Newly available for research
Else family papers; 1957-1961. 0.3 cubic feet and 7.17 GB. hmc-1501-ahs. Primarily photographs from a family who lived in Anchorage.
Larry Hayden slides; 1970, 1974. 0.01 cubic feet. hmc-1502. Photographic slides taken by a longtime Anchorage resident.
Willis F. Hallock papers; 1943-1945. 0.4 cubic feet. hmc-1503. Photographs and letters from a weather observer with the U.S. Army Air Corps who served on Shemya, Annette Island, and Adak during World War II.
Norm Stadem photographs; 1958-1975. 0.8 cubic feet and 12 MB. hmc-1504. Slides and an album of prints of an avid outdoorsman involved in skiing, mountaineering, and commercial fishing.
Ruth Esdras Holden photographs; 1957-1958? 0.01 cubic feet. hmc-1505. Color slides of a visit to Anchorage in the late 1950s.
EPH-0655: American Legion. Alaska convention program; 1935.
EPH-0656: White Pass and Yukon Route tourist pamphlet; 1934.
EPH-0657: Seward Chamber of Commerce, Seward Sanatorium cruise welcome packet; circa 1951.
EPH-0658: Kenai Peninsula tourist pamphlet; circa 1942-1944.
EPH-0659: What’s about Anchorage this week newsletter; 1953 March 6.
UAA-0230: Additional interview added. Bernice Nesbitt, a fourth year PhD student in the Clinical-Community Psychology program at UAA, is interviewed by Becky Butler Gallegos, 2025 October 14.
Facilities and Campus Services bulletins; 2025. 0.01 cubic feet. UAA-0238. A newsletter of the activities and construction projects completed by Facilities and Campus Services staff.
Additional description added
Fred and Lidia Selkregg papers; 1914-2000, bulk 1963-1989. 10.8 cubic feet and 555.4 GB. HMC-0631. Papers of two Anchorage residents involved in civic affairs. This work was completed as part of the Alaska Federal Lands Project. Becky Butler Gallegos and Luna De La Rosa created a folder listing (previously, the container list for this collection was five rows of general description). Most audiovisual materials were digitized.
New online:
An additional 10 images from the Russ Dow photographs. 5 were scanned for a researcher request.
38 additional images from the Atwood family papers. Digitization and posting of these images is funded as part of a gift from the Atwood estate. Thanks to Ariel Mortem who has been doing this temp gig for us.
16 images from the Ruth Esdras Holden photographs.
31 additional images from the APU photographs.
37 images from the Neil C. Johannsen Alaska State Parks collection. Digitization and posting of these images is funded through the Alaska Federal Lands Project.
22 images from the John L. Beck papers. Digitization and posting of these images is funded through the Alaska Federal Lands Project.
73 additional images from the Bob Jones papers. Digitization and posting of these images is funded through the Alaska Federal Lands Project.
Outreach
Dani Tompkins and Eric Sowl of Alaska News Source visited and filmed a piece on a recent ephemera gift to the Archives.
Luna and Becky put together an exhibit on the Alaska Federal Lands Project. You can view it in the Great Hall in the Consortium Library. Keep your eyes peeled for tiny animals and hikers in the diorama!
Also, be sure to check out our podcast episode about the Helen D. Nienhueser papers with Nienhueser’s son, John Wolfe.
Luna, Becky, and Arlene presented at the 2025 Scary Scholars event for Halloween! This fun event provided us the opportunity to share about the Alaska Federal Lands Project (Luna and Becky) and creating food-based outreach events (Arlene).