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Vanport Flood
On Memorial Day, 1948 a rising Columbia River destroyed the community of Vanport, Oregon–then the largest public housing development in the United States.
Camp Jordan
A WWII-era segregated soldier camp in Seattle. The Marjorie Sotero Photograph Collection documents service club activities at Camp Jordan.
Mount Saint Helens Eruption
The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington State caused local devastation and rained ash on communities hundreds of miles away.
Women’s Suffrage
From Emily Olney to Emma Smith Devoe and Abigail Scott Duniway, the equal suffrage movement took early root in the Northwest.Northwest Digital Heritage gathers cultural heritage resources from hundreds of digital collections throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, and makes them accessible through a single search interface.
Northwest Digital Heritage also increases the discoverability of local collections through our role as a regional service hub for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), a national platform for cultural materials.
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Whether you already have robust digital collections available online or you are starting from scratch, Northwest Digital Heritage invites any Oregon or Washington-based museum, public library, tribe, or organization with cultural heritage materials.
NWDH at a glance
Northwest Digital Heritage pulls together over 900,000 digital materials from 271 collections across 3 states, held within 36 digital repositories.
Browse collections by state, location, or type of institution, or explore topics of historical and cultural significance to the Northwest.
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