REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH

REPOSITORY NAME:
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-929-9235
Fax: 907-929-9233
Email: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Photo Archivist

TITLE: Alaska Packers Collection

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2009.024

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: circa 1915

Extent: 6 items

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): unknown

Administrative/Biographical History:
The Alaska Packers' Association (APA) operated from 1891 to 1982. Known for operating the
“Star Fleet” of commercial sailing vessels on the West Coast of North America, APA controlled
fishing stations, canneries, and salteries at sites including Nushagak, Kvichak, Ugashik, Naknek,
Egegik, and Koggiung in the Bristol Bay area. The association also maintained stations at
Karluk, Alitak, Cook Inlet and Chignik in Central Alaska, and Fort Wrangell and Loring in
southeastern Alaska.1

Scope and Content Description:
The five photographs in this collection were taken circa 1915 and portray Alaska Native people
and cannery structures in the Bristol Bay region.

Arrangement: Not applicable


1 “Guide to the Alaska Packers Association records, 1841-1989.” Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Heritage
Resources, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA. Web. Accessed December 31, 2013.


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use.

Physical Access: Original items in fair condition.

Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for
research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the
Anchorage Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not
necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation:
Alaska Packers Collection, Anchorage Museum, B2009.024

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Transferred from the Alameda Historical Museum in 1999. Accessioned and processed by
Museum staff in 2009.

SUBJECTS
Alaska Packers Association
Fish canneries—Alaska
Yupik Eskimos—Alaska—Bristol Bay Region
Bristol Bay Region (Alaska)

Detailed Description of the Collection
1 — Picture showing ice conditions encumbered at Bristol Bay of the Alaska Packers fleet at cannery about the middle of May. Donated by R.E. Astrup [piled ice chunks in front of cannery buildings]
2 — Picture showing ice conditions encumbered at Bristol Bay od the Alaska Packers fleet at cannery about the middle of May [similar to .1]
3 — Picture showing Native Alaska Eskimous near Alaska Packers Cannery [Alaska Native mother and two children seated on ground, village buildings in background; at AFN 2013, structure directly behind people identified as barabara]
4 — Picture showing Native Alaska Eskimous near Alaska Packers Cannery [two men, one wearing fur parka and skull cap with earflaps, the other wearing Western style coat, standing on tundra]
5 — Pictures showing Native Alaska Eskimous near Alaska Packers Cannery [group of Alaska Natives, men, women, and children posed in front of tent and log cache, water towers in background; at AFN 2013; location tentatively identified as Koggiung Diamond J cannery] Guide updated: December 16, 2014