These materials provide special insight into an Alaskan pioneer and Territorial Governor whose service and life in Alaska covered seventy-seven years.

The Governor George A. Parks papers include a scrapbook kept by his mother of clippings, articles, etc.; a daily journal for 1916 briefly recording appointments and work for the General Land Office with some personal references; a small file of letters received including letters from three U.S. Presidents, Bishop Crimont, Ben Eielson, and various officials; the Governor's remarks at laying the cornerstone of the present day Capitol building; a history of the Alaska flag; invitations and miscellany including several identification cards when employed by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior.

The photograph collection of about 600 photographs includes nearly 300 photos taken by Mr. Parks in interior and northwestern Alaska in 1911 1914 when he worked for the General Land Office. Other photos of note include an album of 92 photos recording an inspection trip taken by Governor Parks, Malcolm Elliott (Pres., Alaska Road Commission) and R.J. Sommers (Territorial Highway Engineer) in May and June 1928. The trip of 2,500 miles to northern and interior Alaska was the first extensive trip that an Alaskan governor had made by airplane. There are some official photos of cabinet members; also formal and informal views of the 1929 U.S. Navy Alaska Aerial Survey Expedition.