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ADA AND OLIA. Tourist Scrapbook; 1947. .5 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the scrapbook of Texas travel companions Ada and Olia from their automobile trip to Alaska. The collection contains: 142 original black and white prints; 52 black and white and color photo post cards; and 28 small black and white commercial tourist prints. Subjects of the original photographs include: friends and relatives; Black Hills, South Dakota; Fort Peck Dam, Montana; Jasper National Park, Alberta; Alert Bay, Ocean Falls, Vancouver, Victoria, and Big Bend Highway, British Columbia; Ketchikan, Alaska; Cle Elum, Washington; Crater Lake, Oregon; and Catalina Island, California.

ALBERT S. AIKEN (1917-2000). World War II Papers; 1940-1945, 1991. .5 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the World War II era and related papers of fighter pilot Albert S. Aiken. The collection contains: 68 black and white photographs from his scrapbook from service in the Aleutian Islands. Subjects of the photographs include: fellow soldiers, aircraft, landing fields, buildings, and tents. They were taken on Amchitka, Adak, and Cold Bay.

"ALASKA AT WAR" PROJECT. Records; 1941-1987. 5.75 cu. ft. Inventory. Folder level control.
This collection consists of material gathered by Aurora Films for the production of "Alaska at War." Photographs are located in Series 5, which contains 385 prints relating to Adak, Attu, Kiska, Amchitka, Umnak, aircraft, the Alaska Railroad, Aleut Internment, Canadians, Gen. Buckner, the Battle of the Komandorskies, Lend Lease, and various other places in Alaska.

"ALASKA AT WAR" SYMPOSIUM. Records; 1992-1996. 4 cu. ft. Inventory.
This collection contains the records of the international conference on World War II in the Pacific Northwest which was sponsored by the Alaska at War organization, a nonprofit association. Among the records of the meeting are 74 prints and 46 slides dealing with different aspects of the war.

ALASKA BLACK CAUCUS, INC. Records; 1975-1993. 12.45 cu. ft. Inventory.
The records in the collection document the history and operation of the Alaska Black Caucus. There are 52 photographs in Series 10, Photo, Program, and Clipping Albums (1975-1986). In addition, there are 492 prints, negatives, and contact print sheets in Series 14, Visual Materials.

ALASKA CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, INC. Records; 1971-1992. 100 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of records relating to the operation, management, and activities of the Alaska Center for the Environment. Photographs can be found in in various files among several series. Part I, series 5 and 6 contain 147 prints and 102 negatives. Part II, Series 1 to 3, contains 38 prints and 12 negatives. These relate to the activities and interests of the organization.

ALASKA CRIPPLED CHILDRENS ASSOCIATION. Helen Beirne's Files; n.d., 1951-1991. 1 cu. ft. List.
This collection contains Helen Beirne's files relating the to Alaska Crippled Children's Association. Series five contains photographic images of ACCA activities and includes 57 negatives, 20 prints, and 5 slides.

ALASKA FESTIVAL OF MUSIC. Records, 1955-1980. 9.2 cu. ft. Inventory.
This collection consists of administrative and operational records documenting the history of the Alaska Festival of Music. Photographs are located in Series 6, Scrapbooks, and in Series 8, Photographs. The collection contains over 1,000 photographs.

ALASKA HEALTH PROJECT. Records; n.d., 1979-1993. 14 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of the records of the Alaska Health Project and its activities. Among the records, there are 54 prints and slides primarily relating to the organization's activities and to oil spill cleanup work.

ALASKA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Records; 1967-1992. 12 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of records relating to the administration and activities of the Alaska Historical Society. Photographs are located in Series 12 relating to Alaska History articles, and Series 15, Photographs and Slides. The former contains 20 prints and negatives relating to an article in Vol. 11. The latter contains 82 prints, 336 negatives, 13 contact print sheets, and 102 slides primarily relating to the organization's meetings.

ALASKA HOTEL PROPERTIES, INCORPORATED. Records; 1959-1981. 50.25 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of records documenting the history and operation of Alaska Hotel Properties, Inc. and the individual hotels within the corporation. The collection contains 17 prints, 3 transparencies, and 6 slides relating to the Anchorage Travelodge.

ALASKA METHODIST UNIVERSITY. EARTHQUAKE ARCHIVES (Ak. Pac. Univ. Col.). Alaska Earthquake Papers; 1964. .9 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of Alaska Earthquake related materials collected from various sources and individuals by the Alaska Methodist University Library. The collection contains 36 black and white photographs taken by Yule Chaffin and relating to earthquake and tidal wave damage at the city of Kodiak, Afognak Island, and Woody Island.

ALASKA PACIFIC CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. INDEPENDENCE MINE. Records; ca. 1930-1987. 63 cu. ft. Inventory and Series List.
Series 1 of Part III of the records of Alaska Pacific Consolidated Mining Company contains 94 slides depicting the flora in the Independence Mine area. Series 3 of Part III (Historic Files and Photographs acquired from the State of Alaska, Division of Parks) contains over 5,000 photographs, negatives, and slides showing Independence Mine and other mines in the Willow Creek Mining District, mining activities and personnel at Independence Mine, renovation activities, photos taken by miners, and other subjects. Series 4 of Part III contains over 760 negatives from fifteen personal collections belonging to individuals associated with Independence Mine.

ALASKA PRESS WOMEN. Records; 1961-1991. 6.5 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of records concerning the administration, membership, and activities of the Alaska Press Women. Series 10 consists of scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings, brochures, photographs, and other materials concerning the organization and its members. In the various scrapbooks, there are 100 prints relating to members and activities of the organization.

