Meet (more of) Your Executive Board: Marissa Hiller, Emily Cabaniss

Marissa Hiller (she/her), Secretary Where do you work? I’m the contract archivist and project manager for the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.  How long have you been an archivist? What has been your career path?  I’ve been an archivist for about 10 years; in regards to a career path, it’s been a little bit of …

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Meet Your Executive Board: Natalia Fernández, Annaliese Warhank

In this blog post, members of the Executive Board of Northwest Archivists introduce themselves and answer some questions so that members can get to know them. More blog posts will come in the future introducing other Executive Board members and NWA members! Natalia Fernández, Past-President About Me My name is Natalia Fernández (she/her), and I …

The William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers

This post was written by Jenn Parent, Project Archivist, The Museum of Flight, jparent@museumofflight.org The Museum of Flight’s Collections Team is pleased to announce the completion of a 2-year grant-funded project to process and make available the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers. This project was made possible from a major grant from the …

NWA 2022 Archivist-in-Residence End of Residency Report

This post was written by Sara Pettinger, Archivist-in-Residence at theYellowstone National Park Archives in Gardiner, Montana. In early July 2022, I began my work as the third Archivist-in-Residence, working virtually with the Yellowstone National Park Archives from my home in Connecticut. For two years, Yellowstone’s archivist, Anne Foster and I had hopes of completing this …

Newly Digitized Historical KUAC Radio Programs Now Available Online

This blog post was contributed by Leslie McCartney. Thanks to a Recordings at Risk grant through the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), the Oral History Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has had 241 historical KUAC radio programs professionally digitized and added to their collection. The radio programs include Chinook, Homefires, I …

Member Spotlight: Liz Borges-Herzog

This post was written by Liz Borges-Herzog, Archivist at LAIKA Studios. Liz Borges-Herzog leaning on a table with a puppet from the LAIKA film Coraline Where do you work?I became the archivist at LAIKA Studios in Hillsboro, Oregon in April 2021. I oversee our collection of physical assets, which includes the puppets, props, sets, costumes, …

Introducing NWA’s Third Resident for the Archivist-in-Residence Program: Sara Pettinger

The following is a Q&A with NWA’s Third Resident for the Archivist-in-Residence program: Sara Pettinger. Northwest Archivists, Inc. is offering a $6,000 stipend for one graduate student (or recent graduate within two years) to receive an Archivist-in-Residence opportunity. The purpose of this residency is two-fold:  1. To offer upcoming and new professionals with paid career …

(Re)Discovering Astoria at the Astoria Public Library

This post was written by Rachael Cristine Woody, owner of Rachael Cristine Consulting. Our world and our collections are becoming increasing digital and providing a way to remotely access collections online is now an undeniable necessity, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. I work with collections of all sizes, and while there are some shared challenges …

Annual Meeting Next Week!

Starting this Monday, May 2nd, the Northwest Archivists is hosting their annual meeting. This year's theme is Not to be Forgotten: the resiliency and sustainability of archives to preserve untold stories. It's not too late to register. We hope to see you there! This post was written by Courtney E. Berge, NWA Blog Editor.

Using Your Campus Resources and Learning Lessons

This post was written by Rich Schmidt, Director of Archives and Resource Sharing at Linfield University You never know where you’ll find the next interesting item that comes into your archival collection. It helps to have the University’s maintenance staff on the case. Here at Linfield, our eagle-eyed maintenance workers have found a number of …