Helen D. Nienhueser papers

Guide to the Helen D. Nienhueser papers
1960-2023

Collection number: HMC-1476.
Creator: Nienhueser, Helen.
Title: Helen D. Nienhueser papers.
Dates: 1960-2023.
Volume of collection: 20.5 cubic feet and 163 MB.
Language of materials: Collection materials are primarily in English. Limited materials are in Russian.
Collection summary: Papers of a land use planner, political activist, and author of 55 Ways to the Wilderness in Southcentral Alaska.

Biographical note:
Helen Nienhueser was born Helen Louise Donaldson in 1936. After graduating from Pembroke College (now part of Brown University) in 1957, Nienhueser visited Alaska for a summer job with the Fairbanks Girl Scouts. She moved to Alaska in 1959 to homestead in Eagle River and worked for the Susitna Girl Scouts until 1962. She took a number of classes at the University of Alaska Anchorage from 1959-1975, and she earned her Masters of Public Administration from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1985. Nienhueser was married to John G. R. Wolfe from 1957 to 1967 and had two sons with him, John and David. She married Gayle Nienhueser in 1967.

In 1970, Nienhueser established the Alliance for Humane Abortions and led a petition effort in support of a law allowing legal abortion in Alaska. She continued her activism by aiding in the creation and serving as a board member of the Alaska Center for the Environment in 1971. She became friends with Celia Hunter and Ginny Woods, who encouraged her conservation work. She went on to chair the Governor’s Trails and Recreational Access for Alaska board (1996-2003) and serve on the Municipality of Anchorage’s Parks and Recreation Commission, the Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission Advisory Committee, the Ad Hod Committee on Chester Creek, the Ad Hoc Committee for Talkeetna Mountains State Park, and the Bureau of Land Management Land Use Planning Commission. Nienhueser’s advocacy also led to the creation of the Cuddy Family Midtown Park in Anchorage. She founded the Alaska Women’s Network and served on the board with Alaska Common Ground and Ecological Economics for Alaska. Furthermore, Nienhueser served on the board for the Alaska Conservation Foundation and testified at many public meetings regarding transportation, trail access, and land development around Alaska.

Apart from her activism, Nienhueser worked for the Department of Natural Resources as a land use planner from 1976-1994. She was an active member of the Sierra Club and the Mountaineering Club of Alaska. In 1967, she began helping Hans van der Laan write a guidebook describing hikes in Southcentral Alaska. Following Hans’ death in 1971, she took over the project with photographer Nancy Simmerman. She eventually passed on the writing of the book to her son and granddaughter, John and Rebecca. The first edition of 55 Ways to the Wilderness in Southcentral Alaska was published in 1972.

Collection description:
This collection contains Helen D. Nienhueser’s papers relating to her education and writing, her advocacy, and her professional work. The collection is divided into nine series: personal papers, Alaska abortion law papers, Department of Natural Resources files, 55 Ways papers, Alaska Conservation Foundation Board records, Trails and Recreational Access for Alaska records, Midtown Park papers, advocacy papers, and Alaska Common Ground and Ecological Economics of Alaska papers. Nienhueser’s advocacy for parks, recreation, global affairs, politics, conservation, transportation and roads, and television programming are particularly well-represented. There are also papers from Nienhueser’s time with the Alaska Center for the Environment and her work on D-2 lands, the Chester Creek Greenbelt, and the Talkeetna Mountains State Park. There are many types of materials, including meeting minutes and agendas, reports, notes, correspondence, handouts, job evaluations, resumes, writing drafts on paper and on floppy disks, maps, land use plans, testimonies, pins for volunteers at the Midtown Park, and promotional materials for Nienhueser’s various causes. Materials relating to the writing and publishing of 55 Ways to the Wilderness in Southcentral Alaska include photographs, negatives, hike journals, correspondence, maps, and drafts and revisions.

Arrangement: The collection has been arranged into the following nine series: personal papers, Alaska abortion law papers, Department of Natural Resources files, 55 Ways to the Wilderness in Southcentral Alaska papers, Alaska Conservation Foundation records, Trails and Recreational Access for Alaska records, Midtown Park papers, advocacy papers, and Alaska Common Ground and Ecological Economics of Alaska papers.

Series 1: Personal papers, 1960-2023
Series 2: Alaska abortion law papers, 1969-2003, bulk 1970-1972
Series 3: Department of Natural Resources files, 1969-1997
Series 4: 55 Ways to the Wilderness in Southcentral Alaska papers, 1960-2012
Series 5: Alaska Conservation Foundation Board records, 1975-2012
Series 6: Trails and Recreational Access for Alaska records, 1995-2004, 2020
Series 7: Midtown Park papers, 1992-2020
Series 8: Advocacy papers, 1968-2017
Series 9: Alaska Common Ground and Ecological Economics papers; 1990-2020

Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.

Technical requirements: Files from the floppy disks were created in Word Perfect or other early word processors. To view these files as they were intended, these software may be required.

Digital materials: The digital contents of this collection are not available online. Access may only be provided on-site in the Archives research room. For more information about potential distance access to digital records, please contact Archives and Special Collections.

Rights note: The Archives holds copyright to most materials created by Helen D. Nienhueser. The Archives hold copyright to items created by Nancy Simmerman. Nienhueser’s family retains copyright to materials relating to the publication 55 Ways to the Wilderness in Southcentral Alaska, including drafts.

Preferred citation: Helen D. Nienhueser papers, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Works used in preparation of inventory:

“Helen Donaldson is a Future Bride.” New York Times. December 29, 1957.

“Alumnae: Helen Nienhueser.” Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame. Accessed December 16, 2024. https://www.alaskawomenshalloffame.org/alumnae/helen-nienhueser/

Separated materials: Publications and clippings have been removed from the collection. Ephemera items have been separated to collections EPH-0006, EPH-0314, EPH-0402, EPH-0585, EPH-0586, EPH-0587, EPH-0588, EPH-0589, EPH-0590, EPH-0591, EPH-0592, EPH-0593, EPH-0594, EPH-0595, and EPH-0596. Two books were separated to Rare Books. Please contact the Archives for a bibliography of removed materials.

Related materials: For additional materials related to environmental issues and outdoor recreation in Alaska, please visit our Greenspace collections topic guide. For additional materials on women’s issues, please visit our Women’s organizations and women’s issues topic guide.

Acquisition note: Helen Nienhueser’s son, John Wolfe, Jr., gifted this collection to the Archives in 2024.

Processing information: This collection was described by Becky Butler Gallegos in 2024. Select items have been placed in folders, refoldered, or removed from binders. Where folders or envelopes were removed, these items were photocopied and the photocopy was placed with the contents in a folder. Overfilled folders were divided into multiple folders. Rusty staples, paper clips, and binder clips were removed. Publication covers were photocopied and placed with accompanying material in folders or removed and added to a bibliography. Photographs and negatives were housed in archival sleeves. Thermal paper was photocopied; copies were interleaved into the collection and digital copies saved to the server. Items containing sensitive financial information or ID numbers were photocopied and replaced with redacted copies. Duplicate materials were removed. Folder labels are by the creator unless none is given.

Container list:

Series 1: Personal papers, 1960-2023. 0.5 cubic feet and 500 KB. This series contains Nienhueser’s educational papers, copies of articles by or about her, writing drafts, resumes and job applications, personal notes, and Girl Scout Togowoods Camp records. Folders are arranged chronologically.

Box/Folder	Folder label	Description	Dates
1/1		Girl Scout Togowoods Camp schedule, instructions, stories, and notes	1961-1962
1/2	Misc. Newspaper and Magazine Articles	Articles, clippings, the wedding invitation for Art Davidson and Mairiis Kilcher, and the wedding script of Anthony Kronman and Sally Donaldson	1960-1974
1/3	Experiment	The Experiment in International Living applications, correspondence, notes, and photographs	1965-1967
1/4	Things by me or about me	Correspondence, notes, and articles by or about Helen Nienhueser	1969-1975
1/5		Notebook on parenting [possibly from a human relations course]	1972
1/6		Notebook from an economics and public policy course	1973
1/7	Originals of work done	Articles and testimonies by or about Helen Nienhueser	1974-1976
1/8	H + Gayle – job applications	Correspondence, notes, resumes, and test results about Helen and Gayle’s job applications	1975
1/9	Draft resumes, notes	Notes on job search and draft resumes and cover letters	circa 1975-1978
1/10		Notes, job description, and publications about a community school planner position	circa 1975
1/11	Helen resumes/job apps unsorted	Resumes and job applications	undated, 1976
1/12	Steve	Notes and correspondence about Nienhueser’s professional relationship with Stephen Reeve	1978-1979
1/13		Job application correspondence	1979-1987
1/14	Helen’s resumes (sorted)	Resumes	circa 1979-1981
1/15		Energy policy essays from Public Administration class	1981 October-December
1/16		IBM diskette with resume	circa 1983
1/17		Resumes	undated
1/18	Kennedy app	Application materials to the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government Mid-Career MPS Program	1980-1984
1/19		Memos and application materials to the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government Mid-Career MPS Program	1984
1/20		Notes and essays from leadership class on leadership style and issues at DNR	1984
1/21		“My Past and Future Relationship with the Anchorage Times”	1985 April 8
1/22		John F. Kennedy School of Government Career Planning Guide	circa 1985
1/23		Notes on work [?]	undated
1/24		Essay on Cuba’s economic system written for a Comparative Economic Systems class	1990 April 26
1/25	Land Reform Economic Development LA + Asia	Essays and literature reviews for Political Science and Pacific Rim Studies classes at Alaska Pacific University	1990-1991
1/26	Random Tidbits	Personal notes and correspondence about international affairs and Sierra Club meeting minutes	1991-1995
1/27	Resume/letters/DOI job	Job application for special assistant to the Secretary for Alaska in the Department of Interior	1993
1/28	Frontier Consulting Services	Draft resumes and Frontier Consulting Services labels	circa 1993
1/29	Most accurate of 10/95 / actually as of 1994	Resumes	circa 1994-1995
1/30		“What I Want in My Marriage”	2009 September 13
1/31		Anchorage United Unitarian Fellowship mission and vision	2013 July 9
1/32	KSG book – Helen’s article 1/6/2023 Final	Correspondence and “Global Policy Imperatives, Local Solutions” article drafts for Harvard Kennedy School of Government book	2020-2023

Series 2: Alaska abortion law papers, 1969-2003, bulk 1970-1972. 0.5 cubic feet. This series contains Nienhueser’s papers from when she founded the Alliance for Humane Abortions to campaign for abortion law reform. It includes petitions, campaign materials and instructions, contact lists, correspondence, score sheets of politicians’ opinion, copies of bills, speeches, articles, and notes. Folders are arranged in the order they arrived at the Archives.