ALASKA REPERTORY THEATRE, INC. Records; 1976-1989. 70 cu. ft. Inventory.
This collection contains records documenting the history and operation of the Alaska Repertory Theatre, Inc. There are seventeen series. Series 15, Photographs, contains over 3600 mounted and unmounted photographs (primarily black and white); these depict productions, casts, production staff, fund raising, tours and other matters and events. Series 16, Show Files, contains over 900 contact print sheets (primarily from 35mm black and white negatives), 23,000 negatives (primarily 35mm black and white film), and 14,000 slides (primarily color). The subjects include cast members, productions, fund raising, community activities, shop work, and set construction.

ALASKA STATE AFL-CIO. Records; n.d., 1943-1988. 2 cu. ft. List.
This collection contains records and files of the Alaska State AFL-CIO. Included in Series 7, Historical files, are 3 photographs. They relate to the Douglas Island Mineworkers Local 109 (1907), and Alaska Labor Union No. 1 (1911).

ALASKA VALUATION SERVICE, INC. Records; 1969-1979. 79 cu. ft. Inventory.
This collection primarily consists of the real estate property evaluation files (approximately 10,000) of Alaska Valuation Services, Inc. for the years 1969-1979. Each file contains the name of the property owner, the address of the property, the property evaluation, floor plans, and in some cases, views (prints and/or negatives) of the property. The collection contains over 10,000 prints or negatives (probably much more). In order to protect the confidentiality of the subjects involved, the department does not maintain a list of property owners or property addresses.

ALASKA WOMEN'S ORAL HISTORY PROJECT. Oral History Tapes and Papers; 1965-1982. 1.7 cu. ft. Published guide; Inventory.
Among the records of the Alaska Women's Oral History Project are about 30 photographs of the subjects of the interviews. They are located in the interview files.

C. EARL ALBRECHT (1905-1997). Papers; 1905-1997. 11 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of papers and publications documenting Dr. C. Earl Albrecht's career in medicine and public health administration, primarily in Alaska. It is divided into nine parts. Part I, Visual Materials, contains 491 prints (b&w, color, postcard); 19 filmstrips consisting of 1441 black and white images; and 49 color slides. Subject matter of the visual materials include the Matanuska Colony, the 183rd Station Hospital at Fort Richardson during World War II, Albrecht's tenure as commissioner of health in Alaska, the University of Alaska Board of Regents, Albrecht's tenures as Assistant Director of the Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction and as Deputy Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, and international circumpolar health meetings.

JOHN W. ALBRIGHT. World War II Photograph Album; ca. 1942-1944. .25 cu. ft.
The collection consists of an album of photographs relating to Eleventh Air Force soldier John W. Albright's service during World War II. The collection includes 330 black and white photographs. Subjects of the photographs include: soldiers and barracks at Drew Field; A cross-country train trip from Florida to Washington through St. Louis, Missouri, and St. Paul, Minnesota; Camp Murray; an Alaskan Defense Command USO show, probably at Camp Murray or Fort Lewis, Washington; soldiers, buildings, a runway, and aircraft at Elmendorf Field on Fort Richardson, including the Eleventh Air Force's NCO club, the Kashim; downtown Anchorage; soldiers, buildings, airfields, aircraft, vehicles, machinery, and scenery at Adak Army Airfield. There are also 44 black and white 4 X 5 copy negatives.

NIKEFOR ALEXAN (b. 1900). Stories and Photograph; 1938, ca. 1957. .1 cu. ft. List.
The collection contains stories by Nikefor Alexan on the history and folklore of the native peoples of the village of Tyonek and the Cook Inlet/Knik Region of Alaska. There is also 1 photograph (b&w) of Simeon Chickalusian, Sixth Chief and Governor of Tyonek, with his wife, dated 1938.

ALLIANCE FOR OPTIONS IN EDUCATION. Records; 1973-1978. 1 cu. ft. Inventory.
The Alliance for Options in Education was a citizens' organization which supported the introduction of a flexible public school system that would offer diverse methods of education delivery at elementary and secondary levels. This collection consists of organization records in an alphabetical subject file. Among the files are 33 color slides which relate to the Chugach Optional School.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN.  ANCHORAGE (ALASKA) BRANCH. Records; 1955-2004. 1 cu. ft.
The scrapbook includes some photographs relating to the Branch's activities.

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION. Claude O’Reilly Convention Scrapbook; September-October, 1941. .4 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the contents of a scrapbook regarding the American Federation of Labor annual convention held in Senator Auditorium in Seattle, Washington. It contains twenty black and white photographs of scenes of convention proceedings, delegates touring the Government Locks in Seattle (October 8), a dinner honoring the A.F.L. Executive Council at the Olympic Hotel (October 6), and a Conference of Teamsters banquet (October 3).

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Alaska-Yukon Expedition Photograph Album; 1936. .25 cu ft. List.
This collection consists of a photograph album of AMNH's Alaska-Yukon Expedition of 1936. The album contains 94 black and white photographs and 56 copy negatives of selected photographs. The subjects of the photographs include the members of the expedition collectively and individually, riverboats on which the party traveled, geologic formations, Anchorage, Dawson, Fairbanks, Palmer, Skagway, the Yukon River, Healy Creek, Thanksgiving Creek, and various individuals encountered along the way.

ANCHORAGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Records; 1946-1984. 7.8 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection contains records relating to the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce (1946-1984). It is divided into ten series. Series 4, Subject file, contains 69 prints and 2 negatives. Series 5, Special Events, contains 5 prints. These relate to the city and to various events.

ANCHORAGE CIVIC OPERA ASSOCIATION. Records; n.d., 1962-1967, 1972- 1984. 8.5 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of the records of the Anchorage Civic Opera Association. Photographs can be found in Part A (Administrative Files), Series 10 (Personnel) which contains 9 prints; Series 11 (Subject Files) which contains 7 prints; Part C (Productions), Series 4 (OPERALASKA), which contains 44 prints relating to two productions; and Part F (Anchorage Lyric Opera Theatre) which includes 6 prints.

ANCHORAGE GARDEN CLUB. Records; n.d., 1942, 1953-2003. 10.5 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of the records and scrapbooks of the Anchorage Garden Club. The scrapbooks and various files contain over 3500 prints relating to and depicting the club's activities.

ANCHORAGE SKI CLUB. Records; 1937-1966. .55 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of records relating to the administration, membership, and activities of the Anchorage Ski Club. Series 6 contains 62 prints relating to the club's ski trips and other activities (1941-1944).

ANCHORAGE SYMPHONY LEAGUE. Records; 1946-1992. 12 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of records of the Anchorage Symphony League as well as records of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Anchorage Chamber Symphony, and the Anchorage Symphony String Quartet. Photographs can be found in Series 2, History, and Series 7, Photographs. The seventeen scrapbooks (Series 2) contain 325 prints which document the history and activities of the Anchorage Symphony League and the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. Series 7 contains 121 prints, negatives, and slides.

ANCHORAGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Records; n.d., 1953, 1959-1988, 1995. 5.2 cu. ft. Inventory.
This collection contains the records of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. Among the various files are 7 prints and 6 slides primarily relating to guest artists.

CLARENCE LEROY ANDREWS (1862-1948). Papers; 1890-1942. 1 cu. ft. 2 reels, microfilm. Inventory.
This collection contains the papers of Clarence L. Andrews, U.S. Customs officer in Alaska, author, and advocate of Eskimo rights. The collection is divided into three parts. The Strong/Quam Acquisition contains 91 original black and white photograph negatives including glass plate negatives. In addition, there are contact prints and copy negatives. They include pictures of Andrews; Eagle and the Forty Mile area; the Arctic, Eskimos, and Kivalina; Sitka and Southeast Alaska; family members; documents relating to the Lomen Reindeer issue; wildflowers and other subjects. The third part of the collection consists of contact prints and negatives copied from 114 glass lantern slides. Included are pictures of natives, their activities, villages, and animals; locations depicted include St. Lawrence Island, St. Michael, and Point Barrow.

ANCHORAGE WATERWAYS COUNCIL. Records; 1979-1991. 1 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of the chronological files of the Anchorage Waterways Council as well as other related materials concerning waterways in Anchorage. Among the organization records are 7 photographs from a 1989 council photo contest display at the Loussac Library.

GENE AND MARIE ANDERSON. Tourist Photographs; 1927. .1 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the original tourist photographs of Gene and Marie Anderson, from their trip to Western Canada and Alaska in 1927. The collection contains 80 black and white prints depicting the couple's trip, including stops in Wrangell, Sitka, Juneau, Atlin, Whitehorse, Dawson, Anchorage, Cantwell, Mt. McKinley National Park, Fairbanks, Circle, Rampart and Fort Yukon.

ANONYMOUS. Yukon Photograph Collection; n.d., 1908. .2 cu. ft. List.
This collection consists of 37 glass plate black and white negatives which depict people and scenes in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Most of the pictures relate to Dawson and its environs. Included are views of the public school, St. Mary's Hospital, Bank of Commerce, D.A.A.A. Building, Agilsie Bridge, Klondike Railroad Bridge, White Pass Stage, the Yukon and Klondike rivers, gold dredges, river ice, various people including Otto Kintz, and several steamboats including the Lightning, Monarch, and Pauline.

ANONYMOUS. Alaska Highway Photographs; ca. 1948. .1 cu. ft.
This collection contains 52 black and white photographs of scenes along the Alaska Highway and other roads in the United States and Canada.

ANONYMOUS. Alaska Tourist Slides; ca. 1967. .1 cu. ft.
This collection contains 160 color slides. Subjects of the slides include: Skagway, Lake Bennett, White Pass and Yukon Railroad, Dead Horse Canyon, Fairbanks, the 1967 Alaska Centennial Exposition gates, the riverboat Discovery of Fairbanks, Klondike, downtown Anchorage, Earthquake Park, Portage Glacier, Mt. McKinley National Park, the Inside Passage, and Vancouver, British Columbia.

ANONYMOUS. Alaska Yukon Photograph Collection; n.d. .1 cu. ft.
This collection contains 27 black and white prints and negatives related to Alaska and the Yukon Territory in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Included are views of miners and mining camps, railroads, vehicles, buildings, and towns. The scenes include Ketchikan, Sitka, Dawson, Fairbanks, Skagway, and Chilkoot Pass.

ANONYMOUS. (Ak. Hist. Soc. Col.). Photograph Collection; n.d. .1 cu. ft.
This collection contains 129 black and white photograph contact prints which primarily depict scenes of interior Alaska (ca. 1900). Included are views of rivers, camps, cabins, dog sled teams, a town (St. Michael), and several steamboats (Aurora, Sunflower, Jennie M. and Research - ?). The collection is accompanied by comments written by Robert DeArmond. The numbers on his list do not exactly coincide with all the photo numbers in the collection.

