Guide to the Craig Mishler papers
1942-2020
Collection number: HMC-1300.
Creator: Mishler, Craig.
Title: Craig Mishler papers.
Dates: 1942-2020.
Volume of collection: 10.35 cubic feet.
Language of materials: A majority of the collection is in English, however it also includes materials in Alutiiq, Tanacross, Han, and Gwich’in.
Collection summary: Papers of an Alaskan cultural anthropologist and folklorist.
Biographical note:
Craig Wallace Mishler was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1942. He attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he received a B.A. in English in 1964. Following a year of graduate school at the University of Colorado at Boulder, he received a fellowship in American Studies at Washington State University, where he was awarded an M.A. in 1968. He then became a Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA) in Alaska. From 1968-1969 he worked as a VISTA in Fairbanks with the Hillcrest Home for Boys and with 1020 Second Avenue, a halfway house for recovering alcoholics.
In 1969, Mishler began teaching English and the Humanities at Anchorage Community College (ACC) in Anchorage. While there he met and then married fellow teacher Barbara Ensor. They later had two children, Molly Ann Mishler and Susanna Jane Mishler. In 1972, he received an NEH fellowship to do ethnographic fieldwork in rural Alaska and began working with the Gwich’in in northeast Alaska, studying and recording their language. He left ACC to return to graduate school in 1976 and received his doctorate in folklore and anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981.
Mishler made a career with the State of Alaska, first as a historian with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources between 1982-1986, and then later as a subsistence resource specialist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), Division of Subsistence, from 1989-1998. During his years with the ADF&G, Craig worked closely with the Alutiiq villages in Kodiak and with Aleuts in the Pribilof Islands. During this time, he continued to work with the Gwich’in and with the people at Tanacross. He was employed by Tanacross Impact Services on the Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Project in 1988.
From 2011-2015 he was a research professor at the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, under a grant from the National Science Foundation. He is the author, co-author, or editor of eight books, including The Blind Man and the Loon: The Story of a Tale, published in 2013 by the University of Nebraska Press and Dinjii Vadzaih Dhidlit: The Man Who Became a Caribou, published by the International Polar Institute in 2019.
Full list of Mishler’s major publications (PDF). Some publications may not be reflected in this collection.
Collection description:
The collection is divided into nine series, which reflect Craig Mishler’s various research interests and professional activities. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Alutiiq research files include his work in Kodiak and Exxon Valdez Oil Spill litigation, as well as consulting and field work documenting the impact of the oil spill primarily in the Alutiiq communities of Ouzinkie and Old Harbor. The Tanacross research files contain genealogical files and interviews with people from Upper Tanana and Tanacross, files relating to the Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Project, and his work with the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey at Dot Lake and Big Delta. The folklore and folk music research files include material related to folklore and folk music, particularly Athabaskan fiddling. The Gwich’in research materials include documents related to the history of the Gwich’in, biographical files of Gwich’in individuals, translations and transcripts of interviews with Gwich’in individuals, materials related to Gwich’in communities, and materials related to Gwich’in language. The material on Arctic folktales includes comparisons of folktales across cultural groups in the Arctic, particularly the story, “The Blind Man and the Loon.” The Robert McKennan files include biographical information on Robert McKennan, copies of his journals, and notes used in the publication of the journals. The Han research files include interview transcripts, notes, and subject files used in the writing of the book, Han, People of the River. The teaching and student papers include papers Mishler wrote as a student, as well as course materials for classes he taught. The Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey and historic preservation files contain materials related to Mishler’s work with the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey, as well as other historic preservation projects in Southcentral Alaska.
Arrangement: The collection is arranged into the following series, which largely reflect the order in which the material was transferred to the archives:
Series 1: Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Alutiiq research files; 1963-2007
Series 2: Tanacross research files: 1966-2015
Series 3: Folklore and folk music research files; 1942-2002
Series 4: Gwich’in research files; 1969-2014
Series 5: Arctic folk tales; 1969-2018
Series 6: Robert McKennan files; 1969-2009
Series 7: Han research files; 1973-2003
Series 8: Teaching files and school papers; 1959-2004
Series 9: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey and historic preservation files, Southcentral Alaska; 1976-1986
Access restrictions: Some materials are restricted due to the presence of personally identifiable information. These items are noted in the container list below.
Use restrictions: This collection contains reproductions of materials from other institutions that Mishler used in his research. Please contact those institutions for information about duplication and use of copied materials.
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: Craig Mishler retains copyright to the materials in the collection. The Archives can grant permission for use of collection materials.
Preferred citation: Craig Mishler papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Works used in preparation of inventory: Biographical information was provided by the donor.
Acquisition note: The collection was donated to Archives and Special Collections, and a deed of gift signed, by Craig Mishler in 2018. Additional material was donated by Mishler in 2019.
Processing information: This collection was described by Veronica Denison in 2018. Original folder titles were retained. Additional materials were added to the collection, which was also divided into series, by Gwen Higgins in 2020.
Container list:
Series 1: Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Alutiiq research files; 1963-2007. 1.1 cubic feet. This series includes Mishler’s work in Kodiak and Exxon Valdez Oil Spill litigation, as well as consulting and field work documenting the impact of the oil spill primarily in the Alutiiq communities of Ouzinkie and Old Harbor.
| Box/ Folder |
Description | Dates |
| 1/1 | Kodiak Airport Consulting | 2005-2006 |
| 1/2 | Buybacks MSS [Minerals Management Service] EVOS [Exxon Valdez Oil Spill] | 1996-1999 |
| 1/3 | Storage Boxes ADF&G [Alaska Department of Fish and Game] | undated |
| 1/4 | Alutiiq Foodways | undated, 1991 |
| 1/5 | Alutiiq Kinship | 1991-1998 |
| 1/6 | Alutiiq Weather Lore | 1989-1999 |
| 1/7 | Ethnography Comments | 1998 |
