Alaska Steamship Co., Steamship Company Publications and Promotional Materials, ca. 1887-[ongoing]
Scope and Contents
This collection includes publications, brochures, travel guides, schedules, newsletters, passenger lists, maps and daily bulletins from the steamship companies traveling to Alaska from the late 1800’s.
Dates
- circa 1887-[ongoing]
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 boxes : Various documents
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection of steamship company publications is ongoing and materials are added as received. Material from accession 2006-49 was donated, in August of 2004, to the Cordova Historical Society. In September of 2004 the items were transferred to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. In 2006 the material was transferred from the Juneau-Douglas City Museum to the Alaska Historical Collections Library. The items in Folder 15 were a gift to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum from Harold Fossum.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some items from the collection have been digitized and are available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives.
Processing Information
Fragile items are sleeved in Mylar. The collection is housed in acid-free storage. Arranged by steamship company and further by genre.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Alaska Steamship Co., Steamship Company Publications and Promotional Materials, ca. 1887-[ongoing]
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by: Staff; Revised by: Mary Anne Slemmons, Sept. 2007; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Dec. 2016; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen
- Date
- 2019 June
- 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