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Whatcom County School annuals
1898-1972
3.2 linear feet
The collection consists of annuals (yearbooks) from Whatcom
County, Washington schools including Bellingham (North and South Sides), Fairhaven, Laurel,
Mt. Baker, New Whatcom, North Bellingham, Sehome, Sumas Nooksack, and Whatcom High Schools;
Fairhaven, Roeder, and Campus Junior High Schools; Custer Elementry School; and Western
Washington State College.
Collection materials are in English.
The collection consists of annuals (yearbooks) from Whatcom County, Washington schools
including Bellingham (North and South Sides), Fairhaven, Laurel, Mt. Baker, New Whatcom,
North Bellingham, Sehome, Sumas Nooksack, and Whatcom High Schools; Fairhaven, Roeder, and
Campus Junior High Schools; Custer Elementry School; and Western Washington State
College.
The collection is open to the public.
Whatcom County School annuals, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries
Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA
98225-9123.
About Harmful Language and Content
Some yearbooks in this collection include content that is harmful and offensive, including
racist depictions and language relating to Indigenous peoples and culture. To learn more
about problematic content in our collections, collection description and teaching tools
(including how to provide feedback or request dialogue on this topic), see the following
Statement
About Potentially Harmful Language and Content
Donated by the Whatcom Museum of History and Art in 1987. Gifts of additional albums have
been made by community members in subsequent years.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers
desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using
these headings.
Whatcom County
(Wash.)--History--Sources
School yearbooks--Washington (State)--Whatcom
County--History--Sources
Elementary and
Secondary Education
Washington
(State)
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
1
Fairhaven High School - The Senior
Annual
1898 (missing?)
1899-1900
1
Fairhaven High School - The
Hi-ah
1901
1
Fairhaven High School - The
Owl
1902
1
Fairhaven High School - The
Olequa
1903
1
Fairhaven High School - The
Aurora
1923-1932
1936
1
Laurel High School - Eclipse
1917
1
New Whatcom High School - The
Echo
1898 December
1899 January
1
New Whatcom High School - The
Finale
1900 June 15
1
Whatcom High School - Chinook
1901
1
Whatcom High School - Athene
1902
1
Whatcom High School - Klahowyan
1903
1
Bellingham High School (combined senior classes of
Fairhaven and Whatcom) - The Alpha
1904
1
Bellingham High School - Kulshan
1905-1911
1
Bellingham High Schools (joint annual of the North and
South Side High Schools) - Kulshan
1912
2
North Bellingham (North Side) High School - Kulshan
1913-1915
2
Whatcom High School - Kulshan
1916
1919-1930
1934-1936
2
Roeder Junior High School - Shuksan
1929
2
Bellingham High School - Shuksan
1937-1938
1941-1943
3
Bellingham High School - Shuksan
1946-1947
1949-1955
1959
1969-1972
4
Sumas Nooksack High School - Sumissiki
1939
4
Mt. Baker High School - Mountaineer
1947
4
Sehome High School - Sehome High
School
1972
4
Campus Jr. High School - Alpha-Omega
1950
4
Fairhaven [Jr.] High School
1947
4
Fairhaven Jr. High School - Fairhaven
1949
4
Fairhaven Jr. High School - Tah-Mah-Na-Mis
1951
4
Fairhaven Jr. High School - Skookum
1954
4
Fairhaven Jr. High School - Chinook
1956
4
Custer Elementary School - Our
Year Book
1951-1952
4
Lowell School - El
Ciudadano
1928
4
Washington State Normal School (Western Washington
University) - Klipsun
1921
1924