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Arthur L. Agren Photograph Collection, ca.1906 - 1932

 Collection
Identifier: PCA 35

Content Description

Views include Alaska Packer's Association canneries and personnel, A.P.A. cannery buildings, workers, vessels. Collection also includes scenics from Kvichak, Unamak, Seward, Kodiak, Chignik. Kogsung, Nushagak, Uyak, Bristol Bay, Seldovia, Port Graham, Cook Inlet and Naknek. Many of the photos were taken by photographers John E. Thwaites and F.N. Nowell.

Dates

  • circa 1906 - 1932

EAD

PCA0035

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for viewing; however, the photographs may not be photocopied.

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 / Historical

Arthur L. Agren was a storekeeper for the Alaska Packer's Company in the Bering Sea.

Extent

1 boxes : 212 photographs

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Copies

Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska’s Digital Archives: 003, 009, 040, 048, 057, 159, 162-164, 190

Processing Information

The photographs were numbered by staff and housed in mylar. A few photographs have descriptions written on the back. 3 additional photos were processed and added to the collection by S. Lanksbury on 03/21/2006. John Branson, of Lake Clark National Park Service, submitted additions and corrections in October of 2006; note of this has been added to those photographs’ descriptions.

Title
Finding Aid for the Arthur L. Agren Photograph Collection, ca.1906 - 1932
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by: Staff ; Revised by: S. Lanksbury March 21, 2006 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Ginny Jacobs, May 2, 2019 ; Inventory Added by: Connie Hamann
Date
2020 October
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:
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Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
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