Box/Folder	Folder label	Description	Dates
1/33		Petition to support abortion law – Seward	1970 March 9
1/34	Dittos – unused	Blank petition and letter-writing campaign materials	circa 1970
1/35		Clippings about Alaskan abortion law	1970
1/36	Letters to the editor re Abortion	Clippings, reports, and notes about abortion law	1969-1973
1/37	Speeches – (legal summary)	Speeches, draft letters to the editors, and notes by Nienhueser	circa 1970
1/38	Talk on abortion	Alliance for Humane Abortions notes, correspondence, call campaign instructions, speeches, bills, and Jesse Lee Home’s concern for abortion legislation [annotated]	1970-1972
1/39	Abortion – correspondence	Alliance for Humane Abortions contact lists and correspondence about abortions	1970
1/40	Clippings on abortion	Clippings about abortion	1970
1/41	Extra material	Description of the formation of the Alliance for Humane Abortions, correspondence, and copies of state bills	1970, 2000-2003
1/42	Abortion	Notes and letters to the editor about abortion	1970
1/43	HB268 (abortion)	Correspondence, clippings, and articles about abortion and Alaska House Bill 268	1970-1974, 1991
1/44	PAC	Notes and meeting minutes from the Family Planning Policy Advisory Committee	1972-1973
1/45	Abortion	Notes, correspondence, and reports about Alaskan doctors performing abortions	1971-1972
1/46	Hawaii and Alaska bills	House Bill No. 776 in the Legislature in the State of Alaska Sixth Legislature – Second Session	1970
1/47		Alliance for Humane Abortions contact list	1970
1/48	Abortion organizations	Articles and notes about organizations discussing abortion	1970
1/49	Instructions for and Info from Telephoners	Call campaign notes and instructions	circa 1970
1/50	Contacts outside Anchorage	Notes and correspondence about people outside of Anchorage	circa 1970
1/51	Abortion – materials prepared	Alliance for Humane Abortions publications and flyers	circa 1970
1/52	1972 Candidate Survey	Correspondence from the Knights of Columbus against abortion and the Alliance for Humane Abortions’ surveys of legislative candidates	1972
1/53	Score sheets	Score sheets on Alaska State legislators’ opinions on abortion	1970
1/54	Samples Abortion	Blank petitions, fact sheets, and form letters from the Alliance for Humane Abortions	1970
1/55	Letters	Letter to members of the Alliance for Humane Abortions	1970 March 16
1/56	Survey of Legislators 1970 (abortion – population)	Correspondence, surveys, and score sheets about state legislators’ opinions on abortion	1970
1/57	Abortion – H Notes	Notes, contact lists, and correspondence about the campaign for abortion	1969
1/58	List 1	Contact lists	circa 1970
1/59	List 2	Signed petitions in support of abortion and contact lists	circa 1970

Series 3: Department of Natural Resources papers, 1969-1997. 6.5 cubic feet. This series contains Nienhueser’s work files from her various land use planning roles with the Department of Natural Resources. Her work on land disposals and management plans is particularly well-represented. The series includes correspondence and memos, land appraisals meeting minutes, notes, land management plans, maps, articles, and job administration records. Folders are arranged in the order they arrived at the Archives and appear to reflect Nienhueser’s filing system.

