CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF VASHON ISLAND
This session is an afternoon cruise around Vashon-Maury Island
and will
include historical and current highlights of the island as
seen from the water.
Instructors: Tom DeVries, Kevin Freeman, and Bruce Haulman
Illustration of Capt. Vancouver's sailing ship
Discovery in Puget Sound, 1792. Artist unknown.
University of Washington Libraries negative number UW23415
Gerstle, John H. and Susan G. Sullivan, Walks, Trails, and Parks on Vashon Island, 2004. Vashon Island, WA:[n.p]. 2nd edition, 61 p., illus., map inset. Many of the parks and trails of Vashon and Maury have shorelines. This guide is a handy reference when observing the islands from the water.
Hilson, Stephen E., Exploring Puget Sound & British Columbia, 1981. Auburn, WA: Publishing Enterprises. 117p, col. maps. Lynn, Howard, Lieutenant Maury's Island and the Quartermaster's Harbor, 1975. Vashon, WA.: Beachcomber Press. 77 p., illus, maps.
The Narrows of the Entrance of Puget Sound with Commmencement Bay,
Colvos' Passage and a Part of Admiralty Inlet, Oregon Territory. U.S.
Ex.Ex. 1841. U.S. Department of Commerce, national Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, National Survey. Washington DC: The Survey
[19--?].
Facsimile of a map from the United States Exploring Expedition,
1838-1842.
A New Vancouver Journal on the Discovery of Puget Sound, by a
member of the Chatham's Crew, edited by Edmond S. Meany, 1915.
Seattle,
WA: [s.n.]. 43p.
A portion of an anonymous ms. journal by a member of the armed tender
Chatham which accompanied the sloop Discovery, commanded by
Capt. George Vancouver, in 1792. Internal evidence indicates that the
journal was written by Edward Bell, clerk of the Chatham, to
William Walker, surgeon.
Scherer, Migael. A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands: Olympia to Port Angeles, 2005. Camden, ME: International Marine/McGraw-Hill. 2nd ed., 308 p., col. ill., maps.
SETTING THE STAGE: GEOLOGY, WATER RESOURCES, AND GEOLOGIC HAZARDS
OF VASHON MAURY ISLAND
This classroom session provides an understanding of the physical
components of Maury and Vashon
and sets the stage for understanding the linkages between the natural
setting and the development of our
distinctive natural and human history.
Instructor: Kevin Freeman
Guest Speakers: Jeremy Pratt and Jim Simmonds
Map of earthquake activity in Southern Puget Sound from
1980
up to and including the Robinson Point Earthquake, January 28,
1995.
Provided by the Seismology Lab, Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences,
University of Washington
Basic Reference Tool for this session:
Geologic Glossary
Searchable USGS
glossary of terms used in the discussion of geology.
Booth, Derek B., and John P. Bethel, Approaches for seismic-hazard mitigation by Local Governments---an Example from King County, Washington, 1991. Denver, CO: U.S. Geological Survey, 1991.
____________, Geologic Map of Vashon and Maury Islands, King County, Washington, 1991. Reston, VA.: Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey; prepared in cooperation with King County, Washington. 1 map, 1 pamphlet. (An update of this map can be found in Troost, et al, "Status and Findings from 1:24.000 Scale Geologic Mapping in the Puget Sound Lowland, Washington," in Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, April 2002, vol. 34, no.5, p.31.)
____________, Glacier Dynamics and the Development of Glacial Landforms in the Eastern Puget Lowland, Washington, 1984. Thesis (Ph.D. Geology), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 217 p., plates, col. illus., maps.
Borden, Richard K. and Kathy G. Troost, Late Pleistocene Stratigraphy in the South-Central Puget Lowland, Pierce County, Washington, [2001]. Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Natural Resources.
Campbell, James B., Introduction to Remote Sensing, New York:
Guildford Press, 2007. 4th edition.
Learn the history and scope of remote sensing, photographic sensors,
digital data, image interpretation, land observation satellites,
LIDAR,
image resolution, land use and land cover, and much more.
Cascades Volcano
Observatory
The USGS site including current activity updates, historical information
and much more.
Cascadia
Megathrust Earthquakes in PNW Indian Legend
The work of Ruth
Ludwin (University of Washington, research scientist in the Department of
Earth and Space Sciences) who compiled this collection of Native stories
concerning earthquakes and current scientific research which utilizes
information from these legends.
Gold, Ryan D., A Comparative Study of Aerial Photographs and LIDAR
Imagery for Landslide Detection in the Puget Lowland, Washington
[electronic resource], [2004]. Olympia, WA.: Washington Division of
Geology and Earth Resources, Washington State Department of Natural
Resources. Go to: C:\Documents and Settings\pearson\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\PBNN9PKU\ofr04-6[1].zip
(requires WinZip).
Gold's study focuses on a small stretch of Hood Canal coastline but
includes information on the Puget Sound region as a whole. This
publication is an undergraduate thesis submitted in partial fulfillment
for graduation with Honors in Geology, Whitman College, 2003. It is also
available from Washington State Division of Geology and Earth Resources,
Open File Report 2004-6, February 2004.
Hagstrum, J.T., D.B. Booth, K.G. Troost and R.J Blakely, "Magnetostratigraphy, Paleomagnetic Correlation, and Deformation of Pleistocene Deposits in the South Central Puget Lowland, Washington," in The Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, vol. 107 (B4), (April 10, 2002), article no. 2079.
Haugerud, R.A., D.J. Harding, S.Y. Johnson, J.L. Harless, C.S. Weaver and B.L. Sherrod, "High-Resolution Topography of the Puget Lowland, Washington---a Bonanza for Earth Science," in GSA Today, vol. 13, no. 6 (June 2003), p4-10.
Jones, M.A., "Geologic Framework for the Puget Sound Aquifer System, Washington and British Columbia," in US Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1999, (1424C), p.C1-C31.
Konrad, Christopher P., The Frequency and Extent of Hydrologic Disturbances in Streams in the Puget Lowland, Washington, 2000. Thesis (Ph.D. Civil Engineering), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 212p., illus.
____________, and Derek B. Booth, Hydrologic Trends Associated with Urban Development for Selected Streams in the Puget Sound Basin, Western Washington, 2002. Tacoma, WA.: U.S.Geological Survey, 40p. illus., maps. Also available online.
LIDAR Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric
Remote
Sensing II [electronic resource]: 13-14 September 2006, Stockholm,
Sweden; sponsored by SPIE Europe; cooperating organisations,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration and European Optical
Society. Bellingham, WA: SPIE, 2006.
This material is accessible through the UW Libraries Catalog to UW campus
community and on-campus use.
Manson, Connie J., comp., Landslides of the Puget Lowland---a Selected Bibliography, 1998. [Olympia, WA]: Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Open File Report 98-3.35p.
The Nisqually
Earthquake Information Clearinghouse
This site was established by the University of
Washington to facilitate research into this 6.8 magnitude quake which hit
northeast of Olympia at 10:54am, February 28, 2001. Many links to
additional information concerning earthquake studies in the PNW.
The Pacific
Northwest Center for Geologic Mapping Studies
Use this
incredible site to see what is going on in the area of research through
mapping. The Center focuses on the geologically complicated central Puget
Lowland, which includes Vashon and Maury Islands. For an intriguing look
at Vashon Island and part of Maury, go to
Geologic Map of the Vashon 7.5-minute
quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Field
Investigation.
The Pacific Northwest Seismic
Network
A trove of information about earthquakes and geologic hazards of the
Pacific Northwest: data collection, recent notable quakes, historical
information, etc.
Puget Sound LIDAR
Consortium
A public-domain high-resolution topography website for western
Washington. Read all about the history of LIDAR in the Puget Sound
region, the status of public Lidar surveys in western Washington, and much
more more.
Robinson Point Earthquake, Jan 28,[1995] 07:11pm PST
This
data site is provided by the Seismology Laboratory, Department of Earth
and Space Sciences, University of Washington. Includes related links,
etc.
Seismic
Hazards Investigations in Puget Sound
This USGS site has data and many links relating to seismic activity in
Puget Sound and includes an experimental movie of how the ground shook
after the implosion of the KingDome.
Vanderwal, Kathy Sue, Compositional and Textural Variations in the Vashon Till and Underlying Drifts in the Northern and Central Puget Lowland, Washington, 1985. Thesis (M.S. Geology), 110p, plates, maps.
ISLAND ECOLOGY: A 21ST CENTURY PERSPECTIVE ON VASHON'S CHANGING ECOSYSTEMS
Ecosystems change, whether humans intervene or not. These changes can be catastrophic or imperceptible, cumulative or cyclical. This session will be an examination of both old and recent ecosystems on Vashon Maury Island
Instructor: Dr. Tom DeVries
Guest Speakers: Susan White and Wendell Tangborn
Arsenic vs. Lead: King County, Figure 24, from the Tacoma Smelter Plume; Extended Footprint Study, Washington State Dept. of Ecology, Toxic Cleanup Program, July 2005, JS0501. http://www.metrokc.gov/health/tsp/footprint2005/index.htm
Basic Reference Tool for this session:
Google Earth
Searchable database combining satellite
imagery, maps and 3D images.
Beaulieu, B.T. and K.S. Savage, "Arsenate Adsorption Structures on Aluminum Oxide and Phyllosilicate Mineral Surfaces in Smelter-Impacted Soils," in Environmental Science Technology, vol. 39,no. 10, p.3571-3579. Available online through the database PubMed at www.pubmed.gov
BirdWeb
BirdWeb is Seattle Audubon's Guide to the Birds of Washington. Includes
information about the Puget Trough Ecoregion of which Vashon is a part.
Booth, Derek B., "Challenges and prospects for Restoring Urban Streams: a Perspective from the Pacific Northwest of North America," in Journal of the North American Benthological Society, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 724-737.
Bromenshek, J.J., J.L. Gudatis, S.R. Carlson, J.M. Thomas and M.A. Simmons, "Population Dynamics of Honey Bee Nucleus Colonies Exposed to Industrial Pollutants," in Aidologie, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 359- 369.
Butler, Virginia L., Distinguishing Natural from Cultural Salmonid Deposits in Pacific Northwest America, 1990. Thesis (Ph.D.) University of Washington, 218p., illus., maps.
______, "Resource Intensification and Resource Depression in the Pacific Northwest of North America; a Zooarchaeological Review" in Journal of World Prehistory, vol. 18, no. 4, p.327-405 (Dec. 2004).
Byun, S. Ashley, Quaternary Biogeography of Western North America: Insights from mtDNA Phylogeography of Endemic Vertebrates from Haida Gwaii, 1998. Thesis (PhD Biology), University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia. Available fulltext online at Library and Archives Canada
Ecology and Environmental Studies for
Maury and Vashon Islands
This Washington State Department of Ecology web page pulls together a
variety of Washington State and King County government reports, press
releases, oil spill reports (Dalco), Tacoma Plume study information and
many other government documents related to the ecology of the islands.
Ervin, Keith, "Major Changes Not Expected in Update of Shoreline Rules, Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, January 16, 2007, p.1.
