Happy Earth Day! On our blog, science writer Eric Wagner (SEABIRDS AS SENTINELS) shares about his time tracking seabirds off the coasts of Washington and Vancouver Island, and how deep observation reveals both wonder and urgency.
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Earth Day booth, Seattle, April 22, 1970
#OnThisDay in 1970. the first #EarthDay was observed in Seattle with teach-ins at the University of Washington and at the Seattle Center. historylink.org/File/2233
Ongoing Call for Submissions tp PNQ!
Essays on the history of AK, WA, B.C., OR, ID, western MT and the North American West are welcomed. We're especially interested in innovative looks at old ideas, and under theorized perspectives on the region.
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Tomorrow, April 21, is BC Book Day!
Books BC invites British Columbians to celebrate the province’s book & magazine publishers, authors, illustrators, bookstores, libraries, festivals, and literary prizes that connect us with local stories.
Black-and-white photo of a Tacoma News Tribune exhibit at the Western Washington Fair, 1964. A large overhead sign reads “Tacoma News Tribune,” with an “Information” counter beneath it. At left, two men—one in glasses and a cardigan, the other in a hat and overcoat—stand beside an Associated Press machine displaying photos and news pages. At right, three women and a young boy gather at the counter, speaking with a staff member. A rack of newspapers and display boards with photos and diagrams are visible in the background. (Courtesy Tacoma News Tribune, Image TNT0122N, Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room)
🧵 Saving local news also means saving archives 🗞️
Not just physical photos, clips & recordings, but digital reporting too 💻
When archives disappear, communities lose memory, identity, and their only reliable record of change.
More 👇
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Green background with yellow and black construction tape and a construction sign that reads "under construction"
Vol.116 No.2 of the Pacific Northwest Quarterly is in the works. To make sure you don't miss out on subscribe to the journal on our website. sites.uw.edu/cspn/pnq/pnq...
Jericho Leavitt created “Portraits in Sawdust,” a digital and print zine produced in 2023 with Wil Henkel in collaboration with the Center for Responsible Forestry.
Read the full Artist Corner at the link below.
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Flyer for Alaska Native Book Fair in Anchorage April 17 from 12-4pm, at Cool Inlet Tribal Council 2600 San Jeronimo Dr, Anchorage Alaska Native authors present includes a list of Patty Godfrey, Phyllis Adams, Barbara Atwater, Ethan Atwater, Sharon Kay, Lily Tuzroyluke, Katherine Gottlieb, Caitlyn Kelly, Miranda Miller with Arya Bear the therapy dog, Holly Guise, Richard Atuk, Yaris Walker, Edward Thomas
This week only! 7th annual Alaska Native Book Fair at Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Friday April 17 from 12-4pm
Hope to see you there! And if you can’t make it- do check out the books written by the Alaska Native authors on this flyer 📚✍️🗃️
#Alaskasky #Skystorians
The souvenir program for the first sports event in the Kingdome -- Seattle Sounders vs. the New York Cosmos on April 9, 1976
50 years ago today, the Kingdome's first sporting event, an exhibition soccer match between the Seattle Sounders and New York Cosmos, drew a crowd of 58,128. historylink.org/File/11000
Country Doctor physician drawing blood, Seattle, June 27, 1971
Today's #NewAtNoon looks at the Country Doctor Community Clinic, a nonprofit health organization that opened in Seattle in 1971 and is now part of Seattle Roots Community Health. www.historylink.org/File/23491
Color painting of a boat in the background firing guns at a whale in the foreground. Whale Fishery: Attacking a Right Whale. Currier & Ives. Image courtesy of Library of Congress.
On this day in 1867, the United States made a deal with Russia to buy the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million. For more histories of Alaska, see Bathsheba Demuth's 2019 blog, “Statehood and Other Events: Whales, Alaska Natives, and Perspectives on History.” https://tinyurl.com/34d9b996
Today is Billy Frank Jr. Day in honor of the longtime NWIFC chairman.
