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PNW Field Recordings [158]
Pacific Northwest Collection: Linguistic Field Recordings
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Northwest Labor Press [12]
Archive of Northwest Labor Press semimonthly publication
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Guide to Pacific Northwest Native American materials in the Melville Jacobs collection and in other archival collections in the University of Washington Libraries
(Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington, 1982)This Guide is divided into three parts. Part I describes the Native American-related sound recordings and manuscript papers in the Melville Jacobs Collection. Part II provides summary descriptions of the papers of four ... -
Interviews of Senator Warren Magnuson’s Commerce Committee Staff for When the Senate Worked for Us
(2019-10)Between the early 1960s and the late 1970s an impressive number of consumer and environmental protection laws come out of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Michael (Mike) Pertschuk worked for ... -
Northwest Labor Press 2017
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Northwest Labor Press 2016
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Northwest Labor Press 2015
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Northwest Labor Press 2014
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Northwest Labor Press 2013
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Northwest Labor Press 2012
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Northwest Labor Press 2008
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Northwest Labor Press 2007
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Northwest Labor Press 2006
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Northwest Labor Press 2011
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Northwest Labor Press 2010
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Northwest Labor Press 2009
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The Whacking of Ship Scalers Local 541
(2018)"The Whacking of Ship Scalers Local 541" attempts to capture the context and trajectory of the reform movement of the late 70s and early 80s, and digs into the history of the Laborers International Union of North America ... -
Leroy Soper Oral History Interview
(2009-03)Three sound cassettesfor an oral history interview with Leroy "Lee" Soper, conducted by Tom Orton between March 6 and March 18, 2009. Interview topics include Soper's early life in school and during World War II, the ... -
Washington State Labor From the Great Depression to the Cold War: A Bibliography of Published and Unpublished Sources, 1935-1948
(2015)I intend this bibliography as a guide to historical research in the Washington State labor history from the Great Depression to the Cold War. I have taken the passage of the Wagner Labor Relations Act in 1935 as my beginning ... -
Maritime Labor in the Pacific Northwest: A Bibliography of Published and Unpublished Sources, 1850 – 2012
(2015)I intend this bibliography as a guide to historical research in the maritime labor history of the Pacific Northwest from 1850 to 2012. It directs researchers toward historical resources, including manuscripts, theses and ... -
UniverCity : the city within city, the story of the University District
(University Lions Foundation, 1986)History of the University District in Seattle, WA from it's beginnings through approximately 1973. -
Stevens trial, May 12 - July 10, 1856, from Official Court records, 2nd District Court, Wash. Terr.
(1856)In late March, 1856, Charles WREN, John M'LEOD, L.A. SMITH, Henry SMITH and John M'FIELD, Pierce County residents, were arrested by order of Gov. Isaac STEVENS for alleged ''giving aid and comfort to the enemy" (Indians). ...
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