Harold and Roxolana Pomeroy papers

Guide to the Harold and Roxolana Pomeroy papers
1893-2008

Collection number: HMC-0564.
Creators:
Pomeroy, Harold Edward, 1902-1983.
Pomeroy, Roxolana Eurydice, 1924-2008.
Title: Harold and Roxolana Pomeroy papers.
Dates: 1893-2008, bulk 1943-1983.
Volume of collection: 16.6 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English, German, and Italian.
Collection summary: Papers of a couple who homesteaded at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay.

Biographical note:
Harold Edward Pomeroy (1902-1983), known as “Pom,” was born in Burbank, California. From 1932-1940, he held a variety of administrative positions within the California government, including mayor of South Gate, California (1932-1935) and administrator for the California State Relief Administration (1936-1939). During World War II, Harold served with the U.S. Army from 1943-1949 in North Africa, Italy, England, and Austria, where he eventually became Secretary of the U.S. Command of the Allied Commission for Austria from 1946-1949. In 1949, Pomeroy moved to Alaska, where he homesteaded at Bear Cove on the Kenai Peninsula at Kachemak Bay and later served as director of the Alaska Territorial Civil Defense (1954-1958), first chairman of the Kenai Peninsula Borough (1963-1966), city administrator for Soldotna, and as a member of the state’s Alaska Growth Policy Council and Agricultural Task Force, among other positions.  He was married first to Ruby N. Pomeroy (b. 1903), with whom he had two children, Rodney A. Pomeroy (b. 1927) and Phyllis Pomeroy Postel (b. 1929); second to Floretta White (b. 1910); and third to Roxolana “Roxy” Eurydice Skobelska (1924-2008), who he met while she was working as an interpreter for the Allied occupation of Austria following World War II and married in 1955. Roxy immigrated to the United States in 1948 and came to Alaska in 1949, where she helped Harold Pomeroy develop a homestead, sawmill, and small farm at Bear Cove. They moved to Soldotna in 1963 and later also had a house in Anchorage. Roxy worked from 1962-1969 as a land law examiner for the Division of Lands for the state of Alaska, from 1969-1975 as the senior administrative officer at McLaughlin Youth Center, and from 1975-1985 as chief administrator of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute. Roxy and Harold were also instrumental in helping the Tolstoy Foundation purchase the land that became the Old Believer community of Nikolaevsk near Homer in 1967.

Collection description:
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Harold and Roxolana Pomeroy. The bulk of the collection consists of papers collected and created by Harold Pomeroy. These materials date from 1916 to Harold’s death in 1983 and include correspondence with his friends and family, daily diaries, and other papers and artifacts relating to his military service, marriages, the establishment and maintenance of the Pomeroys’ homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay, and his professional involvements in California and Alaska, including with the Alaska Territorial Civil Defense, Kenai Peninsula Borough, City of Soldotna, Alaska Growth Policy Forum, and Alaska Agricultural Task Force. Harold Pomeroy’s papers also include material relating to the couple’s involvement in helping the Tolstoy Foundation establish the Old Believer community of Nikolaevsk near Homer in 1966-1967.

There are also papers in the collection created by Roxolana Pomeroy. These date from 1893-2008 and consist mostly of biographical and genealogical papers, correspondence, financial records, and some diaries, including documentation of her career at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute. Additionally, the collection also contains photographs collected and taken by the Pomeroys, which depict their homesteading efforts at Bear Cove, their personal lives in Anchorage and Soldotna, and Harold Pomeroy’s marriage to Floretta White, his military service, and his professional careers. There are also 10 8mm moving image films made by the Pomeroys on their homestead.

Arrangement: The collection is arranged into the following parts:

Part 1. Harold Pomeroy papers; 1916-1983

Series 1. Diaries and notebooks; circa 1944-1983
Series 2. Correspondence; 1930-1983
Series 3. Speeches, essays, and other writing; 1956-1983
Series 4. Other personal papers; 1916-1983
Series 5. Military service papers and artifacts; 1943-1984
Series 6. Bear Cove homestead papers; 1948-1983
Series 7. Kenai Peninsula Borough papers; 1963-1966
Series 8. City of Soldotna papers; 1967-1970
Series 9. Alaska Growth Policy Council papers; 1974-1982
Series 10. Agricultural Task Force papers; 1969-1983
Series 11. Other professional papers; 1931-1983

Part 2. Roxolana Pomery papers; 1949-2000
Part 3. Pomeroy family photographs and films; 1922-1983
Part 4. Materials processed after 2014; 1893-2008

Digitized copies: Selected photographs and Harold Pomeroy’s 1949 diary from this collection have been digitized and are available on Alaska’s Digital Archives.  An electronic copy of the transcript of Harold Pomeroy’s 1949 diary is available online as well. For information on obtaining digital copies, contact Archives and Special Collections.

