“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

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.

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

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.

http://www.seattlearch.org/Jobs/ChanceryJobs/Archivist-Records+Manager.htm
]]> http://seattleareaarchivists.org/2010/06/21/job-opening-archdiocese-seattle/feed/ 0 seattleareaarchivists http://seattleareaarchivists.org/2010/06/10/new-steering-committee-members-announced/ http://seattleareaarchivists.org/2010/06/10/new-steering-committee-members-announced/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:02:48 +0000 seattleareaarchivists http://seattleareaarchivists.org/?p=449 ]]> Yesterday, at the spring membership meeting, the newly elected steering committee members were announced.  48 ballots were distributed and 32 ballots were received and tabulated.  The three new members of the committee will be replacing outgoing members Kathleen Crosman, Josh Zimmerman, and Emily Hughes Dominick.  Thank you to everyone who participated in this process!

The committee for 2010-2011 year stands as follows:

New members of the steering committee

Seth Dalby who is currently head of Archives and Records Management at the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle

Odile Dumbleton who is currently a volunteer with the Special Collections Division of the University of Washington Libraries

Jennifer Hawkins who is an MLIS student at the University of Washington iSchool, a student technician in Special Collections at UW, and a volunteer at the Redmond Historical Society.

Returning members of the steering committee

Nicolette Bromberg who is Visual Materials Curator in the Special Collections Division of the University of Washington Libraries

Ken House who is an archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration in Seattle

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.

The Diocese of Olympia Archives is located at Diocesan House, 1551 10th Ave E, just north of St. Mark’s Cathedral on Seattle’s Capitol Hill (see map below).  Limited free parking is available at Diocesan House or on nearby residential streets.  Diocesan House is also easily accessible by the route 49 Metro bus line.

View Larger Map