The Law of the Land Project Files
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of the project files for the book entitled The Law of the Land: A History of the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Law in Alaska by Stephen Haycox (1998). The project files include the transcripts of interviews of many of Alaska’s past Attorneys General. The files also include major issues and legal entanglements during each Attorney General’s term, History Project Committee meeting minutes and activities, Native Law working group information, and newspaper articles.
The history of the Office of the Attorney General and Department of Law was a project of the Department of Law of the State of Alaska and was to coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the Alaska Bar Association. The resulting book focuses on important events of the Attorney General’s term and contains some professional background on the Attorneys General themselves.
Dates
- circa 1958-1998
- Publication: 1998
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.
Biographical Note
Professor Stephen Haycox teaches Alaska History, History of the American West, and American Environmental History at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He is an American cultural historian, focusing his work on how the notion of frontier has shaped American thinking. Dr. Haycox has published widely in professional journals and in popular publications. His articles on the history of the Alaska Native Brotherhood led to his appearance in the award-winning PBS documentary on Alaska Native land claims, “The Land is Ours,” produced in 1996. In 2003 Professor Haycox was chosen Alaska Historian of the Year by Alaska Historical Society. He has often worked with Anchorage School District teachers, and has traveled throughout the state.
Extent
4 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
The project files for the book entitled The Law of the Land: A History of the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Law in Alaska by Stephen Haycox were donated by Bruce Botelho in April 2001. Accession # 2001-32.
Processing Information
Duplicate materials were removed and discarded. The remaining folders were housed in archival boxes.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Law of the Land Project Files
- Subtitle
- by Haycox, Stephen W.
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Kay Shelton, Apr. 2001 ; Updated by: Jacki Swearingen, Oct. 2012 ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Connie Hamann
- 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
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov