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Frontier Justice: Convicted Walla Walla land-claim fraudsters pardoned by President Hayes

Frontier Justice: Convicted Walla Walla land-claim fraudsters pardoned by President Hayes

Archivists realize that no matter how well they think they know their collection, it still holds surprises. The Washington Territorial Court Case Files collection at the Washington State Archives Eastern Regional Branch recently delivered such a surprise. Eastern Washington University graduate student and Archives Intern Devrick Barnett has been working on the Territorial case files for a few months now. Also known as the Frontier Justice collection, these consist of the surviving case files from the Washington Territorial Courts (1853-1889)….

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History Degree and Archives Experience is the Winning Combination for Whitney Wyngaert

History Degree and Archives Experience is the Winning Combination for Whitney Wyngaert

Whitney Wyngaert has interned and worked at the Eastern Regional Branch and Digital Archives of the Washington State Archives for the past two years. She was a graduate student in the history program at Eastern Washington University where she successfully defended her graduate portfolio and received her Master’s degree in June. Wyngaert’s graduate project was to assist Digital Archivist Debbie Bahn process part of the Hanford Health Information Archive (HHIA) collection. According to Wyngaert, the HHIA “collected, preserved, and provided…

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Ask an Archivist Day at EWU

Ask an Archivist Day at EWU

Debbie Bahn, the Electronic Records Archivist at the Digital Archives, and Eastern Washington University graduate intern Whitney Wyngaert manned the table at EWU’s John F. Kennedy Memorial Library in Cheney on Wednesday, October 3. Bahn, Wyngaert, and EWU archivist Steve Bingo engaged with more than 30 students in two hours, describing the resources and educational opportunities available at the Washington State Archives as well as archival careers. Deputy State Archivist Terry Badger provided an antique “magic lantern” slide projector to use…

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Spokane and the Great War

Spokane and the Great War

A century ago, more than 10,000 Spokane residents served in the military as soldiers, sailors, and marines in World War I. More than 180 of them didn’t come back. Now, through the diligent work of State Archives graduate assistant Joshua Van Veldhuizen with the long-neglected public records in the Spokane War Committee cards, the experiences of Spokaneites before, during, and in the wake of the First World War have been chronicled at Spokane Goes To War.  To convert the old…

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College Civics tour: Day 3

College Civics tour: Day 3

Secretary Wyman hit the road Monday to continue her spring College Civics tour. Here she is pictured chatting with a Central Washington University student on the Ellensburg campus.  The day began with a visit to Wenatchee Valley College at Omak before stopping at CWU. Wyman then headed east for visits to Spokane Falls Community College and Eastern Washington University. The tour continues Tuesday with visits to Whatcom Community College, Western Washington University, Skagit Valley College and Pacific Lutheran University.

Walking the walk in Cheney

Walking the walk in Cheney

Photo by Debbie Bahn Secretary Reed is well-known among his employees for organizing midday walks to chat with staffers and enjoy the outdoors. Well, the Secretary brought his walking shoes and shorts to Cheney Thursday. During his visit to the state Digital Archives facility at Eastern Washington University, Reed walked around the campus with many members of the Digital Archives and Eastern Regional Archives staffs. Here they stand in front of the formal entrance to the campus.

Sam’s college civics tour: Day 4

Sam’s college civics tour: Day 4

During his visit Thursday morning to Spokane Community College, Secretary Reed spoke during the “Get Lit” program at the college. He discussed leadership and his own experiences in leadership positions. About 200 students attended. Later in the day, Secretary Reed visited Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington State University’s Tri-Cities campus and finally WSU’s main campus in Pullman, where the Secretary attended school.

EWU football: We are the champions!

EWU football: We are the champions!

Pictured from left to right holding the NCAA Division I Championship Trophy:  EWU Director of Athletics Bill Chaves, Secretary of State Sam Reed, and EWU head football coach Beau Baldwin.  Photograph courtesy of David Cook of Eastern Washington University. Last week Sam visited the campus of Eastern Washington University in Cheney to congratulate the Eagles on becoming NCAA Division I football champions.  The Eagles won their championship in Frisco, Texas, on January 7, defeating Delaware in a 20-19, come-from-behind thriller.

Eastern Receives Big Read Grant Award

Eastern Receives Big Read Grant Award

Eastern Washington University was recently awarded $17,025 to support “The Big Read,” a national program that brings communities together to read and discuss books. EWU was the only Washington organization to receive a Big Read grant in this, the fifth year of the program. Eastern selected The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien, for its Big Read program. Events will take place throughout March and April of 2011, as part of the upcoming year’s Get Lit! festival. In a July…

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