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Author: Gwendolyn Higgins

New in the Archives: September-October 2025

Alaska's Digital Archives, Arrangement and description, Digitization, Exhibits, Finding aids, New in the Archives, Photographs

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 …

Good news and temporary inconveniences

Acquisitions, Alaska's Digital Archives, Arrangement and description, Blog, Conservation, Digitization, Facilities and equipment, Finding aids, Preservation/Conservation, Rare books and theses, Reference

2/28: Timeline has been updated! A few contracts were delayed, permits were problematic, and so we’re starting and continuing a bit later than intended–and will be limited access for longer than hoped. More details on the current status below.

As …

New in the Archives: May-June 2022

Alaska's Digital Archives, Arrangement and description, Classes and tours, Digitization, Events, Exhibits, Finding aids, Grants

Newly described and updated:

EPH-0470: Anchorage Opera Il barbiere di Siviglia performance recording; 2000 April 13. EPH-0470

EPH-0482: All Saints Episcopal Church (Anchorage, Alaska) “Alaska Fishermen’s Hymn;” 1983. 

HMC-0525: Tony Simola photograph album; 1934-1949. The original order of the collection …

Archiving AK Season 2, Episode 8: Freya Anderson on copyright

Podcast

For our last episode in our Archives Month series of the  Archiving AK podcast, we have an interview with Freya Anderson from the Alaska State Library about copyright.

Mentioned in this episode:

Copyright resources guide

Digital Copyright Slider

Copyright First …

Archiving AK Season 2, Episode 7: Chugachmiut Heritage Preservation Archives

Podcast

Next up in our Archives Month podcast series is an interview with Nancy Yeaton and Andrea Floersheimer from Chugachmiut Heritage Preservation, which helps to preserve the cultures, languages and histories of the Alaska Native peoples and communities of the Chugach …

Archiving AK Season 2, Episode 4: Dr. David Bowie

Archival instruction, Outreach, Podcast

It’s Monday, and that means a brand new episode. For our fourth episode of our Archives Month 2021 season, we have an interview with linguistics professor and chair of UAA’s English Department, Dr. David Bowie about his use of Archives …

Archiving AK Season 2, Episode1: Interview with Julie Varee

Outreach, Podcast

Happy Archives Month and welcome to a new season of Archiving AK! For our first episode of Season 2, Gwen interviews Julie Varee, Community Outreach Archivist at the Anchorage Museum’s Library and Archives. Our conversation with Julie delves into …

Archiving AK Special Episode: Collecting our Community: Documenting Civic Action in Anchorage

Outreach, Podcast

We’re back after a long hiatus with a special bonus episode of Archiving AK. When I saw a call of proposals for Democracy and Civic Engagement Week from UAA’s Center for Community Engaged Learning, I knew Archives and Special Collections …

Archiving AK episode 19: Preserving audio, video, and film related to public health in Alaska

Digitization, Grants, Podcast

We’re bringing back the podcast for a follow-up on the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings at Risk grant that Veronica got to digitize audio, film, and video related to public health. In this episode, Gwen and Becky …

Preserving audio, video, and film related to public health in Alaska

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April 6th-12th is Public Health Week, and we are excited to share some new newly available archival resources related to public health in Alaska and the circumpolar north.

In 2019, thanks to the hard work of Veronica Denison, we …

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