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 …
Back in 2012, after our umpteenth request for the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation records that had been here very very briefly in the 1990s, I wrote a blog entry about where to find documents about the Palmer Colony. We had …
We have been keeping busy so far this Summer in the Archives. Here’s a brief list of what’s new:
Collections now available (the link directs to the collection guide):
Charles Cassata photographs: Charles Cassata was a former Alaska resident. The …
We’re continuing to convert our legacy finding aids into a more standardized form and in doing so with some trading post records (Wiseman Trading Company) recently, I came across a neat little ledger.
The original collection guide said …
Forty-five years ago today, Wally Hickel, just 6 days into his term as Secretary of the Interior, received the following notice:
…Oil Spill Santa Barbara SITREP One: 29 January 1969. Advised that Union Oil Platform “A” experienced high pressure gas
As much as archivists can try not to become attached to the collections they are working on, it happens. A student asked me (Veronica) the other day what my favorite collection at the Archives is, which one is the most …
This is the first of what I hope are regular monthly or bimonthly updates as to what has happened recently in the Archives. So what are we doing with our summer?
We’re keeping busy!
Collections now available (the link points …
One of my standard instructional statements when helping students learn about how to find primary source materials is: Who would have had a reason to document what it is you’re trying to study? Find the who, find the record. Find …
When I was in eleme
ntary school, my friend and I would sit by the long jump sandpit and write and draw. We would write letters, notes, our thoughts, doodle, come up with secret codes …
The archives is blessed to have the aid of the Consortium Library’s fine student workers. Just by searching our blog you can see the multiple projects that students have helped make possible. This blog is to talk about one student …
