XOE_CPNWS0278WLNE Guide to the Collection of publications on Washington State 1899-1985; 1960-1980 Collection of publications on Washington State Finding aid prepared by CPNWS staff Western Washington University, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies © 2012
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Finding aid encoded by Rozlind Koester & Megan Garbett 2012 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Building 808 25th St Bellingham, WA 98225-9123 Phone: 360 650 7534 Email: cpnws@wwu.edu
XOE_CPNWS0278WLNE Collection of publications on Washington State 1899-1985 1960-1980 8 linear ft. This collection contains reference materials including articles, brochures and publications covering various topics through Washington State, with a strong focus on Bellingham and Whatcom County history. The collection is arranged by subject. Collection materials are in English.

The collection includes newspaper articles, brochures and other published materials relating to state and local issues around Washington State, with a strong focus on Bellingham and Whatcom County history. Topics include politics, social institutions and problems, cities, events, minorities, industry, children, education, natural resources and the environment as well as various others. The materials range from 1899 to 1985 with the majority of materials dating from 1960 to 1980. The collection also includes June Burn's publication "100 Days in the San Juans" from 1946, and a newspaper article documenting actor Marlon Brando's visit to the Lummi Nation.

The collection is open to the public.

Collection of publications on Washington State, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123.

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Some files in this collection contain language or content that is harmful and offensive, and a small number of original folder titles have been updated by CPNWS staff due to their problematic nature (more information available on request). 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 Western Washington University Libraries, date unknown.

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.

Washington (State)--History--Sources Whatcom County (Wash.)--History--Sources Bellingham (Wash.)--History--Sources Bellingham City and Town Life Colleges and Universities Fisheries and Wildlife Medicine and Health Native Americans Politics and Politicians 1A/1 "Discovery of Bellingham Bay" undated 1A/2 "Bellingham Project" - by Clara H. Dyven 1922 1A/3 "50 Years with Your Bellingham Public Library, 1904-1954" 1954 1A/4 "Bellingham Bay: Resources, Industries and Advantages Tersely Told" - supplement to The Blade, Whatcom, Wash. 1901 October 1A/5 "The Washingtonian - A Magazine of Progress" 1929 April 1A/6 Bellingham Theatre Guild programs and publications circa 1931-1939 1A/7 Housing Surveys - Bellingham, Clallam County and Everett 1950 June 1A/8 Lynden's 60th Jubilee Celebration program 1957 1A/9 "Preliminary Notes on the Lichens of Whatcom County, Washington" - by A. C. Herre 1917 1A/10 "On the Last Good Road undated 1A/11 Map of manufacturing industries in Northern Whatcom County 1961 1A/12 "History of Whatcom County" undated 1A/13 "Centennial Observance: 1858-1958 of