Craig Mishler papers

Guide to the Craig Mishler papers

1933-2021

Collection number: HMC-1300.

Creator: Mishler, Craig.

Title: Craig Mishler papers.

Dates: 1933-2021.

Volume of collection: 17.2 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: TheMan Who Became a Caribou, published by the International Polar Institute in 2019.

List of Craig Mishler’s major publications.

Collection description:

The collection is divided into five series, which reflect Craig Mishler’s research interests and professional activities. The research and writing files contain nine subseries, which pertain to work state agencies and writing projects: Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Alutiiq research files; Tanacross research files; folklore and folk music research files Gwich’in research materials; Arctic folktale research files; Robert McKennan files; Han research files; coursework; The Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey and historic preservation files. The teaching papers contain material that Mishler used when teaching classes. The field notes consist of original ethnographic research notes from various Alaskan communities. The photographs consist of slides, negatives, and prints taken primarily in Alaska. Finally, the audiovisual materials contain film, video, and audiocassettes of interviews, musical performances, classes, and other events. Additionally there is also a case of Data CDs that contain copied materials and drafts of writings, as well as audio and video.

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: Research and writing files; 1933-2021
  • Subseries 1a: Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Alutiiq research files; 1933-2011
  • Subseries 1b: Tanacross research files: 1966-2015
  • Subseries 1c: Folklore and folk music research; 1942-2018
  • Subseries 1d: Gwich’in research files; 1940-2021
  • Subseries 1e: Arctic folk tales; 1969-2018
  • Subseries 1f: Robert McKennan files; 1969-2009
  • Subseries 1g: Han research files; 1973-2007
  • Subseries 1h: Coursework; 1959-1980
  • Subseries 1i: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey and historic preservation files, Southcentral Alaska; 1973-2007
• Series 2: Teaching files; 1974-2004
• Series 3: Field notes; 1972-2020
• Series 4: Photographs; 1972-2004
• Series 5: Audiovisual materials and Data CDs; 1972-2013

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,  2021, and 2022.

Processing information: This collection was described by Veronica Denison in 2018. Original folder titles were retained. Additional materials were added to the collection by Gwen Higgins in 2020, 2021, and 2023.

Container list:

Series 1: Research and writing files; 1933-2021. 12.2 cubic feet.

Series 1: Research and writing files. Subseries 1a: Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Alutiiq research files; 1933-2011.  1.3 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
11/1	DeHass: Alutiiq New Year’s	2004
11/2	Nuta’aq Anchorage [Flyer for Russian New Year celebration]	1999 January 22
11/3	Masked dance melody research files [Contains photocopies of material dated 1897-1975]	undated, 1973
11/4	Nuta’aq Mss. [Draft and research files for “The Nuta’aq: Musical Folk Drama in English Bay”]	1988
11/5	Ethnology: European traditions research files [Contains photocopies of material dated 1868-1985]	undated
11/6	Malanka [Draft and research files for “Malanka and the Alutiiq New Year’s Play]	2007-2009
11/7	Seldovia traditions	1933-1997
11/8	Ethnology: Nanwalek [Research files and paper drafts]	1985-2007
11/9	Ethnology: Alaskan traditions [Research files on masking traditions. Contains photocopies of material dated 1870-2001]	1985-2011
11/10	Masking Photos: Perryville and Yakutat
Oversize folder	Alaska mumming map	undated
11/11	Kodiak Harbor fishing boats [list]	1989
11/12	Nanwalek maskalataq	undated, 2009
11/13	Old Harbor weather lore	circa 2003
11/14	Father Oleksa’s talk	undated

