BIHM Museum News
Dedicated to Preserving the Colorful History of Bainbridge Island
September 2014
 Rolling Bay
Portion of Plate 59
Plat Book of Kitsap County
Anderson Map Company
1909
Like so many other places in the
West, there are no firm boundaries for
Rolling Bay. Its center is generally
considered to be at the corner of Valley
and Sunset Drive. The Lushootseed name
for the area north of Skiff Point is
Cagalwes (beach on backside). The USPS
calls it Rollingbay and an ambitious
developer platted a “Rolling Bay City” on
the south side of Murden Cove in the early
1900’s .
The nearby mill at Port Madison
began operating in 1854, and Reuben
Bean settled a claim on Blakely Harbor
that same year. In 1856 the U.S. Coast and
Geodetic Survey established a signal at
Skiff Point, and conducted a survey of
the island.
Captain Renton filed for land near
the mill in 1863. Sometime after that,
Dona Falk established a home near
what is now Green Spot and later
homesteaded on the north side of
Murden Cove in 1876. This would
have been a better location for farming
as it was sunnier. Falk was said to be
the first non-native to settle in the area.
His large garden yielded vegetables
and berries. He carried the produce
with the help of a neck yoke and sold as
far north as Port Madison.
Murden Cove got its name from
the alleged murder of a man who had
come to the
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Mr. and Mrs. Dona Falk BIHM #300 2
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Multilingual Visitors...from Bellevue
Bellevue High School
Students Living the
Ongoing Immigrant Saga
The Island Story told by
the museum shares many
interesting tales of
immigrants finding their way
to Bainbridge and building a
life. But for our nation and
our state, the immigrant saga
is not only important
historically, it is an ongoing,
still-unfolding saga.
On July 21, the museum
had the privilege of helping
some of our area’s newest
residents learn about what
other people - also
immigrants and children of
immigrants - experienced
here more than seventy years
ago.
The young people were
twenty Bellevue High School students, all “English Language
Learners,” who were studying Washington history as required
for high school graduation. They spoke over eight different
languages — Thai, Spanish, Japanese, Russian and others —
but only recently had any need to know English.
Their teacher, Tracy Shulman, is the Island-raised daughter
of retired Bainbridge High School teacher Joyce Nishimura.
Joyce was raised in Hawaii where only selected Japanese
Americans were sent to camps during WWII. She did not know
about it until she came to the mainland. One of the people she
first met on Bainbridge Island was Mrs. Michi Noritake, who
offered to help her take care of baby Tracy, becoming an
honorary grandmother in the process. And so the story
continues to another generation.
Shulman had helped devise an ambitious curriculum of six
field trips during the three-week course to sites that shaped
Washington history. Not only were the students visiting “actual
places,” they were also learning from primary source materials
rather than from texts.
What could be more primary than the actual persons who
took part in the historical event? Kazuko “Kay” (Sakai) Nakao
and Michiko “Michi” Rose (Amatatsu) Noritake had been not
much older than the students when they were among the
Islanders forcibly removed and sent to the American
concentration camp Manzanar during the early days of World
War II.
Now these two spry 94-year-olds sat among the teens as
each of the students used the museum’s files to learn about one
particular person sent to the camps. They then traveled with the
class to visit the Japanese American Exclusion Memorial (it
was Kay’s first time ever on a school bus), and to tell what they
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remembered of what happened on that day, March 30, 1942.
“The soldiers had bayonets. It was scary,” Kay told them.
“The soldiers were very young, from New Jersey, and they
didn’t know what to expect.”
“But when we were on the train they began to realize that
we were just like them. They were surprised. We sang together
and they let us put up the blinds when we were not in towns,”
Michi added.
The students were asked if other kinds of events with
soldiers had taken place in their own countries. One boy
mentioned that three million people had been killed in
Cambodia before he was born. But all eighteen boys and two
girls, polite and attentive, left with an enhanced understanding
that this country’s history is the story of immigrants like them.
Tracy sent the
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following note after their
visit: Thank you so much
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for such a wonderful visit!
Rolling Bay
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My students said it was
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one of their favorite trips! Bellevue Students
President’s
Message
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… They liked looking
through the files, getting Executive Director Message
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the ID tags, and the
Message From The Curator
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museum exhibits. Thank
Museum Changes
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you so much for
Education & Outreach
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organizing it for us.
