Provenance

Processing Information

Restrictions on Use

Related Material

Provenance
Although Galen Biery transferred materials to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies over the course of his life, the Biery family donated the bulk of his papers to the Center on March 18, 1995, September 13, 1995, and January 2, 1996. On March 6, 1996 (the date of their formal deeding to the Center), these donations were officially recognized as the Galen Biery Papers. At least half of the materials transferred by Galen Biery and the Biery family to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies were records generated by Pacific American Fisheries (PAF). As a long-term PAF employee, Biery played an integral part in the preservation and collection of the the company’s records. In 1965, following PAF’s closure, Biery was allowed to salvage selected company records before the remainder were piled in the parking lot and burned. He later co-ordinated the transfer of these and additional PAF materials to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, where they are available in the Pacific American Fisheries collection. The Biery family transferred further of Galen Biery’s manuscript and photographic records to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies in 2002.
 

Processing Information
Terence Badger processed the Galen Biery Papers and Photographs for the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies in 1997. The collection materials were transferred to the Center pre-arranged by type of media. This basic arrangement by format was retained during processing. In 2004, Ruth Steele re-engineered the collection and its finding aid, integrating additional manuscript, film and slide materials which the Biery family transferred to the Center in 2002.

Restrictions on Use
Records may be copied for use in individual scholarly or personal research. Researchers are responsible for obtaining copyright permission to use materials where such is required by law. Please note that the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies requires advance notice for use of reel-to-reel films.
 

Related Material
The Photo Archives at the Whatcom Museum of History & Art houses a companion collection of Galen Biery materials.