U.S. Alaska Engineering Commission Photograph Collection, 1916-1919
Content Description
This collection includes views of Anchorage, public and private buildings, construction activities, facilities and equipment of the Alaska Railroad, then identified as Alaska Engineering Commission Railway. Official photographers for the Commission include: P.S. Hunt, H. G. Kaiser, A. J. Johnson and S. Laurence. The collection also includes views by The Sydney Laurence Co. and E. A. Hegg.
Dates
- 1916-1919
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
The Alaska Engineering Commission (AEC) was created by President Woodrow Wilson in the Alaska Railroad Act (38 Stat. 305), March 12, 1914, to supervise construction of Alaska’s railways. The AEC went under the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1915. When construction was complete and the railroad began operating in 1923, the AEC became the Alaska Railroad Commission, redesignated The Alaska Railroad.
Extent
180 Photographic Prints (180 photographs)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 006-025, 029-031, 068, 083, 118, 120, 140, 167, 179-180
Processing Information
Copy prints (8x10 inch) were made from the purchased negatives and sleeved in Mylar. An item-level inventory is available.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the U.S. Alaska Engineering Commission Photograph Collection, 1916-1919
- 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