The Olympia Historical
Society
Olympia, Washington
Bibliography of Olympia History
The Olympia Historical Society
Olympia, Washington
Bibliography of Olympia History
Books
Blankenship, George E. Lights and Shades of Pioneer Life
on
Puget Sound Olympia, 1923. [Full Text - 142kb]
Blankenship, George E. History of Olympia Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M. Olympia, Washington 1852–1935. Olympia: The Masons, 1935. [Full Text - 80kb] [Also see Olympia Lodge #1 F&AM Website]
Blankenship, Mrs. George E. (ed.) Early History of Thurston County, Washington, Together with Biographies and Reminiscences of those Identified with Pioneer Days Olympia, 1914 (Reprint: Seattle: Shorey Book Store, 1972).
Bowman, George. McLane Volunteer Fire Department: Fire Dist.
no.
9, 1950 to 1980, Thurston County, Washington Olympia: The
Fire
Dept, 1989.
Brazier, Don. History of
the Washington Legislature: 1854 - 1963 Olympia: Wasington
State Senate, 2000 [Full
Text .pdf Online]
Celebrating the Dream: Olympia's 150th Birthday Olympia,
The
Daily Olympian, 2000.
[Online
version]
Christie, Rebecca. Workingman's Hill: A History of an Olympia Neighborhood. Olympia: Bigelow House Preservation Association with the Bigelow Highlands Neighborhood Association, 2001.
Crooks, Drew. A Centennial History of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Olympia, Washington. 1994.
Downtown Olympia's Historic Resources Olympia: Olympia Heritage Commission, 1984.
Easton, Roger. (ed.) Mere Mention: John Miller Murphy's Local News Column from the Weekly 1889 Newspaper Olympia: Olympia Heritage Commission, 1989. [Full Text - 381 kb]
Eaton, Edgar Eugene. A History of Olympia Newspapers from 1852 to 1885. MA Thesis, University of Washington, 1963.
Fenske, Lois. A History of South Puget Sound Community College, 1957 to 1997: A Chronology of Shifting Power and Control. Olympia: South Pugt Sound Community College, 1997.
Fultz, Hollis. Elkdom in Olympia: A History. Olympia: Warren's Quick Print, 1966.
History of the Organization and Directory of Worship of the First Presbyterian Church, Olympia, Washington, 1854-1904 [Olympia, Wash.? 1904?]
Holmes, H. E., PGM. Pioneer Links: A Narrative Of The Establishment Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows On The Pacific Coast And A History Of Odd Fellowship In Washington To 1880, A Souvenir Of Thirty-Two Years In The Grand Lodge Of Washington IOOF. Seattle: Press of the Washington Odd Fellow Times Bldg, 1913. [Full Text - 22 kb]
How the West Was Once; A History of West Olympia, by Larry Smith's Eighth Grade English Classes, Jefferson Junior High School Olympia, Jefferson Junior High, 1974.
Ingham, Dr. T.R. Some Early Doctors of Olympia. Olympia: Thurston County Historic Commission, 1994. [Full Text - 67 kb]
Jessett, Thomas E. Pioneering God's Country; The History of the Diocese of Olympia, 1853-1967. Seattle: Diocese of Olympia Press, 1967.
Johnston, Norman. Washington's Audacious State Capitol and Its Builders Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988.
Knox, Esther. A Diary of the Olympia School District, 1852-1976. Olympia: Olympia School District, 1976(?)
Lang, William L. A Confederacy of Ambition: William Winlock
Miller
and the Making of Washington Territory Seattle: University of
Washington
Press, 1996. [Searchable
at Google Books]
Lockman, Heather. Building a Capital City : Olympia's Past Revealed Through Its Historic Architecture (researched by Shanna Stevenson) Olympia: Olympia Community Planning and Development Dept, 2000.
Newell, Gordon R. So Fair a Dwelling Place: A History of Olympia and Thurston County, Washington. Olympia: Olympia News Publishing, 1950. [Full Text - 184 kb]
________. Rogues, Buffoons & Statesmen Seattle: Hangman Press, 1975. [Index Online]
Nicandri, David. Olympia's Forgotten Pioneers: The Oblates of Mary Immaculate Olympia: State Capitol Historical Association, 1976.
________. (ed.) Olympia's Old Times and Places. Olympia: State Capitol Museum, 1976.
Nicandri, David and Derek Valley. Olympia Wins: Washington's Capital Controversies. Olympia: Washington State Capitol Museum, 1980.
Olsen, Winnifred. You're Making History Now" Edited by Erica Stillman and Lois Fenske. Olympia: Olympia Historical Society, 2006.
Oakland, Mike (et al.) Images of South Sound Olympia: The Olympian, 2000.
Rathbun, J. C. History of Thurston County, Washington.
Olympia: Paladium Publishing, 1895.
[Full Text - 425 kb]
Richards, Kent D. Isaac I. Stevens: Young Man in a Hurry. Brigham Young U. Press, 1979.
Sapp, Bernice A. Memorials for Thurston County Pioneer and Historical Society, Olympia Washington Olympia: Thurston County Pioneer and Historical Society, 1952.
