Explore the Northwest Collection

Interested in learning more about this region where we live? The Northwest Collection contains over 15,000 items and includes works by authors, artists, and filmmakers, with an emphasis on the Pacific Northwest region--Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and British Columbia. Created in 2014 as a complement to the Libraries’ rich holdings about the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Collection is located in the historic Reading Room of the library on the 4th floor of the Wilson building.

If you want to dive deeper into research about the Pacific Northwest, Archives & Special Collections contain archival and rare book collections documenting the history and culture of Washington and surrounding areas. And the Map Collection houses a wide variety topographic maps from many areas of the world, with a focus on the Pacific Northwest region, and also parts of western and northern Canada.