Series 1: Research and writing files. Subseries 1b: Tanacross and Big Delta research files: 1966-2015. 1.0 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
11/15	Tanacross place names	undated, 1982-1985
11/16	Big Delta interviews [oral history subject indexes]	1983
11/17	Big Delta symposium	1983
11/18	Big Delta: the early years [Contains photocopies of material from 1900-1975	1983
11/19	The Old Trading Post [“Cultural Site Resources Survey: Rika’s Landing State Historic Site and Access Road” report]	1983 March
11/20	McCarty Trading Post 1905 Big Delta [photocopies of oversize ledger]	undated
11/21	Rika’s Roadhouse [Contains photocopies of material dated 1930-1978]	undated
Oversize folder	Tanacross place names map	1988
11/22	Oral History interviews	1983-1985
11/23	Abraham Luke place names [index cards]	undated

Series 1: Research and writing files. Subseries 1c: Folklore and folk music research files; 1942-2018. 1.85 cubic feet. This series contains Mishler’s research files concerning folk music and folklore, particularly Athabascan fiddling.

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
11/24	Dene fiddle discography	2001
11/25	Kole Crook Fiddle	1996-2002
11/26	Reporting speech mss [Drafts, correspondence, and notes for article ‘He Said, They Say: The Uses of Reporting Speech in Native American Folk Narrative’ by Craig Mishler in Fabula Journal of Folktale Studies, 1981.]	1977-2004
11/27	Tiger Burch paper [“Collaborating with the Tiger” by Craig Mishler, presented to the Alaska Anthropological Association.]	2011
11/28	Pioneer Peak ski report	1983-1984
11/29	Dead Sweethearts Ball	2005-2007
11/30	AFS [American Folklore Society] Callers Forum [Information about a square-dancing event at an AFS conference]	2002
11/31	Robert Demoski-stick dance	undated, 1973
11/32	Lower Koyukon stick dance [Drafts of “Towards a Semiotic of the Lower Koyukon Feast for the Dead” and related research files. Includes photocopies of material dated 1868-1985]	1974-1996
11/33	Published reviews [Book reviews written by Mishler]	1981-2007
11/34	APS translation workshop	2015
11/35	Miscellaneous research notes [Two notes related to ethnic convergence	undated
11/36	Phillips Barry Lectures [list]	undated
11/37	Alaskan old-time music photos [Copied photographs from other archives, dated 1857-1947]	undated
11/38	AK Native music: AFS [Draft of “Alaska Native Music: Here and There, Now and Then” American Folklore Society Phillips Barry Lecture]	2001
11/39	John Hale. Nancy Lake, Willow [Obituary, program for wake, notes]	1991
11/40	Sourdough and homesteaders’ lore	undated, 1975-1982
11/41	Mishler/AK Native music	2001
11/42	Athabascan Fiddling festival	1995-2015
11/43	Crooked Stovepipe reviews	1995-2008
11/44	Craig’s papers for professional meetings	undated, 1982
11/45	John Campbell letter	2005 December 9
11/46	Elaine Harp letters	2003, 2009
11/47	Correspondence	1971, 2004
11/48	Nina Tortilla: Apache kinship	2016
11/49	Nina Tortilla: foodways	2016
11/50	AFS Paper Msp [draft of “Sacred Apache Architecture: The Tipi and the Arbor”]	2017 October
11/51	Apache arbors [research files]	undated, 2017
11/52	Melvin Hererra [interview]	2018
11/53	Apache [interview releases and language notes]	2013-2018