| 1/8 | Black Ducks and Salmon Bellies | 1997-2004 |
| 1/9 | Black Ducks Maps (4) | undated |
| 1/10 | MMS Workshop Aug 12-14 | 1996-1998 |
| 1/11 | Black Ducks Maps | undated, 1998-2002 |
| 1/12 | Alutiiq Language | undated |
| 1/13 | Alutiiq Vikings | 1992-1996 |
| 1/14 | MMSII Kodiak Chapters [Old Harbor and Ouzinkie] | undated |
| 1/15 | Kodiak Alutiiq Kinship Terms | undated, 1989 |
| 1/16 | ABC News: Video Old Harbor | 1998 |
| 1/17 | BIA records: Ouzinkie and Afognak | 1943-1950 |
| 1/18 | RESTRICTED: Kodiak Release Forms/Signed | 1996-1997 |
| 1/19 | Kozley: Ouzinkie 1963 | 1963 |
| 1/20 | Kodiak Village and Agency Contacts | 1995-1996 |
| 1/21 | Ouzinkie Ethnography [includes Xerox copy of “Spruce Bough” published by the students of the Ouzinkie Government School 1946] | 1996-1997 |
| 1/22 | Aurcaq Dart Game | 1997 |
| 1/23 | Ouzinkie Census 1946/1934 [Xerox copies of census] | undated |
| 1/24 | Alutiiq Species Names | 1991 |
| 1/25 | Old Harbor News MSS. [Alaska Anthropological Association 33rd Annual Meeting in Kodiak, Alaska 2006] | undated, 2006 |
| 1/26 | Old Harbor Village Maps [most are hand drawn] | undated |
| 1/27 | Old Harbor History [includes Xerox copies of documents from 1934-1949] | undated, 1993, 2007 |
| 1/28 | Alutiiq Vikings | 1996 |
| 1/29 | Alutiiq Vikings Census | undated |
| 1/30 | Old Harbor Interviews: Kana [Interviews with Larry Matfay, Anakenti and Senafont Zeeder] | 1983-1987 |
| 1/31 | BIA Tapes: Old Harbor | 1996 |
| 1/32 | RESTRICTED: Release Forms: Kodiak | 1998, 2007 |
| 1/33 | Looking Both Ways Catalog | undated, 1997-1998 |
| 1/34 | Alutiiq Place Names | undated, 1989-1990 |
| 1/35 | Paul Kahutak Old Harbor [Interviews] | 1987-2004 |
| 1/36 | Dora Aga Larsen Bay [Obituaries] | 1996 |
| 1/37 | George Inga Sr. Old Harbor [Includes interview] | 1991-2008 |
| 1/38 | Sven and Mary Haakanson Sr. [Interview] | 1997, 2002 |
| 1/39 | Hender Toms [Interview] | 1997 |
| 1/40 | Panguingue: Card Game | undated, 2000 |
| 1/41 | Ed Opheim Sr. [Interview] | 1997 |
| 1/42 | Martha Anderson [Interview] | 1996-1997 |
| 1/43 | Arthur Haakanson [Interview] | 1997 |
| 1/44 | Nick Pestrikoff Sr. [Interview] | 1997 |
| 1/45 | Ephraim Agnot, Akiok [Obituary and letter] | 1994-1995 |
| 1/46 | Reed Oswalt [Interview] | 1997 |
| 1/47 | Alutiiq Social Structure | undated |
| 1/48 | Alutiiq Museum Transcripts | 1987-1996 |
| 1/49 | Larsen Bay Genealogies #1 | 1992-1997 |
| 1/50 | Larsen Bay Genealogies #2 | undated, 1995-1997 |
| 1/51 | Kodiak City Genealogies Rachel Mason | undated |
| 1/52 | Old Harbor Families | circa 1990-1998 |
| 1/53 | Old Harbor Photos [most are Xerox copies of originals] | undated |
| 1/54 | Old Harbor Census: 1930 [Xerox copy of 1930 census] | undated |
| 1/55 | Old Harbor Census [Xerox copies of 1910, 1920, and1946 censuses] | undated |
| 1/56 | Old Harbor Ethnography | 1987-1999 |
| 1/57 | Old Harbor | 1979, 1986-1996 |
| 1/58 | BIA Records: Old Harbor, Alitak [Xerox copies of records from 1950-1951] | undated |
| 1/59 | A.C. Company Records | undated |
| 1/60 | The Albatross 1888-1889 [R/V Albatross] | undated, 1998 |
| 1/61 | Ouzinkie History | 1981-1998 |
| 1/62 | Ouzinkie Genealogies | circa 1990-1999 |
| 1/63 | Ouzinkie Photos [Xerox copies] | undated |
| 1/64 | Ouzinkie [Includes genealogies, maps, subsistence use areas] | undated, 1990-1999 |
| 1/65 | Old Harbor Photos [Xerox copies] | undated |
| 1/66 | MMS3 Workshop 1997 | 1997 |
| 1/67 | Walt Erickson [Interview] | 1996, 1998 |
| 1/68 | Ron Bernsten [Interview] | 1997 |
| 1/69 | Community Ethnographies [Interview] | 1997 |
| 1/70 | MMS: Ethnographic Q’s | 1996-1997 |
| 1/71 | Interview Questions/CE | undated, 1997 |
| 1/72 | Alutiiq Museum masking exhibit | 2009 |
| 1/73-2/5 | Kodiak Alutiiq Genealogy Workshop funded by a National Science Foundation Grant: Includes two audiocassettes of workshop as well as workshop information | circa 1997-2001 |
Series 2: Tanacross research files: 1966-2015. 0.8 cubic feet. This series contains genealogical files and interviews with people from Upper Tanana and Tanacross, files relating to the Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Project, and Mishler’s work with the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey at Dot Lake and Big Delta.
| Box/ Folder |
Description | Dates |
| 2/6 | Tanacross Culture Camp | 1966, 1998-2001 |
| 2/7 | Old Trading Post/Big Delta | 1984 |
| 2/8 | John Hajdukovich | 1999 |
| 2/9 | Crippled Boy/Mansfield [The Crippled Boy Who Saved Mansfield told by Kenny Thomas St. in Tanacross. Includes story in Tanacross] | 1999-2001 |
| 2/10 | Kenny Thomas Tape Indexes | undated, 1999 |
| 2/11 | Book Reviews of Crow [Book reviews for Crow is my boss: The oral life history of a Tanacross Athabaskan Elder by Kenny Thomas Sr.] | 2005-2006 |
| 2/12 | Tanacross Kinship Terms | undated, 2002 |
| 2/13 | Kenny Thomas Sr. [Includes stories and tape transcripts] | 1998-2008 |
| 2/14 | Crow is my boss fliers | 2004-2005 |
| 2/15 | Crow is by boss illustrations | undated, 2005 |
| 2/16 | Tanacross Clans | undated |
| 2/17 | Tanacross Place Names | 1988, 2008 |
| 2/18 | Mansfield Census 1910 [Xerox copies] | undated |
| 2/19 | Tanacross Twist [Social Dance] | 2000 |
| 2/20 | Silas Solomon Tapes [Tape index] | 1988 |
| 2/21 | Tanacross Language | 1999 |
| 2/22 | Northway Memorial Potlatch | 1988 |
| 2/23 | Dance: Mansfield/Tanacross | undated |
| 2/24 | Tanacross History | 1969-2000 |
| 2/25 | Tanacross Folklore [Copies of According to Papa as told by David Paul to Audrey Loftus 1957; and According to Mama as told by Laura David Anderson 1956] | undated |
| 2/26 | Tanacross Place Names | 2000, 2006 |
| 2/27 | Delta Historical Society [Tape index] | 1982-1987 |
| 2/28 | Protocols: Tanacross OTH [Protocols/Tanacross Archaeology. Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Project] | undated |
| 2/29 | Backscatter Radar: TIS [Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Project, Tanacross Impact Services] | undated, 1974, 1988 |
| 2/30 | Athabaskan Luke Tapes [Information from tape boxes] | undated |
| 2/31 | Goodpaster Affidavits | undated, 1994 |
| 2/32 | Tanacross Place Names | undated, 1983 |
| 2/33 | Tape Indexes: Tanacross | undated, 1984 |
| 2/34 | Craig’s Field Notes: Big Delta [Big Delta Field Notes] | 1983 |
| 2/35 | Subsistence/Tanacross | undated, 1978-1988 |
| 2/36 | Tanacross Genealogies [Includes Xerox copies of 1900, 1937, 1938 census] | undated, 1972-1989 |
| 2/37 | Abraham and Eva Luke Land Claim | undated, 1983-1994 |
| 2/38 | Release Forms/Tanacross | 1988 |
| 2/39 | Alaska Native Place Names [Workshop] | 2015 |
| 2/40 | Tanacross: OTH Backscatter [Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Project] | undated, 1988-1989 |
| 2/41 | Paredes Dissertation Correspondence | 1979-1993 |
| 2/42 | Episcopal Church Archives | 1993-1994 |
| 2/43 | Tanacross Language | undated, 1987 |
| 2/44 | Abraham Luke [Includes Goodpaster field notebook] | undated, 1983-1989 |
| 2/45 | Abraham Luke Tape Index | 1983 |
| 2/46 | Tanacross Tape Indexes | 1988 |
| 2/47 | Transcriptions/Tanacross [Interviews with Gaither Paul and Silas Solomon] | 1988 |
| 2/48 | “Born with the River” manuscript | 1984-1985 |
| Oversize roll | Indigenous language place name maps from the Tanacross village area, compiled while working for Tanacross Impact Services | 1989 |
Series 3: Folklore and folk music research files; 1942-2006. 1.45 cubic feet. This series contains Mishler’s research files concerning folk music and folklore.
