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Don’t forget your local university or college library although they are not usually set up for genealogy. Their focus is in assisting their students, staff and faculty. However, they do have a lot to offer. Some university or college libraries have amazing collections. Go to their website and take your time studying all that they have to offer. Be sure to check their website for closures between quarters and semesters. Many of them reduce their hours for holidays and breaks.
Here are few
highlights in our state:
Collins Memorial Library, Phone:
253-879-3670 Information
Desk: 253-879-3287 Hours recording:
253-879-3257 Archives:
253-879-3646
Their main page
has library floor maps, frequently asked questions, and virtual tours of the
library to help get you familiar with their collections.
As a visitor you will have to use the collection at the library.
Go to the Visitors section of their website for more information.
If you are an alumnus, you graduated from UPS, you might get privileges
that allow you access to their database in house, so check that out.
They do have interlibrary loan limited for visitors. They have an
Archives website page that gives
general information about the archives and that they request you make an
appointment for research. Alumni Office: Don’t forget that Universities usually have an Alumni Office where they keep copies of the yearbooks and have Alumni records that you might be able to access. Some have forwarding services. At least check out the website page to see what is possible. Phone:
509-359-6200 Cheney is
southwest of Library:
JFK Library at EWU Reference:
509-359-2263 Email:
ewuref@ewu.edu Archive and Special Collections Located on the
lower level of the JFK Library.
Phone: 509-359-2475 They have in
their collection books and periodicals related to the history and government of
the Research Room is
on the lower floor of the JFK Library.
Their collection contains reference works, periodicals.
Only open during regular library hours and you will need the help of the
research room staff to access the materials:
509-359-2475. About the Archives & Special Collections there are links to click on: Resources & Services, Help & Guides, About EWU Libraries and a site index. The EWU has a
wonderful newspaper collection on the lower level.
They are mostly on microfilm so you will have to use the library
catalogue to determine the newspaper you want to look at.
They only use film numbers and don’t put titles of the newspapers on the
film box, so it is not as easy to locate the films you want.
If you visit and get stuck, ask a librarian. Research tip:
Site indexes at University
websites are very helpful. Have fun
exploring. Their digital
collection covers oral history interviews with a group of Cheney women, Eastern
Washington University History, Pacific Northwest History, Pacific Railroad
Survey prints, Historic Images of Cheney, WA, Communities of the Inland
Northwest, They have
yearbooks on the shelf in their office.
Their website has a member search and you can request a search for other
alumni. Be persistent but kind.
Phone
800-986-9585.
You will want to
go to the
Foley Library page. Seek out the
Special Collections section, which is open Monday through Friday 9 to 12,
and 1 to 4:30 pm. It is recommended
that you make arrangements to do research at the Special Collections.
If you email them in advance they will pull files for you and make your
research easier. The Special
Collections has the Bing Crosby Collection, the Gonzaga University Archives and
more. Be advised that Gonzaga was a
high school and a university at the same time back in the early part of the
schools existence.
Mortvedt Library, Phone:
253-535-7500 At the main page
click on Library and this link will take
you to the Library page. It lists
the databases they have, subjects to research on. Click at the top of the page
on the menu Research a Subject. Then
clicked on History. You will need to
be a student, faculty or alumnus to access if you cannot visit in person.
They house an
Oral History Collection for Immigrant
Experience Collection. They have the ELCA Archives for Alumni Office: (253) 535-7415 or call Toll free: 800-ALUM-PLU. They have an alumni page and office which features a PLU Yellow pages. They have a complete collection of PLU yearbooks. Newspapers:
New York Times – Historical 1851-2001, Tacoma News Tribune 1993-present,
Seattle PI 1990-Present, Times of London 1785-1985, Pittsburgh Courier
1911-2002. Phone:
206-543-0242 (Info Desk)
Main Catalogue
Search for books using this main catalog. The reference area located on
the main floor has books that might be of help.
The books stacks have books on the
Microform and
Newspaper Collections
This link gives the hours that the library is opened.
The UW has a
wonderful newspaper collection
located on the ground floor of the Suzzallo Library.
Click on the current newspaper subscriptions and then you can choose by
location, title or language. The Map Collection & Cartographic Information Service Suzzallo
Library, Basement 206-543-9392 They
have a link using the collection, Map resources, Atlases, Early Washington Maps
a Digital Collection. They have a
link for the scope of the man collection.
Take time to study this website it is amazing and plan a visit. Allen Library
South, Basement 206-543-1929 They have
General Information at their website, reference services, their collections.
Book
Collections: Authors collection,
Historic Children’s literature, Hilen 19th Century Americana
Collection. They have city directories but not as large as the Seattle Public
Library collection. Digital
Collections: Some highlights Manuscript
collections: Personal papers and
organizational records Pacific
Northwest Collection includes the regional index and pamphlets database and so
much more. University
Archives which covers the history of the university which would include UW
yearbooks, university records, faculty papers, and university publications. UW Alumni
Association 206-543-0540 or
1-800-AUW-ALUM Email:
uwalumni@u.washington.edu As an alumnus
you can have access to the some of the databases that the UW features like
JSTOR. JSTOR is an online journal that you have to pay for if you find articles
through Google. The UW and other
libraries have this same database and you can get the information for the cost
of the copies if you are an alumnus.
As an alumnus you can check books out from the main collection.
Most genealogical collections are non-circulating.
This is a wonderful feature of the UW.
There are other
libraries on the UW campus that you can check out like the
Gallagher Law Library, The Slavic &
Easter European Section, and the Near East Section.
These are only a few. 509-335-3564
Digital Collection
This includes Photographs, WSU History, Early Washington maps, oral
histories, documents NW History Documents, , individual texts.
University Archives
509-335-2739 To assist you they
have a collection guide which is quite extensive, a University Publications
list.
Alumni Association
800-258-6978 or 509-335-2586 360-650-3000 Click on the
Libraries and Archives link on the left and you will find: University Archives & Records Center
Center for They have a
finding aid, oral history program, campus history, master thesis archive, a rare
book collection and more. Click at the top on The Collections for more
information about their holdings:
Collection catalog, Photograph Catalog and the Map Catalog. Huxley Map Library 360-650-3272 They have links
for aerial photography, atlas, CD Rom collection, gazetteers, genealogy, maps,
microfiche/microfilm, and miscellaneous.
Alumni
They have an alumni search page but you do have register to use it.
I found their website hard to navigate.
Try the main phone an ask for the Alumni Office if you have questions.
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