New in the Archives, June 2019
For a month in which all but 2 days had at least one of us gone, we were pretty busy!
New up on the Alaska’s Digital Archives
20 images from the Christine McClain papers
205 images from the Bill Bacon …
Category: Finding aids
New in the Archives: March 2019
What have we been up to in the Archives in March? You might well ask, because the answer is: quite a lot! Here’s some highlights:
New collections described
S.S. Shamrock pilothouse record, 1924-1925. Pilothouse record detailing the ports and …
New in the Archives: December 2018
December was a fairly eventful month for us. November went out with a bang (a real one, a 7.0 earthquake with an epicenter very near Anchorage) and so our regular workload for early December was rewritten by needing to deal …
Finding Alaska Highway construction workers
Every so often we get the question: my father/grandfather/uncle/great-uncle worked on the construction of the Alaska Highway. Is there the a list out there of all the people who did? How can I find out more about where he worked?…
New in the Archives: September 2018
September is always a season of change in the Archives with the start of the semester! It feels like this has been an intensive outreach month for us with several events that happened and even more that we’re preparing for. …
New in the Archives: June 2018
It’s so hard to stay inside in June in Alaska! But we managed to get a lot done anyhow. Here’s the June 2018 wrap-up:
New personnel:
Sara Rollins, a local high school student, is volunteering with us this summer for …
New in the Archives: March 2018
March has been a busy month for us! Must be all that extra light we’re getting right now that’s letting us get all this work done!
Collections described:
Ruth Hart papers; 1964-2003. HMC-1279. The collection contains the papers of Ruth …
Describing Collections: The Johnny Ellis papers
When collections arrive there is a certain level of excitement. We love to get our hands in them, begin describing, and always look forward to what we will find. We also tend to learn something new with each collection, and …
So, what is a finding aid?
Finding aids. If you have never used an archive, you may have never heard this term used in this, or any, context before. Many first-time users of archives are often confused by the term “finding aid,” and then once they …
A day in the life of an archivist
“So, what does an archivist do?”
It’s a question I hear a lot from pretty much everyone, from researchers and other faculty members, to people I meet in my everyday life. I generally give them the short answer, which is …
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New in the Archives: March 2019
What have we been up to in the Archives in March? You might well ask, because the answer is: quite a lot! Here’s some highlights:
New collections described
S.S. Shamrock pilothouse record, 1924-1925. Pilothouse record detailing the ports and …
New in the Archives: December 2018
December was a fairly eventful month for us. November went out with a bang (a real one, a 7.0 earthquake with an epicenter very near Anchorage) and so our regular workload for early December was rewritten by needing to deal …
Finding Alaska Highway construction workers
Every so often we get the question: my father/grandfather/uncle/great-uncle worked on the construction of the Alaska Highway. Is there the a list out there of all the people who did? How can I find out more about where he worked?…
New in the Archives: September 2018
September is always a season of change in the Archives with the start of the semester! It feels like this has been an intensive outreach month for us with several events that happened and even more that we’re preparing for. …
New in the Archives: June 2018
It’s so hard to stay inside in June in Alaska! But we managed to get a lot done anyhow. Here’s the June 2018 wrap-up:
New personnel:
Sara Rollins, a local high school student, is volunteering with us this summer for …
New in the Archives: March 2018
March has been a busy month for us! Must be all that extra light we’re getting right now that’s letting us get all this work done!
Collections described:
Ruth Hart papers; 1964-2003. HMC-1279. The collection contains the papers of Ruth …
Describing Collections: The Johnny Ellis papers
When collections arrive there is a certain level of excitement. We love to get our hands in them, begin describing, and always look forward to what we will find. We also tend to learn something new with each collection, and …
So, what is a finding aid?
Finding aids. If you have never used an archive, you may have never heard this term used in this, or any, context before. Many first-time users of archives are often confused by the term “finding aid,” and then once they …
A day in the life of an archivist
“So, what does an archivist do?”
It’s a question I hear a lot from pretty much everyone, from researchers and other faculty members, to people I meet in my everyday life. I generally give them the short answer, which is …