Box/Folder	Folder label	Description	Dates
2/1	ASPA Symposium	Speech draft, notes, articles, and schedule for American Society of Public Administration Symposium	1976
2/2	Area Plans	Memos and notes about the creation of DNR land use area plans	1982-1986
2/3	BLM Organic Act	Reports, annotated copies of bills, and draft DNR responses to the BLM Organic Act	1975-1976
2/4	AG’s	Correspondence and memos from Alaska’s Office of the Attorney General	1985-1989
2/5	Appraisals	Memos, clippings, reports, and correspondence regarding land appraisals	1987
2/6	APA Conference	Memorandum the American Planning Association conference	1980 November 6
2/7	Classifications	Land classification reports, notes, and memos	1981-1991
2/8	Computer Data Base III+	Notes and memos on DOS and how to create reports from a database	1985-1990
2/9	Cook Inlet Land Trade	Reports, memos, testimonies, and correspondence about a land trade between CIRI and the state and federal governments	1975-1977
2/10	4.11 Criteria	Land criteria reports for the Bristol Bay Cooperative Management Plan	1982
2/11	Criteria Path	Materials from and memos about an Oregon State University course on using critical path methods in project management and a clipping about the PERT method	1983, 1989
2/12	Cross-Cultural Training	Articles, reports, and correspondence about a cross-cultural workshop hosted by the Alaska Native Foundation	1988-1990
2/13	Dept. Orders	Department order memos to DNR employees from the DNR commissioner	1981-1983
2/14	Disposal alternatives	Memos, copies of bills, and correspondence regarding state land disposal options	1976
2/15	DOT Planning	Reports, notes, and correspondence about Department of Transportation planning	1977-1978
2/16	Documentation	Memos, reports, notes, and correspondence about grievances with DNR staff	1991-1993
2/17	Easements, RS 2477s, ROWs	Correspondence and brochures on public easements and rights of way	1979, 1984, 1989
2/18	Economics	Cost-benefit economic analysis research file	1982-1993
2/19	Evaluations/Personnel et al	Nienhueser’s job evaluations and articles and notes on developing performance evaluations	undated, 1980-1994
2/20	Filing	Area plan filing schemes	1981-1987
2/21	Haines IDT	Haines-Skagway Area Land Use Plan Interdisciplinary Team correspondence, reports, and notes	1979
2/22	Hatcher Pass work files 1989	Hatcher Pass Management Plan amendment to allow ski area meeting agendas, notes, memos, and reports	1987-1993
2/23	H. Pass Visual Analysis	Notes and reports from visual analyses of Hatcher Pass	circa 1985-1986
2/24	Indexing	Correspondence, memos, and instructions to creates indexes	1989-1990
2/25	Interview Forms	Interview questions and job descriptions for various positions	undated, 1988
2/26	Issues (Examples)	Copper River Basin Area Plan issues with land use	1985-1986
2/27	Japanese: doing business with	Notes and reference materials on working with Japanese people	circa 1984-1988
2/28	Land and Resources	Correspondence, memos, and reports with the Land and Resources section of DNR	1983-1993
2/29	Management	Notes and annotated articles on management	circa 1978-1990
2/30	Management Plans	Notes, memos, correspondence, and reports on alternative land use management plans	1982, 1985-1988
2/31	Mgmt planning – general	Notes, articles, and memos regarding land management planning	1974, 1980-1987
2/32	Mgmt Plan Workshop	Schedule, notes, and reference material passed out at a land management plan workshop	1981
2/33	Management Plans / Documentation of Mgmt Plans	Reports and notes to document planning process of land management plans	1985-1986
2/34	Meetings	Article on effective meetings	1990 February
2/35	Memoirs	Correspondence and memos regarding Nienhueser’s hiring and accusations to improper hiring/policies within DNR	1975-1979
2/36	Mining Law of 1872	Articles and notes on the Mining Law of 1872	circa 1990
2/37	Mitigation	Notes and memos regarding Alaska’s Mitigation Policy	1989
2/38	Monthly Reports	Nienhueser and Dick Mylius’ monthly reports to supervisors	1990-1992
2/39	ORVs – ADL	Correspondence, memos, and reports from a Surface Protection Seminar hosted by the BLM	1975-1975
2/40	ORV’s	Correspondence and notes on off-road vehicle regulations	1972-1979
3/1	Planning General	Correspondence and notes about DNR Land Use Planning	1992
3/2	Planning General	Correspondence and notes about DNR Land Use Planning	1992
3/3	USFS Planning	“Protecting Trails in the National Forest Planning Process” and “Leadership and Problem Solving in Changing Times” articles	1986-1987
3/4	Planning Handbook – RAs	Notes, memos, reports, and procedures for DNR Land Use Planning	1985-1992
3/5	Planning, centralized	Annotated copy of a paper on planning studies	undated
3/6	Planning Dept Order	Two copies of the DOI Planning Department Order	1985 July 22
3/7	Plan Modifications	Memos, notes, and drafts of land use area plan amendment procedures	1982-1989
3/8	Planning Powers – AK Communities	Planning Powers for Alaska Communities poster
3/9	Planning: site (park) planning, recreation “, strategic “	Articles on park and recreation space planning	circa 1985-1989
3/10	Planning – Canada	Canadian land planning process articles	1982, 1993
3/11	Planning – Water	Memorandum and notes on water planning	1979-1980
3/12	Planning: Implementation	Correspondence, reports, and notes on implementing area plans	1982-1988
3/13	Plans – Statewide Twenty Year Budget	Memos and reports about statewide planning for land use	circa 1981
3/14	Potlatch Ponds	Memorandum and court decision on the 1980 Potlatch Ponds lottery	1981
3/15	Powerlines	Annotated Criteria for Reviewing Powerline Right-of-Way document	circa 1980
3/16	Press	Articles and notes on interacting with the media	1986-1993
3/17	Public Participation / Citizen participation / Delbecq method	Articles, outlines, memos, and notes on engaging citizens in the land planning process	1976-1985
3/18	Planning History	Articles, memos, correspondence, and notes about the history of interdepartmental coordination in planning	1976-1989
3/19	Public Participation	Articles, notes, and reports on, materials from, and evaluations of public meetings, Part I	1968-1991
3/20	Public Participation	Articles, notes, and reports on, materials from, and evaluations of public meetings, Part II	1979-1986
3/21	Public Trust	Articles and memorandum about public trust doctrine	undated, 1988, 1993
3/22	Recreation Mgmt	Articles, notes, and memos about recreation management	1983, 1990-1991
3/23	Reading File	Memos	1983-1984
3/24	Reorganization	Memos and notes about the reorganization of the Division of Land and Water Management	1985
3/25	Remote Cabins	Reports, notes, memos, correspondence, and draft regulations of remote cabin use	1976-1988
3/26	Reserve System	Notes, reports, memos, and drafts of regulations about the state reserve system	1978, 1983-1984
3/27	Right-of-way/Easement	Court decisions, memos, and reports of rights-of-way	1964-1978, 1990-1993
3/28	RRAPs – Goals + Obj	Memos and reports from the Alaska Regional Resources Action Planning program	1979-1980
3/29	Site Specific Plans	Draft reports and memos about site specific plans	1989-1991
3/30	Slope	Notes on calculating slope	undated
3/31	Special Use Lands	Draft reports, memos, and regulations about designating special use lands	1970- 1991
3/32	Statewide Plan	Notes, memos, and reports about the Statewide Plan	1981-1982
3/33	Status Plat Key	Abbreviation lists for state land status records	undated, 1987
3/34	Stress – mgmt of	Articles and assessments about stress management	undated, 1977, 1989
3/35	Submerged Lands	Annotated article “Submerged Lands in Alaska”	1990
3/36	Talkeetna Mtns State Park	Reports, map, and survey about the proposed Talkeetna Mountains State Park	circa 1976
3/37	Time mgmt/sheets	Memorandum about time sheets and time management article	undated, 1987
3/38	Surveying issues	Notes and article on surveying issues	undated
3/39	Vegetation Classification System	Vegetation Classification System key	undated
3/40	Visual analysis	Memorandum about a visual resource assessment tool	undated
3/41	Wetlands	Notes and memos about wetlands management	1981-1982
3/42	Wilderness	Annotated copy of the Wilderness Act	undated
3/43	Willow Subbasin Plan Comments	Memos and comments about the Willow Subbasin Land Use Plan	1981
3/44	Women + Work	Articles on women in the workplace	undated, 1991
3/45	SCRO Work Program	Work program drafts, schedules, memos, and reports	1982-1989
3/46	Writing	Notes and articles on technical writing	1989-1991
3/47	Zoning in the Unorganized Borough	Draft report “Zoning in the Unorganized Borough”	undated
3/48		Papers and memos about land disposal	1982-1990
3/49	Disposals	Memos and notes about land disposal	1980-1981
3/50	Disposals – Gain	Reports, memos, and notes about land disposal	1982-1983
3/51	Area Plans + Settlement	Memos and reports about settlement on lands	1976-1983
4/1	Disposals + Planning (Statewide + Area)	Notes, correspondence, policy drafts, and memos about land disposal	1981-1982
4/2	Land Disposal	Notes, correspondence, and policy drafts about land disposal	1982
4/3	Land Disposal – Subdivision Design	DNR Planning Phase – Pre Contract procedure documents	1981-1982
4/4	Land Disposals	Memorandum and “FY83 State Land Market Assessment”	1983
4/5	Land Disposals	“Interim Report on Analysis of Alaska State Land Disposal Program” [annotated]	1983
4/6	Land Disposals	Notes and statewide settlement policy paper	1983
4/7	Land Disposals	Memos and land disposal policy documents	1981-1983
4/8	Land Disposals	Memorandum and revised “FY83 State Land Market Assessment” [annotated]	1983
4/9	Land Disposals	Memorandum and “Statewide Natural Resources Plan Policy Recommendations FY84 Settlement”	1983
4/10	Land Disposals	Memos and land disposal policy documents	1983
4/11	Land Disposals	Media release about “Land for Alaskans: Proposed Policies to Guide State Land Offerings and Disposals”	1983
4/12	Land Disposals	Article and notes about Mike Berine’s position on state land disposals	1985-1986
4/13	Cooperative Planning, Planning categories, USFS, etc / Co-op Planning Jt BLM/ADL Study Reg Pl categories	Notes, policy drafts, memos, and correspondence about creating compatible federal and state land planning systems	1977-1980
4/14	Cooperative Planning, Planning categories, USFS, etc / USFS/Peter’s contract	Correspondence, cooperative agreement between USFS and DNR, and forest planning laws	undated, 1979
4/15	Cooperative Planning, Planning categories, USFS, etc  / USFS	Memos, notes, and policy drafts about cooperative agreements between USFS and DNR	1977-1978
4/16	Cooperative Planning, Planning categories, USFS, etc	Notes about a community profile report	undated
4/17	Cooperative Planning, Planning categories, USFS, etc / NANA Regional Strategies	Correspondence, notes, reports, and memos about land planning in the NANA Regional Corporation region	1978-1979
4/18	Cooperative Planning, Planning categories, USFS, etc / Task Force Flood Plains	Memos, reports, and meeting minutes from the Alaska Land Managers’ Cooperative Task Force Floodplain Management Subcommittee	1978-1979
4/19	Cooperative Planning, Planning categories, USFS, etc	Memorandum about the report “Intergovernmental Planning Program for OCS Oil and Gas Leasing, Transportation and Related Facilities”	1979
4/20	Cooperative Planning, Planning categories, USFS, etc / Cooperative Planning	Draft report “Developing Compatible Federal and State Land Planning Systems”	1977 October
4/21	1994 Transition DNR Gov. Elect Knowles Process	Notes, draft reports, and policy review documents for Governor Tony Knowles Transition Team, Part I	circa 1994
4/22	1994 Transition DNR Gov. Elect Knowles Process	Notes, draft reports, and policy review documents for Governor Tony Knowles Transition Team, Part II	circa 1994
4/23		Alaska Public Interest Research Group conference materials	1982-1983
4/24		“Title VI – General Administrative Provisions. Secretary Andrus’ Statement on Subsistence”	undated
4/25		Bleiker Public Involvement Training materials	1991
4/26		“The Development of Planning in Alaska” by Tony Gasbarro	circa 1973-1976
4/27		Memos and reports on land planning trainings	1977, 1983
4/28	Structure/Organization / Talkeetna State Lands	Outlines and reports of state land management presentations	1994, 1999-2000
4/29	Alaska’s Resources Alaska’s Future 1987 Arctic Science Conference	Notes on state land use	circa 1987
4/30		State of Alaska Division of Personnel training and experience scores for Nienhueser	1976-1977, 1995-1997
4/31		Alaska Division of Emergency Services invitation to apply	1994 May 26
4/32		State land management bill and letter about bill	1987
4/33		“Assessment of Market Demand for State Land” [annotated]	circa 1981
4/34	Job: Higher Pay issue	Correspondence and memos about Nienhueser’s pay as acting chief	1976-1978
4/35	Regional Planning Course U of Wisc	Notebook from a regional planning course	undated
4/36		Articles on forest management	undated
4/37	U of Wisc Regional Planning Course	Notebook from a regional planning course	undated
4/38	Management by Objectives Workshop Anchorage, Alaska January 25-27, 1977	Notes and memos from a “Management by Objectives” workshop	1977 January
5/1	Introduction to Regional Planning Final Exam March 19, 1976 A	Essay responses to a final exam from an Introduction to Regional Planning class	1976 March 19
5/2	University of Wisconsin Extension	Wisconsin and Walworth County land planning materials	circa 1976
5/3	Misc memos	Memos about land classification	1976-1977
5/4		Notes, schedule, and draft environmental policies from the Alaska State Land Use Symposium	1988
5/5	Policy, Procedures, Memos of understanding	Memos and agreements about land classification and management policies and procedures	1976-1977
5/6	DNR Planning	Memorandum about Planning Section activities	1976 June 7
5/7		Memorandum and summary of “Putting the Public Trust to Work” [annotated]	1991
5/8		“Third Northern Regions Conference: Cooperation in a Changing World Information Packet” [materials in Russian]	1990
5/9		American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers course materials	1987
5/10		“How to Manage Multiple Priorities” workbook [annotated]	1989
5/11		“How to Manage Conflict & Maintain Emotional Control” workbook and notes	circa 1993
5/12		Crab photographs	undated
5/13	Correspondence, extra resumes / Submitted apps for Principal Planner, Senior Planner, Land Management Officer I, Land Management Officer II	Correspondence and job applications for planner positions	1975
5/14	Resume originals	Resumes, job applications, and correspondence about jobs	1975-1976
5/15	Environmental Center	Job application and correspondence about a statewide volunteer coordinator position	1975
5/16		Service contract between DNR and Nienhueser	1976
5/17		Letter from Frank A. Tupper to Harold Sparck about a planning position	1975 December 15
5/18		“1990’s Land Selection Project. Final State of Alaska Land Selections from Federal Lands. Final Report Draft”	1996 July
5/19	Job: Position Reclassification & Transfer 80-81-82-83	Notes, correspondence, and memos about the reclassification of Nienhueser’s DNR position	1980-1984
5/20	Planners Retreat – Policy	Notes, correspondence, readings, and draft materials for planning retreat	circa 1991
5/21	Campbell Tract/Bragaw: history I was a part of	Memos, correspondence, and notes about the Campbell Tract and Bragaw extension	1976-1977
5/22	State Land Policy Act: history I was a part of	Notes about and drafts of the Alaska Land Policy Act	circa 1978
5/23	Job + DRD’s Policy Section	Notes and correspondence about DNR job administration	1977-1982
5/24	Job info	Notes, memos, and correspondence about DNR job administration	1976-1980
5/25	Job – Misc	Notes, memos, and correspondence about DNR job administration	1981-1984
5/26	Job PA’s	Personnel actions, salary schedules, and job administration notes	1981-1986
5/27	Job – Forestry transfer proposal	Notes and memos about a potential transfer to the Division of Forestry	1981
5/28	Minutes, Agendas Frontier Thinking	Memos, summaries, minutes, and agendas about the Frontier Thinking Conference	1990-1992
5/29		State of Alaska job applications	1975-1982, 1990-1996
5/30		Resume writing instructions and notes	circa 1985
5/31	Job applications 83 or earlier	Job applications and notes	1980-1983
5/32	Job evaluations	Job evaluations, personnel actions, and notes	1980-1991
5/33		IBM diskette with resume	circa 1983
5/34	1301.1 Nienhueser, Helen 82 + before	Job applications, personnel actions, and resume	1978-1982
5/35	H DNR person[n]el file 84 + earlier	Notes, correspondence, memos, performance evaluations and training and experience results	1978-1984
5/36		Memorandum from Ron Swanson to Glenn Olds about Nienhueser’s work conditions	1992 December 8
5/37		Notes, memos, and personnel actions from DNR job administration	1976-1978
5/38		Notes on personnel and Regional Resource Planning position	circa 1976-1978
5/39	Federal jobs, etc.	Notes on job responsibilities	1977-1980
5/40		Letter to Claire Pease expressing Nienhueser’s interest in the Parks and Recreation Commission	1982 March 1
5/41		Notes, reports, and correspondence on state land selections	1992-1996
5/42		Letter from Governor Tony Knowles to Nienhueser thanking her for participation on the Natural Resources Policy Transition Team	1995 January 17
5/43	Negotiation, et al	Notes, memos, reports, and training materials about negotiation	1984-1990
5/44	General Selection Project Notebook	Reports and memos about the 1990s State Land Selections Project	1992-1996
5/45		Correspondence about state land disposals	1982
5/46	Disposals – RRAP Settlement Element	Reports, notes, and memos about settlement element of land disposals	1979-1980
5/47	Disposals – Legislation	State bills and legislative correspondence about land disposals	1979-1980
6/1	Disposals – LADS	Report about Land Availability Determination System (LADS)	1979
6/2	Disposals – LUPC	Reports from the Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC)	1977
6/3	Disposals – LWV, ACE, FEC	Articles, reports, and correspondence about the League of Women Voters, the Alaska Center for the Environment, and Fairbanks Environmental Center’s responses to the land disposals	1979-1980
6/4	Disposals – Misc	Memos, notes, and reports about the State Land Disposal Program	1978-1982
6/5	Disposals – DNR	Memos, reports, agenda, and draft policies from the DNR Land Disposal Program	1976-1980
6/6	Disposals – GEE	Reports and correspondence by George E. Gee, a consultant working on state land disposals	1979-1981
6/7	Reading file, 83	DNR memos and notes	1982-1984
6/8		DNR notebook and work log	1980-1984
6/9	Job/grievance	Notes, correspondence with the Alaska Public Employees Union, and grievance forms about Nienhueser’s pay as acting chief	1978-1979
6/10	Reading file (H) 1981	DNR memos and notes	1981-1982
6/11		Notes on budget tracking	undated
6/12	BLM	Correspondence and notes about the Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Multiple-Use Advisory Board	1975
6/13		Draft review of Bureau of Sport Fish and Wildlife proposal [annotated]	1974 May
6/14		Testimony on the State’s D-2 proposal	1975 December 17
6/15	Workshops	Correspondence about and materials from environmental workshops and conferences	1974-1975
6/16	Correspondence/TMSP	Correspondence and reports about the formation of Talkeetna Mountains State Park	1975
6/17	People interested in Talkeetna Mtns State Park	Contact lists of people interested in Talkeetna Mountains State Park	undated
6/18	TMSP Testimony – article	Notes and speech outlines about the Talkeetna Mountains State Park	1975
6/19	Various HP + TMSP bills	Notes and draft bills about Hatcher Pass and Talkeetna Mountains State Park	1975
6/20	Talkeetna Mtns State Park Descriptions of Proposal	Correspondence about and descriptions of proposals for Hatcher Pass and Talkeetna Mountains State Park	1975
6/21	Other park bills	Bills relating to state parks	1975
6/22		“Alaska State Park System, 1970-1976” [annotated]	1969
6/23		Notes on state parks and bills to create parks	undated
6/24	Input from various people TMSP/draft proposal/samples to keep	Notes and maps about the creation of the Talkeetna Mountains State Park	1975
6/25		Correspondence about the creation of the Talkeetna Mountains State Park	1975-1976
6/26		Note from Alice to Helen Nienhueser congratulating her for her departure from DNR	circa 1994
6/27		“Hatcher Pass Management Plan Comments from Public Meetings Sorted by Resource, Topic and Origin” [annotated]	1986
6/28		Drafts of essay “Determining Demand for State Land”	1982 April
6/29		“Promised Land:” A History of Alaska’s Selection of its Congressional Land Grants [annotated]	1987 May
6/30		Draft report on trip to Togiak	1988 September
6/31		Matanuska Valley Moose Range Management Plan [annotated]	1986 October
6/32		Notes and correspondence about the Fish Creek Management Plan	1983-1984
6/33		Hatcher Pass Management Plan: Final [annotated]	1986 October
6/34		Hatcher Pass Management Plan Public Review Draft notes, maps, and correspondence	2010
6/35		Public Land Laws of Alaska [annotated]	circa 1983, 1992
6/36		Susitna Area Plan [annotated]	1985
OSF1		Planning Powers for Alaska Communities poster
OSF1		“Effect of 1976 BLM Organic Act on Section Line Rights of Way Under the R.S. Section 2477 Highway Grant”	1977
OSF1		Hand drawn map of state lands in Kotzebue area	undated
OSF2		State land selection issues worksheets	undated
OSF2		Talkeetna quadrangle maps [annotated]	undated
OSF2		Two DNR Land Disposal brochures [annotated]	1980
OSF3		“Bristol Bay Area Plan Settlement Element Map G.1” [annotated]	1984 May
OSF3		“Bristol Bay Area Plan Settlement Element Map I.1” [annotated]	1984 May

Series 4: 55 Ways to the Wilderness in Southcentral Alaska papers, 1960-2012. 3.5 cubic feet. This series contains Nienhueser’s papers relating to the writing and publishing of 55 Ways. There is correspondence, photographs and negatives of hikes, hike journals, drafts and revisions of the book, maps, articles and brochures about hikes, proofs, and Hans van der Laan’s papers from his work on the book. Folders are arranged in the order they arrived at the Archives and appear to reflect Nienhueser’s filing system.

