Made In Washington 468 x 60
www.redmondwashington.org

This page is oriented toward those researching WA history and families. Seattle Libraries & Groups is oriented for researchers living in the Redmond/Seattle area researching histories outside the area.

Bibliography and links to King County's Eastside towns:

  • Avondale by Ethel Provan Hebner pub. 1966, 69 pages. Has copies of early photos - especially PROVAN family. In biography section of Bellevue Public Library. (Avondale borders Redmond. Luke McREDMOND's son-in-law, Justice WHITE  was among the four original setters.
  • Our Town REDMOND by Nancy Way (1989) by Marymoor Museum, P. O. Box 162, Redmond, Washington 98073, (425) 885-3684 - ISBN 0-9624587-2-4 

  • Our foundering fathers the story of Kirkland. Kirkland, Wash. by Ely, Arline.1975. Kirkland Public Library.

  • Snoqualmie Valley Scrapbook - Local Interest, History, & Views 
     http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~snoqualm/ 
    http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~snoqualm/people-lm.html 
     Peter James MALONEY: (1865-1942): Came to Seattle in 1888 and later to the Snoqualmie Valley. Credited with being the first white man to ride by horseback over Snoqualmie Pass. Peter began as a carpenter and saloon keeper in the Snoqualmie Valley, served as the first Mayor of North Bend, ran a successful livery stable and "retired" as owner of one of King County's first and most successful auto camps, Maloney's Grove, near the Sunset Highway near  North Bend.  His wife was Annie Donlan.

Pioneers in Washington Territory/State

Centennial Pioneer Certificates were issued to applicants prior to 31 December 1987, who could prove their ancestors were in the Washington Territory prior to 11 November 1889. These descendants' names, almost 18,000, are printed in a two volume edition entitled WASHINGTON PIONEERS. This publication is available from WSGS. 

Pioneer Certificates are still being issued to those whose ancestors were in Washington prior to statehood, 11 November 1889. Additional Pioneer Books will be printed from these.

First Citizen Certificates are being issued to applicants whose ancestors were in Washington on or before 31 December 1900

www.mercergirls.com "Mercer Girls"Washington Territory's Cargo of Brides from Lowell, MA in 1864 - "Here Come the Brides" TV show 1968-1970 was about them.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~waseags/ - under "Publications" link - 

 

Living Pioneers of Washington

1995 / $20

Reprints of articles by Prof. Edmond S. Meany about living Washington pioneers. The articles appeared in the Seattle Post Intelligencer from Oct. 1915 through May 1920. A wealth of biographical material. Indexed.

 http://c-23.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/wa/king/census/60kc.txt
1860 FEDERAL CENSUS, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON TERRITORY 302 persons total. This census includes pages 269-276 of the original census book.

Kitsap County - just West of King County - where the action was in the 1850-1860s

  • Port Blakely by Price, Andrew, 1989. - this book might have info on Luke McREDMOND & James  NUGENT.

  • The Port Gamble Story (1853-1953) 979.721

  • Port Gamble was established in 1853 as a logging town by Pope & Talbot Lumber Company. It is the home of not only North America's oldest continuously used sawmill (closed in 1995), but also Washington's oldest continuously occupied house. The town is a restored National Historic District. Source: US West Kitsap County Directory for 1997

  • Port Madison: 1854. by Bowden, William B. Self (published) 1976
  • Kitsap County: A Centennial History. Perry Publishing. 1989. by Fredi Perry

  • Fredi Perry, Perry Publishing, author of  "Port Madison: 1854-1889" and other books about Kitsap Co., WA

  • Port Orchard was founded in 1886 and in 1893, became the Kitsap County seat.  It is located south from Bremerton across the Sinclair Inlet.  The Mosquito Fleet route, which linked the two cities, is still in use today via the passenger-only ferry commonly known as "the foot ferry." Source: US West Kitsap County Directory for 1997 

A Century of Judging by Charles Sheldon pub. 1989 by UW Press should have some info on Justice WHITE.

http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/genealogy.htm
Frontier Justice - Washington Territorial District Court Records. All court cases which took place in Washington Territory, 1854-1889. Includes the full case file, an abstract of each case, and an index by the names of all principals in the case. 16 mm microfilm.

Daughters of the (Washington) Pioneers, Obituary Scrapbooks. Newspaper clippings of the obituaries of Washington pioneers. Arranged chronologically. Indexed by name of deceased.

Pioneer Certificate Application Files. Compiled by the Washington State Genealogical Society. Application files by people claiming ancestry to a Washington Pioneer (arrived in Washington prior to 1889). The files include copies of vital records documents and other materials documenting ancestry and lineage. Indexed and cross-indexed to include the names of applicants and ancestors.

Birth and Death Registers, 1891-1907. Arranged by county, not indexed, incomplete. 16 and 35 mm microfilm

http://www.rootsweb.com/~waking/bib.htm Bibliography for King Co. Washington

A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of the City of Seattle and County of King, Washington. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1903.

Berner, Richard C. Seattle 1900-1920: From Boomtown, Urban Turbulence, to Restoration. Seattle, WA: Charles Press, 1991. Includes index, but not all personal names, just principal participants. Detailed endnotes; extensive bibliography including journal articles; maps and charts of city growth and development. Part of series: Seattle in the 20th century, vol. I. ISBN:0-9629889-0-1 LCCN: 91-74159

Bagley, Calrence B. Pioneer Seattle and Its Pioneers. Seattle, WA: Argus Print, 1926. 17p. + b/w portraits. Portraits and short biographies of several people listed here by surname only: Denny, Terry, Maynard, Yesler, Plummer, Hanford, Frye, Boren, Bell.

Crowley, Walt, Seattle University: A Century of Jesuit Education. Seattle, WA: Seattle University, 1991. Photos, mostly b/w, several color. ISBN: 0-9630691-0-1 History of the University of Seattle. Lists of past-presidents; board of trustees and regents, and university service.

Cullen, Thomas J. and Kathryn Sutton, The Obituaries of University of Washington Presidents, 1861-1958. Seattle, WA: NW Center for Studies in Education, Ballard Printing, 1989. ISBN: 0-9623702-0-7 LCCN: 89-62216. Includes index and b/w portraits. Presidents by surname: Mercer, Barnard, Whitworth, Hall, Hill, Thayer, Anderson, Powell, Gatch, Harrington, Edwards, Reeves, Graves Kane, Landes, Suzzallo, Thomson, Spencer, Winkenwerder, Sieg, Allen, Everest, Schmitz.

Kreisman, Lawrence, West Queen Anne School: Renaissance of a Landmark. Seattle, WA: West Queen Anne Associeates, @1984. 30p. b/w photos & illustrations. Short bibliography.

Jenson, Eva Beck, compiler/editor, A Century of Transition in School and Community: Lawton Park, Magnolia Bluff, Seattle, Washington. Seattle, WA: Administrative & Service Center, Seattle Public Schools, 1987. b/w photos. History of Lawton Park, formerly known as Salmon Bay School, among others. Lots of statements of early history of school and district by local citizens.

