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Call for Papers

Calling all PacNW historians -- have you got a story to share about Century 21? We're looking for educational, inspirational, or otherwise fun presentations for our May 2012 conference. Details here, with application on page 2. Yes, it's a pdf fill-out form, just like the IRS uses. We're old and stodgy like them. Enter your info, save it, then e-mail or snail mail it to us.

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Speaker Series: Diana James google calendar
New PNWHG board member Diana James speaks about her new book - Shared Walls, Seattle Apartment buildings, 1900-1939. Here's a link to her book at the Seattle Public Library, http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2756595030_shared_walls. And, here's a link to the Northeast Branch library for directions, http://www.spl.org/locations/northeast-branch.
Date: Thursday 9th of February 2012 - 6:30 PM
Place: Northeast Branch SPL, 6801 35th Ave. N.E., Seattle
Fur Trade Era of PacNW - Bruce McIntyre Watson google calendar
Historian Bruce McIntyre Watson will speak on the once vibrant fur trade era that took place west of the Rockies during the first half of the 19th century. This activity and the lives of its resilient participants took place in the contested Pacific Northwest which at that time ranged from northern British Columbia to southern Oregon. Vancouver, BC-based Watson is author of numerous articles, his most recent book publications are Leaving Paradise: Indigenous Hawaiians in the Pacific Northwest, 1787-1898 (co-authored with Jean Barman), Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2006, and Lives Lived West of the Divide: A Biographical Dictionary of Fur Traders Working West of the Rockies, 1793-1858 (3 vols.), Kelowna, BC: Centre for Social, Spatial, and Economic Justice, University of British Columbia, 2011. Here's a link to the reference copies of Watson's Lives Lived West of the Divide at the Seattle Public Library, http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2671434030_lives_lived_west_of_the_divide . Presented by PNWHG in partnership with the Seattle Public Library. Here's a link to the Central Library for directions, http://www.spl.org/locations/central-library .
Date: Saturday 18th of February 2012 - 2:00 PM
Place: Central Library, Seattle Public Library
Speaker Series: Paula Becker and Alan Stein google calendar
Members Paula Becker and Alan Stein will speak about their new HistoryLink book, The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World's Fair and Its Legacy. Here's a link to the book at the Seattle Public Library, http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2745290030_the_future_remembered . And here's a link to the Northeast Branch for directions, http://www.spl.org/locations/northeast-branch .
Date: Thursday 8th of March 2012 - 6:30 PM
Place: Northeast Branch SPL, 6801 35th Ave. N.E., Seattle
Speaker Series google calendar
Date: Thursday 12th of April 2012 - 6:30 PM
Place: Northeast Branch SPL, 6801 35th Ave. N.E., Seattle
Yearly Conference google calendar
The Conference features presentations of papers examining the impact and importance of Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair. Admission includes special luncheon lecture, the screening of the new KCTS9 documentary featuring footage from the Fair, walking tours of the Seattle Center grounds led by the Museum of History & Industry and the Seattle Architecture Foundation, docent-led tours of the new Museum of History & Industry exhibit.
Date: Saturday 12th of May 2012 - 9:00 AM
Place: Northwest Rooms, Seattle Center
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The Pacific Northwest Historians Guild promotes the study of history, preservation of historical resources, and publication of materials relating to Pacific Northwest history. The guild is headquartered in Seattle. Activities are focused on open monthly meetings with guest speakers; a yearly local history conference; and a yearly banquet dinner.