| Box/ Folder |
Description | Dates |
| 2/49 | Alaska Society of Natural History and Ethnology (Sitka) | undated, 1975-2002 |
| 2/50 | Miscellaneous Papers and Notes ASNH&E [Alaska Society of Natural History and Ethnology] | undated, 1972-1983 |
| 2/51 | ASNH&E Meeting Dates | undated, 1988-1995 |
| 2/52 | Sitka: ASNHE MSS. | 1987 |
| 2/53 | Doyon Region [Includes Mishler’s article “Articulating a Native American folk region: the case for Doyon”] | undated, 1971-1977 |
| 2/54 | Superstitions | undated |
| 2/55 | Speech Play & Verbal Art | undated |
| 2/56 | Frank Fontaine Fiddler | undated, 2002 |
| 2/57 | Indigenous Knowledge Conf. | undated, 1994 |
| 3/1 | Legends: Folk | 1971-1987 |
| 3/2 | Thomas Johnston [Bibliography] | undated, 2001 |
| 3/3 | History of Alaskan Anth [Anthropology] | undated, 2001-2002 |
| 3/4 | Alaskan Old-Time & Bluegrass [Includes Xerox copies of older documents] | undated, 1942-1986 |
| 3/5 | Margaret Hawk (Sioux) | circa 1973-1975 |
| 3/6 | Translation of Oral Texts [Elijah John] | undated |
| 3/7 | Alaska Fishing Lore | undated, 1971-1996 |
| 3/8 | Henry & Hilma Shavings | undated, 1991-2002 |
| 3/9 | The Jinx Cabin | undated, 1981 |
| 3/10 | Craig’s Crossword Puzzles | undated |
| 3/11 | Yesner & Holmes Critique [David Yesner and Charles Holmes] | 1990 |
| 3/12 | Rochester Callers Forum [Square Dancing] | 1997-2002 |
| 3/13 | Western Subarctic [Folklore] | undated, 1978 |
| 3/14 | Narrativity in Dead Birds | 1977-1988 |
| 3/15 | Video MSS [Video as a research and communication tool in Alaskan Applied Anthropology] | undated |
| 3/16 | Pioneer Peak Ski Report | 1984 |
| 3/17 | Talkeetna Bachelors’ Society | undated, 1991 |
| 3/18 | ASNHE Meeting Minutes 1887-1905, 1910-1911 [Xerox copies of the meeting minutes, and includes Mishler’s notes] | undated |
| 3/19 | Alutiiq Vikings 10 | undated, 1994-1996 |
| 3/20 | History of Alaskan Anthro [Anthropology] | 1972-1987 |
| 3/21 | Convergence Theory | undated, 1981 |
| 3/22 | Miscellaneous Papers [Papers written by Mishler] | undated, 1976 |
| 3/23 | Finland IASSA (International Arctic Social Science Association) | 1994-1995 |
| 3/24 | AFS’: Alaska Native Music [“Alaska Native Music: Here and There, Now and Then” by Craig Mishler presented at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting, Anchorage] | 2001 |
| 3/25 | Eskimo Gospel Music | undated, 1989-2006 |
| 3/26 | Aurcaq: Dart Game | undated, 1997 |
| 3/27 | Aurcaq: Dart Game | undated, 1992-1993 |
| 3/28 | Native New Life MSS | undated, 1991-1994 |
| 3/29 | Telling About Bear [Includes Telling About Bear: A Northern Athapaskan Men’s Riddle Tradition by Mishler] | undated, 1983-1984 |
| 3/30 | Alaskan Mythical Highways | circa 1970 |
| 3/31 | “The Last Winged Creature” John Pingayak Play | 1996 |
| 3/32 | Yupik lore | 1972-1985 |
| 3/33 | Athabascan Potlatch Oratory interview transcripts | 1973 |
| 3/34 | Riddles and puzzles, notes and examples [Contains photocopied document from 1913] | undated, 1978 |
| 3/35 | Oscar Chappell/Seward [Songs] | undated |
| 3/36 | Carl Seaver/Knik [Photographs and interview release] | 2006 |
| 3/37 | Ruben Gaines [Research file] | 2006 |
| 3/38 | “Bill Stevens and Young Native Fiddlers” by Maryanne Allan [Notes on draft] | undated |
| 3/39 | Breakup proposal [Funding proposal for Alaska Native music radio program | 1981 |
| 3/40 | Chili Cookoffs [Research file] | 1977-1988 |
| 3/41 | AFS [American Folklore Society] meetings/Albuquerque [“Athapaskan Indian Fiddling: A Musical History” conference proposal and draft] | 1987 |
| 3/42 | Alaskan tall tales [Includes photocopied documents dated 1904, 1928] | undated |
| 3/43 | Happy Jack AFS [American Folklore Society] paper | 1975-1982 |
| 3/44 | Happy Jack: transcriptions | 1972 |
| 3/45 | Happy Jack: biographical | 1972-1973 |
| 3/46 | Tony Scott Pearce correspondence [Review of The Crooked Stovepipe: Athapaskan Indian Fiddling and Square Dancing in Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada.] | 1989 |
Series 4: Gwich’in research files; 1969-2020. 4.45 cubic feet. This series consists of Mishler’s research pertaining to the Gwich’in people of Alaska and Canada, including correspondence, notes, oral history transcripts and articles. Subjects include Gwich’in history, individuals, cultural practices, stories, Gwich’in language, and places. Research materials in this series were used in the writing of Neerihiinjìk: We Traveled from Place to Place: The Gwich’in Stories of Johnny and Sarah Frank (2001) and Dinjii Vadzaih Dhidlit: The Man Who Became a Caribou (2019, 2nd edition, revised, 2020).
