Welcome to Primary Sources, the new blog from the Seattle Municipal Archives (SMA)! We look forward to giving you a peek behind the scenes and sharing news, finds, and resources from the archives. What you can expect in this space:
- Get an inside look at what we do here at SMA and the records we hold
- See the latest editions of the Archives Gazette, the Find of the Month, and our Views from the Vault video series
- Connect to online exhibits, digital document libraries, and other features highlighting our records and the stories they tell
- Learn about collections that are newly available for research
- Commemorate anniversaries and events through records from the archives
- Help us with archival mysteries
- Be the first to see cool items we discover while working with collections
- Discover resources that may help in your research
- See announcements about public talks and events
- Explore Seattle history through photos, documents, maps, moving images, and other records in the archives
To kick things off, check out our Views from the Vault video featuring photographs of City Light electric car prototypes from much earlier than you might expect.