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Redmond Writing Archive

Are you curious about Redmond's literary history? The list below collects published works with a significant connection to Redmond, as well as materials within the Society's research library.

Is something missing? We are looking for any book or other publication from or about or connected to Redmond at any time in history to produce a list that's as comprehensive as possible—and ongoing. Additional titles may be submitted below!
 
Works must meet one or more of the following conditions
  • Written about Redmond, an individual from Redmond, an organization primarily located in Redmond, or other closely related topic
  • Written by someone while living or working in Redmond
  • Written by other notable community members with a significant tie to Redmond
  • Inspired by Redmond, its history, landscape or other features
For example, works written by a Redmond Poet Laureate, during their tenure, would be eligible for inclusion. Their works outside of this time period may not be, if they do not live or work in the area, unless inspired or otherwise informed by their time in Redmond.
Please note, not all included publications are currently held by the Redmond Historical Society. To learn more about how to access works within our collections, please contact the Society's offices at 425-885-2919 or manager@redmondhistoricalsociety.org
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Title
Author
Connection to Redmond
Publisher/Editor
Year
At RHS
Roadside Geology of Washington
David D. Alt and Donald W. Hyndman
Washington state.
Mountain Press Publishing Company
1984
Yes
Seattle & King County Timeline
Walt Crowley & The HistoryLink Staff
Original essays presented by HistoryLink, online encyclopedia of community history.
HistoryLink Book, distributed University of Washington Press
2001
Yes
Seattle Now and Then, Second Edition, with many contemporary scenes updated (2)
Paul Dorpat
Pictorial history of Seattle
Seattle Times
1984
Yes
Seattle Now and Then, Volume II
Paul Dorpat
Photo history of Seattle
Tartu Publications
?
Yes
Seattle Now and Then, the Historic Hundred
Paul Dorpat, Jean Sherrard
Historic Photographs of Seattle Signed first Edition
Documentary Media, Seattle
2018
Yes
Seattle Past to Present
Sale, Roger
History of the premier city of the Northwest, with photographs of people, places and documents; of regional importance to the history of Redmond.
University of Washington Press (Seattle & London)
1976
Yes
Seattle Underground
Bill Speidel
Fire wiped out 66 blocks of Seattle on June 6, 1889. Bill Speidel, proprietor of the Underground Tours collects a history of the event.
Underground Tours
1968
Yes
Seattle's 'Gentleman Bootlegger' (periodical)
Brad Holden
Former Seattle policeman Roy Olmstead became a bootlegger in this excerpt of Brad Holden's book, "Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners & Graft in the Queen City.
The Seattle Times
April 21, 2019
Yes
Seven Suns / Seven Moons
Michael Dylan Welch and Tanya McDonald
Poetry book by former Redmond poet laureate (Welch).
NeoPoiesis Press
2016
Yes
Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle
Murray Morgan
The history of Seattle in its first 100 years.
The Viking Press
1951, revised version 1960
Yes
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