Series 1: Research and writing files. Subseries 1d: Gwich’in research files; 1940-2021. 5.15 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, 2^nd 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
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
11/53	Inuvik	2001 July 17-24
11/54	Venetie place names and sites	2006-2008
1/55	Arctic Village place names	1998-2006
11/56	Gwich’in historic photos [Copies of photographs from other archives]	undated
11/57	Venetie census data [Contains photocopies of material dating 1966-1972]	undated, 1989
11/58	Judy Erick’s transcripts	1992-2000
12/1	USGS Archives [Research files for “Anthropology on the Rocks: The Human Landscape of Interior Alaska Field Geologists, 1898-1937”. Folder contains photocopies of materials dated 1892-1993.]	1994-1995
12/2	Mertie and FitzGerald [Research files about Gerald FitzGerald and J.B. Mertie including correspondence, notes, and photocopies of material dating 1925-1983]	1990-1995
12/3	J.B. Mertie photographs [Copies of photographs from the USGS Archives of Arctic Village]	1927
12/4	Mertie and Schrader Slides [Slides of photos from USGS Archives]	undated
12/5	McGary notes on Gwich’in	undated
12/6	Gwich’in kinship [Lists of kinship terms in Gwich’in and “Ooazhrii: Gwich’in Names and Kinship Ties” by Craig Mishler and Kenneth (Drit Zhuu) Frank ]	undated, 1993-1995
12/7	Gwich’in New Year’s [Research files for “The Gwich’in New Year: Scottish Saturnalia in the Subarctic” by Craig Mishler, including photocopies of materials dating 1881-1996 ]	1996-1998
12/8	Gwich’in New Year’s mss [Draft, clippings, and notes]	1991-1998
12/9	Gwich’in Gatherings [Information about Gwich’in Gathering events]	1996, 2010
12/10	Gwich’in naming ceremony [Draft of Ooaazhrii: Gwich’in Naming Ceremonies]	2012
12/11	Gwich’in personal names [Contains photocopies of material dated 1851-1942]	1975-2002
12/12	Tsuk’o̧o̧ Tee’itree paper	undated, 1997
12/13	Gwich’in and HBC lobsticks [Draft and research files, “Njah, Njoh: Lobsticks Among the Gwich’in and Others”]	2006-2007
12/14	Gwich’in names, Hudson’s Bay Company [Contains photocopies of material dated 1849-1854]	undated, 1997
12/15	Sam Peter Mss [Oral history transcripts/translations and draft of “The Sam Peter Stories: Some Gwich’in Athabaskan Tall Tales” by Craig Mishler and Kenneth Frank]	undated, 1998
12/16	Gwich’in Humor	undated, 1980
12/17	Johnny Frank family tree	2020
12/18	Boundary line story [Drafts of “The Alaska-Yukon Boundary Survey of 1911-1912: an Athapaskan perspective” and correspondence]	1989-1991
12/19	Mizhur card game [Research files and drafts of paper “Mazhur, Monsieur? A Gwich’in Athapaskan Card Game”. Contains photocopies of material dated 1953-1970]	1983-2000
12/20	Anthropology on the Rocks [Draft of paper “Anthropology on the Rocks: The Human Landscapes of Interior Alaska Field Geologists]	1996
12/21	Sam Peter stories	undated, 1996-2020
12/22	Lear Khęhkwaii Play [Program for a Gwich’in inspired production of King Lear]	2013
12/23	Dinjii Zhuu K’yaa workshop [Gwich’in language workshop materials]	2014
12/24	Gwich’in Scrabble	2002
12/25	AHF Gwich’in place names	2008
12/26	Gwich’in language notes	undated
12/27	John Fredson bio	1991
12/28	Venetie hist. preservation [list of projects]	undated
12/29	The Man Who Became a Caribou book reviews	2020-2021
12/30	Johnny and Sarah Frank legacy [Draft of “The Gwich’in Legacy of Johnny and Sara Frank–Some Issues in Oral Biography and Autobiography]	1990 March 9
12/31	Ellen Henry stories [translation/transcription of 1997 interview]	undated
12/32	AAA-Nyaa Verb [Draft of “-Nyaa, Just Saying: Functional and Artistic Uses of a Gwich’in Verb Stem”]	2018 March 22
Oversize folder	Historic site survey Upper Chandalar maps	1998
12/33	NEH grant letters	2005

Series 1: Research and writing files. Subseries 1e: 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
12/34	The Blind Man and the Loon reviews	2013-2014
12/35	The Blind Man and the Loon research notes	undated, 2001

Series 1: Research and writing files. Subseries 1f: 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
12/36	Tanana and Chandalar reviews	2006-2007