Habitat Limiting Factors and Reconnaissance Assessment Report, Executive Summary: Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watersheds (Water Resource Inventory Area 9 and Vashon Island), 2001. Instructions for downloading the full report are on the website.
Institute for Environmental Research and
Education
Dedicated to supporting fact-based environmental decision making.
Island EarthFair
Vashon Earth Awareness Coalition will be celebrating its 10 year
anniversary in 2006
Gordon, Susan, "Toxic Algae Thrive in Harbor Bed; Scientists discover high levels of red tide-causing algae in Vashon Island waterway. Researchers say Vashon Island's Quartermaster Harbor is a hot spot for a red tide-producing organism linked to paralytic shellfish poisoning," The Tacoma News Tribune, May 31, 2006, p.A01.
King County Natural Resources and Parks, Water and Land
Division Vashon-Maury Island Page
This page contains many links to King County environmental programs, such
as the Basin Steward Program, the Maury Island Ecological Economic
Evaluation, the Vashon Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Vashon-Maury Island
Groundwater Model - Phase 1, Rural Drainage Program 2004 Accountability
Report to the King County Council, Groundwater Management, Salmon Watching
on Vashon Island, and many more resources.
Kunkle, Leslie S., Design and Management Approaches to Maintain Ecological Integrity of a Small Nature Reserve Park in an Urbanizing Setting: the Fern Cove Case Study, 1996. Thesis (M Landsc Arch) University of Washington. 208p., illus., maps (some col.).
Landahl, J., "Sediment-level fluctuation in a Mussel Bed on a 'Protected' Sand Gravel Beach," in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 26 no. 3, 1988, pp. 255-267.
National Center for Atmospheric
Research
The Center is operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research and specializes in research concerning the Whole Earth
System, climate change, impacts on society, pollution and air chemistry,
prediction and forecasting and many other aspects of our atmospheric
environment. Some of the Center scientists were major contributors to the
just-released Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) report, February 2, 2007.
North
America During the Last 150,000 Years
This site examines climatological changes on the North American continent
and the effect on vegetation.
North American Breeding Bird
Survey
A cooperative effort among U.S. and Canadian government agencies and
thousands of participants who monitor the status of North American bird
populations.
Noxious Weed Control
Program
Natural Resources and Parks, Water and Land Division, King County, WA. A
perennial problem on the islands, if you will pardon the pun.
Peterson, David L., Edward G. Schreiner, Nelsa M. Buckingham, "Gradients, Vegetation and Climate: Spatial and Temporal Dynamics in the Olympic Mountains, U.S.A.," in Global Ecology and Biography Letters, vol. 6, no. 1 (Jan. 1997), p. 7-17 (Mountain Ecology Special Issue).
Preserve Our
Islands
Committed to stopping the Glacier Northwest sand and gravel expansion
plan.
Puget Sound
Restoration Fund
The fund works to restore habitat and native
species in Puget Sound, focusing "on action, not politics." A
community-based organization headquartered on Bainbridge Island, PSRF
works with public and private groups and private land owners It has at
least one project on Vashon Island (native oyster restoration in
Quartermaster Harbor).
Puget
Sound Under Ice
Basic explanation and image of the huge ice sheet covering Puget Sound
20,000 years ago.
Quartermaster Harbor, a Marine Park Study of Quartermaster Harbor, Vashon-Maury Island, Washington. A report by the University of Washington College of Forest Resources for King County Division of Parks and Recreation, 1976. Seattle: Department of Community and Environmental Development. 2 volumes, illus., maps.
Stiffler, Lisa, "Restocking a Native Mollusk Eliminated in Early 1900s--Olympia Oysters Back on Vashon," Seattle Post Intelligencer, August 20, 2005, p.B1.
Sustainable
Vashon; a Learning and Action Network
A learning and action network of independent organizations and
groups working together as advocates of environmental, social and
economic policies and practices that serve Vashon needs today and do not
jeopardize the future of the island.
Swan, Ed, The Birds of Vashon Island; a Natural History of Habitat & Population Transformation, 1850-2005, Vashon, WA.: The Swan Company. 266 p. illus, col. map, stats.
Tacoma Smelter
Plume Project
A project by Public
Health-Seattle & King County, in partnership with state and local
communities to determine the extent of soil contamination in King County.
Results are based on studies conducted between 1999 and 2002. Includes
fact sheets about lead and arsenic, child use studies and much more.
Vashon Island Heavy
Metals
This page is maintained by the Institute for Environmental Research and
Education and includes a list of all eleven study data set downloads for
the Tacoma Smelter Plume. Many other related links, reports and guides.
Vashon-Maury Island Audubon
Society
Founded in 1989, the organization has been active locally (establishing
protected areas on the island) and globally (for instance, it was very
active in publicizing the importance of shade-grown coffee to help
preserve migratory songbird habitat). Includes many links to local,
national and international websites related to bird welfare and ecology.
Vashon
Maury Island Land Trust
The Vashon Maury Island Land Trust, founded in 1999, is dedicated to
protecting the natural ecosystems and rural character of Vashon-Maury
Island.
Waitt, Richard B., Jr., and Robert M. Thorson, "The Cordilleran Ice Sheet in Washington, Idaho, and Montana," in Late Quaternary Environments of the United States, vol. 1: The Late Pleistocene, ed. Stephen C. Porter. University of Montana Press, 1983.
Washington Trout Water Type and Stream Mouth Assessment, Vashon
Island
This comprehensive water-typing survey was done in June 2000 and July
2001, to determine which Vashon streams were being used by salmon and
trout, and to insure that our wild-fish habitats receive the maximum legal
protections available.
Whitlock, Cathy, "Vegetational and Climatic History of the Pacific Northwest during the Last 20,000 Years; Implications for Understanding Preset-Day Biodiversity," The Northwest Environmental Journal, vol. 8, p.5-28. (This theme volume is entitled "Biological Diversity: Focus on Northwestern North America." 246 p. Held at the University of Washington Libraries.) Yates, Stephen M., Orcas, Eagles & Kings: Georgia Strait & Puget Sound, 1992. Boca Raton, FL.:Primavera Press. 236 p., col. illus.
HUMAN HISTORY ON THE ISLAND, PART I:
NATIVE VASHON AND EARLY SETTLEMENT
History and economics of the island from the earliest
indigenous peoples through late 19th century white settlement.
Instructor: Dr. Bruce Haulman
Men with tools and their picnic basket, in front of the Vashon College main building, Burton, ca. 1893. Photographer Oliver S. Van Olinda. University of Washington Libraries Special Collections, PH Coll 376.12E
Vashon History.com An ongoing research project by Dr. Bruce Haulman. Includes links to original essays, a comprehensive bibliography and many other materials relating to the history and development of Maury and Vashon Islands.
Adamson, Thelma, Folk-Tales of the Coast Salish, 1934. New York: The American Folk-Lore Society, G.E. Stechert and Company, 430p.
Alvord, B., Indians of Puget Sound and the Straits, with Statistics of Population. 34th Congress, 3rd Session, 1857, House Executive Document 76, 1-22. Serial 906.
Baird, Dorothy I. A Short History of Vashon-Maury Island and Biographies of Its Pioneers, 1995. Seattle, WA: D.P.Baird. 146p.
Ballard, Arthur C., "Mythology of Southern Puget Sound," in University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, vol. 3, no. 2,(1929), pp. 33-150. Also available online at: http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/docviewer.exe?CISOROOT=/lctext& CISOPTR=1579
Berland, Sidney, "Strategy Strife on the Indian War Front: A Governor and a General Locked Horns over the Treatment---and Mistreatment---of Indians," in Columbia Magazine, vol. 2, no. 1 (Spring 1988), p.4-9.
Buerge, David, "Campsites and Mounds of Vashon-Maury Island," Manuscript held at the King County Library System, Vashon Branch, Vashon, WA., 1993.
______, "The Wilkes Exploring Expedition in the Pacific Northwest: 'America's Cook' Explores Oregon Country," in Columbia Magazine, vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 1987), p.37-43.
[Cadastral Survey Maps and Surveyors' Notes] Washington State Department of Natural Resources hosts digitized files of the original U.S. Land Office cadastral survey records for the Oregon Territory. Searchable by township and range, and by county map view. Vashon and Maury Islands were originally surveyed in 1857. The surveyors' notes describe the landscape in detail, as it appeared before white settlement. This set is also available at the University of Washington Libraries on microfiche, M3066 and a collection of just the plat maps on microfilm, A4154.
Calligan, Carolyn W., "Puget Sound's Mosquito Fleet: Remembering the Days When Passengers, Mail and Commercial Goods Traveled the Inland Waters Aboard Steam-powered Taxis," in Columbia Magazine, vol. 12, no. 2 (Summer 1999), p. 40-43.
Carey, Roland, Van Olinda's History of Vashon-Maury Island, 1985. Seattle: Alderbrook Publishing Company, 84pp. (Revision of O.S. Van Olinda's History of Vashon-Maury Islands, originally published in 1935. See below)
Deloria, Philip J., "What Is the Middle Ground, Anyway?" in The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 63, no. 1 (2006), pp. 15-22.
Eells, Myron, The Indians of Pugest Sound: the Notebooks of Myron Eells, ed. George Pierre Castile, 1985. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 470p.
Egan, Douglas, "Schooners 'n Steamers: a Hundred Yeras Ago the Puget Sound Shipbuilding Industry Flourished," in Columbia Magazine, vol. 6, no. 2 (Summer 1992), p.10-12.
Elliott, T.C., "Journal of John Work, November and December 1824," in Washington Historical Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3 (1912), pp. 198-128.
Fitzpatrick, Reed, A History of Vashon-Maury Island Schools, 1881-1981, 1981. Vashon, WA.: Art Products Company. 76 p., illus., maps.
Fladmark, K.R., "Routes: Alternate Migration Corridors for Early Man in North America," in American Antiquity, vol. 44, no. 1 (Jan.1979), p.55-69.
Gunther, Erna, Indian Life on the Northwest Coast of North America, as Seen by the Early Explorers and Fur Traders during the Last Decades of the Eighteenth Century, [1972]. Chicago, IL.: University of Chicago Press, 277p.
Haeberlin, Hermann, and Erna Gunther, The Indians of Puget Sound, 1930. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 83p.
Hands Across Time, 1998. Video produced and directed by Roxanne Thayer, Vashon, WA. Byrd Productions. (54 minutes)
Haskell, Patrick J. The Wilkes Expedition in Puget Sound - 1841, 1974. Olympia, WA.: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and the State Capitol Museum, 60p.
Hasket, Patrick J., The Wilkes Expedition in Puget Sound, 1841, Olympia, WA: State Capitol Museum, 1974.
Lincoln, Leslie, Coast Salish Canoes, 1991. Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, WA.: 46p. Matson, Richard Ghia, and Gary Coupland, The Prehistory of the Northwest Coast, 1995. SanDiego, CA.: Academic Press, 364p.