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Having Kay … and Michi Donors
Volunteers
10-11
with us made it a special
Business Sponsors
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experience.” Upcoming BIHM Events
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September 2014
Message From The President
Karen Wilson
I mentioned in my last letter that the new Port Blakely exhibit was opening in July. It has been delayed,
but will be rolling out October 11th. Watch for an invitation to the opening and please plan to come.
I like to remind you to continue to support our business sponsors. Please note who they are on the logo
page of this newsletter. We have three new sponsors: Bay Hay and Feed, Homestreet Bank and Rolling Bay
Auto. Westside Pizza, another of our business sponsors has been providing pizza for the Historians Huddle.
We really appreciate and enjoy this treat. Visit Westside Pizza at their new location in the Village between
the new Starbucks and Sunshine Yogurt.
Please come to the Huddle the 4th Wed. of every month from 6-7 p.m. at the Museum. All members are
welcome. The September 24th Huddle HOT TOPIC will be a presentation by Let It Go Louie authors Gary
Loverich and Barbara Winther. The Croatians are an important part of Island history. If you’d like to purchase this interesting
read, we are offering the book at 50% off at the Huddle. After the HOT TOPIC, we will mingle, share ideas and you can add
your two cents worth to make the best little history museum in the world even better!!
Mark your calendars for Nov. 19th at 6:30p.m. President Jefferson will be visiting Bainbridge Island
the Island on our behalf and will be doing a two hour program. Please call for details.
Historical Museum
Lives and Lies—Rolling Bay Edition is a wrap. It was quite a celebration honoring 215 Ericksen Avenue NE
the history of Rolling Bay. We want to give a special thank you to Bay Hay and Feed
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
for so generously hosting the Garden Party portion of the celebration. The setting was
Contact Information
spectacular. Like any event of this scale a lot of hard work by a lot of people is a
Phone: 206-842-2773
necessity. Thank you to everyone, but a special thank you to Tom Thatcher. He is our Email: [email protected]
board member that gave 1000% on this and made it happen.
Website: www.bainbridgehistory.org
From the Executive Director
Hank Helm
If you have been in the museum lately you will notice that the
efficiency improvements are well under way. One bathroom is
closed and the small kitchen area is framed in; the closed
bathroom will be smaller when it reopens. Curator Rick Chandler
is acting as the Project Manager and is doing some of the
demolition and framing as well. We apologize for the disruption,
but believe the changes will add significant records storage and
make things better for both staff and research library users.
The Manzanar exhibit has been installed in the school house and
the new Port Blakely exhibit is in process in the Bucey Gallery.
This is going to be a great exhibit and I think everyone will be
pleased. A diorama will show Blakely Mill Number 2 which is regarded as the largest
mill in the World at the time modeled which is around 1904.
Be sure and check out the banners outside each end of the museum. The one on the
west is drawing a lot of attention in particular. It is of Janet Montgomery Munro with a
raccoon and a gun. We have been informed by the Munro family that the gun will be
donated to the museum. The banner on the east end of the building is of “Camp
Kopayawa mermaids”.
The museum experienced the busiest two months ever for visitors in July and
August. We counted a total of 1,880 visitors in July and 1,975 people visited in
August. The previous high was 1,856 in August of 2011. For the year, we are above
last year by 25%. It is truly amazing when we realize that visitor numbers have
doubled in just five years.
We begin our annual raffle ticket sales this month. The US Postal Service clarified
its rules this summer and we can no longer mail tickets to members as we have in the
past. We hope you will all make an effort to get to the museum or at one of the areas
we will be selling tickets at and purchase yours. Our fundraising has depended on
raffle sales in the past to balance our budget.
I hope to see you in the museum soon!
The Mission of the Bainbridge Island
Historical Museum is to collect, preserve
and foster knowledge of Bainbridge
Island history.
BIHM is a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation
with directors elected from public
membership. Your donations to BIHM are
tax-deductible.
