Due to construction starting on Monday, July 21, on the North entrance and on the first floor of the Library, our usual suggestions for accessing the building and the Archives won’t apply for a while. At least a year, possibly longer. Be sure to leave yourself a little extra time…
Now available: Alaska Club Coho Swim Club brochure; circa 1987. EPH-0625 Mauneluk Association Northwest Arctic SINAA newsletter; circa 1981. EPH-0626 Western Media Concepts Alaska women’s history projects flyers; circa 1984-1985. EPH-0627 Kuskokwim Native Association Agriculture Field Day program; 1980. EPH-0628 Homer tourism pamphlets; undated. EPH-0629 Haines tourism pamphlets; undated, 1974.…
Now available: Alaska Growth Policy Council Alaska Public Forum newspaper; circa 1977-1978. EPH-0613. 0.05 cubic feet. Alyeska Pipeline Service Company pamphlets: undated, 1973-1974. EPH-0614. Dalton Trail Days program; 1973 June 29-July 1. EPH-0615 Alaska Railroad tourism pamphlets: undated, 1937-1974. EPH-0616 Alaska Airlines tourism pamphlets; 1962-1974. EPH-0617 Anchorage Chamber of Commerce…
Becky and Luna are back at it again with another episode about a collection in the Alaska Federal Lands Project! In this episode, they discuss the digitized collection of geologist, Don Grybeck, explore the challenges of learning how to use a controlled vocabulary, and plan the Archives staff’s next road…
Newly available: Sparrevohn Air Force Station videos; circa 1953-1954. 1.15 GB. HMC-1493 Anchorage Charter Chapter American Business Women’s Association Anchor-Gram newsletter; 1978 February. 0.01 cubic feet. EPH-0610 Additional interview added to Archives and Special Collections. Student oral history interviews. 2024-2025. UAA-0230 Patrick Tierney photograph album; undated, 1949-1953. 0.3 cubic feet. hmc-1494-ahs. Album…
Another busy month in the Archives, and it’s time for a fresh season of the Archiving AK podcast! Take a listen to the first episode. Becky and Luna explain their new Alaska Federal Lands project and discuss the collection of Alaska Federation of Natives’ first secretary and board member, Joan…
Becky and Luna kick off this new season of Archiving AK! In this episode, they explain their new Alaska Federal Lands project and discuss the collection of the Alaska Federation of Natives’ first secretary and board member, Joan Elva Corliss. Check out the finding aid for the Joan Elva Corliss…
For such a short month, it’s been super busy! Becky and Luna continue on with progress on the lands collections project. Shelby is finishing up a long project to scan our collection development files. Gwen and Arlene continue on with other description projects, working with researchers (along with Becky) and…
Despite some weather closures, we hit the ground running after the holiday break with a session for the UAA Winter Teaching Academy for faculty, in which we discussed how (and why!) to incorporate archival materials into course curriculum. And that session has already borne some results: we are getting contacts…
Well folks, a new opportunity arose for the Archives in the final quarter of last year – we received funds through Congressionally Directed Spending to focus the next three or so years on improved description and digitization of lands-related collections in our holdings! This project also allows Becky Butler Gallegos…