Box/Folder	Folder label	Description	Dates
7/1	Hans / Highway Eagle Lake Indian Knoya-Tokishla Squaw	Maps of Southcentral Alaska, likely from 30 Hikes in Alaska by Hans van der Laan	circa 1967- 1972
7/2	1st Drafts and Notes 1-14	Correspondence and notes on history and navigation of Southcentral Alaska hiking trails	1960-1970
7/3		Notebook, packing lists, and article drafts from first ascent of Monarch Peak in Talkeetna Mountains	1969
7/4		Questions and answers about 55 Ways	undated
7/5		Draft of 55 Ways [annotated]	circa 1971
7/6	MCA Correspondence	Correspondence between the Mountaineers in Seattle and Helen Nienhueser and Nancy Simmerman	1969-1970
7/7	1971 Correspondence	Correspondence between the Mountaineers in Seattle and Helen Nienhueser and Nancy Simmerman	1971
7/8	55 Ways 1978 revisions (nothing about Rabbit Lakes in this folder)	Notes, correspondence, and maps for 1978 revisions	circa 1978
7/9	Misc 1975 + earlier re 55 Ways	Notes, drafts, and clippings for 1975 and earlier revisions	circa 1972-1975
7/10	Set 2 Test for 1st edition	Trip lists, notes, and trail reports	undated
7/11	Original 55 Ways Foreword (+ comments + Intro) / copies of foreword + introduction	Copies of 55 Ways foreword and introduction [annotated], notes, and correspondence	1970-1972
7/12	Copies of early promotional material	Copies of early promotional material	1972
7/13		Correspondence with Alaska Magazine	1973 March
7/14		Correspondence with Alaska Magazine	1973 September
7/15		Letter to the Anchorage Times from the Mountaineers about copyright infringement	1975 June 23
7/16		55 Ways reviews	1990, 1994-1995
7/17	1974 questionnaires + responses	55 Ways revision questionnaires and responses	1974
7/18		Description of Rabbit Lake trail	circa 1989
7/19	1983 notes for 85 revision	Trail notes and description revisions for 1985 edition	1983
7/20		1975 copy of 55 Ways [annotated]	circa 1975-1978
7/21		30 Hikes in Alaska [annotated] and note on existence of other 55 Ways revision copies	circa 1969-1972, undated
7/22		Master index to peaks featured in Scree [annotated]	undated
7/23		1972 copy of 55 Ways marked up for 1975 edition [annotated]	circa 1972-1975
7/24		July 1981 revision of 55 Ways [annotated]	1981 July
7/25		Correspondence with MCA and maps marked with legal exhibit stickers	1969, 1991
7/26		1985 copy of 55 Ways [annotated]	circa 1988-1989
7/27		12 floppy disks of 55 Ways drafts	undated, 2000
7/28		55 Ways hike revision journal	1983-1984, 1989
7/29		55 Ways hike revision journals	1988-2016
7/30		55 Ways budget and time tracker	1970-1972
7/31		6 floppy disks of 55 Ways drafts	1983-1984
7/32		1972 copy of 55 Ways [annotated]	circa 1972-1975
8/1		Paper on land use [annotated]	circa 1981
8/2		Recommendations for easements in Eklutna area	1974
8/3		Notes and correspondence about 55 Ways revisions	1975-2001
8/4	Misc. 4th edition files	Notes and correspondence about 55 Ways revisions	1993
8/5	55 Ways 97 Revisions	Notes and correspondence about 55 Ways revisions	1997
8/6	New Trails	Notes and articles about trails	1991-2002
8/7	Early notes and correspondence 68-72	Correspondence about the publication of 55 Ways	1970-1971
8/8	Correspondence and notes from revisions 1993/94 (for 4th edition)	Notes and correspondence about 55 Ways revisions	1993
8/9	Chugach State Park	Notes and articles about Chugach State Park trails	1987-1996
8/10	Fifty-Five Ways – Updates 1995 + earlier	Notes, articles, and correspondence about 55 Ways revisions	1985-1995
8/11	55 Ways Correspondence with Nancy + Mountaineers	Correspondence between the Mountaineers in Seattle and Helen Nienhueser and Nancy Simmerman	1984-1985
8/12	Future Rev	Notes about 55 Ways revisions	1989
8/13	55 Ways 98 revisions	Notes, articles, and correspondence about 55 Ways revisions	1995-1998
8/14	Misc – Book	Notes, articles, map cross reference, hike description word counts, photo captions, and 30 Hikes in Alaska edits for 55 Ways	undated, 1968-1970
8/15	Rabbit Creek access	Notes, articles, maps, and correspondence about accessing the Rabbit Lake trail	1969-1983, 1989-1992
8/16		Curry Ridge hike negatives and Nienhueser with granddaughter Becca	undated
8/17		Near Point/T’Kishla hike negatives	undated
8/18		Five Mile Trail and Liberty Falls Creek hike negatives	1989
8/19		Bodenburg Butte, Table Rock, Thunderbird Falls, and Victor Creek hike photographs and contact sheets	undated
8/20		McHugh hike photographs and negatives	undated
8/21		Whittier hike negatives	undated
8/22		Unlabeled hike negatives	undated
8/23		Juneau, Gull Rock, Haines hike negatives	undated
8/24		Fortress Ridge hike negatives	1973 July
8/25	1960s letters/intro. The first plan was 100 Hikes in Alaska. This file in from that period when Ginny was to be in charge and Nancy S and I were in charge of SC	Correspondence with Ginny Wood and notes about writing 100 Wilderness Routes in Alaska	1967-1968
8/26	History of how 55 Ways came to be: originally 100 Wilderness trips covering the state coordinated by Ginny Wood	Correspondence and notes about 100 Wilderness Hikes	1967-1969
8/27	55 Ways Business	Correspondence, notes, expenses, reviews, and contracts about the publication of 55 Ways	1972-1973, 1981-2002
8/28	Nancy Simmerman Photos – 55 Ways to the Wilderness in Southcentral Alaska	Nancy Simmerman 55 Ways photographs: Rendezvous Peak/Arctic Valley (Helen, Gayle, Johnny, David; Worthington Glacier; Hicks Creek, Chitna Pass; Seward Mail Trail; Falls Creek; McHugh Creek Picnic Site; Rabbit Lake; Indian Creek; Bird Ridge; Crow Pass; Glacier Creek; Winner Creek; Portage Pass; Resurrection Pass; Johnson Pass; Ptarmigan Lake; Lost Lake; Race Point; Tazlina; Seward Harbor; Crescent Lake; Upper Russian Lake; Hidden Creek; Kenai River; Mineral Creek; Alyeska; Bear Valley; Seven Lakes	circa 1970-1975, 1993
8/29	52 Dixie Pass	Correspondence and notes about 55 Ways revisions	1983-1998
8/30	55 Ways Non-Nancy Photos Reed Lk to Valdez	55 Ways photographs: Worthington Glacier; Nikolai Ridge; Dixie Pass; Squaw Creek; Race Point; Gunsight; Syncline; Hicks Creek; Chitna Pass; Mount Monarch; Peters Hills; Portage Pass; Nancy Lake Canoe System; Craigie Creek; Reed Lakes; Mount Marathon; Snowbird Valley	circa 1968-1975, 1989, 1993
8/31	55 Ways Non-Nancy Photos T. Pass to Lazy Mtn.	55 Ways photographs: Lazy Mountain; Pioneer Ridge; Bold Peak Valley; Twin Peaks and Pass; Eklutna; Tazlina; Gunsight; Dew Mound; Thunderbird Falls; Carter Lake; Crescent Lake; Round Top; South Fork Eagle River; Near Point; Tikishla; Knoya; Flattop; Turnagain Arm Trail; Falls Creek; Byron Glacier; Turnagain Pass; Tin Can	1972, 1983, 1989-1993, undated
8/32	55 Ways Non-Nancy Photos Ken. Pen. + T. Arm	55 Ways photographs: Resurrection Pass; Devil Pass; Juneau Lake; Swan Lake; Ptarmigan Lake; Russian Lake; Russian Cascades; Lost Lake; Exit Glacier; Crescent Lake; Thunderbird Falls; Fuller Lakes; Eklutna; Bold Peak Valley; Twin Peaks; Kenai River Trail; Homer Beach; Solomon Lake; Hicks Creek; Chitna Pass; Gulkana River; Gunsight Mountain; Turnagain Arm; Table Rock	1972-1973, 1984-1993
8/33	34 Rendezvous – 55 Ways non-Nancy Photos	55 Ways photographs: Rendezvous Peak; Rabbit Lake	undated
8/34	31 Williwaw Lakes – 55 Ways non-Nancy Photos	55 Ways photographs: Williwaw Lakes	undated, 1991
8/35	55 Ways Palmer Creek Lakes Non-Nancy Photos	55 Ways photographs: Palmer Creek Lakes; Dixie Pass	undated, 1989, 1993
8/36	1 Grewingk – 55 Ways Non-Nancy Photos	55 Ways photographs: Grewingk Glacier	1993
8/37	8 Russian Lakes 55 Ways – Non-Nancy Photos	55 Ways photographs; Russian Lakes	undated
8/38	55 Ways Info for 5th printing of 5th edition 07-08 + later	Notebook and correspondence about 55 Ways revisions	2007-2008, 2012
8/39	Hans files	Notes, correspondence, and maps about 55 Ways from Hans van der Laan	1966-1971
9/1		Notes about 55 Ways revisions	circa 2006
9/2	Girdwood (Winner Creek) Portage Whittier 07 + later	Notes and articles about trails in Girdwood, Portage, and Whittier area	2007-2011
9/3	Misc (forward etc) 09 + later	Notes and articles about trails, risks in backcountry recreation, and 55 Ways revisions	2009–2011
9/4		Notes and articles about trails and 55 Ways revisions	2005-2007
9/5		Notes and articles about trails and 55 Ways revisions	2005
9/6	Kodiak/Mostly 08 + later Chugach State Park	Notes and articles about trails and 55 Ways revisions	1990, 2005-2012
9/7		Articles about trails	2009-2010
9/8	Kenai Peninsula mostly 09 + later	Notes and articles about trails and 55 Ways revisions	2003, 2008-2009
9/9	Wrangels 08 + later + Valdez	Notes and articles about trails and 55 Ways revisions	2000-2001, 2010-2012
9/10	5th ed, 2nd + 3rd printing Revisions	Notes and correspondence about 55 Ways revisions	2003-2005
9/11	05 Trail Changes	Articles about trails	2005
9/12		Articles about trails and correspondence about book selling	1998, 2002-2006
9/13	5th ed 55 Ways comments on map galley stage 11/01	Galley draft of 55 Ways, 5th edition [annotated]	2001 November
9/14		Correspondence about 55 Ways revisions, galleys, and photo permissions	circa 2001-2002
9/15		Correspondence about galleys and page proofs	2001-2002
9/16	Copies of comments on 5 d galleys 11/01	Photocopy of galley draft of 55 Ways, 5th edition [annotated]	2001 November
9/17		Correspondence about 55 Ways revisions, galleys, and photo permissions	2001
9/18	Printout of what we sent Mountaineers in May 2001	55 Ways, 5th edition draft sent to publishers	2001 May
9/19	5th ed map scrap sent back by Mtnrs to aid in proofing maps Nov 01	55 Ways, 5th edition map proofs [annotated]	2001
9/20		55 Ways, 5th edition photo gallery	circa 2001
9/21		Notes and reports on Chugach State Park Access	2002
9/22		55 Ways, 5th edition map proofs	circa 2001-2002
9/23	Copies of Helen’s maps for 5th edition sent to Mtneers 5/01	Photocopies of 55 Ways, 5th edition map drafts sent to publishers [annotated]	2001 May
9/24		Linda Smith hike photographs: Indian and Wolverine	2000
9/25		55 Ways, 5th edition cover slide options	circa 2001-2002
9/26		Notes and correspondence about 55 Ways photography	undated, 2000, 1973
9/27		Notes and articles about trails and 55 Ways revisions	circa 2001-2002
9/28	Copies of selected pages of 55 Ways ed 5 H+G comments + edits on Uma’s edits 9/18/01	Photocopies of selected pages of 55 Ways, 5th edition draft [annotated]	2001 September
9/29		Notes, articles, and correspondence about trails and 55 Ways revisions	circa 2000-2001
9/30	Front/Back / Intro Appendices Area Maps	Notes, articles, brochures, and correspondence about trails and 55 Ways revisions	1989-2000
9/31	Summer 1988 Eagle Lk Lost Lk	Photographs of hikes to Eagle Lake and Lost Lake and an unknown celebration	1988
9/32		55 Ways photographs: Crescent Lake; Hicks Creek; Caribou Creek; Chitna Pass	undated
9/33	Rejects from 55 Ways already locked	55 Ways slides	circa 1974-1975
9/34		Photographs of a fox	undated
9/35	Lazy Mountain #6 Matanuska Peak from Lazy Mountain Trip 42	55 Ways photographs: Matanuska Peak; Lazy Mountain	1983
9/36		Photographs of hikes: Wolverine Peak; Russian River Cascades; Lower Russian River	undated, 2000
9/37		Photographs of bear prints	undated
9/38		Photographs of hikes: Skilak Lake; Hidden Creek	1999 May
9/39	Linda’s photos	Photographs of hikes: Indian; Russian Lakes	circa 2000
9/40	Gull Rock May 2000	55 Ways photographs: Gull Rock	2000 May
9/41		Photographs of hikes: Indian	2000 August
9/42	McHugh Crk Valley Aug 1994 w Judy Reid	Photographs of hikes: McHugh Creek Valley	1994 August
9/43	Summer 95 – July – Lost Crk – Trail Crk (Mentasta Mts – Midtown Park – Aug 10 work party. For better photos use 2 ¼ camera faster film tripod if slower than 125	Photographs of Midtown Park work party and hikes: Nugget Creek; Lost Creek; Trail Creek.	1995 July-August
9/44		Photographs of hikes: Turnagain Arm Trail; Bird Ridge; the Perch; Arctic ground squirrels	undated
9/45	Bears/McNeill	Photographs of bears and McNeil River	undated
9/46	Shoup Bay + Valdez Historic Trail (snow) July 2000	Photographs of hikes: Shoup Bay; Valdez	2000 July
9/47	Wrangells Jul 98 Jumbo/Bonanza/Root G.	Photographs of hikes: Bonanza Mine; Wrangells; Erie Mine; Root Glacier	1998 July
9/48	Worthington Root Glacier Grewingk July 2000	Photographs of hikes: Worthington Glacier; Root Glacier; Grewingk Glacier	2000 July
9/49	Valdez Historic Trail July 2000	Photographs of hikes: Valdez Historic Trail	2000 July
9/50	Stat (negs) 9/00 Hideout Kenai R Serenity Falls Cabin E Fork Eklutna Portage Lk Williwaw Dry Foot Rout	Photographs of hikes: Hideout Trail; Kenai River; Serenity Falls cabin; East Fork Eklutna River; Portage Lake; Williwaw Lakes	2000 September
9/51		Notes and photographs of a fox kit and a hike	undated, 1999 May
9/52	9/96 Denali, Twins, ducks + weasel @ K’da	Photographs of ducks, a weasel, and hikes: Denali National Park; East and West Twin Peaks	1996 September
9/53	1995-1996 Winner Creek Worthington Keystone Turnagain Arm Wrangels Wildlife @ Denali + K’da bear ptarmigan caribou + weasel Twins (E + W) (Denali from Parks Hiway) / caribou/Denali 7/97	Photographs of wildlife and hikes: Winner Creek; Bird Creek; Worthington Glacier; Keystone Canyon; Turnagain Arm; Wrangells; Denali National Park	1995-1997
9/54	Gayle’s closeups any possibilities?	Photographs of plants, insects, and children	undated
9/55	1997 Moose caribou @ Denali Moose from McCarthy Rd Kennicott	Photographs of moose and caribou in Denali National Park, McCarthy Road, and Kennicott	1997
9/56	Extra Photos	55 Ways photographs: Lost Lake; Grewingk Glacier; Williwaw Lakes; Pioneer Ridge; East Twin Pass; West Twin Peak; Harding Icefield Overlook; the Perch; Eagle River Valley; Bold Peak; Eklutna Lake; Byron Glacier; Solomon Lake; Exit Glacier; Rabbit Lake; Thunderbird Falls; Gulkana River; Resurrection Pass Trail; Juneau Lake cabin; Resurrection River cabin; Lazy Mountain; Old Johnson Trail; Schroff Lake; Dogsled Pass; Ohio Creek	undated
9/57	Kodiak Elite Chrome Ptarmigan – Denali – 9/98 Whittier Ferry – 6/99 Valdez Shoup Bay trail – 6/99 1/01 Ptarmigan Whittier Ferry	Slides of ptarmigan, Whittier ferry, and Valdez Shoup Bay Trail	circa 1998-1999
9/58		Notes, articles, correspondence, and maps about 55 Ways revisions, Part I	1999-2001
9/59		Notes, articles, correspondence, and maps about 55 Ways revisions, Part II	1994, 1999-2001
9/60		55 Ways 1994 edition book cover	1994
OSF2		Map of Chugach Park winter trail system [annotated]	circa 1978
OSF2		Map of Chugach State Park Existing Boundary [annotated]	1974
OSF2		Map of Chugach State Park Trail Plan: Chapter 4 Recommendations	1985 September
OSF2		Map of Chugach State Park Trail Plan: Hillside Planning Unit	1986 January
OSF2		Alaska Canoe Trails brochure and Chugach State Park topographical map [annotated]	undated
OSF2		Exhibit No. 30 Illustrative Map of Rabbit Creek Valley [annotated]	undated
OSF2		Map of Hillside Planning Unit Chugach State Park	undated
OSF3		Denali State Park pamphlet [annotated]	2003, 2009
OSF3		Matanuska Valley Chamber of Commerce map of Resort & Vacation Area of Alaska	undated
OSF3		Map of Valdez	undated
OSF3		Girdwood Iditarod Trail map [annotated]	circa 1999-2001
OSF3		Keystone Canyon Area Trails map [annotated]	1999