ANONYMOUS. Photographs of a Trip to Portage and Bonanza Creek Placer Mining Areas; ca. 1911-1914. .1 cu. ft. List.
This collection contains 43 black and white prints and six copy negatives. Locations depicted include: the Inland Passage, Prince William Sound, Cordova Harbor, Fort Liscum (Valdez), Iliamna Bay (Cook Inlet), AC Point, Dutton Ledge, Lake Iliamna, Roadhouse Bay, Lake Clark, Tanalian Point, Portage Creek, and Bonanza Creek (a tributary of the Mulchatna River). Ships depicted include the S.S. Admiral Sampson of the Alaska Pacific Steamship Company, and the wreck of the S. S. Olympia.

ANONYMOUS 75TH COAST ARTILLERY REGIMENT SOLDIER. World War II Photograph Album; n.d., 1942-1944, 1952, 1954. .45 cu. ft.
This collection consists of the photograph album of a soldier stationed at Fort Richardson in Anchorage. The collection contains 416 black and white photographs from the album and 41 copy negatives of selected images. Subjects of the photographs include: family and friends; fellow soldiers at work and recreating ; Fort Richardson; downtown Anchorage; ice in Cook Inlet; the USO in Anchorage; and area scenery.

ANONYMOUS 351st QUARTERMASTER COMPANY SOLDIER; World War II Photograph Album; 1942-1944. .25 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the album of an enlisted soldier who served at Fort Richardson and Fort Ray in Alaska. The album contains 411 black and white prints. Subjects include: quartermaster soldiers; a baseball game played at an Anchorage baseball field; Mount McKinley National Park; buildings at Fort Richardson; soldiers and scenery in and around Fort Ray and Sitka; 351st Quartermaster Company soldiers in formation; softball games; workers at the quartermaster laundry; and the Trading Post at the Matanuska Colony in Palmer.

ANONYMOUS 375TH WEATHER SQUADRON AIRMAN. Photograph Album; 1946, 1948. .25 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the album of an aircraft mechanic who served at Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1948. The album contains 145 black and white prints. Subjects of the photographs include: airmen and aircraft at Ladd Field in Fairbanks; sled dog races, a parade, and a beauty contest during the winter carnival in Fairbanks; a visit to Ladd field from General Major Forslev of Denmark; construction of airfield buildings; airmen and aircraft at Great Falls Air Force Base in Montana; and airmen and aircraft at an airfield in Edmonton, Alberta.

ANONYMOUS 528TH ENGINEERS HEAVY SHOP COMPANY SOLDIER. Photographs; 1948. .1 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the photographs of a soldier who served at Adak in 1948. The collection contains 54 black and white prints. Subjects include: soldiers at the base on Adak Island; the sign for the 528th Engineers Heavy Shop Company and the 36th Engineers Battalion on Adak; the sign for the 97th Ordnance Service Company on Adak; and soldiers at a U. S. Army training base for Company A of the 10th Infantry Regiment.

ANONYMOUS ALASKA TOURIST. Photograph Album; 1952. .2 cu. ft. List.
This collection contains one black and white and 61 Kodacolor prints from an Eastern U.S. woman's group tour to Alaska in late August to mid September 1952. Major subjects of the photographs include the M.S. Chilcotin on the Inland Passage, the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, the Canadian Rockies, Mount Rainier, and Yellowstone National Park.

ANONYMOUS CIVILIAN CONSTRUCTION WORKER. Photograph Album; 1948-1950. .1 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the photograph album of a civilian construction worker who was employed at military sites on Adak, Kodiak, and Afognak Islands in 1948-1949. The collection contains 56 black and white prints and 24 color prints. Subjects include: the construction worker with fellow workers on Adak, Kodiak, and Afognak Islands; heavy equipment, including tractors, graders, snowplows, and other road or airfield building machinery; and island scenery.

ANONYMOUS CORPS OF ENGINEERS SOLDIER. Alaska Highway Construction Photographs; n.d., 1942-1943. .1 cu. ft.
This collection consists of 66 photographs taken by an unknown soldier in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during construction of the Alaska Highway in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. The photographs show construction camps and bridge construction, and equipment used in the construction of the highway. Several of the photographs show the construction of bridges over the Liard River and Nisutlin Bay. There are also 11 black and white 4x5 copy negatives.

ANONYMOUS COAST ARTILLERY SOLDIER. Photographs; n.d., 1941.
The collection consists of the photographs of cook with the 75th Coast Artillery (AA), Battery G, stationed at Fort Richardson during World War II. There are 190 black and white prints and 20 selected copy negatives. Subjects of the photographs include military training, fellow soldiers and cooks, scenery, and U.S. Army buildings and installations. Locations of the photographs include Fort Richardson, Palmer, Wasilla, Seward, and scenes along the Alaska Railroad between Seward and Anchorage.

ANONYMOUS EMARDS CANNERY EMPLOYEE. Photograph Album; 1945. .1 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the album of an Emards Cannery employee.. The album contains: 61 original black and white prints; 7 black and white professional prints of workers and machinery inside Emards Cannery; 4 black and white photo post cards; 18 professional quality black and white prints; and 45 black and white preservation copy negatives of selected images. Subjects include: Emards Cannery and employees; the Fourth of July parade in Downtown Anchorage; Independence Mine; and Mt. McKinley National Park.

