Video recording of Kurt Olsen, President and CEO of Envision Innovation, from the 2017 WILLO Storytelling Festival.

Video of the WILLO Fourth Annual Storytelling Festival in a shortened format.

Video recording of Tamiko Nimura, Japanese American Historian and Freelance Writer, from the 2018 WILLO Storytelling Festival.

Video recording of Lin Zhou, President & CEO, Bates Technical College, from the 2019 WILLO Storytelling Festival.

Hilltop Library Planning Committee includes: front row, Bil Moss and Billie Johnstone; back row, Ellen Smith, Al Nurse and Linda Oliver. This group oral history interview was taken by dindria barrow on behalf of the Community Archives Center of the Tacoma Public Library at the Red Elm Cafe on October 13, 2022.

Foundational documents of the Hilltop Library Planning Committee with information about its members, mission, values and goals. Background information on the previous Martin Luther King, Jr. library branch is included. Slides from a presentation about the committee's activities are included. Community cafes were conducted at the Peace Community Center and library usage data was collected from people in attendance. The final document contains a cost outline from the City of Tacoma for rebuilding a library in the Hilltop neighborhood.

• The First Bank of Wilkeson prospered when the town was a booming mining town, but went bankrupt in the depression of the thirties and the building is no longer there. circa 1909.
• Printed on Front: The First Bank of Wilkeson, Wash.

• Message on back: Expect to take a trip to Tacoma Saturday. Will call you up when I arrive. Have been worked almost to death today and don't balance either. Best regards to all. Tobie Jan. 28-09
• Addressee: Miss Signe Iverson 2324 So. L St. Tacoma, Wash.

• Residents stand at the Wilkeson railroad bridge looking at the damage caused by the flood of March 1910. Wilkeson was named in 1877 for Northern Pacific secretary Samuel Wilkeson, and incorporated in 1909. circa 1910.
• Message on front: Wilkeson, Wash. How would you like to go boat riding here?

• Message on back: 3/18-10 How are you & the rest of the folks? Things unusually quiet here. Best regards to all. Tobie
• Addressee: Miss Signe Iverson 2324 So. L St. Tacoma, Wash.

The Trommald Building in Enumclaw, located at 1523-1525 Cole St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. circa 1930. Printed on front: Sreet Scene--Enumclaw, Wn.

Bellingham was originally several smaller towns, but was consolidated in 1903. It is located in Whatcom County on Bellingham Bay. circa 1908. Printed on front: Cor. Elk and Holly Streets, Bellingham, Wash.

Message on back: Tobie & 1912 Model T at Point Defiance Pavillion

• Constructed in 1892 of stacked logs, the Rustic Bridge in Point Defiance Park was dismantled in 1920. circa 1907.
• Printed on front: Rustic Bridge, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, Washington.

• According to HistoryLink.org, this Totem Pole was stolen by members of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce from the Tlingit Tribe, while the group was on a "Good Will" tour of southeast Alaskan ports, sponsored by the Seattle Post Intelligencer. 8 men were indicted in Federal court but never served papers--and the suit was later dismissed by a U.S. District Court judge, as one of his first acts in office, after he was "entertained at the Rainier Club" while visiting Seattle. The Tlingits wanted $20,000 for the stolen item--the Seattle post Intelligencer ended up paying them $500. After the original was damaged by fire in 1938, it was replaced by a replica carved by the descendants of the people who created the original pole. circa 1909.
• Printed on front: Totem Pole and Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington

• View of bustling downtown Seattle, with more streetcars visible than automobiles. circa 1911.
• Printed on front: Second Avenue, Seattle, Washington

• Located at 810 Third Avenue in Seattle, this card depicts what the proposed building was to look like. Still recognizable from the picture on the card, the completed building didn't have the raised middle section or the clock tower. It was completed in 1908. circa 1908.
• Printed on front: Central Building, Seattle, Washington.

• Message on back: 5/24/08 Just ready to leave for Tacoma. We didn't get to see the fleet as we expected. Seattle--as busy as ever. Don't think I'll get to see Victor before I go. Hope to see you tomorrow. L. P.
• Addressee: Miss Signe Iverson 2324 So. L St., Tacoma, Wash.

• A group of loggers rest outside of a tent and lean-to after a long day, listening to music. A Victrola and an early phonograph occupy prominent positions beside the tent, and Edison cylinder records are stacked inside the phonograph and lined up on a makeshift table. A picture of Edison can be seen on some of the cylinders. circa 1910.
• Printed on front: Evening Camp 1 Polson Logging Co Hoquiam Wn

• A group of loggers pose in front of a steam-powered "donkey engine" and its accompanying "donkey house" shelter. The Polson Logging Camps were located near Hoquiam in Grays Harbor, Washington. circa 1910.
• Printed on front: Camp 4 Swing Polson Logging Co Hoquiam Wn

• A large group of lumbermen and a dog pose in front of portable housing units that rest on rails. circa 1910.
• Printed on front: Camp 4 Polson Logging Co Hoquiam Wn

A group of hard working loggers rest on and against a large tree recently felled. A cable is stretched taut in front of them. The photo was probably taken at one of the Polson Company logging camps near Hoquiam, Washington. circa 1910.