Claquato Church" program - Claquato, Lewis County, Washington 1958 1A/14 "From the Aleutian Waters Comes the 'King' of Alaska 1966 1/1 Railroads 1973-1976 1/2 Rainier (Mount) National Park 1950 1972 1/3 Regional Planning 1969 1973 1/4 Rehabilitation 1974 1/5 Republican Party 1974 1/6 Retirement 1970-1974 1/7 Rivers 1971-1976 1/8 Ross Dam 1971-1980 1/9 Samish Indians 1974 1/10 San Juan County 1974-1977 1/11 Pierce County 1967 1/12 Planning 1974-1976 1/13 Point Roberts 1969-1978 1/14 Politics & Government 1968-1978 1/15 Pollution 1968-1978 1/16 Population 1966-1980 1/17 Pornography 1977-1978 1/18 Port Townsend 1979 1/19 Portage Island 1979-1980 1/20 Power Resources 1971-1984 1/21 Prisons 1970-1979 1/22 Prostitution 1978 1/23 Nurses & Nursing 1978 1/24 Nursing Homes 1971-1978 1/25 Off-Road Vehicles 1978-1979 1/26 Oil Pollution of Rivers and Harbors, etc. 1971-1977 1/27 Olympia 1947 1952 1/28 Olympic National Park 1972 1/29 Operation Catch-Up 1970 1/30 Papermaking & Trade 1948 1/31 Papermaking & Trade-Strike 1978 1/32 People for Fair Taxes in Wash 1978 1/33 Petroleum-Pipeline 1976-1979 1/34 Petroleum Refineries 1973-1977 1/35 Petroleum Transport-Puget Sound 1977-1979 1/36 Migrant Labor 1968-1978 1/37 Mines and Mineral Resources 1969-1974 1/38 Minorities 1968-1971 1/39 Moonies 1979 1/40 Mother Joseph 1979 1/41 Mount Baker National Forest 1974-1980 1/42 Mount Vernon 1974 1/43 Museums 1950-1957 1973 1/44 National Guard 1979 1/45 Natural Resources 1963-1975 1/46 African Americans 1945 1962-1970 1/47 Nez Perce 1977 1/48 Nisqually 1980 1/49 Nooksack 1980 1/50 Northwest Free University 1969 1/51 Northwest Green Network undated 1/52 Nooksack River 1969 1/53 Nuclear Power 1974-1979 1/54 Nuclear Waste Disposal 1985 1/55 Manpower 1974 1/56 Marijuana-Law and Legislation 1977 1979 1/57 Mason County 1972 1/58 McNeil Island Prison 1971 1979 1/59 Medical Care 1971-1980 1/60 Medical Care-Bellingham 1974 1/61 Mental Health and State Programming 1974-1976 1/62 Mental Health and Institutions 1974 1/63 Mental Health / Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 1973-1974 1978 1/64 Mexican-American 1970-1971 2/1 Native American/Non-Native Relations 1980 2/2 Native Americans-Reservations, Non-Native Rights 1976-1978 2/3 Native Americans-History 1971 2/4 Native Americans-Legal Status, Laws, etc. 1978 2/5 Native Americans-Chief Seattle 1970 1975 2/6 Industry 1970-1977 2/7 Institutions, Public 1963 1968-1977 2/8 Concerned Christian Citizens undated 2/9 Commission for the Humanities 1981 2/10 Discrimination 1971-1975 2/11 Divorce 1973 2/12 Earthquakes 1975 1979 2/13 Ecology 1971-1976 2/14 Economic Conditions 1983 2/15 Economic Development 1950-1970 1975 2/16 Education 1973-1976 1979 2/17 Elections 1975-1976 2/18 Lake Samish 1979 2/19 Lakes undated 2/20 King County-Land Use 1978 2/21 King County 1963-1971 2/22 Lake Whatcom 1978 2/23 Conservation 1969-1975 2/24 Constitution 1976 2/25 Consumer Protection 1970-1973 2/26 Counties 1976 2/27 Courts 1966-1976 2/28 Crafts & Craftsmen 1978 2/29 Crime & Criminals 1975-1980 2/30 Custer 1978 2/31 Dairying 1975-1980 2/32 Dams 1971-1978 2/33 Day Care Centers 1970 2/34 Description & Travel 1947 2/35 Democratic Party 1982 2/36 Dixy Lee Ray 1978-1979 2/37 Seattle 1951-1972 2/38 Seattle-Art 1965 