Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

Eadweard Muybridge photographs with Views of Southeast Alaska, Tlingit Indians, and British Columbia, 1868-1869.

Juneau, Alaska, Federal and Territorial Building Construction Collection, 1929-1930. This collection contains photographs, backed with linen, of the exterior of the Juneau, Alaska, Territorial/Capitol Building throughout the construction period. Accompanying documents include invitations for bids and construction contract.

Tells the history of the Salvation Army in Alaska.

Partial contents: Excerpts from Gentle Eagle by Commissioner Alfred Gilliard.

The photographs were taken by Lee Lucas who worked with Robert Fleek at the Supply Quonset in Juneau. Lucas previously had worked as a professional photographer for Ordway and Lu-Eck. Photos include buildings, personnel, aircraft, aerials, and activities at the Naknek Air Base in 1944. According to Fleek, Naknek Air Base is now King Salmon.

Aleutian Islands, Pribilofs, Ft. Yukon, and Sitka, ca. 1867-1900

Includes handwritten account and typescript.

This collection contains 96 negative images that illustrate Mr. Nekoranec’s living conditions while stationed in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Of the 96 negatives in this collection, 41 have been scanned and a computer-generated print has been made of each of these. Subjects include: soldiers, locations, construction, animals, airplanes, cemetery, church, Alaska Natives.

Exxon Valdez Papers, 1987-1990. Guides and documents accompanying the 104 Video Recordings (AV 025) related to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, 1989-1991, documented by the State of Alaska Governor’s Office. The guides are descriptions of the 335 VHS tapes and 2,018 slides located in the Alaska State Archives, Record Group 348 Series 612.