Board of Directors
President
Karen Wilson
Vice-President
Tom Thatcher
Co-Secretaries
Andrea Mercado
Bernie Baker
Treasurer
Carolyn Hart
Directors:
Karen Beierle
Jim Chapel
Bill Covert
Kathy Daugherty
Everett DuBois
Anita Evans
Tom Lamping
Deena Poole
Gary Sakuma Hank Helm Executive Director
Rick Chandler Curator
Katy Curtis Education and Outreach
Coordinator
Rick Chandler Facilities Coordinator
Dan Groff Administrative Coordinator
Arlene Donahue Membership
Coordinator
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September 2014
Message from the Curator
We are continuing to make progress on
our archaeological project above Blakely
Harbor. Following is a report from our
Olympic College partner on this exciting
undertaking.
Summary Statement
Yama Archaeological Project
(YAP), Bainbridge Island, WA
R. Drolet, Project Director
Three local institutions have partnered
to conduct an archaeological study of a
19th and early 20th century village site,
named Yama (45KP105), located near the
western edge of Blakely Harbor.
Bainbridge Island Historical Museum
(BIHM), Kitsap County Historical
Society and Museum (KCHSM), and
Olympic College (OC) will direct the
study. Affiliated institutions and
organizations include Bainbridge Island
Historic Preservation Commission
(BIHPC), Bainbridge Island Metro Parks
and Recreation District (BIMPRD), and
Bainbridge Island Japanese American
Community (BIJAC). Project staff is
organizing initial site survey this summer
and student participants are currently
working at BIHM, reviewing and
collecting data about Yama from historic
maps and archives.
Project archaeologists have designed
an intensive archaeological survey and
excavation program at the 7-acre site that
will be conducted 2015 to 2017. Funding
is currently through a private trust fund.
Equipment and materials, office space, a
laboratory and research services have
been secured through the partnering
institutions. Students from OC and
public volunteers will form the work
force, directed and supervised by a team
of professional anthropologists,
archaeologists, and museum specialists
affiliated with OC, BIHM, and KCHSM.
Plans are being made to establish an
archaeological field school. Grants and
financial support are currently being
sought for the project duration.
Yama is perhaps the best preserved
Japanese immigrant village site in the
Pacific Northwest. The community was
occupied over an approximate 40-year
By Rick Chandler
period (1883-1920s), representing a small nominate the site for State and National
work camp located on the outskirts of the Register status has been completed and
Port Blakely Mill. At its peak, Yama
the nomination is currently under review.
contained approximately fifty cottageA project research design has been
style homes and 300 people divided
prepared to guide the field and museum
between married and single village
work. Students from Olympic College
sections. The community also had a
are currently participating in setup
church, Buddhist temple, hotel, and store. operations and being trained in research
While the village structures have long
techniques. A YAP Project Task Force
disappeared, fragmentary remains of
Committee with representatives from five
historic pottery, porcelain, metal and
participating institutions has been formed
glass are concentrated in household
and meets monthly. A Memorandum of
garbage dumps.
Paths, cisterns,
and other
domestic features
are present.
The
archaeological
portion of the
project will focus
on an intensive
site survey.
Project
participants will
systematically
comb the site
using a grid
system of 20 m2
Takayoshi Family home and store, Yama ca. 1910
quadrants and
Agreement has been prepared between
transects. This technique will result in
BIHM and BIMPRD for permission to
relocating the principle village features,
construction remains, and trash pit areas conduct archaeological work on the park
property.
necessary to reconstruct an accurate
The project will have Local, State, and
settlement map. The map will then
National importance. Analysis of the
permit more focused research of the
recovered archaeological materials will
village internal design and household
be conducted at BIHM and OC. An
areas. Limited testing and excavations
archaeological class offered at OC will
are designed to recover material
assemblages that can reveal information provide laboratory analysis of artifact
about how the early Japanese immigrant assemblages from the site and summer
residents adapted to the Port Blakely Mill field schools taught by OC archaeologists
will train students in data collection,
complex and the island environment.
artifact analysis, and report preparation.
