About

The Pacific Northwest Collection is a part of the Special Collections Division of the University of Washington Libraries. Our mandate is to document the historic and contemporary life and culture of the region. We actively collect rare books, maps, ephemera and other printed materials, as well as manuscripts and archives.

The major purpose of this blog is to share stories about our collections, events, exhibits, and other activities.  We hope to use it to help to demystify Special Collections and to convey the enthusiasm and hard work that goes into making the rare and unique materials in the Pacific Northwest Collection available to researchers.  Finally, we also view this blog as an experiment to see how blogging might build a virtual discussion forum for the study of the Pacific Northwest and archival resources.

Blogging here are University of Washington Libraries staff and students (past and present) who work in or closely with the Special Collections Division.  For profiles of individual contributors, click on their names or go to the Authors page.

Edna Bastien-Wennerlind, Former Graduate Student, UW iSchool

Nicole Bouché, Former Pacific Northwest Curator, Special Collections Division

Chery Kinnick, Technical Services Coordinator, Special Collections Division

Helice Koffler, Manuscripts & Special Collections Materials Cataloging Librarian, Monographic Services Division

Blynne Olivieri, Former Graduate Student, UW iSchool

Jeni Spamer, Accessioning Specialist, Special Collections Division