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• Volunteer Highlight: Roberta Hyman

  This month we are highlighting collections volunteer, Roberta Hyman. Roberta assists staff with labeling and housing artifacts, and many other projects! She is appreciated in the museum for her meticulous…

  March 30, 2020

• VIDEO: Alki Suffragist Katherine Smith

  If you are a woman voting in Washington, you have a woman from Alki to thank. Katherine Smith was a suffragist who tirelessly fought for women’s right to vote both…

  March 26, 2020

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  Help Capture History: Documenting COVID-19

  The Southwest Seattle Historical Society realizes that we are living through an historic event. In an effort to document the effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on our community,…

  March 24, 2020

• Women’s History Month Collection Highlight

  In honor of Women’s History Month, we are highlighting West Seattle Hall-of-Famer, L. Jane Hastings. Born in 1928, Jane grew up in the Fauntleroy neighborhood. After graduation, Jane went on…

  March 6, 2020

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  Doc Maynard Letters Donation

  On February 8th, the Southwest Seattle Historical Society accepted a collection of 32 letters mostly written by David “Doc” Maynard and his wife, Catherine, from 1850 to 1893 and sent…

  February 27, 2020