While the archaeological survey is
The recovered artifact collections will be
conducted, a team will be researching
curated and permanently stored at BIHM.
historical documents and recording
Museum exhibits focused on project
information about the settlement and its
results will be prepared by the two
population. These include census and
cemetery records, maps and photographs, participating institutions and research
results will be disseminated at public
and oral histories.
forums and professional conferences, as
Several important steps have already
well as through progress reports and
been established in the project
publications.
development. Paperwork necessary to
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Efficiency Improvements In Museum Library Above is an architectural sketch of the efficiency improvements presently underway at the museum. These improvements
are a stop-gap measure approved by the board of directors to help staff cope with the ever increasing number of visitors, project
volunteers, educational programs, meetings and activities. Longer range solutions are also being discussed.
Thoughtful design work by architect Jay Volz and board member Bernie Baker gives us more storage and workspace in the
same footprint. Existing file cabinets will be replaced with lateral file drawers to save approximately ten inches of space along
one wall. Much of the existing clutter will disappear into the new storage and file cabinets. Volunteer and staff workstations
will occupy less space but accommodate more workers. Docent sign-up calendars will be enhanced. The Director’s office will
be reduced to accommodate the copy machine while providing more work and storage space. There will be a new coat and
storage closet, one small restroom and one wheelchair accessible restroom. The kitchen area will include a larger sink, a small
refrigerator and a water cooler. A larger flat screen TV will be mounted on the wall next to the library door. Finally, there will
be a new floor—thanks to a generous grant from the Rotary Club—a new ceiling, new lighting and enhanced ventilation.
Ansel Adams Moves
To The Schoolhouse
After three very successful years
attracting visitors to our
museum, the award-winning
Ansel Adams: A Portrait of
Manzanar is moving from our
Bucey Gallery to become part of
the Island Story exhibit in the
schoolhouse. Elements of the
new Port Blakely exhibit are
being installed regularly in
advance of our October opening.
Please plan to visit us soon!
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Rolling Bay (Continued from page 1)
Point (where a hotel was later built). But
purchased in 1960 by Morehavens Inc. and
the property was in the hands of the court
became Messenger House. The theater on
the school grounds was used for
following Mr. Jacobson's death, and it was
performances and, in the 1990s, was the
difficult to get the necessary permits. The
setting for the movie "Farewell to Harry."
second site was at Manitou Beach, which
would require a long wharf that would be
The mill operations at Port Madison
and Port Blakely drew
more expensive. A list of settlers was
enough
traffic
that
a
road
made, along with the amount each might
Moran School ca 1925 BIHM Photo #1475 was built to connect them.
be expected to contribute. However,
some didn't wish to contribute and still
It was called Washington
others didn't want a dock at all. This left
Territory Road in 1865 but
has now become Madison
the site north of the Point at Rolling Bay
as the one finally adopted in 1898.
Avenue. The growth in
population, of course, drove
The cost of the dock itself was less than
the demand for even more
it would have been at Manitou Beach, but
roads. A private road from
the necessary road along the bluff and
the corner of Falk Road
down to the dock was expensive. In all,
and Madison was built. It
the cost was probably higher. The dock
was only 15 feet wide and
served until 1907, when money was raised
to construct the Manitou Beach dock.
slated to be open for only 5
That made three docks near each other, as
years. Numerous attempts
were then made to fence up
the Moran School had its own. However,
and
close the road.
Also in 1886, Peter Jacobson
Manitou Beach Ferry Dock BIHM Photo #344 But in 1895, the
homesteaded fifty acres to the east of
settlers joined in
Falk's property. Some twenty years later,
opening the road
this land was subdivided by W. E. Parker,
west from the
a real estate agent. He named the land
corner of Sunrise
Manitou Park and built a hotel intended to
draw folks from Seattle. The venture was
and Madison,
not successful, however, and he leased the
with the right-ofway being 30 feet
property to the Chautauqua group w h o
wide.
attracted speaking programs, including
William Jennings Bryan in 1917.
Commerce
The hotel was taken over by the Moran also grew with the
population,
School in 1914. The school began with
although
sixteen students and faculty and grew to
125. But it failed during the depression and weakness in the
economy was often a problem. Frank L.
closed in 1933. Five years later, Joe Hill
the Kitsap County Transportation
reopened the property as the Puget Sound
Grow opened a small store in 1890 on the
Company refused to land at more than one
Naval Academy. It later became the
waterfront on Manitou Beach but closed
dock. They proposed landing at Manitou
it after only 3 months. Several of the
Stonehall Rehabilitative Center. It was
Beach one month and Rolling Bay the
people who bought
next with the one furnishing the most
Valley Road BIHM Photo #340 land from Mr. Falk
traffic to be the permanent landing place.
around 1890 were
Manitou Beach won.
