{"id":189,"date":"2013-03-08T14:59:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T23:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/?p=189"},"modified":"2019-04-04T15:58:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:58:29","slug":"where-can-you-find-old-photos-of-earthquake-damage-listen-to-informania-monday-at-9am-or-thursday-at-5pm-on-krua-88-1fm-to-find-out-from-arlene-schmuland-head-of-archives-and-special-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consortiumlibrary.org\/blogs\/dmole\/2013\/03\/08\/where-can-you-find-old-photos-of-earthquake-damage-listen-to-informania-monday-at-9am-or-thursday-at-5pm-on-krua-88-1fm-to-find-out-from-arlene-schmuland-head-of-archives-and-special-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Where can you find old photos of earthquake damage? Listen to Informania, Monday at 9am or Thursday at 5pm, on KRUA, 88.1FM to find out from Arlene Schmuland, Head of Archives and Special Collections."},"content":{"rendered":"

During this week’s Informania interview, Arlene Schmuland, Head of Archives and Special Collections<\/a> (ASC)\u00a0at the Consortium Library talked about the Archives collection of photos, diaries, letters, film, artifacts, and\u00a0University of Alaska Anchorage\u00a0and Alaska Pacific University (APU) theses and dissertations\u00a0housed at the Consortium Library.\u00a0 Photographs,\u00a0historic papers and film\u00a0are\u00a0preserved in special boxes\u00a0to\u00a0prevent light damage, and\u00a0placed in a special vault to environmentally support the longevity of these\u00a0items\u00a0through\u00a0constant,\u00a0facilities-regulated temperature and humidity.<\/p>\n

The UAA and APU theses and dissertations are\u00a0browsable as a complete historic collection in Archives.\u00a0 By next year, UAA theses and dissertations will only be submitted and available electronically.\u00a0 UAA and APU students, staff and faculty\u00a0can search\u00a0dissertations\/theses\u00a0through\u00a0Proquest Dissertations and Theses Full Text<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where is the Archives and Special Collections Department, and how can you access their collection?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Archives and Special Collections is on the third floor of the Consortium Library, in Room 305, basically across the hall from the entrance to the elevators. Their hours are 10am-4pm, Monday through Friday, or by appointment.\u00a0\u00a0You can reach Archives faculty\u00a0by\u00a0phone at\u00a0907-786-1849, or\u00a0by email<\/a>.\u00a0 You can find their mailing address and\u00a0other information\u00a0at\u00a0Location, Hours and Reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Can the community view\u00a0Alaskan\u00a0archival resources online?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many historical images, texts and moving pictures are available online.\u00a0\u00a0The Alaska Digital Archives<\/a>, which includes more than 60,000 images (pictures, scans of\u00a0texts (letters, diaries, etc.),\u00a0maps,\u00a0and moving images)\u00a0from Alaskan history.\u00a0 It originated\u00a0with contributions from the Alaska State Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the University of Alaska Anchorage scanning images and documents with a focus on Alaska Native History and Culture, and Alaska’s Movement to Statehood.\u00a0 You can\u00a0find images of\u00a0the Alaskan Gold Rush and the development of the Alaskan Highway in this database as part of the movement to statehood.<\/p>\n

What is the current project in Archives?\u00a0 A 1964 Earthquake Portal<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently, Arlene is overseeing a special grant-funded project in the Archives and Special Collections Department that will benefit those interested in exploring Alaska’s 1964 earthquake.\u00a0 As part of this project,\u00a0a librarian in Archives\u00a0is busy at work\u00a0scanning and\u00a0creating\u00a0meta-data (identifying, searchable descriptions of what or who is included in\u00a0the old photographs or documents being scanned) so that these images and documents can be found and accessed online.\u00a0 This online earthquake portal<\/a> is expected to “go live” in about a month (April 2013?).\u00a0 The goal\u00a0is to create this resource in time for the 50th anniversary of the 1964 earthquake in 2014.\u00a0 Thank you to the Alaska State Library grant and to\u00a0the Archives and Special Collections\u00a0team for providing this access!<\/p>\n

Alaskan historical donations, any one?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arlene emphasized the fact that they are open to all historical collections of photos and papers from Alaskan history.\u00a0 In addition to simply being old family photos or videos\u00a0to\u00a0you, they can be resources that capture\u00a0important moments in Alaskan history.\u00a0 For example, a woman who donated a film collection to Archives, realized that it included an image of the\u00a0End of the Road<\/strong> sign on the Seward Highway that was posted by Girdwood.\u00a0 That image hadn’t been available in the Archives and Special Collections before receiving this contribution.\u00a0 Do you have an old box of photos that present a part of Alaskan history?<\/p>\n

Who uses Archives?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The national and international community contact Archives regularly.\u00a0 With the growing number of Alaskan reality TV shows, Archives is called upon more frequently for historic images, film footage,\u00a0and information.\u00a0 Also, researchers looking for pictures of ancestors sometimes find them in Archives.\u00a0 Community members\u00a0often\u00a0discover items in the Archives collection\u00a0while searching Google.\u00a0 The\u00a0Archive’s finding aids (descriptions)\u00a0of\u00a0the donated collections\u00a0of historic pictures and documents are\u00a0searchable using\u00a0Google.\u00a0 One man was able to find\u00a0pictures of his grandfather from World War II thanks to the detail in the description of a photo collection donated to the Consortium Library’s Archives and Special Collections.<\/p>\n

The Archives and Special Collections Department additionally serves students and other university researchers.\u00a0 Arlene will\u00a0check the schedule of upcoming course offerings, and contact appropriate\u00a0professors to alert them of resources that may support their curriculum, or\u00a0tell them about resources that may engage their students\u00a0in primary\u00a0source research.\u00a0\u00a0One example of students using Archives for their assignment included students\u00a0finding and comparing\u00a0pictures of the Portage Glacier taken during many different years, to demonstrate\u00a0how the glacier is receeding.<\/p>\n

What about film and artifacts?<\/strong><\/p>\n

On occasion, Archives will receive donations that include artifacts (things).\u00a0 For example, they have an old dog sled that they keep on display.\u00a0 They also have a turning signal from a car that was crushed during the Alaska earthquake.\u00a0 The majority of artifacts that they receive are referred to a museum, since that facility would more likely have the space and conditions for storing artifacts.<\/p>\n

The Archives includes some historic film footage\u00a0provided\u00a0through donations, but a larger historic video\u00a0collection\u00a0is available at the Consortium Library\u00a0thanks to their\u00a0neighbor, the Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association<\/a> (AMIPA).\u00a0 AMIPA is located on the third floor, within the doors of the Archives and Special Collections Department.\u00a0\u00a0Videos in their collection\u00a0include, but are not limited to, historic Iditerod race footage, copies of Jay Hammond’s Alaska, and film footage from old UAA classes.<\/p>\n

What songs were played on Informania?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Information<\/strong> by Dredg was played at the beginning of this radio show, and Photograph<\/strong> by Nickelback was played at the end.<\/p>\n

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