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This list is not exhaustive, but provides links to additional resources for researching local and regional history.

 

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

 

American Museum of Radio and Electricity

1312 Bay Street, Bellingham, Washington  98225

Phone: (360) 738-3886 http://www.amre.us/

 

Anacortes History Museum

1305 8th St, Anacortes WA 98221

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

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

 

Bellingham Herald

Newspaper content and contact list at: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/

 

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) 778-7323 http://www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org/

 

Bellingham Railway Museum

1320 Commercial St, Bellingham, Washington  98225

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

 

Black Heritage Society of Washington State

Phone: (206)551-3278 Email: TheBoard@Blackheritagewa.org

http://www.blackheritagewa.org/index.asp

 

Copyright Law and information

Copyright Law of the United States: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/

Cornell Copyright Information Center: http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/faq/index.cfm#domain

 

Everett Public Library - Northwest History Room

2702 Hoyt Ave, Everett, WA 98201
Phone: 425-257-8005 Email:
http://www.epls.org/nw/

 

Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives (JARDA)

http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/jarda/

 

King County Archives

Telephone: (206) 296-1538
Fax: (206) 205-1399
Mailing Address: 1215 E. Fir Street, Seattle, WA 98122

http://www.kingcounty.gov/operations/archives.aspx#King%20County%20Archives
E-mail:  archives@kingcounty.gov

 

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

 

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/

Museum of History & Industry (MOHI)

McCurdy Park, 2700 24th Ave. E, Seattle, WA 98112.

Phone (206) 324-1126 http://www.seattlehistory.org/

 

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/

 

North Cascades Institute

Environmental Learning Center - Wild Ginger Library

810 State Route 20, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284

Tel: (206) 526 2584 www.ncascades.org

 

Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA)

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

A database of over 5,000 guides to archival collections housed at member institutions in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.

 

Northwest Lesbian and Gay History Museum Project

http://home.earthlink.net/~ruthpett/lgbthistorynw/

 

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 Civil Rights and Labor History Project

http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/

 

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 4th, La Conner, Washington  98257

Phone: (360) 466-3365

http://skagitcounty.net/museum

 

Social Security Death Index

http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

 

Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society and Library

135 N. Olympic Ave, Arlington WA 98223

Phone: 360 435 4838 Email: info@StillyGen.org

http://www.StillyGen.org/

 

Tacoma Public Library - Northwest Room & Special Collections

Phone (main library): 253) 591-5666 Email: nwr@tacomapubliclibrary.org.

http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/page.aspx?hid=14

 

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

 

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

 

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 Historical Society/Washington State History Museum

1911 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402

Phone: (253) 272-9747 http://www.washingtonhistory.org/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 newspapers: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/newspapers_wsl.aspx  

 

Washington Women's History Consortium

http://www.washingtonwomenshistory.org/

 

Western Washington University:            

Center for Pacific Northwest Studies

Goltz-Murray Building, Bellingham WA 98225-9123

Phone: (360) 650 7747 http://www/acadweb.wwu.edu/cpnws

 

Wilson Library (WWU Libraries)

516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103

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

 

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/

 

Western Libraries 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) 778-8950 www.whatcommuseum.org

Photo Archives email: photoarchives@cob.org

 

Whatcom Genealogy Society

P.O. Box 1493, Bellingham, Washington  98227

http://theusgenweb.org/wa/whatcom/WGS/wgs.htm

 

Wing Luke Asian Museum / Governor Gary Locke Library & Community Heritage Center

719 South King Street, Seattle, WA 98104

Phone: (206) 623-5124  http://www.wingluke.org/