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Oral history interview with Goldie Caughlan, February 4, 2004

This 2004 interview is with Goldie Caughlan, Nutrition Education Manager at the Puget Consumers Co-op (now PCC Natural Markets) in Seattle, and was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Caughlan considers the intersecting stories of her interests in the socio-economic and environmental aspects of hunger, food, and nutrition; the history and evolution of the PCC; and…
ID Number:2019.35.8.4
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Mike Finger and Kimberly Finger, January 27, 2004

This late-January 2004 interview is with Mike and Kim Finger at Cedarville Farm, near Deming, Washington, and was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. The farm, certified organic, produces nearly 40 kinds of vegetables, along with eggs, chickens, flowers, and herbs. In the interview, Mike reflects on the advantages and disadvantages of starting with an existing…
ID Number:2019.35.8.5
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Joanna Buehler, January 16, 2006

Interview with Joanna Buehler, an environmentalist and founder of Save Lake Sammamish, conducted by Wendi Willeford for the Urban by Nature Oral History Project in January 2006.
ID Number:2019.35.10.1
Date:2006
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Oral history interview with Charles V. (Tom) Gibbs., December 22, 2010

Interview with Charles V. (Tom) Gibbs, the former executive director of Seattle Metro, conducted by Marsha King at KCTS Studios in Seattle for the Experienced Leaders Oral History Project in December. Topics discussed include his background, his military service and career, and his environmental activism.
ID Number:2019.35.16.7
Date:2010
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You Have the Right to Know: Puget Sound Clean Up, Community Television Agency program, March 21, 1989

Started in 1976 by Virginia Brookbush, CTA produced up to seven half-hour public access television shows a week in the late 1970s and 1980s. Designed to let anyone use public air time to talk about local issues, CTA produced regular shows like "You Have the Right to Know," "Community Bulletin Board," "Visiting Over the Backyard Fence," "This Town's Talent," and…
ID Number:2021.84.06
Date:1989
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Visiting Over the Backyard Fence: Roof Top Gardens for Clear Air, Community Television Agency program, June 26, 1989

Started in 1976 by Virginia Brookbush, CTA produced up to seven half-hour public access television shows a week in the late 1970s and 1980s. Designed to let anyone use public air time to talk about local issues, CTA produced regular shows like "You Have the Right to Know," "Community Bulletin Board," "Visiting Over the Backyard Fence," "This Town's Talent," and…
ID Number:2021.84.17
Date:1989
Image of Environmental march at WTO protests, Seattle, November 29, 1999
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Environmental march at WTO protests, Seattle, November 29, 1999

The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2024.54.06.05
Date:1999
Image of Environmental march at WTO protests, Seattle, November 29, 1999
Photograph

Environmental march at WTO protests, Seattle, November 29, 1999

The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2024.54.18.22
Date:1999
Image of An Anti-Nuclear Songbook as performed by Shelly & the Crustaceans, circa 1980
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An Anti-Nuclear Songbook as performed by Shelly & the Crustaceans, circa 1980

Shelly & the Crustaceans was a Seattle-based musical group that performed songs related to the peace, environmental and anti-nuclear movements from 1977 through 1985. This twelve-page booklet of songs performed by the group features a cover photo of Shelly & the Crustaceans performing, and background on the group's formation on the inside cover. Each page of the booklet has song…
ID Number:2025.7.1
Date:Circa 1980
Image of Irrigation canal near Pasco, May 15, 1948
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Irrigation canal near Pasco, May 15, 1948

Although the Columbia River carries a huge volume of water through eastern Washington, rainfall in the area is low and the land is very dry. Columbia River Project planners dreamed of a system of dams and channels which would give farmers a steady supply of water to grow wheat, sugar beets and other crops. After the completion of the Grand…
ID Number:PI22145
Date:1948
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