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Strange Freak of a Cat
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The town of Sidney, Washington once had a newspaper with the unusual title of People’s Broadax....
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Washington State Library Retains Reed
Secretary of State Sam Reed is leaving his Office in January, but he won’t be leaving the Washington State Library. Washington State Library’s online catalog will continue to preserve Sam’s career in...
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Coffee-O the Alchemist
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The random reel for this week contained the following article from the Dec. 17, 1920 issue of...
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Seattle Public Library, Down But Not Out
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: This week’s random article comes from the Jan. 5, 1901 issue of The Ballard News, published at a...
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Hikin’ Nell’s Varied and Vivid Experiences
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: From 1909 to 1921, give or take a few years, there was a woman who created a local news stir...
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Discover free and inexpensive trainings available online and around the state; compiled by Jennifer Fenton, CE/Training Coordinator, Washington State Library Featured Free Trainings:...
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Fire Before Water at Fort Colvile
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: First there was Fort Colvile, the Hudson’s Bay Fort in present day Stevens County. Later, at...
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WSL and the “Declaration of Learning”
The Library of Congress, along with 12 other governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, including the American Library Association and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, have...
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“A Perpetual Ovation” in Port Townsend for Major Morris
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The very first issue of The Democratic Press (August 31, 1877) covered a visit to Port Townsend...
View Article2013 Proposed Legislation Affecting Libraries 02/15/2013
Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will...
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A Monument for Melody Choir and Hobo the Dog
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: This item on page 1 of the Jan. 17, 1907 issue of the Seattle Daily News caught my eye due to...
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Free Drinks on the House, Courtesy of a Train Wreck
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Here’s an account from the May 23, 1891 issue of the Buckley Banner about the morning the wine...
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Washington Libraries and Microsoft IT Academy
Imagine walking into your local public library, community college library, or tribal library and registering to take one of Microsoft’s IT course … for free! Through a partnership with Microsoft, the...
View Article2013 Proposed Legislation Affecting Libraries 03/08/2013
Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will...
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Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will...
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The Logger Lawyer
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Naturally the word “Library” in the following headline is what first caught my eye, but as the...
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Sea Serpent at Devil’s Head
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Sea serpent stories are developing into a subgenre in this column. Although the creature...
View Article2013 Proposed Legislation Affecting Libraries 03/22/2013
Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will...
View ArticleDorothy Cutler, 1917 – 2013
by Rand Simmons and Kristy L. Coomes Dorothy R. Cutler was one of the power-houses of the Washington State Library during the 1950s through the 1970s. Dorothy died on March 20, 2013. She was 95....
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Mr. Fairweather Goes to Olympia
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Although the word “snarky” wasn’t really used in 1889, the concept was there– as we shall see....
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