Old Witch Pole Installation and Dedication State Office Building, Juneau, 1977

Collection

Identifier: PCA 23

Staff Only

Alaska's Digital Archives : Old Witch Pole Installation and Dedication State Office Building, Juneau, 1977. ASL-PCA-023

Scope and Contents

Photographs that record the installation and dedication of the Old Witch Pole in the State Office Building eighth-floor grand court

Dates

1977

EAD

PCA0023

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Historical

These photographs record the installation and dedication of the Old Witch Pole in the eighth-floor grand court of the State Office Building in Juneau. The totem is believed to be 100 years old and was originally standing in the old Haida village of Sukkwan.

The totem was purchased by Dr. Robert Simpson of Juneau and later became the property of the City of Juneau and was placed beside the Juneau Memorial Library. When the State Museum was given the totem, a decision was made to give it needed restoration, a project which took a year to complete. The installation of the totem in the State Office Building was completed on March 12, 1977 with dedication ceremonies taking place on April 29, 1977. Views 1-4 were taken by Rick Kiefer and the rest of the views were taken by Larry Stevens. Views 16-46 are black and white; the others are in color.

The carver was Dwight Wallace, a Haida Indian [Andrea Bell, 4/21/03]

Extent

54 Photographic Prints : black and white, color

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Copies

Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 01-16, 18-53 Digitized photographs not available via Alaska's Digital Archives: 17

Digital Material

Alaska's Digital Archives : Old Witch Pole Installation and Dedication State Office Building, Juneau, 1977. ASL-PCA-023

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Old Witch Pole Installation and Dedication State Office Building, Juneau, 1977
Status: In Progress
Author: Revised: 4/22/03 Gladi Kulp ; Revised: 5/2012 Jacki Swearingen ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston 2019 June ; Inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2020 April
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English