Historical manuscripts are original documents including diaries, business records, personal papers, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. These cover both the Russian-American (before 1867) and United States periods of Alaska history, with most materials from the 1880s to the present. Major topics include: politics, religions, aviation, mining, engineering, science, biography, mountaineering, and glaciology.

Find Historical Manuscript Collections:

• StarArchives--descriptions of manuscript and archival collections.
• Northwest Digital Archives--for full descriptions (finding aids) of some of our larger manuscript and archival collections.
• Alaska's Digital Archives--to view historical photographs, archival film, oral histories, rare maps, historical documents, and museum objects.
• Visit the Research Room (Research Room Hours) to view the collections or for help locating collections.
• Contact us at 907-474-2791 or email fyapr@uaf.edu.