ANONYMOUS ENGLISH SPORTSMAN. Photographs; 1912. .1 cu. ft.
The collection consists of ten prints along with 10 presrvation copy negatives of a small party of English sportsmen on a fishing trip aboard the boat Pacific in Southeast Alaska.

ANONYMOUS JAPANESE SAILOR. World War II Photographs and Cigarette Packet; ca. 1942-1945. .1 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the World War II era photographs and cigarette packet of a Japanese sailor who served in the Aleutians. The collection contains 19 black and white prints. Eleven of the prints are snapshots of Japanese soldiers on an Aleutian Island (Attu or Kiska) during winter.

ANONYMOUS KENAI PENINSULA TOURIST AND SPORTSMAN. Photograph Album; 1948. .25 cu. ft. List.The collection consists of the album of an anonymous tourist and sportsman. The album contains 153 black and white prints. Subjects include: the Alaska Steamship Company docks in Seattle; the S.S. Baranof on its voyage from Seattle to Seward via the Inside Passage and Prince William Sound; Ketchikan; Columbia Glacier; Seward; the Kenai Highway; Hentons' Kenai Lodge on the Kenai River; wildlife ; the Alaska Railroad between Seward and Anchorage; Anchorage; and sled dogs in a dog lot.

ANONYMOUS NAVY SEABEE. World War II Photograph Album; n.d., 1936, 1939, 1941-1944. .2 cu. ft. List.
The collection consists of the World War II era photograph album of a Seabee stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, in 1943. It contains 73 black and white and 20 color-tinted photographs, along with 4 copy negatives. Subjects of the photographs include: fellow sailors; Kodiak Island scenery; U.S. Navy Seabees post cards; Alaska post cards; an Alaska tourist photo set; and family and friends before and during the war.

ANONYMOUS OHIO FAMILY. Alaska and Glacier National Park Tourist Photograph Album; June-July 1914. .1 cu. ft. List.
The collection consists of a tourist photograph album of an Ohio (?) family trip to Coastal British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, and Glacier National Park, Montana. The collection contains 41 black and white prints. Subjects of the photographs include tent camping; Alert Bay and Port Simpson, British Columbia; Wrangell, Alaska; Glacier National Park; and two men recreating in Cleveland, Ohio.

ANONYMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER. Alaska Photograph Album; 1958-1959, 1963. .2 cu. ft. List.
The collection consists of the album of a photographer who lived in or visited Alaska in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The collection contains 134 original color prints. Subjects include: Downtown Anchorage; the Seward Highway; Russian Orthodox churches in Kenai; Cook Inlet; Nome; Kotzebue; Ketchikan; Wrangell; Petersburg; Sitka; Juneau; Talkeetna;  Mt. McKinley; and Fairbanks.

ANONYMOUS SOUTHEAST ALASKA TOURIST. Photograph Album; ca. 1935. .1 cu. ft. List.
The collection consists of an album of photographs collected by a tourist on a visit to Southeast Alaska and Oregon. The collection includes 83 black and white prints and 26 conservation negatives of selected prints. The photographs are primarily from commercially produced sets and include images of Juneau, Skagway, Wrangell, Sitka, Haines, Ketchikan, Chilkoot Pass, White Pass, and Taku Glacier.

ANONYMOUS S.S. NORTH SEA ALASKA CRUISE SHIP PASSENGER. Tourist Photograph Album; 1939. .2 cu. ft.
The collection consists of an album containing commercial tourist photographs compiled by a tourist who took a steamship cruise to Southeast Alaska. The collection contains: 177 black and white tourist prints; 40 color tourist prints; one back and white print of a steamship in port at Sitka; a black and white photo portrait of a young woman taken by Morton Studio of Providence, Rhode Island; and a small photo portrait of two men and two women.

ANONYMOUS UNITED STATES ARMY SOLDIER. United States Army Arctic Indoctrination School Photographs; n.d., 1950-1952. .1 cu ft.
The collection consists of 50 black and white prints. Forty-eight are Signal Corps photos of training at the school at Big Delta. Two are are personal photos taken of four different soldiers at Camp Bullis, some of whom were members of the Chemical Section, 301st Logistical Command. There are also selected copy negatives of 35 images.

ANONYMOUS U. S. COAST GUARD WOMEN'S RESERVIST. World War II Photographs; 1944-1945. .1 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the photographs of a member of the U. S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve stationed at Ketchikan in 1944-1945. The collection contains 56 black and white prints. Most are of the women reservists and male coast guard members at their quarters and recreating near Ketchikan.

ANONYMOUS U.S. NAVY SEAMAN. World War II Photograph Album; 1942-1944, 1950. .2 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the album of a United States Navy seaman stationed at Dutch Harbor. The collection contains: 53 original black and white prints and one color print from the album; 23 Alaska tourist prints from the album, primarily of Unalaska and Dutch Harbor; 58 loose original black and white prints; and 2 original 35mm negatives. Subjects of the photographs include: family and friends, fellow soldiers, and buildings and scenery around Dutch Harbor and Amaknak Island.

ANONYMOUS UNITED STATES SAILOR. Adak Naval Station Photograph Album; 1952. .1 cu. ft.
This collection consists of a photograph album created by a sailor stationed in the Radio City section of the United States Naval Station, Adak Island. Included in the collection are 103 black and white photo prints depicting sailors, women, buildings, and scenery. The collection also contains a description of the flora and fauna present on and around Adak, and a copy of the Adak Daily Sun, Official Kodak Bear Supplement, (March 1952), and a xerographic copy of the album.

