What are we doing?
July and August have been pretty busy for us. We’ve managed to fit in some personal vacations amidst a lot of visiting and local researchers, some new collections coming in, and the work of describing collections. We also participated in one of our favorite events of the year, Campus Kickoff! We had a table at UAA’s start of the year event to meet with students and faculty and talk about what we have to offer them for their research.
Newly available collections:
Ahtna, Inc. bylaws and articles of incorporation; 1980 October 23. 0.01 cubic feet. EPH-0646
U.S. Army, Alaska “Reference Handbook of Alaska”; 1974 April 10. 0.01 cubic feet. EPH-0647
Alaska State Housing Authority “City Center Plaza Development Plan Anchorage, Alaska”; 1967 May. 0.01 cubic feet. EPH-0648
City of Anchorage annual reports; 1964-1965. 0.01 cubic feet. EPH-0649
Abused Women’s Aid in Crisis newsletter; 1993 September. 0.01 cubic feet. EPH-0650
Matanuska-Susitna Soroptimist International Chardonnay’s 2nd annual seminar brochure; 1986. 0.01 cubic feet. EPH-0651
Anchorage Borough School District Education News newsletter; 1966 October. EPH-0652
Senator E.L. “Bob” Bartlett tribute program; 1969 July 19. EPH-0653
KFQD rate card; 1966. EPH-0654
UAA. School of Business and Public Affairs. Planning instructional program reviews. 1983-1984. 0.02 cubic feet. UAA-0236
UAA. Office of Public Affairs University of Alaska Anchorage and Anchorage Community College telephone directory. 1977-1978. 0.01 cubic feet. UAA-0237
New subject guide:
We create subject guides to help researchers (and ourselves) get a start on identifying collections that relate to topics that get asked about regularly. These are often not comprehensive listings of every single collection with documentation on that subject, but they can be a handy place to start.
Atomic testing and nuclear energy topic guide
Newly digitized and online:
15 images from the Bob Jones papers. Bob “Sea Otter” Jones was the long-time director of the Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
Podcast episode:
It’s time for another edition of Archiving AK, Federal Lands with Becky and Luna! For this episode, they take a closer look at the process of digitizing tapes from the Commonwealth North records and discuss the possibilities and challenges of AI transcription.