib.washington.edu/salmonweb/ Topics: Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians, U.S. History By Place Last updated Apr 12, 2004 The Seattle Daily Times: 100 Years in the Pacific Northwest
In 1996, as part of The Seattle Times' 100th birthday celebration, weekly stories on Northwest history were prepared by historians Sharon Boswell and Lorraine McConaghy with the assistance of the newspaper staff. This site features the collection of stories and period photographs. Sets of discussion questions accompany each article. Includes a link to more information about The Seattle Times (originally called the Seattle Daily Times when it was founded in 1896). http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/centennial/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, U.S. History By Place Last updated Dec 1, 2007 A Sense of Where We Are: History and Literature of the Pacific Northwest
This site from the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest offers examples of stories and texts written in and about the Pacific Northwest. Essays, commentaries, and sample texts cover five areas: "Texts by and about Natives," "Discovering the Region," "Writing Home," "Aggressive Regionalism," and "Northwest Schools of Lit." "Includes Native American myths, accounts by explorers, pioneer narratives, booster pamphlets, modern poetry, selections from novels, utopian fiction, environmentalist tracts, and travel writing." http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Hist%20n%20Lit/Welcome.html Topics: Environment, Native Americans, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 24, 2009 Tacoma Public Library's Photography Archive
This Web site features a collection of photographs that document "the social, industrial, commercial, and agricultural growth and development of Washington [state] and the Pacific Northwest." The collection includes "daguerreotypes, glass lantern slides, early and modern prints, panoramic photographs, ambrotypes and tintypes, glass and film negatives, and more." Searchable, or view images using the random-display feature. http://search.tpl.lib.wa.us/images/ Topics: Agriculture, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 14, 2004 University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
These unique collections of historical photographs, documents, and other visual resources depict the history, natural sciences, and regional cultures of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. "These collections are especially strong in Seattle history, architecture, labor and industry, the Klondike Gold Rush, and our natural environment" and are searchable by keywords, title, subject, description, or a variety of other fields. From the University of Washington Libraries' Digital Initiatives Program. http://content.lib.washington.edu/ Topics: Architecture by Place, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 13, 2004 UWired Outreach: Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest
This site contains news pertaining to the history of the Pacific Northwest, curriculum materials for secondary-school teachers and students, articles from back issues of Pacific Northwest Quarterly , and materials from a University of Washington course on Pacific Northwest history. http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/ Topics: History, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jan 1, 2003 The Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
The database comprises nearly 20,000 clippings from the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Clippings Collection as well as federal and state documents, reports, and other online sources chronicling the first half of the 20th century, "a period of rapid growth and development in the history of the Northwest." Developed and maintained by the Washington State University Libraries. http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/pncc/pncc.htm Topics: Newspapers by Place: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 18, 2009 Washington [State] Territorial Timeline
Using pictures, maps, and documents from the State Archives, this site traverses the history of the Pacific Northwest and Washington Territory. The timeline begins with The Sailing Years of the Pacific Northwest: 1540-1799 and ends with The March to Statehood: 1881-1889 . http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/Timeline/default.aspx Topics: U.S. History By Place Last updated Sep 22, 2009 Women and Timber: The Pacific Northwest Logging Community, 1920-1998
This site describes an oral history project that explores "women's roles as key participants in the development and maintenance of the logging community and culture that has, in many ways, helped define Pacific Northwest history." Includes an explanation of the project methodology, oral history transcripts, and a list of sources. From the Center for Columbia River History. http://www.ccrh.org/oral/women&timber/ Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, U.S. History By Place Last updated Oct 22, 2004 |
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