Hidden gems in State Library’s federal collection
State Library staffers who oversee the federal collection look at one of the collection’s maps. It’s no surprise that the Washington State Library houses many books, maps and other documents related to our state government and Washington in general. After all, it is the STATE Library. What many don’t know is that it also keeps a vast collection of more than a million federal documents. In fact, our State Library has been collecting federal publications since its beginning as a…