Series 5: Alaska Conservation Foundation Board records, 1975-2012. 2.25 cubic feet. This series contains ACF Board meeting minutes and agendas, financial statements, correspondence, notes, work plans, personnel and donor files, and reports. Folders are arranged roughly chronologically.

Box/Folder	Folder label	Description	Dates
10/1		ACF Board correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, notes, financial statements, and reports, Part I	1986-1989
10/2		ACF Board correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, notes, financial statements, and reports, Part II	1983-1996
10/3		Correspondence about trails from David Finkelstein, Sierra Club	1978-1979
10/4		ACF: notes on meeting Celia Hunter	circa 2001
10/5		ACF Three-Year Strategic Plan and Work Plan 2003-2006 [some annotated]	2005
10/6	ACF “Donor Cultivation”	ACF donor cultivation correspondence, notes, and reports	1988
10/7		Roxbury Capital Management Socially Responsible Research Alaska Conservation Foundation	1996
10/8	Consulting Group Institutional Services	Consulting Group Institutional Service financial statements [annotated]	1998
10/9		ACF transition reports [removed from Pierpont folder]	1987-1988
10/10		Pierpont Associates consulting correspondence and report	1988
10/11		Alaska marine conservation file	1993-1994
10/12		ACF Board meeting minutes	1989 September 16-17; 1994 September 24-25
10/13		Denny Wilcher’s financial analysis reports	1987-1988
10/14		Pierpont Associates initial report and correspondence [annotated]	1988
10/15		ACF donor letter	1993 December 1
10/16		Prudent Investment Management Process steps 1-4	undated
10/17		ACF investment committee meeting notes	1994 July 27
10/18		ACF Board meeting minutes and briefs	1980-1983
10/19		ACF annual report 1990 [annotated]	1990
10/20		Pierpont Associates fundraising report and notes [annotated]	1988
10/21		ACF finance and investment committee notes, minutes, reports, and financial statements, Part I	1987-1996
10/22		ACF finance and investment committee notes, minutes, reports, and financial statements, Part II	1994-1996
10/23		ACF finance and investment committee notes, minutes, reports, and financial statements, Part III	1987-1992
10/24		“The Modernization of Foundations” report presented to ACF finance committee	undated
10/25		Midtown Park steering committee materials	1986-2004
10/26		“Draft. Building a Powerful Alaska Conservation Constituency: the Alaska 2012 Campaign”	circa 2004
10/27		ACF Board meeting minutes	2011 June
10/28		Alaska Land Trust correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports	1994
10/29	ACF Personnel	ACF personnel committee: staff evaluations, job descriptions, correspondence, meeting notes	2005-2007
10/30	ACF Executive	ACF executive committee meeting agenda, minutes, and correspondence	2005-2006
10/31	ACF Endowment	ACF Endowment/Capital Campaign Task Force materials	2000, 2008
10/32	Nominating Committee ACF	ACF nominating committee meeting notes, correspondence, resumes, and policy documents	2004-2007
10/33	Governance Committee / ACF Gov and Nominating Committee	ACF governance committee meeting notes, agendas, correspondence, and interview notes	2007-2012
10/34	ACF	ACF meeting notebook	2005
10/35	ACF 2	ACF meeting notebook	2006-2007
10/36		Annotated copies of Dispatch newsletters	2005-2008
10/37		Energy/climate change research file [annotated]	2010-2020
10/38		Notes from ANILCA 25th anniversary celebration	2005
10/39		“Celia M. Hunter: Life and Leadership” by Jessica Wiles	circa 2002
10/40		“Alaska Conservation Foundation: The Case for Unrestricted Support”	undated
10/41		2003-2012 ACF history notes	undated
10/42		Notes on personnel or potential contacts	undated
10/43		2010-2015 ACF strategic planning	circa 2010
10/44		Meeting notes	2005
10/45	Alaska Conservation Foundation Minutes	ACF Board meeting minutes and reports	2003-2009
10/46		ACF personnel committee meeting summary	circa 2005
10/47		ACF elevator pitch and notes	circa 2021
10/48		“Conservation for a Majority of Alaskans: The case for a strong, in-state movement for conservation” [annotated]	2005
10/49		ACF Board and committee agendas, meeting summaries, financial statements, and support materials	2004-2006
10/50		ACF Board correspondence	2004-2006
10/51		“The State of Alaska Conservation: Civic Engagement Analysis” [annotated]	2004 July
10/52		ANILCA conference welcoming remarks and sponsor list	2005
10/53	Trustees Meeting February 2006 Alaska Conservation Foundation	ACF Board winter meeting materials	2006
10/54		ACF financial records and Board correspondence	2006-2007
10/55		2006-2009 ACF strategic planning	2006
10/56		ACF Board May 1-2, 2009 meeting materials	2009
11/1		ACF Board October 2009 meeting materials	2009
11/2		ACF development materials	2006
11/3		ACF Board June 2006 meeting materials	2006
11/4		ACF Board September 2006 meeting materials	2006
11/5		ACF Board September 2007 meeting materials	2004-2007
11/6		ACF Board correspondence, financial statements, and notes	2007
11/7		ACF Board correspondence and September 2008 meeting materials	2008
11/8		ACF Board 2011 meeting materials	2011
11/9		ACF Board February 2012 meeting materials [CONTAINS PII]	2012
11/10		ACF Board June 2012 meeting materials	2011-2012
11/11		ACF Board meeting materials, notes, and reports	2009-2010
11/12		ACF Board handbook	circa 2006-2007
11/13		ACF Board handbook	2007
11/14	Finance + Investment Com	ACF finance and investment committee reports and correspondence	2004-2006
11/15	ACF Joanne	Proposals, correspondence, and reports on donor and major gifts program by Joanne Kliejunas of Rhino Associates	1998, 2005-2006
11/16		“The Dynamic Board: Lessons from High-Performing Nonprofits” [annotated]	undated
11/17		DNR dispute resolution research file	1991-1992
11/18		ACF Board notes, reports, meeting minutes and agendas	2012
11/19	ACF Reading File	ACF reading file	1996-2006
11/20	ACF Bd Meeting October 2010 / ACF Board Meeting 9/10	ACF Board notes, reports, meeting minutes and agendas	2010
11/21		ACF donor reports and fundraising meeting agenda	2009-2010
11/22		ANILCA 25th anniversary celebration programs	2005
11/23	Interim ED	ACF interim director search correspondence, resumes, and interviews	2005
11/24	House Party	ACF donor party guest lists and notes	2003-2008
11/25		ACF Board correspondence	2004 September 2
11/26	ACF Issues/Campaigns	ACF campaign and issue reports and publications	2002-2004
11/27	ACF Land / Wayburn	Correspondence, annotated maps and plats, and notes regarding donated land	circa 2006
11/28	ANILCA Celebration	ANILCA 25th anniversary celebration registration materials	2005
11/29	Board	Anne Wilkas resume, note on future board topic	undated, 2005 April 8
11/30	Board-related	ACF code of ethics, Board meeting minutes, correspondence, and financial statement	1996, 2003-2004
11/31	Committee Oversight	ACF Board correspondence, committee lists, meeting minutes about committees	2004-2005
11/32	Development Committee	ACF development committee reports, drafts, notes, and correspondence	2005-2007, 2011
11/33	Deborah	Personnel file regarding Deborah Williams’ performance and resignation	2005
11/34	Dee	ACF reports, notes, contract, and correspondence with J. Dee Frankfourth Consulting	2005-2006
11/35	Evaluations	ACF executive director performance evaluations, notes, and correspondence	2004-2005
11/36	Foundations	ACF donor files and correspondence with foundations	2004-2005
11/37	Grantmaking Committee	ACF grantmaking committee correspondence, notes, reports, and project lists	1999-2000, 2003-2004
11/38	Lauri	Personnel file regarding Lauri Adams	2006
11/39	New ACF Program Com.	ACF program committee reports and correspondence	2010-2011
11/40	Old Program 08 / Program Committee	ACF program committee drafts, notes, and correspondence	2006-2008
11/41	OCEANS	Oceans research file	2003-2005
11/42	San Francisco Council	San Francisco Bay Area Council file	2003-2004
12/1	Search Committee	ACF executive director recruitment and hiring notes, correspondence, resumes, and interviews	2005-2006
12/2	Strategic Planning	ACF strategic planning reports, evaluations, notes, and correspondence	2001-2005
12/3	Alaska Conservation Foundation Meeting of the Board of Trustees Hilton Hotel, Anchorage July 5, 2005	ACF Board July 5 meeting agendas, reports, and financial statements	2005
12/4	Alaska Conservation Foundation Meeting of the Board of Trustees Teleconference May 13, 2005 9:00 am	ACF Board May 13 meeting agendas, reports, and financial statements	2005
12/5	Alaska Conservation Foundation May 13-16, 2004	ACF Board May 13-16 meeting agendas, reports, and financial statements	2004
12/6	Alaska Conservation Foundation 1980s	ACF bylaws [annotated], project list, and annual budget	undated, 1976
OSF1		Map of ACF land [annotated]	circa 2006

