Loren Taft: a retrospective
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of receiving a phone call to set up a meeting with a long-time Anchorage resident, Loren Taft. I was told he had a lot of photographs. And then I went to his …
Author: Arlene Schmuland
The Self-Educator
I’d like to introduce you to a volume in our Rare Books collection. It’s the very first book on the very first shelf of our Rare section. This book has found a fond spot in our hearts here in A&SC …
Appraising legislator’s papers
Periodically I’ll receive a call from a legislator’s office to begin the conversation of what of their legislative records might be appropriate for an archives to take in. I often try to dodge providing lists, because any list I might …
Where, what, when, why and mostly who
One of my standard instructional statements when helping students learn about how to find primary source materials is: Who would have had a reason to document what it is you’re trying to study? Find the who, find the record. Find …
Down to the sea in ships
Every so often we get a phone call, email, visit, from somebody looking for information about a specific ship that might have sailed in Alaska waters. While we may or may not have archival materials related to that ship, my …
aka Palmer Colony
**Please note: this blog entry–though correct in details, is wrong in one very important respect. In August 2014, the National Archives gave the ARRC records to us. So while the history in this entry is true, we have an update…
Eye of the Beholder 5
Call for Participation: Be a Co-Curator!
Archives & Special Collections, Consortium Library
Eye of the Beholder 5: One Image, Many Perspectives
October 1-31, 2012
THE EXHIBIT: Every year we pick a single photograph from our holdings. And ask you to …
Some bad news, some good news
The decision to close off access to a document is not one we make easily around here. Anybody who has spent any time with me is fairly aware that I believe that the vast majority of decisions in an archives …
Eye of the Beholder 2009 exhibit part 6
Last, but not least…
I saved this one for posting last mostly because it’s a little more complicated to post than the others. Well, almost impossible in fact. This entry was brought in by Anne Freitag, a long-time Archives supporter …
Eye of the Beholder 2009 exhibit part 5
We have a few more entries to show you. The first one below is by Deborah Tharp, an associate professor of photography at UAA. Sorry about the not-great photo. One of these days, maybe you can come visit the very …