We’re keeping busy this fall. Becky continues on with the Lands project, Gwen with the digital preservation migration, Arlene with the collection move planning, and all of us with researcher interactions, donor interactions, and everything else we do as a department. We had a huge influx of researcher emails in August and September–nearly 50% above the same period in 2025!–and that’s a significant commitment of our time.
So far this fall, we’ve had six tours or instruction sessions, some scheduled, some not! We have a few more coming up and are definitely looking forward to those: it’s always fun (and important) to introduce students to the Archives and the resources we have available for them. Classes with us can be booked online through the Library’s website.
Upcoming: November looks to be pretty much business as usual, at least for our researchers. But December is going to come with some changes. We’ll be moving into new office space, get a second collections storage area, and have a new research room all on the first floor. We’re not quite sure of the timing on the move, it’s dependent on a lot of factors. Heads-up to anybody thinking about doing research with us during the winter intersession though since that’s when all the rearrangement is currently scheduled to take place. We will be trying to accommodate researchers during the period of the move as much as we can, but we just don’t have defined dates and times quite yet. If you’re interested in booking a research appointment in the intersession (December 14 through January 8), please get in contact with us as soon as possible. We’ll definitely need to have your box request list by Thanksgiving so even if the collection is moving, we may still be able to provide access to the collections of interest to you. Our online appointment calendar will be updated as we find out more.
Newly available:
EPH-0690: Chugach State Park trail maps and brochures; undated, circa 1974-2011.
EPH-0691: Chugach National Forest trail maps and brochures; undated, 2007.
EPH-0692: Alaska State Parks trail maps and brochures; 1974, circa 1997-2001.
EPH-0693: “Early Detection and Rapid Response to Invasive Plants: A Citizens Guide to Identifying and Reporting Infestations in Alaska” pamphlet; undated.
EPH-0694: U.S. Department of Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Canoeing on the Kenai National Moose Range” brochure; 1975 March.
EPH-0695: Alaska Public Employees Association Reporter; 1980 August.
EPH-0696: “Alaska 1984: What’s Really Going On?” brochure; circa 1980-1984.
EPH-0697: Alaska Constitutional Convention opening ceremony program; 1955 November 8.
EPH-0698: “Shall There be a Constitutional Convention” conference program; 1991 November 15-16.
EPH-0699: Alaska Common Ground brochure; circa 1991.
EPH-0700: Alascattalo Day (21 November) memorabilia; 2002-2019.
EPH-0701: Alaska Workers Association flyer; 2026.
EPH-0702: State of Alaska Martin Luther King, Jr. Day commemorative celebration program; 1986 January.
HMC-1523-AHS: J. Pennelope Goforth papers; 1941-2005, bulk 1979-1990. 2.5 cubic feet and 1.1 GB. hmc-1523-ahs. Primarily photographs taken by a photographer, journalist, and historian, who lived in the Aleutian Islands and other communities in Alaska.
UAA-0249: Dept. of Psychology. Psychological Services Center expansion grand opening program. 2026 April 10.
UAA-0250: Office of Student Success. Learning Commons mural guide; 2024.
UAA-0251: UAA Institutional Effectiveness. Community Campaign UAA Cares! button; undated.
UAA-0252: Dept. of Journalism and Public Communications reports. 1989 October-November.
Additional oral history has been added to UAA-0230: Archives and Special Collections student oral history interviews. Moira Marshall, a senior History major and intern in the Archives, is interviewed by Becky Butler Gallegos about her experience as a UAA student.
HMC-1060: Alice E. Brown papers; 1965-1973. Added 0.01 cubic feet to the papers of a member of the Alaska Federation of Natives’ Board of Directors and advocate for the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
HMC-1082: Joan Elva Corliss papers addition; 1948, 1966-1972. Added approximately .3 cubic feet and 70 MB of digitized content to the papers of a secretary and board member of the Alaska Federation of Natives.
New online:
22 images from HMC-1514, Unidentified family photographs, 1955-1960 are available on the Alaska’s Digital Archives.
61 images from HMC-1507, Robert E. Anderson photographs; 1966-1968 are available on Alaska’s Digital Archives.
47 additional images from UAA-0043, UAA University Advancement photographs; 1967-2012 are available on Alaska’s Digital Archives. Thanks to Gina Hays from Access Services for all her hard work on making these photos available! She chose them, scanned them, and then added the descriptive material, a time-consuming labor.