Rights note: Archives owns the copyright to materials in this collection that were created by Harold and Roxolana Pomeroy but may not own copyright to materials created by other authors, particularly government agencies.

Preferred citation: Harold and Roxolana Pomeroy papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Acquisition note: This collection was given to the Archives by John E. Havelock on behalf of Roxolana Eurydice Pomeroy in 2002, 2004, and 2013.

Processing information: The collection was partially arranged by Jeffrey Sinnott prior to 2009 and described at the box level by Megan K. Friedel in 2011. The collection was fully arranged and described by Megan K. Friedel in 2012. The 2012 processing of this collection and digitization of collection materials was supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Alaska State Library. The additions given to the Archives by John E. Havelock in 2013 were arranged and described by Veronica Denison in 2014.

Container list:

Part 1. Harold Pomeroy papers; 1916-1983. 12.85 cubic feet.
Part 1. Series 1: Diaries and notebooks; 1944-1983. 1.25 cubic feet.
Arranged chronologically.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
1/1	Address books	undated
1/2	Notebooks	undated
1/3-4	Diaries	1944, 1949, 1961
1/5	Diaries and memo books	1964-1965
1/6	Diary	1966
1/7	Diary and desk calendar	1967
1/8-2/1	Diaries	1972-1981
2/2	Diary and appointment book	1982
2/3	Diary	1983

Part 1. Series 2: Correspondence; 1931-1983. 1 cubic foot.
This series contains personal correspondence between Harold Pomeroy and his friends and family. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent’s last name.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
2/4	Lists of correspondents	1956-1958, undated
2/5	Culver, Benjamin F.	1957
2/6	De Vecseckloy, Tuly	1953-1954
2/7	Fairbanks, Morse, & Co.	1956
2/8	Fisher, Vic	1980-1982
2/9	Glennen, Ed and Mary	1949-1950
2/10	Gierke, Alan and Marilyn	1975-1977
2/11	Gillet, Hedwige	1945
2/12	Gresham, Doris	1938, undated
2/13	Hammond, Jay S.	1974-1978
2/14	Hill, Raymond J.	1983
2/15	Hurlburt, Ward	undated
2/16	Knowles, Tony	1981-1982
2/17	Palmer, W. I. “Bob”	1973
2/18	Perutz, Kristin	1944-1945
2/19	Pomeroy, Carol	1950-1955
2/20	Pomeroy, Edward F.	1931-1950
2/21	Pomeroy, Frances Muir	1975
2/22-35	Pomeroy, Floretta White	1944-1957
2/36	Pomeroy, Hugh	1941-1961
2/37	Pomeroy, Richard D.	1950-1975
2/38-39	Pomeroy, Rodney A.	1940-1970
2/40-3/1	Pomeroy, Roxolana	1947-1974
3/2	Pomeroy, Ruby N.	1949-1952, undated
3/3	Postel, Phyllis Pomeroy	1938-1957
3/4	Reidy, Edward (Ted)	1981
3/5	Replogle, Bess	1944
3/6	Schauffler, Allen M.	1950-1951
3/7	Scott, Anna M.	1951-1953
3/8	Sturgulewski, Arliss	1981-1982
3/9	Wennerstein, Mabel	1968
3/10	White, Clara (Queen) D.	1949-1951
3/11	Wood, John Shirley	1949-1951
3/12	Letters from others (identified correspondents)	circa 1949-1983
3/13	Letters from others (unidentified correspondents)	circa 1949-1983
3/14	Letters to the editor written by Harold Pomeroy	circa 1970-1983

Part 1. Series 3: Speeches, essays, and other writing; 1956-1983. 0.5 cubic feet.
This series contains speeches, essays, editorials, and other papers written by Harold Pomeroy on issues of personal interest. Other writings by Harold Pomeroy that he created specifically for use in his professional life with the Kenai Peninsula Borough, City of Soldotna, Alaska Growth Policy Council, and Agricultural Task Force are housed in those relevant series. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
3/15	Agriculture	1983, undated
3/16	Alaska 1984 exposition	1982, undated
3/17	Alaska Permanent Fund (includes testimony before House Special Committee)	1977
3/18	Alaska Public Forum	1977
3/19	Anchorage Convention Center	1981
3/20	Autobiographical writing	1977, undated
3/21	Boroughs	1971-1972
3/22	Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project	1979
3/23	Capitol move	1982
3/24	Economic development of Alaska	circa 1974-1983
3/25	Electricity in rural Alaska	undated
3/26	Fiscal policy in Alaska	1956-1983
3/27	Hickel, Walter	undated
3/28	Homesteading	1978-1979
3/29	Knik Crossing	undated
3/30	Lake Otis Hospital	1978
3/31	Land use	undated
3/32	Moose Range Wilderness	1971
3/33 – 3/34	Oil and gas revenue and production	circa 1968-1983
3/35	Public transportation in Anchorage	1972
3/36	Susitna Power Project	1983
3/37	Taxation	1978-1980, undated
3/38	Wrangell Mountains National Scenic Area (includes research materials)	circa 1970
3/39	Other topics	circa 1971-1983