McBride, Delbert, "Viewpoints and Visions in 1792: an Examination of Recorded Encounters between the Vancouver Expedition and Native Inhabitants of Puget Sound," in Columbia Magazine, vol. 4, no. 2 (Summer 1990), p.21-17.
Menzies, Archibald, Menzies' Journal of Vancouver's Voyage, April to October 1792, by D.D> Newcombe...and a bibliographical note by J. Forsyth. printed by authority of the Legislative Assembly. Victoria, B.C.: Printed by W.H.Cullin, 171p.
Merk, Frederick, Manifest Destiny and Mission in American History: a Reinterpretation, 1995. With the collaboration of Lois Bannister Merk; with a new forward by John Mack Faragher. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press, 278p.
Miller, Jay, Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey: an Anchored Radiance, 1999. Lincoln,NE.: University of Nebraska Press, 185p.
______, Shamanic Odyssey: the Lushootseed Salish Journey to the Land of the Dead, 1988. Menlo Park, CA.: Balena Press, 215p.
Morgan, Murray, Puget's Sound: A Narrative of Eaerly Tacoma and the Southern Sound, 1979. Seattle, WA.: University of Washington Press, 360p.
National NAGPRA [Federal Register: August 17, 2006 (volume 71,
Number 159)] [Notices] [Page 47517-47518] From the Federal Register Online
via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr17au06-77]
Concerns the recent (2006) findings of an inventory by the Burke Museum,
in consultation with representatives of the Muckleshoot Tribe and the
Puyallup Tribe, of human remains of an individual determined to be of
Native American ancestry. The remains had been removed from near Judd
Creek, Vashon Island, by land owner Vernon Lamoreux and were donated to
the Burke Museum in 1951.
Payton, Charles, "The Spirit of Chautauqua," in Portage, vol. 3 (Spring 1982), p.22-23.
Pierce, Kingston J., "The Panic of 1893: Hard Times Rocked the Economic Foundations of the Northwest a Century Ago," in Columbia Magazine, vol. 7, no. 4 (Winter 1993-94), p.37-44.
Puget, Peter, "The Vancouver Expedition: Peter Puget's Journal of the Exploration of Puget Sound, May 7-June 11, 1792," edited by Bern Anderson. Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 30 (April 1939), pp.199.
Ramsey, Guy Reed, Postmarked Washington, 1850-1960: King County, n.p., [1966?]. A photocopy of this work is available at the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.
Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, Archaeology of the Gulf of Georgia and Puget Sound, 1907. Memoir of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. IV, pt. VI. New York: G.E. Stechert & Co., pp 301-441 (inc. map)
Smith, Marian W., The Puyallup-Nisqually, 1940. New York: Columbia University Press, 336p.
Stephanson, Anders, Manifest Destiny: American Expansionism and the Empire of Right, 1995. New York: Hill and Wang, 144p.
Stein, Julie K. and Laura S. Phillips, Vashon Island Archaeology: a View from Burton Acres Shell Midden. Appendices. Seattle: Burke Museum, 2003. Series: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Research Report, no. 8.
Suttles, Wayne, "Affinal Ties, Subsistence, and Prestige among the Coast Salish," in American Anthropologist, vol. 62, no. 2 (April 1960), pp. 296-305.
_______, Coast Salish Essays, compiled and edited with the assistance of Ralph Maud, 1987. Vancouver, BC.: Talonbooks, 320p.
_______, "The Early Diffusion of the Potato among the Coast Salish," in Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, vol. 7, no.3 (Autumn 1951), pp. 272-288.
_______, "The Persistence of Intervillage Ties among the Coast Salish," in Ethnology, vol. 2, no. 4 (October 1963), pp. 512-525.
_______, "Private Knowledge, Morality, and Social Classes among the Coast Salish," in American Anthropologist, New Series, vol. 60, no. 3 (June 1958), pp. 497-507.
_______, "The Shed-Roof House," in A Time of Gathering: Native Heritage in Washington State, edited by Robin K. Wright, 1991. Seattle, WA.: Burke Museum, University of Washington Press.
Tyler, David B., The Wilkes Expedition: The First United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842, 1968. Philadelphia, PA.: The American Philosophical Society, 435p.
University of Washington Libraries Digital Collection Searchable collections of historic Vashon and Maury Island photographs, including hundreds of historical photographs from the Oliver Van Olinda collection, depicting early pioneer activities and community development, 1880's to the 1930's.
Van Olinda, Oliver S., History of Vashon-Maury Islands, 1935. Vashon, WA.: Vashon Island News-Record, 106p., illus., map.
Vancouver, George, Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World, 1791-1795, 1984. Introduction and appendices edited by W.Kaye Lamb. London: Hakluyt Society. Four volumes.
Vouri, Mike, "Raiders from the North: Northern Indians Terrorized Puget Sound Shore Dwellers, Indians and White Settlers Alike, from Bellingham Bay to Olympia," in Columbia Magazine, vol. 11, no. 3 (Fall 1997), p.24-25.
Waterman, Thomas Talbot, Notes on the Ethnology of the Indians of Puget Sound, 1973. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 96p.
________, Puget Sound Geography Original manuscript by T.T. Waterman; editd, and with additional material by Vi Hilbert, Jay Miller, Zalmai Zahir, 2001. Federal Way, WA.: Lushootseed Press, 375p.
________, and Geraldine Coffin, Types of Canoes on Puget Sound. Indian Notes and Monographs. 1920. New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 43p.
Waynick, Lynne C., "Among the Clam Shell Mounds and Ancient Camp Sites of Vashon Island, February 3, 1938." Manuscript 3692, National Anthropology Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. [n.d].
White, Richard, Land Use, Environment, and Social Change; the Shaping of Island County, Washington, 1980. Seattle, WA.: University of Washington Press, 234p.
_____, The Middle Ground: Indians, Empries and Republics in the Great lakes Region, 1650-1815, 1991. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 544p.
_____, The Treaty of Medicine Creek: Indian-White Relations on Upper Puget Sound 1830-1880, 1972. Thesis (M.A.), Seattle, WA.: University of Washington, 212 p.
Wilkes, Charles, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, during the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1852. London: Ingram, Cooke and Co., 2 volumes.
Wilkeson, Samuel, "From Lake Superior to Puget Sound," in Christian Union, Januarey 4, 1871, p.3 col. 1. (available through the Amercan Periodicals Series Online or on microfilm at UW Libraries).
Wing, Robert C., Joseph Baker; Lieutenant on the Vancouver Expedition, British Naval Officer for Whom Mt. Baker was Named, 1992. Seattle, WA.: Gray Beard Publications, 120 pp.
Woodroffe, Pamela J., Vashon Island's Agricultural Roots: Tales of the Tilth as Told by Island Farmers. San Jose, CA: Writers Club Press, 2002. 143 p., illus. (UW)
Work, John, The Journal of John Work, a Chief-Trader of the Hudson's Bay Co., during His Expedition from Vancouver to the Flatheads and Blackfeet of the Pacific Northwest,, edited, and with an account of the fur trade in the Northwest, and life of Work, by William S. Lewis and Paul C. Phillips, 1923. Cleveland, OH.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 209p.
HUMAN HISTORY ON THE ISLAND, Part II:
SEPARATE VILLAGES TO ISLAND COMMUNITY
Changes in the 20th century from many perspectives,
shifts from
logging to agriculture, demographic changes, economic changes.
Instructor: Dr. Bruce Haulman
Aerial view of Vashon and nearby farms, looking northeast, 1946. Seattle Post Intelligencer staff photographer (unidentified). Negative property of the Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA.
Vashon History Project
Baird, Dorothy, A Short History of Vashon-Maury Island and Biographies of Its Pioneers, 1995. Seattle, WA.: D.P. Baird, 146p.
Beaulieu, Brett, X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopic Study of Arsenic in Smelter-Contaminated Soil Profiles, Vashon-Maury Island, WA., 2004. Thesis (MS Geology) Vanderbilt University. 77p., illus.
Brunson, Howard P., Marjorie M. Watkins, ed., I Remember Logging, 1923-1997, 1998. Vashon, WA.: Fir Tree Press, 115 p., illus.
Bulman, Dennis Marlowe, A Study of the Bacteriological Water Quality of Quartermaster Harbor, Vashon Island, 1975. Thesis (Public Health) University of Washington, Seattle, WA., 64 p., illus.
Carey, Roland, Isle of the Sea Breezes, 1976. Seattle, WA.: Alderbrook Publishing Co., 135p.
Cole, Chester Frederick, Land Utilization on Vashon Island, 1941. Thesis (M.A. Geography), University of Washington, Seattle, WA., 111 p., illus, fold maps, tables.
Fitzpatrick, Reed, Vashon-Maury Island Schools: a One Hundred Year History, 1881-1981. 1981. Vashon, WA.: Art Products Company. 76p., illus., maps.
Goble, Dale, and Paul W. Hirt, ed., Northwest Lands, Northwest Peoples: Readings in Environmental History, 1999. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 552 p., illus.
Ingham, Dennis Blaine, Transportation Alternatives for Vashon Island, 1975. Thesis (MSCE Civil Engineering), University of Washington. 96p.
King County Agriculture Study, Sub-Area Profiles: Snoqualmie Valley/Patterson Creek, Sammamish Valley/Bear Creek, Vashon Island, Lower Green River Valley, Enumclaw Plateau/Green Valley
King County (Wash.) Dept. of Planning. Studies for a Comprehensive Plan: Vashon Island Report, December 1952. [Seattle]: King County Planning Department. [66 p.], illus., stats., maps.
King County (Wash.) Dept. of Planning and Community Development. Planning Division, Vashon Community Plan Profile, October 1978. [Seattle]: King County Planning Division. 90 p., illus., stats., maps
MacArthur, Robert H. and Edward O. Wilson, The Theory of Island Biogeography, 2001. N.J.: Princeton University Press, 203p.
Morgan, Murray, Puget's Sound: A Narrative of Eaerly Tacoma and the Southern Sound, 1979. Seattle, WA.: University of Washington Press, 360p.
Nalder, Mae Mark, The Academy Era in the State of Washington, 1934. Thesis, Pullman, WA.: State College of Washington, 246p.
Newell, Gordon R., Ships of the Inland Sea; the Story of the Puget Sound Steamboats, 1960. Portland, OR.: Binfords and Mort. 241 p., illus.
"On a Washington Island, Two Entrepreneurs Grew Red Currents," in Nation's Business, vol. 80, no. 2 (February 1992), p. 14. (Concerns the founding of Maury Island Farm jam and jelly business by Peter and Judith Shepherd.)
Pierce, J. Kingston, "The Panic of 1893: Hard Times Rocked the Economic Foundations of the Northwest a Century Ago," in Columbia Magazine, vol. 7, no. 4 (Winter 1993-1994), pp. 37-44.
Quammen, David, The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions, 1997. New York: Simon and Schuster, 702p.
Shoreline Aerial
Photos
Searchable collection of aerial views of all 2,500 miles of Washington
State saltwater shorelines, including a complete set of oblique
photographs of Vashon and Maury. The photographs were collected between
1992 and 1997 by the Washington State Department of Ecology.
