Alaska Archives and Libraries

United States Alaska Archives and Libraries

The archives, libraries, and societies listed below have collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers.

Archives

• Alaska State Archives
  141 Willoughby Avenue
  Juneau, AK 99801
  Telephone: 907-465-2270
  Fax: 907-465-2465
• National Archives—Alaska Region (Anchorage)
  Federal Office Building
  654 West Third Avenue, Room 012
  Anchorage, AK 99501
  Telephone: 907-271-2441
  Fax: 907-261-7813
• Anchorage Museum of History and Art
  121 W. 7th Avenue
  Anchorage, AK 99501
  Telephone: 907-343-4326
  Fax: 907-343-6149
  The museum has an archive section.

Libraries

• Alaska State Library
  Alaska Historical Collections
  State Office Building
  P.O. Box 110571
  Juneau, AK 99811-0571
  Telephone: 907-465-2910
  Fax: 907-465-2665
• University of Alaska, Fairbanks
  Elmer E. Rasmuson Library
  310 Tanana Drive
  Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800
  Telephone: 907-474-7224
  Fax: 907-474-6841
  Mailing address:
  P.O. Box 756800
  Fairbanks, AK 99775-6800

Societies

• Genealogical Society of Southeastern Alaska
  P.O. Box 6313
  Ketchikan, AK 99901
• Alaska Historical Society
  P.O. Box 100299
  Anchorage, AK 99510-0299
  Telephone: 907-276-1596
  Fax: 907-276-1596

Two helpful guides to Alaska records are:

• Ulibarri, George S. Documenting Alaskan History: Guide to Federal Archives Relating to Alaska. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 1982. FHL fiche 6101864; book 979.8 A3u

• University of Washington (Seattle) Library. The Dictionary Catalog of the Pacific Northwest Collection of the University of Washington (Seattle) Libraries. Six Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall and Company, 1972. FHL books 979.7 A3w v. 1 – 6