Part I.  Series 4.  Other personal papers; 1916-1983. 1 cubic foot.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
3/41	Academy of Independent Scholars membership information and newsletters	1983
3/42	Alaska Constitutional Convention pamphlets and newspaper	1955-1956
Box 11	Artifacts: plaques, patches and pins, and stamps	undated
3/43	Audiotape of “Northwind” radio program featuring Harold Pomeroy’s message to Kathy Nelstin	circa 1965
3/44	Biographical and genealogical papers	1941-1983, undated
3/45	Campaigns: Bob Palmer campaign posters and leaflets	1968, undated
3/46	Campaigns: Pamphlets, letters, and ballots for campaigns by Bob Bartlett, Nick Begich, Dan C. Bell, Earle Cooper, Dick Fischer, Gene Guess, Tony Knowles, and Vance Phillips, among others	circa 1964, undated
3/47	Capitol Site Selection Committee phase one and phase two screening reports	1975-1977
3/48, 14/1, OS Folder 1	Certificates and diplomas	1916-1983
3/49	Death of Harold Pomeroy: Audiocassettes of memorial service	1983
3/50	Death of Harold Pomeroy: Guestbook from memorial service	1983
4/1	Death of Harold Pomeroy: Videocassette recording (VHS) of memorial service	1983
4/2	Death of Harold Pomeroy: Will and papers relating to burial and memorial service	1983
4/3	Directory of Alaska state officials	1982 August
4/4	Financial papers	1948-1978, undated
4/5	Insurance papers	1981
4/6	Job applications and resumes	1930-1956
4/7	Longevity bonus application	1974
4/8	Medical records	1943-1956
4/9	Nametags and business cards	undated
4/10	Newspaper clippings about Harold Pomeroy	1954-1983
4/11	Personal notes	circa 1948-1983
4/12	Reid Brothers vs. Ketchikan Pulp Company and Alaska Lumber and Pulp Company papers	1983
4/13	Susitna River dams and power project papers	1983
4/14-15	Tolstoy Foundation, Inc. papers regarding Old believers settlement at Nikolaevsk, Alaska	1962-1972
4/16	Tolstoy Foundation, Inc. papers regarding transplant of Khirghiz to Alaska	1981-1982
4/17	Traffic violations	1967
4/18	Other personal papers	1957-1983

Part 1. Series 5: Military papers; 1943-1984. 1.65 cubic feet.
This series contains papers, memorabilia, and artifacts relating to Harold Pomeroy’s service with the U.S. Army in Italy, France, and Austria during World War II from 1943-1949 and with the Allied Commission for Austria from 1946-1949.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
4/19	Secretary, United States Component, Allied Secretariat, Allied Commission for Austria papers	1946-1949
4/20	Other official records of Harold Pomeroy’s U.S. military service	1943-1984
4/21	Memorabilia from World War II service in Italy and Austria	1943-1949
4/22	Personal papers kept by Harold Pomeroy during World War II service with U.S. Army	1943-1949
4/23	Souvenir postcards from Italy	circa 1943-1945
4/24	Organized Reserve Corps, U.S. Army	1949-1954
4/25	Veterans’ burial allowance	1984
11, 17	World War II artifacts: Coins and rubble from buildings, as well as arm-bands, belt, knife, garter, flags, decorative wall hangings, and other items from the National Fascist Party of Italy	circa 1943-1949

Part 1. Series 6: Bear Cove homestead papers; 1948-1983. 0.7 cubic feet.
This series contains papers kept primarily by Harold Pomeroy, as well as some created by Roxolana Pomeroy, that relate to the construction and maintenance of the Pomeroy’s homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
4/26	Bear Cove, Inc. corporation papers	undated
4/27	Development proposal	1968
4/28-38	General notes, lists of repairs, correspondence, and reports	1972-1983, undated
4/39	Gravely Tractor papers	1950-1957
5/1	Kenai Peninsula Associates	1948-1949
5/2	Land exchange with Seldovia Native Corporation	1981-1983
5/3	Land lease of Bear Cove	1972-1981
5/4, OS Folder 1	Maps	1954, 1972, undated
5/5	Rodney A. Pomeroy claim	1960

Part 1. Series 7: Kenai Peninsula Borough files; 1951-1975. 1.75 cubic feet.

