Jim Wright Photograph Collection, late 1930s – early 1940s

Collection

Identifier: PCA 180

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The photographs were identified by Lee McAnerney, Juneau, who lived in Seward. The pictures were taken of Seward, Resurrection Bay, Kenai Lake, Seward to Anchorage Highway, Richardson Highway, Gulkana and other places in the Kenai Peninsula area in the late 1930s or early 1940s. A few are identified as being taken by the Glacier Photo Service (Harry Johnson) in Seward and by Sylvia’s (Sylvia Sexton) Photo Finishing in Seward. All of the pictures are 5"x7" and commercially processed.

Dates

Late 1930s – early 1940s

EAD

PCA0180

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

2 folders : 111 black and white photographs

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wright of Dunsmuir, California, purchased the album containing the pictures at a sale in California. Their cousin, Bob Hakeala [Hakala], of Juneau, Alaska, recognized that the photographs were of the Seward area as well as other areas of Alaska. The Wrights agreed to donate the photographs to the State Library Photograph Collection. Accession number 1981-002.

Processing Information

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

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding Aid for the Jim Wright Photograph Collection, late 1930s – early 1940s
Status: Completed
Author: Processed by: Staff ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen, May 2019 ; Inventory added by: Jacki Swearingen
Date: 2021 October
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin