For more than half a century, the Walker Cut Stone Company helped shape the architectural character of Tacoma and the Pacific Northwest. Today, that story is easier than ever to explore thanks to the Northwest Room’s newly added Walker Stone Company Records in the ORCA database. This newly added digital collection features photographs of the…
13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest: Education
This post is part of the series 13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest. You can find the initial post here. By Heather Lowcock, Project Archivist, NHPRC Grant – News Tribune Collection The act of teaching requires resilience and vulnerability. The act of learning requires a degree of discomfort and determination. In both, we wrestle…
13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest: Music
This post is part of the series 13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest. You can find the initial post here. By Heather Lowcock, Project Archivist, NHPRC Grant – News Tribune Collection I have a collection of concert ticket stubs and memories. There’s one for a standing room only Mumford and Sons concert with my…
Tige Reynolds: The Cartoonist Who Gave Tacoma Its Tiger
If you’ve ever looked through the Tacoma Daily Ledger on microfilm in the Northwest Room from the 1910s–1920s, you’ve likely come across the political cartoons on the front page and a little cartoon Tacoma tiger cub within the pages. This was the work of Edward Samuel “Tige” Reynolds. He was a cartoonist for the Tacoma…
13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest: Disability
This post is part of the series 13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest. You can find the initial post here. By Heather Lowcock, Project Archivist, NHPRC Grant – News Tribune Collection The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law in July 1990 with subsequent amendments in 2008. Prior to the initial signing…
Wingin’ It in the Northwest Room
By Spencer Bowman, Northwest Room Librarian The Spring bird migration in the Tacoma area has recently peaked. The highest predicted stopover density occurred in early to late May. According to the Purdue AeroEco Lab, the 90th percentile of migration activity for Washington State and the Puget Sound and Tacoma region was expected during the nights…
13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest: Pride
This post is part of the series 13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest. You can find the initial post here. By Heather Lowcock, Project Archivist, NHPRC Grant – News Tribune Collection New York City’s Christopher Street Liberation Day celebration in 1970 marked the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a multi-day protest that began…
The Iris Bryan Photo Albums
Iris Hamilton Bryan (April 10, 1907 – March 18, 2001) was a skilled equestrian, a competitive rider, and a member of the Woodbrook Hunt Club. She also served as Captain in the Women’s Emergency Motor Corps in Tacoma during WWII. Her photo albums offer a fascinating glimpse into her life and times, capturing her dual…
13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest: Labor
This post is part of the series 13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest. You can find the initial post here. By Heather Lowcock, Project Archivist, NHPRC Grant – News Tribune Collection In response to requests from his boss, the title character of Herman Melville’s short story “Bartleby the Scrivener” always replies, “I would prefer…
13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest: Wildlife
This post is part of the series 13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest. You can find the initial post here. By Heather Lowcock, Project Archivist, NHPRC Grant – News Tribune Collection A few weeks ago, I spotted a deer taking a stroll through my Tacoma neighborhood. Months before, there were raccoons on a roof…
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