This series contains professional papers from Harold Pomeroy’s service as the first chairman of the Kenai Peninsula Borough from 1963-1966, including Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting minutes, agendas, and memos, budgets, and subject files relating to issues handled by the Assembly, most significantly the aftermath of the Alaska earthquake of 1964, economic development, and the establishment of sales and property taxes on the Kenai Peninsula. The series also contains materials relating to Harold Pomeroy’s campaigns for Borough chairman in 1963 and 1966 and some Borough records from 1966-1967 during the chairmanship of Harold Pomeroy’s successor, George Navarre. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

 

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
5/6-7	Alaska earthquake papers	1964
5/8	Annual audit	1966
5/9	Assembly chairman nameplate	circa 1963-1966
5/10-13	Assembly meeting agendas, minutes, and notes	1964-1967
5/14	Assembly memos	1964-1967
5/15	Assembly procedures	1963, undated
5/16	Borough Study Committee minutes	1963
5/17	Budgets	1963-1966
5/18	Budgets-expenditures and incomes	1964-1966
5/19	Budgets-forecasts	1965-1967
5/20-21	Campaign for borough chairman	1963, 1966
5/22	Campaign for borough chairman-Newspaper clippings	1966
5/23	Collier Carbon & Chemical Corporation	1966
5/24	Correspondence (various topics)	1964-1966
5/25	Economic development-general papers	1965-1975
5/26	Economic development-“An Action Program for Economic Development of the Kenai Peninsula” paper	1968
5/27	Economic development-“Annual Report of Significant Development Within the Kenai Borough Economic Development District” and appendices	1970
5/28	Economic development-“Overall Economic Development Plan 1970 Annual Report” and associated papers	1970-1971
5/29	Economic development-“Overall Economic Development Program Annual Report” and associated papers	1972-1975
5/30	Elections	1966, undated
5/31	Employee salary lists	1967 January
5/32	“The Fight to Keep Tyonek in the Kenai Peninsula Borough” and associated papers	1965
5/33	Kenai Peninsula Public Utility District No. 1	1962-1963
5/34	Kenai planning report	circa 1967
5/35	Homer-Ninilchik Borough	1963
5/36	Insurance	1966
5/37	Land use	1951-1966
6/1	Legislation	1962-1966
Map tube 1	Maps-Kenai Peninsula Borough “Area Recreation” map and annotated USGS maps showing Borough boundaries	undated
6/2	Notes	1966, undated
6/3	Oil and gas revenue and development on the Kenai Peninsula	1965-1967
6/4	Ordinances and resolutions	circa 1964-1965
6/5	Original Borough Chairman/Managers meeting	1976
6/6	Outdoor recreation	1966, undated
6/7	Progress report	1967 March
6/8	Schools and libraries	1963-1966
6/9	Seldovia	1964-1966
6/10	Speeches made as borough chairman	circa 1963-1966
6/11	Taxes-General correspondence and other papers	circa 1964-1966
6/12	Taxes-Property tax (general)	1964-1966
6/13	Taxes-Property tax assessment	circa 1966
6/14	Taxes-Property tax correspondence	1965-1966
6/15	Taxes-Property tax deeds and foreclosures	1966
6/16	Taxes-Sales tax	1964-1965
6/17	Timber	1964-1966
6/18	Western Alaska Borough Research and Development Conference	1966
6/19	Other administrative papers	1964-1966

Part I.  Series 8. City of Soldotna papers; 1967-1970. 1.1 cubic feet.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
6/20	Administrative notes	undated
6/21	Agricultural development	1966
6/22	Airport and air service	1966-1968
Map tube 1	“Alaska Economic Development Operations” chart	1967 January 1
6/23	Alaska State Troopers contracts and reports	1968-1969
6/24-25	Brookings Institution papers, including papers relating to “A Conference on the Future of Alaska” with the Legislative Council of the State of Alaska	1969
6/26	Building permit applications	1968
6/27	City council meeting agendas and minutes	1968-1969
6/28	“A Development Plan for Soldotna”	1969 July
6/29	Economic development papers	circa 1968-1970
6/30	Emergency services	1967, undated
6/31	Financial records	1968-1970
6/32, 14/2	First Class City campaign	circa 1967
6/33	Highway construction and improvement	1967-1969
6/34	Letterhead stationary	undated
Map tube 1	Map showing city of Soldotna and proposed roadways on the Kenai Peninsula	1970
6/35	Mental Health Trust lands	undated
6/36	Oil and gas	1967-1969
6/37	Ordinances and resolutions	1970, undated
6/38	Outdoor recreation	1967-1969
6/39, 14/2	Posters	undated
6/40	Reports	1969, undated
6/41	Schools	1967-1968
6/42	Spring clean-up	1968
6/43	Taxes	1968-1969
6/44	U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development	1969
6/45	University of Alaska, Kenai Peninsula campus	circa 1970
7/1	Water and sewer	1969
7/2	Other administrative papers	1968-1970

