In 2021, the Tacoma Public Library received a nearly $250,000 grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to develop and launch the Community Archives Center. Over the past two years, the Project Team, in collaboration with dozens of community partners, has built a robust new collection of community-centered content now available in Northwest…
Newly Accessible Tacoma Mayoral Papers!
Now you can browse the contents of these papers online in ORCA. Discover both digitized material as well as yet to be scanned documents related to seven Tacoma mayors stretching from 1907 through 2005.
Northwest Room Exhibit Goes on Tour Around Tacoma
A new traveling exhibit will be on view at various local community spaces beginning in September. "The Unsilenced Stories of Tacoma" draws upon the collections of the Northwest Room and the Community Archives Center to highlight local stories that have been under-represented or under-investigated. Displayed across a series of five banners, the exhibit highlights stories…
Director’s Blog: August 2023
August news and updates from Director Kate Larsen.
University of Puget Sound Students Isabella Rodriguez and Claire Keppler Join the Northwest Room for Summer Internship Program
This was the second year that the Northwest Room and Community Archives Center were invited to be host locations for the University of Puget Sound's Summer Fellowship Internship (SFI) Program. Through a competitive application process, UPS selects students to participate in the program and places them with local nonprofit or public sector organizations. Participants take…
Main Library closes September 2023 to spring 2024 for facility upgrades
Main Library, located at 1102 Tacoma Ave. S, will temporarily close to the public starting on Monday, Sept. 1. The 95,000-square foot building in downtown Tacom
TPL’s Northwest Room secures grant funding from National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Tacoma Public Library's Northwest Room local history and archives center has received support from the National Archives' National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to launch a $200,000 digitization project. The project, titled “Below the Fold: Revealing Hidden Stories Through Digitization of a Newspaper Photograph Archive,” will fund large-scale digitization of the photo archive of The News Tribune. The…
LibraryReads August 2023
Nothing says “must read” quite like a Librarian’s stamp of approval!
Every month LibraryReads.org releases the top picks for the month, as voted on by Librarians across the country.
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