Guide to the Gordon Green slides
1952-1964
An Alaska Historical Society collection
Collection number: HMC-1454-AHS.
Creator: Green, Gordon.
Title: Gordon Green slides.
Dates: 1952-1964.
Volume of collection: 0.02 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are entirely in English.
Collection summary: Slides of a downtown Anchorage resident, including scenes from Valdez, parades, a statehood celebration, and Fur Rendezvous.
Biographical note:
Gordon Green was born in Iowa in 1927. He moved to Alaska with his wife Viola from Minnesota in 1952. A World War II Army veteran and recent college graduate, Green followed a family member up and settled in downtown Anchorage. The Greens had two children. In 1974, they opened “The Gallery,” an art gallery on 7th Avenue. Gordon Green died in 2017 in Arizona.
Collection description:
This collection contains color 35mm slides depicting downtown Anchorage, Valdez, Fairbanks, 4th of July parades, an Alaska statehood celebration, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s visit to Alaska, and the 1961 Fur Rendezvous.
Arrangement: This collection is in the original order in which it arrived at the Archives.
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: The Alaska Historical Society holds copyright to this collection and has granted the Archives authority to grant use permission.
Preferred citation: Gordon Green slides, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Works used in preparation of inventory:
“Gordon Green Obituary.” Legacy.com. Last accessed March 26, 2024: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/adn/name/gordon-green-obituary?id=12550448
Acquisition note: This collection was donated to the Alaska Historical Society in 2020 by Lynne Green, Gordon’s daughter-in-law. The Historical Society retains ownership of the collection and placed it on deposit in Archives and Special Collections in 2020.
Processing information: This collection was described by Becky Butler in 2024.
Container list:
Slides numbers are constructed by processor based on order in collection. Captions are transcribed from the slides.
| Item | Caption | Date |
| 1 | Jan. ’53 East Fireweed Lane Anch., AK | 1953 Janaury |
| 2 | Jan. ’53 Seward Hwy, 3 Miles So. Anch. | 1953 January |
| 3 | Parade July 4th, 1954 | 1954 July 4 |
| 4 | Portage Glacier Ice Bergs ‘54 | 1954 |
| 5 | Lake Eklutna, Alaska | undated |
| 6 | Seward Hwy. Fall. ‘53 | 1953 |
| 7 | Sept – 1955 “SHEEP MT” Coming up! | 1955 September |
| 8 | Sept. ’55 to Valdez [illegible] | 1955 September |
| 9 | Sept – 1955 – Dad’s buggy – Chitna | 1955 September |
| 10 | Sept – 1955 “Chitna,” Alaska | 1955 September |
| 11 | Sept – 1955 – Copper Center, Alaska | 1955 September |
| 12 | Sept. 1955 Valdez Road | 1955 September |
| 13 | Sept – 1955 Chitna, Alaska | 1955 September |
| 14-16 | blank | undated |
| 17 | July 4th, ‘58 | 1958 July 4 |
| 18-20 | blank | undated |
| 21-22 | Parade 7-4-‘52 | 1952 July 4 |
| 23 | “Rescue Truck” Parade July 4, 1952 Anch., Alaska | 1952 July 4 |
| 24 | Parade 7-4-‘52 | 1952 July 4 |
| 25 | Colored Smoke Bomb Parade July 4, ’52, Anch. Aaa | 1952 July 4 |
| 26-27 | Parade 7-4-‘52 | 1952 July 4 |
| 28 | Bridge North of Fairbanks Bus. Dist. Vac. – ‘53 | 1953 |
| 29 | U. of A. campus Vac. – ‘53 | 1953 |
| 30 | Valdez, Alaska Vac. – ‘53 | 1953 |
| 31 | Mile 180 Vac. – ‘53 | 1953 |
| 32 | Depot. Fairbanks Vac. – ‘53 | 1953 |
| 33 | 1st Alaska R.R. Vac. – ‘53 | 1953 |
| 34 | 7th Ave Looking East | undated |
| 35 | 1/23/’55 Fourth Ave. Looking East Anchorage, Alaska | 1955 January 23 |
| 36 | E.M.P Aug. ‘53 | 1953 August |
| 37 | Rich. Hwy. Vac. – ‘53 | 1953 |
| 38 | E.M.P Aug. ‘53 | 1953 August |
| 39 | 9th Avenue – East Anch. Alaska ’53 winter | 1953 |
| 40-47 | Blank | undated |
| 48-49 | Statehood ‘58 | 1958 |
| 50 | “Ike” | 1960 |
| 51 | “Ike’s” Visit | 1960 |
| 52-55, 57, 59, 61-66, 68-71 | ’61 Rondy | 1961 |
| 56, 58, 60, 67 | 1961 Rondy | 1961 |
| 72 | Jolly Vi’s Rest. Seward Hwy. | circa 1962 |
| 73-75 | blank | circa 1964 |