Iñupiaq men in qayaqs, Noatak, Alaska, circa 1929. Edward S. Curtis Collection, Library of Congress Digital Collections.
Crossing the Chilkoot Pass, circa 1898. Courtesy Candy Waugaman and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
The Gold Rush boomtown of Nome on the Seward Peninsula, 1900. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.
Walter W. Johnson on a dogmobile trip from Shelton to Nome Alaska, 1912. UAF-1980-68-243, John Zug Photo Album, University of Alaska Fairbanks Archives.
The Archives of the Alaska Historical Society are housed in the Archives and Special Collections Department, University of Alaska Anchorage/Alaska Pacific University Consortium Library. The AHS Archive includes material about the history of the organization, as well as a variety of material related to the general history of Alaska. For example: photographs from Alaska trips by F. W. A. Poppe, John T. Smith, and Archie Templeton; original and copied papers of Alfred P. Swineford, an early governor of Alaska; and photographic materials by or relating to C. E. Claypool, Ida Copley, Courait, J. Ferguson, C. Gilpatrick, the Kalifornsky Family, Loman and Hanford, the McKeown Family, Ann and Robert Mounteer, Otto Schallerer, and C. M. Thurston. There are also groupings of miscellaneous original and copied photographs, clippings, and publications. The AHS Archive is available to the public for research purposes.
Interested in Donating Items?
We are always looking for new donations to the Alaska Historical Society Archive. If you have photos, papers, clippings, or publications that you would like to donate, please contact the Alaska Historical Society
P.O. Box 100299, Anchorage AK 99510-0299
(907) 276-1596, members@alaskahistoricalsociety.org, or the Archives and Special Collections Department, University of Alaska Anchorage/Alaska Pacific University Consortium Library at 3211 Providence Drive,
Anchorage, AK 99508 (907) 786-1849, http://consortiumlibrary.org/archives.
Or you can donate photos or papers to any of these major archives in Alaska or to your local historical society:
Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 310 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6808 (907) 474-2791
Email: UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu Website: http://library.uaf.edu/apr
Alaska State Library—Alaska Historical Collections, Mailing Address: PO Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571. Physical Address: Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building, 2nd floor, 395 Whittier St. Juneau, AK 99801 (907) 465-2920
Email: asl.historical@alaska.gov Website: https://library.alaska.gov/hist/hist.html
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, 625 C St, Anchorage, Alaska 99501 (907) 929-9200
Email: museum@AnchorageMuseum.org Website: www.anchoragemuseum.org
If you have objects or artifacts relating to Alaska history that you would like to donate, we suggest you contact:
University of Alaska Museum of the North at P.O. Box 756960, Fairbanks, AK 99775 (907) 474-7505
Email: museum@uaf.edu Website: http://www.uaf.edu/museum
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center at 625 C St, Anchorage, Alaska 99501 (907) 929-9200
Email: museum@AnchorageMuseum.org Website: www.anchoragemuseum.org
Alaska State Museum, Mailing Address: P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571. Physical Address: Andrew P. Kashevaroff (APK) Building, 395 Whittier Street, Juneau AK 99801 (907) 465-2901
Website: https://museums.alaska.gov/