ANONYMOUS UNITED STATES AIRMAN. Slides; 1966-1967, 1974. .2 cu. ft.
This collection consists of 400 different 35mm color photographic slides taken by a U.S. Air Force non-commissioned officer during his tours of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967), and Alaska (1974). The first 200 slides are from Vietnam. The last 200 slides are of Alaska, including the Cold Bay Air Force Site, Elmendorf Air Force Base, and Anchorage.

THE ARC OF ANCHORAGE, INC. (ARCA). Records; 1957-2001. 10.7 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of organizational records of The Arc of Anchorage. It is divided into 20 series. Series 18, Photographs and Slides, contains 2,170 prints (b&w, color), 2169 negatives (b&w, color), and 361 color slides. Subjects include programs, events, buildings, staff, volunteers, clients, and activities.

WALTER N. ARGABRIGHT. Photograph Album; 1944-1945, 1953-1954. .25 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the personal photograph album of an Alaska Air Depot employee. The collection contains 394 black and white photographs and 21 selected copy negatives. Locations include: Fort Richardson; Elmendorf Field; the Mountain View Store in Anchorage; the U.S.O. building in Anchorage; the ski jump on Ship Creek; the Glenn and Seward highways; the Eklutna cemetery; and the Matanuska Valley. Subjects include Walter Argabright and coworkers at Fort Richardson; aircraft and hangars at Elmendorf Field ; hunting and fishing; wildlife; and miscellaneous Alaska scenery (unidentified).

CHARLES W. ARVIDSON (1898-1972). Canol Pipeline Construction Photograph Album and Additional Photographs; 1943-1947. .2 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the photograph album of Charles W. Arvidson, a construction worker on the Canol Pipeline project, plus additional loose photographs. The collection contains 46 black and white photographic prints from the album; 28 copy negatives; and 55 additional loose black and white prints. Subjects from the album include construction camps along the Canol Road, welding crews working on the pipeline, a crew erecting telegraph poles, and area scenery. Subjects of the loose photographs include: Canol Pipeline and other construction sites; Anchorage; and the Matanuska Valley.

JOHN ASPLUND. Papers; 1958-1972. 2.5 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of the papers of Anchorage political figure, John Asplund. Photographs can be found in Series 3; these include 8 photos of Asplund, Jack Roderick, and the Anchorage sewer construction project.

JOHN P. BAGOY (1922-2005). Cemetery Grave Papers; 1916-2003. .7 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of a local historian's papers relating to the identification and marking of grave sites at the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, and some family and local historical papers. The collection includes original, copy prints, and paper copies of 57 black and white and color photographs. Subjects include: The Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, the John B. and Marie Bagoy Family, Dowtown Anchorage, the Alaska Railroad, and the Curry Hotel.

JOHN E. BAKER. Papers; 1910-1925. .25 cu. ft. Item list.
Among the papers of attorney, John E. Baker, are 42 black and white photographs. These are of family members, friends, buildings, and other subjects.

ALFRED AND MAE BAKKEN (1911-1997, b. 1915). Color Slides and Memorabilia; n.d., 1964-1970, 1974, 1977. .35 cu. ft. List.
The collection consists of the color slides and other Alaska memorabilia of former Fairbanks residents, Alfred and Mae Bakken. The collection contains: 786 color slides (35mm); five black and white prints of the aurora borealis, and mounted bears and native artifacts from the University of Alaska Museum; and one black and white and five color photo post cards. Subjects of the slides include: the Minto Winter Carnival (1966), the Fairbanks Flood (1967), the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous (1968), the Eskimo Museum in Fairbanks, the Eskimo Olympics in Fairbanks, the University of Alaska Museum in College, Banff National Park, Alberta (1977), the Alaska Highway, the North American Championship Sled Dog Races, Fairbanks Golden Days Parades, the Susitna Lodge (1970), the Alaska Earthquake in Anchorage (1964), the Alaska Centennial Exposition in Fairbanks (1967), Valdez, Haines, and the Inside Passage.

THEODORE PAUL BANK, II (1923-1981). Papers; n.d., 1901, 1917-1980. 11.9 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of records relating to Ted Bank's activities as an anthropologist and explorer. Included among his papers are almost 10,000 black and white and color photographs and negatives relating to family and associates, various Alaskan expeditions (1948-1978), the Ainu people and Japan, travel in other countries, and other subjects.

BANKER FAMILY. Color Slides; n.d., 1961-1976. .35 cu. ft. List.
The collection consists of the personal and travel slides of a family that lived in Fairbanks. The collection contains 542 color 35mm slides, both original and commercial travel images. Subjects of the slides include: the family house, wood cutting, dogs, and the University of Alaska; the Trans-Alaska Pipeline; old Alaskan cabins; Mount McKinley National Park; rafting on the Nenana River; sunrises, sunsets and rainbows; Valdez and the Richardson Highway; Columbia Glacier; the Nenana Ice Festival; a trip on the Alaska Railroad from Fairbanks to Nenana; Big Lake; the Steese Highway; Rika's Roadhouse; Sitka; Portage Glacier; Juneau; and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

CHESTER E. BARR. Scrapbook; 1942-1944. .2 cu. ft.
This collection consists of a scrapbook of clippings and photographs relating to Chester Barr's service in the U.S. Army, 131st Signal Radio Intelligence Company. The scrapbook, assembled by Barr's mother, includes 34 photographs of Barr and his Army co-workers, local buildings, and scenery. Also included in the collection are 22 copy negatives of selected photographs.

NEIL RISSER BASSETT (1928-1990). Papers; 1940-1991. 23.5 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection primarily consists of papers which Neil Bassett accumulated during his career with the Bureau of Land Management. There are 24 black and white and color photographs in Part 1 (Personal papers), Series 2. They primarily relate to family, to his career, and to lands matters. Also, there 8 press photos from the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.

NORMAN AND EDNA BASSETT (d. 1957 and 1973). Alaska Trip Photographs; n.d., 1927, 1930, 1932. .1 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of Norman and Edna Bassett's 59 (black and white) personal and tourist photographs. They were taken and collected on their trip to Alaska aboard the S.S. Dorothy Alexander, and on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad in 1932. Subjects of the photographs include Mendenhall Glacier, Taku Glacier, Juneau, Skagway, Haines, Sitka, Ketckikan, the S.S. Dorothy Alexander, and views from the White Pass and Yukon Railroad.

CHARLES V. BAXTER (Ak. Hist. Soc. Col.). Canol Pipeline Papers; n.d., 1943-1945. .35 cu. ft. List.
The collection consists of the papers and photographs of pipeline superintendent Charles V. Baxter. The collection contains: 185 black and white prints; and 5 black and white and 10 color tourist photo post cards. Subjects include: winter and summer conditions along the Canol Pipeline right-of-way during construction, and men and a rotary plow clearing snow from the tracks of the White Pass and Yukon Route Railway.

THOMAS W. BENHAM (d. 1914). Photographs; ca. 1880-1890. .65 cu. ft. List.
This collection consists of 73 photographs primarily relating to Alaska and to the U. S. Revenue Cutter Service once owned by Thomas W. Benham, an officer in the U. S. Revenue Marine. The collection is divided into photographs of individuals, ships and boats, and places. The individuals include officers who served on the Revenue Cutters Corwin, Rush, and Bear; passengers on the Corwin in 1885; and natives. The pictures of ships and boats include the cutters, and native kayaks and oomiaks. The places include Bogoslov Island, Icy Cape, King Island, Point Barrow, Point Hope, Port Clarence, St. Paul's Island, Siberia, Unalaska, and Wrangell. There is also a set of copy negatives and contact prints of the photos.

JOHN CARROLL BENTON. World War II Papers and Photograph Album; 1930-1949. .45 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of the papers and photograph album of a coastal artillery officer stationed near Sitka. The collection contains 311 black and white photographs from the album and 26 copy negatives of selected images. Locations where the photographs were taken include: Camp McQuaide, California (1940), Camp Callan, California (1941); Fort Ray, Fort Rousseau, and Sitka in Alaska (1941-1943); Kirby gun emplacement and dam; Kruzoff Island; St. Lazaria Island; Biorka Island; and Sound Island.

MIRIAM E. BERGER. World War II Scrapbook; 1943-1944. .2 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the contents of the World War II era scrapbook of a woman who served in the U.S. Army Airp Corps in Alaska. The collection contains eight black and white prints of Miriam Berger and her friends Evelyn Baker and Dorthea Trench in Anchorage.

AL E. BEYER. Tourist Photograph Album and Papers; 1994. .25 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the album and related papers of California motorcycle tourist Al E. Beyer. The album contains 254 color prints. Subjects include scenery, wildlife, motels, lodges, and various tourist attractions on his trip from California to Alaska and return.

EDWARD M. BIDDLE. Tourist Photograph Album; 1913. .4 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the Glacier National Park and Southeast Alaska album of Pennsylvania tourist Edward M. Biddle. The album contains 192 black and white prints.

HERMAN AUGUST FRANK BINSCHUS. Application and Permit to Enter Alaska; 1943. .1 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the application Mr. Binschus filed with the Western Defense Command Alaska Travel Control for permission to enter Alaska. The application includes a photograph of Mr. Binschus.

B. BLACK. Photograph Album; 1944-1945. .25 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the photograph album of Miss B. Black, who apparently worked for the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) in Anchorage. The collection contains 227 black and white prints, and 27 selected copy negatives. Subjects include: B. Black and friends (snapshots and portraits); scenes along the Glenn and Steese highways, and the Alaska Railroad; Anchorage area scenes; a CAA party held at the Idle Hour Country Club in Spenard on October 13, 1944; CAA office scenes; and snow skiing and ice fishing scenes.

BLACK ARTS ASSOCIATION. Records; 1972-1980. 3 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection contains records documenting the history and operation of the Black Arts Association. It is divided into six series. Series 6, Photographs, contains 213 prints, 23 contact prints, and 428 negatives. The photographs contain views of various members, events, and productions of the organization.

RUTH E. BLANCHARD (1910-2004). Color Travel Slides; 1971, 1975. .2 cu. ft. List.
The collection consists of the original slides of a retired librarian who visited Alaska and Western Canada. The collection contains 495 color 35mm slides. The slides from 1971 are of subjects in Fairbanks and Anchorage. The slides from 1975 include subjects in Anchorage, Mount McKinley National Park, Fairbanks, Delta Junction, Dawson City, Whitehorse, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Vancouver, and Victoria.

WALTER BLUE (1909-1990). Papers; 1869-1975. 2.3 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of records gathered by Blue during the course of his activities as Army command historian for Alaska, and as a history professor at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Series 6, Photographs, contains 107 prints and 11 negatives (b&w) relating to the history of the military in Alaska, various posts, and the U. S. Army Signal Corps.

