Archiving AK with the UAA/APU Archives

In this episode of Archiving AK, Gwen interviews Becky Butler, an archivist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

In this bonus episode of Archiving AK, archivist Veronica Denison interviews researcher Dylan Harris, a Ph. D. candidate in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University. His research topic surrounds climate change and the way we talk about it. In this episode, we discuss his research, experiences in different archives in Alaska and the lower 48, as well as the collections he used.

In this episode of our podcast, Arlene emcees a selection of poetry writings from archival collections in Alaska.

In this episode of Archiving AK, archivists Gwen Higgins, Veronica Denison, and Arlene Schmuland share some documents from our holdings written by Alaskan women.

In this episode of Archiving AK, archivist Veronica Denison speaks with Dr. Ian Hartman, history professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Ian discusses his research regarding African American civil rights in Anchorage, his experience with archival material, and the importance of libraries and archives.

In this bonus episode I interview Rosemary Austin, archivist at the Alaska Aviation Museum.

In this episode of Archiving AK, Arlene interviews Zane Treesh, the head of the Anchorage Museum's Library and Archives. Zane splits his work between being a librarian and being an archivist for the Anchorage Museum. He talks about the kinds of materials they have, who their users are, and the types of work he does.

In this episode of Archiving AK, Gwen, Veronica, and Arlene tell their tales of the November 30th 2018 quake here in southcentral Alaska and then get together for a discussion of lessons learned and things observed. It's a little longer than our standard podcast, but we hope you'll forgive us for that.

In this episode of Archiving AK, archivist Gwen Higgins speaks with Dr. Jennifer Stone, a professor of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Jennifer discusses her decision to incorporate archival research into her History of English Language course and what she has learned from having her students use archival sources for their projects. She also talks about her experiences using archive...

In the seventh episode of Archiving AK, UAA/APU archivist Veronica Denison interviews Chris Hieb and Leah Geibel - two archivists at the Alaska State Archives in Juneau, AK. In the episode, Chris and Leah discuss their roles at the State Archives, the types of users they see, the material they have, and some of the difficulties of being an archives in a hard to reach area.

In episode 6 of Archiving AK, Arlene, Veronica, and Gwen talk about our preparations for participating in UAA's STEM Day. We look at how science, technology, engineering and math materials appear in our collections and how they can be or have been used by researchers. We also talk about some of the issues that can crop up with describing and providing access to STEM materials, especially with medi...

In episode 5 of Archiving AK, Anna, our grad intern over the summer, took some time out of her last week with us to interview us for the podcast. The discussion goes into topics like what we hope for/see for the future of the archives profession, what skills and knowledge we would like new professional archivists to have obtained in their archives classes, the role of professional associations in...

In this episode of Archiving AK, Veronica interviews Kevin Tripp and Greg Schmitz, audio/visual media archivists with Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association (AMIPA). In this episode, we discuss the various collections held by AMIPA, their users, and the difficulties of preserving A/V material.

This bonus episode of Archiving AK is an interview with Dr. Justin Rawlins, whose academic research relates to perception studies. He's been looking at how Alaska is portrayed in media in the past and present, from educational films to reality TV. Dr. Rawlins teaches media and film studies at the University of Tulsa. He was kind enough take the time to talk to Arlene about his research topic, shar...

In this episode of Archiving AK, we discuss Alaska tourism and how it is reflected in the archival collections held by the UAA/APU Consortium Library Archives. We talk about the different trends in tourism we see, and the format of material.

In the second episode of Archiving AK, archivists Gwen and Veronica interview researcher Pierce Bateman. Pierce has been visiting the Archives as a researcher since 2015: first as an undergraduate student, and more recently as a graduate student writing his thesis. In the episode, they discuss Pierce's background, current research topic, his general interests, and the various aspects of researchin...

Archiving AK episode 1: Introduction to us by Archiving AK with the UAA/APU Archives