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Cold War: Other Useful Resources
A brief guide to local resources on the Cold War, with emphasis on primary source collections available through Western Libraries' Heritage Resources programs.
Related Library Guides
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Library Guides - HistoryTopic Guides created by Western Libraries' staff
Other Web and Archival Resources
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The Cold War and Red Scare in Washington State: A Curriculum Project for Washington SchoolsDeveloped by Michael Reese, Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest (University of Washington Department of History). Includes historical essays and selections/excerpts of primary documents for use in teaching.
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Communism in Washington State: History and MemoryAccess to information and digitized primary sources including oral histories and newspaper articles. Project sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects (University of Washington)
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The Enola Gay ControversyOnline resources from Lehigh University Digital Library about a controversial exhibit.
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History Matters website: "The World Was At Stake"Extracts of testimony from three witnesses to the House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings on Communist activity in Hollywood (1947). Web resources provided through "History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web" (American Social History Project/Center for Media & Learning, City University of New York, and the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University).
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Pacific Northwest Antiwar and Radical History ProjectBased at the University of Washington in Seattle. Website includes links to online oral histories and other resources about student activism and draft resistance.
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Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History ProjectA rich variety of online resources and links relating to civil rights issues.
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Swarthmore College Peace CollectionMajor collection documenting peace movement activities in the US and beyond from the 19th century through the present.
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Washington State History Day Topic GuideSearchable guide to state-wide primary and secondary source holdings on a variety of topics, including "the Canwell Committee" and "Cold War and Loyalty".
Heritage Resources
OUR MISSION
Western Libraries Heritage Resources provides for responsible stewardship of and access to unique and archival resources in support of teaching, learning and resarch 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.