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Help us honor Pride Month with June's photo challenge.

Who is the Washington state representative in this photo? Hints: He was a Vietnam veteran and had previously served as an aide to Seattle Mayor Charles Royer.

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Most readers correctly identified the 1909 World's Fair, better known as the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, but only a few made the link to Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The photo was taken Sept. 13, 1909, when the fair and its attendees celebrated China Day.
Part of the overview series about Washington State Archives, this video tells you what State Archives is, why we have it, and what it holds.

There will be future videos that go into more detail about Archives departments such as Washington State Archives' Digital Archives, the research team, digital projects, and more.
On May 13, Washington State Archives' Assistant Digital Projects and Preservation Archivist Maggie Cogswell presented a webinar to Olympia Genealogical Society. She talked about the Digital Projects Department and shared her adventures digitizing and cataloging 2,396 photos of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Washington state, and it's now available to watch online.

If you have a group interested in a similar presentation, please contact us.
Students recognized for exceptional archival research in History Day projects
National History Day is a program that encourages students in grades 6-12 to learn how to be a historian. In Washington, the program is headed by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, in partnership with the Washington State Historical Society and Washington State Archives, and other supporting organizations.

Virtual judging took place April 15-29.

Every year the Archives gives out Washington State Archives History Awards. The special awards are for History Day projects that demonstrated exceptional use of archival research.

The 2021 recipients of Washington State Archives History Awards are:

JUNIOR DIVISION
Kimberly Ortman, Kavin Palanisamy, and Trisha Pokkuluri
"Native American Boarding Schools: A Struggle to Communicate Through History"
Teacher: Craig Tupper, Canyon Park Middle School, Bothell

SENIOR DIVISION
Hallie Xu
"A Dainty, Derogatory Sort of Success: How the Women’s Suffrage Movement of Washington State Demonstrated the Paradoxical Nature of Respectable Communication"
Teacher: Michael Brandon, Lakeside School, Seattle
Genealogy is a hot pandemic activity
Who said
that?
Seattle Times reporter Amanda Zhou found interest in genealogy during the pandemic. She stumbled upon Scribe and reached out to Washington State Archives to talk about people who began volunteer transcribing while in quarantine.
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 and health checks are required upon entry.

Go here for more information, including how to contact each branch to set up an appointment.
"All my opponents have far better educational backgrounds. But I have something different ... I have a life in the trenches — a life of accomplishment, of working with people, with a wide variety of people. It's the school of hard knocks."

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

Last month's quote was from Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki.
Out of the Archives, June 2021 banner photo: The Kingdome, General Subjects Photograph Collection, 1845-2005. 1982.