Series 6: Trails and Recreational Access for Alaska records, 1995-2004, 2020. 1.0 cubic foot. This series contains records from Nienhueser’s time as a member and chair of the Governor’s Trails and Recreational Access for Alaska board. It includes notes, correspondence, reports, resolutions, meeting minutes and agendas, maps, and trail descriptions. Folders are arranged in the order in which they arrived in the Archives.

Box/Folder	Folder label	Description	Dates
12/7		Certificate and Governor’s Award for TRAAK participation	2002-2003
12/8	Correspondence	TRAAK correspondence	1996-2002
12/9	TRAAK	TRAAK notebook	2000-2002, 2020
12/10	Nenana Canyon	Nenana Canyon correspondence and notes	1996-2003
12/11	Achievements/Annual Report TRAAK / Achievement Vision Reports to Gov	TRAAK Citizens Advisory Board resolutions, correspondence, reports, and project lists	1996-2002, 2004
12/12	TRAAK Minutes 1996	TRAAK Citizens Advisory Board meeting minutes	1996-2000
12/13	TRAAK Citizens Advisory Board Initial Meeting April 26 & 27 Anchorage	TRAAK Citizens Advisory Board correspondence, directory, resolutions, agendas, and minutes	1996-2002
12/14	TRAAK 1998-1999	TRAAK notebook	1998-1999
12/15	TRAAK 1996	TRAAK notebook	1996
12/16	TRAAK 1997-1998	TRAAK notebook	1996-1998
12/17		TRAAK Citizens Advisory Board Resolution 00-05: Southern Extension of Anchorage Coastal Trail	2000
12/18		TRAAK Citizens Advisory Board internal correspondence and agendas	1996-2000
12/19	AMATS & TRAAK	Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study reports and correspondence	1996-1999
12/20	ATV/Snomobile 4/02 Summit etc. / Feb 2002	Articles about motorized use of trails and records from a summit on ATV and snowmachine activity in Alaska	1996-1997, 2002
12/21	Bike/Ped policy	TRAAK draft policies and correspondence regarding biker and pedestrian use of trails	1995-2002
12/22	Copper River Trail / Copper River/Wrangels (TRAAK)	Copper River Trail correspondence, resolutions, reports, and notes	1996, 1998
12/23	Easements 17(b)	ANCSA Sec 17(b) land easement records and correspondence	undated, 1998-2001
12/24	Mat Su Trails	Mat Su trail notes, correspondence, and reports	1998-2000
12/25	Open Meetings	Correspondence about TRAAK’s open meeting policy	1996
12/26	Parliamentary Procedure Healthy Committees	Reference materials on parliamentary procedures and committee work	undated, 1993
12/27	Petersville Rd Symms project	Correspondence regarding Petersville and Trapper Creek trail development	1998
12/28	Rec Trail Grants Policy Shell Lake	Recreational Trails Grant Program correspondence and notes regarding Skwetna and Shell Lake development	2002
12/29	Segway	Correspondence, notes, and articles about the laws around segways on trails	2002
12/30	Snowmad Decision	Court decision and reports of the Alaska Superior Court’s decision on traditional use of trails	circa 2002
12/31	South Denali/Petersville Rd	South Denali and Petersville Road correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, notes, and resolutions	1997-2000
12/32	TRAILS – Best Practices, Benefits, Walkable Communities Handbook	Creating biker- and pedestrian-friendly communities research file	1996-1998
12/33	Trail Maps	Trail maps and descriptions throughout Alaska	undated, 1995-1997
12/34	Trails Debate	“Trail Tracks: the Trails Information Newsletter” [annotated]	1997
12/35	Winter Rec	TRAAK correspondence, notes, and resolutions regarding winter trail use	1997-1998
12/36	Winter Trails Along Highways	Winter trails along highways research file	1999-2001
12/37	Hut to Hut	Alaska Mountain and Wilderness Huts Association and Hut-to-Hut Trail project records	1997
OSF1	AK Trail System Map	Two annotated maps of Alaska trails	circa 1997
OSF1		Annotated map of Tatitlek Village Selection	undated
OSF1		Annotated map of Mat-Su Trails Council draft winter corridors	2000
OSF1		Trail maps of the Arctic Orienteering Club, Palmer, the Crevasse Moraine winter trails, the Kachemak Nordic Ski Club trails, Chena River State Recreation Area, and Kachemak Bay State Park	undated, 1997

Series 7: Midtown Park papers, 1992-2020. 1.25 cubic feet. This series contains Nienhueser’s notes, correspondence, articles, speeches, volunteer lists and memorabilia, photographs, meeting minutes and agendas, maps, and campaign materials advocating for the construction of the Cuddy Family Midtown Park in Anchorage. Folders are largely in the order in which they arrived at the Archives; buttons were placed in the first folder to protect them.

Box/ Folder	Folder label	Description	Dates
13/1		Midtown Park volunteer and Lanie Fleischer Trail buttons	undated
13/2	CF Midtown Park Advisory Committee 2004-2005	Article about and event announcements in Midtown Park	2000, 2004, 2015
13/3	MTP Grassroots	Midtown Park notes, volunteer lists, and correspondence	1996-2000
13/4	Midtown (1996) 1997 Sorted 2020	Notes, articles, and correspondence about Midtown Park	1996-1998
13/5	MP History/Speeches	Speeches, correspondence, and background and planning documents for Midtown Park	undated, 1998-2001, 2017
13/6	40th	Notes, statements, and correspondence about the extension of 40th Avenue	1995, 1997
13/7	BP project Midtown Park 2001	BP Classic Volunteer Project in Midtown Park notes and records	2000-2201
13/8	1999 Library + Diantha’s workshop Libraries for the Future	Libraries for the Future workshop notes and records	1999-2000
13/9	Millenium Celebration Anch 2000	Millennium Celebration and Midtown Park/Trail Anchorage 2000 subcommittee notes and records	1998-1999
13/10	Project for Public Spaces Anchorage workshop 2004	Project for Public Spaces Anchorage workshop notes and records	2001, 2004
13/11	Rezone – Midtown	Notes, correspondence, and reports about the land zoning of Midtown Park	1997-2003, 2020
13/12	Skating Oval 2001-2002	Correspondence, maps, and reports about the Midtown Park skating oval	circa 1999-2005
13/13	North South Trail	Correspondence, event flyers, and reports about a North South Trail connecting Midtown to downtown Anchorage along A St	1992-2000
13/14	Midtown Park Minutes 1995-1998 +	Midtown Park and Trail Committee meeting agendas, minutes, notes, and correspondence	1995-1998
13/15	Midtown Park 1980s History	Notes, correspondence, and reports about the creation of Midtown Park	1985-1988, 1996
13/16	Midtown Park Notes 95-99 sorted by year	Notes, correspondence, and reports from the Midtown Park and Trail Steering Committee	1995-1999
13/17	MTP History 95-04	Notes, correspondence, and reports about the creation of Midtown Park	1995-2004
13/18	MTP 2000-2004	Notes, correspondence, and reports about the creation of Midtown Park	2000-2004
13/19	MTP 2005-2007+	Notes, correspondence, reports,  and meeting agendas from Cuddy Family Midtown Park Advisory Group	2005-2006, 2017
13/20	MTP History	Notes, correspondence, and reports about the creation of Midtown Park	undated, 1997-2020
13/21	Urban Parks Institute Conference Seattle	Notes, correspondence, photographs, meeting minutes, and reports about the creation of Midtown Park [removed from binder]	undated, 1995-2009
13/22	Background 1997-2000 Context/background for work on MT Park	Notes, articles, and reports about the creation of Midtown Park	1996-2000
13/23	Urban Parks Institute Conference Seattle	Urban Parks Institute Conference records	1998
13/24	MTP 1999 notes	Midtown Park notes, talking points, maps, and budget	1999
13/25		Midtown Park notes, correspondence, articles, and reports	1997
13/26		Midtown Park petitions	1986
13/27		Notes, correspondence, and reports from planning the Millenium Project	1999
13/28		Notes, correspondence, and reports about the Midtown Park	1997
13/29		Notes on the creation of Midtown Park	undated, 2000
13/30	Fund Raising	Notes and meeting minutes from the Midtown Park and Trail fundraising subcommittee	1996
13/31	Wetlands Grant App	Notes, correspondence, meeting minutes, and work plan materials for a wetland grant application	1995-1996
13/32	Workshop	Midtown Park and Trail public workshop notes and correspondence	1995-1996
13/33	Midtown Notes	Notes, plans, and correspondence about Midtown Park	1995-1996
13/34	Plan/Design/40th	Notes, plans, maps, and memos about Midtown Park	1995-1997
13/35	People	Midtown Park mailing and volunteer lists	1995-1997
13/36	Midtown Park – TFPL	Notes, correspondence, and reports about the Trust for Public Land	1996-1997
13/37	Land Acquisition	Notes, correspondence, and meeting minutes on land acquisition	1995-1996
13/38	CIP	Notes, correspondence, and reports on the Capital Improvement Program	1995-1997
13/39	Midtown Park – Graphics	Midtown Park notes, land ownership maps, concept plans,	1997-2001
14/1		Notes, articles, and correspondence about the Anchorage Assembly rezoning Midtown Park	1997-1998
14/2	MT Park 2018	Notes, correspondence, and reports about Midtown Park	2004-2005, 2018-2019
14/3	MTP Correspondence 1996-2001	Midtown Park and Trail Steering Committee correspondence	1995-2001
14/4	Mostly 1999 a lot re Diantha of Libraries for the Future	Notes, meeting minutes, and correspondence, and reports about Midtown Park	1998-1999
14/5	MT Park Handwritten History Notes 95-00	Notes and reports about the history of Midtown Park	1995-1997
14/6	Misc late 90s	Notes, correspondence, and reports about Midtown Park	undated, 1998
14/7		Notes, correspondence, and reports about the Midtown Park playground	undated, 2009
14/8	Midtown Park 1990s	Notes, correspondence, work plans, and reports about Midtown Park	1994-1999
14/9	Stevens “Archives” Land	Notes, meeting minutes, memoranda of agreement, and correspondence about the potential creation of a NARA facility next to Midtown Park	2002-2004
OSF 3		Midtown Park Skating Task Force map	undated

Series 8: Advocacy papers, 1968-2017. 3.75 cubic feet and 2 MB. This series contains Nienhueser’s papers relating to her many advocacy efforts about parks, recreation, global affairs, politics, conservation, transportation and roads, and television programming. It includes meeting minute and agendas, notes, correspondence, articles, reports, memos, contact lists, campaign and promotional materials, floppy disks, maps, and position papers. Folders are in no discernible order.

