Library: Seattle/Washington State: Web Sites & Archives

Recommended Web Sites

IMLS DCC
Use this site to access cultural heritage collections and exhibits from libraries, museums, and archives from across the country. Find photographs, maps, and book for Washington State using an interactive map.
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Digital Collection
Use this to find books, pamphlets, invitations, reports, speeches, maps, articles and more on Seattle's 1909 World Fair.
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project
Use this to find first hand accounts, photographs and other resources related to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects
Use this to find interviews, photographs, newspaper articles, and historical essays on the history of labor and civil rights movements in the Northwest. [UW]
Seattle Parks and Recreation History
Use this to find historical information on Seattle Parks, including the Sherwood Park History Files.
Nations and Tribes of Washington State
Links to the official websites for Washington State's Nations and Tribes - includes tribes both with and without federal recognition
American Life Histories
Use this to find first-person accounts of life in Washington State during the Great Depression collected by the Library of Congress.

Seattle Channel
The city's TV station broadcasts news and features on local issues and public affairs. Check out the SHOWS link for City Inside/Out, Seattle Speaks, Town Square, and more.
King County TV
Original programming on county issues and services. Video recordings provide transparency into the proceedings of the Metropolitan King County Council.
KCTS9
Public television station featuring documentary programs on arts, culture, politics and society.
KUOW.org
Public radio station focused on Seattle News & Information. Broadcast from the UW.
City of Seattle Ethnic Media Program
Browse a directory of links to neighborhood and regional blogs, wikis, and broadcast media