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Women's History: Home

An introduction to resources available through Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections.

Select Images from Archives & Special Collections

Women outside the YWCA of Bellingham Building, 1974

Women outside the YWCA of Bellingham Building, 1974. YWCA of Bellingham Records, CPNWS.

Women's track at Western, 1926

Women's track at Western, 1926. Herbert Ruckmick photograph. Women in Sport at Western Digital Collection (Western Libraries Special Collections). 

Fund-raising flier for the Equal Rights Amendment campaign

Fund-raising flier for the Equal Rights Amendment campaign. American Association of University Women (Washington) Records, CPNWS.

Blue Barnacles (Synchronized Swimming Club) diver, circa 1959

Blue Barnacles (Synchronized Swimming Club) diver, circa 1959.  Women's Recreation Assocation Collection, WWU Archives.

Introduction

This guide focuses on local and region-specific materials available through Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections. Contact Archives & Special Collections staff and/or the Western Libraries Research Consultation Desk if you need assistance finding more information!

Digital Collections

Select digitized resources are available through Western Libraries Digital Collections. Please note that these and many additional "women's history" materials can be accessed in their original form through Archives & Special Collections programs.

Archives & Special Collections

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Special Collections, 6th Floor Wilson Library, 360-650-3193



University Archives and Records Management, Goltz-Murray Building, 360-650-3124



Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Goltz-Murray Building, 360-650-7534
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Archives & Special Collections

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Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections provides for responsible stewardship of and access to unique and archival resources in support of teaching, learning and research at Western Washington University and beyond. The Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Special Collections, and University Archives and Records Management work together to document the culture and history of Western, the local community and Pacific Northwest region, and to promote public and scholarly access to holdings.