Series 1: Research and writing files. Subseries 1g: Han research files; 1973-2007. 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
12/37	Han: People of the River book reviews	2004-2007

Series 1: Research and writing files. Subseries 1h: Coursework; 1959-1980 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	Craig’s UT graduate student papers
10/58	Texas Hill Country	1978 February 6
10/59	William Hornsby: Folk Art	1978-1980
10/60	The Howlers band: Austin	1976-1977
10/61	Ethnomusicomedy [Research and draft]	1976

Series 1: Research and writing files. Subseries 1i: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) and historic preservation files, Southcentral Alaska; 1973-2007. 0.6 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
10/62	DGGS [Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys] Reports: Craig	1982-1985
10/63-64	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
10/69-70	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
10/71	Dena’ina demography manuscript	2006
10/72	Beverly Christiansen [interview tape index]	undated
12/38	Val Anderson’s map of Skilak Lake 1922-1937 [photograph of map]	undated
12/39	Mishler: Kenai Dena’ina [Draft of “Historical Demography and Genealogy: The Decline of the Northern Kenai Peninsula Dena’ina”]	1985
12/40	Cooper Landing tape indexes	undated
12/41	Beryl Lean: Cooper Landing [tape index of 1984 interview]	undated
12/42	Dena’ina Hist. Demography [Drafts of 2007 version of “Historical Demography and Genealogy: The Decline of the Northern Kenai Peninsula Dena’ina”]	1985-2007
12/43	Dena’ina research [Contains photocopies of material dated 1916-1977]	undated, 1973-1984
12/44	Dena’ina research 2 [Contains photocopies of material dated 1889-1965]	1981-2000
12/45	John Chilligan Stump (Eklutna) interview notes for recording	1973 November 17
12/46	Carl Clark [tape index of 1984 interview]	undated
12/47	Peter Kalifornsky interview	1984
12/48	Peter Kalifornsky [Interview transcripts]	1985

Series 2: Teaching materials; 1972-2004. 0.25 cubic feet.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
12/49	Michael Krauss letters [University of Alaska Fairbanks]	1973-1986
12/50	Folklore lecture notes	undated, 1979
12/51	Cultural anthropology [Teaching materials]	1976-2004
12/52	ANTH 202: handouts	2001
12/53	Symbolic anthropology [Teaching materials]	1978-2001
12/54	IC [Intercultural Communication]: lecture notes	2001-2002
12/55	Alaskan Folklore #1 [RESTRICTED: Contains student information protected under FERPA]	1972-1975
12/56	Alaskan Folklore #2 [RESTRICTED: Contains student information protected under FERPA]	1972-1978

Series 3: Field notes; 1972-2020. 1.45 cubic feet.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
13/1	ADF&G trip reports	1989-1998
13/2	Miscellaneous notes	undated, 2001-2002
13/3	Field notes	2016-2020
13/4	Miscellaneous notes	2015
13/5	Field notes	2013-2014
13/6	Field notes	2012-2013
13/7	Inuvik	2001
13/8	Gwich’in immersion class [includes photographs]	2001
13/9	Tanacross	1999-2002
13/10	Gwich’in	1999-2001
13/11	Tatitlek	1997
13/12	Kodiak and Pribilofs	1997-1998
13/13	Gwich’in	1996-1997
13/14	Kodiak and Pribilofs	1995-1996
13/15	Field notes	1993
13/16	ADF&G field notes	1992
13/17	Kodiak	1990-1991
13/18	Gwich’in	1989
13/19	Kodiak field notes	1989
13/20	Tanacross	1988-1991
13/21	Fort McPherson	1990
13/22	Tlingit celebration	1988
13/23	Summit Island	1985
13/24	Big Delta: Rika’s	circa 1984
13/25	Nanwalek	1981-2009
13/26	Arctic Village	1973, 1993
13/27	Circle	1973, 1975
13/28	Fort Yukon Journal	1972
14/1	Field notes	2010-2011
14/2	Old Harbor	2008
14/3	Tanacross	2008
14/4	Venetie	2008
14/5	Field notes	2005
14/6	Han: Eagle Village	2004
14/7	Old Harbor/Ouzinkie	1998
14/8	Gwich’in	1997-1998
14/9	Miscellaneous	2006-2009
14/10	Kodiak and Gwich’in	2002-2007
14/11	Han: Eagle Village	1997
14/12	ADF&G	1994-1995
14/13	Gwich’in	1994-1995
14/14	Professional meetings	1992
14/15	Fort Yukon and Birch Creek	1976
14/16	Kaltag	1973
14/17	Chalkyitsik	1972-1973
14/18	Han: Eagle Village	1973, 1975
14/19	Venetie and Gold Camp	1972
14/20	Fort Yukon	1972