A Post Office was established at
forced to stop their
Rolling Bay in 1892. The name was
payments and let their
chosen after the members of the
property go. Also as a
community considered Falk Bay or
result of economic
Rowells Bay (after Mr. Rowells who
depression, the Port
camped along the Bay near Falk’s
Madison Mill closed in
garden). Some thought Rowells was not a
1893, never to operate
suitable person to name the Post Office
again.
Sometime in the 1890s, after because he had a Native American
a real estate agent came wife. Instead the name Rollingbay was
to the area and began to chosen. Martin Soonis was one of the
earliest postmasters. The Post Office was
promote the idea of a
moved to its present location in 1902.
dock. The first choice
Lucas Rodal was postmaster from 1915
for location was Skiff
island with quite a bit of cash intended for
the purchase of a chicken ranch.
Falk sold some of his land to Nels
Peterson for $45/acre in 1886. Nels sailed
a daily sloop "Eve" to Seattle charging $2
a day for himself and the boat.
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Rolling Bay (Continued from page 6)
Rollingbay Post Office 1910 BIHM Photo #301 In 1909 money was raised
and a public hall was built
on land donated by Ed
Rodal. This building is
now part of the
Presbyterian Church. In
1914 an elementary
school PTA was formed.
A library was built at the
corner of Falk Road and
Valley Road. Among
other fundraisers, gunny
sacks were collected and
sold. The library had its
ups and downs and when
schools were consolidated
in 1929, a library association was formed
to provide funding. In the 1930s, the
library was open on Saturday afternoons
for two hours. Rodney Waldron worked
as librarian for four years while attending
school. He reported that he intended to
read every book in the library, but could
not do it because additional books were
continuously being donated. He also
reported that he was paid the sum of ten
cents an hour.
There was a shipyard built near the
bottom of Falk Road. The shipyard
reportedly built a boat to haul explosives
for DuPont.
Typical of many places around the
Manitou Beach Store & Shipyard BIHM Photo #822 until 1940 and his son, Alfred Rodal,
served from 1940 until 1973. There
have been four postmasters since
then. There also was a post office at
the Moran School. Rollingbay is the
only post office other than the one in
Winslow that remains of eleven
established between 1858 and 1926.
The first successful store in
Rolling Bay was established by
Charles Carlson in 1901 near the
beach at the intersection of Falk
Road and Manitou Beach Road.
This building was later occupied by
J. J. Arnot.
Lucas Rodal built his store up
the hill from Manitou Beach at the
present location of Bay Hay and
Feed. Rodal delivered groceries to
the neighborhood in a wheelbarrow.
It is said he delivered as far north as
Post Madison and the Sandspit.
Rodal partnered with F. F. Weld in
1915 to build a community water
system. It became the North
Bainbridge Water Company and
grew to become the largest private
utility system on the island. It was
sold the year after grandson Bob
Rodal’s death in 2000. At that time,
the water company served 1628
accounts. Bob Rodal also established
a Chrysler automobile dealership at
the northeast corner of Sunrise Drive
and Valley Road. Bob Rodal was a
charter member and fifty-year board
member of American Marine Bank.
Bob attended the University of
Washington for two years and
remained a staunch Husky supporter.
Island, the beach at Rolling Bay became
a popular place to have summer cabins.
Jeanie Waldron remembers summers
spent there in the ‘50s and ‘60s when
there would be dozens of youngsters
spending the summer on the beach
digging clams, fishing and just “hanging
out.”
Sources for this article came from
BIHM’s Subject Files, “Picture
Bainbridge,” “History of Bainbridge
Island,” “Bainbridge Through Bifocals,”
“Glimpses of Bainbridge,” “Bainbridge
Landings” and “An Historical Sketch of
Rolling Bay, Washington.”
Article by Hank Helm, Executive
Director, Bainbridge Island Historical
Museum. Editing by Linda Benedict.