Sunstrom, Carolyn J., The Mukai Garden: An Issei Woman's Expression of Her Cultural Heritage and Immigration Experience, 1996. Thesis (M Landscp Arch) University of Washington, 120p., illus, some col.
University of Washington
Libraries Digital Collection
Searchable collections of historic Vashon and Maury Island photographs,
including hundreds of historical photographs from the Oliver Van Olinda
collection, depicting early pioneer activities and community development,
1880's to the 1930's.
Vashon/Maury Island Water Resources Study, submitted to King County Department of Planning and Community Development, Planning Division, prepared by J.R.Carr/Associates, 1983. Seattle, WA., King County Planning Division, var.p., illus., maps.
Weppner, Sarah Gene, Farm Exposures to Deposited Arsenic and Lead on Vashon/Maury Island, 2001.Thesis (M.S.) University of Washington. 203 p., illus.
Whittaker, Robert J., Island Biogeography: Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, 1998. New York: Oxford University Press, 285p.
ENVIRONMENTALISM ON THE ISLANDS:
THE CASE OF GLACIER NW
"...no human thought...is immune to the ideologizing influence of its
social context..."
---Berger and Luckmann, The Social Construction
of
Reality
Instructor: Dr. Patrick Christie
Map of the Maury Island State Aquatic Reserve, showing private tidelands (in red) and state owned aquatic reserve (in white). From the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, October 2004
Background information on theMaury Island Gravel Controversy This web page provides citations and fulltext links to materials concerning surrounding the Glacier Northwest proposal to mine the gravel pit on Maury Island, including a timeline, major players, the Aquatic Reserve, oil spills and the Glacier Northwest Gravel Mine. (This bibliography was prepared in 2005 by Kathleen Collins, at the University of Washington Libraries. Look for additional citations in the bibliography below.*)
Background Information: Over fifty archived Beachcomber articles, letters to the editor and editorials can be found by going to the Beachcomber and entering the keyword search: glacier.
Amiad, Emma, "Incite! A Letter to the Community from Emma Amiad," Vashon -Maury Island Beachcomber, August 30, 2006, p. A5. Because this article was published as a paid advertisement, it cannot be found on the Beachcomber web site. A photocopy of this article has been provided to students. Letters in response to Amiad's "incitement" are on the web site. Take a look at Vashonbeachcomber.com
Anonymous, New Regulations Governing Eastern North Pacific Southern Resident Stock of Killer Whales Issued in Marine Environmental Update, vol. FY03, no. 3 (Summer 2003).
Berger, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality: a Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge, 1966, New York: Doubleday, 219p.
Brechin, Steven R., and Peter R. Wilshusen, Crystal L. Fortwangler and Patrick C. West, "Beyond the Square Wheel: Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of Biodiversity Conservaton as Social and Political Process," in Society and Natural Resources, vol. 15 (2002), p.41-64.
Center for Biological Diversity Killer Whale: Saving the Orcas of Puget Sound. The Center for Biological Diversity, based in Arizona, works through science and law to protect plants and animals "hovering on the bring of extinction, for the wilderness they need to survive and by extension for the spiritual welfare of generations to come."
Chapin, Mac, A Challenge to Conservationists. See also Worldwatch Institute. Worldwatch Institute is an independent research center for the study of an environmentally sustainable and socially just society. Many interesting reports reside on this website, but you must register with the Institute in order to download the reports. Registration and downloading appears to be free of charge.
Earth Justice Protecting Puget Sound's Resident Orcas. Detailed web site providing many links related to the effort to protect the Orcas, the Endangered Species Act, etc.
Glacier Northwest "The Northwest's largest supplier of ready Mixed Concrete, Sand, Gravel, Rock, Cement & Building Materials." The only mention of Maury Island on the corporate home page is a news release announcing the takeover of Vashon Sand & Gravel, September 9, 2004. See also Taiheiyo Cement Corporation, the Tokyo-based parent company of Glacier NW.
Henson, Anna, Conceptual Design of a Solar-Thermal Heating System with Seasonal Storage for a Vashon Greenhouse, 2006. Thesis (M.S.M.E.) University of Washington, 130p., illus.
Karasz, Hilary N., Anti-Corporate Collectivists, Capable Individualists, and Relativists: a Q-Methodological Exploration of Audiences for Health Communication about Contaminated Soils, 2006. Thesis (Ph.D) University of Washington, 196p., illus.
King County Natural Resources and Parks News Release: "Brightwater Treatment Technology Promotes Improvements to Puget Sound Salmon and Orcas," August 22, 2006. Concerns the Brightwater Treatment Plant to be built north of Woodinville, a 13 mile conveyance pipeline and an outfall in Puget Sound.
McKibben, Bill, "A Deeper Shade of Green," National Geographic, August 2006. p. 33-37. (This article will be available online in November 2006, through the Proquest Database, accessible through the Vashon Public Library. A photocopy of the article has been provided to students.
Maury Island Aquatic Reserve. Department of Natural Resources, Washington State
In November of 2004, the Maury Island Aquatic Reserve was formally established. This collection of documents provides the guidelines for managing the Reserve.
Maury Island Gravel Mining Impact Studies This Washington State Department of Ecology web page pulls together most of the mining impact studies done since 1999. Also included are a variety of King County reports, press releases, oil spill reports (Dalco), Tacoma Plume study information and other arsenic-related reports, etc.
*Newspaper stories on the Maury Island Gravel Pit Controversy Vashon Public Library provides access to the newspaper database Washington News Stand. Search for articles published about Maury Island and Glacier, such as (most recent articles first):
"Mine Owners Win Round in Court: Maury Island Dispute Continues/Foes Plan
to Ask Supreme Court to Review Decision," Seattle Times, June 20,
2006, p. B2.
Pacific Groundwater Group, Maury Island Gravel Mine Hydrogeologic
Impact Assessment, 2000. Environmental impact statement. Seattle,
WA.:
Pacific Groundwater Group,(np).
____________, Sea-Tac Runway Fill Hydrologic Studies Report, 2000.
Environmental impact statement. Seattle, WA.: Pacific Groundwater Group,
(np).
Preserve Our
Islands
The
Sound of Broken Promises," a Seattle Post Intelligencer
Special
Report, Seattle Post Intelligencer, October 9-14, 2006, p. 1.
Six part investigation of the problems faced by the orca pods in Puget
Sound, due to poor regulations, uneven enforcement and ever-increasing
negative human effects on the marine environment.
South Maury Island Island Environmental Issues
substantive Wikipedia site on the gravel controversy, including extensive
bibliography.
Taiheiyo
Cement Corporation Home page (English language version) of the
parent company of Glacier NW.
Vandermeer, John, "The Nature of Nature," in Reconstructing Biology
New York: Wiley, 1996, p. 393-407. A photocopy of this chapter has been
provided to students.
Island interaction with the outside economy and policies of Puget Sound
and beyond.
Instructor: Dr. Christine Ingebritsen
Ernst, Steve, "Pollen Power," in Puget Sound Business Journal
(Seattle), July 2-8, 1999, p. 15. (Concerns Bumblebar Inc.).
Erwin, Keith, "Issue on Ballot Aims at Making Vashon "Energy Independent,"
in Seattle Times, September 3, 2006. p.B1 (1042 words). Concerns
effort to create a public utility district, wind and solar power, etc.
Eschle, Catherine and Bice Maiguashca, Critical Theories, International
Relations and the "Anti-Globalisation Movement: The Politics of Global
Resistance, 2005. New York, NY: Routledge, 264p. See especially the
essay "Seattle and the Struggle for a Global Democratic Ethos," by Roland
Bleiker.
Frey, Christine and Todd Bishop, "Vashon Abuzz over Move: Seattle Coffee
Co. Announces Plans to Relocate its Growing Business to Fife; Prompting
Doubts about Prospects for Manufacturing on Longtime Island Home,
Seattle Post Intelligencer, August 22, 2002, p. A1.
Friedman, Thomas, The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding
Globalization, 1999. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 394p.
Georgia
Basin Action Plan
Gilmore, Susan, "State Does the Math on Foot-Ferry Options; Loss of
$450,000 a year on triangle route--Legislature gets data on resuming
canceled service," Seattle Times, February 3, 2005, p.B2.
Gilpin, Robert, The Challenge of Global Capitalism, 2000.
Princeton, NJ.: Princeton University Press, 373p.
Habitat Limiting Factors and Reconnaissance Assessment Report:
Executive Summary: Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watersheds
(Water Resource Inventory Area 9 and Vashon Island), 2001. Olympia, WA:
Washington State Conservation Commission, [2001]. Electronic resource at
http://salmon.scc.wa.gov/reports/index.html
Instructions for downloading the full report are on the website.
Hoffman, Jean M., "Better Bones," Machine Design, vol. 77, no. 19,
p. 100.
Ingebritsen, Christine, Scandinavia in World Politics, 2006.
Lanham, MD.: Rowman and Littlefield, 129p.
Irvine, Ronald, and Walter J. Clore, The Wine Project: Washington
State's Winemaking History, 1997. Vashon, WA.: Sketch Publications,
456p.
Johnson, Jamila, "Seattle Coffee Relocates Roasting Plant from Vashon
Island to Fife, Wash.," in Knight Ridder Tribune Business News
(Washington), August 22, 2002, p. 1.
Kearsley, Kelly, "K2 Sports Will Leave Vashon: Move to Seattle Won't
Affect Jobs, but Will Enhance Growth, Company Says," in Knight Ridder
Tribune Business News(Washington), June 24, 2006, p.1. See also "K2
Sports Feeling Isolated on Island," in Seattle Post Intelligencer,
June 26, 2006, p. C1.
Kurlansky, Mark, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the
World, 1997. New York, NY.: Walker and Company, 294p.
Maury Island Gravel
Mining Impact Studies This Washington State Department of
Ecology
web page pulls together most of the mining impact studies done since 1999.
Also included are a variety of King County reports, press releases, oil
spill reports (Dalco), Tacoma Plume study information and other
arsenic-related reports, etc.
Moriwaki, Lee, "AFC Won't Make Big Changes at Seattle's Best---Coffee
Company to Expand with Capital from New Owner," Seattle Times,
January 27,1998, p. C1.
Neurath, Peter, "Ski Maker K2 Downhill Fight Gets Edge in Congress:
Murray, McDermott Back Bill to End Import Duties," in Puget Sound
Business Journal(Seattle), May 9, 1997, p.4.
Port of Seattle A rich
source of trade statistics, business information, air and sea cargo and
passenger statistics, the truckers' guide to port facilities, details
about those huge cranes, etc.
Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma is a vital piece in the Puget Sound/international
shipping business. The website contains a wealth of statistical
information.
Reconnaissance Assessment of the State of Nearshore Ecosystem: Eastern
Shore of Central Puget Sound, including Vashon and Maury Islands
(Water Resource Inventory Area 8 and 9), 2001. [Seattle: WA: King County
Department of Natural Resources, 2001]. Electronic resource at
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/watersheds/puget/nearshore/sonr.htm
(Instructions for downloading the full report are on the website.)
