Alaska and the Yukon

Collections

• Alaska and Western Canada Collection
• John N. Cobb Photographs of the Fishing Industry, ca. 1897-1917
• Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs
• Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899
• Eric A. Hegg Photographs of Alaska and the Klondike, 1897-1901
• Wilhelm Hester Photographs
• Frank La Roche Photographs, ca. 1888-1910
• William E. Meed Photographs of the Yukon Territory, ca. 1898-1907
• Frank H. Nowell Photographs of Alaska, 1901-1909
• Henry M. Sarvant Photographs of Washington State and the Yukon, 1892-1912
• John E. Thwaites Photographs of Alaska, 1905-1920

Essays

• C. Hart Merriam's Expedition Description
• The Klondike Gold Rush

Online UW Libraries Exhibits

• Klondike Gold Rush: The Perilous Journey North

Curriculum Packets from the UW Department of History

• The Klondike Gold Rush

Architecture

Collections

• Ancient Near East Photographs
• Architecture of the Pacific Northwest
• Cities and Buildings Database
• Phyllis Dearborn and Robert Massar Photographs of Pacific Northwest Architecture, 1943-1963
• James Patrick Lee Photographs of Seattle, 1904-1940
• Pamphlets and Textual Ephemera Collection
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collection
• Tacoma Then and Again

Essays

• Shaping Seattle architecture: a historical guide to the architects
• Building Styles

Art, Literature and Music

Collections

• Decorated and Decorative Paper Collection
• Early Advertising of the West, 1867-1918
• Ethnomusicology Musical Instrument Collection
• Fashion Plate Collection
• Historical BookArts Collection
• Historical Children's Literature Collection
• The Milton Katims Audio Collection
• Korean Collection
• Menus Collection
• Modern Photographers Collection
• Napoleonic Period Collection of Political Caricatures
• Pacific Northwest Sheet Music Collection
• Urban Archives Database
• War Poster Collection
• World and Regional Maps, 16th to 19th Centuries

Essays

• Marbled Papers
• Paper Patterns
• Dame fashion
• Comparison of French and English Caricature Drawings

Online UW Libraries Exhibits

• Historical Children's Literature Collection

Teaching Tools

• Historical BookArts Collection
• World and Regional Maps Collection, 16th-19th c.

Ethnic Groups

Collections

• American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection
• International Collection
• Jewish Archives Collection
• Korean Collection
• Makah Culture
• McKenney and Hall Indian Tribes of North America
• Black Heritage Society Photographs (King County Snapshots)
• Wing Luke Asian Museum Photographs (King County Snapshots)
• Social Issues Photographs
• South Asian Oral History Project

Essays

• Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest: An Introduction
• Coeur d'Alene (Schitsu'umsh)
• The Lushootseed Peoples of Puget Sound Country
• Seasonal Activities of the Makah (Olympic Peninsula Community Museum)
• The Makah Tribe: People of the Sea and the Forest
• The Nez Perce
• Alaskan Tlingit and Tsimshian
• Assimilation Through Education: Indian Boarding Schools in the Pacific Northwest
• Chief Seattle and Chief Joseph: From Indians to Icons
• Salmon, the Lifegiving Gift
• Totem Poles: Heraldic Columns of the Northwest Coast

Maps

• Traditional Indian territories and reservation boundaries
• Native American Tribes in Washington State

Online UW Libraries Exhibits

• Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project
• People without Borders (Olympic Peninsula Community Museum)

Curriculum Packets from UW Department of History

• A History Bursting With Telling: Asian Americans in Washington State
• A History of Treaties and Reservations on the Olympic Peninsula, 1855-1898
• Indians and Europeans on the Northwest Coast, 1774-1812

Industries and Occupations

Collections

Civil Works Administration Photographs of King County, 1933-1934

John N. Cobb Photographs of the Fishing Industry, ca. 1897-1917

Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs

Early Advertising of the West, 1867-1918

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) Photographs of King County, 1933-1935

Freshwater and Marine Image Bank

Grand Coulee Dam Construction, 1933-1942

Wilhelm Hester Photographs

Industries and Occupations Photographs

Clark Kinsey Photographs of the Lumber Industry and the Pacific Northwest, ca. 1910-1045

Darius Kinsey Photographs of Logging, 1890-1933

James Patrick Lee Photographs of Seattle, 1904-1940

Northwest Historical Annual Reports Collection

Lee Pickett Photographs of Washington State, 1909-1936

Salmon in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska Collection, 1890-1961

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collection

Tollman and Canaris Photographs of the Salmon Industry in Washington State, 1893-1897

Transportation Photographs

Washington State Localities Photographs

International

Collections

• Ancient Near East Photographs
• Central Eurasian Image Database
• Robert Henry Chandless Photographs of China, 1898-1908
• Cities and Buildings Database
• Ethnomusicology Musical Instrument Collection
• Historical Children's Literature Collection
• International Collections Database
• Korean Collection
• Napoleonic Period Collection of Political Caricatures
• South Asian Oral History Project
• Stereocard Collection
• Thai Journal Index
• War Poster Collection
• World and Regional Maps, 16th to 19th Centuries

