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A1950s Saturday night in Lacey meant going out to the Evergreen Ballroom to dance until the very last song, long past midnight.

Walter Sholund, logger, shipbuilder and violin player, built the barn-styled Evergreen Ballroom. Its presence drew a long stream of visiting musicians to its bandstand and across its stage.

The Fabulous Wailers have held a strong presence in Pacific Northwest rock-n-roll history and for good reason. They were very popular with the dance scene, not only in our neck of the woods, performing at the Evergreen Ballroom in Lacey, but all the way to a national broadcast appearance on “American Bandstand.”

We absolutely have to do this project. the more damaged or vulnerable items will be treated here, at the conservation laboratory. so, this is an example from the manuscripts collection. it's a map, and here it is being surface cleaned, and clodagh's using what we call a smoke sponge. you see the kind of muck that we get off. and then a very fine brush, to make sure no debris is left. so, over here, this book had suffered from the board separating from the text block, and it has been re—backed with this new piece of leather, and the next stage is to look at the pages of the book. oh, wow. and...

What We Collect Introduction Books Periodicals, including Newspapers, Journals and Magazines Government Publications Music Maps Websites Ephemera, including Broadsides and Posters Pictures