| Box/ Folder |
Description | Dates |
| 4/1 | Smithsonian Archives [Notes] | 2005 |
| 4/2 | Ottawa Archives [Research and correspondence] | 2002-2004 |
| 4/3 | Butler-Dale Collection Alaska State Historical Library Juneau Venetie photos [with notes] | undated |
| 4/4 | Tsukoo site maps | 1998 |
| 4/5 | Site survey: Upper Chandalar | 1998 |
| 4/6 | Venetie Graveyard | undated |
| 4/7 | Gwich’in Demography [Articles and notes] | undated |
| 4/8 | Census: K’ahtsik 1919, 1950 [Photocopies] | undated |
| 4/9 | U.S. Census 1900 [Photocopies with notes] | undated |
| 4/10 | US Census 1910: Villages [Photocopies] | undated |
| 4/11 | 1910 Census Upper Tanana [Photocopies] | undated |
| 4/12 | 1910 Census Chandalar [Photocopies] | undated |
| 4/13 | 1930 U.S. Census Sheets [Photocopies] | undated |
| 4/14 | Episcopal Church vital statistics [Photocopies and notes] | undated |
| 4/15 | Census Christian Village [Photocopies] | undated |
| 4/16 | BIA Census/Arctic Village [Photocopies] | undated |
| 4/17 | 1920 Census Chandalar [Photocopies and notes] | undated |
| 4/18 | AV [Arctic Village] Church [Photographs and photocopied documents] | undated |
| 4/19 | AV Council Mtg Aug 10 [Native Village of Venetie Tribal government documents] | 1998-1999 |
| 4/20 | Gwich’in Guns [Photocopied articles and notes] | undated |
| 4/21 | Fort Yukon Miscellany [Notes and photocopied articles and report] | undated |
| 4/22 | Fort Yukon Chiefs | 1973, 1976 |
| 4/23 | Gwich’in Ethnohistory [Chapter drafts by Mishler] | undated |
| 4/24 | Fort Yukon 1971-Present [Research files] | 1973-1980, 1996 |
| 4/25 | FY [Fort Yukon] 1949-1971 [Research files] | 1961, 1979-1980 |
| 4/26 | FY [Fort Yukon] 1937-1949 [Incudes photocopies of material from 1946-1955] | 1979-1980 |
| 4/27 | FY [Fort Yukon] 1905-1937 [Includes photocopies of material dated 1905-1934.] | undated |
| 4/28 | Hudson Stuck 1904-1920 [Includes photocopies of material dated 1909-1920] | 1979-1982 |
| 4/29 | Gwich’in Letters 1894-1907 [Photocopies of letters written in Gwich’in with undated translations] | undated |
| 4/30 | FY [Fort Yukon] 1896-1904 [Includes photocopies of material dated 1896-1969] | undated |
| 4/31 | Dark Period 1970-1895 [Includes photocopies of material dated to 1885 and 1888 | undated |
| 4/32 | Antoine Hoole | undated, 1995 |
| 4/33 | McDonald Era: 1862-1905 [Includes photocopies of materials dated to 1898 and 1915] | undated |
| 4/34 | Robert McDonald’s journals [Photocopies] | 1985 |
| 4/35 | Robert McDonald, Biographical [Notes and photocopies of documents dated 1905-1975] | undated |
| 4/36 | Kirkby & Hunter [Notes and photocopies of documents dated 1859-1973] | undated |
| 4/37 | Explorers FY [Fort Yukon] 1868-1869 [Notes and photocopies of documents dated 1868-1870] | undated |
| 4/38 | Fort Yukon 1840-1868 [Notes, correspondence, and photocopies of documents dated 1836-1973] | 1983 |
| 4/39 | Missionaries in Collision [Notes, correspondence, and drafts relating to article “Missionaries in Collision: Anglicans and Oblates among the Gwich’in, 1861-65”] | 1988-1990 |
| 4/40 | Shahnyaati’[Notes, typed accounts, and photocopies of documents dated 1883-1975] | undated |
| Gwich’in biographical files | undated | |
| 4/41 | Bill Stevens [Correspondence, articles, biographies] | 1977-2008 |
| 4/42 | Bill Stevens Interview [Transcript] | 2011 |
| 4/43 | Bill Stevens Outline [Outline and information for book Ch’adzaa Aghwaa: He Carries the Dance: The Life and Times of Gwich’in Fiddle Bill Stevens] | 2005-2011 |
| 4/44 | Arctic Village: Tritt [Notes, articles, and photocopies of documents dated 1923-1976, relating to Arctic Village and Albert Tritt] | 1979-1993 |
| 4/45 | BIA Tapes: Arctic Village & Venetie [Inventory] | undated |
| 4/46 | Village Correspondence | 1974-1991 |
| 4/47 | Signed Releases/Gwich’in [Oral history releases] | 1975-1992 |
| 4/48 | Ruth Carrol [Letter] | 1992 December |
| 4/49 | Chief Christian | undated |
| 4/50 | Jim Christian [Letter, interview transcript, translations of Gwich’in phrases] | 1985, 1997 |
| 4/51 | Judy Erick [Letter, death information, interview notes, copy of birth certificate from 1976] | undated, 1993, 1999 |
| 4/52 | Natalie Erick [Interview and story transcripts] | undated |
| 4/53 | Daniel Flitt [Genalogy notes] | undated |
| 4/54 | Martha Flett [sic] [Martha Flitt stories and biography] | undated |
| 4/55 | Alfred Francis [Memorial program] | 1997 February 19 |
| 4/56 | Bella Francis [Interview transcripts] | undated |
| 4/57 | Hamel and Mary Frank [Correspondence and memorial program] | 1980-1998 |
| 4/58 | Burns Frank | 1998-2005 |
| 4/59 | Sarah & Johnny Frank [Grant proposal] | 1988 |
| 4/60 | Frank Genealogy | undated, 1990-1992 |
| 4/61 | Frank Family Tree | 1994, 2000 |
| 4/62 | Kenneth Frank [Correspondence, biography, Gwich’in place names] | 1996-2007 |
| 5/1 | Moses Gabriel [Correspondence] | 1972-1995 |
| 5/2 | Nathaniel Frank [Oral history transcripts/translations] | undated, 1992 |
| 5/3 | Daniel John [Translated stories] | undated |
| 5/4 | Edward John [Notes] | undated, 1999 |
| 5/5 | Elijah John [Correspondence, stories, biography, notes] | 1972-1983 |
| 5/6 | Frank Ginnis John [Oral history transcripts/translations] | 1986, 1990 |
| 5/7 | Sophie John [Transcripts and translations of songs and oral histories] | undated |
| 5/8 | Silas John [Letter and transcripts of oral histories and stories] | undated, 1974 |
| 5/9 | William Loola [Notes and photocopies of documents dated 1912-1918] | 1974 |
| 5/10 | Stanley Luke [Letter and oral history transcripts] | undated, 1975 |
| 5/11 | Richard Martin [Notes, biography, and transcripts of oral histories and stories] | undated, 1983 |
| 5/12 | Charlie Peter [Notes and correspondence. Some correspondence from son, Lawrence Peter] | 1974-1995 |
| 5/13 | Katherine Peter [Correspondence and story transcript in Gwich’in] | 1990, 1998 |
| 5/14 | Moses Peter [Story transcripts and photocopied articles dated 1903 and 1954] | undated |
| 5/15 | Myra Robert [Notes and transcripts/translations of oral histories, songs, and stories] | undated 1979-1986 |
| 5/16 | Johnny Ross [Oral history transcripts] | undated |
| 5/17 | Sandy Roberts [Oral history transcripts/translations] | 1973-1980 |
| 5/18 | David Salmon [Obituaries, newsletter column, oral history transcript/translation | undated, 1994-2007 |
| 5/19 | Moses Sam [Interview transcript and obituary] | 1996, 2001 |
| 5/20 | Gary Simple [Pamphlet, flyers, article] | 2005, 2013 |
| 5/21 | Lincoln Tritt [Autobiography and articles by Tritt] | 1992, 1994 |
| 5/22 | Mardow & Hannah Solomon [Notes] | undated |
| 5/23 | Bill Stevens CD | 2009-2014 |
| 5/24 | Abel Tritt (“Zhuu”) [Interview and story transcripts and translations] | 2006 |
| 5/25 | Helen Tritt [Story transcripts/translations] | 1994 |
| 5/26 | Isaac Tritt [Story transcripts/translations] | undated |
| 5/27 | Isaac Tritt-Di’Haii [Transcript and translation] | 1988 June 11 |
| 5/28 | Lincoln Tritt [Interview notes, conference agenda, articles] | 1991-2006 |
| 5/29 | David Wallis [Notes] | undated |
| 5/30 | Mae Wallis [Interview and obituary] | 1976, 2006 |
| 5/31 | Ambrose William [Interview and story transcripts/translations] | undated, 1972 |
| 5/32 | Johnny & Sarah photos | circa 1940-1972 |
| 5/33 | Sarah Frank [Obituary, life history, and story translation] | 1980-1988 |
| 5/34 | Johnny Frank notes | 1972-1991 |
