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, Archivist

TITLE: Chauncey Cook Photographs

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2018.017

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: circa 1964

Extent: 10 items

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): Don C. Knudsen, Chauncey Cook

Administrative/Biographical History:
Chauncey Cook lived in Anchorage in the 1960s. Nothing else was known about him at the
time of processing.

Scope and Content Description:
The collection consists of one studio portrait photograph and nine photographs of damage
from the 1964 Alaska Earthquake in Anchorage. For more information, see Detailed
Description of Collection.

Arrangement: Not applicable


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

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

Physical Access: Original items 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:
Chauncey Cook Photographs; Anchorage Museum, B2018.017

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Donated by Judith Rockwood in August 2018.


RELATED MATERIALS
See 1964 Alaska Earthquake resource guide for related collections

SUBJECTS
Okakok, Guy, 1903-
Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Earthquakes—Alaska—Anchorage
Anchorage (Alaska)

Detailed Description of the Collection
1 — Photo by Don C. Knudsen [studio portrait of Inupiat man wearing parka with fur ruff. At AFN 2018, identified as Guy Okakok Sr. of Barrow (Utqiagvik)]
 2 — [earthquake damage to McLain’s Camera Center on Fourth Avenue at D Street; print date Apr 64]
 3 — [earthquake damage to Mac’s Foto on Fourth Avenue; print date Apr 64]
 4 — [earthquake damage to Rambler-Buick dealership on Fifth Avenue at Denali Street; print date Apr 64]
 5 — [earthquake damage to First Federal Savings & Loan on C Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenue; print date Apr 64]
 6 — [earthquake damage to J.C. Penney parking garage; print date Apr 64]
 7 — [damage to building in downtown Anchorage, probably at Fourth Avenue and K Street; print date Apr 64]
 8 — [man making repairs to door on damaged house in downtown Anchorage; print date Apr 64]
 9 — [toppled Four Seasons Apartments; print date Apr 64]
 10 — [view down row of damaged houses on west end of Fifth Avenue; print date Apr 64] Guide written: February 21, 2019