Sen. Mark Doumit
challenge


On June 21, 2021, Washington lost a lifelong advocate for forests and salmon when former Washington State Sen. Mark Doumit passed away at 59. This month's challenge is a tribute to a man who found great success as a legislator and as executive director of the Washington Forest Protection Association.

Name the state park in Sen. Doumit's 19th legislative district that is home to the waterfall in the photo.

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Almost all of our responders got this one right.

This 1988 photo features the late Cal Anderson, Washington’s first openly gay legislator. Several readers knew Anderson while he was in office. (The woman in the photo with him is his mother, Alice Coleman.)
Part of the overview series about Washington State Archives, this video comes to you from the Isabella Bush Records Center in Tumwater.

Unlike the branch locations around the state that possess and preserve historical records available to the public, the Records Center stores records that are still in possession of state agencies (kind of like a giant file room); it is not open for public research.

The facility and its hard-working crew provide low-cost, secure storage for records that must be retained for audit, legal, fiscal, or administrative needs, but are no longer used frequently enough to justify expensive office storage.
by Karen Johnson, Schmidt House curator and avid Washington State Archives researcher

"What is a labologist?" you may ask. A person who collects beer labels: old, new, domestic, foreign, you name it.

I have been researching beer labels for a while, as a legitimate part of my job. (How many people can say that?) Being the curator for the Schmidt House, home of the Olympia Brewing Company archives, helps. I recently found out that Washington State Archives has a relatively unexplored collection of trademark applications. A company that wanted to have its product registered as a trademark in Washington had to submit an application and a sample of the trademark. These records turned out to be a treasure trove of beer labels — a few dating back to before Prohibition (pre-1916), with most clustered in the 1930s, ‘40s, and ‘50s.

Here are some highlights from the collection (click images to enlarge):
Rheinlander
The Rheinlander beer label is from the now-defunct Century Brewing Association, which operated from 1933 to 1935. Established by Emil Sick and his family after Prohibition was repealed, the company took over the old Bay View Brewery complex on Airport Way in Seattle. Keep reading
Library Archives Building
Who said
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A location has been selected, architects have been touring facilities run by the Office of the Secretary of State, and committees have formed to get a grasp of the spaces needed to efficiently design and operate a modern library and archives building.

We will update our readers on the new building as news becomes available.
All Washington State Archives branches are now open to the public.

Patrons must make an appointment prior to visiting, as capacity is limited. Face coverings are still highly recommended. Health checks are no longer required.

Go here for more information, including how to contact each branch to set up an appointment.
"We have come to hunt the beasts of the field, and also to trade our horses for cattle; for my people require cattle, which are not so abundant in Oregon as in California. I have come, too, according to the custom of our tribes, to visit the grave of my poor son, Elijah, who was murdered by a white man. But I have not traveled thus far only to mourn. I demand justice!"

Who said that? (Hint: it's not the person in the photo.)

Last month's quote was from the same guy in the photo challenge, Cal Anderson.