Part 1. Series 9: Alaska Growth Policy Council files; 1974-1982. 2.5 cubic feet.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
7/3	Administrative order no. 26	1975
7/4	Agriculture	1980
7/5	Alaska 1984	1980, undated
7/6	Alaska Center for the Environment	1977
7/7	Alaska Christian Conference	undated
7/8	Alaska Council on Science and Technology	1980
7/9	Alaska Department of Revenue, “Revenue Sources FY1980-1982: Quarterly Update, June 1980”	1980 June
7/10-11	Alaska General Stock Ownership Corporation	1978-1979
7/12	Alaska Growth Policy Council and Alaska Public Forum program statement	1977
7/13	Alaska Growth Policy Council budget	1976-1981
7/14	Alaska Growth Policy Council policies, goals, and purpose statements	1976-1981
7/15	Alaska Growth Policy Symposium	1974-1979
7/16	Alaska Highway Safety Planning Agency highway safety plans	1981
7/17	Alaska Humanities Forum	1977
7/18	Alaska, Inc.	1978-1979
7/19-24	Alaska Public Forum	1975-1979, undated
7/25	Alaska Renewable Resources Corporation	circa 1978
7/26	Alaska State Council on Economic Policy papers	1981-1982
7/27-28	Alaska State Legislative Council Conference on Alaska’s Future Frontiers	1979, 1981
7/29	Alaska Village Electric Co-operative, Inc.	1980
7/30	American Society for Public Administration, Southcentral Alaska Chapter, “Planning for Sub-Arctic Communities” report	1975
7/31	Annual report no. 1	1976
7/32	Applicants for House Research Agency research positions	1980
7/33	Association of Village Council Presidents	1977
7/34	Audit report	1978
7/35	Basic Rural Economic development class	1981
7/36	Beef production	1981
7/37	Boomtowns	1975
7/38	“The Bradner Report”	1978
7/39	Brookings seminar proposal	1979
7/40	Business Round Table	1981
7/41	Coal	1981, undated
7/42	Coastal zone management	1975, undated
8/1	Correspondence	1975-1981
8/2	“Creating A Climate for Resource Development” symposium	1978
8/3	D-2	1975
8/4-5	Economic development in Alaska (general)	1975-1981
8/6	Economic Development Workshop for Alaska Communities	1982
8/7	Employment preference in Alaska	1981
8/8	Energy	1977-1981
8/9	Federal Energy Administration	1977
8/10	Fiscal planning	1978-1981
8/11	Free Alaska Lands Committee	1980
8/12	Governor’s Task Force on Effective Schooling	1981
8/13	“Homer Area Survey: Attitudes Towards Local Growth and Development”	undated
8/14	House bills no. 63, 85, 87, 89, 133, and 808	undated
8/15	“Investing in Alaska development” symposium program and report	1980
8/16	Jobs symposium	1977
8/17	Land use	1978-1980
8/18	Media	1981
8/19	Meeting agendas	1975-1980
8/20-22	Meeting minutes	1975-1981
8/23	Members and addresses list	undated
8/24-26	Memos	1975-1981
8/27	Mining	1975-1981
8/28	National Environmental Policy Act	1969
8/29	Newspaper clippings about the Alaska growth Policy Council	1976
8/30	Notes	undated
8/31	Oath of office and affidavit of qualifications for appointment	undated
8/32	Oil and gas development in Alaska-General	1975-1981
8/33	Oil and gas development in Alaska-El Paso Alaska Company reports	1975
8/34-37	Oil and gas development in Alaska-North Slope Haul Road	1976-1980
9/1	Oil and gas development in Alaska-Outer continental shelf	1975-1978
9/2	Oil and gas development in Alaska-Pipeline	1970-1975
9/3	Oil and gas revenue and taxation	1976-1981
9/4	Official bonding proposition ballot	1976 November 2
9/5	Oversight committee	1977, undated
9/6	Performance evaluation report for Barry Quinn	1977
9/7-10	Permanent fund dividend	circa 1977-1980
9/11	“Petrochemicals in Alaska” report	1977
9/12	Pioneers homes	1979
9/13	“Politics of Jealousy” public conference program	1980
9/14	Quality of life	1975
9/15	“Real homesteading” provision	1979
9/16	Reimbursable services agreements	1981
9/17-18	Reports to the governor	1980-1981
9/19	Restructuring of the Alaska Growth Policy Council	1981
9/20	“Seldovia Survey: Attitudes Toward Local Growth and Development”	undated
9/21	Senate bills no. 9, 175, and 194	undated
9/22	Senate joint resolution #52	1980
9/23	Speech written by Harold Pomeroy for Jay Hammond on state fiscal picture, with related documents	1979 October
9/24	“State of Alaska Free Conference Committee Report, Fiscal Year 1981, Operating and Capital Budget”	1981
9/25	State of Alaska land disposal policy, programs, and schedule	circa 1978
9/26	“State of the State” address by Jay Hammond	1979 January 16
9/27	Surveys	circa 1975
9/28	Taxes	circa 1980
9/29	Timber	1979
9/30	Travel authorization for Harold Pomeroy	1979
9/31	Valdez Project (University of Alaska Anchorage)	1975-1976
9/32	Wealth management report	1981