Miller, Carrie Lowry, The History of Education in Seattle. University of Washington: Masters Thesis, 1929. 109p. Typed. Bibliography by primary and secondary sources. Roster of School Directors, Secretaries and Superintendents.

Bagley, Clarence B., History of King County, 4 vols., (Chicago, 1929) S. J. Clarke Co., reprinted 1979, White River Valley Historical Society.

http://www.metrokc.gov/exec/culture/aboutheritage/lhpapers/H07kingco.doc  - revised 6/99

Introduction

  The following bibliography includes publications on aspects of King County History that are countywide in focus or which relate to King County Government.  Neighborhood and community histories, regional northwest history and other aspects and themes of area heritage may be found in other bibliographic studies in the Historical Papers series. 

PUBLICATIONS

 Adang, Rosemary and Valerie Cole, King County and the Pacific: A Cultural Resource Guide, (Seattle, 1989) Metrocenter YMCA.

 Anderson Map Company, Atlas of King County, (Seattle, 1907) by the Company, copy on file, King County Historic Preservation Program.

 Andrews, Mildred, Woman's Place: A Guide to Seattle and King County History, (Seattle, 1994) Gemil Press.

Cardle, Doug, About Those King County Place Names, An Informal History, (Seattle, 1989) Coastal Press.

 Coast Magazine, June, 1909, King County Issue, reprinted n.d.n.p.

Crowley, Walt, Routes: METRO Transit Closes a Chapter in the History of Public Transportation, (Seattle 1993) METRO.

Evans, George Watkins, The Coal Fields of King County, Bulletin No. 3, (Olympia, 1913) Washington Geological Survey. 

Fleming, Samuel E. and Noah C. Davenport, Government in King County: City, County, State, National, (Seattle, 1935) Seattle Public Schools.

Hoyt, Harold "Jiggs", The Fire Districts of King County, (Seattle, 1990) Frontier Publishing Co.

 Hutchinson, Charles J., History and Progress of King County, Washington, (Seattle, 1916) H. C. Piggott Printing Concern.

 Klippert, Jan, et al., 50 Years: Boeing Field/King County International Airport 1928-1978,  (booklet) (Seattle, 1978) King County Department of Public Works.

 King County Archives Program, King County Archives Program Record Series Guide, (Seattle, 1992) Department of Executive Administration, Records and Elections Division. 

King County Archives Program, "King County Commissioners 1853-1969", (names/service dates list), (Seattle, n.d.) by the Program.

note: - since Kitsap Co. was part of King Co. when Luke McREDMOND was County Commissioner, he should be listed in this.

 King County Centennial Commission, "King County Commemorative Centennial Map: Celebrating Washington's Centennial 1889-1989", (Seattle, 1989) King County Department of Parks, Planning and Resources.

King County Historic Preservation Program, "Incorporations in King County", Historical Paper No. 2, (Seattle, 1992) King County Cultural Resources Division.

 "King County Library System 1944-1994", booklet, (Seattle, 1994) by KCLS. (KCLS also maintains histories of its branch libraries in its administrative file).

King County Office of Historic Preservation, "Overview of King County History", King County Heritage Resource Protection Plan, (Seattle, 1985) King County Department of Planning and Community Development.

King County Superintendent of Schools, "Outline History of the Organization of School Districts in King County, Washington", (Seattle, 1960), revised June, 1964.

King County Women's Program, "Historical Highlights--King County Women's Program" (manuscript) (Seattle, n.d.) by the Program.

"The Kingdome", a souvenir publication, 1976.

 Lampson, Marc, From Profanity Hill: The King County Bar Association's Story, (Kirkland, 1994) Documentary Book Publishers.

 Lentz, Florence K., Centennial Snapshots: Historic Places Around King County from the First Twenty-five Years of Statehood, (Seattle, 1991) Northwest Interpretive Association, for the National Park Service.

R. L. Polk & Co., King County Directory 1911-12, Vol. I, (Seattle, 1911) by the Company.

Ramsay, Claude C., "The Acquisition of Sand Point Aviation Field: Address Delivered Before the Reserve Officers Association at Seattle, October 15, 1926", copy on file, Seattle Public Library.  

Rhodes, M.C., An Index To Early King County Pioneers, (Seattle, n.d.) by the Author.

------, 1870 U.S. Census For King County Plus 1871 Territorial Census of King County Plus 1871 Seattle Business Directory, ( Seattle, n.d.) by the Author.

 ------, 1879 Territorial Census for King County, ( Seattle, n.d.) by the Author.

 ------,  King County Tax Rolls Prior to 1880, (Seattle, n.d.) by the Author.

 ------, Biography Notes on Pioneers of Puget Sound, (Seattle, 1992) by the Author

Taylor, Holly, Cultural History Research Project, (Seattle, 1995) King County Parks System.

"The Road to Health: A Short History of the Seattle-King County Department of Health", (Seattle, n.d.) by the Department.

Seattle-King County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Multi-Ethnic Guide to Seattle-King County, (Seattle, 1993) by the Bureau.

Thomas, Jacob E., ed., King County Survey of Historic Places: A Guide to Historic Sites in King County, (Seattle, 1979) King County Department of Planning and Community Development.

Tobin, Caroline, "History of King County's Park System", (Mercer Island, 1992) King County Parks Division.

 Warren, James R., King County and Its Queen City, Seattle, (Woodland Hills CA, 1981)  Windsor Publications.

 Washington State--King County Deaths 1891-1907, (Kent, 1994) South King County Genealogical Society.

more from above:

1. King County Courthouse: Past, Present, and Future
2. Incorporations in King County: An Historical Perspective*
3. Overview of King County History*
4. Ten Years of Landmark Preservation in King County: 1980-1990
5. King County Planning Areas History (bibliography)
6. Seattle Neighborhood History (bibliography)
7. King County History (bibliography)
8. King County Fact Sheet
9. King County Agricultural History (bibliography)
10. Martin Luther King, Jr.
11. Growth of the Heritage Community
12. Chronological Overview of the Office of Cultural Resources
13. King County Transportation History (bibliography)
14. The WPA Legacy in King County (annotated bibliography)
15. King County Landmarks & Heritage Program Chronology
16. King County Medical History (bibliography)
17. King County Theatre History (bibliography)
18. Schools & Education in King County (bibliography)

Lane, Bob, Better Than Promised: An Informal History of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, 1995, Seattle, King County Department of Metropolitan Services.

http://www.metrokc.gov/exec/culture/aboutheritage/lhpapers/H06Neighborhoods.doc 

Use link above for full text - I am only quoting portions applicable to my research.

Introduction 

Several categories are included here for convenient research, including those for geographical quadrants of the city, certain neighborhoods such as the Pike Place Market and Pioneer Square, ethnic heritage, architecture and thematic heritage. 

Quadrants are defined by the Interstate 5 Freeway north and south and the north line of the Lake Washington Ship Canal and Lake Union east and west.  Although this system is somewhat arbitrary, it has been of some utility in organizing the data.  In order to keep the project manageable it has not been possible to include all of the oldest Seattle histories, relevant biographies, government documents, or the histories of individual buildings, organizations, churches and institutions, of which there are many.  Listings for ethnic groups, architecture and historic themes such as the arts might literally fill volumes of citations, and some work has already been done in certain areas.  Many of the books and studies listed here contain their own bibliographic references, which will be found to be the best for particular areas of research.  Information about guides to archives, libraries, museums and other repositories is available by contacting the King County Landmarks and Heritage Program at the address given above.  Bibliographies for general King County history, County Planning Areas and several historical themes relating to the County are available from the same source.

