2/28: Timeline has been updated! A few contracts were delayed, permits were problematic, and so we’re starting and continuing a bit later than intended–and will be limited access for longer than hoped. More details on the current status below.
As …
Our March-April edition is running a little late! But here you go:
Newly available collections:
EPH-0452: COVID19 vaccination materials, 2021.
William Murry papers; 1917-1944. HMC-1366-AHS. Memorabilia collected by an early Anchorage resident.
Billy Roberts papers; 1946-1947. HMC-1368. Memorabilia from …
Veronica has moved on to a great new job in the Lower 48: Farewell, Veronica, safe travels, and we wish you all the best!
Change of hours: Due to several years of budget cuts at the Consortium …
We’re a teensy bit late on May Day this year. On May 1, we often celebrate May Day by doing something to help us out with preservation or disaster recovery planning. We’ve been getting some collections with old stills in …
Were you a part of the Women’s March on Saturday?
Here’s what’s going on. As anybody who reads this probably already knows, we as an archives in an educational institution have an obligation not only to preserve materials, but to …
Another in our reports on our activities here in Archives for the 2014-2015 academic year. [For the first one, on the Alaska’s Digital Archives, see here.]
One of the things that takes up a lot of our time is …
The decision to close off access to a document is not one we make easily around here. Anybody who has spent any time with me is fairly aware that I believe that the vast majority of decisions in an archives …
COnservation OnLine, that is. This great public resource for matters conservation has been resurrected and made available online again. Go take a look! Click on Resource Center and there it is, about half-way down the page.…
Today’s guest artist: Mariecris.
One of my favorite parts of collections are kodachrome slides.
Kodachrome slides are brilliant Technicolor-like 35mm transparencies. Not only are they beautiful they have the reputation of lasting a very, very long time. In the photography …
We learned today of the imminent demise of CoOL: Conservation OnLine. CoOL is a resource on conservation and preservation issues that has been hosted by Stanford University for many, many years. Want to know what a stone consolidant does? Go …
