PCA 525-3: Gretchen Groff Alaska Images Alaska State Library
Alaska State Library
Historical Collections
Groff, Gretchen
Gretchen Groff Alaska Images
PCA 525-3
1 Folder Processed by: Alea Oien, 5/2009
24 b&w photographs Revised by: G. Goedde 8/2009
ACQUISITION: The collection was donated by Gretchen Groff to the Alaska State Library Historical Collections and is accessioned as 2008-27.
ACCESS: The collection is unrestricted.
COPYRIGHT: Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian. Photocopying does not constitute permission to publish.
PROCESSING: This collection has been described at the item level. Some items have been placed in Mylar and all have been placed into a pH-neutral folder. Prints were made by staff of all 24 nitrate negatives. The first six prints in the series are also represented by snapshots.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE
This collection of nitrate negatives was found at a garage sale by the donor. They comprise images of several Alaska places including Juneau, mines at possibly the Kenai Peninsula and/or in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. The negatives also include photos of people. There is some legible text on the sides of the negatives. 6 positives were made from the negatives. Photographer is unknown.
SUBJECTS
Alaska, mining, Kenai Peninsula, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
INVENTORY
Folder 1 of 1
1. Mr. and Mrs. Carlson [two women and a man in jackets and hats]
2. Me on L[abbe?]’s Ore Pile [man with a shovel sits on pile of rocks]
3. [man and woman seated outdoors]
4. Aldrich, Morgan, Dooley & I
5. Alaska Juneau Mine and Mill
6. [mountain scene with rocky terrain]
7. [unidentified man in a tweed suit]
8. The Boss [man in boots, jeans, and wool shirt]
9. [unidentified man in white shirt, tie, and round-framed glasses]
10. Jane Oswald [woman standing along railroad tracks, mountains in background]
11. [mountain scene]
12. Peak above [Sterling?]
13. From Little Bonanza [snow-capped mountains]
14. [mountains]
15. [mountain]
16. From my window I [view of jagged peaks]
17. Mountain near Ketchikan
18. Porphyry Mountain
19. Lake Eyak, Cordova
20. Mt. St. Elias [barely visible]
21. Mother Lode
22. E from divide W of Big Timber[?]
23. [mountains]
24. View from my window II [view of jagged peaks]
INVENTORY OF ORIGINAL NEGATIVES
Negatives stored in freezer in Vault
1 Box
24 negatives - most 4X6
3
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