Essays

• The Boxer Rebellion (China 1900)
• Napoleonic Era and Timeline

Online UW Libraries Exhibits

• Historical Children's Literature Collection

Mountaineering, Recreation and Leisure

Collections

• Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Exposition
• Albert H. Barnes Photographs of Western Washington, ca. 1895-1920
• Early Advertising of the West, 1867-1918
• Jewish Archives Collection
• Lawrence Denny Lindsley Photographs of Washington State, ca. 1875-1971
• The Mountaineers Collection, 1907-1951
• Pamphlets and Textual Ephemera Collection
• Rainier National Park Mountain-Glacier Wonderland Photograph Album, ca. 1925
• Henry M. Sarvant Photographs of Washington State and the Yukon, 1892-1912
• Social Issues photographs
• Oliver S. Van Olinda Photographs of Puget Sound, 1880s-1930s
• Dwight Watson Photographs of Washington State, 1933-1943

Essays

• The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
• Mountaineering" by E.S. Meany
• 1920 Outing to Mt. Olympus

Online UW Libraries Exhibits

• The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Centennial, 1909-2009
• Mountaineers Summer Outing to Mount Olympus, 1920 (Olympic Peninsula Community Museum)
• The Evergreen Playground (Olympic Peninsula Community Museum)
• Mount Rainier National Park: 100 Years In Paradise
• Researching the Roadside: Travel and Tourism in the Pacific Northwest
• The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition

Maps

• Map of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exhibition Fairgrounds
• Mountaineers 1920 Summer Outing Maps and Camps

Pacific Northwest

Collections

• American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
• Architecture of the Pacific Northwest
• Albert H. Barnes Photographs of Western Washington, ca. 1895-1920
• Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs
• William F. Boyd Photograph Album of Seattle and Washington State, ca. 1888-1893
• Boyd and Braas Photographs of Seattle and Washington State, ca. 1888-1893
• Centralia Massacre and the Industrial Workers of the World Collection, 1912-1932
• Civil Works Administration Photographs of King County, 1933-1934
• Everett Massacre of 1916 Collection
• Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) Photographs of King County, 1933-1935
• Grand Coulee Dam Construction, 1933-1942
• Wilhelm Hester Photographs
• Industries and Occupations Photographs
• Clark Kinsey Photographs of the Lumber Industry and the Pacific Northwest, ca. 1910-1045
• Darius Kinsey Photographs of Logging, 1890-1933
• Frank La Roche Photographs, ca. 1888-1910
• Lake Union Improvement Company Photograph Album, ca. 1891
• James Patrick Lee Photographs of Seattle, 1904-1940
• Lawrence Denny Lindsley Photographs of Washington State, ca. 1875-1971
• Menus Collection
• Modern Photographers Collection
• Pacific Northwest Historical Documents Database
• Pacific Northwest Sheet Music Collection
• Pamphlet and Textual Ephemera Collection
• Theodore E. Peiser Photographs of Washington State, ca. 1864-1910
• Lee Pickett Photographs of Washington State, 1909-1936
• Portraits Database
• Prosch Seattle Views Albums, ca. 1851-1906
• Prosch Washington Views Album, ca. 1858-1903
• Rainier National Park Mountain-Glacier Wonderland Photograph Album, ca. 1925
• Salmon in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska Collection, 1890-1961
• Seattle Photographs
• Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
• Social Issues Photographs
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collection
• Tacoma Then and Again
• Calvin F. Todd Photographs of Seattle, 1905-1930
• Transportation Photographs
• University of Washington Campus Photographs
• Oliver S. Van Olinda Photographs of Puget Sound, 1880s-1930s
• Alvin H. Waite Photographs of Tacoma and Washington State, 1892-1907
• Arthur Churchill Warner Photographs of Washington State and Alaska, ca. 1884-1945
• Washington State Localities Photographs
• Dwight Watson Photographs of Washington State, 1933-1943
• WTO Seattle Collection

Essays

• Great Seattle Fire
• The Centralia Massacre
• The Civil Works Administration
• What happened that day in Everett
• The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
• Book Excerpt about Grand Coulee Dam
• Building Washington: A history of Washington State Public Works
• Clark Kinsey and the Documentation of the Pacific Northwest Logging Industry
• Transcription from "John Muir's Ascent of Mt. Rainier
• World War II and the West End

Online UW Libraries Exhibits

• Homesteaders and Pioneers
• Man to Machine: Peninsula Logging
• The Great Forks Fire of 1951
• Fannie Taylor, Postmistress of Mora
• Clark Kinsey and the Documentation of the Pacific Northwest Logging Industry
• Northwest of the West: the frontier experience on the Northwest Coast
• The Evergreen State in Black and White
• No Finer Sight: The University of Washington’s Early Years on Union Bay
• University of Washington: A Pictorial History
• University of Washington Presidents