Part 1. Series 10: Agricultural Task Force files; 1969-1983. 0.9 cubic feet.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
9/33	Agendas	1983
9/34	Agricultural Revolving Loan Fund	1983
9/35	Agricultural Task Force goals, objectives, and assignments	1983
9/36	“Alaskan Agriculture: An Overview”	circa 1982-1983
9/37	“Alaska Fresh 1982: A Listing of Farm Products from Alaska’s Southcentral Region and Where to Purchase Them”	1982
9/38	Alaska’s Third Annual Agricultural Symposium	1981
9/39	Barley	1983
9/40	Contents of Harold Pomeroy’s briefcase at time of death	1983
9/41	Correspondence	1983
9/42	“Financing Agricultural Projects in Alaska,” House Research Agency Report 81-5, with Harold Pomeroy’s notes	1982
9/43	“First Report to the Legislation on the Development of a Plan for Alaska Agricultural Development,” by the Alaska Agricultural Action Council	1982
9/44	“Governor Jay Hammond’s trade mission to the Orient” report	1977
9/45	Harold Pomeroy speeches and reports	1983
9/46	Legislation	1983
10/1	Memos	1983
10/2	Minority report	1983
10/3-4	Newspaper and magazine clippings about agriculture	1976-1983
10/5	Notes on agriculture	1983
10/6	Publications about agriculture	1983
10/7	“A Role for the University in the Development of Agriculture in Alaska: A Preliminary Planning Report on Research Programs, Staffing, and Research Facilities for an Institute of Northern Agriculture,” report by the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Alaska	1969
10/8	Rural Ventures, Inc.	1983
10/9	Seward Grain Terminal	1983
10/10	Washington Commodities Commission report	1983
10/11	“The Year Plan for Alaska’s Agricultural Development,” Alaska Agricultural Action Council report	circa 1982-1983

Part 1. Series 11: Other professional papers; 1931-1983. 0.5 cubic feet.
Arranged chronologically by position held.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
10/12	Los Angeles school system merger papers	1931-1932
10/13	City of South Gate, California papers	1932-1935
10/14	League of California Municipalities papers	1933-1935
10/15	California State Relief Administration papers	1935-1938
10/16	City Housing Authority (Sacramento, California) papers	1940
10/17	Director of National Homes Registration Division, Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense	1940-1941
10/18	American Red Cross papers	1942
10/19	Alaska Territorial Civil Defense papers	1954-1959
10/20	Alaska Surplus Property Administration papers	1956
10/21	Peninsula General Hospital Association and related papers	1966-1969
10/22	British Petroleum (BP) consulting work	1971-1972
10/23	Greater Anchorage Borough Public Transportation Advisory Board papers	1972-1975
10/24	Municipality of Anchorage Urban Design Task Force papers	1980-1983
10/25	Other Anchorage planning papers	circa 1971-1977
10/26	Resource Development Council papers	1982-1983

Part 2. Roxolana Pomeroy papers; 1949-2000. 1.25 cubic feet.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
12/1	Addresses and phone numbers	undated
12/2-3	Alaska State Division of Lands land law examiner papers	circa 1964
12/4	Alaska Psychiatric Institute papers	1962-1985
12/5-11, OS Folder 1	Arliss Sturgulewski gubernatorial campaigns papers, including brochures, business cards, correspondence, memorabilia, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and posters	1985-1989
12/12	Biographical materials	1949-1982
12/13	Certificates and identification cards	1956-1990
12/14-16	Carole Pomeroy’s letters to her parents while living at Bear Cove (photocopies made by Roxolana Pomeroy from originals kept by Carole Pomeroy)	1951-1954
12/17	Correspondence-Condolence letters received after Harold Pomeroy’s death	1983
12/18	Correspondence with Barbara Bathony	1993-1994
12/19	Correspondence with T. R. and Alice Branton	1993
12/20	Correspondence with Ann Chambers	1986-1987
12/21	Correspondence with Mary Lou Dennis	1982-1984
12/22	Correspondence with Dolly Farnsworth and family	1984-1994
12/23	Correspondence with Deborah Flaschen	1980-1988
12/24	Correspondence with and others papers about John and Robyn Havelock	circa 1987-1999
12/25-26	Correspondence with Jean Lobb	1987-1993
12/27	Correspondence with Mary C. Robinson	1984-1991
12/28	Correspondence with others	circa 1961-1990
12/29	Diary (excerpts)	1980, 1983-1984
12/30-31	Diaries, including audiocassette recording of Roxolana Pomeroy discussing the aftermath of  Harold Pomeroy’s death	1983
12/32	Financial papers	1956-1983
12/33	Humorous notes, letters, and poems	circa 1967-1980
13/1	Jack C. Farnsworth Residuary Trust papers	1974-1979
13/2	McLaughlin Youth Center papers	circa 1972
13/3	Newfoundland dog-breeding business	circa 1968-1969
13/4	Newspaper clippings about Jay Hammond	1983-1995
13/5	Notes	undated
13/6-8	Obituaries (newspaper clippings)	1990-2000
OS Folder 1	Poster-“Alaska 1984 Silver Anniversary of Statehood,” signed by the artist, Huong	1984
13/9	Spence Guerin etchings	1987
13/10	Other personal papers	circa 1958-1984

