The unpredictability of archives
I was telling somebody this story this morning and since it was way too long for a Facebook posting (you are a fan of our Facebook page, right?) I decided it would make a hopefully not too long blog entry.…
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Join our crew!
The Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage is pleased to announce a recruitment for a three year archival residency. We are looking for an energetic, motivated, and innovative professional to join us in offering superb archival services. This …
Appraising legislator’s papers
Periodically I’ll receive a call from a legislator’s office to begin the conversation of what of their legislative records might be appropriate for an archives to take in. I often try to dodge providing lists, because any list I might …
Surrogate access to the unknown
Like most archives, we have a few collections with materials in them that are starting to age, and age badly. One example of that is the Frederick John Date papers: most of what is in the collection is in …
Love, Bill
History is not just about the big names, it is also about the small names. In 2005 Archives and Special Collections bought a letter at internet auction to add to our collections. It documents the experience of a male …
George Harper’s “Blacks in Alaska History” exhibit.
George T. Harperwas born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1930. In 1981, he moved to Anchorage from Oregon to work as a computer programmer for the Bureau of Land Management. After his retirement in 1990, he ran a consulting business called, …
Our thanks, 2011.
Alaska Defense Command, Alaska District shoulder patch, circa 1942.
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous parade, 1958.
Fred Fickett, Signal Corps. 1882, Virginia.
Helicopter landing at US Army Arctic Test Board, 1962.
Private Billy B. Johnson, US First Infantry …
Some of Our Favorite Things, Installment 4
The Loupe, by Megan Friedel
The loupe is a thing of simple, beautiful functionality. Want to see what the street sign says in that photo of the 1964 Alaska earthquake in Anchorage? Use a loupe. Need to see the detail …
sometimes we say goodbye
Last May, Betsy Tower came to find me in my office one day. Many of you know of Betsy: she was recently inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame. A physician, she moved to Anchorage in 1954 with …
Thank you.
…
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Join our crew!
The Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage is pleased to announce a recruitment for a three year archival residency. We are looking for an energetic, motivated, and innovative professional to join us in offering superb archival services. This …
Appraising legislator’s papers
Periodically I’ll receive a call from a legislator’s office to begin the conversation of what of their legislative records might be appropriate for an archives to take in. I often try to dodge providing lists, because any list I might …
Surrogate access to the unknown
Like most archives, we have a few collections with materials in them that are starting to age, and age badly. One example of that is the Frederick John Date papers: most of what is in the collection is in …
Love, Bill
History is not just about the big names, it is also about the small names. In 2005 Archives and Special Collections bought a letter at internet auction to add to our collections. It documents the experience of a male …
George Harper’s “Blacks in Alaska History” exhibit.
George T. Harperwas born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1930. In 1981, he moved to Anchorage from Oregon to work as a computer programmer for the Bureau of Land Management. After his retirement in 1990, he ran a consulting business called, …
Our thanks, 2011.
Alaska Defense Command, Alaska District shoulder patch, circa 1942.
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous parade, 1958.
Fred Fickett, Signal Corps. 1882, Virginia.
Helicopter landing at US Army Arctic Test Board, 1962.
Private Billy B. Johnson, US First Infantry …
Some of Our Favorite Things, Installment 4
The Loupe, by Megan Friedel
The loupe is a thing of simple, beautiful functionality. Want to see what the street sign says in that photo of the 1964 Alaska earthquake in Anchorage? Use a loupe. Need to see the detail …
sometimes we say goodbye
Last May, Betsy Tower came to find me in my office one day. Many of you know of Betsy: she was recently inducted into the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame. A physician, she moved to Anchorage in 1954 with …
Thank you.
…