Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month challenge


This month's challenge recognizes the rich Asian American and Pacific Islander history in the Pacific Northwest.

Which historic event is depicted in this 1909 photo?

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Last month’s challenge got nothing but correct answers! Well done to all the readers who identified Gov. Ernest Lister.

On March 13, 1917, a gunman rushed into the Capitol with a pistol, but by the time he got past the secretary, Gov. Lister had already slipped into a vault, and eventually snuck into the State Auditor's office where he hid until the attacker surrendered to law enforcement.
Nearly $650,000 in state funding is now available to local governments statewide through the Local Records Grant Program.

Administered by Washington State Archives, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State, the Local Records Grant Program helps local-government agencies and entities upgrade the technological resources needed to improve their records retention, management, and public records request response processes.
Do you remember this Spokane amusement park? Do you have photos?
Do you, or anyone you know, remember Natatorium Park in Spokane? The amusement park, located on the Spokane River, operated from 1887 to 1968.

Southwest Regional Archivist Tracy Rebstock is working on a book about Spokane-area parks, and she is interested in old photographs and postcards. If you have any family photographs or postcards you would be willing to have us scan, please contact us.
Washington State Archives is co-sponsoring the Northwest Archivists 2021 Annual Meeting, which will take place virtually May 10-14.

The conference will explore the theme “The fierce urgency of now: Archives responding in times of upheaval,” which speaks to the crises affecting the work of archivists and reshaping the way collections are built.
Webinar: Digitizing huge collections
Who said
that?
On May 13, Washington State Archives' Assistant Digital Projects Archivist Maggie Cogswell will present a webinar to Olympia Genealogical Society. She will talk about the Digital Projects Department and share her adventures digitizing and cataloging 2,396 photos of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Washington state.

A recording will be online once it's available.

If you have a group interested in a similar presentation, please contact us.
All Washington State Archives branches are now open to the public.

Patrons must make an appointment prior to visiting, as capacity is limited. Face coverings and health checks are required upon entry.

Go here for more information, including how to contact each branch to set up an appointment.
"I'm not a big guy and hopefully kids could look at me and see that I'm not muscular and not physically imposing, that I'm just a regular guy. So if somebody with a regular body can get into the record books, kids can look at that. That would make me happy."

Who said that? (Hint: it's not the person in the photo.)

Last month's quote was from Cheyenna Clearbrook, an Everett native and Washington State University alumna who appeared on Netflix's "Deaf U." This was a tribute to Deaf History Month (March 13 to April 15).