| 5/35 | Maggie Gilbert [Transcript/translation of “Blind Man and the Loon,” recorded April 23, 1973] | undated, 1973-1990 |
| 5/36 | Maggie Gilbert old transcript | undated, 2007 |
| 5/37 | Maggie Gilbert: New Mss. | 2009 September 8 |
| 5/38 | Maggie Gilbert Tones | undated |
| 5/39 | Maggie Gilbert-Gemmill [Transcription by Fannie Gemmill, translation by Caroline Frank | 2006, 2008 |
| 5/40 | Gwich’in Texts: Ruth Carroll | 1992-1999 |
| 5/41 | Trimble Gilbert Transcripts | 1998 |
| 5/42 | Trimble Gilbert tone-mark | 1998 |
| 5/43 | K. Peter’s [Katherine Peter] | 1974-1975 |
| 5/44 | Trimble Gilbert [Transcripts] | undated, 1998 |
| 5/45 | Frank Family #2 [Transcripts and translations] | undated |
| 5/46 | Frank Family #3 [Transcripts and translations] | undated |
| 5/47 | Mary Frank [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded 1997 June 13] | undated, 2004 |
| 5/48 | Hamel Frank [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded September 20, 1996] | undated |
| 5/49 | Nathaniel Frank [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded June 14, 1992] | undated |
| 5/50 | Gideon James [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded March 22, 1998] | 1999 March |
| 5/51 | Trimble Gilbert [Transcripts and translations] | 1998-1999 |
| 5/52 | Albert Albert [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded on May 14, 1998] | undated, 1998 June |
| 5/53 | Moses Sam [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded May 29, 1996] | undated, 1998 April |
| 5/54 | Jimmy Roberts [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded November, 1997] | undated |
| 5/55 | Margaret Kelly – Daughter Eva Kelly lives in Fort Yukon [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded August 31, 1997] | 1997 |
| 5/56 | Neil Henry [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded June 30, 1999] | undated |
| 5/57 | Eunice Williams & Mary Simple [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded August 28, 1997] | 1997-1999 |
| 5/58 | Ellen Henry & John Erick Jr. at Tsuk’oo [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded June 10, 1997] | 1997 |
| 5/59 | Gideon James [Transcripts and translations] | 1999 March |
| 5/60 | Paul Kelly Jr. [Transcripts and translation of interview recorded October 7, 1997] | undated |
| 5/61 | Ellen Henry [Transcripts and translations of interviews recorded on November 24, 1997 and September 12, 1998] | undated |
| 5/62 | Maggie Roberts [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded January 22, 1998] | undated |
| 5/63 | Daniel Flitt [Transcripts and translations of interview recorded September 1, 1997, plus email] | undated, 1998 December 7 |
| 6/1 | Old Crow [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1916-1954] | 1964-2001 |
| 6/2 | Rampart House [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1911-1926] | undated, 1975-2010 |
| 6/3 | Peel River history | 2000 |
| 6/4 | Fort McPherson [Visitor guides and articles] | 1990-2001 |
| 6/5 | LaPierre’s house [Photocopies of documents dated 1887-1933] | undated |
| 6/6 | ABC News: Arctic Village video [Descriptions of content] | 1998-1999 |
| 6/7 | Chalkyitsik | 1977-1992 |
| 6/8 | Birch Creek [Includes photocopy of article dated 1950] | undated, 1987 |
| 6/9 | Venetie | 1970-2008 |
| 6/10 | Venetie tape indexes | undated |
| 6/11 | NPS Venetie final report | 1999 |
| 6/12 | Gwich’in Steering Committee [Button, letter, and advertisement] | undated, 1996 |
| 6/13 | Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | undated, 1991 |
| 6/14 | Gwich’in narratives 1876-1973 | 1972-1977 |
| 6/15 | Neerihiinjik photos | 2001 |
| 6/16 | Neerihiinjik: flow chart [Documents relating to the Gwich’in Legacy of Johnny & Sarah Frank] | 1990-2000 |
| 6/17 | Tom Alton: Neerihiinjik edits | 1996, 2000 |
| 6/18 | Neerihiinjik reviews | 1995-1997 |
| 6/19 | Neerihiinjik grant proposal NEH | undated |
| 9/1 | Neerihiinjik NEH grant | 1989-1991 |
| 6/20 | Allan Benjamin scrapbook [Clippings] | 2001-2002 |
| 6/21 | Yukon Oral History Tapes [Finding aid] | 1994 |
| 6/22 | Gwich’in Aboriginal Dances [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1851-1930] | 1972-2002 |
| 6/23 | Yukon Archives [Collection descriptions] | 2002 |
| 6/24 | Indian Country-NAARF [Native American Rights Fund clippings and legal documents] | 1996-1997 |
| 6/25 | Venetie Lawsuit Testimonies | 1993-1995 |
| 6/26 | Historic contact on the Yukon Flats [Includes photo copies of documents dated 1899-1975] | 1979-1983 |
| 6/27 | Oblates 1862-72 [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1870-1955] | 1973-1977 |
| 6/28 | Cree & Gwich’in story cycles [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1898-1911] | undated |
| 6/29 | Tony Scott Pearce correspondence | 1987-1989 |
| 6/30 | Gwich’in material culture | undated, 1977 |
| 6/31 | Pierre Demers [Postcard and Gwich’in translations of hymns] | undated |
| 6/32 | Gwich’in poetry | 2013 |
| 6/33 | Gwich’in discourse | 1973, 1979 |
| 6/34 | Jude Henzler correspondence | 1986-2002 |
| 6/35 | Brushman Stories [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1915-1975] | undated, 1972, 1992 |
| 6/36 | Gwich’in Shamanism [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1950-1961] | 1973-1998 |
| 6/37 | Krech [Shepard Krech III, letter and article reprint] | 1982-1983 |
| 6/38 | Hunting beliefs and riddles Gwich’in | undated, 1970, 1985 |
| 6/39 | Yukon Archives: Whitehorse | 2005 |
| 6/40 | Visual arts & traditional dress [Includes photocopies of documents from 1947-1983 | 1978-1986 |
| 6/41 | Gwich’in books | 2007 |
| 6/42 | Gwich’in literacy/Muller | 1992 |
| 6/43 | Gwich’in ethnohistory intro [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1957-1965] | circa 1980 |
| 6/44 | Fredson texts (Sapir). Sapir MS [manuscript] from Johnny Fredson | undated, 1973 |
| 6/45 | Divii Ahtsiknjik [Red Sheep Creek photographs and Gwich’in historic and cemetery site decription form] | 1998 |
| 6/46 | Try’ah Tsi’njik [Otter Tail Creek photographs and Gwich’in historic and cemetery site decription form] | 1998 |
| 6/47 | Tr’ee gwhah awal [Deadman’s Creek Gwich’in historic and cemetery site decription form] | 1998 October 22 |
| 6/48 | Fredson life history [Drafts of “John Fredson: A Gwich’in Athapaskan Life History 1896-1945” by Craig Mishler] | undated |
| 6/49 | John Fredson recordings [Kutchin Cylinder Transfer Project] | 1987, 2000 |
| 6/50 | Fiddlers & Dancers [Papers by Craig Mishler] | 1996-2001 |
| 6/51 | Gwich’in song translations | undated, 1973-1987 |
| 6/52 | Shonti Elder’s transcriptions | undated, 1989 March 15 |
| 6/53 | Grant Spearman correspondence | 1990-1994 |
| 7/1 | Dene gatherings | 1998-2002 |
| 7/2 | Gold Camp/BIA file [Photocopies] | undated, 1987 |
| 7/3 | Albert Tritt’s store/BIA file [Photocopies] | 1976-1983 |
| 7/4 | Names: Leer & Kari [Papers on collection of geographic names] | undated, 1976, 1982 |
| 7/5 | Gwich’in proverbs | 2010 |
| 7/6 | White Eye genealogies | undated |
| 7/7 | Northern Dene potlatching [Photocopies of documents dated 1916-1975] | 1984 |
| 7/8 | Steamboats & trading Co’s [Photocopies of documents dated 1978-1977] | undated |
| 7/9 | Elijah Henry’s cabin: BIA [Photocopies] | 1976-1986 |
| 7/10 | Old John’s cabin/BIA file [Photocopies] | 1976-1980 |
| 7/11 | Nehdlii [Definitions and explanations of word] | undated, 1994-1995 |
| 7/12 | Roger Kaye: Brushman | 1991 July 19 |