Series 4: Photographs; 1972-2004. 1.55 cubic feet.

Box/Folder	Description	Dates
14/21-15/21	Ethnographic slides	1972-1999
15/22-73	Gwich’in, Han, and Tanacross prints	1973-2003
15/74-88	Kodiak villages prints	1992-2004

Series 5: Audiovisual materials and data CDs; 1972-2013. 1.8 cubic feet.

Box/Folder	Description	Date
16/1-2	Oscar Chappell, Seward [2 audiocassettes]	1973 February 7
16/3	Pauline Beulna, Iñupiaq story of unborn baby whale’s ear, Pt. Hope [audiocassette]	undated
16/4	Jimmy Beaver, Talkeetna sourdough folklore [audiocassette]	undated
16/5	Sister Margaret Hawk [audiocassette]	1972 October 19
16/6	Mike Ardaw/Nancy Lake [audiocassette]	1972
16/7	Marge and Carl Bandy, Delta Junction: Discussion of Marge’s school play “The Bear Grease Cake” first staged in 1976 and artifacts and goods sold from Rika’s [Roadhouse] [audiocassette]	1983 July 22
16/8	Walter Johnson: discussion of the Sourdough Dance Club in Fairbanks (1928-1975), also social dancing in Wiseman in the late 1940s [audiocassette]	1986 December 2
16/9	Bill Hoskins: history of the Grange, Blind Nick, Tanaina Indian [audiocassette]	1986 May 10
16/10	Bill Hoskins: history of the Matanuska Valley [audiocassette]	1981 October 1
16/11	Rollie Snodgrass: history of the Matanuska Valley [audiocassette]	1981 November 11
16/12	Joe and Emil Kircher: Pre-colony settlers in the Matanuska Valley and Wasilla Creek Area [audiocassette]	1981 November 30
16/13	Hubert Oliver: stepson of O.D. Krogh at Old Matanuska, musician. Dub of original in Kelly Fike collection [audiocassette]	1977 August 15
16/14	Fanny Werner [audiocassette]	1985 September 28
16/15	Liar’s Contest: Willow Winter Carnival [audiocassette]	1972
16/16-22	Happy Jack Smith [7 audiocassettes]	1972
16/23-44	Abraham Luke [22 audiocassettes]	1983-1985
16/45-46	Eva Moffit [2 audiocassettes]	1983 November 11
16/47	English Bay Maskalataq music [audiocassette]	1980 January 12-13
16/48	Maskalataq dance radio demo [audiocassette]	undated
16/49	Bob Johnson #2: Buildings at Big Delta, cabin sites on the Goodpaster River [audiocassette]	1983 July 10
16/50	Bladder Festival Play [audiocassette]	1986 February 7
16/51	Joe and Vi Reddington, Sr. [audiocassette]	1981 September 28
16/52-53	Austin Hammond, Haines [2 audiocassettes]	1985 May 26-27
16/54	Bill Glover: Rika’s Roadhouse in Delta Junction [audiocassette]	1983 July 7
16/55	Martha Demientieff [audiocassette]	undated
16/56-57	Irene and Mary Hansen, Big Delta [2 audiocassettes]	1982 July 16
16/58	AkAA Catharine McClellan, “Traveling” [audiocassette]	1985 March 2
16/59	David Kepler [audiocassette]	1981 October 12
16/60-61	Henra Sundt, Gakona [2 audiocassettes]	1983