Papers in this series are maintained in electronic format.  They are revised and updated periodically as new information becomes available.

 CITYWIDE

 Anderson, Mary, The Neighborhood Search Guide, (Seattle, 1981) Museum of History and Industry and King County Council of Campfire (for primary students).

Andrus, A. Phillip et al., Seattle, (Cambridge, 1976) Ballinger Publishing Co.

Bagley, Clarence B., History of Seattle, 3 Vols., (Seattle, 1916) S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.

 ------ History of King County, Washington, 4 Vols. (Chicago, 1929) S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., reprinted 1976, White River Valley Historical Society, Auburn.

Bass, Sophie Frye, When Seattle Was a Village, (Seattle, 1947) Lowman & Hanford.

 ------Pigtail Days in Old Seattle, (Portland [OR], 1932) Binsford & Mort.

Beaton, Welford, The City That Made Itself, (Seattle, 1914) Seattle Terminal Publishing Company.

 Berner, Richard C., Seattle, 1900-1920: From Boomtown, Urban Turbulence, to Restoration, (Seattle, 1991) Charles Press.

 ------Seattle, 1921-1940: From Boom to Bust, (Seattle, 1992) Charles Press.

 Boswell, Sharon and Lorraine McConaghy, 100 Years of a Newspaper and Its Region (Seattle Times Centennial Project), 1997 Seattle, Seattle Times Company.

Brambilla, Roberto and Gianni Longo, Learning From Seattle, (N.Y., 1979) Institute for Environmental Action.

Broderick, Henry, The "HB" Story: Henry Broderick Relates Seattle's Yesterdays With Some Other Thoughts By The Way, (Seattle, 1969) Frank McCaffery Publishing.

Buerge, David, Seattle in the 1880s, (Seattle, 1986) Historical Society of Seattle and King County.

Cline, Scott, ed., A Guide to the Archives of the City of Seattle, (Seattle, 1988) Seattle Office of the Comptroller (updated and available on line at http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/)

------ and Richard H. Engeman, Seattle A to Y: A Historical Lexicon, 1998, American Historical Asociation.

Denny, Emily Inez, Blazing The Way, (Seattle, 1909) Rainier Printing Co., reprinted, Historical Society of Seattle and King County. 

Dorpat, Paul, 294 Glimpses of Historic Seattle, (Seattle, 1981) Mayor's Small Business Task Force.

------494 More Glimpses of Historic Seattle, (Seattle, 1982) Mother Wit Press.

------Seattle Now and Then, Vol. I, (Seattle, 1982) Tartu Publications.

 ------Seattle Now and Then, Vol. II, Seattle 1984) Tartu Publications.

 Friedman, Marsha, Neighborhood Profiles: Seattle's Communities Close Up, (Seattle, 1986) Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Hanford, Cornelius H., Seattle and Environs, 1852-1924, 3 vols. (Seattle, 1924) Seattle Pioneer Publishing Company.

Jones, Nard, Seattle, (Garden City NY, 1972) Doubleday & Co.

Morgan, Murray, Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle, (New York, 1951) Viking Press - (many subsequent editions).

Morgan, Roland, Seattle Then & Now, (Orinda CA, 1979) Bodima Publishing Co.

Nelson, Gerald B., Seattle: The Life and Times of an American City, (N.Y., 1977) Alfred A. Knopf.

Neuberger, Richard L., “Seattle Slave and Master,” in Our Fair City, ed. by Robert S. Allen, (N.Y., 1947) Vanguard Press.

 Newell, Gordon and Don Sherwood, Totem Tales of Old Seattle, (Seattle, 1956) Superior Publishing Co.

 Newell, Gordon, Westward to Alki: The Story of David and Louisa Denny, (Seattle, 1977) Superior Publishing Co.

 Perry, George Sessions, “Seattle,” chapter 13 in Cities of America, (N.Y. ) Whittlesey House/McGraw Hill Book Company.

Potts, Ralph Bushnell, Seattle Heritage, (Seattle, 1955) Superior Publishing Co.

Also wrote: Come Now the Lawyers with two pages on Walter S. FULTON  

Prosch, Thomas W.,  "A Chronological History of Seattle from 1850-1895", manuscript on file, Seattle Public Library.

Roe, Jo Ann, Seattle Uncovered, (Plano [TX], 1996) Seaside Press, Wordware Inc.

Satterfield, Archie, “A Chronology of Seattle’s History,” in The Seattle Guidebook, ninth ed. (Old Saybrook [CT], 1995), Globe Pequot Press.

Sayre, J. Willis, This City of Ours, (Seattle, 1936) Seattle School District No.1.

Schmid, Calvin, Social Trends in Seattle, (Seattle, 1944) University of Washington Press.

Seattle Historical Society, Seattle Century 1852-1952, (Seattle, 1952) by the Society.

“Seattle Timeline,” brochure, (Seattle, n.d.) Seattle Public Library

Speidel, William C., Sons of the Profits, (Seattle, 1976) Nettle Creek Publishing Co.

------, Through the Eye of the Needle, (Seattle, 1989) Nettle Creek Publishing Co.  

------, Doc Maynard: The Man Who Invented Seattle, (Seattle, 1978) Nettle Creek Publishing Co.

Suffia, David and Dick Miller, Seattle's Historical Markers, (Seattle, 1973) Seattle Times Co.

 Tucker, Edith A. and Delpha B. Keeton, Seattle Children Go Exploring, (Seattle, 1944) revised ed., Seattle Public Schools (for primary grades).

 Warren, James R. et al., King County and Its Queen City, Seattle, (Woodland Hills CA, 1981) Windsor Publications, reprinted, 1997 as King County and the Emerald City, Seattle.

Watt, Roberta Frye, Four Wagons West: The Story of Seattle, (Portland, 1931) Binsford and Mort. 

NORTHEAST

 Barrett, Christine, A History of Laurelhurst, revised ed, (Seattle, 1989) by the Author. 

Chapman, Isobel, Northgate Reflections, (Seattle, 1977) by the Author.

 ------, University Reflections, (Seattle, 1978) by the Author.

 Crowley, Walt, Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle, (Seattle, 1995) University of Washington Press.

 Dubrow, Gail Lee, Maren Van Nostrand and Cathy Tuttle, Meadowbrook Community History, 1995 Seattle, Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.

 EDAW, Survey Report, Historic Resources Survey, Properties of Naval Station Puget Sound, Sand Point, prepared for Naval Station Puget Sound, Sand Point, June, 1993, Seattle. 

Kirry, Charlie, ed., Naval Station Puget Sound of Sand Point, (Seattle, 1992) U.S.Navy. 

McCune, Cal, From Romance to Riot: A Seattle Memoir (Seattle, 1996) by the Author.

 Neilsen, Roy, UniverCity: The Story of the University District in Seattle, (Seattle, 1986) University Lions Foundation.

