| Summary: | Caption on border: Pacific Northwest Library Association. Portland, Ore. Aug. 29-31, '35. B.L. Aldrich 7-8 Selling-Hirsch, Portland, Ore. PH Coll 219.3 The Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition of 1909 provided the setting for the inception of this first, and to this day unique, international regional library association. Born in June, 1909 at a three day conference held at the University of Washington campus in Seattle, the new organization adopted a constitution and by-laws, and by 1919 had more than 233 members and 9 active committees representing different areas of focus and function. Now in its 100th year, PNLA is one of the oldest regional library associations in North America and the only one that spans international borders. (Source: www.plna.org). The 26th conference took place in Portland in 1935, with several important issues coming up for votes. These included opposition to war preparation and fascism, advocacy for federal funding of nationwide library service, the creation of a quarterly publication and a call to reform ALA, effectively giving rank and file members more of a voice.
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