Subject Guides For Special Collections:
Yakima County
The following subject guide represents only a small portion of our collections, and does not represent all of the subject strengths of our collections. Please remember that the listed titles are only those in Special Collections-- many other sources can be found in other departments of the Library.
Though every attempt will be made to keep these guides current, please keep in mind that our collections are growing daily and we add titles in all subjects on an ongoing basis. Items appearing on lists without call numbers have not yet been catalogued; however, they are still accessible to interested researchers. If you would like to find out more about items in Special Collections or have a specific reference question, please email us at archive@cwu.edu.
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Subject Guide to Yakima County
Central Washington University
Special Collections
July 2006
Prepared by Anne Taylor
For information about Native American Yakimas, please see the Native American Subject Guide.
Adeline, A. R. Hellenic Heritage: A History of Greek Immigrants in the Yakima Valley through 1950. Yakima: the author, 1961. F900 .G7 A34 1990
Amen, Ruth M., ed. Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia 8(3): 1985.
Bentley, Robert D. Stratigraphy and Structure of the Ykaima Indian Reservation. Renton, VA: United States Geographical Survey, 1980. QE180 .Y35 S77 1980
Bjarke, Neils. Naches Pass Trail. Tacoma: Fern Hill Historical Society, 1942. F897 .Y18 B5
Brulotte, Frieda. Germans from Russia in the Yakima Valley Prior to 1940. Yakima: Central Washington Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans, 1990. F897 .Y2 B78 1990
Crawford, Jeanne R. As the Valley Was. Yakima: Yakima Federal Savings and Loan, 1968. F897 .Y2 C7
Crawford, Jeanne R. Wheels Led the Way. Yakima: Yakima Valley Museum, 1973. TS2010 .C66 1973
Douglas, William O. Of Men and Mountains. New York: Harper, 1950. F851.7 .D68
Gibson, Elizabeth. Images of America: Yakima, Washington. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2004.
Guie, H. Dean. Bugles in the Valley. Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1977. F897 .Y18 G8
Helland, Maurice. They Knew Our Valley. Yakima: the author, 1975. F897 .Y2 H45
Helland, Maurice. Our Valley, Too. Yakima: the author, 1976. F897 .Y2 H4
Holt, Howard P. Saddlebag Medicine. Yakima: Yakima Valley Museum Shop, 1984. R350 .Y35 H65 1984
Kimmel, Thelma. The Fort Simcoe Story. Toppenish: The Toppenish Review, 1954. F897 .Y2 K5
Lince, Robert S. The Selah Story. Selah: Selah Valley Optimist Printing, 1984. F899 .S494 L56 1984
Lyman, William Denison. History of the Yakima Valley . Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1919. F897 .Y2 L8 v. 1-2
Martin, George M. Yakima , A Centennial Reflection. Yakima: Yakima Centennial Commission, 1985. F899 .Y15 M37 1985
McCulloch, Mac. Gateway to Time: Mile by Mile Guide to the Yakima Canyon. Yakima: Shields Printing, 1990. F897 .Y2 M38 1990
McLachlan,, Diana. Common Thread: Quilts in the Yakima Valley . Yakima: Yakima Valley Museum, 1985. NK9101 .Y34 Y34 1985
McRayde, Edna. Zillah, Washington. Zillah: the author?, 1988.
Nelson, Jack. We Never Got Away. Yakima: Franklin Press, 1965. F897 .Y18 N4
Probasco, Steve. Yakima, River Journal. Portland: Frank Amato Press, 1994.
Robertson, Ted. How the Twig Was Bent. Yakima: Franklin Press, 1970.
Rockafellar, Nancy, ed. From Saddlebags to Scanners. Seattle: Washington State Medical Association, 1989. R349 .S33 1989
Sheller, Roscoe. Courage and Water. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1952. F899 .S9 S47
Sheller, Roscoe. Walter N. Granger and the Sunnyside Canal . Yakima: the author, 1961. F899 .S86 S54 1961
Sheller, Roscoe. Sunnyside at 60. Yakima: the author, 1962. F899 .S9 S47
Sheller, Roscoe. Blowsand. Yakima: Franklin Press, 1973. F899 .S9 S46
Skinner, Barbara A. The Sandpile. Prosser: Barry Books, 2002. F897 .G736 S58 2002
Smith, Harlan. Archaeology of the Yakima Valley . Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1910. GN2 .A27 v. 6
Stepniewski, Andrew. Birds of the Yakima River Canyon . Wenatchee: Wenatchee Resource Area, 1992.
Valley of the Strong: Stories of Yakima and Central Washington. Yakima: Wescoast Publishing, 1974. F899 .Y15 V35
“Yakima Irrigation Scheme.” The West Shore: An Illustrated Western Magazine November 1887, p. 812. F852 .W53 Nov. 1887
“Yakima Real Esatate.” The West Shore: An Illustrated Western Magazine June 1889, p. 340. F852 W53 Jun 1889
Yakima Valley Memories II: The 1940s, ‘50s, and ‘60s. Yakima: Yakima Herald Republic, 2005. F897 .Y2 Y362 2005
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