Alaska State Library – Historical Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents

Documents, clippings, articles, and first draft of The Story of the Alaska Communication System, 1900-1943.

Partial contents: --The eighteenth engineers regiment (combat) in Yukon Territory, 1942-1943 by Fred Rust, --History of the western defense command, v. 1, --Aleutian naval operation, Mar. 42-Feb. 43 (from Japanese monograph, No. 88), --History of the eleventh fighter squadron activation [Jan. 1941] through 31 December 1943, --Sources of information about World War II in Alaska and the debris left behind.

Dates

1867-1985

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to research.

Conditions Governing Use

Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.

Extent

2 boxes ; 0.63 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

Provenance unknown. Material located while researching the history of the U.S. Army in Alaska.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding Aid for the Military in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, 1867-1985
Status: In Progress
Author: ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen
Date: 2021 May
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin