Event Title
Racing Silences: Lumber, Labor, and Atemporalities in 1910s and 1920s Whatcom County
Description
Presentation by Janna Haider, PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara and recipient of the 2023 James W. Scott Regional Research Fellowship. Janna Haider discusses research informing a larger doctoral dissertation regarding the Ghadar Party and Indian nationalism in the early 20th century, as a global project based in the Pacific Northwest. She discusses use of archival records at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies and Washington State Archives’ NW Branch, and the history and narratives of race, racism and organized labor in early 20th century Bellingham, Washington and the Pacific Northwest. The presentation includes specific reference to the 1907 race riots in Bellingham, as well as silences in the archives relating to South Asian and non-white workers and race.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
22-8-2023 1:00 PM
End Date
22-8-2023 1:50 PM
Location
Virtual
Resource Type
Moving image
Duration
00:46:54
Title of Series
Archives & Special Collections Speaker Series
Contributing Repository
Digital object made available by University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western Washington University
Program
University Archives
Identifier
cpnws_scottfellow_Haider_20230822
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Racing Silences: Lumber, Labor, and Atemporalities in 1910s and 1920s Whatcom County
Virtual
Presentation by Janna Haider, PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara and recipient of the 2023 James W. Scott Regional Research Fellowship. Janna Haider discusses research informing a larger doctoral dissertation regarding the Ghadar Party and Indian nationalism in the early 20th century, as a global project based in the Pacific Northwest. She discusses use of archival records at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies and Washington State Archives’ NW Branch, and the history and narratives of race, racism and organized labor in early 20th century Bellingham, Washington and the Pacific Northwest. The presentation includes specific reference to the 1907 race riots in Bellingham, as well as silences in the archives relating to South Asian and non-white workers and race.