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Lyle Sherman Leseberg photograph albums

Guide to the Lyle Sherman Leseberg photograph albums
1943
An Alaska Historical Society collection

Collection number: HMC-1151-AHS.
Creator: Leseberg, Lyle Sherman.
Title: Lyle Sherman Leseberg photograph albums.
Date: 1943.
Volume of collection: 0.2 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Materials are in English.
Collection summary: Photographs of the construction of the Alcan Highway and postcards of the Yukon.

Biographical note: Lyle Sherman Leseberg was a soldier in the United States Army during the construction of the Alcan Highway.

Collection description:
This collection contains two photograph albums. One album contains photographs taken and/or collected by Lyle Sherman Leseberg along the Alcan Highway. The second album contains postcards of the Yukon.

Digitized copies: Selected photographs have been digitized and can be found online at Alaska’s Digital Archives. For information about obtaining copies please contact Archives and Special Collections.

Rights note: The Archives does not hold copyright to the materials in this collection.

Preferred citation: Lyle Sherman Leseberg photograph albums, Alaska Historical Society collections, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Custodial history: The photograph albums were salvaged from a landfill in Idaho and donated to the Alaska Historical Society.

Acquisition note: This collection was donated to the Alaska Historical Society in 2013 by Jim Miller. The Historical Society retains ownership of the collection and has placed it on deposit with Archives and Special Collections.

Processing information: This collection was described by Veronica Denison in 2013. Photographs were digitized by Christina Fieldhouse; cataloguing and metadata for the photographs was completed by Veronica Denison in 2014.

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