April 2010: The Institute for Museum & Library Services awarded MAC the Conservation Project Support Grant for Textile Preservation!
Whatton Resource Room: Now Open!
January 2010: The reorganization of the Whatton Resource Room for Historical Research is complete! A big thank you goes to Bev Majors for the floor plan and organizational supervision, and to Bev, John Majors, Larry Wing, Vince, and Mike Vollenweider for the labor. The project included moving out the entire Whatton Library contents, moving the large library shelves to the south end of the room, and reorganizing the entire library collection. A new Archive Room was formed out of the under-utilized front lobby, and a door made to access the MAC Archive Room from the library. Great thanks goes to Larry Wing, who showed up on an early Monday morning with a saw that "could cut the building in half"!
This reorganization resulted in a much more spacious Whatton Library, but the purpose goes far beyond aesthetics. The positioning of the Archive will allow staff to more easily access archival material for the public. Currently the material is stored in another part of the DeWitt Building, so this is a big step in our development of our research programs services.
Help the MAC Archive Grow
If you have material that relates to families or life in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley and would like to preserve it into perpetuity, we can scan the information for the Archive. Of course, we also would be glad to accept actual documents, diaries, photographs, and more for this great resource. Call (360) 681-2257 for more information.
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