| 7/13 | Arctic Village: CPSU tapes [Inventories] | 1993, 1997 |
| 7/14 | Benveniste Gwich’in birds [Includes photocopy of article dated 1953] | undated |
| 7/15 | Gwich’in Gathering 2006-2008 | 2006-2008 |
| 7/16 | 1992 Gwich’in Gathering | 1992 |
| 7/17 | Gwich’in Niin Tsyaa 1988 | 1988 |
| 7/18 | Final draft NEH proposal on Johnny & Sarah Frank | 1988-1990 |
| 7/19 | Venetie: NPS proposal 1997 | 1996-1998 |
| 7/20 | 1999 Oral History Conference | 1999 |
| 7/21 | Athabascan Language Conference | 2002 |
| 7/22 | Schraeder diary & photos [Includes copies of documents and photographs dated 1899-1904] | undated, 1993 |
| 7/23 | John Fredson [Research notes, correspondence, paper written by Craig Mishler. Includes photocopies of documents dating 1912-1961] | 1973-2000 |
| 7/24 | Gwich’in tonality | 1979-1981 |
| 7/25 | Slavey Jargon Texts | undated |
| 7/26 | Athapaskan grieving | 1990-1998 |
| 7/27 | Slavey Jargon [Research for “That’s a rubbaboo: Slavey Jargon, a Nineteenth Century Subarctic Speech community” by Craig Mishler. Includes photocopies of documents dated 1900-1996] | 1973-2008 |
| 7/28 | Gwich’in linguistic acculturation | undated, 1977 |
| 7/29 | Gwich’in language [Instructional materials] | 1969-1997 |
| 7/30-31 | Gwich’in grammar [Instructional materials] | 1971-2011 |
| 7/32 | Sapir [Edward Sapir] Gwich’in stem list [Photocopies] | undated, 1964 |
| 7/33 | Dene Languages Conf. | 2013 |
| 7/34 | Gwich’in literacy: Moore [Patrick Moore] | 1995, 2007 |
| 7/35 | Boundary line story [Research for “The Alaska-Yukon Boundary Survey of 1911-1912: An Athapaskan Perspective” by Craig Mishler presented at the Borderlands Conference, 1989. Includes photocopies of documents dated 1893-1912.] | 1980-1990 |
| 7/36 | Archival holdings | undated, 1976-2002 |
| 7/37 | Gwich’in names: La Pierre’s House [Photocopies of documents dated 1851, 1866.] | undated |
| 7/38 | Crooked Stovepipe [Correspondence regarding publication of Mishler’s book The Crooked Stovepipe and his dissertation] | 1982-1989 |
| 7/39 | Gwich’in materials in Canadian archives [Correspondence and notes] | 1976-1979, 2002 |
| 7/40 | McGary/Gwich’in texts [Photocopy of “Gwich’in Gwandak: Edition and Translation of Alaskan Athabaskan Narratives: A Thesis” by Mary Jane McGary | 1984 |
| 7/41 | Drane, Arctic Village 1922 [Photocopies] | undated |
| 7/42 | Douglas Leechman [Photocopy of article dated 1952] | 2009 |
| 7/43 | Venetie DCRA [Division of Community and Regional Affairs Community Information Summary database printouts] | 1996, 1998 |
| 7/44 | Venetie Reservation/BIA [includes photocopies of documents dated 1940-1979] | undated |
| 7/45 | Nishuk-Johnny Frank’s Bro [Records on the grave of Johnny Frank’s brother] | 1977-1980 |
| 7/46 | Arctic Village correspondence | 1991 |
| 7/47 | Arctic Village DCRA [Division of Community and Regional Affairs Community Information Summary database printouts] | 1996-2000 |
| 7/48 | Tiger Burch MS [Draft and manuscript of “Social and Linguistic Boundaries in North-Central Alaska] | 1998 |
| 7/49 | Di’haii Gwich’in [Correspondence with Ernest S. “Tiger” Burch, Jr. concerning “The Di’haii Gwich’in: Mystery People of Northern Alaska” co-authored by Burch and Mishler] | 1986-1997 |
| 7/50 | Tiger Burch correspond [Correspondence with Ernest S. “Tiger” Burch, Jr concerning “The Di’haii Gwich’in: Mystery People of Northern Alaska” co-authored by Burch and Mishler.] | 1986-1997 |
| 8/1-2 | Frank family transcripts | 1989 October 5 |
| 9/1 | Distribution list complimentary copies [For The Man Who Became a Caribou] | undated |
| 9/3 | John Tritt caribou body parts translation list | 2013 August 24 |
| 9/4 | Vadzaih Tth’an protocol: Gwich’in Caribou Anatomy Language Data Sheet | 2010-2015 |
| 9/5 | Vadzaih Tth’an (caribou anatomy) word lists | 2012 |
| 9/6 | Canadian contacts | 2011-2013 |
| 9/7 | Protocols: Body Parts | 2013 |
| 9/8 | Caribou references | 2014 |
| 9/9 | Interview questions: caribou and deer anatomy | 2012 |
| 9/10 | Caribou and moose typologies: Gwich’in word lists | undated, 2009 |
| 9/11 | Research licenses | 2013 |
| 9/12 | Open-ended questions | undated |
| 9/13 | Maggie Roberts recording index | undated |
| 9/14 | Kenneth Frank caribou anatomy notes | 1998-2012 |
| 9/15 | Isaac Tritt obituary | 1993 |
| 9/16 | Caribou Anatomy: Kenny Thomas Sr. | 2010 |
| 9/17 | Vadzaih Tth’an word lists | undated |
| 9/18 | Dinjik (moose) typology list | undated |
| 9/19 | Caribou butchering | undated |
| 9/20 | Allan Hayton | 2012 |
| 9/21 | Caribou fences | 1984, 1974 |
| 9/22 | Paul “Snook” Herbert caribou body part translation lists | undated |
| 9/23 | AAA 2012 photo contest | 2012 |
| 9/24 | Moose and caribou sketches | undated, 2014 |
| 9/25 | Simon Francis caribou body part translation list | undated |
| 9/26 | Vasaagihdzak’s Scarf symposium materials | undated |
| 9/27 | Peter Mather release | 2016 |
| 9/28 | Translating Gwich’in examples | 2015-2016 |
| 9/29 | University of Oklahoma Press reader’s report | undated |
| 9/30 | “Meat Flavors, Tastes, and Smells: A Sensory Lexicon of Gwich’in Gastronomy and Cuisine from Kenneth Frank | 2015 |
| 9/31 | Vasaagihdzak’s Hat Colloquium | undated |
| 9/32 | Freddie Kaydahzinne Apache deer anatomy lists | 2013 March 6 |
| 9/33 | Benveniste on caribou | undated |
| 9/34 | Caribou research material | 1976-1991 |
| 9/35 | Niinvyaa Zheh [Notes and articles on Gwich’in tents, photocopied document from 1979] | undated |
| 9/36 | Randall Tetlichi notes | 2012 |
| 9/37 | Old Crow Elders tapes [Transcripts] | undated |
| 9/38 | MacArthur Tritt caribou body part translation lists | 2012 |
| 9/39 | Gwich’in foodways resources and notes [Includes photocopied document dated 1948] | 1974-2016 |
| 9/40 | Trimble Gilbert caribou anatomy list Gwich’in translations | 2012 |
| 9/41 | Robert Bruce Jr. caribou anatomy list Gwich’in translations | 2013 September |
| 9/42 | Robert Frank Robert Bruce Jr. caribou anatomy list Gwich’in translations | 2011 May 22 |
| 9/43 | Gary Simple photos [caribou butchering] | undated |
| 9/44 | Maggie Roberts caribou anatomy list Gwich’in translations | 2012 May 23 |
| 9/45 | Research on Caribou | 2016 |
| 9/46 | Caribou anatomy notes | undated, 2012 |
| 9/47 | Book notes on caribou | undated |
| 9/48 | Michio Hoshino caribou photos | 2012 |
| 9/49 | Rasmuson Library UAF research file | 1998-2016 |
| 9/50 | Caribou fence and corral [Photocopies of Isaac Tritt journal with notes] | undated |
| 9/51 | Making dry meat video [Script and production information] | 2014-2015 |
| 9/52 | Dry meat video: part 1 [Script and notes] | 2014 |
| 9/53 | Caribou lore [Includes photocopies dated 1991-2004] | 1998-1999 |
| 9/54 | Seasonal round charts [caribou hunting seasons] | undated |
| 9/55 | Gwich’in potlatch notes | 2003 |
| 9/56 | “The Gwich’in Memorial Potlatch: A New Awakening” [Draft and sources] | 1973, 2004 |
| 9/57 | Skeletal sketches [Caribou anatomy] | undated |
| 9/58 | Gwich’in notes | undated |
| 9/59 | Vadzaih anatomy notes and printouts | 2010 |
| 9/60 | Vadzaih.com web page [Now inactive] | 2019 |
| 9/61 | Caribou book proposals | 2003, 2009 |
| 9/62 | Caribou book outline | undated |
| 9/63 | John Ritter letters [Yukon Native Language Centre] | 1986 |
Series 5: Arctic folktales; 1969-2018. 1.0 cubic feet. This series contains Mishler’s research on stories found across different Arctic cultures, particularly “The Blind Man and the Loon.”
