PCA 58-1: Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, State of Alaska, Directory of Shooting Ranges, Ca. 1982

PCA 58-1: Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, State of Alaska, Directory of Shooting Ranges, ca. 1982 Alaska State Library

Alaska State Library

Historical Collections

Alaska. Department of Fish and Game

State of Alaska

Directory of Shooting Ranges, ca. 1982

PCA 58-1

1 folder Processed by: Staff

ACQUISITION: No provenance exists for the collection.

ACCESS: The collection is available for viewing, however, the photographs may not be photocopied.

COPYRIGHT: Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.

PROCESSING: The collection was retained in the arrangement and folder in which it was received. Pages containing photographs are sleeved in Mylar and the photographs are numbered.

HISTORICAL NOTE

In 1959, the Alaska Territorial Dept. of Fish and Game, Fish and Game Commission, and Fisheries Experimental Commission were abolished by session law (Chapter 64) and their functions were transferred to the newly created Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game. The Department administers Alaska’s commercial and sport fisheries, birds, game and fur-bearing animals, licenses and fees, trapping, fur-farming, fish hatcheries, habitat and taxidermy.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE

An information sheet giving the location, operation; hours, fees, facilities and programs offered for 13 public and private shooting ranges. Color photographs for 8 of the ranges show construction of the facilities and some activities.

INVENTORY

1 [Aerial view of Rabbit Creek Rifle Range - 10 mile, Seward Highway.]

2-5 [Construction of University of Alaska Fairbanks outdoor range.]

6-8 [Completed facility, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, outdoor range.]

9 [Aerial view, Snow Shoe Gun Club shooting range, Kenai-]

10-14 [Construction and use of Ketchikan Rod and Gun Club shooting range.]

15-18 [Construction of Kodiak Island Sportsman's Association shooting range.]

19-23 [Exterior and interior views of heated shooting sheds. Kotzebue shooting range.]

24-32 [Construction and use of shooting range. Petersburg Rod and Gun Club]

33-37 [Tony Harbor Memorial Range, Sitka.]

The following ranges have information sheets only, no photographs:

Fairbanks Trap Club,

Tanana Valley Sportsman's Rifle and Pistol Range,

Homer Rifle and Pistol Club,

Juneau Gun Club,

Wrangell Public Firearms Range.

38, 39 [Aerial views of Juneau Gun Club shooting range, 1987.]

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