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	SHOWCASE Klondike Gold Rush: The Perilous Journey North University of Washington Special Collections Division More than 100,000 gold seekers set off for the Klondike in 1897 and 1898. The trip was a long and difficult one: only about forty percent of those people who began the journey persevered and actually reached the goldfields. "The Klondike Gold Rush: The Perilous Journey North" exhibit highlights their journey north.

	Japanese American Exhibit University of Washington Libraries Designed to provide access to the University of Washington holdings on the World War II incarceration of Japanese-Americans, this site includes guides to many archival collections, an extensive bibliography of resources, and information about Japanese-Canadian internment. The Camp Harmony Exhibit explores the Seattle Japanese-American community's 1942 internment at the Puyallup Assembly Center (Camp Harmony) through text, letters, and images of historical documents, photographs, drawings, and diagrams of the camp itself

	Mount Rainier National Park: 100 Years In Paradise University of Washington Libraries March 1999 marked the centennial of Mount Rainier National Park. In celebration of this event, the UW Libraries presented an introduction to the history of our region's backyard national park and the mountain, highlighting material available in the Special Collections, Manuscripts and University Archives Division at the University of Washington Libraries. This online exhibit considers the themes of 100 Years in Paradise; Developing Paradise: Asahel Curtis; Adventuring in Paradise; Spirit of the Mountain; Promoting the Park; Developing Paradise: Mission 66; Establishing the Park; Paving the Way to Paradise; and Managing the Park. It also contains a bibliography.

Other University of Washington Libraries Online Exhibits Clark Kinsey and the Documentation of the Pacific Northwest Logging Industry The Evergreen State...in Black and White History of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Northwest of the West: the Frontier Experience on the Northwest Coast STRIKES! Labor and Labor History in the Puget Sound Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, University of Washington Campus, 1909 1953 Tyee No Finer Site: the University of Washington's Early Years on Union Bay Spotlight on the Zygmunt William Byrnbaum Papers University of Washington: A Pictorial History University of Washington Presidents "Greetings from the Country": the University of Washington Libraries Postcard Collection

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