Seattle Area Archivists

Join us for the 63rd Annual Pacific Northwest History Conference

“Game Changers & History Makers:

Women in Pacific Northwest History”

November 3-5, 2010 at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington.

Note that online registration is required with all types of payments and the reduced fee for

“Early Bird” registration ends October 6.

·         First Women’s History Conference in the Northwest in 20 years

·         Part of the 2010 Washington Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemoration

·         Major speakers include Gail Dubrow, Stephanie Coontz, and State Senators Karen Fraser and Lisa Brown

·         Special recognition of Sue Armitage and Karen Blair for their longtime contributions to Northwest   Women’s History

·         22 sessions, an oral history workshop, and new this conference, poster presentations

·         Tours of the Hutton House, Hutton Settlement and Washington State Digital Archives

·         Networking opportunities and a “connected conference”

·         Hosted at the historic Davenport Hotel, a AAA four diamond hotel with conference rates starting at   $85.00 per night

Sponsored by:

Washington State Historical Society (permanent sponsor) – Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture – Center for Columbia River History – Northwest Oral History Association – National Archives and Records Administration—Pacific Alaska Region – Washington Trust for Historic Preservation – Pacific Northwest Historians Guild

Other sponsors still welcome!

See you in Spokane!

For information, program and registration visit:

http://www.washingtonhistory.org/heritageServices/conferences.aspx

Oct 27, 2010 from 11 am to  2pm in the Central Library of the Seattle Public Library

Open invitation to librarians, archivists, and curators who have responsibilities for Northwest collections.  More information as it comes in!

And Remember “All locations of The Seattle Public Library will be closed due to budget cuts Aug. 30-Sept. 6. For more information, visit www.spl.org or call 206-386-4636.

Thursday, September 9, 2010 – 5:00pm – 8:00pm

ZAPP and the Vera Project present a living history project featuring a personal selection of show posters, audio, photos and other special finds accumulated during Vera’s 10-year history.

Curated by intern Tom Heuser under the guidance of professional archivist Josh Zimmerman, the project features posters from shows Heuser has attended, misprints and bands he likes, including posters from local bands, such as The Murder City Devils, to nationally known bands, like Danzig.

Select audio and a slideshow from past Vera Project shows will also be included. Visitors will have the opportunity to share and write their experiences about Vera.

FREE. Part of Blitz: Capitol Hill’s Art Walk.

http://www.hugohouse.org/content/vera-archives-see-wisdom

As part of the Library of Congress observance of the forthcoming sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) is seeking the assistance of eligible repositories in identifying and describing archival collections relating to the conflict. Eligible repositories must 1) be located in the United States or its territories; 2) must regularly admit researchers; and 3) must lack the capability of entering their own archival cataloging into OCLC.

Also part of the NUCMC observance of the Civil War sesquicentennial will be a five year/five part exhibit on our Web site entitled “NUCMC and the Documentary Heritage of the American Civil War.” The exhibit will highlight program cataloging of the last quarter century and will also contain related visual content. Initial plans call for the first exhibit (2011) to focus on the election of Abraham Lincoln, the secession crisis, the outbreak of hostilities, mobilizing for war, and foreign public opinion. Succeeding  exhibits will feature personal narratives of members of the Union and Confederate armed forces (2012); the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation and the African American experience from slavery to the end of the war (2013); the home front, women in the war, the role of charitable organizations, economic aspects of the war, and patriotic societies (2014); and the sesquicentennial of the death of Abraham Lincoln, Reconstruction, Confederate exiles, and the rise of veterans’ organizations (2015).

For more information about NUCMC program participation please visit our Web site at http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc or contact us at Library of Congress, Cooperative and Instructional Programs Division, NUCMC, 101 Independence Ave., S.E., Stop-4230  Washington, D.C. 20540-4230. Email: nucmc@loc.gov . Telephone: (202) 707-7954. Fax: (202) 252-2082.

Who: You!

What: Seattle Area Archivists Spring Membership Meeting

When: 2-4 pm on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Where: Olympia Diocese (Episcopal) Archives, Seattle, located at 1551 10th Ave E (check previous post for map and directions)

Why: We’ll be announcing the winners of the Steering Committee election, sharing committee news, and getting a tour of Diocesan House and the Archives led by Archivist Diane Wells!  This will be the last meeting of this membership year.  The next meeting will be held in the Fall.

Send me (zimmerj6@gmail.com) all of your articles, updates, news, processed or accessioned collections, notes, trainings, and 25th anniversary birthday wishes by May 21st.