16/62	Val Anderson: family history on Skilak Lake [audiocassette]	1985 September 10
16/63-66	Athapaskan Fiddle Festival [4 audiocassettes]	1983
16/67	Tim Twitchell [audiocassette]	1984 January 9
16/68-72	Tim Twitchell [5 audiocassettes]	1972-1974
16/73	Tom Johnston lecture: Alaskan folklore [audiocassette]	undated
16/74	Fanny Werner [audiocassette]	1985 September
16/75	Catherine Charlie, Alakanuk (Yupik) [audiocassette]	undated
16/76	Evan Hamilton: Oral History of Emmonak, in Yupik w/ English translation by Martin Moore [audiocassette]	1983 June 16
16/77	Jean Briggs: paper presentation at the Alaska Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Fairbanks “Fieldwork Before and After Political Correctness”	1996 April 5
16/78-85	History of Bluegrass Music course: radio lectures on KSKA-FM, taught at Anchorage Community College [8 audiocassettes]	1980
16/86-100	Alaskan Folklore and Folklife [15 audiocassettes]	undated
16/101	Czhilispiel #2, Flatonia, TX	1977 October 29-30
16/102	Robert Johns, homesteading in 1947	1976 February 6
17	Stanley Luke/Charley Peter [½” videotape]	undated
17	Gwich’in Language Story Tellers, Fort Yukon, Alaska. 1. Stanley Luke, 2. Charlie Peter Gwich’in Fiddler  [DVD]	1976 July 18
17	Half Fast Chili [DVD]	1980
17	Half-Fast Chili [U-Matic, 2 copies]	1980
17	Gwich’in storytellers 1) Stanley Luke, 2) Silas John, Gwich’in fiddler 3) Charlie Peter. Recorded in Fort Yukon, Alaska	1972, 1976 July 18
17	Half Fast Chili original release print  and re-edited version [two 16 mm film reels]	undated
17	Half Fast Chili, Stanley Luke, Charlie Peter [Data DVD containing  MP4 digital copies]	2013
17	Kaltag Stick Dance Ceremony 8mm film	1973
17	Arctic Village Spring Carnival and Square Dance 8 mm film	1973 April
17	Venetie snowshoe baseball, Super 8 film	undated
17	Venetie Spring Carnival-snowmachine races, Super 8 film	undated
17	Venetie Spring Carnival dog races, Super 8 film	undated
17	Alaskan Subsistence: The Kodiak Connection [3 DVDs]	1993
17	Fort McPherson [VHS]	1996 August
17	Mansfield and Tanacross Dances [VHS]	1999
17	Kaltag Stick Dance [VHS]	1973 March
17	Arthur Matfay, Accordion, Old Harbor [VHS]	1998 April 23
17	Gwich’in Storyteller: Stanley Luke, Gwich’in Fiddler: Charlie Peter. Ft. Yukon [VHS]	1972
17	Tsuk’o̧o̧ & Tee’itree [VHS]	1997 June
17	Tanacross songs by Koyukon and Lower Tanana singers [VHS]	1991 June
17	Tanacross Christmas [VHS]	1998
17	Tanacross Elders Conference [VHS]	1988 October 1
17	“Medicine Fiddle” Producer/Director: Michael Loukinen. Time: 81:00 [VHS]	undated
17	Gwich’in Niintsyaa. NEEDAA #22: Season 3 [VHS]	1988 June
17	Venetie Potlatch [VHS copy of 1939 film from Alaska State Library]	undated
17	Data CDs	2001-2011