Accepting Applications for NWA Awards Now through April 15th (28 Feb 2026)

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 08:01:00 GMT

APPLY for NWA Awards by April 15, see Northwest Archivists, Inc. - Scholarships & Funding for more information.

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP ($1000) - Grad. students living in/attending school in PNW
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ($1000) – Individual Members
CONTINUING EDUCATION FUND ($500 per state) - Group Events / Community-building

Accepting NACR Scholarship Applications (03 Apr 2026)

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:00:00 GMT

The Native American Roundtable is accepting applications for their annual scholarship.

The annual scholarships help cover the costs of attending the conference. Three scholarships are available, offering $700 to attendees from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, or Montana, and $900 for one attendee from Alaska.

Visit the NACR Scholarship website for guidelines, application, and more details.

Applications are due by April 30th 2026.

The Native American Collections Roundtable is a Northwest Archivists Interest Group. Northwest Archivists (NWA) interest groups provide an opportunity to organize around a particular topic or subject related to archives.

Want to get involved in NACR? "Ask to Join" our Google Group to get our email notifications about monthly meetings, events, and opportunities.

NWA 2026 Annual Meeting (24 Jun 2026)

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:00:00 GMT

Grit and Memory: Preserving the Stories That Built Our Communities

Whether from indifference or irreverence, holding in equal regard all the triumph and tragedy of our past, for better or for worse, Tacoma—Grit City prevails.

The 2026 NWA Annual Meeting gives us an opportunity to gather, collaborate, and learn from the work of archivists from across our membership. Our 2026 meeting will be held in Tacoma, Washington, also known as Grit City. The theme for 2026 is Grit and Memory: Preserving the Stories That Built Our Communities. Grit is the ability to overcome obstacles and challenges in our work: burnout, understaffing, budget cuts, backlogs, growing large workloads with shrinking resources, and many other challenges. How does grit help us to overcome these challenges and preserve the stories of our communities? At the same time, others have critiqued the concept of grit, so we ask, what does it mean to critique the concept of grit in the archival profession? Do we always have to be so gritty and make do with what we have? Or, can we find creative ways to identify and remove obstacles that should not be there for ourselves, our colleagues, our profession and our users?

Hotel Information:

Marriott Tacoma Downtown

1538 Commerce Street

Tacoma, Washington, USA, 98402

Photos: Interior, exterior, and guestroom

Group room rate: $269.00/night

Reservation deadline: May 22, 2026.

A group reservation link will be included in the confirmation email sent to each conference registrant. If you have problems accessing this page, email orouse@pugetsound.edu.

Travel Information:

Nearest major airport to Tacoma:

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)

17801 International Blvd

SeaTac, Washington, USA, 98158

Driving directions to Marriott Tacoma Downtown:

From the South (e.g., Olympia / Centralia / I-5 South)

Get on I-5 North toward Tacoma/Seattle.

Take Exit 133A for E 26th St toward Stadium District/City Center.

Keep right at the fork and follow signs for City Center.

Turn left onto S 15th St.

Turn right onto Commerce St.

The hotel will be on your left at 1538 Commerce St.

From the North (e.g., Seattle / Everett)

Take I-5 South toward Tacoma.

Use the right 2 lanes to take Exit 133A for E 26th St / Stadium District.

Keep right and follow the signs for City Center.

Turn left onto S 15th St.

Turn right onto Commerce St.

The hotel will be on your left at 1538 Commerce St.

Special Events (Reception, banquet, other meals):

The Opening Reception for the conference will be hosted by the University of Puget Sound in the Collins Memorial Library on Wednesday, June 24 at 6:00pm.

MIPoPS (Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound) will host the seventh annual Archival Screening Night at Collins Memorial Library (Archives & Special Collections Seminar room, 2nd floor) on Thursday, June 25 from 7:00-9:30pm.

Collins Memorial Library

1500 N Warner St

Tacoma, WA, USA 98416

Group Tour Information:

The Washington State Historical Society has generously organized a complimentary tour of their Research Center for conference attendees on Wednesday, June 24 at 3:00pm.

If the 3:00pm tour fills up, a 1:00pm time slot will be added.

Be sure to navigate to the Research Center on Stadium Way, not the Washington State History Museum on Pacific.

Washington State Historical Society: Research Center

315 N Stadium Way

Tacoma, WA, USA 98403

For more information, including driving directions, visit: https://www.washingtonhistory.org/research/research-center/.

Pre-Conference Workshop:

The SAA registration page for the pre-conference workshop "Managing Digital Records in Archives and Special Collections" will posted shortly.

Program Committee:

Nikki Koehlert (co-chair)
Tabitha Masters (co-chair)
Erik Bauer
Mariecris Gatlabayan
Heather Mulliner
Ben Murphy
Olivia Rouse (local arrangements)
Sabrina She

Northwest Archivists, Inc. upcoming events

Accepting Applications for NWA Awards Now through April 15th (28 Feb 2026)

Accepting NACR Scholarship Applications (03 Apr 2026)

NWA 2026 Annual Meeting (24 Jun 2026)