Another grant cycle for the Washington Rural Heritage project is wrapping up! The folks at the Washington State Library are working with participants from all over the state to put finishing touches on new and existing digital collections. In the past year, nearly 2,000 items have been added to Washington Rural Heritage, a digital collection hosted by the State Library. Five new collections were created, 10 libraries became project partners, and nearly 20 partnerships were formed between libraries and local museums, historical societies, and private contributors. Here are the projects completed for this grant and links to the collections: The Asotin County Library, thanks to a gift from the Nez Perce County Historical Society, digitized 98 photographs and 11 prints taken by freelance photographer Al Munson in the Asotin County area from 1950 to 1952. They include community members, community events, buildings, and storefronts. See the images at our Asotin County Heritage page. The La Center, Ridgefield, and Woodland library branches from the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District partnered with the La Center Historical Museum, the Woodland Historical Museum Society, and private contributor Charlotte Clevidence to digitize items related to the communities and history of north Clark and south Cowlitz counties. The collaborative efforts of these libraries has been aggregated into a new collection, Clark-Cowlitz Heritage, here. The Kalama Public Library partnered with the Kalama History House, the City of Kalama, and Port of Kalama to digitize photos, ephemera, and objects that highlight significant community members, events, and buildings. These items can now be seen at the new collection, Kalama Heritage, here.

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