Celebrate by watching this video that takes you upriver through the eyes of the salmon.
youtu.be/D15itTjuY-g
3 copies of the issue stacked on top of each other in front of a window looking out over a tree filled courtyard
Volume 116, No 1 of the Pacific Northwest Quarterly is out now. The 2nd of a 2-part special issue featuring articles on Northwest Chicano health by Drew Gamboa, Campesino power and labor organizing by Tomás Madrigal, and the evolution of the Chicano/Latino diaspora across the state by Jerry Garcia
Through interviews and a memoir, Puyallup activist Ramona Bennett Bill recalls a lifetime in pursuit of Indigenous rights and how future generations guided her efforts. | Essay
Aaron stands at the front of a classroom next to a projector screen with a slide showing a group of people going on a march with the words "Grays Harbor: Labor and Lumber" above it. A crowd is seated in the foreground.
Thanks so much to everyone who came to Aaron's talk yesterday. Always good to see a packed house of local historians and history enthusiasts.
Special thanks to @uwapress.uw.edu for being there with copies of "Red Harbor: Radical Workers and Community Struggle in the Pacific Northwest"
This week! The Coastal Dance Festival returns to MOA from March 4–8! Enjoy a week of dance performances, artist sharing, and festival stage shows celebrating the stories, songs, and dances of Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples and guests. Schedule: https://f.mtr.cool/uoypaayosu
On the left a head shot of Aaron Goings looking directly at the camera. On the right, the cover image for the book "Red Harbor".
TOMORROW!
Book Talk with Aaron Goings
Red Harbor: Radical Workers and Community Struggle in the Pacific Northwest
March 3 at 3:30PM
Allen Auditorium, Allen Library North
University of Washington
Free and open to the public.
Husky Stadium collapse, February 25, 1987 Photos by John Stamets
#OnThisDay in 1987, Husky Stadium collapsed during construction. (Photos: John Stamets) historylink.org/File/2947
Vince Rafael was a powerhouse in the History Department here at the UW. He will be deeply missed by all of those who knew him.
Author Tamiko Nimura reflects on her Japanese American family’s history of wartime incarceration in the Northwest Asian Weekly. In her forthcoming memoir-in-essays, A PLACE FOR WHAT WE LOSE (April 2026), she draws from her late father’s unpublished memoir about his experiences at Tule Lake.
Goings goes beyond these clashes to illuminate the vital roles of families, immigrants, and working-class women in the labor movement, revealing how people fought not only for labor rights but also for the good of their communities.
Armed National Guard troops surround striking workers in Aberdeen during the Great 1935 Lumber Strike. Strikers and their supporters accused the National Guard of serving as a strikebreaking tool during the conflict. Jones Photo Historical Collection.
In the book, Goings resurrects the forgotten history of lumber workers in Grays Harbor, a bastion of labor radicalism, examining the conflict as workers faced down an alliance of employers, police, and violent antiradicals, including the Ku Klux Klan.
Text flyer with single image. Text: Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture. Red Harbor: Radical Workers and Community Struggle in the Pacific Northwest. March 3rd 3:30pm. Allen Auditorium. Allen Library North. Please join us for a talk by the historian Aaron Goings as he discusses his recently published book Red Harbor: Radical Workers and Community Struggle in the Pacific Northwest. In the book, Goings resurrects the forgotten history of lumber workers in Grays Harbor, a bastion of labor radicalism, examining the conflict as workers faced down an alliance of employers, police, and violent antiradicals, including the Ku Klux Klan. He goes beyond these clashes to illuminate the vital roles of families, immigrants, and working-class women in the labor movement, revealing how people fought not only for labor rights but also for the good of their communities. Aaron Goings is professor of history at South Puget Sound Community College
Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture in Western History and Biography Book talk with Aaron Goings
March 3, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
Allen Auditorium
Allen Library North
University of Washington, Seattle
Free and open to the public
Sandra Kroupa, MLib '85 alum, served the UW Libraries for 57 years, leaving a profound mark on special collections, librarians & students. She co-taught LIS 508: History of Recorded Information with David Levy for more than 20 years. Congratulations on your retirement! 🎉
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“Mutton’s pelt has acted like a teacher,” Hammond-Kaarremaa finishes. “His teachings have revealed so much, to so many people – not only about dog wool and woolly dog DNA and diet, not only about blankets and weaving and spinning, but about the enduring strength of oral history.”
