Recently an Anchorage resident stopped by the Consortium Library and dropped off a manila envelope addressed to the Archives. The Access Services clerk who received the envelope dutifully brought it up to us (thanks Behnaaz!). We popped it open and …
(This is Arlene). It’s not often I indulge my need to complain in quite such a public setting, but I’ve spent a lot of time over the last few days working on additions to the Alaska’s Digital Archives and, well, …
So we’ve been hearing a lot about the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. And I (Arlene) realize we’re a week or so late with this. But hopefully you’ll forgive us.
At any rate, one of the things that’s …
Deborah Tharp is one of our researchers who has been utilizing photographs in our collection in some creative ways. Below is a composite photograph she created using images from our National Geographic Society Katmai Expeditions photograph collection. The photographs …
The Alaska’s Digital Archives has been one of the most popular topics for this blog in its short lifespan so far. And the reason we didn’t have a Friday entry is because Mariecris was very busy with reference and Arlene …
Today was a day we all spent on long-lived, and in some cases long-overdue, projects.
Mariecris spent the day working on the Commonwealth North records. Commonwealth North deposited some 80 cubic feet worth of records with us about a year …
It’s been kind of a busy week for us here in A&SC, so it’s time for a Friday break. We’re going to share with you a favorite photo from our collections.
This one was taken somewhere along Cook Inlet (we …
We used to get a lot of requests from users who had seen a photo in a book and wanted to reuse it for another purpose and the citation said UAA, so of course they contacted us here at UAA …
Or a day in the work life of, anyhow.
Here’s a sample of the things the archivists in A&SC worked on today:
Nicole: Nicole continued proofing the transcript of the Glenn diary in preparation for bringing it online.
Mariecris: Mariecris …
In 1898 and 1899 expeditions came up through Cook Inlet to look for inland routes to the gold fields (as well as for other reasons, of course.) These expeditions were commanded by Edwin Forbes Glenn, a captain in the U.S. …
