We’re pausing our regularly scheduled Letters Live season to bring you an episode explaining oral histories, introducing our new Student Oral History Project, and providing an example of an oral history interview. Our summer intern, Rachel, hosts and is interviewed …
In honor of Memorial Day, we’re reading World War II era letters from our holdings! Special guests include the UAA/APU Consortium Library’s very own Ryan O’Mara and our Archives intern Rachel Nill. They’ll share about their military and archives experience …
We’re back with more letters from the Archives! This time our theme is public health in Alaska. Special guests Fabiola Lugo Vasquez, Dr. Wendy Replogle Strawbridge, and Dr. Hild read letters held in the Archives from public health professionals throughout …
Hello everyone! My name is Connor Benson and I have been interning here in the archives for the 2024 Spring semester. I am a senior here at UAA and am set to graduate next semester with a bachelor’s degree in …
HMC-1406-AHS: Catherine Jenne slides; 1961-1963, 1966-1969. 0.06 cubic feet. Slides depicting sites across Alaska, Seattle, and Yellowstone National Park.
HMC-1450: Earth Resources Co. Livengood mining records: circa 1971. 0.2 cubic feet. Annotated maps and claim information for the …
Join us on Thursday, April 25, from 1-3 pm in LIB 307 to get your carb and sugar buzz on!
This year’s Eating From the Archives event will feature recipes from the Christine Heller papers. Christine was a botanist …
We’re rebooting our podcast, Archiving AK! With this one, we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake in Alaska. In the podcast, Arlene, Becky, and Gwen all read some letters from our holdings from people in Anchorage …
We have two History Dept interns this spring. Welcome to Connor! He’s off to a great start with his creation of the new topic guide, Christianity in Alaska. And welcome also to Hannah: who is starting …
The renovation work continues. New tiling has been laid down in the aisle and sections that will not be covered up by the new shelving. The ductwork has been cleaned or replaced. The walls have been painted. We’re still …
What happened in September and October?
Nearly all of our collections are moved off-site in preparation for our renovations (if you missed it, here’s a description of the project). This took about 9 days for our terrific …
