Whatcom County Resources

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Whatcom County Resources (A-Z):  

American Museum of Radio and Electricity

1312 Bay Street, Bellingham, Washington  98225

Phone: (360) 738-3886 http://www.americanradiomuseum.net

 

Bellingham International Maritime Museum

PO Box 28220 Bellingham WA 98228

Phone : (360) 592-4122  http://www.bimm.us/Home.html

 

Bellingham LDS Family Research Center

2925 James St Bellingham, WA
Phone: (360)738-1849  http://www.familysearch.org/
 

Bellingham Public Library

210 Central Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone: (360) 676-6860 http://www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org/

 

Bellingham Railway Museum

1320 Commercial St, Bellingham, Washington  98225

Phone: (360) 393-7540 http://www.bellinghamrailwaymuseum.org/index.html

 

Lummi Nation Archives & Records Center

2616 Kwina Rd, Bellingham WA 98226

Phone: (360) 384-2264 http://www.lummi-nsn.gov/

 

Lynden Pioneer Museum

217 Front Street, Lynden, Washington  98264

Phone: (360) 354-3675 http://www.lyndenpioneermuseum.com

 

Washington State Archives – Northwest Regional Branch

Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington  98225

Phone: 360 650 3125 http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/archives_northwest.aspx

 

Western Washington University:            

Wilson Library (WWU Libraries)

516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103

Phone: (360) 650-3094 http://www.library.wwu.edu/index.shtml

 

University Archives and Records Center

Goltz-Murray Building, Bellingham, WA 98225

Phone: (360) 650-3124  http://www.wwu.edu/depts/recmgmt/

 

Huxley Map Library

Arntzen Hall 101, Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA 98225-9085

Phone: (360) 650-3272 http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~maplib/

 

Special Collections

WWU Libraries - Wilson Library Room 279

516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103

Phone: (360) 650-3193 http://www.library.wwu.edu/specialcollections/

Whatcom County Historical Society

http://www.whatcomhistory.net/

 

Whatcom County Libraries

http://www.wcls.org/

 

Whatcom County Museum of History and Art

121 Prospect Street, Bellingham, Washington  98225

Phone: (360) 676-6981  www.whatcommuseum.org

 

Whatcom Genealogy Society

P.O. Box 1493, Bellingham, Washington  98227

http://members.aol.com/whatcom59/wgs.html

Other State and Regional Resources (A-Z):

Alaska State Library/Historical Collections
PO Box 110571, Juneau, Alaska 99811-0571
Phone: 907.465.2925 Email: asl.historical@alaska.gov
http://library.state.ak.us/hist/hist.html

 

Anacortes History Museum

1305 8th St, Anacortes WA 98221

Phone: 360 293 1915  Email: coa.museum@cityofanacortes.org

http://museum.cityofanacortes.org/Index.asp

 

Maritime Museum of San Diego
1492 North Harbor Drive San Diego, California 92101
Phone : 619-234-9153 Email : info@sdmaritime.org
http://www.sdmaritime.com/

National Archives (Pacific Alaska Region)

6125 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115-7999

Phone: (206) 336 5115     Email: seattle.archives@nara.gov

http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/seattle/

 

Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA)

The Northwest Digital Archives, established in 2002, is an on-line consortium of archival repositories in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The website provides on-line finding aids for various collections in member repositories. Its homepage can be found at:

http://nwda.wsulibs.wsu.edu/

 

Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives

Phone: (206) 654-4477 http://www.pnwlesbianarchives.org/

 

San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park

Phone: 415-561-7030 http://www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/library-and-research.htm

 

Seattle Municipal Archives

Phone: (206) 233-7807 or (206) 684-8353 Email: archives@seattle.gov

http://www.seattle.gov/CityArchives/

 

Skagit County Historical Society and Museum

501 South 4^th, La Conner, Washington  98257

Phone: (360) 466-3365

http://skagitcounty.net/Common/asp/default.asp?d=HistoricalSociety&c=General&p=main.htm

 

University of Washington Libraries

UW Libraries Digital Collections: http://content.lib.washington.edu/

Special Collections: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/ Phone: 206-543-1929

 

Washington State Archives

See http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/ for more information about the Washington State Archives, including access to its online catalog. Contact information for the regional branches, Government Archives (Olympia) and Digital Archives are as follows:

Central Regional Branch

Bledsoe & Washington Archives Building
400 E. University Way, Ellensburg, Washington 98926-7547

Phone: (509) 963-2136 Email: On-line Research Request

 

Eastern Regional Branch

960 Washington Street, Cheney, Washington 99004

Phone: (509) 235-7508 Email: era@secstate.wa.gov

 

Puget Sound Regional Branch

Pritchard-Fleming Building, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue WA 98007

Phone: (425) 564-3940 Email: archives@bcc.ctc.edu

 

Southwest Regional Branch

1129 Washington Street SE, Olympia WA 98504

Phone: (360) 753 1584  Email: swresearch@secstate.wa.gov

 

Washington State Government Archives

1129 Washington Street SE, Olympia WA 98504-0238

Phone (360) 586-1492  Email: research@secstate.wa.gov

 

Washington State Digital Archives 

960 Washington Street, Cheney, Washington 99004

Phone: (509) 235-7509 http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/default.aspx

Washington State Library

PO Box 42460, Olympia WA 98504-2460
Phone: Reception: (360) 704-5200
          Circulation: (360) 704-5213
          Reference: (360) 704-5221  http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/?

 

Washington Women's History Consortium

http://www.washingtonwomenshistory.org/