Browse these archives below for a first-hand look at how our communities and newspapers across the state reacted to the Centralia Tragedy.
Additional archival sources and scholarly articles are listed below.
More Available Archives
University of Washington Archives
ArchivesWest: Tom Copeland research materials on Elmer Smith and the Centralia Tragedy, 1905-1998
National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form for Sites Associated with the Centralia Tragedy (United States Department of the Interior)
Historical Articles
Eugene Barnett Talks About the Centralia Conspiracy: Oral History from an IWW | Participant in the Events of November 11, 1919, in Centralia, Washington (Washington State Historical Society)
Four men die in the Centralia Massacre on November 11, 1919. (HistoryLink.org)
Essay: The Centralia Tragedy (UW)
Centralia, Collective Memory, and the Tragedy of 1919 (Portland State University)
The Centralia Conspiracy (Michigan State University)
Centralia’s Union Mural: ”The Resurrection of Wesley Everest” Depicts Labor’s Side of the Centralia Massacre (Washington State Historical Society)
JSTOR: How the IWW Grew after the Centralia Tragedy
Armistice Day in Centralia — 100 Years Later (Oregon State University)
104 years later, Centralia IWW fight continues (NW Labor Press)
Labor Violence: the Centralia Case, the IWW and its Enemies (Portland State University)
Washington Legion post marks 100th anniversary of Centralia tragedy (American Legion)