In mid-September, Arlene sat down virtually with three of the curators: Hayley Chambers, Erika Christian, and Ryan McHale, from the Ketchikan Museums. In part one of this podcast, we talk about their missions and collections, how archival collections fit into their work, their outreach efforts, what it’s like to work…
A new episode: this one is the 5th in our October 2021 Archives Month reboot of our podcast. In this episode, Arlene talks with Desiree Ramirez, Alissa Gardner, and Chris Warner. Desiree is the museum specialist at Wrangell – St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alissa and Chris are with…
It’s Monday, and that means a brand new episode. For our fourth episode of our Archives Month 2021 season, we have an interview with linguistics professor and chair of UAA’s English Department, Dr. David Bowie about his use of Archives and Special Collections in his classes.
Happy Archives Month and welcome to a new season of Archiving AK! For the third episode of Season 2, Arlene talks with Karen Gray and Leah Geibel of the Alaska State Archives. Karen and Leah talk about what the State Archives does, the types of materials they hold, and some…
We archivists at the Consortium Library know well how hard it can be to find archival resources on whatever your research topic may be. That’s partly due to the nature of archival collections: they’re unique and they can be voluminous (end to end, our filled collections shelving goes on for…
Happy Archives Month and welcome to a new season of Archiving AK! For the second episode of Season 2,Arlene interviews Erin Wahl, a librarian at New Mexico State University, creative writer and former archivist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Erin recently co-wrote an article with Pamela Pierce on how…
Happy Archives Month and welcome to a new season of Archiving AK! For our first episode of Season 2, Gwen interviews Julie Varee, Community Outreach Archivist at the Anchorage Museum’s Library and Archives. Our conversation with Julie delves into the Museum’s archival collections, how they support exhibitions and other events,…
We’re back after a long hiatus with a special bonus episode of Archiving AK. When I saw a call of proposals for Democracy and Civic Engagement Week from UAA’s Center for Community Engaged Learning, I knew Archives and Special Collections needed to be involved in some way. In addition to…
This month marks the end of the 2020-2021 academic year and the start of the 2021-2022 year. In the “invisible labor” category, Gwen has been working diligently on her 4th year comprehensive faculty review file, as well as continuing her ongoing inventory of audiovisual material in our collections. Arlene finished…
What our researchers are producing We recently learned about two great websites created by our researchers: WWII Alaska: The Second World War dramatically impacted the Alaskan territory and all of its people. Explore firsthand stories from Alaska Native elders and veterans stationed in Alaska. Created by Holly Guise, an Iñupiaq historian…
