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 …
Anchorage was almost the home of the Winter Olympics. Twice.
Our fair city was the U.S. Olympic Committee’s choice as a the host site for both the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on who you ask), …
Guest blogger: Al-Amin Smith, HIST 497 independent study student
The Olavi V. Kukkola papers is a new collection at Archives and Special Collections that consists of Kukkola’s professional papers, engineering schematics, a developmental proposal, a technical diary, and several photos …
I don’t usually like to talk about new collections that have just come in the door. That’s for a very good reason: usually there’s at least a little bit of lag time (depending on the size of the collection or …
Guest blogger: Mariecris
Serendipity has been the catch phrase in the archives these recent months. All sorts of serendipitous events have occurred within this past year, one of which is the accession of the Alice E. Brown Papers. Rebecca Lyon …
Today, March 26, is the anniversary of the day the White Alice communications network was put into service. In a random bit of serendipity,this morning I finished the finding aid (collection guide) to the Leland Olson papers. Lee Olson …
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 …
Guest blogger: MC.
Archives preserve and make available a variety of resources in a variety of mediums. People tend to associate archives with “old stuff.” Though “old stuff” is inadequate it does refer to the non-current nature of a majority …
Today I (Arlene) was working on rehousing a collection as I was working a shift on the reference desk. Rehousing is archives-talk for taking photographic slides out of carousels and other types of trays and placing them in polypropylene slide …
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 …