 NORTHWEST

 Ballard Historical Society, "Historic Ballard Avenue Walking Tour", brochure, (Seattle, 1989) by the Society.

 Berlow, Alexa L., Enduring Elements of Neighborhood Urban Form: The Case of the Corner Store in Wallingford, (Seattle, 1994) unpublished master of arts thesis, University of Washington.

 Buetow, Michelle C., "A History of Wallingford", in Wallingford Directory: A User's Guide to Our Community, (Seattle, 1991) Wallingford Chamber of Commerce. 

Dubrow, Gail Lee, Alexa Berlow and Cathy Tuttle, Broadview/Bitter Lake Community History, 1995, Seattle, Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.

 Farley, Kristi Langlow, "Seeing Seattle on Foot: A Walking Tour of Ballard", brochure,  (Seattle, 1979) Department of Community Development.

 "50th Anniversary Historical Edition", Outlook newspaper, June 27, 1973.

 Greenwood School Students, "A History of Greenwood", (Seattle, 6/3 and 10/19/48) Greenwood Phinney Herald and Aurora Press.

 Reinartz, Kay F., ed., Passport to Ballard, (Seattle, 1988) Ballard News Tribune.

 Tobin, Caroline C., Historical Survey and Planning Study of Fremont's Commercial Area, (Seattle, 1991) Fremont Neighborhood Council.

 Wandrey, Margaret, Four Bridges to Seattle: Old Ballard, 1853-1907, (Seattle, 1975) by the Author.

 "Welcome to Fremont--The City's Most Colorful District", (Seattle, 1986) North Seattle Press Special Edition.

 Wood, W.D., "Green Lake of Yesterday and Green Lake of Today", (Seattle, 1903) The Green Lake News Anniversary Number.

SOUTHEAST

 Bellman, William Goodrich, Montlake – 2021 and Way Beyond: They Years 1912 to 1994, (Poulsbo, 1997) by the author.

 “Central District Historical and Cultural Resources,” brochure, 1995, Seattle, Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority.

 Miller, Irene Burns, Profanity Hill, (Everett, 1979) Working Press. (Had some pages re: Justice William H. WHITE when he was the U.S. Attorney during the Chinese Riots and that Justice WHITE was among the few founder of the Washington Bar Association.)

 Mt. Baker Improvement Club, Flowers We All Love Best in Mt. Baker Park, (Seattle, 1914), reprinted 1987, Gerrard Beatie and Knapp Realtors.

 “Pike/Pine: Still an Original,” brochure, 1999, Seattle, Merchants of Pike/Pine.

Rainier Valley Citizen, Annual, December, 1915, reprinted, Seattle, 1979, Shorey Bookstore.

Redell, Holly, “Volunteer Park & The Conservatory in Volunteer Park: A Walking Guide,” booklet, 1998, Seattle, Friends of the Conservatory.

Rosenberg, Casey, Streetcar Suburb: Architectural Roots of a Seattle Neighborhood (Seattle, 1989) Fanlight Press. 

Schaefer, Bill, Living It Up in Leschi: A Humorous Early Day History, ed. by Wade Vaughn, 1996, Seattle, Leschi Community Council.

"Seeing Seattle on Foot: A Walking Tour of First Hill", brochure, (Seattle, 1978) Seattle Department of Community Development. 

"Seeing Seattle on Foot: A Walking Tour of Madison Park", brochure, (Seattle, 1978) Seattle Department of Community Development.

"Seeing Southeast Seattle by Bicycle", brochure, (Seattle, 1979) Seattle Department of Community Development.

Summers, Hearst and Van R. Pierson, Columbia City--Back When: Centennial History of Columbia City and Rainier Valley, 1853-1991, (Seattle, 1992) Pioneers of Columbia City and Vicinity.

 Sussman, Jerry, City Woods: Stories From the Forests of Puget Sound to the Present Day, (Seattle, 1995) Greater Madison Valley Community Council.

 "Survey Report: Central and South Park, 1991 Certified Local Government Planning Grant", (Seattle, 1991) City of Seattle Office of Urban Conservation.

 "Take the Tour of Eastlake: Eastlake Home Business & Boat Tour", brochure, (Seattle, n.d.) Eastlake Community Council.

 Williams, De Charlene, History of Seattle's Central Area, Vol. I. (Seattle, 1991) Central Area Chamber of Commerce

 Vaughn, Wade, A Seattle Leschi Diary, (Seattle, 1982) Leschi Improvement Council, revised ed., 1989, by the Author.

 SOUTHWEST

 Boyle, Susan, "Lake Union's Industrial Past: A Tour By Bike, Car or Foot", brochure, (Seattle, 1981) Allied Arts of Seattle.

 Buerge, David, "Seattle's Delta Country", (Seattle, 7/15/92) Seattle Weekly. 

Carlson, Lucile, "Duwamish River: Its Place in the Seattle Industrial Plan," reprinted from Economic Geography, Vol. 26. No. 2, April 1950, pp. 144-154.

 Carson, Rob, “Return of the River,” Pacific Northwest Magazine, March 1985, p. 30 ff.

 Chance, David, The Evolution of Intent at Fort Lawton, (Seattle, 1984) Geo Recon International Report to City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.

 Clark, Donald H., "A Brief History of Lawtonwood on Shilshole Bay in Seattle, Washington," manuscript, n.d., Seattle, Lawtonwood Community Club.

 Consolidated South District Clubs, Seattle's South District: A Pictorial Study, (Seattle, 1930) by the Commercial Clubs (copy on file, Des Moines Historical Museum).

 Deines, Katrina, "South Seattle's Industrial Area: A Tour of Industrial Architecture", brochure, (Seattle, 1981) Allied Arts of Seattle.

 Droker, Howard, Seattle's Unsinkable Houseboats, (Seattle, 1977) Watermark Press.

 ------, "Hooverville", booklet, (Seattle, 1980) Seattle Public Library, "This City, Seattle" Program.

 Dubrow, Gail, and Alexa Berlow, Delridge Community History, 1994, Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.

 Duwamish Diary 1849-1949, (Seattle, 1949) Cleveland High School, reprinted 1973, Shorey Bookstore, reprinted 1997, Cleveland High School.

 Eals, Clay, ed., West Side Story, (Seattle, 1987) West Seattle Herald/White Center News.

 "Fort Lawton Historic District: Seattle's Threatened Heritage", brochure, (Seattle, n.d.) Fort Lawton Preservation Coalition.

 Frare, Aleua L., Magnolia Yesterday and Today, (Seattle, 1976) Magnolia Community Club, reprinted 1993.

 Gallo, Nick, "Georgetown: The Neighborhood That Refused to Die", (Seattle, 4/4-10/1984) Seattle Weekly, pp. 29-33.

 Jackson, Jesse, "The Story of Hooverville, in Seattle", manuscript on file, Allen Library, University of Washington.

 Jensen, Eva, A Century of Transition in School and Community: Lawton Park, Magnolia Bluff, (Seattle, 1987) Seattle Public Schools.

 Lentz, Florence K., Fort Lawton: A Record, (Seattle, n.d.) National Park Service, Pacific Northwest Region, U.S. Department of the Interior.

