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Judith Person Alaska Postcard Collection, ca. 1909

 Collection
Identifier: PCA 425-25

Scope and Contents

Mostly black and white photographs of Fort Liscum, and Valdez, Alaska, printed on postcard stock. Also some colorized postcards of Alaska life and peoples, including one of the old Log Cabin Church, Juneau, Alaska. They are from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Seattle 1909, F.H. Nowell, photographer.

Dates

  • circa 1909

EAD

PCA0425-25

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.

Historical Note

From the donor’s (Judith Person) correspondence: The postcards in this collection belonged to the donor’s great grandmother. They had originally been sent by her uncle Edward Rowley while he was in the army in Alaska around the turn of the century.

Extent

1 folders : 38 black and white and colorized photographic postcards

Language of Materials

English

Acquisition

The collection was donated by Judith Person to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections and is accessioned as 1991-018.

Processing Information

This collection has been described at the item level. All items have been placed in Mylar and into a pH-neutral folder.

Title
Judith Person Alaska Postcard Collection, ca. 1909
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by: Ken Nail, Jr. Revised by: Alea Oien, March 2009 and Anastasia Tarmann, 2011. ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Freya Anderson, July 2019. Inventory added by: Jacki Swearingen
Date
2022 February
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository

Contact:
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)