Regional Ecosystem Analysis Puget Sound Metropolitan Area
[electronic resource]: Calculating the Value of Nature, 1998.
Washington,DC: American Forests.
Regional Transportation
Investment District The RTID was created by the Washington State
Legislature and charged with developing a transportation package to be
submitted to King, Pierce and Snohomish County voters in 2007. See
particularly "Blueprint for Progress," the draft proposal for major
transportation corridor improvements.
Rural
Economic Strategies Search Page, King County, Washington. Find
many King County level documents relating to Vashon and Maury issues
embedded in county government policies and planning documents.
Sampson, Gary P., ed., The Role of the World Trade Organization in
Global Governance, 2001. New York, NY.: United Nations University
Press, 298p. Note in particular the essay "Trade Rules After Seattle: A
Business Perspective," by Maria Livanos Cattaui.
Singer, Peter, One World: The Ethics of Globalization, 2nd edition,
2004. New Haven, MA.: Yale University Press, 235p.
Stafford, Leon, "Starbucks to Buy AFC Coffee Unit," Cox News
Service, April 16, 2003.
Stevens, John H., "Plastic Bones Give Doctors a Good Break," Seattle
Times, June 3, 1991, p. E5.
Taylor, Rupert, ed., Creating a Better World: Interpreting Global Civil
Society, 2004. Bloomfield, CT,: Kumarian Press, 210p. Note in
particular the essay "The Seattle WTO Protests: Building a Global
Movement," by Gillian Hughes Murphy.
Thomas, Janet,
"Vashon Passenger-Only Ferry Among Local Projects Slated for Federal
Funding," in US Fed News, June 26, 2006
Wilhelm, Steve, "Quick Turns: Legendary Ski Maker K2 Carves out New
Markets," in Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle), July 2-8,
1999, p. 15.
Wilhelm, Steve, "The Tofu Tycoon of Vashon Island," in The Business
Journal (Portland, OR), March 21, 2003, p. 35.
WTO Seattle, [videorecording], 2000. Chicago, IL.: Labor Beat, 26
minutes
A look at statistics and other measurements that describe Vashon Maury
Island. What do they reveal about island culture and how this community
differs from its less defined borderless neighbors?
Instructor: Alice Larson
Some but by all means not all census data can be examined down to the
local level. Necessary information needed to search some U.S. Census
material and other sources down to the local level include:
Access Washington; Official State
Government Web Site The entry point to all state government
web-based resources. Find state agency news releases, all state agency
websites, small business information, sex offender registration by county,
fisheries data, etc.
Boggs, James G., Community Development through Community Arts Projects:
A Case Study of IsleWilde on Vashon Island, 1997. Thesis (M.A.)
University of Washington. 123 p. illus.
Central Puget Sound Real Estate Research Report, 1949 +. This
publication has tracked housing data in the Puget Sound region for
decades. Published twice a year, this non profit organization compiles
statistical reports on housing, real estate markets (both commercial and
residential), employment, population and interest rates.
Ferry
Ridership Declines Slightly in 2004 Explanatory text
and statistical tables showing cross-Sound ridership. The Puget Sound
Regional Council site (see link below) has various historical records on
the website tracking ferry usage.
Income,
Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005
by Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor and Cheryl Hill Lee, issued
August 2006. One in the series Population Reports, Consumer Income.
86p.
King County
Annual Growth Report, 2006. King County Budget Office.
This website provides two decades of
information on the growth of the County, land development and demographic
information for both cities and unincorporated areas.
King County
Comprehensive Plan, King County Department of Development and
Environmental Services.
"The Comprehensive Plan is a guiding policy document for all land use and
development regulations in unincorporated King County, and for regional
services throughout the County including transit, sewers, parks, trails
and open space." This web page includes a history of the King County
Comprehensive Plan back to the first plan in 1964.
King County Rural Economic Strategies. King County Office of
Business Relations and Economic Development.
Background, outreach, projects, public meetings summaries, and timelines
are accessible at this website.
Larson, Alice C., "Transportation Survey Results," for Vashon Island
Chamber of Commerce, [n.d].
Measuring America:
The Decennial Censuses from 1790 to 2000, U.S. Census Bureau,
September 2002. To best understand the meaning of information collected in
the U.S. Census, learn about the questions asked and how they changed over
the last 200 years, instructions to the enumerators (or marshalls as they
were first called), even the colors of supplemental schedules, and a
concise history of the U.S. Census along with noteworthy features in each
census.
Puget Sound Regional Council
This group is an association of cities, towns, counties, tribes, ports,
and state agencies that serves as a forum for developing policies and
making decisions about regional growth and transportation issues in the
four-county central Puget Sound region. PGRC maintains a variety of data
sets, including residential building permit data, average wage statistics,
Puget Sound trends in Household size, population, transportation trends,
educational attainment,
characteristics of migration for the region, poverty, etc.
Roberts, Christine, A Process of Community Action: Vashon-Maury
Islanders and the Local Nursing Home, 1997. Thesis (Ph.D. Geography)
University of Washington, 138p., illus.
Sawyer, Phyllis R., Pharmacist Participation and Observations in
Vashon-Maury Health Services Center, A Nurse Practitioner Clinic,
1973. Thesis (MS Pharmacy Practice), University of Washington, 158 p.,
illus., stats. Offers an interesting history of the Vashon-Maury Island
Health Services Center, including survey information on the community
served, factors affecting rural health care and evolving patterns of
health care which were emerging in the 1970's.
U.S.
Census Bureau FactFinder Your key to finding information gleaned
from the U.S. Census. Remember that the Census is done only once every
ten years, but a tremendous amount of forecasting data is available, based
on the census of findings in 2000 (see the following citation). Use the
search box to find facts organized by zip code, county, etc.
University of
Washington Libraries Government Publications
Subject Page This website offers the top recommended resources and
an Advanced
Research Guide for local, state, national and international
publications, data sets, electronic resources, etc. While almost all
governmental websites are publically available, you may see links to
commercially produced resources that are available only to researchers
with University of Washington netID. These sources are usually identified
as "UW restricted."
Vashon Island School
District. This website contains an archive of School District
documents, assessment information, WASL results and demographic data.
Vashon Island
Transportation Needs Survey Vashon-Maury Island
Community Council, 2005.
. Washington State University.
Provides quarterly housing market data, research summaries, media articles
on real estate and articles on special topics, including an executive
summary of highlights from the most recent Central Puget Sound Real Estate
Report.
Washington State Report Card From
the Office of the Superintendent of Public Schools, the statistical
profile for Vashon Island School District. Includes 2004-05 WASL Results,
Enrollment, annual drop-out rates, student demographics, etc. Washington
State Report Card provides statewide and school district statistics.
Zillow.com; Your Edge
in Real Estate Of course you want to see market values of the
houses in your neighborhood; how many bathrooms your neighbor's house has,
the size of lots (in square feet), the selling price of that dump down the
road, an aerial view of your own property and the surrounding area. And
it's free!
See also the print bibliography accompanying Alice Larson's presentation,
and included in the Vashon 101 syllabus binder.
Instructor: William Seaburg
Ballard, Arthur C., Some Tales of the Southern Puget Sound Salish, 1927.
Originally published in the University of Washington Publications in
Anthropology, vol. 2, no. 3 (December 1927), pp. 57-81.
Bierwert, Crisca, Brushed by Cedar, Living by the River: Coast Salish
Figures of Power, 1999. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 314p.
Boas, Franz, "The Growth of Indian Mythologies: A Study Based upon the
Growth of the Mythologies of the North Pacific Coast," in The Journal
of American Folklore, vol. 9, no. 32 (January 1896), pp. 1-11.
Briggs, Charles L., "'The Foundations of All Future Researches:' Franz
Boas, Native American Texts, and the Construction of Modernity," in
American Quarterly, vol. 51, no. 3 (September 1999), pp. 479-528.
Folklore and
Mythology Electronic Texts A full text reference and text library
for folktales and myths. Edited and translated by D.L. Ashliman.
Garry, Jane, and Hasan El-Shamy, ed., Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore
and Literature: A Handbook, 2005. Armonk, NY.: M.E. Sharpe, 515p.
Huchoosedah; Traditions of the Heart, 1995. A videorecording
focusing on the work of Vi Hilbert, Upper Skagit elder. Producer/director
Katie Jennings, Seattle: KCTS Television. One videocassette, 57 minutes,
sd., color.
Hilbert, Vi, Coyote and Rock/ Told by Vi Hilbert and other Lushootseed
Stories, 1992. 1 sound recording on cassette; analog. New York:
Harper Collins.
_______, Haboo: Native American Stories from Puget Sound, 1985.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 204 p.
_______, The Importance of Stories, 2003. A videorecording
featuring Vi Hilbert, produced and edited by Vi Hilbert and Zalmai Zahir.
Seattle: 4Culture [King County Landmarks and Heritage Commission, 2003.
Series: The Grandmother Video Project: Tape 3. One videocassette, 20
minutes, col. with b&w sequences.
_______, The Language of the First People, 2003. A
videorecording featuring Vi Hilbert, produced and edited by Vi Hilbert and
Zalmai Zahir. Seattle: 4Culture [King County Landmarks and Heritage
Commission, 2003. Series: The Grandmother Video Project: Tape 2. One
videocassette, 24 minutes, col. with b&w sequences.
_______, Traveling by Water, 2003. A videorecording featuring
Vi Hilbert, produced and edited by Vi Hilbert and Zalmai Zahir. Seattle:
4Culture [King County Landmarks and Heritage Commission, 2003.
Series: The Grandmother Video Project: Tape 1. One videocassette, 18
minutes, col. with b&w sequences.
_______, A View into Lushootseed Life, 2003. A videorecording
featuring Vi Hilbert, produced and edited by Vi Hilbert and Zalmai Zahir.
Seattle: 4Culture [King County Landmarks and Heritage Commission, 2003.
Series: The Grandmother Video Project: Tape 4. One videocassette, 18
minutes, col. with b&w sequences.
Holden, Madrona, "Making All the Crooked Ways Straight; the Satirical
Portrait of Whites in Coast Salish Folkore," in Journal of American
Folkore, vol. 89, no. 353 (July 1976), pp. 271-293.
Lushootseed Texts: an Introduction to Puget Salish Narrative
Aesthetics, narrated by Emma Conrad, Martha Lamount, Edward (Hagen)
Sam; translated by Crisc Bierwert, Vi Hilbert, Thomas M. Hess; edited by
Crisca Bierwert; annotations by T.C.S. Langen, 1996. Lincoln: University
of Nebraska Press, in cooperation with the American Indian Studies
Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington. illus, 325 p.
MacDonald, Margaret Read, The Storyteller's Sourcebook: a Subject,
Title and Motif Index to Folklore for Children, 1983-1999, 2001.
Detroit, MI.: Gale Group, 712p.
McMillan, Alan D., "When the Mountain Dwarfs Danced: Aboriginal Traditions
of Paleoseismic Events along the Cascadia Subduction Zone of Western North
America," in Ethnohistory, vol. 49, no. 1 (Winter 2002), pp.41-68.
