Research at the Archives
Tips if you’re planning to do some research in our collections or in the Rare Books collection. This turned out longer than I intended, so here’s a list of topics at a glance. If your question isn’t listed here, please …
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What we did this year, part 4
The almost everything else post! We’ve shared our 2014-15 performance statistics in three previous posts: 1) Alaska’s Digital Archives, 2) Processing and description, and 3) Access. And here’s some of the many other things we do on …
Scenes in the archives
We frequently get asked: “what’s your favorite [collection/photo/document/etc]?”
That’s a hard question to answer! And it’s usually dependent on what we’ve had our hands on recently. By turns funny, sad, poignant, thoughtful, it can vary. This week, though, we’ve been …
Ethnohistory and Archives Part 2
This blog post is the second in a series of three written by guest blogger Alyssa Willett. Part 1 describes the work completed in the Archives by UAA’s Ethnohistory of Alaska Natives course during the Spring 2015 semester.
Below is …
Place in archives: mapping the fur trade of Christian Theodore Pedersen
In the archives we deal with a lot of dates. If you look at the finding aids on our website, you will see the dates the collections were created, the life dates of the creators, and dates for subdivisions within …
Eye of the Beholder 7: another glorious year
Call for Participation: Be a Co-Curator!
Archives & Special Collections, Consortium Library
Eye of the Beholder VII: One Image, Many Perspectives
October 13-November 8, 2014
THE EXHIBIT: Every year we pick a single photograph from our holdings. And ask you …
Seeking an archives job?
The following might look a little familiar, but it is new as of July 21, 2014, we promise.
The Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage is pleased to announce a recruitment for a three year archival residency. We …
Where in the World is Jack? Drum roll please…
For those of you who have been watching our recent Facebook contest, identifying photographs of various sites (and sights) all around the world from the Jack Rieur photographs, it’s time to announce a winner.
But first, a note about …
Weekly round-up! Where in the world is Jack?
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: …
Weekly round-up! Where in the world is Jack?
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: …
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What we did this year, part 4
The almost everything else post! We’ve shared our 2014-15 performance statistics in three previous posts: 1) Alaska’s Digital Archives, 2) Processing and description, and 3) Access. And here’s some of the many other things we do on …
Scenes in the archives
We frequently get asked: “what’s your favorite [collection/photo/document/etc]?”
That’s a hard question to answer! And it’s usually dependent on what we’ve had our hands on recently. By turns funny, sad, poignant, thoughtful, it can vary. This week, though, we’ve been …
Ethnohistory and Archives Part 2
This blog post is the second in a series of three written by guest blogger Alyssa Willett. Part 1 describes the work completed in the Archives by UAA’s Ethnohistory of Alaska Natives course during the Spring 2015 semester.
Below is …
Place in archives: mapping the fur trade of Christian Theodore Pedersen
In the archives we deal with a lot of dates. If you look at the finding aids on our website, you will see the dates the collections were created, the life dates of the creators, and dates for subdivisions within …
Eye of the Beholder 7: another glorious year
Call for Participation: Be a Co-Curator!
Archives & Special Collections, Consortium Library
Eye of the Beholder VII: One Image, Many Perspectives
October 13-November 8, 2014
THE EXHIBIT: Every year we pick a single photograph from our holdings. And ask you …
Seeking an archives job?
The following might look a little familiar, but it is new as of July 21, 2014, we promise.
The Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage is pleased to announce a recruitment for a three year archival residency. We …
Where in the World is Jack? Drum roll please…
For those of you who have been watching our recent Facebook contest, identifying photographs of various sites (and sights) all around the world from the Jack Rieur photographs, it’s time to announce a winner.
But first, a note about …
Weekly round-up! Where in the world is Jack?
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: …
Weekly round-up! Where in the world is Jack?
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: …