“Uncle Matt’s” Photograph Album, ca. 1940s
Scope and Contents
The collection includes photographs of the Fairbanks and Nenana areas, Eskimos, Will Rogers-Wiley Post plane wreck, Mary Hansen's Siberian dog team, bears, and Army camps for road building. Also included are photographs of bridges in Alaska, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon. There are a number of photographs related to the Canol Road & Pipeline Project during the period of its construction from 1943 to 1945. The Canol photographs include images of various geographic features, construction camps, heavy equipment, and bridges.
Dates
- circa 1940s
EAD
PCA0416Conditions Governing Access
The photographs may be viewed, however, the images may not be photocopied.
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
The album may have been put together by “Uncle Matt,” who is mentioned in poems, written by Paul Miller Daskum, on the front and back covers of the album. No other information is available about the creator of the collection. Rumor has it that the photos belonged to Leonhard Seppala but, according to Jean Trainor, that is probably not the case.
Extent
1 boxes (1 photograph album, 1 folder) : 133 black and white photographs
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
The Alaska State Museum donated the collection to the Alaska State Library in December 2000. The album was originally donated to the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum, Nome, by Jean Trainor of Fairbanks. (Acc. No. 2000-77).
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: #38
Processing Information
The photographs in the album were numbered. Inter-leaving was placed between the album pages. Loose photographs were housed in Mylar and placed in an acid free folder. An item level inventory is available. Two photographs of Leonhard Seppala were removed from the album and retained at the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the “Uncle Matt’s” Photograph Album, ca. 1940s
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Gladi Kulp, Jan. 2001 ; Inventory by: Sandy Johnston, 2017 ; Revised by: Jacki Swearingen, Feb. 2018 ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Jacki Swearingen, July 2019 ; Inventory added by Jacki Swearingen
- Date
- 2021 November
- 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