Author: Arlene Schmuland
New in the Archives: January-February 2023
Now available:
Craig Mishler papers; 1933-2021. hmc-1300. 7 cubic foot addition. Research files, field notes, photographs, and audiovisual materials from a cultural anthropologist and folklorist.
Larry Hipbshman Spenard research files; circa 1915-2001. 4.0 cubic feet. hmc-1401. Research materials related to …
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New in the Archives: November-December 2022

Newly available:
Alaska Historical Society records; 1964-2018. HMC-0014. 2.4 cubic foot addition.
Donald B. Thurston photographs; 1959-1964. HMC-1403-AHS. Primarily photos related to damage from the 1964 Alaska earthquake.
Fred Austin Delaplain papers; 1924-1945, bulk 1943-1944. hmc-1404. Papers and photographs …
New in the Archives: September-October 2022
Newly described:
Donald Lawrence autobiography, 1982. EPH-0491-AHS 0.01 cubic feet
Norton Sound Health Corporation Katituat newsletters; 1972-1974. EPH-0492
Cry of the Wild Ram souvenir program; 1967. EPH-0493
HMC-0353: Betzi and Lyman Woodman papers; 1898-1999. Papers of two Alaska journalists and …
FAQs: Distance and research
Is coming on-site to view collection materials a challenge for you? Maybe you live somewhere else and don’t have a visit to beautiful Anchorage in the offing, or perhaps you live in Anchorage but our access hours don’t mesh well …
New in the Archives: July-August 2022

New online:
84 images from the Esther Louise Bock papers were digitized and described for the Alaska’s Digital Archives by our summer intern, Shu Mayer.
Two interviews from the Donald Mitchell oral histories (ANCSA-related): Ramsey Clark and Richard Baenen. Funding …
Archivists adventuring
New in the Archives, March-April 2022
Eating from the Archives returns! Welcome to the 1920s.

We’ve been on hiatus with our archives-themed cooking events for a few years, but it looks like it might just be time to bring it back to life. You might recall the Chilkoot Challenge in which we took the grocery …