Acknowledgements
I am deeply grateful to the many people who helped shape and inform this project as it evolved. I extend my sincere thanks to my supervisor, Dr. Rebecca Scofield, and my committee members, Dr. Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen and Dr. Matthew Fox-Amato, for their guidance on this project and for the opportunity to learn from them in the classroom. I also thank Dr. Alyson Roy and the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences for the travel grant that enabled me to spend two weeks collecting primary sources in Spokane-area archives.
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the archivists and curators who supported this research, including Ellen Postlewait and Anna Harbine at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Steve Bingo at Eastern Washington University Archives and Special Collections, and Jordan Larkin at the Spokane Library Northwest Room. I am also grateful to my colleagues, Evan Williamson and Devin Becker, for supporting my technical development since joining the University in 2023 and for creating the framework upon which this template is built.
Finally, I appreciate the talented individuals who provided feedback on the writing and the digital exhibit template, including Devin Becker, Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen, Rebecca Hastings, Dulce Kersting-Lark, Nathan Moody, Eddie Payne, Nancy Rains, Miriam Sappington, Sam Sweet, Jess Weymouth, Susan Weymouth, and Evan Williamson.