Guide to the Unidentified soldier photograph album
undated, 1931-1962
Collection number: HMC-0867.
Creator: Unknown.
Title: Unidentified soldier photograph album.
Dates: undated, 1931-1962.
Volume of collection: 0.25 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Materials in this collection are in English.
Collection summary: Photograph album of a man who served as a cook in the U.S. Army.
Biographical note:
Pete (last name unknown) was a cook with the U.S. Army from Battle Creek, Michigan. He served at Fort Custer, Michigan, in 1947, and Fort Richardson, Alaska, in 1948.
Collection description:
The collection consists of the contents of a U.S. Army cook’s photograph album. The collection contains original photographs and Alaska commercial tourist prints. Subjects of the photographs include: Pete and fellow soldiers and friends at Fort Custer, Michigan, Fort Richardson, Alaska, and other duty stations; and family and friends in Battle Creek, Michigan and elsewhere.
Arrangement: Photographs are arranged by size.
Alternative formats: The collection contains a xerographic copy of the original photograph album indicating the original order of the collection.
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: Archives does not hold copyright to materials in this collection.
Preferred citation: Unidentified soldier photograph album, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Acquisition note: The collection was purchased via Internet auction in 2006.
Processing information: This photograph album was dismantled, photographs rearranged by size, and the collection described by Jeffrey Sinnott in 2006. The guide to the collection was converted to current standard by Veronica Denison in 2015.