A Short History of Budd Inlet. Olympia: Thurston County Historic Commission, 1992.
Stevens, Hazard. Olympia. Boston: 1891(?)
Stevenson, Shanna. History of the Port of Olympia Olympia: Port of Olympia, 1982.
________. St. Peter’s Hospital: A History. Olympia: St. Peter Hospital Centennial Committee, 1987.
________. Olympia, Tumwater, and Lacey: A Pictorial History Norfolk: Donning Co, 1996.
________. Olympiana: Historical Vignettes of Olympia's People and Places Olympia: Washington State Capitol Museum, 1982.
Thurston County Sesquicentennial. Olympia: The Daily Olympian, 2002. [online at TheOlympian.com]
Told By The Pioneers: Tales of Frontier Life as Told By Those
Who
Remember the Days of the Territory and Early Statehood of Washington.
Olympia: Works Progress Administration, 1937 & 1938. (3
vols.)
Alexander, Gerry L. "Olympia's Legal Battles to Retain the Capital." Columbia 14:4 (2000-01), 3-5.
Bates, Kate Stevens. "The Old Stevens Mansion." Pacific
Northwest Quarterly 19 [1924] 108-111.
[Full Text]
Boba, Eleanor A. "The Governor's Mansion" Portage 1988 9:3, 13-15.
The Coast: Olympia and Thurston County, Wash. 17:3 (March, 1909) [Reprinted by the Olympia Jaycees, March 1976]
Crooks, Drew W. "Shipwreck and Captivity" Columbia 8:2 (1994): 17-23.
Daughters of the American Revolution, Sacajawea Chapter. Location of Houses in Olympia, Washington Territory, in 1873. typescript, n.d.
"Edmund Sylvester's Narrative of the Founding of Olympia" Pacific
Northwest Quarterly 36 (1945): 331-341.
[Full Text: 26 kb]
Funk, Goldie Robertson. "Captain Doane and His Oyster Pan Roast" Pacific Northwest Quarterly 43 [1948]: 154-157. [Full Text]
Gribskov, Margaret. "The Women Behind Washington's Libraries." Columbia 11:2 (1997): 37-42.
Hawley, Michael K. & Robert J. Sustek. "The Cultural Imprint of Architecture." M.P.A. Thesis, The Evergreen State College, 1993.
Howard, Helen Addison. "Isaac Ingalls Stevens: First Governor of Washington Territory." Journal of the West 2:3 (1963): 336-346.
James, Walter; "Walter James: Reminiscences of My Younger Days" (Hom, Marlon K., ed.; Lai, Him Mark, Lai, Laura, and Choy, Philip P., interviewers.) Chinese America: History and Perspectives 1995: 75-86.
Jessett, Thomas E. "The Episcopate of William Morris Barker, Second Missionary Bishop of Olympia." Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 39:3 (1970): 251-263.
Johnston, Norman J. "A Capitol in Search of an Architect." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 1982 73(1): 2-9.
_________. "The Washington State Capitol Campus and its Peripatetic Planning" Columbia 13:1 [1999]: 16-23.
Lockman, Heather. "Shaken But Still Standing: Washington's Legislative Building- Survivor of Three Major Earthquakes." Columbia, 17:2 (Summer, 2003) [Full text at Columbia Magazine]
"McMenamins Brings New Life to Olympia's Cafe, 'The Spar'" McMenamins Newsletter
December-February 2006-2007, 11-12. [Full
Text .pdf Online]
Miller, William Winlock. "The Olympia Narrow Guage Railroad" Washington Historical Quarterly 16 [1921]: 243-250. [Full Text Online]
Rainey, Thomas. "A Short History of Industry and Manufacturing in Thurston County, Washington" [Full Text Online]
Simmons, Katharine N. "The Cultural Beginnings of Olympia,
Washington,
1850-1865." M.A. Thesis, Washington State College, 1948.
Stevenson, Shanna. "Daniel R. Bigelow: A Man of Principle Who Stood Against the Political Order" Columbia 7:4 (1993), 31-35.
Strong, Harry McElroy. "T. F. McElroy: Pioneer Publisher of Washington's First Newspaper" Columbia 14:2 (Summer 2000): 32-37. [Full text at Columbia Magazine]
Tanis, James R., (ed.). "The Journal of Levi Lathrop Smith, 1847-1848" Pacific Northwest Quarterly 43 (1952): 277-301 [Full Text: 68 kb]
Weir, Allen. "Olympia, The Capital of the State of Washington" The Washington Historian 2:3 (April, 1901): 107-111. [Full Text Online]
Youmans, Vance H. "Christian Churches in the Early History
of
Olympia." Pacific Northwest Forum, 7:1: 121-123.
Easton, Roger, ed. Map of Olympia, Washington 1891. Olympia: Olympia Heritage Commission, 1991.
Farewell to the 4th: Link to the Past, Gateway to the Future
[video recording] 2001.
Paget, John. Go With the Flow:
A Film About Olympia, Washington. Paget Films, 2002
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