Pacific Northwest Historians Guild

Research & writing

conferences

Contact us at bornbutonce@gmail.com
or write to:
PNW Historians Guild
PO Box 85457
Seattle, WA 98145.

 

Abstracts index

Click on links in the Abstracts index to read descriptions of research projects in process. If contact information is included with the abstract, please contact the author if you have more information about the topic. Titles are organized by category and topic.

We encourage members and others to send abstracts to csr@pnwhistorians.org in order to establish authority in the various areas of Northwest history.

General topicsPeopleTime periodsGeographic divisionsHistory in practice

General topics

Arts
Arts - dance
Arts - music
Commerce and economic development - agriculture
Commerce and economic development - fishing
Commerce and economic development - fur trade
Commerce and economic development - industry
Commerce and economic development - logging
Commerce and economic development - mining
Commerce and economic development - nuclear technology
Cookery
Discovery and exploration
Environmental policy
Frontier and pioneer life
Media - independent film
Media - Internet
Media - underground press
Organizations - associations
Organizations - churches
Organizations - schools
Religion
Social issues, politics and government
Social issues, politics and government - emigration and immigration
Social issues, politics and government - health and safety
Social issues, politics and government - labor issues
Social issues, politics and government - military
Social issues, politics and government - public welfare
Social issues, politics and government - race relations
Social issues, politics and government - radicalism
Social issues, politics and government - unemployment
Social issues, politics and government - utopian communities
Technology
Transportation - Columbia River
Transportation - railroads
Transportation - river boats
Transportation - roads

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People

African Americans
American Indians
Asian Americans - Chinese Americans
Asian Americans - Filipino Americans
Asian Americans - Japanese Americans
Asian Americans - Vietnamese Americans
Buddhists
French Canadians
Gays and lesbians
Jewish Americans
Mexican Americans
Scandinavian Americans
Women

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Time periods

19th century
20th century
after 1824
after 1853
after 1889
after 1918
after 1941
after 1960

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Geographic divisions

Cities - Bellevue
Cities - Bellingham
Cities - Olympia
Cities - Portland
Cities - Seattle
Counties - Columbia
Counties - Franklin
Counties - King
Counties - Stevens
Counties - Whitman
Mountains - Cascades
Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods - Ballard
Neighborhoods - Magnolia
Neighborhoods - Pioneer Square
Neighborhoods - Queen Anne
Neighborhoods - Rainier Valley
Regions - British Columbia
Regions - Cascade Mountains
Regions - Columbia Basin
Regions - Cowlitz Corridor
Regions - Inland Northwest
Regions - Okanogan Highlands
Regions - Pacific Northwest
Regions - Puget Sound