Archives West is an online catalog of descriptive information about the archival collections at various institutions in the
western United States
The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the Wes ...
(Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Alaska, Utah and Washington). It was established in 2005, and is a program offering of the
Orbis Cascade Alliance
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The Orbis Cascade Alliance is a library consortium serving academic libraries in the Northwestern United States. The consortium was formed through the 2003 merger of two previous consortia, Orbis and Cascade, which incorporated librarie ...
. From 2005 to 2015, the site was known as Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA); the name changed as part of a substantial redesign to better describe the site's content and scope.
It was funded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...
in two phases between 2002 and 2007,
and by the
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It i ...
. Since 2007, it has been supported by the contributing institutions.
It uses
Encoded Archival Description Encoded Archival Description (EAD) is a standard for encoding descriptive information regarding archival records.Pitti, D (2012). "Encoded Archival Description (EAD)." In Bates, Marcia J., (ed.) ''Understanding Information Retrieval Systems: Managem ...
(EAD).
Contributing institutions
*Boise State University
*Central Washington University
*Central Oregon Community College
*Confederated Tribes of the Siletz
*Eastern Oregon University
*Eastern Washington University
*George Fox University
*Lane Community College
*Lewis & Clark College
*Linfield College
*Montana Historical Society
*Montana State University
*Oregon Health & Science University
*Oregon Historical Society
*Oregon Institute of Technology
*Oregon State University
*Pacific Lutheran University
*Pacific University
*Portland State University
*Salt Lake County Archives
*Seattle Municipal Archives
*Seattle Pacific University
*Seattle Museum of History & Industry
*Seattle University
*Tacoma Public Library
*The Evergreen State College
*University of Alaska Fairbanks
*University of Idaho
*University of Montana
*University of Oregon
*University of Puget Sound
*University of Utah
*University of Washington
*Utah State University
*Washington State University
*Western Oregon University
*Western Washington University
*Whitman College
*Whitworth University
*Willamette University
References
External links
Archives West(official website)
Orbis Cascade Alliance(official website)
Internet properties established in 2005
2005 establishments in the United States
Online archives of the United States
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