About us

About the Mercer Island Historical Society

The Mercer Island Historical Society was established in 1954. Click here to learn more about the History of the Historical Society.

Our Mission

The mission of the Mercer Island Historical Society is to collect, preserve, research, record, and make available the heritage of Mercer Island.

Our Goals

To acquire, collect, preserve, label, and store historical documents, records, artifacts and memorabilia pertinent to Mercer Island history.
To promote the history of Mercer Island by presenting programs to community organizations and schools.
To share the history of Mercer Island in local displays and exhibits, and more globally on the Internet.
To partner with public organizations, and other organizations in preserving and protecting all aspects of Mercer Island history.
To seek public and private investments in all areas where support of any society function requires financial assistance.

Pictured from the left: Adele Byrd, Sam Lake, Phil Flash, Walt Rodgers, Delores Erchinger, Ed Maloof, Barbara Ford, Kisi Goode, Dave Harris, Joe Joseph, and Ruth Fricke. Not pictured: Bud Liebes. Photo by Dick Decker

The Board of Directors

Co-Presidents	Phil Flash Sam Lake	Other Board Members Barbara Ford Kisi Goode Dave Harris Bud Liebes Ed Maloof Walt Rodgers
Vice President	Joe Joseph
Secretary	Delores Erchinger
Treasurer	Ruth Fricke

The board of directors can be contacted by calling the Mercer Island Historical Society at 206-236-3274 and leaving a message, or emailing the historical society at info@mihistory.org.

The Committee's

We are always looking for volunteers to help on our committee's. Please let us know if you can help us on any of the following committee's.

Archive Committee - Preserves archives, photos and videos for permanent storage.
Filing Committee - Files and organizes new acquisitions.
Finance Committee - Works with the treasurer to develop a financial plan.
Fund Raising Committee - Markets and sells Historical Society information such as the Mercer Island Heritage book.
Grant Committee - Researches and writes grants for our historical projects.
Historical Marker Committee - Research historic places on Mercer Island, solicit funds to pay for historic markers, then place markers on selected historical sites.
Hospitality Committee - Provides refreshments and desserts for our monthly meetings.
Membership Committee - Encourages new membership.
Program Committee - Plans and schedules programs for the monthly meetings.
Promotions Committee - Ensures notification is made to members and the community of society events and programs. Sub-committee's include our newsletter, Mercer Island Reporter Liaison, and our phone tree.
Web Site Committee - Develops content and publishes updates for the web site.

The Mercer Island Historical Society is a volunteer organization.