The original, printed guide, "A Guide to the Alaska Packers Association Records and to the APA Library,” was prepared by Ellen Greenberg March, 1972, who also established the original series, I through VII.

In July of 1983, Phyllis DeMuth and Michael Sullivan prepared and published "A Guide to the Alaska Packers Association Records 1891-1970 in the Alaska Historical Library." It incorporated the first guide and described a large accession acquired in 1982, with cross-references to the selection of records copied on microfiche and microfilm. Series I through VI were kept in place at the beginning of MS 9. Series VII was comprised of 6 books and text. All but one item (now Box 124) in Series VII were removed from MS 9, and Alaska-related items were added to the Historical Collections text collection.

The current collection guide was scanned from the printed guide and includes accessions since 1982, with cross-references to records copied on microfilm and microfiche.

See also: microfiche APA 1 – 720 for boxes 22, 41, 42, 74-76, 82-86, 94-106, 119-120. These fiche include personnel records on APA 388-423 without paper copies. (Fiche located in white binders in the Research Center and in a box on the shelf at the beginning of MS 9.)

See also: microfilm at MFMS 30, Reels 1-10, for boxes 1-(17).