Alaska Digitization Project
In order to make NARA’s holdings from the former Alaska Region more broadly available to the public, we are digitizing the most in-demand records.
The National Archives began this process by requesting input from stakeholders, including the public, on which records should be prioritized for digitization. In 2014, NARA combined this feedback with historical reference activity, access restrictions that prevent public release (including the existence of Personally Identifiable Information), and preservation concerns to create the first digitization priority list.
Beginning in 2017, the National Archives focused the list to the most popular records based on what records had been requested in 2015 and 2016. During this period, NARA also received specific input from the Alaska Department of Transportation, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Newly identified access restrictions also prevent NARA from digitizing some of the records from the original list.
Digitization Process and Updates
As Alaska records are digitized and made available via the National Archives Catalog, we will update the list below with links to the scanned images. Where digitization is listed as upcoming, links go to the corresponding Catalog series description which provides background information on the records in that series. All series from the former Alaska Region can be viewed in the National Archives Catalog regardless of their digitization status
In addition to NARA digitization, our partners at FamilySearch have also digitized over four hundred thousand pages from Alaska and made these available via their website.
See the list of Alaska records digitized by FamilySearch
Recently Digitized
Records of the Bureau of Land Management, 1685 – 2006 (RG 049)
Bureau of Indian Affairs (RG 075)
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Alaska Resupply Program Logbooks [North Star & Boxer], 1925-1960
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Reindeer Service: Correspondence Relating to Reindeer Herds in Alaska, 1911-1960
National Park Service (RG 079)
Federal Highway Administration (RG 406)
Enhanced Discovery
NARA has added additional metadata to some high-interest records that cannot be systematically digitized. This additional metadata supports improved discovery of the material in the National Archives Catalog. A limited number of digital images from these records may be added over time.
Bureau of Indian Affairs (RG 075)
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Tlingit-Haida Tribal Enrollments, 1890-1976 (searchable by name)
Records of the Bureau of Public Roads, 1892 - 1972 (RG 030)
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Drawings, 1922 - 1958 (searchable by location)
Upcoming
Office of the Secretary of the Interior (RG 048)
Bureau of Land Management (RG 049)
Bureau of Indian Affairs (RG 075)
Naval Districts & Shore Establishments (RG 181)
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Dutch Harbor Central Subject Files, 1946-1947 [includes information about the 1942 Japanese attack on Dutch Harbor]
Donated material from the Anchorage Museum that was transferred to the National Archives in 2010
Digitized in 2020
Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1999 (RG 075)
Digitized in 2019
National Park Service (RG 079)
Digitized in 2018
Army Air Forces (RG 018)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (RG 022)
U.S. Coast Guard (RG 026)
Weather Bureau (RG 027)
Bureau of Public Roads (RG 030)
Bureau of Indian Affairs (RG 075)
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Reindeer Service: Administrative Correspondence, 1934 - 1953
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Reindeer Service: Annual Reports of Reindeer Herds, 1908 - 1932
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Reindeer Service: Correspondence of Lawrence J. Palmer, 1920 - 194
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Reindeer Service: Correspondence Relating to Reindeer Meat, 1937 - 1943
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Reindeer Service: Correspondence Relating to Sales, 1934 - 1953
Forest Service (RG 095)
Naval Districts & Shore Establishments (RG 181)
Federal Highway Administration (RG 406)
Digitized in 2017
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (RG 022)
Bureau of Indian Affairs (RG 075)
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Village Census Rolls, 1935-1972) [Due to PII concerns, material from this series will be released 75 years from the date of the record.]
Digitized in 2016
National Park Service (RG 079)
U.S. Geological Survey (RG 057)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (RG 022)
Federal Aviation Administration (RG 237)
Bureau of Indian Affairs (RG 075)
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Village Census Rolls, 1935-1972 [Due to PII concerns, material from this series will be released 75 years from the date of the record.]
Indian Arts & Crafts Board (RG 435)
U.S. Geological Survey (RG 057)
Digitized in 2015
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (RG 022)
U.S. Coast Guard (RG 026)
Army Corps of Engineers (RG 077)
Department of the Treasury (RG 056)