Special Collections
People associate libraries with books, of course, but they are increasingly known for much more than just what lines their shelves. Take a peek inside Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections and learn how and why staff and faculty help make the unusual…
Tamara Belts, Special Collections manager at Western Libraries, will retire on April 1, after working at Western Washington University for over 42 years.
Belts got her start at Western as a transfer student in 1974, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history in 1976.
She…
BELLINGHAM – Biophysical chemist, author, and mountaineer Arlene Blum will give a talk titled “Women in High Places: To Annapurna and Beyond,” at Western Washington University from 4 - 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25 at Western Libraries in the Reading Room (Wilson Library 4th Floor Central). This event…
Western Libraries Heritage Resources holds vast documentation related to the history of Western Washington University, and beginning March 28, a retrospective exhibit featuring historical photographs and other memorabilia illustrating Western’s twelve vibrant decades of institutional…
It seemed like a rather benign phone call.
It turned out to be something much larger than a simple plea to come look at a collection of fly rods, in order to price them for a garage sale.
Danny Beatty of Anacortes got that call back in 1986. And when the Fidalgo Fly Fishers club…
During his long career as a photographer, journalist and co-owner of the Anacortes American, the Whidbey News-Times, and the South Whidbey Record, Wallie V. Funk photographed a diverse and eclectic range of subjects, including several U.S.…
Anyone who has spent time in Anacortes in the past five decades has probably seen the work of Wallie Funk.
The former editor and co-publisher of the Anacortes American, Whidbey News-Times and Whidbey Record left his mark on the community through his columns, editorials and thousands of…
A photographic exhibit featuring images taken by noted and prolific photojournalist Wallie V. Funk opened at Western Washington University on Jan. 4, 2016 in Western Libraries Special Collections. This exhibit will be available for viewing weekdays between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., (excluding weekends…
Heritage Resources at Western Washington University Libraries will open an exhibit of images from the archival collection of journalist and photographer Wallie V. Funk on Monday, Jan. 4, in the Special Collections space on the sixth floor of Wilson Library.
Funk’s four-decade career as…
[ Editor's note: The display dates for this exhibit have been extended to Aug. 14, as noted in the story below. ]
Western Libraries at Western Washington University is displaying the work of women photojournalists through Aug. 14.
The Women Photojournalists of Washington…