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Alaska Native Organizations Photograph Collection, 1912-[Ongoing]

 Collection
Identifier: PCA 33

Alaska Native Organizations. Photographs. ASL-PCA-33

Content Description

The individual and group portraits in this collection represent a span of years from 1912-1996 and include the 1912 founding fathers of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood (ANB, ANS). The photographs portray the wide scope of interests and activities of the Alaska Native organizations. A history of these organizations is included in the collection. Two 1996 portrait panoramas of Native dancers was added to this collection in 2017.

Dates

  • 1912-1996
  • Majority of material found within 1912-[Ongoing]

EAD

PCA0033

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. For a reproduction of image #46 the patron needs to contact the Archives and Collections Manager at Sealaska Heritage Institute.

Extent

4 folders : 46 photoprints, most black and white

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

The provenance for items 1-43 is unknown. Portrait panoramas 44 and 45 were transferred from the Swinomish Tribal Archive, LaConner, Washington, to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections on June 13, 2017. In Feb. 2020, Chuck Smythe, History and Culture Director at Sealaska Heritage Institute, gave us permission to add photograph #46.

Existence and Location of Copies

Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 01-02, 04-06, 11, 19, 22, 25-26, 28, 30-35, 38-43

Processing Information

This collection has been described at the item level. The photographs have been placed in Mylar, all items placed into pH-neutral folders, and then into an archival box.

Digital Material

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid for the Alaska Native Organizations Photograph Collection, 1912-[Ongoing]
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by: Staff ; Revised by: Gladi Kulp, May 2004 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Feb. 2018 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Feb. 2020 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Ginny Jacobs, May 2019 ; Inventory Entered by: Connie Hamann
Date
2020 September
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

External Documents

Repository Details

Repository Details

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

https://library.alaska.gov/hist/
Contact:
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)