1977-1978 2/39 Seattle 1952-1953 1966-1983 2/40 Seattle 1952-1953 1966-1983 2/41 Seattle-Bicycles & Tricycles 1979 2/42 Seattle-Desegregation 1979 2/43 Seattle-Newspapers 1979 2/44 Seattle Repertory Theatre 1970-1976 2/45 Seattle Urban League 1966-1968 2/46 Sewage Disposal Plants 1974 1978 2/47 Shellfish 1978 2/48 Ships & Shipping 1967 1979 2/49 Shorelines 1974-1976 2/50 Public Finance 1966-1968 1975 2/51 Public Utilities 1955-1979 2/52 Puget Power & Light Co. 1980 2/53 Puget Sound 1969-1978 2/54 Puget Sound Government Conference 1971 2/55 Race Question 1968-1972 3/1 Intalco 1968-1980 3/2 Island County undated 3/3 Journalism 1978 3/4 Juvenile Detention Homes 1973 3/5 Juvenile Courts 1963-1978 3/6 Elections (1964-1966) 1963-1966 1978 3/7 Elections (1977) 1977 3/8 Elections (1978) 1978 3/9 Elections (1979) 1979 3/10 Elections (1980) 1980 3/11 Indian Treaty Rights 1955 1968-1977 3/12 Land 1964-1975 3/13 Land Use 1978-1979 3/14 Law 1953-1978 3/15 Leavenworth 1978 3/16 Legislature 1979 3/17 Lewis County 1945 3/18 Libraries 1953-1967 3/19 Libraries 1960-1973 3/20 Licenses 1960 3/21 Lighthouses 1973 3/22 Liquid Gas Terminal 1978 3/23 Liquor Control Board 1971-1972 3/24 Lobbying 1978-1979 3/25 Lotteries 1973 3/26 Lumber & Lumbering 1967-1980 3/27 Lummi Island 1978 1980 3/28 Lummi Indians 1968-1979 3/29 Lummi Indians-Liquor Sales 1979 3/30 Lynden 1973-1979 3/31 Energy Resources 1974-1979 3/32 Environmental Council 1969-1971 3/33 Environmental Impact Statements 1978 3/34 Environmental Quality 1971-1976 3/35 Everett 1970-1972 1978 3/36 Exports 1979 3/37 Evergreen State College 1971 3/38 Ferries 1972-1979 3/39 Finances 1971-1984 3/40 Whatcom County Regional Planning 1974-1976 3/41 Whatcom County-Religion 1980 3/42 Whatcom County-Republican Party 1980 3/43 Whatcom County-Schools 1973 1978 3/44 Whatcom County-Sewage Disposal 1980 3/45 Whatcom County-Sex Crimes 1978 3/46 Whatcom County- Sheriff & Sheriff’s Office 1977-1978 3/47 Whatcom County-Shopping Centers 1972-1973 1979 3/48 Whatcom County-Shorelines 1975-1977 3/49 Whatcom County-Women 1979 3/50 Whatcom County-Zoning 1972-1976 3/51 Wilderness Areas 1973-1977 3/52 Wildlife 1964 3/53 Wire-tapping 1980 3/54 Western Washington University 1970-1974 3/55 Western Washington University-Fairhaven 1968-1978 3/56 Yakima Indians 1980 3/57 Whatcom County-Mining 1975-1980 3/58 Whatcom County-Nuclear Power 1979 3/59 Whatcom County-Petroleum 1974 1979 3/60 Whatcom County-Planning 1976-1979 3/61 Whatcom County-Politics & Government 1975-1978 3/62 Whatcom County-Pollution 1974-1979 3/63 Whatcom County-Pornography 1977 3/64 Whatcom County-Population 1977-1978 3/65 Whatcom County-Power Resources 1977 3/66 Whatcom County-Railroads 1980 3/67 Whatcom County-Real Estate 1980 3/68 Whatcom County-Recreation 1976-1977 3/69 Whatcom College 1973-1974 3/70 Whatcom County-Recycling 1980 3/71 Refuse and Refuse Disposal 1969-1978 3/72 Whatcom County-Refuse and Refuse Disposal 1974-1980 4/1 Skagit River 1977-1978 4/2 Tuberculosis 1953-1963 4/3 University of Puget Sound 1979 4/4 University of Washington 1936-1963 4/5 Vagrancy 1965 1968 4/6 Vancouver 1950 1955 4/7 Vocational Rehabilitation 1970 4/8 Voluntary Workers (Temporary) 1968 1973 4/9 Voting 1968-1976 4/10 Small Business 1980 4/11 Snohomish County 