single predefined query. The same tool may be applied to multiple image collections. We have employed
these predefined searches to create links from icons, such as an image of a self portrait of Frank Matsura,
to a search of Matsura’s self portraits, thereby creating an intuitive database interface. This is also an
effective way to integrate the images in a collection with historical information. In several digital
collections (the Frank Fuller Avery and the Early Washington Maps), we have included a historical time
line with embedded predefined searches to relevant objects in the database. So for example from the
Avery collection timeline, “1905: McLaughlin Agreement,” affirms the U.S. Government's $1.5 million
payment for the cession of the northern half of the reservation (1891-2). If a user clicks on “McLaughlin
Agreement,” two portraits by Avery from the signing ceremony will appear
(http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xaverytime.html)