Coming to Shore: Northwest Coast Ethnology, Traditions, and
Visions, Northwest Coast Ethnology COnference (2000: Paris, France),
2004. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 508p.
Peter, Susie Sampson, The Wisdom of a Skagit Elder, 1995.
Transcribed by Vi Hilbert, translated by Vi Hilbert and Jay Miller,
recorded by Leon Metcalf. Text in English and Salish; introductory
material in English. Seattle: Lushootseed Press, 351 p.
Seaburg, William R. and Pamela T. Amoss, ed., Badger and Coyote Were
Neighbors: Melville Jacobs on Northwest Indian Myths and Tales, 2000.
Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2000, 310p.
_______, Collecting Culture: the Practice and Ideology of Salvage
Ethnography in Western Oregon, 1994. Thesis (Ph.D) University of
Washington, 313p.
________, Pitch Woman and Other Stories, 2007. Lincoln: University
of Nebraska, 328p.
Sercombe, Laurel, And Then It Rained; Power and Song in Western
Washington Coast Salish Myth Narratives, 2001. Thesis (Ph.D)
University of Washington, 364 p.
Shelton, Ruth Sehome, The Wisdom of a Tulalip Elder, 1995. 1995.
Transcribed by Vi Hilbert, translated by Jay Miller, recorded by Leon
Metcalf. Text in English and Salish; introductory material in English.
Seattle: Lushootseed Press, 351 p.
Thompson, Stith, Motif-Index of Folk Literature: a Classification of
Narrative Elements in Folk Tales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Medieval
Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends, 1955-1958.
Bloomington, IN.: Indiana University Press, 6 volumes.
Thornton, Thomas F., "From Clan to Kwaanto Corporation; the Continuing
Complex Evolution of Tlingit Political Organization," in Wicazo Sa
Review, vol. 17, no. 2 (2002), pp. 167-194.
Tout, Charles Hill, "Ethnological Report on the Stseelis and Sk^cdot
Aulits Tribes of the Halokmelem Division of the Salish of British
Columbia," in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great
Britain and Ireland, vol. 34 (July 1904), pp. 311-376.
"Traveling by Water," 2003. A videorecording featuring Vi Hilbert,
produced and edited by Vi Hilbert and Zalmai Zahir. Seattle: 4Culture
[King County Landmarks and Heritage Commission, 2003. The Grandmother
Video Project: Tape 1. 1 videocassette, 18 minutes, col. with b&w
sequences.
Turner, Dolby, When the Rains Came and Other Legends of the Salish
People / as told to Dolby Turner, 1992. Victoria, B.C.: Orca Book
Publishers, 108p.
Walker, Deward E., Jr., in collaboration with Daniel N. Matthews, Nez
Perce Tales: the Myth Cycle, illustrations by Marc Seahmer, 1998.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 244p.
Waterman, Thomas Talbot, Notes on the Ethnology of the Indians of Puget
Sound, New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1973.
Originally published in Indian Notes and Monographs. Museum of the
American Indian, Heye Foundation. Misc. Series 59, New York, 1973.
________, Puget Sound Geography. MS 1864, in the National
Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, 1920.
This manuscript has been microfilmed and photocopies have been made from
the microfilm. Both microfilm and photocopies are held at the University
of Washington Libraries. Republished in 2001, with transcriptions of
place names in today's Salish alphabet along with new maps; edited with
additional materials from Vi Hilbert, Jay Miller and Zalmai Zahir.
Includes bibliographic references. Federal Way, WA>: Lushootseed Press,
375p.
White, Ellen, Legends and Teachings of Xeel's, the Creator, 2006.
Vancouver, B.C.: Pacific Educaitonal Press, 112 p.
Wickwire, Wendy C., "Stories from the Margins: Toward a More Inclusive
British Columbia Historiography," in Journal of American Folklore,
vol. 118, no. 470 (Fall 2005), pp. 453-474.
Writings about Vi Hilbert/ By Her Friends, 1993. Janet Yoder, ed.,
Seattle: Lushootseed Research, 109p.
Yoder, Janet and Vi Hilbert, eds., Lady Louse Lived There, 1996.
[Seattle?}: Lushootseed Press, 125p.
What should the island be? What does the island want? Students, Faculty,
and Community Guests discuss the future of Vashon.
Panel Discussion
Alberti, Marina, "The Effects of Urban Patterns on Ecosystem Function," in
International Regional Science Review, vol. 28 (April 2005),
pp.168-192. Draws on an empirical study of the Puget Sound Metropolitan
region currently developed at the University of Washington to propose
directions for future empirical research that can inform strategies to
minimize impacts on ecosystems.
Anderson-Connolly, Richard, "The Problem with Growth as the Solution," in
Challenge, vol. 49, no.1, January-February 2006, pp.90-118.
Fulltext available on Ebsco Business Source Premier.
Apostolopoulos, Yorghos, and Dennis J. Gayle, eds., Island Tourism and
Sustainable Development: Caribbean, Pacific, and Mediterranean
Experiences, 2002. Westport, CN: Praeger, 306p.
Brown, Merwin, et.al., Pacific Northwest Energy Independent Communities: a
10-Year Plan, 2005. Seattle, WA.: Institute for Environmental
Research and Education.
Calambokidis, John, Temporal
Trends in Contaminants in Puget Sound Harbor Seals, 1999. Prepared
for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Puget Sound Water Quality
Action Team. Seattle, WA: Cascadia Research.
Cohen, Andrew N., An
Exotic Species Detection Program for Puget Sound, 2004.
Oakland, CA: San Francisco Estuary Institute, with funding from the
National Estuary Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Publication #OTH04-02 [Olympia, WA: Puget Sound Action Team, 2004?]52p.
Destination
2030 The Puget Sound Regional Council
comprehensive transportation plan attempts to measure and anticipate
changes across King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish Counties and plan
accordingly for transportation needs. Constantly updated and modified.
(The Puget Sound Regional Council site is off-line at least from
9/12/06; the link to Destination 2030 will be restored when the site
comes back up.)
Deneen, Sally, "Sustainable Islands," in E: the Environmental
Magazine, vol. 14, issue 3 (May/June 2003), p. 10. (Concerns Rita
Schenck and the Institute for Environmental Research and Education.)
Fletcher, Geoffrey H., "The Future of Wireless and Title II D,"
(editorial), in THE Journal (Technological Horizons in Education,
vol. 32, no. 8 (March 2005), p.6(2). Concerns Vashon School District.
Gaul, Karen K. and Jackie Hiltz, eds., Landscapes and Communities on
the Pacific Rim: Cultural Perspectives from Asia to the Pacific
Northwest,
2000. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 254p.
Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small island
Developing States, Small Islands, Big Issues: Crucial Issues in the
Sustainable Development of Small Developing Islands, 1995. Helsinki:
United Nations University/World Institute for Development Economic
Research, 156p.
Goldberg, David William, Designing Within a Continuum: Interventions at
the Harrington-Beall-Hooper Greenhouse Farm, 1996. Thesis (M.Arch.),
University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 87 p., illus.
Haida Gwai, the Queen Charlottes: Islands in the Web of Life
[videorecording], dir. Barbara Barde, Why Not Productions, Inc. Toronto,
Ont.: Up Front Entertainment [2006]. DVD, 57 minutes.
This film concerns the Charlotte Islands and the Haida people who are
seeking forms of modern resource management that will lead to a
sustainable economy and environmental protection.
Henson, Anna, Conceptual Design of a Solar-Thermal Heating System
with Seasonal Storage for Vashon Greenhouse, 2006. Thesis
(M.S.M.E.)-University of Washington, 130p.
Jacobson, Eron,. Minimizing the Cost of Wind Energy for Vashon Island:
a Low Wind Speed Site, 2005. Thesis (M.S.M.E.) University of
Washington. 169 p., bib., illus. (UW)
Kakazu, Hiroshi, Sustainable Development of Small Island Economies,
1994. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 228p. Case studies.
Karasz, Hilary N., Anti-Corporate Collectivists, Capable
Individualists, and Relativists: A Q-Methodological Exploration of
Audiences for Health Communication about Contaminated Soils, 2006.
Thesis (Ph.D)-University of Washington, 196p.
Mills, Mary Lou and the Working Group on Protecting Marine Life,
Strategy and Recommended Action List for Protection and Restoration
of Marine Life in the Inland Waters of Washington State, [1999].
[Seattle, WA?:] Puget Sound/Georgia Basin International Task Force, 38p.
Piro, Rocky, "Integrating Land Use Policy into Regional Transport
Planning: The Metropolitan Planning Process in the Central Puget Sound
Region of Washington State, USA," in Spatial Planning, Urban Form and
Sustainable Transport, ed. Katie Williams, 2005. Burlington, VT:
Ashgate, 226p.
Sanders, Jeffrey C., Inventing Ecotopia: Nature, Culture, and Urbanism
in Seattle, 1960-2000, 2005. Thesis (Ph.D): University of New Mexico,
421p.
Seeking Sustainability [videorecording], 2002. Seattle, WA: UNTV,
4 videocassettes (216 minutes). Conference held on November 18, 2002 at
the
University of Washington; the 6th program in the Denman Forestry Issues
Series. The conference brings together public and private land managers,
academicians and private landowners on the subject of sustainability.
Shareef, Riaz Ibrahim, "Country Risk Ratings of Small Island Tourism
Economies," (February 2004). FEEM Working Paper No. 25.2004. For a copy
of this report, contact the author at ishareef@ecel.uwa.edu.au (Citation
and abstract found on SSRN--Social Science Research Network--.)
"Vashon Island's Affordability Future,"on
Seattle Bubble. Blog posting by The Tim (Timothy Ellis), April
3, 2006, describing a Vashon Maury Island Chamber of
Commerce discussion/debate concerning development and growth on Vashon.
Verlaan, Vincent, People on Islands, 1995. Victoria: Ministry of
Municipal Affairs, Islands Trust. Microfiche. Toronto. Microlog 97-02225.
1 fiche. Summary of a forum focusing on the challenges and values of the
Georgia Basin/Puget Sound island communities: sustainable development,
protection of natural areas, effective governance. Includes
recommendations on marine protection, voluntary stewardship,
infrastructure options, economic development, building public support,
evaluation of progress toward goals.
Zelo, Ian Joseph, Group Nourishment at North Beach, Samish Island: The
Future of Single Family Residential Erosion Protection in Puget
Sound?, 2000. Thesis (M.M.A.)-University of Washington, 95p. Examines
shore protection and conflict management in a case study of Samish island,
Washington.
Lecturer: Dr. Joseph Meeker
Part I. STORIES---A Bibliography
Bettleheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance
of Fairy Tales. New York: Random House, 1977, 328p.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer. The Mists of Avalon. New York: Ballentine
Books, 1982., 876p.
Bryant, Dorothy. Myths to Lie By: Short Pieces. Berkeley: ATA
Books, 1984, 191p.
Campbell, Joseph. Hero With a Thousand Faces. New York: Meridian
Books,
1967, 416p.