 Millegan Jaddi Inc., Discovery Park Landmarks: Planning Study--Fort Lawton Historic District in Discovery Park, (Seattle, 1987) Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation. 

Morse, Roy W. and E. Richard Brown, Fautleroy Legacy, (Seattle, 1989) by the Authors (a supplement Fauntleroy Epilogue was also published by Roy Morse, [Seattle,1994]). 

Olmsted, John C., Special Report on the Improvement of Fort Lawton Military Reservation, Seattle, Washington, acting for the Seattle Board of Park Commissioners, 1910, Seattle, copy on file, Seattle Public Library.

 Olson, John, “Georgetown On My Mind,” Seattle Weekly, May 29, 1996, p 18 ff.

 Palmer, Ron, "Hard Times on The Hill in the 1930s", Working Paper No. 5, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Seattle Pacific University, May, 1981.

 Peterson, June, The Georgetown Story: That Was a Town, 1904-1910, (Seattle, 1979) by the Author.

 Queen Anne Historical Society, "Historic Queen Anne Tour No.1", brochure, (Seattle, n.d.) by the Society.

 Reinartz, Kay F., ed., Queen Anne: Community on the Hill, (Seattle, 1993) Queen Anne Historical Society.

 Roy, Donald Francis, "Hooverville: A Study of A Community of Homeless Men in Seattle", unpublished master of arts thesis, University of Washington, 1935.

 Sato, Mike, The Price of Taming a River: The Decline of Puget Sound’s Duwamish-Green Waterway, (Seattle, 1997) The Mountaineers.

 Southwest Seattle Historical Society, "West Seattle Wanderings: Driving Tour Guide #1", booklet, (Seattle, n.d.) by the Society.

 Tobin, Caroline, "Shifting Tides: An Industrial History of Lake Union Traces the City's Boom and Bust Economy", Seattle Weekly, December 9-15, 1987, p. 45 et seq.

 ------"Lake Union and Ship Canal Historical Use Study", (Seattle, 1986) City of Seattle Water Quality Management Program, Land Use and Transportation Project.

 Wilke, Steven and Karen James, An Archaeological Evaluation of the Fort Lawton Historic District, Seattle, (Seattle, 1984) Geo-Recon International Report to City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation.

 DOWNTOWN/WATERFRONT

 Bauroth, Nick et al., History of Belltown, (Seattle, 1998) Cottage Press.

 Dorpat, Paul, Ivar's Historical Waterfront Walking Tour, booklet, (Seattle, 1987) Ivars, Inc.

 ------First Avenue: One Avenue for One Dollar, (Seattle, 1988) Downtown Seattle Association.

Eidsmoe, W. Burton, They Watched Seattle Burn: An Unabridged Compilation of People and Businesses That Were Involved In the Fire That Destroyed Downtown Seattle on June 5 or 6, 1889, 1995, Seattle, by the Author.

Hawkins, Robert, The Old Neighborhood: A Short History of the Intersection of Fifth and Pike Streets, booklet, (Seattle, n.d.) Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association

Haydon, John M., "Off-Beat Guide to the Waterfronts--Seattle and the Pacific Northwest", booklet, (Seattle, 1962) Marine Digest.

Hershman, Marc J. et al., Seattle's Waterfront: The Walker's Guide to the History of Elliott Bay, (Seattle, 1981) Waterfront Awareness. 

Hines, Neal O., Denny's Knoll: A History of the Metropolitan Tract in Seattle, (Seattle, 1980) University of Washington Press.

Layman, Earl D., The Sights of Seattle Downtown, A Photographic Tour, (Seattle, 1981) Madrona Press.

Meier, Dennis, Evolution of Seattle’s Downtown, December, 1980, City of Seattle Office of Policy and Evaluation Land Use Section.

Olin, Laurie, Breath on the Mirror: Seattle's Skid Road Community, (Seattle, 1972) By the author.

Sayre, J. Willis, The Early Waterfront of Seattle, booklet, (Seattle, n.d.), reprinted, 1971 Shorey Bookstore.

------The Romance of Second Avenue, booklet, (Seattle, 1933), reprinted, Shorey Bookstore.

Spradley, James P., You Owe Yourself A Drunk: An Ethnography of Urban Nomads, (Boston, 1970) Little Brown & Co. 

------Downtown Seattle Walking Tours, (Seattle, 1985) Seattle Department of Community Development.

Tarbill, V.V., "Mountain Moving in Seattle," reprinted from Harvard Business Review, July, 1930, pp. 482-489.

 PIKE PLACE MARKET

A Detailed History of the Corner Market Building and Environs: A Chronicle of Harlan Thomas, Designing Architect, (Seattle, 1975) Seattle Department of Community Development.

Evans, Jack, Little History of Pike Place Market, booklet, (Seattle, 1991) SCW Publications.

Focke, Anne, Sustaining A Vital Downtown Community: A Study of the Market Foundation, (Seattle, 1987) Market Foundation

Gee, Nancy, Reflections on Pike Place Markets, (Seattle, 1968) Superior Publishing Company.

Gustafson, Egill Oscar, The Pike Place Market, (Puyallup, 1971) Valley Press, Inc.

Maedler, Rick, "Preservation of Small Scale Agriculture Near A Metropolitan Area: The Case of Market Gardening and The Pike Place Farmers' Market in Seattle, Washington" unpublished master of arts thesis, Western Washington University, Bellingham.

 Pike Place Market Merchants Association, The Market Notebook, (Seattle, 1978) Pike Place Market Merchants Association.

 "Pike Place Public Market Seattle", brochure, (n.p.n.d.)

 "Pike Plaza Survey and Planning Application", April, 1965.

 Seattle Department of Community Development, Pike Place Market, (Seattle, 1972) Seattle DCD. 

------Pike Place Urban Renewal Plan, (Seattle, 1974) Seattle DCD.

 ------Pike Place Design Report , (Seattle, 1974)  Seattle DCD.

 ------A Decade of Change: A Final Report On The Redevelopment of the Pike Place Market, (Seattle, 1983) Seattle DCD.

 King, David, "The Pike Place Market Initiative", in Grass Roots Handbook: A Manual For CItizen Activists, (Seattle, 1979) Metrocenter YMCA.

 Martin, Sheryl A., ed., The Market Book: A Guide To The Pike Place Market In Seattle, (Seattle, 1986) Market Book Publications.

 ------ et al., Pike Place Market Seattle, (Seattle, 1986) Market Book Publishing Company.

 Seattle Department of Community Development, "Seeing Seattle on Foot: A Walking Tour of Pike Place Market", brochure, (Seattle, 1978) by the Department.

 Sharp, Joan, Hatch, Walter and Will Hatch, Good Pride: A Story of the Pike Place Market Farmers, (Seattle, 1979) Market Oral History Project. 

Shorett, Alice and Morgan, Murray, The Pike Place Market: People Politics and Produce, (Seattle, 1982) Pacific Search Press.

Sidran, Mark Morris, "Middle Class Urban Political Conflict: The Case of Seattle",  bachelor of arts thesis, Harvard University, 1973..

Steinbrueck, Victor, Market Sketchbook, (Seattle, 1968) University of Washington Press.

