Judith Person Alaska Postcard Collection, ca. 1909
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
PCA0425-25Conditions 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
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov