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Alaska State Library Depositions of people living in the Juneau area relative to the use of property between Juneau town site and Sheep Creek, 1913. Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company Records, Alaska State Library - Historical Collections , Juneau, Alaska. For more digitized collections from the Alaska State Library, see Alaska's Digital Archives	Alaska State Library Helicopter Setting Compressor, undated. Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company Records, Alaska State Library - Historical Collections , Juneau, Alaska. For more digitized collections from the Alaska State Library, see Alaska's Digital Archives
Alaska State Library Overview of Treadwell Buildings, undated. Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company Records, Alaska State Library – Historical Collections , Juneau, Alaska. For more digitized collections from the Alaska State Library, see Alaska’s Digital Archives	EWU Libraries Digital Collections Photo of the Martin Flouring and Milling Company in Cheney, Washington, undated. Archives & Special Collections , John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington. For more digitized collections from Eastern Washington University, see the EWU Libraries Digital Collections and the Washington Women's History Consortium.
Gonzaga University Construction of Grand Coulee Dam, 1937. James O'Sullivan Papers, Special Collections, Foley Center Library, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington. For more digitized collections from Gonzaga University, see the Foley Library Digital Collection	Idaho State Historical Society Idaho State Capitol building under construction, Territorial Capitol building in the background, 1906 or 1907. Idaho State Historical Society, Boise, Idaho.
Lane Community College Archives Women and men training in Aviation Mechanics at Eugene Vocational School during World War II, circa 1941-1945, Eugene Vocational School/Eugene Technical Vocational School Records, Lane Community College Archives, Eugene, Oregon. For more digitized collections from Lane Community College, see their online exhibits. This photograph is of instructor Mel Gaskill and students in the Aviation Mechanics program showing some of the items they produced as part of their class work. Women in this program went on to become a "Rosie the Riveter". Women played important roles on the homefront during wartime and this photo demonstrates the changing role of women as they entered school programs and jobs in areas that were previously denied to them. The Eugene Vocational School was founded in 1938 and was a predecessor to Lane Community College, established in 1964. Vocational schools and community colleges have responded to the changing educational and workforce training needs of both men and women.	Lewis & Clark Special Collections Charles Erskine Scott Wood with Nan Wood and grandchildren, ca. 1910. The Charles Erskine Scott Wood and Erskine Wood Family Papers, Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. For more digitized collections from Lewis & Clark College, see Lewis & Clark College Digital Collections. C.E.S. Wood was a soldier, lawyer, writer, and painter who is known for his friendship with Chief Joseph which developed after Wood witnessed and translated Joseph's surrender speech as a member of the U.S. Army. Later in his life Wood became an important figure in the cultural life of Portland (Oregon) and San Francisco. As a writer and public figure, Wood was scrutinized by the U.S. government for his radical views expressed during his legal defenses of Marie Equi and Emma Goldman. This photograph, from the Charles Erskine Scott Wood and Erskine Wood Family Papers 1867-1982, shows Wood with his first wife and grandchildren, many of whom became civic leaders as adults.
Lewis & Clark Special Collections 1905 Albany College Oregon Women's State Basketball Champions, Albany College (Oregon) Photograph Collection, Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. For more digitized collections from Lewis & Clark College, see Lewis & Clark College Digital Collections. Albany College, the predecessor of Lewis & Clark College, was founded in 1867 by the Presbyterian founders of Albany, Oregon. Gender equality was a priority for the College; its first four graduates were women, and as this photo illustrates, athletic opportunities were provided to women from the earliest years of the institution.	Lewis & Clark Special Collections Painting of Glen Coffield, Oregon poet and WWII conscientious objector by Kemper Nomland, Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. For more digitized collections from Lewis & Clark College, see Lewis & Clark College Digital Collections. Glen Coffield is occasionally referred to as Oregon's first hippie. Coffield first came to Oregon during World War II as a conscientious objector assigned to the Camp Angel Civilian Public Service camp near Waldport, Oregon. After the war, Coffield relocated to the Mt. Hood wilderness where he established the Gruntvig Folk School and published a numerous small poetry journals and newsletters. While in the Waldport CPS camp with Coffield, Kemper Nomland attempted to capture Coffield's creativity in this painting. This painting was donated to Lewis & Clark College by Kemper Nomland and is just a part of the College's extensive holdings relating to the Oregon Civilian Public Service Camps.