1966-1972 1979 4/12 Social & Health Services, Dept. of 1972-1978 4/13 Solar Energy 1979 4/14 Spokane 1967 1978 4/15 State Government 1973 1978 4/16 Stevens County 1972 4/17 Student Unrest 1969 1973 4/18 Tacoma 1950-1972 4/19 Taxation 1969-1979 4/20 Television 1976 4/21 Territorial Legislative Assembly undated 4/22 Sierra Club 1972 4/23 Single Americans 1979 4/24 Skagit County 1971-1977 4/25 Skagit County-Mining 1975 4/26 Bellingham Sun Community Service undated 4/27 Skagit County-Nuclear Power 1973-1979 4/28 Whatcom County-Health Care 1973-1978 4/29 Whatcom County-History 1975-1979 4/30 Whatcom County-Home Rule 1978 4/31 Whatcom County-Housing 1973-1977 4/32 Whatcom County-Land Use 1978-1979 4/33 Whatcom County-Maps (Map Kept by Reference Assistant. Inquire at Reference Desk) undated 4/34 Whatcom County-Chicago Bridge & Iron Company Project 1980 4/35 Whatcom County-Children-Employment 1979-1980 4/36 Whatcom County-Civil Defense 1979 4/37 Whatcom County-Courts 1977 4/38 Whatcom County-Crime & Criminals 1979-1980 4/39 Whatcom County-Dairying 1979-1980 4/40 Whatcom County-Elections 1978-1979 4/41 Whatcom County-Emergency Phone System 1978-1979 4/42 Whatcom County-Employment 1974-1975 4/43 Whatcom County-Energy Conservation 1980 4/44 Whatcom County-Energy Policy undated 4/45 Whatcom County-Fuel-Gasohol 1979-1980 4/46 Whatcom County-Fuel-Wood 1979 4/47 Whatcom County-Gambling 1974-1975 4/48 Washington Pension Union 1971 4/49 Washington State Library 1979 4/50 Water Pollution 1968-1976 4/51 Water Rights 1976-1977 4/52 Wastewater-Bellingham 1979 4/53 Whales 1979 4/54 Whatcom County-Agriculture 1970-1978 4/55 Whatcom County-Art 1976 4/56 Whatcom County-Canadians 1976-1977 4/57 Whatcom County 1964-1979 4/58 Tourism 1978 4/59 Traffic Safety 1974 1977 4/60 Transportation 1968 1977-1980 4/61 Trident Submarine Base 1974-1975 4/62 Bellingham-Economic Conditions 1979 4/63 Bellingham-Drugs 1974-1975 1980 4/64 Bellingham-Day Care Center 1974-1975 4/65 Bellingham-Criminal Statistics 1972-1979 4/66 Bellingham-Crime & Criminals 1978-1979 4/67 Bellingham-Columbia Cement Company 1980 4/68 Bellingham-Businessmen 1974-1977 4/69 Bellingham-Bicycles & Tricycles 1979 4/70 Bellingham-Art 1978 1980 4/71 Bellingham-Airports 1973-1977 4/72 Bellingham-Animal Control undated 5/1 Bellingham-Air Pollution 1976-1978 5/2 Bellingham 1967-1980 5/3 Becker, Mary Kay undated 5/4 Banks & Banking 1979 5/5 Bellingham-Energy Conservation 1979 5/6 Bellingham-Fishing & Fisheries 1977-1979 5/7 Bellingham-Harbors 1975 1978 5/8 Atomic Power 1969-1978 5/9 Atlantic Richfield 1969-1977 5/10 Archives undated 5/11 Aquaculture 1974 5/12 Anacortes 1970 5/13 Alcoholism 1974-1979 5/14 Air Pollution 1968-1973 5/15 Agriculture 1956 1969-1976 5/16 Aged 1978 5/17 Adams County 1972 5/18 Acme 1978 5/19 American Civil Liberties Union 1960-1969 1978 5/20 Mount Baker 1969-1976 5/21 Bellingham-Bike Trails 1977-1979 5/22 Bellingham-Fairhaven 1973-1979 5/23 Bellingham-Health Care 1972-1979 5/24 Bellingham-Historic Buildings 1980 5/25 Bellingham-History 1962-1976 5/26 Bellingham-History 1973-1978 5/27 Bellingham-Housing 1976-1977 5/28 Bellingham-Hypnosis 1980 5/29 Bellingham-Land Use 1978 5/30 Bellingham-Maps (Request at Reference Secretary’s Desk) undated 5/31 Bellingham-Museum 