Alaska Territorial Governors Photograph Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photographs of Strong, Bone and Gruening, 3 of the 15 Alaska Territorial governors listed as follows.
Dates
- 1884-1958
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available for viewing; however, the photographs may not be photocopied.
Conditions Governing Use
Requests to reproduce from the collection should be discussed with the librarian.
Historical
Before territorial status was conferred on Alaska, Aug. 24, 1912, it came under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Treasury Dept. and the U.S. Navy, respectively. As a territory, Alaska governors were appointed by the incumbent U.S. president and they tended to be of the same political party. Strong, the first governor, was Canadian. Gruening served the longest time in office. [From: Alaska Almanac, 24th ed., Rosanne Pagano, ed., c. 2000, and Alaska’s Heritage, by Jo Antonson, Wm. Hanable, c. 1992.]
Extent
26 Photographic Prints
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Alaska Historical Library may have created the collection, as no provenance exists.
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: (1-)2; (2-)6; (3-)1
Processing Information
The images are sleeved in Mylar and stored in archival housing.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Alaska Territorial Governors Photograph Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Revised: 4/2/2004, 3/2/2011 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston
- 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