Deaf History Month
photo challenge
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Women's History Month
challenge results
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National Deaf History Month is March 13-April 15. Help us celebrate with this month's photo challenge. Tell us which territorial governor is pictured here in an image that comes from a negative we preserve in frozen storage. In 1886, he established what is now known as Washington School for the Deaf in Vancouver.
Click image to view larger version.
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The Women’s History Month challenge inspired plenty of readers to email and correctly identify Washington’s first elected superintendent of public instruction, Josephine Corliss Preston. She is pictured here a couple decades after she served in office. |
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On March 31, Pacific NW Magazine, of the Sunday Seattle Times, ran a story about Washington State Archives' Puget Sound Regional Branch in a segment called "Seattle Now & Then."
The column highlights King County property record cards held at the Puget Sound branch, and contrasts their previous location inside a former junior high school in the north clear zone of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, with the modern facility on the Bellevue College campus.
From the article:
"Whether we've been here 40 years or 40 days, we all yearn to embrace the place we call home. One way to do so is to see what came before.
The Puget Sound Regional Branch of Washington State Archives — a godsend to some, unknown to others — provides just such a peek, drawing 5,000 research requests annually. Among its wide-ranging governmental records is a showcase collection that can touch nearly every King County resident..." Keep reading
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April is Records and Information Management Month, so celebrate the records wranglers in your work life! Check out our training videos to discover ways you can navigate your agency’s records-retention schedules.
View the governor's proclamation here.
Management team:
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Stay fresh. Keeping on top of your records management is all about staying current. Destroying or filing records while they are still top-of-mind is a lot easier than managing them later.
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Risky business. Assess any risks around your agency’s information. Are your paper and digital records safe and protected from any internal or external interference? Take some time to consider who has access to what and follow up with any necessary updates to your systems/policies/procedures.
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Spring cleaning. Whether it’s in the cloud or filed away in storage, make plans to clean up your records. This means applying retention, transferring archival material, and documenting the destruction of records that have met retention. Make it fun! Order in to celebrate your department’s efforts or share some discount Easter candy.
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Got a minute? The next time your colleague shows you a picture of a cute animal, show them the importance of records and information management!
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Most importantly. Celebrate the wins, big and small! Records and information management is a team sport, and it won’t always feel like you’re winning. Never forget that even as public records continue to evolve and grow in volume, your clearest paths forward will always be retention, disposition, and archival transfer.
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Washington State Archives will present another edition of "Stump the Archivist," a Q&A webinar for researchers of all experience levels, on April 15 at 10 a.m.
Bring your questions and a notebook, and chat with Research Archivist Tracy Rebstock! Learn how to use state and local government records in your historical research or family history.
New records are added to our collections all the time. Updates to vital records means more access to birth, death, marriage, and divorce collections. Rebstock will talk briefly and then take your questions so you can dig deeper into your research.
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"Browsing the Stacks" exhibit |
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On May 2, Legacy Washington is opening a new exhibit called "Browsing the Stacks" in the Secretary of State's office at the Capitol.
Expert staff from Washington State Archives and Washington State Library contributed content to the exhibit, which features a collection of treasures that highlight the in-depth holdings of both organizations. It is open to the public and free to attend. |
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The campaign culminates with a 48-hour giving event May 3-4.
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Appointments are highly recommended. Contact a certain branch for COVID protocols as they may vary.
Go here for more information, including how to contact each branch to set up an appointment.
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Banner photo: Man looking at docked boats. Washington State Archives. c. 1950. |
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