_______, The Power of Myth. New York: Doubleday, 1988. See also
the
six-part VHS video series of the Bill Moyers' interview with Joseph
Campbell, The Power of Myth: with Bill Moyers, Public Affairs
Television, Inc., 1988 231p.
Cameron, Anne. Daughters of Copper Woman. Vancouver, BC: Press Gang
Publishers, 1981, 151p.
Carse, James P. Finite and Infinite Games. New York: Ballentine,
1986, 152 p.
Coles, Robert. The Call of Stories. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin,
1989, 212p.
Chatwin, Bruce. The Songlines. New York: Penguin, 1987, 293p.
Donaldson, O. Fred. Playing by Heart: The Vision and Practice of
Belonging. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, 1993, 246p.
Eliade, Mircea. Myth and Reality. New York: Harper's, 1963, 204p.
Frazer, James G. The Golden Bough. New York: MacMillan, 1949, 752p.
Freud, Sigmund. Totem and Taboo: Resemblance Between the Psychic Llives
of Savages and Neurotics. New York: Vintage Books, 1946, 207p.
Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths. New York: George Braziller,
1957, 2 vol.
_____, The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth. New
York: Vintage, 1958, 541p.
Jung, Carl, and Carl Kirenyi. Essays on a Science of Mythology: The
Myths of the Divine Child and the Divine Maiden. New York: Harper & Row,
1963, 200p.
____, Psyche and Symbol: A Selection from the Writings of C.G.
Jung. New York: Anchor, 1958, 363p.
Lockhart, Russell. Words as Eggs: Psyche in Language and Clinic.
Dallas, TX: Spring Publications, 1983, 233p.
Lopez, Barry. Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with His Daughter:
Coyote Builds North America. Kansas City, MO: Sheed, Andrews & McNeil,
1977,
186p.
Meeker, Ezra, Pioneer Reminiscences of Puget Sound: An Account of the
Coming of the First Americans..., Seattle, WA: Historical
Society of Seattle and King County, 1980, 199p. Reprint of edition first
published by Lowman & Hanford Stationary and Printing Co., Seattle, 1905.
______, The Tragedy of Leschi, Seattle, WA: Historical Society of
Seattle and King County, 1980. 259p. First published by Lowman & Hanford
Stationary and Print Co., Seattle, 1905. The original edition
is publicly available online at
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history_detail.aspx?p=7
Monaghan, Patricia. The Book of Goddesses and Heroines. New York:
E.P. Dutton, 1981, 318p.
Vansina, Jan. Oral Tradition as History. Madison, WI: Univ. of
Wisconsin Press, 1985, 258p.
Walker, Barbara. The Womans's Encyclopedia of Myths and
Secrets. New York: Harper & Row, 1983, 1,124p.
Waters, Frank. The Book of the Hopi. New York: Ballentine, 1963,
423p.
Part II. ORAL HISTORY---Collections and Methods
American
Slave Narratives; An Online Anthology [electronic resource],
University of Virginia, as part of the American Hypertext Workshop,
1996. Publicly available online at
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy
Project[electronic resource], Seattle, WA: 2000-. Publicly
available; connect online to http://www.densho.org/
Dougherty, Jack,
"From Anecdote to Analysis: Oral Interviews and New
Scholarship in Educational History," in The Journal of American
History, vol. 86, no. 2 (September 1999). Fulltext of this article is
publicly available at:
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/86.2/dougherty.html
Fletcher, William, Recording Your Family History: A Guide to Preserving
Oral History Using Audio and Video Tape. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press,
revised edition, 1989.
In the First Person; An Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories and
Personal Narratives; an electronic resource. This commercially
published database is available at the University of Washington Libraries
and to the current UW students, faculty and staff community. 2006-. It
provides in-depth indexing of over 2,500 collections of oral histories in
English from around the world. Content continues to be added to the
database
Jacobs, Sue-Ellen, Susan Armitage and Katherine Anderson, A Handbook
for Life History Research, [1998?]. Seattle, WA: ASUW Publishing,
73p.
Knight, Margot H., compiler, Directory of Oral History in Washington
State. Pullman, WA: Washington State Univeristy, 1981, 76p. Now
seriously out of date.
Martin, Ruth R., Oral History in Social Work: Research, Assessment and
Intervention. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995, 153p.
Oral History
Association This organization brings together people from all over
the world interested in the collection and decemination of oral histories.
It also develops recommended guidelines and rigorous principles and
standards for the development of oral history projects. The Oral History
Association publishes and recommends a number of helpful publications,
including:
Oral
History Resources for the State of WashingtonThe Washington State
Oral History Program has two main goals: first to record, transcribe and
publish the recollection of state political figures, officials and
citizens who have shaped the political history of the state; second to
assist state agencies, schools, museums, historical societies and other
groups in creating oral history materials for educational purposes. This
site provides many valuable links to oral history resources in general and
pertinent to the state, including all the websites of oral histories
completed by this state program.
Richie, Donald A., Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide. Oxford;
New York, NY.: Oxford University Press, 2003, 2nd edition, 318p.
Sommer, Barbara W. and Mary Kay Quinlan, The Oral History Manual.
Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 2002, 129p.
National Storytelling Network
The mission of this nonprofit organization is to advance the art of
storytelling through performance and teaching through the many activities
of its members.
Suquamish Tribal Oral History Project, A Guide for Oral History in the
Native American Community, developed by the Suquamish Tribal Oral
History Project, Suquamish Tribal Cultural Center, 1984 rev.ed., 72p.
Veterans History
Project [electronic resource], a project of the Folklife
Center of the Library of Congress. This website brings together a long
list of oral and text collections of veterans from World War I to the
current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Publicly available online at
http://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.html
Yow, Valerie Raleigh, Recording Oral History: A Guide for the Humanities
and Social Sciences. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2005, 2nd edition,
398p.
Part III. ISLAND STORIES---Tales and Reminiscences
Anderson, Richard C., Portraits of Vashon Island, 1970. Port
Blakely, WA: Siegel-Anderson. 24 p., chiefly illus.
Andrews, Jill, and Shirley Ferris, ed., Fisher Creek Watershed Stories:
As Told by Its Neighbors, Vashon, WA: Vashon Maury Island Land Trust,
1998.
_______, and Kajira Wyn Berry, ed., The Nature of an Island: Stories
and Poems by Vashon-Maury Island Writers, 2001. Vashon Island, WA: Sand
Dollar Press, 114 pages.
Berry, Don, The Islanders: An Anthology, 1978. Vashon, WA: ARC/VAA.
72 p.
Brooks, June, A Melange of on the Rock Plus Loof Lirpa Spoofs, and
other Vashon Island Drollery, 1986. Vashon, WA.: Red Barn Studios.
48p.
Caffiere, Blanche Hamilton, Much Laughter, a Few Tears: Memoirs of a
Woman's Friendship with Betty MacDonald and Her Family, 1992. Vashon,
WA.: Blue Gables Publishing. 159 p., illus.
________, et.al., The Past Remembered II: Vashon-Maury Island
Memories, 1991. Vashon Island, WA.: Vashon-Maury Island Heritage
Association. 244 p., illus. Note: Continues: "The Past Remembered: a
Vashon-Maury Island Student-Community Project," edited by Marj Watkins and
Garland Norin. "A Washington State Centennial Project partially funded by
a grant from the King County Centennial Commission to the Vashon-Maury
Island Heritage Association." Vashon, WA.: Vashon Island Public Schools,
c.1978.
Carey, Roland, Isle of the Sea Breezes, Seattle, WA.: Alderbrook
Publishing Co., 1976.
Delbridge, Joyce, Ferry Tales from Puget Sound, 1986. Vashon, WA.:
Vashon Point Productions. 104 p., illus.
Fitzpatrick, Reed, A Pictorial Review of Vashon Island, 1974.
Seattle, WA.: Mayfair Press.
Haugen, Janet O. Pioneers of Vashon--And Much, Much More, 1985.
[Vashon, WA.: Janet Haugen.] 45 p., illus.
Hinderer, Judith, et.al, editors, Ellisport Creek Watershed Stories: As
Told by Its Neighbors, 1999. Vashon, WA.: Vashon-Maury Island Land
Trust. 20p.
Holtz, Rayna, et.al., editors, Shinglemill Creek Watershed Stories: As
Told by Its Neighbors, 1996. Vashon, WA.: Vashon-Maury Island Land
Trust. 24p.
Speidel, Bill, Tight Little Island; a "Good God!" Guide to Vashon/Maury
Island, [n.p., [n.d], [n.p.].
Stanley, Marjorie Rose, Historical---Sometimes Hysterical---Rhymes of
Vashon-Maury Island, illus. by Judith Manerud Lawrence. Historical
notes by Garland Baker Norin. Vashon, WA.: Beachcomber Press, 1984.
Van Olinda, Oliver S., Nothin' Much: a Composite Picture of Life in the
Northwest, 1936. Vashon, WA.: [n.p.], 72p.
Part IV. INTERPRETATIONS---Island Stories Told by Others
Baker, Linda, "Flourishing in Puget Sound with a Counterculture Past,
New York Times, February 3, 2006, p.F11.
Klingbeil, Abigail, "Quiet, Rural Lifestyle Has Own Pleasures, Demands:
Neighborhood of the Week - Vashon Island," Seattle Times, May 7,
2006, p.G6. Recent tribute to Vashon Character and something of an
antidote to the infamous Linda Baker article in the New York Times
(see above).
McKinnon, Heather, "Discovering the 'country' of Vashon; Island Life - A
Monthly Series on Northwest Islands," Seattle Times, February 27,
2005, p. K8.
Pokorny-Warner, Kym, "Vashon's Back in Fashion," Oregonian, August
21, 1990, Foodday Section, p.1. A very brief history or agriculture on
Vashon and the recent successful return to small farm gardens producing
organic fruits and vegetables.
Robinson, Frances, "Kelsey's Cash Cow: a Determined Teenager Started Her
Own Dairy, Producing Milk, Butter and Fine Cheeses from Brie to Blue," in
Mother Earth News, October-November 2005, no. 212, p.90(3).
Ryciak, Ritzy, "Farm Tours Fill Your Basket with the Freshest," Seattle
Post Intelligencer, August 24, 2006, Getaways Section, p.4. illus.
Suskind, Jonathan, "Vashon Reaps What it Sows; Renewed Food Industry
Proves Sound Course," Seattle Post Intelligencer, June 20, 1990,
p.C1.
Vlahos, James, "In The Company of Fools: Welcome to Vashon Island,
Washington, and the Headquarters of K2 Skis: It's Like the Isle of Misfit
Toys, Except Here the Toys Work---and the Elves Hang Around the Kegerator,
in Skiing, January 1, 2006, v.58, no.5, p.96.
Wong, Brad, "A Mother's Day Call for Peace; Community Keeps Humor in
Anti-War Event," in Seattle Post Intelligencer, May 15, 2006, p.
B1.
Vashon Island Press (1895-1900*), available Jun.4,
1895-Feb.2,1897.
Vashon Island News (1907-1920*), May 24,1907-Jun.17, 1915.
