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drawing, 1893. RG 26

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U.S. mail crew, Moose Pass, Kenai Winter Trail, 1923. RG 30 Standard Oil Co. station and Russian Orthodox Church, Kodiak, 1925. RG 30 Cover from hearing on the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Cordova, 1989, ane
illustration “What if Valdez, Alaska were Cape Cod?” RG 22


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drawing, 1893
Collection, Donated Materials Group

Totem pole, Sitka National Historical Park, 1939. RG 95

1 Me~2- On Henai Winter Trail.

Students entering Chignik School, Chignik, 1925. RG 75

U.S. mail crew, Moose Pass, Kenai Winter Trail, 1923. RG 30


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of fur seal skins ready for shipment, St. Paul, Pribiiof

1947

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Pacific Pacific
Alaska Alaska
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Anchorage Anchorage

654 West Third Avenue

654 West Third Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99501-2145

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The Regional Archives at NARA’s

Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage) is:

@ Part of the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA), the Federal agency that, by
law, preserves and provides access to permanently
valuable, noncurrent Federal records with historical,
legal, or fiscal value.

One of 14 NARA facilities where the public has
access to Federal archival records.

A depository and center for research in historical
records from Federal agencies and courts in Alaska.

@ Acenter for genealogical research.

@ A sponsor of programs that educate the public about
archives, history, genealogy, and related subjects.

@ A partner with colleges and universities, historical and
genealogical societies, museums, and other archives.

@ A host for school groups and others who want to
learn more about archives.

@ A national resource in a local setting.
We have:

@ More than 18,000 cubic feet of historical records
dating from the 1880s to the 1980s, with some
coverage as early as 1867. Among these records are
textual documents, photographs, maps, and
architectural drawings created or received by nearly
60 Federal agencies, including Federal courts.

We serve:

Ml Anyone who needs historical information created or
received by the Federal Government —historians,
genealogists, lawyers, scholars, students, Government
officials, environmentalists, veterans, and others
substantiating individual rights and claims.

Our records are:

TM@ Unique evidence of the impact of Federal policies and
programs, especially from 1867 when the United
States purchased the vast area known as “Seward’s
Folly,” to 1959 when Alaska became a State.

1 Diverse in content, covering the American period in
Alaska, including —commerce-based natural resources
such as fish, fur seals, and fox farming; environmental

issues such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill; the growth of
the Federal court system; U.S. relations with Alaska
Natives; and World War II and its aftermath.

i Filled with names of notable people, places, and
events, among them—the Aleuts, Athabascans,
Eskimos, Tlingit-Haidas, and other Alaska Natives;
missionaries Sheldon Jackson and Father William
Duncan; the Pribilof Islands, Matanuska Colony,
National Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Tongass National
Forest, and the Yukon River; the Alaska Highway,
Alaska Railroad, and Alaska Reindeer Service; the
Bureau of Indian Affairs supply ship North Star, and
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

If you plan to do research
in original records:

® Call before visiting to assure that records are
available — 907-271-2441.

@ Bring identification such as a driver's license,
passport, or student ID so that we can issue
you a researcher's card.

@ Plan on leaving your personal belongings in a
locker. Laptop computers are permitted.

Our microfilm holdings are:

@ Of genealogical local interest — Federal population
censuses for all States, 1790-1930; censuses of
Alaska Native villages; naturalizations; records of the
Alaska Railroad, the Russian-American Company,
and the district and territorial governor of Alaska,
1884-1958; and townsite deeds and
deed books.

@ Of general historical interest — Territorial papers; the
Mathew Brady Collection of Civil War photographs;
exploration of North America by Lewis and Clark,
Zebulon Pike, and the U.S. Geological Survey;
records of the Freedmen’s Bureau and others related
to African Americans; German records captured at the
end of World War II; records of U.S. diplomatic
missions, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, the
Government's administration of Indian affairs, and
the U.S. Supreme Court; and documentation of the
Axis Powers’ looting of assets, 1933-45.

If you plan to do microfilm or
genealogy research:

i Expect to use our self-service microfilm research
room with the aid of volunteers and staff.

@ You may need to visit more than once, since genealogical
research is time-consuming.

Prepare for your visit by reviewing our web site:

i Our home page ~ www.archives.gov/facilities/ak/
anchorage.html

TM@ NARA home page ~ www.archives.gov

@ Basics for researchers ~ www.archives.gov/research_room/

 NARA-wide guide to archival holdings ~
www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/

 NARA-wide guide to microfilm holdings ~ www.archives.
gov/research_room/alic/research_tools/search_microfilm_~
catalog.html

We welcome your inquiries:

Wi Aderess:, NARA’s Pacific Alaska Region
654 West Third Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501-2145
E-mail: alaska.archives@nara.gov
Phone: 907-271-2441 Fax: 907-271-2442

We welcome your visit:

MW Weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

One Saturday a month, usually the first.
Call to confirm Saturday hours.

Ml Closed Sundays and Federal holidays.

We are located:

In downtown Anchorage on West Third Avenue
between F and G streets.

@ Accessible by all municipal buses that stop at the
Anchorage Transit Center, 6th Avenue and G Street,
three blocks south of the archives.

If you need photocopies:

@ For a fee, our staff will make or arrange for copies of
records and provide certified copies for legal use.

ll For a fee, you can make paper copies from microfilm
using a self-service reader-printer.

We encourage you to volunteer:

To assist genealogical researchers.

1 To work on archival preservation and other
historical records projects.


The National Archives and
Records Administration

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