New in the Archives: January 2018
Welcome to the first installment of “New in the Archives,” a series of monthly updates about what’s going on in Archives and Special Collections. “New in the Archives” will feature newly described collections, items recently uploaded to Alaska’s Digital Archives, exhibits, and events that we have hosted or participated in.…
Primary or secondary? the Odlin letter
Fairview: here we come!
Do you have photos of Fairview? From either yesterday or 50 years ago (or more)? Are you interested in sharing them? We’ll be at the Fairview Community Council meeting Thursday, December 14. Why? As part of our Sharing Community Images project. What is the Sharing Community Images Project? As part…
Did you miss it?
We had an Open House on Wednesday afternoon to celebrate Archives Month and because we love just hanging out with our researchers, donors, colleagues, supporters: they’re friends! And we’re very thankful for them. We’re also thankful for Northwest Archivists, our regional professional association, for their financial support that allowed us…
Eating from the Archives: Military Food
IMLS funding Alaskan archives access!
Over the past 12 years we’ve received grant funding from the Institution of Museum and Library Services, an independent federal agency working to support the efforts of libraries and museums all over the nation. Our grant awards from IMLS (through the Alaska State Library’s Interlibrary Cooperation Grant program) since 2004…
Alaska’s Digital Archives: when software goes awry
Do you have signs to share?
Were you a part of the Women’s March on Saturday? Here’s what’s going on. As anybody who reads this probably already knows, we as an archives in an educational institution have an obligation not only to preserve materials, but to make them accessible, too. And it’s really important for students,…
Describing Collections: Things that aren’t Archival
When we tell people we permanently remove material (mostly news clippings) from collections, you can almost hear them gasp. When I have had to explain why newspapers are not archival according to our collection policy, they seem to understand. The Johnny Ellis papers contained a great mixture of most types…