Alaska State Library – Historical Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents

Six lantern slides, some hand tinted, depicting a cruise on the steamer Queen in Glacier Bay, Alaska.

Dates

Circa 1890

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.

Historical Note

The Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s Queen was one of the first tourist ships to cruise Southeast Alaska, ca. 1890. The photographer is not known, possibly F. Jay Haynes.

Extent

1 boxes (1 folder ; 1 box ) : Prints from lantern slides ; 6 glass lantern slides

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The slides were donated by Jim Mackovjak. Acc. # 2010-21.

Processing Information

The collection is described at an item level. Slides were photographed and rehoused in archival sleeves.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Glacier Bay Lantern Slides
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed by: Jim Simard, June 2015. Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, January 2016. ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Freya Anderson
Date: 2019 July
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English