Vashon Island Record, Oct.26,1916-Dec.11,1919.
Vashon Island News-Record, Dec.18, 1919-Aug.31, 1933; Jun.17,
1937-Jun.3, 1954.
Islander News-Record, Dec.5, 1929-Dec.26, 1940; Nov.27, 1941-May
29, 1958.
Island Views, Jun.16, 1948-Aug.4,1949.
Island Shopping News, Feb.9,1950-Jun.28, 1951.
Islander, Jan. 7, 1954-May 27, 1954.
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, Dec.12, 1957-Dec.30, 1970;
Jan.3,1980-date.
The Clam Cove Report
The Ticket
The Loop
* Beginning and closing dates as reported in Marlene Mitchell,
Washington Newspapers: Territorial and State; A Bibliography and
Checklist, 1964. Thesis (M.A. Communications), University of
Washington, Seattle. 429p. To determine start and close dates, Mitchel
relied on a variety of sources but most frequently on city directory
entries in those cases where the actual newspapers have not survived.
The Vashon Loop
Vashon History.com
Vashon Island
Community Center
Vashon Island
Rotary Club
University of Washington
Libraries Digital Collection
Vashon
Guide.com
Vashon
Island Wikipedia Entry
Vashon Library
Vashon Map
Vashon-Maury Island
Beachcomber
Vashon-Maury Island Chamber of
Commerce
Vashon-Maury Island
Community Council
Vashon-Maury Island King County Natural Resources and Parks Water and
Land Resources Division
Vashonisland.net
Part II. SPECIFIC COMMUNITY GROUPS, SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES
BaaHaus Animal Rescue
Group
Backbone
Campaign
The Harbor School,
Sustainable
Vashon: A Learning and Action Network
Vashon Allied
Arts
Vashon College
Vashon Island Pet
Protectors,
Vashon-Maury Island
Green Party of Washington
Vashon-Maury
Island Heritage Association
Vashon-Maury
Senior Center
Vashon Parks
District
Vashon Youth & Family
Services
Vashon
YMCA
VashonBePrepared
Wolftown!
"No Ethical Lapse for Council Aide; Gravel-Mine Expansion/Ombudsman
Rejects Complaints Filed by Firm over Maury Island Pier [fourth edition],"
Seattle Times, June 6, 2006, p.B4.
"Crack Down to Save Sound, Activists Urge; People Who Value Puget Sound
Say Government Has Failed to Uphold Laws that Protect It, Activists Speak
Out at a Hearing [South Sound Edition]," The News Tribune, May 19,
2006, p.B1.
"Permit for Dock Comes with Rules; Maury Island Project in Works---Some
Worry It Will Harm Salmon, Orcas," Seattle Times, March 15, 2006,
p. B2.
"Tons of Trouble," Seattle Weekly, February 22, 2006, p.19+ (4862
words). This article is a more wide ranging review of marine animals and
Puget Sound. Not available from Washington News Stand. Go directly to Tons of
Trouble, on Seattle Weekly web site.
"Judge Blocks Permit for Gravel-Mine Dock," Seattle Post
Intelligencer, p. B5.
"Gravel-Mine Expansion Likely to Be Put on Hold; Judge Indicates Permits
Will Be Delayed; Controversial Maury Island Operation [fourth edition],"
Seattle Times, January 22, 2005, p. B1.
"Killer Whales: Protection from Us," Seattle Post Intelligencer,
December 14, 2005, p. B8 (editorial).
"Efforts to Protect Orcas May Have Wide Impact; Public Urged to Comment on
the Conservation Plan," Seattle Post Intelligencer, December 13,
2005, p. B1.
"Tree-Cut Complaint Heightens Tensions Over Mine," Seattle Times,
December 5, 2005, p. B1.
"Expansion of Maury Island Gravel Mine Appealed [final edition],"
Seattle Post Intelligencer, December 4, 2004, p. B2.
"Feds Make Dramatic Move to Save Orcas; Puget Sound Pod Put on Endangered
Species List---Advocates Hail Decision but Experts Are Uncertain How
Far-Reaching Its Impact Will Be,"
Committed to stopping the Glacier Northwest sand and gravel expansion
plan.
VASHON AND THE WORLD: ECONOMY AND SOCIAL IMPORTANCE
WITHIN THE REGION AND BEYOND
University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences K-12Project:
Tornado off Vashon
Daniels, P.W., K.C. Ho and T.A. Hutton, eds., Service Industries and
Asia-Pacific Cities: New Development Trajectories, 2005. New York,
NY.: Routledge, 332p. Note in particular the essay "Service industries
and development trajectories in the Seattle metropolitan region," by W.B.
Beyers.
This multi-partnered international
initiative works to improve sustainability in the Georgia Basin. Begun in
1998, the project looks at the "inland sea" and the land surrounding it as
a clearly defined ecosystem, extending from the Straits of Georgia, Juan
de Fuca and Puget Sound down to Olympia. See also:
GeorgiaBasin-Puget Sound:Ecosystem indicators Report, [2002].
Washington State Department of Ecology publication no. 02-02-002. (Also
available electronically from the Georgia Basin Action Plan web site
shown above.)
Analyses of changes between 1976 and
1998 in land use, urban forestry and environmental conditions affecting
Puget Sound; includes explanations of the use of Geographic Information
Systems technology to measure environmental change with particular focus
on trees and forests.
Who Lives Here? A Demographic Picture of Island
Residents
**
Census tract number:
277.01(roughly north of Quartermaster Harbor)
277.02 (from Quartermaster south, including Maury island)
Street address
Zip codes:
98070
98013
This document is a good example of how the U.S. Census continues
to update information based on findings of the 2000 Census. This
particular report includes significant information about current poverty
levels in America. Statistics apply down to the state level.
Many data categories are available; be sure and click on the "More..."
link.
MYTHS AND WORLD VIEW
illustration by Marc Seahmer, from Nez Perce
Coyote Tales: the Myth Cycle
Azzolina, David S., Tale Type- and motif-indexes: an annotated
Bibliography, 1987. New York: Garland Press, 105p.
FUTURE VASHON: A PANEL DISCUSSION
The Vashon Bridge Opens; Island Skyline Lights Up the Night!
Is
this our future?
STORIES, PLACE, AND IDENTITY
Ezra Meeker with a crowd at
Tenino.
Property of Special Collections,University of Washington Libraries.
Guidelines and Principles of the Oral History
Association, 1992. Los Angeles, CA: Oral History Association, 1992,
16p.
Oral History Evaluation Guidelines, 2nd edition, 1991.
Oral History for the Family Historian: A Basic Guide, 2006. Linda
Barnickel, 70p.
Oral History Projects in Your Classroom, 2001. Linda P. Wood,
87p.
Using Oral History in Community History Projects, 1992. Laurie
Mercier and Madeline Buckley, 34p. (Now out of print but available from
ORA in photocopy)
Rapturous description of Vashon Island's fresh produce, dairy, honey
and flower farms.
Lengthy article celebrating the success of small Vashon farms and the work
of the Vashon Island Growers Association.
FILMS
The Business of Fancy Dancing [dvd]. FallsApart Production.
Written and directed by Sherman Alexie, produced by Scott Rosenfelt and
Larry Estes. Distributed by Wellspring Media, New York, NY, 2003.
(feature film, some scenes shot on location on Vashon Island, Washington)
(UW)
NEWSPAPERS
This list is arranged chronologically and represents those papers for
which at least some issues survive. The most complete collection of
island newspapers is at the University of Washington Libraries in Seattle.
The earliest surviving issue of a Vashon paper is the Vashon Island
Press, from 1895.
Vashon Public Library and UW Libraries microfilm A6139
Thought to be the first newspaper on Vashon and Maury islands. A
few original papercopy issues are held at the UW Libraries as well as
the microfilm.
UW Libraries microfilm A3973
Merged with the Vashon Island Record to form the Vashon Island
News-Record.
UW Libraries microfilm A3973
Merged with the Vashon Island News to form the Vashon
Island News-Record.
UW Libraries microfilm A3973
Formed by the merger of Vashon Island News and Vashon
Island Record.
UW Libraries microfilm A3973
UW Libraries microfilm A4551
Formed by the union of the Vashon Island News-Record and
The Islander.
UW Libraries microfilm A3973
UW Libraries microfilm A3973
Merged with Vashon Island News Record, to form the
Islander News Record.
UW Libraries microfilm A5891
Absorbed Islander News-Record
WEBSITES FOR VASHON AND MAURY ISLANDS
Part I. One General Sites
"To inform and amuse~to provoke thinking and activism" Published every
other week
Rigorously researched history of the history of Vashon and Maury islands,
the site is a work in progress; extensive bibliography
King County Records, Elections and Licensing Services Division website
"Service above self"
Searchable collections of historic Vashon and Maury Island photographs,
including hundreds of historical photographs from the Oliver Van Olinda
collection, depicting early pioneer activities and community development,
1880's to the 1930's.
A guide to things to do on Vashon-Maury Island with current information on
dates and times of many sorts of activities.
Includes information about both Maury and Vashon on demographics, economy,
geography, people of note and external links
King County Library System branch library.
Interactive map showing names and locations of many Vashon businesses,
parks, schools, other points of interest.
The local weekly newspaper
Includes current business directory, visitor information, etc.
Our recognized Unincorporated King County Area Community Council, serving
the island since 1933
The King County government web page for Vashon and Maury with many links
to studies on water, local farms, soil studies, forestry programs, etc.
"A place for Community, Information and Fun!" Contains assorted links.
Nonprofit sanctuary for abused, neglected, unwanted island farm animals
Grassroots organization to "embolden citizens and
elected officials to stand up for progressive values.
Private school offering classes for grades 4 through 8
Sustainable Vashon is composed of a variety of action groups, each working
on a specific area of sustainability, such as climate change, biodiesel ,
Green Housing (building and maintaining sustainable homes), sustainable
agriculture and many other issues.
One of the oldest and certainly most active community arts centers in
Washington State
Founded in 1892 and destroyed by fire in 1912, Vashon College was reborn
in 2005 under the auspices of the Vashon Rotary Club, repurposed to be a
catalyst for lifelong learning.
Nonprofit organization working for the welfare of island animals,
particularly dogs, cats, puppies and kittens
Local group of progressives "working to preserve the Vashon and Maury
Islands' ecosytem and positive culture."
Collecting and preserving island history and artifacts.
Promotes the well-being of older adults by improving the social,
intellectual, physical and mental health and well being of seniors.
Keep up with all the youth and adult activities, park issues, and
volunteer opportunities
Offers a variety of social services in support of island youth and
families.
Part of YMCA of Greater Seattle.
The
mission of the Vashon Island Emergency Management Area (VIEMA), a King
County authorized, Island-based organization, and the Vashon Disaster
Preparedness Coalition (VDPC) is to create and implement a disaster
preparedness plan, which would be put into place in response to a natural
or environmental disaster, a terrorist attack or public health emergency.
Nonprofit organization involved in rescue and rehabilitation of wolves and
horses
Last modified: Thursday September 7, 2006 (pearson)