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CENTRAL WASHINGTON

Lake Chelan Museum
Chelan

Cle Elum Historical Telephone Museum
Cle Elum

Cle Elum - Roslyn School District
Cle Elum

Ellensburg Public Library
Ellensburg

Kittitas County Historical Museum
Ellensburg

Washington State Archives - Central Regional Archives
Ellensburg

Klickitat County Historical Society
Goldendale

Maryhill Museum of Art
Goldendale

Bleyhl Community Library
Grandview

Roslyn Historical Museum Society
Roslyn

Douglas County Historical Museum
Waterville

Wenatchee Valley College Library
Wenatchee

Yakima Valley Museum
Yakima


EASTERN WASHINGTON

Eastern Washington University Libraries
Cheney

Washington State Archives - Eastern Regional Archives
Cheney

Washington State Archives - Digital Archives
Cheney (and online)

Colville National Forest
Colville

Dayton Memorial Library
Dayton

Adams County Historical Society
Lind

Okanogan County Historical Society and Museum
Okanogan

Othello Museum
Othello

Franklin County Historical Museum
Pasco

Pasco Public Library
Pasco

Washington State University - Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Pullman

Richland Public Library
Richland

Fort Wright College Historical Museum
Spokane

Gonzaga University Library
Spokane

Inland Empire Railway Historical Society
Spokane

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
Spokane

Spokane Public Library
Spokane

Spokane Valley Historical Society
Spokane

Tekoa Historical Museum
Tekoa

Whitman College
Walla Walla

Big Bend Historical Society Museum
Wilbur



NORTH-WESTERN WASHINGTON

Anacortes History Museum
Anacortes

White River Valley Museum
Auburn

Eastside Heritage Center
Bellevue

Washington State Archives - Puget Sound Regional Archives
Bellevue

Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Bellingham

Bothell Historical Museum Society
Bothell

Island County Historical Society
Coupeville

Enumclaw Public Library
Enumclaw

Everett Public Library
Everett

Snohomish County Museum
Everett

Skagit County Historical Museum
LaConner

Jefferson County Historical Society and Museum
Port Townsend

Filipino American National Historical Society
Seattle

King County Archives
Seattle

Museum of Flight
Seattle

Museum of History and Industry
Seattle

National Archives - Pacific Alaska Region
Seattle

Pioneer Association of Washington
Seattle

Providence Archives (Sisters of Providence)
Seattle

Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle

Seattle Pacific University
Seattle

Seattle Public Library
Seattle

Seattle School District Archives
Seattle

Seattle Times Archives
Seattle

University of Washington Libraries - East Asia Library
Seattle

University of Washington Libraries - Special Collections
Seattle

Wing Luke Asian Museum
Seattle

Fort Nisqually Historic Site
Tacoma

Pierce County Library System
Tacoma

Tacoma Public Library
Tacoma

University of Puget Sound
Tacoma

Washington State Historical Society - Special Collections Division
Tacoma


SOUTH-WESTERN WASHINGTON

Centralia Community College Media Center
Centralia

Centralia Timberland Public Library
Centralia

Lewis County Historical Museum
Chehalis

Du Pont Historical Museum
Du Pont

Washington State Archives - State Government Archives
Olympia

Washington State Archives - Southwest Regional Archives
Olympia

Steilacoom Historical Museum Association
Steilacoom

Office of the Secretary of State Oral History Program
Tumwater

Washington State Library
Tumwater

Clark County Historical Museum
Vancouver

Fort Vancouver National Historical Site
Vancouver

Lewis D. Cannell Library
Vancouver


OUT OF STATE
Oregon State Historical Society
Portland, OR