Welcome to Archiving AK, a podcast of the Archives and Special Collections at the UAA/APU Consortium Library.
We want to take you on an audio tour of archiving in Alaska. A look at archives and archivists, archival collections, our researchers and all sorts of other things related to the work we do.
The hosts for season 2 are:
Want to suggest a topic? Have you done research with us and would like to appear on our podcast to talk about that research? If you have a question or topic related to archives and Alaska that would make a good podcast subject for us, please let us know by using the Contact Us link at the top of the page.
In this episode of Archiving AK, Gwen interviews Becky Butler, an archivist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives. The collections that she mentions in the interview, including the Ernest Gruening papers and …
In this bonus episode of Archiving AK, archivist Veronica Denison interviews researcher Dylan Harris, a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University. His research topic surrounds climate change and the way we talk about it. In …
In this episode of our podcast, Arlene emcees a selection of poetry writings from archival collections in Alaska.
First of all, thank you so much! to the people who volunteered to read poetry for us or who selected materials from …
In this episode of Archiving AK, archivists Gwen Higgins, Veronica Denison, and Arlene Schmuland share some documents from our holdings written by Alaskan women.
The links below are to the guides to each of the collections featured in this podcast.…
In this episode of Archiving AK, archivist Veronica Denison speaks with Dr. Ian Hartman, history professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Ian discusses his research regarding African American civil rights in Anchorage, his experience with archival material, and the …
In this bonus episode, Gwen sits down for a chat with Rosemary Austin, an archivist at the Alaska Aviation Museum.
Thank you all for listening. Our next regularly scheduled episode is an interview with UAA professor Ian Hartman.…
In this episode of Archiving AK, Gwen, Veronica, and Arlene tell their tales of the November 30th 2018 quake here in southcentral Alaska and then get together for a discussion of lessons learned and things observed. It’s a little longer …
In this episode of Archiving AK, archivist Gwen Higgins speaks with Dr. Jennifer Stone, a professor of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Jennifer discusses her decision to incorporate archival research into her History of English Language course and …
In the seventh episode of Archiving AK, archivist Veronica Denison interviews Chris Hieb and Leah Geibel – two archivists at the Alaska State Archives. In the episode Chris and Leah discuss their roles at the State Archives, the types …