Box/ Folder	Folder label	Description	Dates
14/10		Anchorage Parks and Recreation Commission meeting agendas, minutes, and memos	1988-1989
14/11	Tikishla Park – Parks and Rec Commission	Anchorage Parks and Recreation Commission meeting agendas, minutes, notes, and correspondence about Tikishla Park	1988-1989
14/12	Susitna-Watana Dam 2011	Notes and reports on the development of a Susitna hydroelectric project	2011
14/13	Nicaragua 1986	Notes, reports, and photographs from a Witness for Peace Alaska delegate visit to Nicaragua	1986-1987
14/14	Knowles Campaign 94 Helen’s Rural Bible	Notes, contact lists, and election information organized by Alaska Native corporation for the Tony Knowles’ gubernatorial campaign [removed from binder]	1994
14/15	AK Geographic /AK Nat. History Assoc. board	Notes, correspondence, brochures, and reports from Alaska Geographic and Alaska Natural History Association board of directors	2007-2010
14/16		Upper Cook Inlet Chapter/Alaska Conservation Society legislative action sheet	circa 1975-1976
14/17	Wrangells slides notes Arctic Cross trip	Notebook describing hikes, a slideshow, and a trip to Arctic Cross	undated
14/18	Roads across AK – Rd to Nome – etc.	Notes, articles, and newsletters about roads across Alaska	circa 1972-1974
14/19	Tokosha Citizens Council 1980s	Tokosha Citizens’ Council member lists, draft papers, notes, agendas, and timber data	1982-1984
14/20	Husky Hill – Tokosha	Tokosha Citizens’ Council member lists, papers, notes, and meeting minutes	undated, 1979-1998
14/21	Tokosha	Tokosha Citizens’ Council notes, memos, papers, correspondence, and land use data	1978-1983
14/22	Tokosha (reviewed and tossed half this file 10/13)	Tokosha Citizens’ Council position papers, meeting agendas and minutes, maps, correspondence, and notes	undated, 1980-1983
14/23	Program Proposal – EE	Correspondence, notes, and draft bills about a proposed Tokositna Visitor Center	undated, 1979-1980
14/24		Letter to DNR Commissioner John Katz from the Tokosha Citizens’ Council	circa 1982
14/25	Citizens committee to save Chester Cr. Greenbelt	Notes, meeting agendas, and correspondence of the Citizens Committee to Save Chester Creek Greenbelt, Inc.	1971
14/26	ACE (?) Notes to Dee Frankforth & Misc ACE issues and articles	Correspondence, notes, and articles on Alaska Center for the Environment issues	1972-1976
14/27	ACE History	Correspondence, programs, contact lists, notes, and articles about the history of the Alaska Center for the Environment	1971-1978, 1985-2010
14/28	Helen’s transportation file ACE probably	Notes, testimonies, articles, and speech outlines about transportation and corridor systems	1974-1975
14/29	27 Rabbit Lake + Access Issue	Notes, articles, and correspondence about 55 Ways revisions regarding the Rabbit Lake hike and trail access	1985-1997
15/1	Ad Hoc	Ad Hoc newsletter	1972 June
15/2	Mass Transit Highways – misc	Notes, articles, testimonies and correspondence about roads and transportation	1971-1972
15/3	Misc clippings Env.-Land Use-Planning economics agriculture land use Anch Beautiful	Summary, notes, and discussion questions from the Democratic Party Mid-Session Legislative Symposium	1975 March
15/4	UNCED + Global Forum	Floppy disks and diskettes, reports, notes, and correspondence about the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development	1992 February-December
15/5	Alaska History	Programs, articles, and reports from Alaskan events	1976-2002
15/6	Anchor Park, BK10, Lots 1-2-3-4	Testimonies, correspondence, notes, meeting minutes, and reports about the Chester Creek Greenbelt and Anchor Park	1974-1975
15/7	Devil Canyon	Articles, notes, correspondence, and reports on Devil’s Canyon hydroelectric dam project	1972-1975
15/8	Assorted Issues Related correspondence from ‘Sewing Room’	Notes, correspondence, and publications about various issues, including the Alliance for Humane Abortions, Ruth Moulton Town Square Park, and the Alaska Conservation Foundation	undated, 1972-1992, 2007
15/9	Trails	Notes, correspondence, and articles about the Alaska Trails Conference, the Anchorage Trail and Park Pioneers, the South Extension of the Coastal Trail, and University Area trails	1995-2003, 2014
15/10	Trails proposed to BLM 1964 MoA proposal Trails history	Letter from Mountaineering Club of Alaska to the Bureau of Land Management about desired trails and shelters	1964 March 17
15/11	Campus PARC Task Force	Notes, meeting minutes, resolutions, and maps of the Parks and Recreation Council of Anchorage about University Area trails	1972-1975
15/12	Trail study DNR – 1972 Nat Goodhue	Alaska Trail System Study draft report	1972 October 31
15/13		“Wilderness Trails ‘Recreational Development’ for State of Alaska” report from Anchorage Horsemen	1962-1963
15/14	Testimony of Parks, D-2	Testimonies on Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, D-2 hearings, and the Kenai National Moose Range and Katmai-Glacier Bay wilderness proposals	1971-1977
15/15	Alaska Land + Lifestyles	Articles, notes, and clippings for the Alaska Humanities Forum conference “Alaska’s Land and Lifestyle – 1990”	1969-1975
15/16	Wild Places	Notes and correspondence about the Sierra Club television program “Wild Places”	1974
15/17	North TV Public TV	Northern Television, Inc. Citizen Advisory Committee meeting minutes, agendas, resolutions, by-laws, articles, membership lists, notes, and correspondence	1981-1997
15/18		Correspondence, notes, and “Campbell Tract Task Force Citizen’s Committee Report: Updated Far North Bicentennial Park Master Plan” [annotated]	1983-1988
15/19	Aniak Trip 1982 AK Writers Project	Correspondence, notes, travel documents, slides, and clippings from a trip to Aniak during the Kuskokwim 300 for the Alaska Writers Project	1981-1982
15/20		Notes about Chester Creek and Goose Lake development and copies of the May 1983 “Goose Lake Plan” [annotated]	1983
15/21	Mtnce/Greenhouse	Organizational chart and reports from Park Maintenance and Operation Horticulture Section	1985-1986
15/22		Anchorage Assembly Goose Lake Park ordinance and meeting minutes and annual review from the Parks and Recreation Commission	1987
15/23		Municipality of Anchorage memo and articles about a Supreme Court decision on wetlands development	1987
15/24	Goose Lake	Meeting minutes, memos, testimonies, notes, maps, and correspondence of the Parks and Recreation Commission about Goose Lake Park	1987-1988
15/25	Chester Creek	Notes, memos, reports, testimonies, correspondence, meeting minutes about Chester Creek and Anchor Park	1970-1975
15/26	AK Womens Network	Alaska Women’s Network notes, contact lists, meeting minutes, pamphlets, correspondence, articles, bylaws, and articles of incorporation	1996-1998
15/27	AK Women’s Network AWN Subsistence Project + Other Notes incl. draft registration	Alaska Women’s Network notes, correspondence, and articles and attendance sheet from Subsistence from Women’s Perspectives conference	1996-1999
15/28	Beijing + follow up NGO Forum parallel to UN Conf on Women 1995	Photographs, correspondence, notes, and reports from the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women and the Non-Governmental Organization Forum on Women in Beijing	1992, 1995
15/29	AK Common Ground Tourism	Alaska Common Ground correspondence, reports, notes, and articles about tourism	1994-1998
15/30		Correspondence, notes, and maps about the South Extension of the Coastal Trail	2000-2002
15/31		“South Extension of the Coastal Trail: Viable Alternatives Report” [annotated]	2000 March
16/1	Coastal Trail Winter 02-03	Notes, reports, newsletters, articles, budgets, and correspondence about the South Extension of the Coastal Trail	2001-2003
16/2	Coastal Trail + Community Councils	Community council contact lists, newsletters, and resolutions about the Coastal Trail	2002-2003
16/3		Anchorage Parks and Recreation plans, correspondence, maps, and reports	2005
16/4		Notes, petitions, articles, and correspondence about the South Extension of the Coastal Trail	2000-2002, 2006
16/5	Coastal Trail	Notes, reports, articles, memos, and correspondence about the South Extension of the Coastal Trail	1997-2002
16/6	Coastal Trail 04-05	Notes, correspondence, reports, and articles the South Extension of the Coastal Trail	2003-2006
16/7	Coastal Trail 04	Press releases, correspondence, and reports about the South Extension of the Coastal Trail	2003-
16/8		Notes, articles, reports, and maps about the South Extension of the Coastal Trail	2001-2002, 2006
16/9		Correspondence and a flyer about the “Universities & Medical District Framework Master Plan”	2000-2001
16/10		Notes, articles, contact lists, reports, and correspondence about the Bragaw/Elmore extension for northern access to the U-Med district	circa 2011, 2014-2017
16/11		“Interim 2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan: Anchorage Bowl, Chugiak-Eagle River” [annotated]	2015 June
16/12		“Northern Access to U-Med District: AMATS TAC meeting”	2011 May 12
16/13		“Northern Access to the University and Medical District: Reconnaissance Study Report” [annotated]	2011 September
16/14	Northern Access to U-Med	Notes, testimonies, meeting agendas, flyers, articles, and correspondence about the Bragaw/Elmore extension for northern access to the U-Med district	2011-2015
16/15	Bragaw/E. Anch.	Notes, correspondence, fact sheets, reports, and maps about the Bragaw/Elmore extension for northern access to the U-Med district	1990-1998
16/16		Drafts of “Universities & Medical District Framework Master Plan” [annotated]	2000 February-May
18/17		“UMed District Plan Update: Public Hearing Draft” [annotated]	2015
18/18		“UMed District Plan: Supporting Documents” [annotated]	2014
16/19		Notes, documents, correspondence, and maps about the Municipality of Anchorage Official Streets and Highways Plan	1985-1995
16/20		Notes, documents, correspondence, and meeting agendas about the Municipality of Anchorage Official Streets and Highways Plan	1994
16/21		Notes, reports, testimonies, and correspondence about the Municipality of Anchorage Official Streets and Highways Plan	1991, 1993-1994
16/22		Notes, correspondence, meeting agendas, maps, and reports about the Municipality of Anchorage Official Streets and Highways Plan	1993
16/23	Helen Nienhueser AMATS-OS.HP Please return	Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study and Official Streets and Highways Plan floppy disk	undated
16/24	Correspondence – OSHP + articles + agendas	Notes, correspondence, meeting agendas, and reports about the Municipality of Anchorage Official Streets and Highways Plan	1995-1996
16/25		Anchorage Long Range Transportation Plan Meeting #10 agenda, notes, and correspondence	2005
16/26		Executive Summary: “Citizens Transportation Plan”	circa 2005
16/27		Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study meeting minutes	1995 September 28
16/28	AMATS	Notes, correspondence, reports, and Anchorage Assembly documents about the Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study	1991-1999
16/29		Notes, correspondence, and reports about the Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study	1996-1997, 2000
16/30		Notes, correspondence, and reports about the Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Long Range Transportation Plan	1991, 1994
16/31		Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Technical Advisory Committee tables and correspondence	1999-2000
16/32	OSHP/OMASH	Notes, correspondence, maps, agendas, minutes, and reports about the Official Streets and Highways Plan and Official Map of Anchorage Streets and Highways	1985, 1993-1996
16/33		Notes, correspondence, reports, and maps about the Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Needs List, Long Range Transportation Plan, and Official Map of Anchorage Streets and Highways	1996
16/34		Notes on changes to the 2001 Transportation Improvement Program	undated
16/35	AMATS 1998	Notes, testimonies, correspondence, reform proposals, and resolutions about the Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study	1997-1998
16/36	AMAS [sic] Background	Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study planning documents, notes, and correspondence	1986-1995
17/1	1994 Testimony / Northern Lights	Testimony and issue documents about Northern Lights Boulevard and the Official Streets and Highways Plan	1993-1994
17/2	Lists Assembly and Community Council Lists	Contact lists for members of the Anchorage Assembly and various community councils	1995-1996
17/3		Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study correspondence and reports	1999
17/4	Anch. Ord. / AO213, AR95-329(s), Cover Sheets	Copies of Anchorage Assembly ordinance 95-213	1995
17/5		Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study Technical Advisory Committee meeting agenda	1997 May 8
17/6		Notes, correspondence, and information packets about the Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Study	1995
17/7	Notes	Notes about the Official Streets and Highways Plan and the Long Range Transportation Plan	1991-1996
17/8		Notes, articles, Assembly meeting agendas, correspondence, and community council comments about the Official Streets and Highways Plan	1991-1994
17/9	Testimony on OSHP	Testimonies, notes, and Anchorage Assembly documents about the Official Streets and Highways Plan and Official Map of Anchorage Streets and Highways	1994-1996
17/10	Transportation White Paper	Papers on transportation planning by Nienhueser	1995, 2002
17/11	Bell Atlantic / RPCC Land Use Com Anch 2020	Notes, comments, and correspondence from the Rogers Park Community Council Land Use Committee	1999-2000
17/12	Rogers Park Community Council	Rogers Park Community Council notes, articles, newsletters, and correspondence about transportation and land use issues	1972, 1996-2002
17/13	RP re transportation / Transportation Rogers Park CC	Rogers Park Community Council notes, newsletters, and correspondence	1995-2000
17/14	Anch. 2020 Plan	Notes, articles, reports, and conference materials about the Anchorage 2020 Plan	1999-2001
17/15	Snowmobiles + ATVs 1970	Notes, articles, testimonies, and correspondence about snowmobile use within Anchorage city limits	1971-1973
17/16	Glenn Highway	Correspondence about the Glenn Highway Corridor Study	1983
17/17	Eagle River waterfall saved for the public by my intervention	Negatives, notes, and articles about access and use of the South Fork Eagle River Falls/Barbara Falls	undated, 1972-1975
17/18	Conservation	Articles, papers, notes, correspondence, and newsletters about conservation with the Alaska Conservation Society, the Sierra Club, and the Mountaineering Club of Alaska	1968-1969
17/19	Environ. Conf/Planning Materials	Notes, reports, and meeting agendas for an environmental conference	circa 1977-1978
17/20	ROW	Correspondence about letters of non-objection to roadways	circa 1970-1976
17/21		Mountaineering Club of Alaska Chugach Park Committee meeting minutes, notes, maps, and correspondence	1971
17/22	New Indicators Committee	Notes, correspondence, and reports about creating new indicators for Alaska’s societal wellbeing	1990-1991
17/23	Alaska-Beringia Expedition July 16-24, 1994 Reading List Alaska Discovery Alaska Conservation Foundation	Notes, reports, photographs, travel documents, and background reading for a trip to Siberia with the Alaska Conservation Foundation [removed from binder]	1994-1995
17/24		Letter from Bob Adler to Helen Nienhueser about Guide to Wetlands Protection in Alaska	1987 July 13
17/25		Correspondence, reports, and notes about the creation of a Point Woronzof Motor Recreation Park	1982-1983
17/26		A Report on Subsistence and the Conservation of the Yupik Life-Style [annotated]	1974
17/27		Correspondence about D-2 lands from David Finkelstein, Sierra Club	1979 May 8-9
17/28		Nienhueser’s statement on the BLM Primary Corridor Plan	1975
OSF2		Four status plat maps	undated
OSF2		3500 Tudor Road Master Plan	undated
OSF2		Capital Improvement Land Acquisition map [annotated]	undated
OSF3		Campbell Tract Study Area Master Plan Map	undated
OSF3		South Coastal Trail Trail News, Potential Routes Identified	2000 January
OSF3		Short List of Trail Routes: South Extension of the Coastal Trail	2000 January 31
OSF3		Anchorage Trail (Bicycle/Winter Running)	1993
OSF3		Chester Creek Trail Connection Study Executive Summary [annotated]	1996 October 30
OSF3		Rand McNally Anchorage city map [annotated]	undated
OSF3		Chugach State Park map [annotated]	undated