Part 3. Pomeroy family photographs and film; 1922-1983. 0.75 cubic feet.
Arranged by subject and by the original order maintained by the Pomeroy family.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
13/11	Harold Pomeroy portraits	1922-circa 1980
13/12	Harold Pomeroy as California State Relief Administrator	circa 1935-1938
13/13	Harold Pomeroy World War II photographs	circa 1944-1949
13/14	Harold and Floretta White Pomeroy photographs	circa 1945-1949
13/15	Alaska Territorial Civil Defense photographs	circa 1954-1959
13/16	Harold Pomeroy’s trip on the Dalton Highway	1976
13/17	Jay Hammond photograph, with inscription from Hammond to Harold Pomeroy	circa 1981
13/18	Harold Pomeroy and Deborah [last name unknown]	1982
13/19	Burial of Harold Pomeroy	1983
13/20	Pomeroy family photographs	circa 1940-1975
13/21	Hugh R. Pomeroy family photographs	1959-1960
13/22	Rodney Pomeroy family photographs	circa 1950-1956
13/23	Roxolana Pomeroy photographs	circa 1947-1986
13/24	Harold and Roxolana Pomeroy photograph album (unbound)	1958-1971
13/25	Harold and Roxolana Pomeroy in Anchorage	1957-1983
13/26	Photographs of Ruslan, the Pomeroy’s dog	1949-1962
13/27	Anchorage dog show and Newfoundland party (color slides)	1974
13/28-29	Bear Cove homestead	1950-1954, undated
13/30	Bear Cove homestead-Digging the root cellar	circa 1951-1955
13/31	Bear Cove-Ted Pederson homestead	1953
13/32	Bear Cove homestead-Rodney Pomeroy’s house	circa 1954
13/33-34	Bear Cove homestead	1955-1963
13/35	Bear Cove homestead-Shop buildings	1963, undated
13/36	Bear Cove homestead	1973-circa 1976
13/37	Bear Cove-Maumiere homestead	1975 May
13/38-39	Bear Cove homestead	1977-circa 1980
13/40	Bear Cove homestead and Soldotna	1981-1983
13/41	Soldotna	1968
13/42	Chapel by the Lake, United Presbyterian Church, Auke Bay, Alaska	undated
14	8mm moving image films	undated

