Alaska Postcards, ca. 1940s-1960s

Collection

Identifier: PCA 525-19

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains commercial postcards of various places and subjects around the state of Alaska such as Haines, Taku Inlet, Taku Glacier, Inside Passage, Lynn Canal, Denali, Chilkat Valley, Colombia Glacier, Dog sleds, Malamutes, Reindeer, Kodiak bears, Arctic Native girls, Mendenhall Glacier, Ketchikan, Princess Louise, Skagway, Juneau at night, Mt. Eccles. Three postcards have handwritten notes. Full personal names on postcards are: Mrs. Edwin Pollengil, Mrs. J. Traziser (?) in Rockwood Michigan.

Dates

circa 1940s -1960s

EAD

PCA0525-19

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.

Extent

1 folders : 11 black and white photo postcards ; 28 Colorized photo or illustrated postcards

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

The collection was donated by the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan by the Collections Curator, Paige A. Edwards, to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections August 3, 2009. The collection is accessioned as 2009-39.

Processing Information

This collection has been described at the item level. All items have been placed in mylar and into a pH-neutral folder.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding Aid for Alaska Postcards, ca. 1940s-1960s
Status: Completed
Author: Processed by: Anastasia Tarmann, Oct. 2009 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Ginny Jacobs, May 2019 ; Inventory added by: Jacki Swearingen
Date: 2021 December
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin