alaska & polar regions collections

Wenger Eskimo Database

Written literature about Inuit/Eskimo peoples. Contains nearly 200 titles—primarily books and journal articles. Best used with Internet Explorer.

Rare Maps (Meeting of Frontiers)

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This selection of maps provides basic coverage of the mapping of Alaska, from the early voyages of discovery through the sale of Russian America to the United States and the gold rush.

Photographs of Alaska Women

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Selection of documents is of indigenous and pioneer women of Alaska in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Butler Brothers Gold Rush

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Online ablum that documents the adventures of Walter P. and William Butler during the gold rush.

A Life of Service: The papers of Elmer E. Rasmuson

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The papers of Elmer E. Rasmuson provide an unparalleled look at the early economic history of modern Alaska as well as a record of an influential pioneer family.

Alaska's Digital Archives

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A wealth of historical photographs, albums, oral histories, moving images, maps, documents, physical objects, and other materials from libraries, museums and archives throughout our state.

Alaska & Polar Regions Collections

APR Research Room materials include archives, historical manuscripts, historical photographs, rare books and maps, oral histories, and archival films on many subjects including: Russian-America, expeditions, politics, commerce, anthropology, etc.


Find Alaska & Polar Regions materials:

  • Goldmine--for books, rare books & maps, oral histories, archival film, and most manuscript collections.
  • Alaska Polar Periodical Index--for periodical and newspaper articles.
  • Alaska's Digital Archives--to view selected historical photographs, archival film, oral histories, rare maps, historical documents, and museum objects.
  • StarArchives--for more detailed descriptions of manuscript and archival collections.
  • Project Jukebox--for oral histories presented in a multimedia exhibit.
  • Visit the Research Room (Research Room Hours) for more ways to find historical Alaska material.
  • Contact us at 907-474-2791 or email fyapr@uaf.edu.

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Guide To Collections: The Catholic Church In Alaska

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The Alaskan Shepherd. Fairbanks, AK: Diocese of Northern Alaska. Newsletter. Holdings: 1970 (vol. 8, no. 2)-present. Located in Alaska Periodicals.

Alaska Shepherd Photograph Collection, 1930s. 1 lin. ft. (460 photographs). Images of King Island ( Alaska), residents of the island, and Eskimo life and culture. Photographs attributed to Bernard R. Hubbard, S. J. Reprints of original photographs owned by the Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks.

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