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Alice E. Brown papers part 3: Detour signs along the way
Guest blogger: Mariecris.
I have been steadily working through the Alice Brown papers and discovered that we share a common characteristic; we doodle when taking notes. Amidst Alice Brown’s handwritten notes are doodles she did during meetings. These doodles range …
Alice E. Brown papers part 2: Multiple pathways, same destination
Guest blogger: Mariecris
I have been steadily working on Alice’s papers and am really enjoying it! But I needed to stop and share some of the interesting things I’m seeing, learning, and doing. First of all, Alice did a wonderful …
Arliss Sturgulewski
Guest blogger: Mariecris Ed. note: We’ve been working on Arliss’s papers for quite some time. Arliss originally gave them to us in 1997, I’d worked on them from about 2003-2005 sporadically, and after Mariecris started, I assigned them to her …
Changing our minds and following the logic
180 turns on long-standing policy is not something that happens around here much, but over the past few months we’ve been thinking and discussing. You know all those images we put up on the Alaska’s Digital Archives site? We spend …
African American History in the Archives: Part 4
Guest blogger: Mariecris
“I feel Kuumba is a funnel through which information, feelings, political climate, racial dilemmas can be acknowledged and resolved. In order to achieve our highest potential we must recognize ourselves, our culture and values. It’s time that …
A valentine in time
One of the things we love about working in archives is that sometimes the papers give you a little glimpse into people’s lives. Not the important, momentous, world-shaking events, but daily lives. A window on relationships, family, love. In the …
African American History in the Archives: Part 2
Guest blogger: Mariecris.
Black History -Will no longer be taught in the context of slavery then freedom, of our arrival in the country before the Mayflower in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. – Yes earlier than Mayflower dropping anchor at Plymouth …
African American History in the Archives: Part 1
Guest blogger: Megan
Last week, we had a visit to the Archives by Channel 2 (KTUU) to film a segment on African American history in anticipation of February’s Black History Month. The collection they were most interested in seeing and …
another quiet week
I (Arlene) am off to Austin this week for the annual Society of American Archivists conference. MC will be holding down the fort, with an occasional substitution by Nicole. So it’s probably going to be fairly quiet on the blog …
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… Alice E. Brown papers part 3: Detour signs along the way
Guest blogger: Mariecris.
I have been steadily working through the Alice Brown papers and discovered that we share a common characteristic; we doodle when taking notes. Amidst Alice Brown’s handwritten notes are doodles she did during meetings. These doodles range …
Alice E. Brown papers part 2: Multiple pathways, same destination
Guest blogger: Mariecris
I have been steadily working on Alice’s papers and am really enjoying it! But I needed to stop and share some of the interesting things I’m seeing, learning, and doing. First of all, Alice did a wonderful …
Arliss Sturgulewski
Guest blogger: Mariecris Ed. note: We’ve been working on Arliss’s papers for quite some time. Arliss originally gave them to us in 1997, I’d worked on them from about 2003-2005 sporadically, and after Mariecris started, I assigned them to her …
Changing our minds and following the logic
180 turns on long-standing policy is not something that happens around here much, but over the past few months we’ve been thinking and discussing. You know all those images we put up on the Alaska’s Digital Archives site? We spend …
African American History in the Archives: Part 4
Guest blogger: Mariecris
“I feel Kuumba is a funnel through which information, feelings, political climate, racial dilemmas can be acknowledged and resolved. In order to achieve our highest potential we must recognize ourselves, our culture and values. It’s time that …
A valentine in time
One of the things we love about working in archives is that sometimes the papers give you a little glimpse into people’s lives. Not the important, momentous, world-shaking events, but daily lives. A window on relationships, family, love. In the …
African American History in the Archives: Part 2
Guest blogger: Mariecris.
Black History -Will no longer be taught in the context of slavery then freedom, of our arrival in the country before the Mayflower in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. – Yes earlier than Mayflower dropping anchor at Plymouth …
African American History in the Archives: Part 1
Guest blogger: Megan
Last week, we had a visit to the Archives by Channel 2 (KTUU) to film a segment on African American history in anticipation of February’s Black History Month. The collection they were most interested in seeing and …
another quiet week
I (Arlene) am off to Austin this week for the annual Society of American Archivists conference. MC will be holding down the fort, with an occasional substitution by Nicole. So it’s probably going to be fairly quiet on the blog …