Guide to the Hazel Geraldine Kean photographs
circa 1941-1948
Collection number: HMC-0995.
Creator: Kean, Hazel Geraldine.
Title: Hazel Geraldine Kean photographs.
Dates: circa 1941-1948.
Volume of collection: 0.01 cubic feet and 1.59 GB.
Language of materials: Materials in the collection are in English.
Collection summary: Photographs taken by a woman who lived in the Anchorage area.
Biographical note:
Hazel Geraldine Kean, who also went by Gerry or Jerry, was born in Seattle in 1909. She was in Alaska from 1941 to 1947 or 1948 and worked as a bookkeeper for the Alaska Railroad. She also enjoyed cross country skiing and photography. She returned to Washington, where she lived until her death in 1995.
Collection description:
The collection consists of prints and negatives taken by Gerry Kean. The prints mostly depict scenery, as well as skiers, a dogsled, a steamboat on the Yukon River, and several portraits of Kean. Locations represented included Mendenhall Glacier, Pioneer Peak, Denali (then called Mt. McKinley), the road to Sand Lake, Lower Trail Lake, Peters Creek, Chester Creek, Ship Creek, Eklutna Lake, Bodenburg Butte, and the Columbia Glacier. Subjects of the negatives include an Alaska Railroad building, Independence Mine, Hatcher Pass scenery, and Lido Café in Anchorage.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged by format.
Digitized copies: The negatives have been digitized for preservation and selected images are available on Alaska’s Digital Archives. For information about accessing digital content that is not available online, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: Archives and Special Collections owns copyright to materials created by Hazel Geraldine Kean. Materials not created by Kean may be subject to copyright not held by the Archives.
Preferred citation: Hazel Geraldine Kean photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Works used in preparation of inventory: Biographical information was supplied by the donor.
Acquisition note: The collection was donated to the Archives by Marie Nelson, niece of Hazel Geraldine Kean in 2008.
Processing information: This collection was described by Gwen Higgins in 2023.