Photo credit: Mei'lani Eyre Mei’lani (he/they), is a recent graduate of the University of Washington’s Masters in Library and Information Science program, a 2023 Spectrum Scholar, a poet, an oral historian with Wa Na Wari’s Seattle Black Spatial Histories Institute, and an early career librarian at South Seattle College. While in school, Mei’lani focused on … Continue reading Meet the 2024 Archivist-In-Residence!
This year, the Native American Collections Roundtable is pleased to announce two new scholarships for Oregon citizens or enrolled members of a federally recognized Oregon tribe who meet the criteria for the NACR scholarship. These scholarships are possible thanks to funding offered by the State Library of Oregon. Many thanks go out to Buzzy Nielson … Continue reading State Library of Oregon Funds Two NACR Scholarships
Written by KT Turner, NWA's 2024 Archivist-in-Residence In early September, I began my residency at the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives (UI SPEC) under the supervision of Dulce Kersting-Lark. I was excited and ready to take on anything thrown my way. However, after a series of unfortunate events that included illness, hospitalization, … Continue reading Archivist-in-Residence (AiR) Final Thoughts
Inspired by this year’s Washington State Archives Month theme of Barchives: Food and Drink in Washington State, five Seattle-area government archives collaborated to produce a local history trivia night at a Seattle pub. Sponsored by the King County Archives, National Archives at Seattle, Puget Sound Regional Archives, Seattle Municipal Archives, and the Seattle Public Schools … Continue reading Local History Trivia Night Recap
This year Montana State University Archives and Special Collections (ASC) celebrated Archives Appreciation, with a pop-up exhibit, and plenty of student-bribing snacks. Throughout the fall term ASC had an interactive Archives Appreciation display, but for Archives Month, we wanted to do more to remind the MSU campus that we have an archive they can use … Continue reading Awareness for the cost of sodas and snacks
By Tyler Walker, Processing and Public Services Assistant This year, the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives (APRCA) at University of Alaska Fairbanks chose to celebrate American Archives Month by honoring a very impactful and special piece of Alaskan history: The Alaska Railroad. This year marked the 100-year anniversary of President Harding’s ceremonial driving of the Golden Spike … Continue reading APRCA Archives Month Open House
Photo credit: KT Turner KT received her Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts from the University of Idaho in May 2022 with emphases in Directing, History, and Pedagogy with an Academic Certificate in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and universal Design for Learning. Currently, KT is the Distinguished Doctoral Fellow for the College of Letters, Arts, … Continue reading Meet the 2023 Archivist-In-Residence!
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 … Continue reading Meet (more of) Your Executive Board: Marissa Hiller, Emily Cabaniss
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 … Continue reading Meet Your Executive Board: Natalia Fernández, Annaliese Warhank
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 … Continue reading The William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers
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