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: Milo Fritz Letter to Folks, 1964

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2013.046

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: 1964

Extent: 1 item

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Milo Fritz, M.D.

Administrative/Biographical History:
Milo H. Fritz (1909-2000) set up a practice in Ketchikan, Alaska, in 1940. He served in World
War II as a command surgeon for the 11th Air Force. After the war, Fritz relocated to New
York, but in 1947 returned to Alaska to investigate blindness among Alaska Native children.
Fritz served in the Alaska Legislature, representing Anchorage in the State House in 1966 and
1972, and Anchor Point in 1982.¹

Scope and Content Description:
Milo Fritz was a physician in Anchorage at the time of the Alaska Earthquake of 1964, also
called the Good Friday Earthquake. The letter, dated July 2, 1964, recounts his experience of
the earthquake and its aftermath, describing in particular many of the cases that came into the
hospital in the moments following the disaster. Fritz also held medical clinics in Fairbanks and
Sitka after the earthquake, and describes his experiences in those towns.

Arrangement: Not applicable

CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

¹ Little, Jon. “Doctor, 91, a pioneer, Fritz worked with deaf, blind in Alaska’s bush.” Anchorage Daily News, Sept.
8, 2000.


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

Physical Access: Original item in good 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:
Milo Fritz Letter to Folks, 1964, Anchorage Museum, B2013.046

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Item removed from Collections accession file for Fritz Collection and transferred to archives in
April 2013.

Separated Materials
The Estate of Elizabeth Berry Fritz transferred all of her “Alaska art, papers, photographs,
documents and historical material” to the Anchorage Museum in 2009. Objects were cataloged
as 2009.007. The bulk of the archival material was transferred to University of Alaska,
Anchorage (Betsy and Milo Fritz family papers, HMC-1072).

RELATED MATERIALS
2009.007.001-204
CIHS McCutcheon Collection, B1964.x.006
AHFAM Earthquake Photographs, B1969.011
Betty Bannon Collection, B1970.015
Zappa Earthquake Papers, B1972.060
Portage Earthquake Photographs, B1973.070
Patricia Mayo Earthquake Time Ticket, B1974.013
Kroninger Photograph Collection, B1976.118
Army Corps of Engineers 1964 Earthquake Photographs, B1977.118
Corps of Engineers 1964 Earthquake Photographs, B1979.038
Woodman Photograph Collection, B1980.027
McDermott Collection, B1987.083
Ron Aldrin Earthquake Slides, B1994.024
Sanborn Recording of 1964 Earthquake, B1997.023
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Collection, B2002.002
Charles Koppel 1964 Earthquake Collection, B2002.008

Norman Campbell Photographs, B2005.041
Bronitsky Letter, B2006.021
4th and H St. Demolition Collection, B2007.002
Opal Myers 1964 Earthquake Collection, B2007.003
Christenson Slide collection, B2007.016
Bangkok Embassy Teletype Collection, B2009.044
Truth Coven Gray Earthquake Album, B2009.056
Kleihauer Slide Collection, B2010.004
Johnny Sartor Collection, B2010.020
Langford-Ose Photograph Collection, B2011.002
Kenneth C. Allen Earthquake Slides, B2012.027
Jean Kaufman Earthquake Photographs, B2012.032
John Mull III Alaskan Earthquake Reflections, B2012.036
Sportsman's Club Earthquake Photographs, B2013.001
Bill and Ellyn Frye letter regarding the 1964 Alaska Earthquake, B2013.011

SUBJECTS
Fritz, Milo H., 1909-2000
Providence Hospital (Anchorage, Alaska)
Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Earthquakes--Alaska
Physicians—Alaska
Anchorage (Alaska)


Guide written: April 17, 2013