Rolling Bay Library BIHM Photo #1732 8
September 2014
Education and Outreach
High School Students On June 28th
regional high school students from the
Bridging Communities project presented
an update at the Yonder conference
center on their history of the Exclusion
Memorial. Soon the students will have a
new website which will feature what they
learned from Islanders they interviewed
for their film. Since filming, the designer
of the Exclusion Memorial, Johnpaul
Jones, won a Humanities Award
presented by President Obama.
College Students NW College of
Art & Design students, in a Cultural
Survey class, interviewed Katy Curtis
about the Historical Museum’s role in the
community, and interviewed Lilly
Kodama and Kay Nakao about the role of
BIJAC in our community.
Journalism Students from Afar
Study Bainbridge Review Journalists
from eight Southeast Asian countries
visited to learn about the role the
Bainbridge Review played during World
War II. The Review journalists at that
time were not only sharing stories from
neighbors in Manzanar or Minidoka, they
were also printing letters to the editor
with opinions from all sides. Powerful
by Katy Curtis & Carol Elliott
sponsored by SUSI (Study of the United
States Institute for Student Leaders on
New Media in Journalism). Over the
course of five weeks, the program’s goal
is that these student leaders experience
U.S. culture, expand their understanding
of civic engagement and service, explore
journalism and all types of media. They
met with the Seattle City Council where
they learned how to
make conversation in
a public setting for
business purposes and
learned how to set up
community programs
like recycling,
community gardens
and food banks.
The group that came
to the museum was in
the fourth week of
their experiences and
Interna onal journalism students with still enthusiastic.
volunteers Lilly Kodama and Carol Ellio . Haritha Thilakarathne
was interested in the
Agate Point
Petroglyph because there are rock
editorials were written continuously
through the end of the war, speaking out carvings in Sri Lanka too, and he is aware
of the value of leaving the carvings in
against the mass incarceration of
their original location.
Americans of Japanese descent.
Kripa Segdel, of Nepal, was
The 20 young journalism students
interested in the library. As a
that came to the Historical Museum on
photojournalist, she also liked photos of
July 16 were from Sri Lanka, Nepal,
where the Island’s Japanese Americans
India and Bangladesh and were
had lived before, during and after WWII.
Medha Kohli was interested in Lilly
Kodama’s story because her grandparents
had to leave, lost everything and had to
go to a new place when India was
divided. She was interested that Japanese
American families returning to
Bainbridge most often had friends that
had paid the taxes and kept their property
for them.
After the museum, the students were
off to have lunch with YES magazine
interns. Mary Woodward then led an indepth discussion about her parents and
the Review’s courageous editorial stance
during WWII and the significance of the
newspapers’ contribution toward keeping
the Island community engaged in
conversations with “neighbors who are
away for a while,” as Milly Woodward
often said.
Teacher Training Educulture
partnered with the Historical Museum for
their annual teacher training in August.
Through our “Only What We Can Carry“
project, participants visit key heritage
sites, follow the lives of Bainbridge
Island Japanese American families, and
hear stories directly from family
members and friends. The immigrant
experiences is brought to life - starting
life over in America, establishing
livelihoods, and having families. The
emotionally moving stories of WWII are
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Education and Outreach
shared in very personal and impactful
ways. Teachers spend the day exploring
the historic Suyematsu Farm, Bainbridge
Gardens, Bainbridge Island Historical
Museum, and the Exclusion Memorial.
Direct dialogue with Bainbridge Islanders
whose families lived through WWII and
the Exclusion are experiences that
will never be forgotten. Teachers are
planning to bring their students on
future trips, to share this rich local
experience.
Special Tours and
Partnerships The Historical
Museum was asked to partner with
the WA Historical Society and Wing
Luke Museum for the 2014 Youth
Summit. Twenty high school and
college students visited many historic
sites with presentations from Jon
Garfunkel at Suyematsu Farm, Donna
Harui at Bainbridge Gardens and
Clarence Moriwaki at the Exclusion
Memorial.
On August 11th, Naoko Ulstein from
Seattle Nikkei Horizons brought 30
people, including Fumiko Hayashida
(103 yrs. old), to Bainbridge Island.
BIHM docents were requested to guide
tours at Sakai School Arts and Traditions
Exhibits and at the Exclusion Memorial.
