We’ve been known to say “Archives are expensive!” And they definitely can be. But what does that actually mean? We have the more obvious costs like staffing to make materials accessible, having an environmentally controlled space to house the materials or a digital preservation system (super spendy!), lights, computers, phone…
Time for our bi-monthly report! We’ve been keeping very busy. What isn’t reflected below is the research activity going on in the Archives over the past month, which has accounted for a fair number of hours. We’ve served researchers from all over the world including Europe and South America. We’ve…
After a small hiatus, Archiving AK, Federal Lands edition is back! This time, Julia O’Malley, granddaughter of Fred and Lidia Selkregg, speaks with archivist Becky Butler Gallegos about her family’s papers. Lidia Selkregg was a land use planner, University of Alaska Anchorage faculty member, earthquake researcher, and Anchorage Assemblywoman (among…
Newly available: Joe Hayes papers; 1972-1986. 33.7 cubic feet. hmc-0426. Papers of an Anchorage legislator. APU Center for Entrepreneurship Development proposal; 1982. APU-0092 Alberts family papers; 1927-1962, bulk 1927-1944. 0.6 cubic feet. hmc-1509-ahs. Primarily photograph albums of a director of Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations and his family. Ephemera collections: Cordova Iceworm…
Newly available for research: Institute of the North progress report compact disc; 2001. EPH-0662 South Central Health Planning and Development, Inc. annual report; 1979. EPH-0663 Connotations: The Island Institute Journal [Vol.1, No. 1]; 1993. EPH-0664 Alaska Native Foundation annual report; 1978. EPH-0665 Rick Mystrom papers; 1994-2000. 7.6 cubic feet. HMC-1506. Campaign…
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 resident. Willis F. Hallock papers; 1943-1945. 0.4 cubic feet. hmc-1503. Photographs…
John Wolfe joins archivist Becky Butler Gallegos to discuss the papers of his mother, Helen D. Nienhueser. Nienhueser previously worked as a Department of Natural Resources land use planner, advocated for trails and political issues, and authored 55 Ways to the Wilderness of Southcentral Alaska. The discussion covers Nienhueser’s activism and…
We have a special guest on this episode of Archiving AK — Neil C. Johannsen! Mr. Johannsen was the first superintendent of Chugach State Park and was the longest director of Alaska State Parks. He was central in the creation of many Alaska state parks, including Wood-Tikchik State Park (the…
What are we doing? July and August have been pretty busy for us. We’ve managed to fit in some personal vacations amidst a lot of visiting and local researchers, some new collections coming in, and the work of describing collections. We also participated in one of our favorite events of…
It’s time for another edition of Archiving AK, Federal Lands with Becky and Luna! For this episode, they take a closer look at the process of digitizing tapes from the Commonwealth North records and discuss the possibilities and challenges of AI transcription. If you missed our blog post about the…
