Author: Becky Butler Gallegos
Archiving AK Season 3, Episode 4: Tourism letters
It’s the peak of tourism season in Alaska, so we’re reading letters from tourists in our holdings! Tour guide Becky Butler Gallegos will give you a quick overview of various tourism routes in Alaska. We’ll hear from folks traveling the …
New in the Archives, May-June 2024
Newly described collections
EPH-0559: Alaskan aerial photograph holiday cards; undated. 26 photographic cards featuring aerial photographs of Alaskan villages and holiday greetings.
EPH-0560-APU: South-Central Alaska Regional Science Fair program; 1972.
EPH-0561-APU: Poetry Society of Alaska Stella Borealis newsletter; 1964 March.…
Archiving AK Season 3 Interlude: Explaining Oral History
We’re pausing our regularly scheduled Letters Live season to bring you an episode explaining oral histories, introducing our new Student Oral History Project, and providing an example of an oral history interview. Our summer intern, Rachel, hosts and is interviewed …
Archiving AK Season 3 Episode 3: WWII Letters
In honor of Memorial Day, we’re reading World War II era letters from our holdings! Special guests include the UAA/APU Consortium Library’s very own Ryan O’Mara and our Archives intern Rachel Nill. They’ll share about their military and archives experience …
Archiving AK Season 3 Episode 2: Public Health Letters
We’re back with more letters from the Archives! This time our theme is public health in Alaska. Special guests Fabiola Lugo Vasquez, Dr. Wendy Replogle Strawbridge, and Dr. Hild read letters held in the Archives from public health professionals throughout …
The Intern Round-Up: Connor Benson
New in the Archives, March-April 2024
Newly available:
HMC-1406-AHS: Catherine Jenne slides; 1961-1963, 1966-1969. 0.06 cubic feet. Slides depicting sites across Alaska, Seattle, and Yellowstone National Park.
HMC-1450: Earth Resources Co. Livengood mining records: circa 1971. 0.2 cubic feet. Annotated maps and claim information for the …
New in the Archives: September-October 2023
What happened in September and October?
A LOT!
Nearly all of our collections are moved off-site in preparation for our renovations (if you missed it, here’s a description of the project). This took about 9 days for our terrific …