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  • Filipino Community Offers Sustenance in All Forms 
    Santos, Jessie (Yakima Herald-Republic, 2000-03-23)
    The annual Filipino Community Dinner fundraiser offers lumpia, pancit, and other popular Filipino dishes to fund scholarships for community youth.
  • Valley Japanese relocation was dark interlude. 
    Helland, Maurie (Yakima Herald-Republic, 1975-12-07)
    Author Maurie Helland describes what Americans of Japanese descent experienced when the effects of Executive order 9066 forced their removal from the Yakima Valley. Helland tells about what life was like in the internment ...
  • After internment: Returning to the Valley proved difficult for many. 
    Alexander, Autumn (Yakima Herald-Republic, 1992-02-24)
    Mamoru and Haru Matsumura share what it was like to return to the Yakima Valley after internment at Heart Mountain, Wyoming.
  • Japanese-Americans recall internment camp experience. 
    Leighty, Ann (Wapato Independent, 1986-07-02)
    Reunion of a group of Americans of Japanese descent who experienced the effects of Executive order 9066. They share their memories of hardship during incarceration at Heart Mountain, Wyoming.
  • Japanese: they survived hard times. 
    Provenza, Nick (Yakima Herald Republic, 1978-08-22)
    Americans of Japanese descent who experienced the effects of Executive order 9066 share their memories of hardship during incarceration at Heart Mountain, Wyoming.
  • I never forget 
    Bruscas, Angelo (Yakima Herald-Republic, 1980-11-10)
    Americans of Japanese descent who experienced the effects of Executive order 9066 share their memories of hardship during incarceration at Heart Mountain, Wyoming.
  • Index of Yakima County Assessor's plat maps. 
    Anon; Yakima County Assessor's Office (Yakima County Assessor's Office, 1972)
    A collection of Yakima County plat maps created by the Yakima County Assessor's Office from 1972 through 1977, with sections identified by township and range. Civic infrastructure (roads, canals, pipelines, etc.) and natural ...
  • Haller's Defeat: a day in the history of our valley. 
    Anonymous (previously unpublished, 1988)
    A typescript of a speech at the unveiling of Toppenish mural "Haller's Defeat," by western artist Fred Oldfield. The speaker is not identified.
  • A history of Sunnyside, Washington, the Christian Cooperative Colony, and the Lichty family. 
    Sheller, Roscoe (previously unpublished, 1935)
    A speech given by Roscoe Sheller in 1935 on the occasion of the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Harvey M. and Ida Belle Lichty, in which he describes the development of Sunnyside, WA, and the Lichtys' contributions to that ...
  • Moxee Library League 
    Perrault, Val (previously unpublished, 1990)
    Short statement on the history and function of the Moxee Library League.
  • Storied Tradition 
    Troianello, Craig (Yakima Valley Libraries, 3/29/1996)
    News article from Yakima Herald-Republic about efforts to find a new location for the Gleed Library, a branch of YVRL that served Gleed, an unincorporated part of Yakima County.
  • Gleed Library maintains high book stock, circulation 
    Anon (Yakima Herald-Republic, 12/12/1961)
    News article from Yakima Herald-Republic about theGleed Library, a branch of YVRL that served Gleed, an unincorporated part of Yakima County.
  • Gleed Library Closing 
    Harris, Wendy (Yakima Valley Libraries, 5/21/1998)
    News article from Yakima Herald-Republic about the closure of Gleed Library, a branch of YVRL that serves Gleed, an unincorporated part of Yakima County.
  • Looking for a Home 
    Anon (Upper Valley Press, 2/7/1996)
    News article from Upper Valley Press about efforts to find a new location for the Gleed Library, a branch of YVRL that serves Gleed, an unincorporated part of Yakima County.
  • History of the Gleed Community Library 
    Pilgrim, Kathy (Yakima Valley Libraries, 1996)
    Short history of the Gleed Community Library. Photographs of 5 librarians in file, but not online.
  • Gleed Library finds temporary home 
    Anon (Upper Valley Press, 6/5/1997)
    News article from Upper Valley Press about efforts to find a new location for the Gleed Library, a branch of YVRL that served Gleed, an unincorporated part of Yakima County.
  • Administrative Problems in building two libraries into one in Yakima County, Washington. 
    Trimble, Carol (Yakima Valley Libraries, 1951)
    Difficulties of merging the County and City libraries
  • YVRL: Our first ten months 
    Trimble, Carol (Yakima Valley Libraries, 1951)
    County Library progress report
  • First regional library staff meeting 
    Trimble, Carol (Yakima Valley Libraries, 1951)
    Carol Trimble's notes for a speech to staff at"our first Regional Library staff meeting." Workflow and procedural issues are addressed, i.e." should the book cards be in the front or the back of the books?"
  • War Memorials 
    Remsberg, Helen (Yakima Valley Libraries, 1945)
    Librarian Helen Remsberg's letter to Al Mogren proposing a new library building as a memorial to Yakima Valley's war heros.