Guide to the Libby’s cannery negatives
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Collection number: HMC-1475.
Creator: Unknown.
Title: Libby’s cannery negatives.
Date: undated.
Volume of collection: 0.01 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are entirely in English.
Collection summary: Color negatives taken in and around a Libby’s cannery in an unknown location.
Organizational history:
The Libby, McNeill, & Libby Company owned and operated several salmon canneries throughout Alaska starting around 1912-1913.
Collection description:
This collection contains eight color negatives of fishing boats, inside a cannery (or multiple canneries), and unidentified cannery workers and fishermen. Some cannery employees are wearing shirts reading “Libby’s.” The boats Jackie out of Ketchikan and Mustang and both halibut and salmon processing are depicted. An unidentified man is pictured in a kitchen.
Arrangement: This collection is in no discernible order.
Digitized copies: This collection has been digitized and are available on Alaska’s Digital Archives. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Rights note: The Archives does not hold copyright to this collection. If you believe you are the copyright holder to this collection, please contact the Archives.
Preferred citation: Libby’s cannery negatives, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Works used in preparation of inventory:
McDonald, Lewis. “Alaska Salmon Cannery Chronology,” Alaska Historical Society’s website. Last accessed September 24, 2024. https://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/about-ahs/special-projects/alaska-historic-canneries-initiative/alaska-salmon-cannery-chronology/
“Libby, McNeill & Libby Company Salmon Division film collection,” University of Washington Libraries Special Collection website. Last accessed September 24, 2024. https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv95724
Related materials: For more collection relating to canneries, please see our “Fishing, fisheries, and canneries archival collections” topic guide.
Acquisition note: The Archives purchased this collection from Lorie Kirker at Alaskana Books in 2004.
Processing information: This collection was described Becky Butler Gallegos in 2024.