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Recommended Research Sources: Natural Resources and Human Impacts
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Use this for: conducting research to develop interpretive materials, locating primary source documents and images, or otherwise expanding your understanding of Washington's maritime heritage.
This list has been compiled from recommendations by Maritime Washington Partners, Advisory Board members, Tribal Working Group participants, and other trusted friends. Please note that not all sources on this list have been fully read and/or vetted by Maritime Washington staff. If you have any recommendations to add to this list, please email Program Director Alex Gradwohl at [email protected].
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- Canoe Cultures
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- Voyages of Exploration
- Securing Our Shores
- Water Highways
- Trade and Shipping
- Working Waterfronts
- Natural Resources & Human Impacts
General Resources for Historical Research
- Maritime Washington National Heritage Area historical context statement
- HistoryLink.org, the free online encyclopedia of Washington state history
- University of Washington Libraries digital collections
- Tacoma Community College Pacific Northwest History resource hub
- Archives and Special Collections from Western Washington University Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
- Historic newspapers at WashingtonDigitalNewspapers.com
- Puget Sound Maritime’s Online Collections Database
- Washington State Historical Society collections search
Resources for “Natural Resources and Human Impacts”
- “Timeline of Pacific Northwest Environmental History” from the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest [timeline]
- Samish Indian Nation StoryMaps, including maps of Samish Tribe's environmental clean-up efforts, timeline of bull kelp disappearance, and more [website]
- Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture collections databases [website/collection/images]
- Puget Sound Museum of Natural History collections [collection]
- Island Fishing: History and Seascape of Marine Harvesting in the San Juan Islands amid the Salish Sea by Boyd C. Pratt, 2021 [book]
- Northwest Lands, Northwest Peoples: Readings in Environmental History, edited by Dale D. Goble and Paul W. Hirt, 1999 [book]
- “An Environmental and Historical Overview of the Puget Sound Ecosystem” by Timothy Quinn, 2010, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5254, p. 11-18 [article]
- Encyclopedia of Puget Sound by University of Washington Puget Sound Institute with support from the Environmental Protection Agency's National Estuary Program [collection/website]
- “History & Culture” on Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary website, NOAA [website]
- Homewaters: A Natural and Human History by David B. Williams [book]
- Heaven on the Half Shell: The Story of the Oyster in the Pacific Northwest by David George Gordon, Samantha Larson and MaryAnn Barron Wagner, Second Edition 2022 [book]
- John N. Cobb Photographs of the Fishing Industry, ca. 1897-1917 in University of Washington Special Collections [collection/images]
- Industries and Occupations Photographs, including fishing and canning, oystering and clamming, and shipping and shipbuilding in University of Washington Special Collections [collection/images]
- Archive of Pacific Fisherman Journal, 1903-1911 in University of Washington Special Collections [collection]
- Tollman and Canaris Photographs of the Salmon Industry in Washington State, 1893 in University of Washington Special Collections [collection/images]
- Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs of the fishing industry in University of Washington Special Collections [collection/images]
- Treaty Justice: The Northwest Tribes, the Boldt Decision, and the Recognition of Fishing Rights by Charles Wilkinson [book]
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