Series 9: Alaska Common Ground and Ecological Economics of Alaska papers; 1990-2020. 1.25 cubic feet and 161 MB. This series contains Nienhueser’s papers from her time on the board of Alaska Common Ground and Ecological Economics of Alaska. Nienhueser’s work surrounding the fiscal gap, forums, and Frontier Thinking conferences is particularly well-represented. It includes meeting minutes and agendas, notes, correspondence, reports, conference materials, budgets, letter of incorporation and dissolutions, bylaws, and articles. Folders are in the order in which they arrived at the Archives.

Box/ Folder	Folder label	Description	Dates
17/29		Alaska Common Ground event files, meeting minutes and agendas, and correspondence	circa 2018-2019
17/30	Common Ground	Alaska Common Ground fiscal gap film notes and correspondence	1995
17/31	Common Ground Fiscal Committee	Alaska Common Ground Fiscal Committee correspondence, notes, and reports	1993-1994
17/32		Alaska Common Ground correspondence about Steve Colt	2020 July 24
17/33	Fiscal Project	Alaska Fiscal Project correspondence, notes, and reports	2001-2016
17/34	Fiscal Project	Alaska Common Ground event files, correspondence, and reports	2002
17/35	Fiscal Project	“Hard Choices: Revenue-Raising Options for Alaska” by the Citizens for Tax Justice	2004 April
17/36	Fiscal Project	Article from the Alaska Fiscal Project committee by Nienhueser	2002 March 8
17/37	Fiscal Project	Drafts and correspondence about the report “Who Pays? Dealing with Alaska’s Looming Fiscal Crisis”	2002 November
17/38	Fiscal Project	Center on Budget and Policy Priorities CD of handouts from a Funding State Services conference	2001 December
Server		CD contents
17/39	Fiscal Project / Alaska State Budget	Articles, reports, and Governor Knowles’ budget for fiscal years 2001-2002	1996, 1999-2001
17/40	Fiscal Project	Articles, budgets, and reports about the Alaskan fiscal gap and a special advisory vote about the Permanent Fund	1999
17/41	Fiscal Gap / Fiscal Gap 3/93 ACG Conference	Notes, reports, and correspondence from Alaska Common Ground Fiscal forums and conferences	1992-1993
17/42	Fiscal Gap	Representative Kay Brown’s legislative updates	1996 March 5-28
17/43	Fiscal Gap	Alaska fiscal gap event files and reports	circa 1996
17/44	Fiscal Gap	Articles, notes, correspondence, and reports about the Long Range Financial Planning Commission	1987-1997
17/45	Fiscal Gap	Articles, notes, correspondence, and reports about the Permanent Fund	1993-1997
17/46	Fiscal Gap	“Alaska’s Growing Fiscal Gap: The Preliminary Report of the State of Alaska Long-Range Financial Planning Commission” [annotated]	1995 August 12
17/47	Fiscal Gap	Alaska Common Ground committee and fiscal forum reports and agendas	1996
17/48	Alaska Fiscal Project	Articles, handouts, agendas, and correspondence about the Alaska Fiscal Project and the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities	2000-2001
17/49	Alaska Fiscal Project	Alaska Fiscal Project reports, agendas, notes, and correspondence	2000-2001
17/50	Alaska Fiscal Project	Reports, flyers, and correspondence about Alaskan economy, livable communities, and the Permanent Fund	2000-2002
17/51	Alaska Fiscal Project	Alaska Fiscal Project reports and notes	1995, 2000-2001
17/52	BASICS Project Common Ground	Basic Sectors to Alaska’s Economy and fiscal gap forum reports, notes, budgets, and correspondence	1992-1994
17/53		Alaska Common Ground Fiscal Policy Working Group notes, correspondence, agendas, and reports	1996, 2013-2014
17/54	ACG Issues	Alaska Common Ground correspondence, notes, meeting minutes, reports, and event files on housing and medical care	2017-2018
18/1	ACG	Draft report “An Economic Vision for a Prosperous Alaska”	2004 February 29
18/2	ACG	Partial draft report on Alaskan economy	2004 January 31
18/3		Alaska Common Ground Fiscal Project meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, and reports	2001-2002, 2007-2008
18/4		Articles on centers for budget and public policy	2006-2007
18/5		Presentation and article by Cliff Groh	2002
18/6		Articles, notes, and correspondence about the Alaskan economy and fiscal gap	2002
18/7		Articles, notes, and correspondence about the Alaskan economy and fiscal gap	1999-2002
18/8	Sustainable Development	Redefining Wealth and Progress: New Ways to Measure Economic, Social and Environmental Change [annotated]	circa 1989
18/9	Sustainable Development	“Report of Alaskan Replies for Agenda 21 of Alaska” [annotated] and Ecological Economics of Alaska correspondence	circa 1993
18/10	Sustainable Development	Articles, reading lists, and correspondence about sustainable development	1991-1994, 1996
18/11	Sustainable Development	United Nations Conference on Environment and Development contact lists and business cards	1992
18/12	Sustainable Development / Sustainable Development Conference “In Our Backyard”	Programs, brochures, notes, and reading materials from the Sustainable Development for Alaskan Communities conference	1990 November
18/13	Sustainable Development	Article from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development	1992 June
18/14	Sustainable Development	Reports on sustainable development	1993-1994
18/15	Sustainable Development	Sustainability Discussion Group memos	1993, 1996
18/16	Sustainable Development	“Our Common Future: World Commission on Environment and Development Reconvened” [annotated]	1992
18/17	Sustainable Development	Sustainability for the Last Frontier correspondence	1996, 2003
18/18	Sustainable Development	Notes, articles, and correspondence on sustainable development	1993-1998
18/19	Sustainable Development	Sustainable Future Conference agenda and notes	1999 July 22
18/20	Sustainable Development	Sustainable Development: A Guide to Our Common Future [annotated]	1990
18/21	Reading File February 1993	Articles, reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, and conference planning materials on Ecological Economics of Alaska and sustainable development	1992-1994
18/22		Notes and summaries of the Second Frontier Thinking Conference	1991
18/23		Notes, papers, and correspondence from the Third Frontier Thinking Conference	1992
18/24		Correspondence and papers about the Earth Charter and Agenda 21 for Iowa	1993
18/25	ECO 2	Ecological Economics of Alaska board agendas, articles, reports on the Frontier Thinking Conference, and correspondence	1992
18/26	ECO 2	Second Frontier Thinking Conference notes, registrations, and planning materials	1991
18/27	ECO 2	Ecological Economics of Alaska board agendas and minutes, articles, notes, and Frontier Thinking Conference and World Game planning materials	1990-1991
18/28	ECO 2 / Feb 2-3, 1990 Writer’s Roundtable Alaska Energy/Environment Workshop	Third Frontier Thinking Conference presenter bios and abstracts, evaluation, and financial statements	1992
18/29	ECO 2	Third Frontier Thinking Conference invitations, notes, registrations, and flyers	1992
18/30	ECO 2	Grant proposal to the Alaska Humanities Forum for Frontier Thinking Conference	1992
18/31	ECO 2	Ecological Economics of Alaska board correspondence	1991
18/32	ECO 2	Ecological Economics of Alaska board meeting agendas and minutes, notes, and correspondence	1992-1993
18/33	ECO 2	Ecological Economics of Alaska board meeting agendas and minutes, notes, Frontier Thinking Conference records, and correspondence	1992-1993
18/34	ECO 2	Ecological Economics of Alaska board meeting agendas and minutes, notes, conference planning records, and correspondence	1991,1993-1994
18/35	ECO 2 (current)	Ecological Economics of Alaska correspondence, notes, financial statements, incorporation and dissolution records, and articles	1994-2003
OSF3		“Will Alaska Go Broke? Choices for the Best Future” poster	1996 April 1