Archival Display – EWU Libraries & Learning Commons https://www.ewu.edu/library Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:04:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Jess Walter Exhibit https://www.ewu.edu/library/news/jess-walter-exhibit/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 01:28:17 +0000 https://www.ewu.edu/library/?post_type=stories&p=86467 photo of EWU Reads Jess Walter's The Cold Millions displayThis week, EWU celebrates the career of nationally acclaimed author and Eastern grad Jess Walter. The JFK Library is joining in with a display about Jess Walter, his 2020 book The Cold Millions, and the contributions of Walter and other Eastern authors to the literature of the Inland Northwest. Check out out the display in...]]> photo of EWU Reads Jess Walter's The Cold Millions display

This week, EWU celebrates the career of nationally acclaimed author and Eastern grad Jess Walter. The JFK Library is joining in with a display about Jess Walter, his 2020 book The Cold Millions, and the contributions of Walter and other Eastern authors to the literature of the Inland Northwest. Check out out the display in the JFK Lobby, as well as a copy of The Cold Millions or another book by Jess Walter or the many other authors connected to EWU.

photo of Jess Walter exhibit with information about his book The Cold Millions and about Jess Walter photo of the Jess Walter exhibit, includes a photo of Jess Walter and his brother Ralph, and information about their ties to Eastern and athletics photo of materials on display in the Jess Walter Cold Millions exhibit, relating to the IWW and Spokane photo of materials on display in the Jess Walter Cold Millions exhibit, relating to Walter's career as a journalist photo of Jess Walter's books on display in the exhibit

]]> Expo ’74: Then and Now https://www.ewu.edu/library/news/expo74event/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:18:10 +0000 https://www.ewu.edu/library/?post_type=stories&p=6785 Expo at Eastern: World’s Fair Collections from the EWU Archives | Monday, April 15 – Friday, April 26 | JFK Gallery Visit an exhibit in the JFK Gallery to see how a World’s Fair in Spokane spurred the use of an Eastern dorm to house visitors, featured a Folklife Festival next to the Flour Mill,...]]>

Expo at Eastern: World’s Fair Collections from the EWU Archives | Monday, April 15 – Friday, April 26 | JFK Gallery

Visit an exhibit in the JFK Gallery to see how a World’s Fair in Spokane spurred the use of an Eastern dorm to house visitors, featured a Folklife Festival next to the Flour Mill, and completely changed the face of downtown Spokane.

Speaker Panel | Tuesday, April 23 | 12 pm – 1 pm | JFK Lobby 

Join Eastern Washington University faculty as they present the legacy of Expo ‘74 from multidisciplinary perspectives.

  • J. William T. “Bill” Youngs, PhD, Professor of History. Dr. Youngs is the author of the seminal work The Fair and the Falls: Spokane’s Expo ‘74.
  • Margo Hill, MURP, JD, Program Director, American Indian Studies, and Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning. Professor Hill, who attended the event as a child, will share her reflections of tribal history and participation in Expo ‘74
  • Erin D. Dascher, PhD, Associate Professor of Geosciences. Dr. Dascher will reflect on the changes Expo ‘74 brought to the Spokane River, and explore the diverse ecosystem and current conservation efforts.

A reception will follow. Special thanks to event donor Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters for event coffee!

Eastern Remembers Expo | Ongoing

The EWU Libraries is collecting memories and photographs about Expo from alumni, faculty, staff, and students. Share your photographs or recollections of the Spokane World’s Fair to document how Expo impacted Eastern and how Eastern contributed to Expo. Contact Archivist Steven Bingo (sbingo@ewu.edu) for more information. 

Share Your Expo ’74 Memories

Persons needing accommodations may call 509.359.6201 three days prior to the event date, or anticipated gallery attendance. Campus maps, parking information, and other visitor information can be found online: https://www.ewu.edu/apply/visit-ewu/maps/

 

]]> Life Detained: Photographs from the George and Frank C. Hirahara Collection https://www.ewu.edu/library/news/hirahara-exhibit/ Sun, 16 Apr 2023 15:54:05 +0000 https://www.ewu.edu/library/?post_type=stories&p=6110 Image of George HiraharaJFK Lobby | April 17-28, 2023 This exhibit features sixteen photographs taken by George and Frank Hirahara during their detainment at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Park County, Wyoming. The Hiraharas were a Japanese American family living in Yakima at the outset of World War II and were subject to mass removal along with...]]> Image of George Hirahara

JFK Lobby | April 17-28, 2023

This exhibit features sixteen photographs taken by George and Frank Hirahara during their detainment at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Park County, Wyoming. The Hiraharas were a Japanese American family living in Yakima at the outset of World War II and were subject to mass removal along with over 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry.

Their photograph collection, consisting of over 2000 images, provides a perspective of life in the Japanese American incarceration camps from the perspective of one detained family.

The photographs are on loan from Washington State University.

Produced in coordination with a campus panel discussion:

The Lens of Persecution: Filmed Experiences of Oppression and Resilience in the Pacific Northwest and in Nazi-Occupied Europe during WWII

April 20 | 2 p.m. – 3:30 pm 

(The event is free, but registration is required. For more information, please visit the website.) 

For more information, contact University Archivist Steven Bingo, sbingo@ewu.edu.

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