Surrogate access to the unknown
Like most archives, we have a few collections with materials in them that are starting to age, and age badly. One example of that is the Frederick John Date papers: most of what is in the collection is in …
Author: Arlene Schmuland
Playing with memes
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And since we’d be bad archivists if we didn’t cite our own stuff… Clockwise from the upper left:
1. Captains Glenn & Culp, near Portage Bay, 1898. Photographer: Walter C. Mendenhall. Edwin F. …
It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Man
One of the things about having students in to do research is that we often don’t get to see what becomes of the research they do. That’s not really a complaint, by the way, it’s just the way things go. …
Our thanks, 2011.
Alaska Defense Command, Alaska District shoulder patch, circa 1942.
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous parade, 1958.
Fred Fickett, Signal Corps. 1882, Virginia.
Helicopter landing at US Army Arctic Test Board, 1962.
Private Billy B. Johnson, US First Infantry …
how much do you trust records?
We’ve had students in an anthropology class working in the Archives this semester on a variety of projects having to do with the Independence Mine (Alaska Pacific Consolidated Mining Company records, to be more precise.) They’ve been a …
some of our favorite things, installment 3
The Microspatula, by Jason Sylvestre
There are a number of things that I find cringe-worthy as an archivist: legal sized documents, scotch tape, paperclips, rusty staples, and unruly masses of paper. Although my favorite archival tool can’t address all of …
Some of our favorite things, installment 1
Inspired by a posting from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art earlier this month, we decided to share some of our favorite archives tools with you! First up, Arlene.
My Flip HD videocam, by Arlene
- Arlene’s personalized Flip HD videocam
Even if you ask
Every so often we’ll find something in a collection that really resonates with us and the work we do. For me (Arlene), this week, that was a letter. The letter was pasted into an album of photographs kept by A. …
When state fairs go international
In 1862, the British Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Trades sponsored an international exposition in London. Exhibitors brought wares from 36 countries, and a publishing house chose 300 of the items in the exhibit to publish via tinted lithographs.…
Eye of the Beholder 4
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Archives & Special Collections
Eye of the Beholder 4: One Image, Many Perspectives
October 3, 2011-?
THE EXHIBIT: Archives & Special Collections is mounting an exhibit to demonstrate how a single item: this image …