Tobey, Mark, World of A Market, (Seattle, 1964) University of Washington Press.

Wehrwein, George S., Public Markets in the State of Washington, Bulletin No. 1, October, 1918, Office of Farm Markets, State College of Washington and Bureau of Markets, U.S.D.A.

Yeager, Michael and Sarah Clementson, An Insider's Tour of the Market, (Seattle, 1991) Studio Solstone.

 PIONEER SQUARE

Bever, Dola, Pioneer Square Walking Tour, booklet, (Seattle, 1979) Assistance League of Seattle. 

City of Seattle, "Mayor's Walking Tour of Pioneer Square", typescript, n.d.n.p.

 Crowley, Walt, The Compleat Browser's Guide to Pioneer Square, booklet, (Seattle, 1979) Pioneer Square Merchant's Committee.

 Morgan, Criss, Pioneer Square Nostalgia & Guide Book, (Seattle, 1973) Pioneer Square Restoration Society.

 Harmony Graphics, Inc., "Let Us Show You Pioneer Square", booklet, (Seattle, 1976) Seattle King County Convention and Visitor's Bureau.

 Speidel, Bill, "Seattle Underground", booklet, (Seattle, 1968) Underground Tours.

 ARCHITECTURAL

 Allied Arts of Seattle, Impressions of Imagination: Terra Cotta Seattle, (Seattle, 1986) Allied Arts.

 Anderson, T.B., "Architecture and Seattle Theater", Northwest On Stage, August, 1993, pp.16-18.

 Anglin, Rob, "Report on Bungalows in Seattle", (Seattle, 1979) Seattle Office of Urban Conservation.

Bain, William J. and Mildred C., Building Together, A Memoir of Our Lives in Seattle, (Seattle, 1991) Beckett Publishing Company.

Boyle, Susan and Katrina Deines, The Industrial Shed in Seattle: An Architectural View , unpublished master of arts thesis, University of Washington, 1979.

Calvert, Frank ed., Homes and Gardens of the Pacific Coast: Volume 1, (Seattle, 1913) Beaux Arts Society Publishers, reprinted several times.

Coast Magazine, Vol. 11, 1905-6, (series on Seattle house types).

Crane, Carla S. et al., Seattle Metropolitan Area Today 1983, (Seattle, 1983) Urban Land Institute.

Crowley, Walt, National Trust Guide Seattle: America’s Guide for Architecture and History Travelers, (New York, 1998) John Wiley & Sons.

Cunningham, Michael, "A Photographic Comparison of Selected Northwest Residential Architecture for the 1940s and 1950s", unpublished master of arts thesis, University of Washington, 1976. 

Gault, Lila, The House Next Door, Seattle's Neighborhood Architecture, (Seattle, 1981) Pacific Search Press.

 Jeffery, Patricia, "Urban Conservation: A Bibliography", Seattle Office of Urban Conservation, Department of Community Development. n.d.

John Graham and Company, The First 80 Years, (Seattle, 1980) by the Company.

 Kemp-Slaughter, James, "Glovebox Guide to Washington's Historic Houses", booklet, (Seattle, 1992) Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority.

 Kreisman, Lawrence, Apartments By Anhalt, (Seattle, 1978) Seattle Office of Urban Conservation, reprinted, 1982, Kreisman Exhibit Design. 

------, Art Deco Seattle, (Seattle, 1979) Allied Arts of Seattle.

 ------, Historic Preservation in Seattle, (Seattle, 1985) Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority.

 ------, The Stimson Legacy: Architecture in the Urban West, 1992, Seattle, Willows Press. 

Johnson, Catherine Joy, Olmsted in the Pacific Northwest: Private Estates and Residential Communities 1873-1959, 1997, Seattle, Friends of Seattle’s Olmsted Parks.

 Lambert, Steve, Built By Anhalt, (Seattle, 1982) Harstine House.

 Larson, Suzanne B., History of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, (Seattle, 1976) King County Arts Commission and King County Department of Public Works.

 Lentz, Florence K., Centennial Snapshots: Historic Places Around King County from the First Twenty-five Years of Statehood, (Seattle, 1991) Northwest Interpretive Association.

 Mumford, Esther Hall, "Blacks and King County's Building Treasury", brochure, (Seattle, 1989) Seattle Public Library.

 Nyberg, Folke and Victor Steinbrueck, An Urban Resource Inventory for Seattle, (Seattle, 1975) Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority (includes a series of 16 neighborhood inventory maps).

 Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, et al., Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects, (Seattle, 1994) University of Washington Press and Seattle Chapter American Institute of Architects. 

Seattle Chapter American Institute of Architects, Action: Better City,  (Seattle, 1968) Seattle AIA.

 Steinbrueck, Victor, Seattle Architecture, 1850-1953, booklet, (N. Y., 1953) Reinhold Publishing Co.

 ------Seattle Cityscape, (Seattle, 1962) University of Washington Press.

 ------Seattle Cityscape #2, (Seattle, 1973) University of Washington Press. 

Stevenson, Jim, Seattle Firehouses of the Horsedrawn and Early Motor Era, (Seattle, 1972)

 Vaughan, Thomas, ed., Space, Style and Structure: Building in Northwest America, 2 Vols. (Portland OR, 1974) Oregon Historical Society.

 Waterman, T. T., Indian Houses of Puget Sound, (N.Y., 1921) Museum of the American Indian.

 Western Architect, July, 1909, Vol. 14, (Seattle Issue)

Woodbridge, Sally B., A Guide to Architecture in Washington State, (Seattle, 1980) University of Washington Press. 

Yoho, Judd, The Bungalow Craftsman (magazine) 1910s, Seattle, Crafstman Publishers, copies on file, Seattle Public Library.

 ETHNIC HERITAGE

 Avner, Jane A. and Meta Buttnick, "Historic Jewish Seattle: A Tour Guide", booklet, (Seattle, 1995) Washington State Jewish Historical Society.

Buerge, David, "Seattle Before Seattle", Seattle Weekly, January 4, 1989. p. 24 ff.

 ------"Seattle's Sacred Places", Seattle Weekly, October 28, 1981, p. 20 ff.

 ------"The King County Wars", Seattle Weekly, February 8-14, 1984, p. 26 ff.

 ------"Indian Lake Washington", Seattle Weekly, August 1-7, 1984, p. 29 ff.

 ------"Requiem for a River", Seattle Weekly, October 16-22, 1985, p. 33 ff.

 ------"Sacred Burien", Seattle Weekly, January 4, 1989, p. 24 ff.

 Schmid, Calvin F. Growth and Distribution of Minority Races in Seattle, Washington (Seattle, 1964) Seattle Public Schools.

 “A Walking Tour of the International District in Seattle,” brochure, (Seattle, 1997) Wing Luke Asian Museum. 

White, Sid et al., Peoples of Washington, (Pullman, 1989) Washington State University.

THEMATIC STUDIES

 Anderson, Judy, Gail Lee Dubrow, John Kovall et al., The Library Book: A Century of the Seattle Public Library, 1991, Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission.

 Andrews, Mildred Tanner, Seattle Women: A Legacy of Community Development--A Pictorial History 1851-1920, (Seattle, 1984) YWCA of Seattle.