1974-1975 1979 5/32 Bellingham-Newspapers 1969 5/33 Bellingham-Ordinances, etc. 1969 1974-1975 5/34 Bellingham-Parks 1978 5/35 Bellingham-Planning 1968-1980 5/36 Bellingham-Police 1975-1979 5/37 Bellingham-Politics & Government 1974-1977 5/38 Bellingham-Population 1973 5/39 Bellingham-Refuse & Refuse Disposal 1969-1976 5/40 Bellingham-Retirement 1979 5/41 Bellingham-Schools 1954-1974 5/42 Bellingham-Shorelines 1975 5/43 Bellingham-Social Services 1978-1979 5/44 Bellingham-Television 1974-1979 5/45 Bellingham-Transportation 1974-1977 5/46 Bellingham-Water Supply 1978 5/47 Bibliography 1931-1968 5/48 Birch Bay 1980 5/49 Black Mountain Ranch 1978 5/50 African Americans-Biography 1962 5/51 Blue Canyon Foundation 1973-1974 1980 5/52 Boeing Airplane Company 1967-1979 5/53 Bottle Bill 1979 5/54 Bridges 1966 5/55 Business 1960-1986 5/56 Campaign Funds 1977-1979 5/57 Canada-Border 1978 1980 5/58 Capital Punishment 1965 5/59 Capitol 1973 5/60 Cascades, North 1967-1978 5/61 Century 21 1959-1962 5/62 Cereals, Prepared 1973 5/63 Charities 1978-1979 5/64 Cherry Point 1978 1980 5/65 Child Abuse 1978-1979 5/66 Child Welfare 1972-1973 5/67 Children-Employment 1974-1979 5/68 Chelan Company circa 1936 5/69 Cities 1974-1975 5/70 Clallam County 1940-1972 5/71 Clark County 1950 5/72 Climate 1941 5/73 Coal 1928-1978 5/74 Collective Bargaining 1973 5/75 Columbia River 1966-1977 6/1 Housing 1971-1975 6/2 Human Rights 1979 6/3 Hospitals 1958-1974 6/4 Hydroplanes 1979 6/5 Native Americans 1970-1977 6/6 Native Americans 1968-1977 6/7 Native Americans 1968-1975 6/8 Native Americans 1968-1972 6/9 Native Americans 1968-1975 6/10 Native Americans, Reservations, Non-Native Rights 1970-1977 6/11 History 1945-1974 6/12 Home Rule 1965-1978 6/13 Horses & Horsemanship 1977 6/14 Friday Harbor 1974 6/15 Gambling 1968-1979 6/16 Georgia Pacific 1977-1979 6/17 Georgia Pacific-Strike 1978 6/18 Glacier 1978 6/19 Grand Coulee Dam 1972 6/20 Government & Politics 1975-1976 6/21 Granite Falls 1969 6/22 Grays Harbor County 1972 6/23 Handicapped 1970 1977-1978 6/24 Harbors 1965-1973 6/25 Health Maintenance Organizations 1980 6/26 Highways 1962 1971-1976 6/27 Hiking 1974 6/28 Fishing & Fisheries 1976-1978 6/29 Fishing & Fisheries 1969-1979 7/1 Forests & Forestry 1969 1974-1975 7/2 Forests & Forestry 1953-1968 7/3 Forts 1953 1966 7/4 Fishing & Fisheries 1975-1980 7/5 Fishing & Fisheries 1945 1976-1978 7/6 Fishing & Fisheries 1973-1977 7/7 Fishing & Fisheries 1973-1979 7/8 Fish & Fisheries 1971-1979 7/9 Electrical Power Production 1957-1980 7/10 Electrical Power Production 1953-1977 7/11 Employment 1978 7/12 Miscellaneous-People, Places, Events circa 1940 7/13 Miscellaneous-People, Places, Events circa 1940 7/14 Miscellaneous-People, Places, Events circa 1940 7/15 Miscellaneous-People, Places, Events circa 1940 7/16 Miscellaneous-People, Places, Events circa 1940 8/1 Miscellaneous-People, Places, Events 1928-1968 8/2 Miscellaneous-People, Places, Events 1899 1934-1965 8/3 Miscellaneous-People, Places, Events 1901 1950-1966 8/4 June Burn, “100 Days in the San Juans” Days 1-25 1946 8/5 June Burn, “100 Days in the San Juans” Days 26-50 1946 8/6 June Burn, “100 Days in the San Juans” Days 51-75 1946 8/7 June Burn, “100 Days in the San Juans” Days 76-100 1946