| Box/ Folder |
Description | Dates |
| 8/3 | Blind Man & Loon Indian subtype [Contains photocopies of documents dated 1892-1979] | 1982-2006 |
| 8/4 | Greenland variants [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1827-1986] | undated, 2007 |
| 8/5 | Blind Boy & the Loon Eskimo subtype [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1908-2003 | circa 1975-2007 |
| 8/6 | Birgitte Sonne letters | 2007 |
| 8/7 | Blind Man & Loon semi-literary versions [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1875-2008] | undated, 2001-2009 |
| 8/8 | BM&L [Blind Man & Loon] talk notes | undated, 2013 |
| 8/9 | Jacques & Mary Regat [Interview notes] | 2009 May 31 |
| 8/10 | Nebraska: peer review | 2010 |
| 8/11 | Von Sydow: Oikotypes | undated |
| 8/12 | Blind Man & Loon notes [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1900-2006] | 1976-2009 |
| 8/13 | Workman: White River Ash [Photocopy] | 1974 |
| 8/14 | Rasmussen & Rink archive | undated |
| 8/15 | AAA [Alaska Anthropological Association] paper/Blind Man & Loon | 2008 |
| 8/16 | Blind Man & Loon maps | undated, 2010 |
| 8/17 | Blind Man & Loon art | 1998-2012 |
| 8/18 | Untranslated texts | undated |
| 8/19 | Rink’s variants [Hinrich Rink’s Greenlandic variants] | undated |
| 8/20 | Leechman [Douglas Leechman’s Blind Man & Loon variants, photocopies of documents dated 1931-1964] | undated |
| 8/21 | Knud Rasmussen [Greenlandic variants. Includes photocopies of documents dated 1929-1988] | 2007 |
| 8/22 | Charles Lucier Variants | 2018 |
| 8/23 | Blind Man & the Loon [Includes the paper “The tale of the Blind Man and the Loon” by Craig Mishler.] | 1977-2009 |
| 8/24 | Internet variants | 1988-2008 |
| 8/25 | Loon biology | 1985-1990 |
| 8/26 | Film & media variants [Includes photocopy of document dated 1949] | undated, 2001-2009 |
| 8/27 | BM & L [Blind Man & Loon]: permissions | 2009-2012 |
| 8/28 | Thisted [Kirsten Thisted “Republication of Greenandic Tales Collected in the Nineteenth Century,” photocopy. Also includes catalog records for other resources about Greenland] | 1996, 2007 |
| 8/29 | BM&L [Blind Man & Loon] museum exhibit | undated |
| 8/30 | Sonnesbase translations | 2007, 2010 |
| 8/31 | Blind Man & Loon Mss. [Draft of “Diving Down: Ritual Healing in the Tale of the Blind Man and the Loon” by Craig Mishler] | 2001 |
| Oversize folder | Draft of “Diving Down: Ritual Healing in the Tale of the Blind Man and the Loon” by Craig Mishler | 2003 |
| 8/32 | Petitot texts [Includes photocopies of texts by Emile Petitot dated 1886-1890 | undated |
| 8/33 | Sun Sister/Moon Brother [Includes copies of documents dated 1800-1987 | undated, 2011 |
| 8/34 | The Woman Left to Freeze [Includes transcripts of interviews dated 1972-1990] | undated, 1989-1990 |
| 8/35 | The Abandoned Widow [Includes transcript/translation of interview with Elijah John dated 1972 | 1981-1990 |
| 8/36 | Awl and Her Son’s Son [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1894-1960] | undated, 1977 |
| 8/37 | Ethnohistory talk | undated, 1969 |
| 8/38 | Raven Brings Light tale [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1902-1965] | undated |
| 8/39 | Boy in the Moon tale [Includes photocopied document dated 1883] | undated |
Series 6: Robert McKennan research files; undated, 1969-2009. 0.3 cubic feet. This series contains files related to the book, Tanana and Chandalar: The Alaska Field Journals of Robert A. McKennan, published by University of Alaska Press in 2006.
| Box/ Folder |
Description | Date |
| 9/64 | Robert McKennan correspondence [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1929-1974] | 1977, 2003 |
| 9/65 | McKennan : photos, research files, and notes [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1935, 1963-1964] | 1995-2000 |
| 9/66 | McKennan illustrations | undated |
| 9/67 | McKennan maps | undated |
| 9/68 | McKennan: 1933 letters [Copies of letters dated 1933 from Dartmouth University Special Collections] | undated |
| 9/69 | Robert McKennan research materials [Includes photocopies of materials from 1919-1920, 1982] | 1996-2006 |
| 9/70 | Alaska Humanities Forum grant documents | 2005 |
| 9/71 | Information about resources at Dartmouth College Archives | 2004-2005 |
| 9/72 | Dartmouth/McKennan. Correspondence with and documents from Dartmouth and Harvard. [Contains photocopies of documents dated 1933] | 1969, 1996-2004 |
| 9/73 | “Robert McKennan’s Journal of the Chandalar,” paper by Craig Mishler, presented at the Alaska Anthropological Association and research materials [Contains photocopies of documents dated 1933] | 1999 |
| 9/74 | Photographs of and notes on beadwork items in Robert McKennan Collection the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan | 2004 |
| 9/75 | McKennan photos and tapes notes [Contains photocopies of materials of materials 1929-1930] | undated |
| 9/76 | McKennan releases [For the book Tanana and Chandalar] | 1999-2005 |
| 9/77 | McKennan life history [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1910-1974] | 2004 |
| 9/78 | Mc Kennan and Osgood article [Photocopies of documents dated 1934-1935] | undated |
| 9/79 | Elmer and Elaine Harp correspondence, notes, and obituary | 2004-2009 |
| 9/80 | “An Archaeological Survey of the Old John Lake Area” by Edwin S. Hall and Robert A. McKennan, photocopy of article | 1973 |
| 9/81 | McKennan Chandalar Kutchin stories list | undated |
| 9/82 | McKennan Upper Tanana, photocopy of 1929-1930 journal | undated |
| 9/83 | McKennan finding aid UAF | undated |
Series 7: Han research files; 1973-2003. 0.75 cubic feet This series contains research files related to Craig Mishler and William Simeone’s book Han, People of the River, published in 2004 by University of Alaska Press.
