United States Forest Service Photograph Collection, 1915-1976
Content Description
This collection of slides and photographs includes views and groups of views arranged under the photographer's name and shows particular forest/area locations at specified times. Images include forestry activity, logging, pulp mills, fox farming, Healy coal fields, villages, national forests and other Alaskan subjects and landscapes. Thirty-eight photographers (USFS personnel) are included; others images were taken by unidentified photographers.
Dates
- 1915-1976
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available for viewing, however, the photographs may not be photocopied.
Extent
380 Photographic Prints (380 photographs)
42 Photographic Slides (42 slides)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: (01-) 02-04, 12-12a, 25-31; (02-) 02; (03-) 02-04; (12-) 01; (17-) 01; (19-) 01; (26-) 02, 05, 09, 12, 31; (30-) 1; (31-) 05, 15, 21, 24-26, 29-30; (34-) 11; (36-) 05, 17
Processing Information
Images are numbers and sleeved in Mylar. The collection is arranged, generally, by photographer. An item-level inventory was created. Some of the citations supplied by the U.S. Forest Service also contain historical information.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the United States Forest Service Photograph Collection, 1915-1976
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Staff; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Melissa Scriven, April 2019
- Date
- 2019 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov