United States Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office : Aerial Views of Alaska Villages, 1972-1977

Collection

Identifier: PCA 252-2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Many of the photographs were taken in 1974 by North Pacific Aerial Survey, Inc. of Anchorage for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and used to document land selection and land claims for the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The villages photographed were organized at the time under the following Alaska Native regional corporations: AHTNA, Inc.; Aleut Corp.; Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Bristol Bay Native Corporation; Calista Corporation; Chugach Alaska Corporation; Cook Inlet Region, Inc.; Doyon, Limited; Koniag, Inc.; NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. An (N) indicates that no native corporation affiliation was known.

Dates

circa 1972-1977

EAD

PCA0252-02

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to research.

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

~1271 Photographic Prints (3 boxes) : ~1,271 black and white photographic images

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition

In 1985, the Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs, Juneau, transferred this series of aerial photographs to the Historical Collections library. They received it over time from the Bureau of Land Management. Acc. # 1985-012.

Related Materials

Other BLM aerial photograph collections include, The Photographic Atlas of Alaskan Communities, PCA 252-1 Oversize.

Processing Information

The folders are arranged alphabetically by the name of the village and then numbered 1-220. The views are not sleeved but are filed in archival folders. Misfiled images were filed correctly, or given a new file if there wasn't one for that location. The collection is stored in archival boxes. There is a finding aid available to the item level. Numbering is PCA 252-2-[folder number]-[item number within folder]

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding Aid for the United States Bureau of Land Management, Alaska State Office : Aerial Views of Alaska Villages, 1972-1977
Status: Completed
Author: Revised by: Staff, Feb. 2004 ; Revised by: Connie Hamann, May 2019 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Connie Hamann, June 2019 ; ArchivesSpace Inventory Added by: Connie Hamann, November 2023; Minor Revisions by: Connie Hamann
Date: 2023 December
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin