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Alaska Steamship Co., Steamship Company Publications and Promotional Materials, ca. 1887-[ongoing]

 Collection
Identifier: MS 68

Scope and Contents

This collection includes publications, brochures, travel guides, schedules, newsletters, passenger lists, maps and daily bulletins from the steamship companies traveling to Alaska from the late 1800’s.

Dates

  • circa 1887-[ongoing]

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

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

Extent

2 boxes : Various documents

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection of steamship company publications is ongoing and materials are added as received. Material from accession 2006-49 was donated, in August of 2004, to the Cordova Historical Society. In September of 2004 the items were transferred to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. In 2006 the material was transferred from the Juneau-Douglas City Museum to the Alaska Historical Collections Library. The items in Folder 15 were a gift to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum from Harold Fossum.

Existence and Location of Copies

Some items from the collection have been digitized and are available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives.

Related Materials

Other steamship publications can be found in MS 101, MS 102 and a collection of steamship menus may be found in MS 61.

Processing Information

Fragile items are sleeved in Mylar. The collection is housed in acid-free storage. Arranged by steamship company and further by genre.

Title
Finding Aid for the Alaska Steamship Co., Steamship Company Publications and Promotional Materials, ca. 1887-[ongoing]
Status
In Progress
Author
Processed by: Staff; Revised by: Mary Anne Slemmons, Sept. 2007; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Dec. 2016; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen
Date
2019 June
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository

Contact:
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)