 ------Woman's Place: A Guide to Seattle and King County History, (Seattle, 1994) Gemil Press.

 Blanchard, Leslie, The Street Railway Era in Seattle: A Chronicle of Six Decades, (Forty Fort PA, 1968) Harold E. Cox.  

Board of Park Commissioners, First Annual Report  1884-1904, booklet, (Seattle, 1905) Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing, reprinted n.d., Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks.

 ------Parks, Playgrounds, and Boulevards of Seattle, Washington, booklet, (Seattle, 1909) Pacific Press.

 Bogue, Vergil, Plan of Seattle: Report of the Municipal Plans Commission, (Seattle, 1911) Lowman and Hanford.

Brandenfels, Kathryn S., “Down on the Sawdust: Prostitution & Vice Control in Seattle, 1870-1920, 1981,”master of arts paper, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA. 

Brown, Gilbert, "The Romance of City Light", (booklet of articles from the Seattle Star), (Seattle, 1937) Friends of City Light, Inc.

Burke, Padraic, A History of the Port of Seattle, (Seattle, 1976) Port of Seattle.

Chrzastowski, Michael, "Historical Changes to Lake Washington and Route of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, King County Washington," Water Resources Investigations Open File Report 81-1182, U. S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, 1983.   

Conover, C.T., "Romance of Seattle Real Estate," 12 articles from Seattle Daily Times, March 6-July 24, 1938, collection compiled by/on file at Seattle Public Library.

 Crowley, Walt, Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle, (Seattle, 1995) University of Washington Press.

 Demoro, Harre W., and Ira L. Swett, ed., Seattle Trolley Coaches, Interurbans Special 54, (South Gate [CA], 1971) Interurbans Magazine.

Draper, Michael, series coordinator, "Seattle Parks Centennial", Portage Magazine, Vol. 5. No. 3, Summer, 1984, Historical Society of Seattle and King County, pp.8-19.

Elliott, Eugene Clinton, A History of Variety-Vaudeville in Seattle: From the Beginnings to 1914, (Seattle, 1944) University of Washington Press.

The Fashion Group, Inc., The Heritage of Seattle Hotels 1853-1970, booklet, (Seattle, 1970) Seattle Regional Group of the Fashion Group, Inc.

 Friedheim, Robert L., The Seattle General Strike, (Seattle, 1964) University of Washington Press.

 Hodgins, Randy and Steve McLellan, Seattle on Film: From Jet City to the Emerald City Through the Movies, (Olympia, 1995) Punchline Productions.

 Horrocks, Hattie Graham, "The First One Hundred Years of Merchandizing in Seattle, 1852-1952," n.d., manuscript on file, Seattle Public Library.

Johnstone, Milo, The Magic Decade, (Seattle 1994) by the Author.

 Levant, Sarah, ed., Seattle School Histories 1869-1974, (Seattle, 1974) Seattle Public Schools.

 MacDonald, Alexander Norbert, “Seattle’s Economic Development, 1880-1910,” unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Washington, 1959.

McWilliams, Mary, Seattle Water Department History, (Seattle, 1955) Seattle Water Department and Dogwood Press.

Morgan, Brant, Enjoying Seattle's Parks, (Seattle, 1979) Greenwood Publications.

Muir, Tim and Renee, "Marquee de Sad or the Lost Picture Show", article series on movie houses in North Seattle Press, 1993.

Nelson, Bryce, Good Schools: The Seattle Public School System 1901 to 1930, (Seattle, 1988) Seattle Public Schools and University of Washington Press. 

Newell, Gordon, McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, Vol. I, (Seattle, 1966) Superior Publishing Co.

 ------McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest Vol. II, (Seattle, 1979) Superior Publishing Co.

 O’Connor, Harvey, Revolution in Seattle, (N.Y., 1965) Monthly Review Press.

 Phelps, Myra, and Leslie Blanchard, ed., A Narrative History: Public Works in Seattle, 1875-1975,  (Seattle, 1975) Seattle Engineering Department.

Puget Sound Railway Historical Association, "Timeline: A Chronology of Railroading in the Pacific Northwest", (Snoqualmie, n.d.) by the Association.

"Self Guided Tour of Historic Sites, The Catholic Church in Seattle: First Hill", brochure, (Seattle, 1996) Seattle Archdiocesan Historical Commission and Archdiocesan Archives.  

Sherwood, Don, "Description of the History of Seattle Parks Department", 1975, bound manuscript copies on file: Seattle Public Library, Museum of History and Industry, University of Washington Libraries.

 Swett, Ira, The Puget Sound Electric Railway, Interurbans Special No. 23, Vol.17 No.1 (Los Angeles, 1960) Electric Railway Publications.

Tunks, Margaret Cary, Seattle Citizens Against Freeways, 1968-1980: Fiecely Fighting and Winning Sometimes, (Marina Del Rey [CA], 1996) By the Author.

Vaughn, Wade, Seattle’s Historic Parks, Vol. I, (Seattle, 1982) Leschi Press.

 ------, The Day Seattle Burned, (Bellevue, 1989) By the Author.

 Wing, Warren, By Trolley To Seattle, (Edmonds, 1992) Pacific Fast Mail.

 ------, To Tacoma By Trolley: The Puget Sound Electric Railway, (Edmonds, 1996) Pacific Fast Mail. 

Wright, E.W., ed., Lewis & Dryden's, Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, (reprint) (N.Y., 1961) Antiquarian Press, Ltd.  

books I have:

Sale, Roger, Seattle Past To Present, (Seattle, 1976) University of Washington Press.

Warren, James R., A Century of Seattle's Business, (Bellevue, 1989) Vernon Publications, Inc.

http://www.halcyon.com/jennyrt/WABios/volunteer.html#bibliography 
 Contact them to transcribe biographies and search biographies online. 

The following sources are all works containing Washington biographies that are no longer copyrighted. This list is certainly by no means exhaustive; if you have other sources that meet the criteria of the project, you are welcome to use them. Most of these sources are available at the Seattle Public Library, and may be available in other libraries as well.

An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country; Embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin Counties; State of Washington. Spokane, Western Historical Publishing Company, Publishers, 1904.

Boswell, Harry James, Ed.. American Blue Book Western Washington. Seattle, Lowman and Hanford Co., 1922. Dewey # B.3 B6572A.
[*This book was completely transcribed on http://www.halcyon.com/jennyrt/WABios/index.html#About )

Durham, Nelson Wayne. History of the City of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Spokane, S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1912. Dewey # 979.76 D934H

Gilbert, Frank T. Historic sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory. Portland, OR, Printing house of A.G. Walling, 1882. Dewey # 979.7 G373

Hawthorne, Julian, ed. History of Washington, the Evergreen State, from Early Dawn to Daylight. With portraits and biographies. New York, American Historical Publishing Co., 1893. Dewey #: 979.7 H318 2v.

Hines, Harvey K. An illustrated history of the State of Washington : containing a history of the State of Washington from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future, illustrations and full-page portraits of some of its eminent men and biographical mention of many of its pioneers and prominent citizens of to-day. Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co., 1893. Dewey # 979.7 H589i

Hunt, Herbert and Floyd C. Kaylor. Washington, West of the Cascades; Historical and Descriptive; the Explorers, the Indians, the Pioneers, the Modern. Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1917. Dewey #: 979.7 H912W

Meany, Edmond S. Governors of Washington, territorial and state. Seattle, Department of Printing, University of Washington, 1915. Dewey # B.3 M462G

Notable men of Washington. Tacoma, WA, Perkins Press, 1912. Dewey # RB.0 N843.

Prosser, William Farrand. A history of the Puget Sound country, its resources, its commerce and its people; with some reference to discoveries and explorations in North America from the time of Christopher Columbus down to that of George Vancouver in 1792. New York, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1903. Dewey # 979.7 P9453H

Renfro, Alfred T. The fourteenth session; a brief history of the men who represented the million and half people of the State of Washington in the legislature of 1915. Seattle?, WA, House of Sherman, 1915. Dewey # B.0 R293 v.3

Renfro, Alfred T. The fifteenth session; a brief history of the men who represented the million and half people of the State of Washington in the legislature of 1917. Seattle?, WA, House of Sherman, 1917. Dewey # B.0 R293 v.4

Sketches of Washingtonians; containing brief histories of men of the state of Washington engaged in professional and political life, in manufacture, commerce, finance and religion; with a summary of the cities of the state containing upwards of 5,000 population. Seattle, WA, W. C. Wolfe, 1906. Dewey # B.0 Sk29W

Spokane and The Spokane Country - Pictorial and Biographical - Deluxe Supplement. Vol. II. The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912. (No author listed.)
[*This book was completely transcribed on http://www.halcyon.com/jennyrt/WABios/index.html#About ) 

Washington State Historical Society. History of the Washington State Historical Society, 1907-1914 Olympia, 1915. Dewey # 979.7 W2793

 

  • National Archives and Records Center – 6125 Sand Point Way, Seattle, WA. (206) 526-6507. Open 8-4 Tues until 8 pm 

  • Fiske Library, 1644 - 43rd Ave. E. (Madison Park), Seattle, WA 98122-3222 206 328-2716, Mon 10-3, Wed 12 -8, Thurs 3-8, Sat 9-3  associated with Pioneer Association of Washington, (206) 325-0888, 1642 43rd E, Seattle, WA 

  • Seattle Genealogical Society Library (206) 682-1410 85ll 15 Ave NE Seattle WA 98115, Mailing address: P.O.Box 75388, Seattle WA 98125-0388  (206) 522-8658, Open Mondays 6:30 to 9 p.m. and Tuesdays-Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

  • Seattle Public Library  http://www.spl.org/central/moveprepdates.html
         Central Branch, 1000 Fourth Ave., 206-386-4629.  Genealogy desk staffed 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Library hours, Mondays-Thursdays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 1 to 5 p.m. Also has Seattle Times and Post Intelligencer newspapers on microfilm.

  • University of Washington Libraries Open Mondays-Thursdays, 7:30 a.m.-midnight, Fridays 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays noon to midnight.

 

Genealogy and Historical Libraries and Groups in the Seattle Area: 

  • National Archives and Records Center – 6125 Sand Point Way, Seattle, WA. (206) 526-6507. Open 8-4 Tues until 8 pm - federal census records, federal records for Washington, Oregon & Idaho, Native American records, military records, naturalization records from this area, ship passenger lists, and much more. 
  • Libraries - Eastside & Seattle - for researching all areas
    • King County Library System
    • Seattle University Library - strong on Catholic & Irish information
    • Fiske Genealogical Foundation Library, 1644 - 43rd Ave. E. (Madison Park), Seattle, WA 98122-3222 206 328-2716, Mon 10-3, Wed 12 -8, Thurs 3-8, Sat 9-3  associated with Pioneer Association of Washington, (206) 325-0888, 1642 43rd E, Seattle, WA - strong on New England ancestry
    • Seattle Genealogical Society Library (206) 682-1410 85ll 15 Ave NE Seattle WA 98115, Mailing address: P.O.Box 75388, Seattle WA 98125-0388  (206) 522-8658, Open Mondays 6:30 to 9 p.m. and Tuesdays-Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. $4 day use, $20 annual.
    • Seattle Public Library  http://www.spl.org/central/moveprepdates.html
      Central Branch, 1000 Fourth Ave., 206-386-4629. Large collection county histories, public records, family histories and how-to materials. Genealogy desk staffed 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Library hours, Mondays-Thursdays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 1 to 5 p.m. Also has Seattle Times and Post Intelligencer newspapers on microfilm.
    • University of Washington Libraries Open Mondays-Thursdays, 7:30 a.m.-midnight, Fridays 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays noon to midnight.
    • LDS Family History Centers - Films are available on a rental basis, to be used at the local FHC. There is a small charge for the rental from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT. 
      • Auburn FHC – 625 M St. N.E., Auburn, WA. (253) 735-2009.
      • Bellevue FHC – 10675 N.E. 20th, Bellevue, WA. (425) 454-2690 - Hours 10 - 9 Tuesdays - Friday, 9 - 5 on Saturday
      • Federal Way FHC – 34815 Weyerhouser Way S., Federal Way, WA. (253) 874-3803.
      • Redmond FHC – 10115 172nd Ave. N.E., Redmond, WA. (425) 881-7488.
      • Seattle (Burien) FHC – 14020 Ambaum Blvd. S.W., Burien, WA. (206) 522-1233.
  • Heritage Quest Research Library & Bookstore, 909 Main St Suite 5, Sumner, WA 98390. Phone: 253-863-1806 ~~Broad Interest Genealogy Group, members meet annually in January. Library open 7 days a week. Special Interest groups meet throughout the year.

LIbraries/Archives for Washington Ancestors:

Thematic:

  • Pacific NW Railroad Museum – P.O. Box 459, Snoqualmie, WA. (425) 888-0373.
  • Legal History
    • King County Law Library – Located in the King County Courthouse in Seattle. (206) 296-0940. They have the first De-Cenninal Digest.
    • Washington Court Historical Society
  • Klondike Gold Rush Museum – 117 South Main Street (Pioneer Square), Seattle, WA. (206) 553-7220
  • Maritime History - Puget Sound

GROUPS

  • Puget Sound Genealogical Society – 1026 Sidney Ave., Suite 110, Port Orchard, WA. (360) 874-8813. Library Hours: Monday & Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  • Seattle-King County Historical Society – 2700 24th East, Seattle, WA. (206) 324-1126.
  • South King County Genealogical Society Library – Located at the Auburn Public Library - 9th & H St. S.E., Auburn, WA. (253) 931-3018. Materials are for use at the library. A large collection of Genealogical Books and Bulletins. Be sure to check the Vertical File located next to the book collection.
  • South King County Genealogical Society Traveling Library – This collection is available for use at each Society meeting. Check out for one month is for members only. Includes books, tapes, and videos.
  • Suquamish Museum – 15838 Sandy Hook Road, Suquamish, WA. (360) 598-3311.
  • Tacoma Historical Society – 315 N. Stadium Way, Tacoma, WA. (253) 593-2830.