| Box/ Folder |
Description | Date |
| 9/84 | Han releases | 1975, 1997-1999 |
| 9/85 | Han maps and figures | undated |
| 9/86 | Han maps | undated |
| 9/87 | Han family trees | 1997 |
| 9/88 | Han field methods | 1997 |
| 9/89 | Han place names | 1978 |
| 9/90 | Trees comments [Comments on “Han Family Trees” drafts] | 1997 |
| 9/91 | Han conference/Dawson [programs and travel information] | 2000-2001 |
| 9/92 | Chief Isaac [Photocopied documents dated 1904-1977 and notes] | 1997-2000 |
| 9/93 | Genealogies: Han | undated, 2001 |
| 9/94 | Han census data [Includes photocopied documents dated 1899-1966] | 1995-1997 |
| 9/95 | Han flyers [Flyers for “Han, People of the River”] | 2003 |
| 9/96 | Han audiotapes/Alaska [List] | undated |
| 9/97 | Gordon Marsh notes | undated |
| 9/98 | 12 Mile & Half Way [Article and notes] | undated, 1987 |
| 9/99 | NPS: Han contract | 1996 |
| 10/1 | Han language notes | undated, 1973 |
| 10/2 | Book design [Correspondence] | 1997 September 29 |
| 10/3 | Han reviews: draft mss. | 1998 |
| 10/4 | Asa Baldwin mss. [Notes] | undated |
| 10/5 | Charley Village [Research file includes photocopies dated 1900-1982] | undated, 1975 |
| 10/6 | Willie Juneby [Research file contains photocopies dated 1889,1973-1980] | undated |
| 10/7 | Han Language [Research file contains photocopies dated 1973-1983] | 1999 |
| 10/8 | Interview notes: Han | 1997 July 8-9 |
| 10/9 | McQuesten [Annotated photocopy of document dated 1952] | undated |
| 10/10 | Eagle Historical Society newsletters | 1985-1986 |
| 10/11 | Chief Charley [Research file] | undated |
| 10/12 | Sarah Malcolm Baskets [Contains photocopied article dated 1978] | 1997 |
| 10/13 | Sarah Malcolm interview [Contains photocopied transcript dated 1980] | undated |
| 10/14 | Han research [Contains photocopied documents dated 1901, 1913] | 1998-2000 |
| 10/15 | Han history [Research file includes photocopied documents dated 1891-1996] | 2000 |
| 10/16 | Han outline [Draft outlines and notes for “The Han Athabaskans, People of the Upper Yukon River”] | 1997 |
| 10/17 | Tappan Adney [Photocopies of documents dated 1900-1908, 1993-1994] | 1997 |
| 10/18 | Release forms [For Han People of the River] | 1997 |
| 10/19 | Tappan Adney sketches [Photocopied documents dated circa 1898] | 1997 |
| 10/20 | Eagle Village (Han) [Research file contains photocopies of documents dated 1915-1989 | 1973, 1996-1997 |
| 10/21 | Yukon-Charley [Information on Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve] | 1997 |
| 10/22 | Han Oral History & Folklore [Notes] | undated |
| 10/23 | Han bibliography | undated, 1997 |
| 10/24 | Expressive culture: Han [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1902-1993] | 2000 |
| 10/25 | The Han People today [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1976-1988] | undated |
| 10/26 | Missionary notes: Han [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1887-1898, 1967] | 1997 |
| 10/27 | Han Land claims [Articles] | 1997-1998 |
| 10/28 | Terry’s Chronology [From Terry L. Haynes] | 1997 |
| 10/29 | Slobodin [Photocopied articles by Richard Slobodin dated 1963] | undated |
| 10/30 | Schwatka [Photocopies from books related to Frederick Schwatka dated 1891, 1893] | undated |
| 10/31 | William Silas [Photocopies of articles] | 1988 |
| 10/32 | Eagle phone book | 1995, 1997 |
| 10/33 | Yukon Archives correspondence | 1997 |
| 10/34 | 40 Mile Village [Photocopy from book published in 1994] | undated |
| 10/35 | Eagle/welfare reports [Contains photocopies of documents dated 1920-1956] | 1997 |
| 10/36 | William Ogilvie [Contains photocopies of documents dated 1913, 1976] | undated |
| 10/37 | Kennicott’s Ethnonyms [Robert Kennicott’s list of Kutchin tribes] | 1997 April |
| 10/38 | Han correspondence | 1997, 2004 |
| 10/39 | Louise Paul: Tsae’o Shae story [Transcripts of interview recorded in 1973] | undated, 1995 |
| 10/40 | Louise Paul #2 [Transcript of interview recorded in 1991] | undated |
| 10/41 | Louise Paul #3 [Transcript of interview recorded in 1997] | undated |
| 10/42 | Silas Stevens/Charlie Stevens [Interview transcripts and notes, including photocopied document dated 1964] | 1997 |
| 10/43 | Dick Nukon/Edith Josie [Articles] | 1999-2000 |
| 10/44 | Matthew Malcolm [Interview transcript and article] | 1991, 2006 |
| 10/45 | Charlie Biederman [Interview summary] | undated |
| 10/46 | Intro comments [Comments on introduction to “Han Ethnography] | undated |
| 10/47 | Percy Henry [Articles and interview transcript] | 1999-2000 |
| 10/48 | Han book edits and comments | 1999-2006 |
| 10/49 | Martha Kates correspondence | 2000 |
| 10/50 | Han sidebars: fixed [Edits to sidebars in “Han Ethnography”] | undated |
| 10/51 | Han photos: McGill and Washington [Contains photocopies of photographs dated 1898-1899] | 1997 |
| 10/52 | Han photos for book | undated |
| 10/53 | Bancroft Library/Han photos [Contains copied photographs from other archival institutions] | 1997 |
| 10/54 | Han archival photos [Contains copied photographs and documents dated circa 1897-from other archival institutions] | 1997 |
Series 8: Teaching and student papers; 1959-2004. 0.25 cubic feet. This series contains materials related to courses taught by Mishler, as well as papers he wrote while he was a student.
| Box/ Folder |
Description | Date |
| 10/55 | Craig’s student papers | undated, 1959-1961 |
| 10/56 | American regional folklore & culture area theory [Notes, course materials, and workshop program] | 1976-1980 |
| 10/57 | Michael Krauss letters [University of Alaska Fairbanks] | 1973-1986 |
| 10/58 | Folklore lecture notes | undated, 1979 |
| 10/59 | Cultural anthropology [Teaching materials] | 1976-2004 |
| 10/60 | ANTH 202: handouts | 2001 |
| 10/61 | Symbolic anthropology [Teaching materials] | 1978-2001 |
| 10/62 | IC [Intercultural Communication]: lecture notes | 2001-2002 |
Series 9: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) and historic preservation files, Southcentral Alaska; 1976-1986. 0.25 cubic feet. This series consists of material related to Mishler’s work with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, as well as his work on the Mat-Su Historical Site Survey in Southcentral Alaska.
| Box/ Folder |
Description | Date |
| 10/63 | DGGS [Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys] Reports: Craig | 1982-1985 |
| 10/64 | Final report Mat-Su Historical Survey | 1981 December 18 |
| 10/65 | Cooper Landing nomination [National Register of Historic Places nomination forms] | 1985-1986 |
| 10/66 | Nick Leman [Includes photocopied documents dated 1909, 1985] | undated |
| 10/67 | Historic Sites Mat-Su Borough [Includes photocopies of documents dated 1915-1979] | 1976-1986 |
| 10/68 | Bill Hoskins/Palmer | 1986 |
| 10/69 | Vladimir Stafeev manuscript [“Writings of the Russian-American Trader Vladimir Stafeev” translated by Julie deSherbinin and edited by Craig Mishler. Published by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys in 1985] | circa 1985 |
| 10/70 | Dena’ina demography manuscript | 2006 |