Family Pilgrimages A colleague of
Dr. Frank Kitamoto, Dr. Domoto,
brought his extended family for their first
visit to the Historical Museum and the
Exclusion Memorial. Dr. Domoto’s
group was one of several families who
arranged in advance to make pilgrimages
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to the Exclusion Memorial as part of their
summer family holiday or reunion.
The Arima family discovered lots of
family relations in our collection of
Bainbridge yearbooks.
Local Events Thanks to board
member Bill Covert for leading the
with BIMA Staff Jeanine Greco at the
Museums’ 4th of July booth.
Summer Student Volunteer
Atsuhiro Kurimoto, summer intern from
Japan, spent two months and helped with
BIHM programs while he worked for the
National Park Service at the Exclusion
Memorial. He said he will never forget
the summer he turned 20 here on
Bainbridge, being a part of the
Bainbridge Island community and
learning our history.
Doggie Diner effort on July 3rd at the
Street Dance. Visitors enjoyed chips,
dogs and kids dancing to the DJ close
by.
Bob Woodman and Karen Wilson
were sittin’ pretty in Bob’s grand ol’
truck for the parade on July 4th!
BIHM volunteers Monica
Penninger and Mary Curtis worked
Are you a teacher or do you lead a student group? Do you know students who would like to earn Service Learning Credit or
volunteer hours? Do you have a group that would like to visit the museum and have a private tour? It can be arranged by
calling the museum or by emailing Katy Curtis [email protected]!!
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September 2014
THANK YOU GENEROUS DONORS!
Special Gifts In Memory of Frank Kitamoto
Bill Nakao and Pam Harrison
Anne Stern
Honoring 60 Years of Marriage
For George and Delores
Bussell
Lilly and Mits Kodama
One Call For All
Donors reported by One Call
For All from 3/16 to 8/31
Peggy Drew
Jeff Brown
Tim & Missy Goss
Russell & Judy Heglund
Geneva Lowe
Nicki & Mick McMahan
Melissa Weakly
Matching Contributions
Microsoft Corporation
Johnson, William
IBM Corporation
Sjolseth, Jack and Karen
In Kind Donations
Rite Aid Pharmacy
Reliable Storage
Bainbridge Self Storage
Bainbridge Disposal
Steven G. Schwager, DDS
Westside Pizza
Custom Printing
Annual Appeal
Aexel, Carol King and John
Albrecht, Richard and Constance
Allen, Rebecca
Alloin, Jacques
Anderson, Barbara
Ballaine, Dave and Heather
Beierle, Karen and Tom
Braff, Susannah
Buehner, Josephine
Bussell, George and Delores
Cain, Jacqueline
Cairns, Phyllis
Callaham, Priscilla
Campbell, Patricia and Robert
Carlson, Patricia
Chapel, Faith and Jim
Cheadle, Ralph
Clevenger, Velda
Coleman, Fern
Cooper, Lynn and John
Cramer, Ty and Romein, Steve
Daugherty, Kathy and Robert
Davison, John and Jane
Eagan, Robert and Judy
Egaas, Pat
Egashira, Tomi and Henry
Ellis, Edmund and Joanne
Englund, Bernice
Eshom, Sharon
Farley, Marilyn and Elton
Fowler, Daniel and Patricia
Frost, Ted and Alice
Furlong, Constance and Clement
Gale, Maradel K.
Grant, Grace and Tierney, Dennis
Gustafson, Meredith
Guthrie, Donald and Janet
Hafer, Roth and Maily
Hall, Mary
Hallett, Nina and Darrell
Halvorsen, M. C.