Curriculum Packets from the UW Department of History

• High-Lead Logging on the Olympic Peninsula 1920s-30s
• Northwest Homesteader: A Curriculum Project for Washington Schools

Maps

• Early Washington Maps: A Digital Collection (collaborative project with WSU)

Performing Arts

Collections

• 19th Century Actors Carte de Visite Collection
• Pamphlet and Textual Ephemera Collection
• Prior and Norris Vaudeville Troupe Photographs and Ephemera, 1886-1915
• J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs

Essays

• 19th Century American Theater

UW Libraries Finding Aids

• Guide to the Prior and Norris Photograph and Ephemera Collection (1886-1915)

Politics and Labor

Collections

• Centralia Massacre and the Industrial Workers of the World Collection, 1912-1932
• Robert Henry Chandless Photographs of China, 1898-1908
• Civil War Letters Collection
• Civil Works Administration Photographs of King County, 1933-1934
• Everett Massacre of 1916 Collection
• Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) Photographs of King County, 1933-1935
• Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Portraits
• Henry M. Jackson Collection
• Korean Collection
• Napoleonic Period Collection of Political Caricatures
• Social Issues Photographs
• Urban Archives Database
• Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
• War Posters COllection
• WTO Seattle Collection

Essays

• The Boxer Rebellion (China c.1900)
• Wartime Letterwriting
• The Civil Works Administration
• What happened that day in Everett
• Everett Massacre Historical Background
• Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
• Napoleonic Era and Timeline
• Comparison of French and English Caricature Drawings
• Rites of passage: a memoir of the sixties in Seattle
• The Centralia Massacre
• The Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) in Washington

Online UW Libraries Exhibits

• Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project
• Strikes. Labor and labor history in the Puget Sound UW Libraries

Curriculum Packets from the UW Department of History

• The Cold War and Red Scare in Washington State: A Curriculum Project forWashington Schools
• A History Bursting With Telling: Asian Americans in Washington State

Science and Engineering

Collections

• Civil Works Administration Photographs of King County, 1933-1934
• Lauren R. Donaldson Collection of South Pacific Radiological Surveys, 1946-1964
• Early Advertising of the West, 1867-1918
• Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) Photographs of King County, 1933-1935
• Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
• Grand Coulee Dam Construction, 1933-1942
• Lawrence Denny Lindsley Photographs of Washington State, ca. 1875-1971
• Mount St. Helens Post-Eruption Chemistry Database
• Mount St. Helens Succession Collection
• Northwest Historical Annual Reports Collection
• Lee Pickett Photographs of Washington State, 1909-1936
• Plants of Western Washington Collection
• Salmon in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska Collection, 1890-1961
• Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collection

Essays and Book Excerpts

• Grand Coulee: harnessing a dream
• Salmon in the Pacific Northwest
• Building Washington: A history of Washington State Public Works

Online UW Libraries Exhibits

• Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Seattle

Collections

• Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Exposition
• William F. Boyd Photograph Album of Seattle and Washington State, ca. 1888-1893
• Boyd and Braas Photographs of Seattle and Washington State, 1888-1893
• Civil Works Administration Photographs of King County, 1933-1934
• John N. Cobb Photographs of the Fishing Industry, ca. 1897-1917
• Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs
• Phyllis Dearborn and Robert Massar Photographs of Pacific Northwest Architecture, 1943-1963
• Early Advertising of the West, 1867-1918
• Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) Photographs of King County, 1933-1935
• Wilhelm Hester Photographs
• Industries and Occupations Photographs
• Frank La Roche Photographs, ca. 1888-1910
• Lake Union Improvement Company Photograph Album, ca. 1891
• James Patrick Lee Photographs of Seattle, ca. 1904-1940
• Menus Collection
• Modern Photographers Collection
• Moving Image Collection
• Pacific Northwest Historical Documents Database
• Pamphlets and Textual Ephemera Collection
• Theodore E. Peiser Photographs of Washington State, ca. 1864-1910
• Portraits Database
• Prosch Seattle Views Albums, ca. 1851-1906
• Prosch Washington Views Album, ca. 1858-1903
• Seattle Photographs
• Seattle Power and Water Supply Collection
• Social Issues Photographs
• Calvin F. Todd Photographs of Seattle, 1905-1930
• Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
• Arthur Churchill Warner Photographs of Washington State and Alaska, ca. 1884-1945
• WTO Seattle Collection

Essays

• The Great Seattle Fire

University of Washington

Collections

• Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs
• Theodore E. Peiser Photographs of Washington State, ca. 1864-1910
• Calvin F. Todd Photographs of Seattle, 1905-1930
• University of Washington Campus Photographs
• University of Washington Student Newspapers Archive
• Arthur Churchill Warner Photographs of Washington State and Alaska, ca. 1884-1945