Lewis & Clark Special Collections William Stafford, Professor of English and poetry, Aubrey Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. For more digitized collections from Lewis & Clark College, see Lewis & Clark College Digital Collections. Poet laureate and National Book Award winner William Stafford taught at Lewis & Clark College for thirty years. Special Collections holds all of Stafford's personal papers including 20,000 pages of daily writings and typescripts, thirty years of correspondence, 15,000 photographs, audio and video recordings, teaching materials, and books and broadsides by Stafford and other poets.	Montana Historical Society Big Medicine Man, Crow. 1883. Photograph by F. Jay Haynes. Montana Historical Society Research Center, Archives, Helena, Montana. For more digitized collections from the Montana Historical Society, see the Montana Memory Project.
Northwestern Museum of Arts & Culture / Eastern Washington State Historical Society Log train, Consolidated Lumber Co. Stevens County, circa 1910. Photograph by Frank Palmer. Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, Washington.	Oregon Health and Science University University of Oregon Medical School Medical Student, Margaret Henry, with Skeleton, ca. 1934-1939, "May I have the next dance?" Image 86, Daniel H. Labby Scrapbook. Oregon Health & Science University Historical Collections & Archives [link to http://www.ohsu.edu/library/hom/], Portland, Oregon. For more digitized collections from Oregon Health & Science University, see the OHSU Digital Resources Library. This image comes from the Scrapbook of Daniel H. Labby, emeritus Professor of Medicine at OHSU. The scrapbook consists of photographs of classmates and faculty during Dr. Labby's school years at UOMS. There is a certain levity or good humor in the image of our female medical student that elucidates the camaraderie and familiarity among colleagues and teachers.
Oregon Historical Society Falls of the Columbia River, Celilo, Oregon, circa 1899. Oregon Historical Society Research Library, Portland, Oregon. For more digitized collections from the Oregon Historical Society, see the Oregon History Project.	Oregon Institute of Technology “View of Lava Bed, near Mason’s camp, showing a group of Soldiers and Warm Spring Indians, “stereoscopic image by Louis Heller of Yreka, CA, 1873. Francis Landrum Collection, Image Series. Shaw Historical Library, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon. For more digitized collections from the Oregon Institute of Technology, see the Klamath Waters Digital Library.
Oregon Institute of Technology Forest Lumber Co. loading logs with a McGiffert Loader about 1927 on the North Marsh Unit, Klamath Reservation. Alfred Collier Collection, Shaw Historical Library, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon. For more digitized collections from the Oregon Institute of Technology, see the Klamath Waters Digital Library.	Oregon State University Archives Linus Pauling Honored at Oregon State Agricultural College, 1933. Harriett's Collection, Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon. For more digitized collections from Oregon State University, see OSU Libraries Digital Collections. Linus Pauling is considered to be OSU's most famous alumnus, achieving significance as one of the 20th century's most brilliant chemists. Pauling's papers are housed at OSU Special Collections. William Jasper Kerr served longer (1907-1932) than any other president in OSU's history. Under his leadership, Oregon Agricultural College was transformed from a small, financially struggling college to one of the leading land-grant institutions in the country.
Oregon State University Libraries, Archives Worker with Tomatoes, ca. 1942-1927. Oregon State University Archives, Corvallis, Oregon. For more digitized collections from Oregon State University, see OSU Libraries Digital Collections.	Pacific Lutheran University Digital Archives PLU Band plays “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” to celebrate the opening of the school in Parkland, Camp Muir, 1894. Archives & Special Collections, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. For more digitized collections from Pacific Lutheran University, see the Pacific Lutheran University Digital Archives.
Pacific Lutheran University Digital Archives Queen Alice I crowned by Mrs Louise Taylor at the annual PLC May Day celebration, 1938. Archives & Special Collections, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. For more digitized collections from Pacific Lutheran University, see the Pacific Lutheran University Digital Archives.	Portland State University Sketch of Pioneer Square, Portland OR, by architect Will Martin, 1980. Portland State Library Special Collections, Portland, Oregon. For more digitized collections from Portland State University, see the Oregon Sustainable Community Digital Library (OSCDL).