Hart, Carolyn
Harui, Christina
Herren, Jan
Hudson, Mark & Joan
Ikegami, Frances
Jacobs, Margot
Jensen, Kay and Carl
Kerr, Omie and Larry
King, Edgar and Iris
Kirts, Richard
Kitayama, Ted
Knutsen, Peter and Joyce
Kondracke, Morton & Marguerite
Kowalski, Barbara
Kramer, Judith
Kusaka, Toru
Le Dorze, Juliet Sears and
Philippe
Leik, Robert
Loverich, Gary and Betty
Maas, Claudia
Magana, Janet and Brian
Marshall, Emmet and Gail
Marten, Norman and Karen
Mattson, Vince
Meacham, Colleen and William
Milberg, John & Justine
Modern Collision Rebuild
Montgomery, Alison
Mounger, Glenn and Mary
Murdock, Roy and Judi
Nakao, Kazuko
Nakao, William and Harrison,
Pamela
Nakata, Judy and Wayne
Nelson, John & Benedict, Linda
Okada, Eileen
Oliver, Robert and Laurel
Ostrand, Bob
Paup, Everett and Andrea
Piper, Joan and Jay
Prahm, Ole and Patricia
Price, Andrew
Rana, Kathryn and Rana
Reed, Evellyn
Robison, Merrill & Sally
Sakuma, Gary
Schmid, Charles and Linda
Shopes, Will and Sandy
Sievertson, Ann
Skommesa, Patty
Stanton, Janice
Sterrett, Jill
Stollar, Leonel and Ilse
Sutton, Dwight and Edith
Thompson, Diane
Thorne, David and Kathleen
Walton, Stuart and Mary Jane
Warberg, James and Barbara
Watanabe, Matsue and Samuel
Whalen, Michael and Sandra
Whalley, Doug & Janet
Wilsie, Carolyn
Yates, Michael and Hughes,
Kathy
Seattle Foundation GiveBIG
Harrison, Cynthia and David
Isonaka, Diane and Galas, David
Olson, Eileen
Seattle Foundation
Rolling Bay Lives & Lies
Thanks to everyone who bought
tickets and joined us at this
fundraiser, and especially the
following who “raised their
paddles” to support the work of
the museum:
Allen, Cathy
Alward, Barbara
Benton, Paul and Megan
Clevenger, Velda
Cole, Teri
Curtis, Kathryn & Schabert, Brad
Davis, Christine
Dubois, Everett and Bernetta
Fowler, Daniel and Patricia
Geraghty, Joan
James, Karen
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!
Kellerman, Jean
Leavitt, Dena
Leech, Carolyn
Miyasato, Ellen
Penninger, Monica & Dave
Sams, Janet and Bill
Sandri, Piero
Shryock, Richard and Julie
Thatcher, Thomas & Susan
Thorne, David and Kathleen
Wilson, Karen
Wyman, Bob and Pat
Zelus, Marsha
The donations above
were recorded from
our last newsletter
through August 31,
2014. If we have
inadvertently omitted
any donors we
sincerely apologize,
and please let us
know.
New Volunteers
Linda Benedict has begun
helping with publication editing.
Bob Royce is a professional
librarian who has begun to
reorganize our research library.
Sydney Schneider is
helping with volunteer scheduling,
recordkeeping and activity
coordination.
Bob Wright is helping with
library Subject and BIO files and
with Collections.
BIHM runs on the energy of our volunteers. Our amazing group of volunteers make all our operations possible. We can
accomplish even more if you can donate a few hours every month. You may pick from a wide variety of tasks that can be
matched with almost every skill or interest. Where would your efforts make a difference and help us make history?
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THANK YOU BUSINESS SPONSORS!
Please help us thank these generous community institutions for their support of BIHM.
VOLUNTEER HELP NEEDED TO...
welcome visitors from all over the world catalog photos and artifacts host school, community, and tour groups
design brochures & graphics teach about Island history digitize subject and biographical files maintain files and records
maintain computer software and hardware create marketing, membership communication and publicity materials
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CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED
A Presidential Visit to Bainbridge Island
An Evening with Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday, November 19th
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Auditorium
Hors d’oeuvres and beverages 6:15 p.m.
Program 7—9 p.m.
Tickets $100/Person
Clay Jenkinson, host of National Public Radio’s Thomas
Jefferson Hour, presents an entertaining and thoughtprovoking program employing the Chautauqua method—
speaking and answering questions in costume as Thomas
Jefferson. Jenkinson is one of the most sought-after
humanities scholars in the United States and was a
historical adviser featured on Ken Burns’ new film The
Roosevelts.
Seating is very limited, so reserve your space early
by contacting us in one of the following ways:
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 In person at BI Historical Museum
 Via PayPal at bainbridgehistory.org/events.aspx
 by phone at 206-842-2773
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