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Newsletter Archive

Past editions of the Society's "Redmond Recorder" Newsletter

Published since May 1999 the Redmond Recorder documented events, speakers, and the growth of the Redmond Historical Society.

Date
Summary
August 2020
Fundraiser News, A Discovery During COVID-! By John Oftebro, New Director Joins RHS Board, Society Receives Relief Grants By Halee Turner, The First Redmond Kirkland Stage By Tom Hitzroth, Society Celebrates 17 Years of Walking Tours, History and the Redmond Pioneer Cemetery By Paige Norman, LeRoy Olson Celebrates 100 Years By Cynthia Edin, Society Participates in Redmond Bicycle Project
June 2020
While You Are Waiting! By John Oftebro, Society to Host ‘Northwest Passages’ Program, Volunteer Corner By Jo Ann Potter, Redmond Trading Company By Tom Hitzroth, Society Celebrates 17 Years of Walking Tours, Moving Forward By Paige Norman, Society Launches Website 2.0, Volunteer Opportunities for the Society
May 2020
Things to Do from Home, Times Have Changed! By John Oftebro, Saturday Speaker Series ‘Goes Virtual’, Newsletter ‘Goes Nearly Paperless’, Luke Mc Redmond’s Estate By Tom Hitzroth, Society Celebrates 17 Years of Walking Tours, Business Member Spotlight: Urban Dakota Creative, A Sense of Perspective: ‘And the People Stayed Home’, Volunteer Corner By Jo Ann Potter​
April 2020
Saturday Speakers Series Cancelled; Dinner Auction Fundraiser is Rescheduled! by John Oftebro, Volunteer Corner By Jo Ann Potter, Community Event: Frank Lloyd Wright: Past, Present, Future, The Valley Hotel Ledger by Tom Hitzroth, Society Celebrates 17 Years of Walking Tours, In Memoriam: Margery Mouw Hanson 1939–2020 By Judy Aries Lang
March 2020
Saturday Speaker Series: Washington on Wheels, Digging into Redmond's History by John Oftebro, Evening Speaker Series: Seattle’s First Railroad, William Donnelly and His Store – Part 2 by Tom Hitzroth, Society Celebrates 17 Years of Walking Tours, Huge Historic Thank Yous - Ice Cream Social
February 2020
Saturday Speaker Series: The Fascists in the Forest: Nazis in the Pacific Northwest, 2020: What’s Our Vision? by John Oftebro, Noted Journalist to Speak on 1930s Fascism in Pacific NW by Margy Rockenbeck, Redmond Historical Society Announces 3rd Annual Dinner and Auction, William Donnelly and His Store – Part 1 by Tom Hitzroth, Society Celebrates 17 Years of Walking Tours, Why Membership?, Volunteer Corner By Jo Ann Potter, and In Memoriam: Marvin Schaible 1935–2019.
January 2020
Annual Membership Meeting and Ice Cream Social on January 18, 2019:The Year in Review by John Oftebro, Society Featured at OneRedmond's Mingle and Jingle Event, Society Celebrates Dudley Carter by John Oftebro, Odd Fellows Hall by Tom Hitzroth, Volunteer Corner by Jo Ann Potter, Society Members Enjoy ‘Evening in Italy’, and New Year, New Membership Level.
November 2019
"Extra! Extra! Read All About It!" by John Oftebro, October Speaker Delivers Lively Lecture on Coal Mining by Laura Lee Bennett, The Redmond Mapping Project by Tom Hitzroth, Volunteer Corner by Jo Ann Potter, "Autumn" You Be a Member by Paige Norman, Around the Office by Halee Turner, and "Historic Hundred" Draws a Crowd at Redmond Library By Margaret Ziviski.
October 2019
On the Road Again by John Oftebro, September Speaker Program Draws Discussion, The Case of the Unknown Building by Tom Hitzroth, Evening Speaker Series - Seattle Now & Then: The Historic Hundred, Welcome New Business Member: Palmer's East, Around the Office by Halee Turner, Volunteer Corner by Jo Ann Potter
September 2019
Are Salmon Doomed?: Hatching a Plan to Save a Northwest Icon, Remembering Doreen Marchione 1938-2019, Society Offers ‘Poetry, Past & Present’ at So Bazaar By Laura Lee Bennett, Gilman Street in Redmond’s early days By Tom Hitzroth, Gourmet Dinners Raise Funds for Society By Laura Lee Bennett, and !!! 304 !!! By Jo Ann Potter.
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