Finding Alaskan photographers

We haven’t calculated the statistics, but anecdotally, we can tell you that of all the document media types we hold photographs are probably one of the most popular types of documents used by researchers here at ASC. Following along with that, sometimes we get questions about various photographers and photography…

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Alaska Lunch

Our current exhibit in the great room of the Library is all about food in Alaska, with items from the Rare Books collection including cookbooks from the state. After the success (or at least entertainment value) of last year’s Convalescent’s Banquet, we in Archives and Special Collections felt that there was…

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Scenes in the archives

We frequently get asked: “what’s your favorite [collection/photo/document/etc]?” That’s a hard question to answer! And it’s usually dependent on what we’ve had our hands on recently. By turns funny, sad, poignant, thoughtful, it can vary. This week, though, we’ve been on something of a humor kick. And in that spirit,…

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Ethnohistory and Archives Part 3

This blog post is a continuation of Ethnohistory and Archives Part 2, which describes what the students in UAA’s Ethnohistory of Alaska Natives course found in the Charles V. Lucier papers. Part 1 describes the work completed in the Archives by UAA’s Ethnohistory of Alaska Natives course during the Spring 2015 semester. The blog posts were written by guest blogger Alyssa Willett. …

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Electronic records in Archives part 2

What better place to take a bunch of electronic records courses than in beautiful Anchorage, Alaska in June? June 8-12, 2015 at the UAA/APU Consortium Library on the campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage, to be precise. We’re pleased to announce that we’ve just signed the contract with the…

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Updates

Yet again, it has been a busy few months in Archives and Special Collections. We have new collections available, added photographs and texts to Alaska’s Digital Archives, and even had a new archivist join our crew. Collections now available (the link directs to the collection guide): Ruth Schmidt papers:  The collection…

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Enjoying the great Alaskan outdoors

Celebrate Archives Month with us! The Anchorage Museum Archives, Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association (AMIPA) and Archives & Special Collections are hosting a home movie and slide show evening. We’ll be featuring movies and photos from our collections celebrating getting outside and enjoying so much of what there is to…

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