WILLIAM K. BOARDMAN (1915-1993). Papers; ca. 1940-1985. 19.2 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection consists of personal and business papers of Alaska businessman and legislator, William Boardman. There are three series: Personal and Political Papers; Insurance Papers; and duplicate Papers. Among the personal papers in Sereis 1 are 491 prints and negatives primarily relating to Boardman's political activities.

GLENN H. BOWERSOX. Photographs and Papers; 1931-1939, 1941, 1954, 1990, 2004, 2005. .4 cu. ft. Photograph List.
The collection consists of the photographs and papers of a radio operator and purser who served on the motor ships Boxer and North Star in the 1930s. The collection contains: 158 black and white and two color photographs. Subjects of the photographs include: Bowersox and fellow officers and crew of the Boxer and North Star, the ships' passengers and visitors, coastal Alaska Native peoples, villages and towns, the trading schooner C.S. Holmes, and a large snowmobile used on Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic Expedition of 1939 to 1941.

WILLARD L. BOWMAN (1919-1975). Papers; 1952-1979. 1.8 cu. ft. Inventory.
This collection consists of personal papers (primarily political) of Willard L. Bowman and copies of records from the Alaska State Commission on Human Rights relating to his term as Director. Among his personal papers, Series E, Photographs, contains 34 photos relating to an EEO conference, his successful campaign for the Alaska State House of Representatives, and miscellaneous subjects.

JOHN JAMES BRENNAN (1935-1999). Papers; 1919-1987. 2.3 cu. ft. Inventory. The collection consists of the papers of an Alaskan geologist and Anchorage native. The collection contains: 944 black and white prints; 85 color prints; and 645 color 35mm slides. Subjects of the photographs and slides include: Brennan, his family and friends in Anchorage and Fort Worth Texas; the Alaska Railroad; vacations; Brennan's dogs; and hunting in Alaska.

WILSON W. BRINE. Papers; 1919-1926, 1938. .5 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection primarily consists of the diaries, letters, and photos of Wilson W. Brine while serving as Clerk of the St. Michael Board of the U.S. Steamboat Inspection Service. They concern his life in Washington and his trips through Alaska. There is also a xerographic copy of Wilson W. Brine's photograph album from his Alaskan trips, as well as 464 photographic prints and negatives reproduced from the album. The photographs depict ships, Alaskan towns and villages, and scenery.

GEORGE K. "STEVE" BRODIE (b. 1907). Papers; 1934, 1938 - 1941. .3 cu. ft. Inventory.
This collection contains papers relating to "Steve" Brodie's service on Kodiak Island (1938) and other aspects of his naval career. The collection contains 66 prints and 76 negatives. About half of the 66 prints relate generally to Alaska while most of the remainder are of warships involved in the U. S. Navy maneuvers in the Pacific in 1934. The negatives include construction scenes in Alaska in 1938 and naval vessels during the maneuvers in 1934. Also, there are copy prints and negatives.

BROOKS RANGE TRUST. Records; 1972-1982. 1.5 cu. ft. Inventory.
The collection contains the records of the Brooks Range Trust which was established in 1972 from the estate of mountaineer, Hans van der Laan. Series One contains 98 slides relating to a trip through the "Gates of the Arctic" taken by Hans van der Laan (1969) and 1 photo of that outdoorsman .

DAVID K. BROWN. Photographs and Papers; 1942-1981, 2002. .2 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the photos and papers of a U. S. Goverment engineer. It contains four original black and white prints; 18 black and white and one color copy prints; and two photo CDs. Subjects of the original prints include Portage Glacier and two different Kuskokwim River Alaska Native families. The copy prints include views of Portage Lake and Portage Glacier, and men, buildings, and machinery involved in building the Whittier Tunnel from 1942. A Bethel Hospital case study also includes three black and white prints of hospital construction , and two color prints of the completed hospital.

ARTHUR F. BUDDINGTON (1890-1980) (Ak. Pac. Univ. Col.). Southeast Alaska Photographs; 1920-1925. .25 cu. ft. List.
The collection consists of the Southeast Alaska photographs of geologist Arthur F. Buddington. The collection contains 420 black and white prints from three original photograph albums. The photographs document mountains, glaciers, islands, valleys, rivers, creeks and other geological features in the Wrangell, Sitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg and Hyder districts. There are also images showing members of the U. S. Geological Survey team and their boat, the Beilby.

BENEDICT J. BURVAINIS (1918-1999). World War II Photographs and Papers; 1939-1945, 1958. .25 cu. ft.
The collection consists of the World War II era photographs and papers of a Transportation Corps soldier. The collection contains 254 black and white photographs, 13 photo post cards, and 14 black and white negatives. 174 of the photographs and 6 of the negatives, concern Burvainis's military service. Subjects of these photographs include; the 16th Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Myer, Virginia, and Massena, New York (1939-1940); Camp Papago in Phoenix, Arizona (1942); and Adak Army Air Field (1944-1945). 79 of the photographs and 8 of the negatives, concern Burvainis's home life, his wife Lenora, and his children, relatives, and friends.

DOYLE AND GLORIA BUSHMAN. Alaska Earthquake Papers; 1964, 2000. .2 cu. ft. Slide List.
The collection consists of the Alaska Earthquake related papers of Anchorage residents Doyle and Gloria Bushman. The collection contains 80 color 35mm slide of earthquake damage in Anchorage, the Seward Highway, and Seward.

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