Seattle Municipal Archives Smith Tower construction progress, Seattle, February 1913. Seattle Municipal Archives, Seattle, Washington. For more digitized collections from the Seattle Municipal Archives, see the Seattle Municipal Archives Digital Document Libraries. This image is one of a series of photographs taken by a Seattle Engineering Department photographer of the construction of Smith Tower. In 1914, when the Smith Tower was completed, it was the fourth tallest building in the world. It remained the tallest building west of the Mississippi for almost 50 years. The Smith Tower has had various owners since it opened, but the City of Seattle is not among them.	Seattle Museum of History and Industry "Iron Chink" salmon processing machine, circa 1903. Anders Beer Wilse Photographs. Museum of History & Industry [link: http://www.seattlehistory.org], Seattle, Washington. For more digitized collections from the Museum of History and Industry, see King County Snapshots. Developed by Seattle inventor Edmund A. Smith, the "Iron Chink" was named after the Chinese laborers it was invented to replace, reflecting the anti-Asian racism of the time. Used to gut and clean fish, the automated machine could accomplish work many times faster than the most skilled hand butcher, increasing cannery profits, but forcing thousands to find other work.
University of Alaska, Fairbanks Woman hooking tomcods on ice, Point Hope, Alaska, 1953-1958. Mary Cox Collection, Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more digitized collections from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, see Alaska’s Digital Archives.	University of Idaho Library Digital Collections William Merriam, mining engineer, ca. 1921. Barnard-Stockbridge Collection, Special Collections & Archives, University of Idaho Library. For more digitized collections from the University of Idaho, see the University of Idaho Library Digital Collections.
University of Idaho Library Digital Collections Butte & Coeur d'Alene Mine, Mullan. ca. 1928, at 400 foot level. Barnard-Stockbridge Collection, Special Collections & Archives, University of Idaho Library. For more digitized collections from the University of Idaho, see the University of Idaho Library Digital Collections.	University of Montana-Missoula R. H. McKay with camera on tripod, undated. K. Ross Toole Archives, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana—Missoula. For more digitized collections from the University of Montana, see the Mansfield Library Digital Collections.
University of Oregon “Out of Doors” Lecture Poster, ca. 1918. Opal Whiteley Papers, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon. For more digitized collections from the University of Oregon, see University of Oregon Libraries Digital Collections. Opal Whiteley was an amateur naturalist and an author. She traveled throughout Oregon giving a series of lectures on nature and spirituality.	University of Oregon “Dixie Queens” School girls at lunch in Hadleyville, Oregon, circa 1912. Roy C. Andrews Photographs collection, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon. For more digitized collections from the University of Oregon, see University of Oregon Libraries Digital Collections.
University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Grand Coulee Dam construction at night, 1938. Views of the Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia Basin Project, Washington Collection, Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington. For more digital collections from the University of Washington, see University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections.	Washington State University Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections McConnell Grain Warehouse, Downtown Pullman, Washington (ca. 1900). Photograph by Lloyd Robbins. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. For more digitized collections from Washington State University, see Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Digital Collections. The Palouse region that includes the city of Pullman remains a rich area for the cultivation of wheat and lentils. This image documents early methods for the storage and transport of the harvest. Upon the hill in the background is the nascent Washington State University.
Western Washington University Brita Hansen poses with a king crab at Pacific American Fisheries’ Alitak plant, on Kodiak Island, Alaska, 1963. Pacific American Fisheries records, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington. For more digitized collections from Western Washington University, see the Washington Women's History Consortium and the Campus School Memories Project. Pacific American Fisheries, Inc conducted major fishing and canning operations in Puget Sound and Alaska between 1899 and 1965, with headquarters in Bellingham, Washington. The company had both regional and international significance as one of the largest processors of Pacific salmon in the world for much of that period.	Whitman College Bronze medal presented to Myron Eells by the officials of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893, for collecting materials illustrating the life of Native Americans of the Puget Sound. Myron Eells Collection, Whitman College and Northwest Archives, Walla Walla, Washington. For more digitized collections from Whitman College, see Whitman College Digital Collections.
Whitworth College Whitworth Girls, undated. Whitworth University Archives, Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington.	Willamette University Bottling loganberry juice in LoJu Cannery, Salem, Oregon, ca. 1914. Paulus Glass Plate Negative collection, Archives and Special Collections, Mark O. Hatfield Library, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.