Alaska Historical Society records; 1964-2018. HMC-0014. 2.4 cubic foot addition.
Donald B. Thurston photographs; 1959-1964. HMC-1403-AHS. Primarily photos related to damage from the 1964 Alaska earthquake.
Fred Austin Delaplain papers; 1924-1945, bulk 1943-1944. hmc-1404. Papers and photographs …
Fabulous prizes to be won! Are you a UAA student enrolled this fall? Think you might know your way around campus or want to try finding your way around campus? We have 8 historic photos taken on the UAA campus. …
Occasionally when we are filling reference requests, describing photographs for Alaska’s Digital Archives, or describing new collections, we come across photographs, documents, and audio recordings that lead to more questions than answers. Like what are those two little boys in …
It’s May, which means it was time for our Fourth Annual “Eating from the Archives”. This year we decided to feature military menus from our collections. Most of the menus, however, were from Thanksgiving or Christmas, with two being from …
It’s that time of year for another Archives’ potluck based on an exhibit. Our first ever exhibit potluck, Convalescent’s Banquet, while a learning experience, was pretty tasteless, and last year, Alaska Lunch, provided some interesting Alaskan based dishes. …
Have you been enjoying following all the “color our collections” posts from archives this week on Twitter? #ColorOurCollections is the hashtag to search and lots of great coloring opportunities have been going by.
We thought it would be fun to …
Did you know it’s Pet Peeve Week? (We didn’t, but we do now). So in that spirit:
Okay, we admit, most of these are pretty low on the annoyance scale. But we were commiserating over a few collections recently and …
Our current exhibit in the great room of the Library is all about food in Alaska, with items from the Rare Books collection including cookbooks from the state. After the success (or at least entertainment value) of last year’s Convalescent’s …
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 …
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here.
Monday: …
