How To : Complete a landmark nomination...r

Information on the landmarking process... or just learn how to research the history of your own house or business!

Landmarks Nomination Workshop Sponsored by Historic Seattle

Location: Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010, 8:30 am to 1:00 pm
Registration: Please register to reserve a spot (includes refreshments and a CD of resource materials)
Cost: $15 members; $20 general public; $10 students
Register on-line at www.historicseattle.org ( Deadline to register online is Wednesday, November 3)
Or register by phone at 206.622.6952

Learn the nuts and bolts of preparing a landmark nomination and the ins and outs of the process for designating landmarks. Find out where to go to do historical research. There will be an overview of Seattle’s diverse and unique historic resources, discussion of architectural styles, and a review of the preservation achievements of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and the Landmarks Preservation Board. Presenters include professional historians, architects, City staff, City Landmarks Preservation Board members, neighborhood activists, landmark owners, and Historic Seattle staff and volunteers. Further one-on-one training for preparing a landmark nomination will also be offered to those actively preparing a nomination.

Note: I took this class a few years ago and is a great resource in itself. For West Seattle-ites, our own Clay Eals will be presenting on the "Save the Admiral" campaign.

Need a Halloween costume idea?

How about this creepy guy?! Perfect timing by Brandie, one of our beloved collections volunteers, uncovered these two photos of a ghoulish fiend stalking Miss Vashon Island and scaring little kids as part of the Hi-Yu Festival! Date unknown.


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Books in the Carriage House Gift Shop

We have a small gift shop within our museum. Many of the books available are not found elsewhere. Stop in and visit! We can also ship books....

“West Seattle Memories : Alki” by the Southwest Seattle Historical Society (SWSHS) $16.95
These are excerpts and stories from oral histories, and local photographs. A popular and fun booklet to read that can bring back memories….

“Memories of Southwest Seattle Businesses” by SWSHS. $18.95
Showcases the merchants and local businesses in our area.

“All Aboard for Luna Park” by Patricia Filer and John Bennett. $15.95
Luna Park images and history, including the Luna Park Natatorium.

“Welcome to the Green Land: A Children’s Activity Guide to the Birthplace of Seattle” By Patricia Filer and Cathy Fulton. 39 pages chock-full of activities, fold-out pages, including a creativity packet views the history of Seattle through the eyes of the First People, as well as those of the settlers who came to this land and developed a city. $24.95

“Four Wagons West”, hardcover. 24.95
The detailed journey of specifically the Denny family as they make their way across the Oregon Trail and with the assistance of the Terry, Low, Boren and Bell families, and other pioneers, (Maynard, Yesler, Collins) founded the city of Seattle.

“Elvida, Daughter of Harbor Avenue” By Ada Hallberg 9.95
This small booklet is loaded with the life and times of a colorful local Alki resident. It is a thoroughly entertaining account of early West Seattle.

“The Sons of the Profits” 12.95
This highly entertaining book is the “other-side” story of the early pioneers. The author is the founder of Underground Seattle.

And the West Seattle Herald/White Center News published:
“ West Side Story”, $14.95. We consider this the “bible” of West Seattle history.

October 15th Ghost Review

Set-up by PIHA was intensive as they ran monitoring equipment from the basement to the upstairs -- the museum was wired! Sarah Frederick patiently waits for recording equipment to be set up. Former Log House Museum resident (1959-early 1970's) Marcy Johnsen tells tales of the building to investigators and staff.

Paranormal Investigations of Historic America

We just completed a survey from PIHA (Paranormal Investigations of Historic America) last night. My questions were 1) why are these ghost hunting ventures always done at night, and 2) why do the lights need to be off?

And, for the public record, during the day I don't believe in ghosts, but at night in the dark it is a different story.
A big thank you to Vaughn Hubbard of PIHA, Electronic Voice Phenomena Specialist Dave and Sandy and Russ Wells -- radiohosts of Para Explorers and Dark moon rising talk shows.

Gala Information

Log House Museum - Southwest Seattle Historical Society Annual Gala

It’s a Historical Halloween Haunting!




Catch the ghosts of Seattle’s past for an entertainingly ghoulish fun-d-raising event!

Brunch, program and silent Auction

Date: Saturday October 30th 2010

Time: 11:30am to 2:30pm

Place: Salty’s on Alki

Tickets $65 adults; kids 13 and under $25; kids 4 and under are free!

All proceeds benefit the Log House Museum!

Please RSVP to (206) 938-5293

Costumes encouraged!

solutions for collections storage, cataloguing and digital access

solutions for collections storage, cataloguing and digital access

Check out this 4Culture blog post, featuring a photo of Collections Manager, Sarah Frederick, hard at work, cataloging photos in the Lucille Mason Collection.

How Would You Catalog This Photograph?

(Photo #2005.23.1077 Donated by Gerald Robinson)
A day in the life of a museum collection manager processing museum artifacts can yield many things. Education is an excellent tool to teach us how to process museum materials correctly, from preservation, public access, technological advances to long-term storage needs. What we need beyond that is to be able to fully describe what is happening in an image. This photo is from 1969 and shows 31st district Democrats (left to right) Curly Witherbee, Gordon Herr, Norm Ackley ??(spelling) Andy Hesa. If your job was to catalog this, what would you say? How would researchers access the information in this picture, (what would they want to know, how is this a helpful document for future generations...) and what keyword search terms could you use to describe it? And, is there anything missing here that is glaringly obvious for a 2010 individual that would not be noticed in 1969? Would you choose to note that in the description?