Alaska Records
Alaska Records Digitization Project
In order to make NARA's Alaska records more broadly available to the public, we are digitizing the most in-demand records.
The National Archives requested input from stakeholders and the public on those records that should be digitized first. In 2014, NARA combined this feedback with historical reference activity, access restrictions, and preservation issues to create a digitization list for 2015 and 2016.
For the 2017-2018 project list, the National Archives combined the public's initial input with a list of Alaska records requested in 2015 to 2016 and narrowed the list to the most popular records. NARA also received specific input from the Alaska Department of Transportation, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
This digitization list has shifted as we made the determination that access issues prevented us from digitizing some of the promised records. Work on various series was halted and on others began ahead of schedule. Additionally, new series were added based on interest.
Digitization in 2017/2018
COMPLETED
- Alaska Village Census 1966-68 (National Archives Identifier: 2655229)
- Records of the Life-saving Stations (Nome), 1902-1941 (National Archives Identifier: 297164)
- Meteorological Observation Reports, 1881-1924 (National Archives Identifier: 783087)
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RG22 Correspondence Relating to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1957 - 1962 (National Archives Identifier: 1656099)
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RG30 Directives Files, 1929 - 1957 (National Archives Identifier: 604740)
- RG75 Financial Ledgers, 1915 - 1925 (National Archives Identifier: 2825034)
- RG75 Historical Files, 1929 - 1948 (National Archives Identifier: 2790532)
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RG75 Monthly Herd Reports, 1937 - 1968 (National Archives Identifier: 631118)
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RG75 Newspapers, 1960 - 1970 (National Archives Identifier: 1870939)
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RG181 Station Logbooks, 1943 - 1945 (National Archives Identifier: 3054053)
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RG75 Correspondence Relating to Reindeer Meat, 1937 - 1943 (National Archives Identifier: 2789137)
- RG75 Correspondence Relating to Sales, 1934 - 1953 (National Archives Identifier: 2789161)
- RG75 Correspondence Relating to Declarations of Ownership of Reindeer in Alaska, 1937 - 1941 (National Archives Identifier: 2794524)
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RG75 Administrative Correspondence Relating to the Sale of Reindeer and Reindeer Products, 1940 - 1940 (National Archives Identifier: 2794746)
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RG75 Administrative Correspondence, 1934 - 1953 (National Archives Identifier: 2791270)
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RG75 Annual Reports of Reindeer Herds, 1908 - 1932 (National Archives Identifier: 2790811)
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RG75 Correspondence of Lawrence J. Palmer, 1920 - 1945 (National Archives Identifier: 2794621)
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RG95 Correspondence Relating to Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Activities , ca. 1937 - ca. 1942 (National Archives Identifier: 596832)
IN PROCESS
- Alaska Village Census 1946-71 (partial release)
- Alaska Reindeer Service (RG 75)
- Pribilof Islands Program Material (RG370)
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Project Case Files - Field Notebooks
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Photographs (1945-1972)
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Endangered Species Delisting Files
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Endangered Species Recovery Plans
UPCOMING
- 1942 Japanese attack on Dutch Harbor
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Aerial Photographs of Attu Island
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Tlingit-Haida Tribal Enrollments 1890-1976
- Central Subject Files - RG181
- Historical Collection - RG342
- Photographs (1945-1972)
- Recreation Studies, 1974-1981
- Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Case Files, Village Land Selections
- Weather Modification Project Files
- Alaska Road commission drawings
Digitization Process and Updates
As Alaska records are entered into our National Archives Catalog, we will keep you updated through our list of Alaska records, adding links directly to their catalog entries. Links to some of our Alaska records are also available in our Docs Teach online tool.
In addition to the work done by the Alaska Digitization Team, our partners at Family Search have also been busy digitizing records from Alaska. To date they have captured 712,000 images.