Guide to the Unidentified family photograph album
circa 1947-1959
Collection number: HMC-0845
Creator: Unknown.
Title: Unidentified family photograph album.
Dates: 1947-1959.
Volume of collection: 0.1 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English and Swedish.
Collection summary: Photograph album from a family that spent time in Kodiak in 1959.
Biographical note:
The creating family is unknown, but they lived in or visited Kodiak in 1959. Some of the earliest photographs in the album are captioned in Swedish.
Collection description:
The collection consists of a photograph album with black and white photographs depicting family life. A small section of the album can be dated to Kodiak in 1959 as it includes photographs of an Alaska statehood parade in downtown Kodiak.
Arrangement: The photographs are in the order in which they were placed in the album.
Alternative formats: A Xerox copy of the original album is available.
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: The Archives does not hold copyright to this collection.
Preferred citation: Unidentified family photograph album, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Acquisition note: The collection was purchased by the Archives on Ebay in 2005.
Processing information: This album was photocopied and dismantled shortly after arriving at the Archives. Photographs were sorted by size and placed in enclosures. The original order of the photographs was re-established and the collection was described by Arlene Schmuland in 2021.