This collection documents health programs in Alaska from Territorial days including efforts of the Alaska Department of Health, U.S. Indian Services, and U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Doctors, nurses, public health commissioners, village health centers, marine hospitals, tuberculosis control, and rural health providers and resources are depicted in the photographs. Individuals are identified (names given) on photographs numbered 543 to 666. The collection contains approximately 50 colored slides. The collection also contains 2 boxes (13 folders) of unsorted duplicate and/or unprocessed photographs, negatives and slides. Various photographers are represented in the collection, including photos taken by Dr. Philip H. Moore, orthopedist.

Box 3 is an addition to PCA 143 and consists of photographs and negatives from the Department of Health and Social Services and portrays the department’s work in Seward and Mt. Edgecombe. Some of the photograph envelopes are stamped J. Malcolm Greany, Alaska Photographic Laboratory. There are twelve folders of items, many of which are duplicates. The 12 folders of photographs and negatives are from the years 1948 through 1951 and feature health department programs in nutrition, tuberculosis, diphtheria and vocational training.