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Washington State Library a leader in Early Learning

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Profiles of Washington Territorial Librarians - Walter Newlin and James Ferry

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160 Years of Service to the People of Washington

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From the desk of Kim Wyman, Secretary of State. From its beginnings as the Washington Territorial Library in 1853, the Washington State Library has played a major role preserving and providing public access to

The One Minute Jail Sentence

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From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library The following news article describes what was most probably the shortest jail sentence in Washington State history.

Profiles of Washington Territorial Librarians – Elwood Evans 1877-1879

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Oh, the places you’ll go! (Part 3)

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Note: this article is part three of a multi-part series on the Origins and the Historic Locations of the Washington Territorial Library. If you have not read part one, please click here to access the article.