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| Repository: | Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies |
| Summary: | The collection documents the activities of the Aftermath Club, a women’s literary and social organization founded in New Whatcom (later Bellingham), Washington, in 1895. Materials include administrative, financial and legal records, yearbooks, and papers relating to Club’s interests and activities. |
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| Repository: | Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies |
| Summary: | The collection documents the research done by Peggy Aiston on the history of Lummi Island. She conducted her research from the mid 1970s until her death in 1998, and created a comprehensive three-volume set of manuscripts entitled "Lummi Island Chronological History." While never published, her research on Lummi Island was extensive, spanning from 1519-1940. |
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| Repository: | Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies |
| Summary: | The Alaska Packers Association records document the history of one of the most dominant forces in the commercial fishing industry in Alaska and the Puget Sound from the late nineteenth through the late twentieth century. The bulk of the records span from 1890 through 1974, documenting the growth of the industry, its technological and economic development, the geographic expansion of the salmon trade, and labor conditions. The records include administrative and financial records, production records, maps, plans, photographs, newspaper clipping files, industry publications, and extensive information relating to APA personnel. |
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| Repository: | Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies |
| Summary: | This is a collection of records gathered during Debbie Aldrich's tenure as President of the League of Women Voters of Skagit County. The collection includes a variety of newsletters and publications generated by various regional chapters of the League of Women Voters of Washington. |
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| Repository: | Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies |
| Summary: | The Edwin J. Allen, Jr. papers include materials related to Native American culture such as Attorney Frederick W. Post's files on Nooksack, Duwamish, Suiattle-Sauk and S'Klallam tribes' land claims cases before the Indian Claims Commission. |
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| Repository: | Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies |
| Summary: | This collection documents the music-related projects and activities of long-term Washington State resident and singer/songwriter Linda Allen. |
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| Repository: | Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies |
| Summary: | The American Association of University Women, Washington State Records document the growth and development of the Washington State Division of this organization from its inception in 1927 to the present. The collection contains numerous series documenting the development of the division and its branches.The files reflect the educational, political and social interests of the division members and document the issues on which they focused their attention. |
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| Repository: | Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies |
| Summary: | The collection encompasses material generated at the national, state, and local levels of the ACLU. Whatcom County Chapter materials include constitution and bylaws, correspondence and meeting minutes, as well as financial records. Subjects cover a range of topics including mandatory registration for the Selective Service, abortion rights, separation of church and state, sexual harassment, and criminal code reform. |
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| Repository: | Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies |
| Summary: | The collection includes newsletters, memos, correspondence, cartoons, clippings and other records documenting union affiliation and activity among Western Washington State College (now Western Washington University) faculty during the 1970s and 1980s, as well as a small amount of material from 2008. |
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| Repository: | Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies |
| Summary: | The Edward J. Arntzen papers document the career of a long-time Western Washington University (WWU) social studies professor, as well as the dedication of Arntzen Hall at WWU. |