Part 4. Materials processed after 2014; 1893-2008. 1.75 cubic feet.
This part contains the papers of Roxolana and Harold Pomeroy, including correspondence between each other, family, and friends, property records mainly consisting of the buying and selling of their Bear Cove homestead, genealogical materials, photographs, and employment papers. The series also contains information regarding the University of Alaska Foundation and the Harold Pomeroy Public Policy Research Endowment. Arranged by subject.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
15/1	News clippings on Harold	1936-1970
15/2	News clipping and papers about Harold’s death	1983-1996
15/3	Harold’s work and property correspondence	1955-1968
15/4	Department of Natural Resources-Division of Lands, and Harold’s notes	circa 1962
15/5	Alaska boroughs and subdivisions	1964
15/6	Harold’s work notes	circa 1965
15/7	State of Alaska memorandums	1964-1965
15/8	Harold’s written articles and editorials; Time Magazine article response	circa 1965
15/9	Harold’s Anchorage Community College, Community Economics certificate	1966 November 10
15/10	Anchorage Town Square and Eisenhower memorial	1972-1993
15/11	Public Administration Society: Harold E. Pomeroy award; news clippings and correspondence	1985-1996
15/12	Harold: public service record	undated
15/13	Harold Pomeroy In Memorium by John Havelock	1983 November 2
15/14	Harold on Jack and Dolly Farnsworth	1967 September 20
15/15	Pomeroy event invitations and programs	1957-1967
15/16	Rodney and Carol Pomeroy: Marital Settlement Agreement	1965
15/17	Vote for Harold Pomeroy flier; Garden Club Convention schedule	undated
15/18	Danzig (Gdansk) high school commencement pamphlet (in German, Latin, and Ancient Greek)	1893
15/19	Vital statistics of Roxolana’s family [Note: some have been digitized for preservation purposes. Please consult an archivist]	1895-1942
15/20	Pomeroy family trees	undated
15/21	Pomeroy family heritage book	1980
15/22	Church paintings and genealogical materials	1989-2008
15/23	Roxolana’s schoolwork (in German) and photographs	1932
15/24-25	Roxolana identification: passports, work cards, travel permits; program, committee, and voter cards	1934-1949, 1990-2000
15/26	Roxolana’s displaced persons and refugee papers	circa 1948-1949
15/27-28	Roxolana’s employment and school records; job recommendations, diplomas, and examinations	1942-1966, 1971-1978
15/29	Roxolana’s journal (in German and English)	1945
15/30	Roxolana’s phonebook and phone list	undated, 2001
15/31	Roxolana’s Christmas and birthday gift lists	circa 1987-1997
15/32	Audio cassette: Roxolana’s answering machine and police phone call	1991
15/33	The Greek Catholic Church, Pentecost, Divine Liturgy, and The Hours	1999
15/34	Alyeska Canine Trainers: Buckey’s completion	2000
15/35	Marriage, naturalization, certificates, and wills	1955-1999
15/36	Roxolana’s will and living will	1989 October 9
15/37	Pomeroy will file	1995-2005
15/38	Roxolana’s death: memoir in the Anchorage Daily News by John Havelock, photographs used, correspondence	2008
15/39	Pomeroy/Havelock Power of Attorney and Quit Claim deed	2001-2007
15/40	Roxolana’s house instructions while away	1989, 1992
15/41	Pomeroy estate and paintings	1980, 1994-1997
15/42-44	Bear Cove: Bureau of Land Management homestead entry, correspondence, contracts, and property maps, land office certificates	1960-1965
15/45-50	Bear Cove: purchase certificates and Quit Claim deeds, sale deeds, Deed of Trust, Bill of Sale, purchase, appraisal, history of sale, contracts, correspondence	1964-1966, 1981-1985
15/51	Bear Cove: Jack C. Farnsworth trust	2004-2007
15/52	Bear Cove: cemetery	1985, 2005
OS Folder 2	Maps of Bear Cove and Anchorage properties; house remodel	undated, 1955-1965
15/53	Municipality of Anchorage: property tax information	1994-1998
15/54	Anchorage property: correspondence, photographs, and appraisal	1993
15/55-58	Roxolana’s trip to Seattle: correspondence with Harold, adoption correspondence and papers, travel cards, business cards; travel, hospital, and adoption arrangements	1960-1961
15/59	Correspondence: contents of house, from Floretta Pomeroy to Doris [last name unknown]	1945 June 3
15/60	Correspondence: from Harold to President’s Commission on White House Fellows regarding John Havelock	1966
15/61	Correspondence between Harold and Roxolana	1948, 1969-1973
15/62	Correspondence: Rodney and Phyllis Pomeroy	1998
15/63	Correspondence: family	1983-2005
16/1	Correspondence: Francis Brymer; news clippings on Harold, Military Order of World Wars	1957, 1983-1994
16/2	Correspondence: general	1963-1966, 2003
16/3	Correspondence: James M. Bendell and Associates	1984, 1987
16/4	Correspondence: Roxolana to Dr. Little	1991, 1999
16/5	Correspondence: Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Ukrainian Catholic Church in the U.S.	1995
16/6	Correspondence: Richard and Idabelle Blue, Yvonne Alford; Beatrice Culver	2002, 2006
16/7	Correspondence: Shana Davis regarding Bear Cove	2004
16/8	Correspondence: Cheryl Elliot to John Havelock about Roxy	2006
16/9	Photographs: Roxolana’s family	undated, 1930-1962
16/10	Photographs: Harold while chairman of KPR	1963-1966
16/11	Photographs of Harold Pomeroy; news article	circa 1943-1993
16/12	Photographs	1953-1956
16/13	Photographs: scenery, objects in Pomeroy home	1994
16/14	Photographs: Roxolana’s grandmother’s portrait	1996 April
16/15	Roxolana: funny quotes; photographs; from Martha Fenger	circa 2006-2008
16/16-24	Roxolana’s health subject files: AIDs, blood tests, cancer, diet, exercise, general health, geriatric, heart risks, medicine	1982-1997
16/25	University of Alaska Foundation; correspondence with Lee Gorsuch	1991-1995
16/26-27	University of Alaska Foundation: correspondence, annual reports	1983-2000
16/28	University of Alaska Foundation: board minutes	1993
16/29	Giving to UAA: information and correspondence; Joe Fitzgerald	1985-1991
16/30	University of Alaska Foundation: endowment and correspondence	1985-1993
16/31	University of Alaska Foundation: agreement	circa 1993
16/32	University of Alaska Foundation: Harold Pomeroy Public Policy Research Endowment	1993
Box 18	ARCO crude oil from Prudhoe Bay	1968