A. Kenneth Jones Collection
(1964),
home movies showing the aftermath of the 1964 Alaskan earthquake
(2013 Federal Grants).
Play film
Alaska Earthquake
(1964),
amateur portrait of Anchorage immediately after the Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful recorded earthquake in North American history.
(2008 Federal Grants).
Alaskan Constitutional Convention
(1955-56),
behind-the-scenes footage, taken by delegate and professional photographer Steven McCutcheon
(2000 Federal Grants).
Andy Kelly: Local Store Owner
(1971),
interview with the proprietor of the first locally owned and operated grocery store in the Yukon Delta region
(2024 Federal Grants).
Children of Emmonak
(ca.1971),
footage of young residents at play in the Yu’pik village of Emmonak, Alaska
(2023 Federal Grants).
Clarence Erwin Rusch Collection
(1937–39),
home movie footage by a Bureau of Indian Affairs teacher in rural Alaska.
(2008 Federal Grants).
Clarence Erwin Rusch Collection, Part II
(1934–42),
home movies of a Bureau of Indian Affairs teacher among the Koyukon people of rural Alaska
(2017 Federal Grants).
Council Meeting: Land Claims
(ca.1972),
footage of Yu’pik villagers requesting information on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971
(2023 Federal Grants).
Council Meeting: Public Officials Visit Villages
(1971),
documentation of state officials attending the Emmonak Tribal Council in western Alaska
(2024 Federal Grants).
Dick Condit Collection
(1964),
footage of earthquake relief flights, shot by an Alaska Air National Guardsman
(2013 Federal Grants).
Play film
East of Siberia
(late 1940s),
documentary about Yup’ik Eskimo life on St. Lawrence Island, filmed by a third-generation fur trader
(2008 Partnership Grants).
Edna and Howard Cameron Collection
(ca. 1938–59),
amateur footage by teachers in remote areas of Alaska, depicting their Native students and traditional subsistence activities
(2016 Federal Grants).
Electricity Comes to the Village
(ca. 1971),
community-produced film from the Yup’ik village of Emmonak, used to express local concerns to the public utility
(2019 Federal Grants).
Evan Hamilton Sr.: The Potlatch
(ca. 1970–73),
footage of a Yup’ik village elder retelling the legend of the first Yukon Delta potlatch
(2022 Federal Grants).
Fisherman’s Co-Op Meeting
(ca.1972),
documentation of the Yukon Delta Fish Marketing Cooperative, owned and operated by the Yup’ik people
(2024 Federal Grants).
Francis Lee: Eskimo Life on the Yukon Delta
(ca. 1970),
documentation of a Yup’ik village elder lamenting the loss of native ways
(2019 Federal Grants).
Francis Lee: Medicinemen of the Yukon Delta
(ca. 1970–73),
documentation of a Yup’ik village elder discussing the role of village shamans
(2022 Federal Grants).
Francis Lee: Whitemen and Missionaries on the Yukon Delta
(ca. 1970–73),
documentation of a Yup’ik village elder speaking about the first encounters between Lower Yukon native peoples and white men
(2022 Federal Grants).
Frank I. Reed Collection
(1928–49),
home movies depicting the construction of the Eklutna Power Plant in Anchorage and pioneer bush pilot Russ Merrill before his 1929 disappearance
(2018 Federal Grants).
Frank I. Reed Collection
(1928),
home movies of the construction of the Eklutna Power Plant taken by the owner of the historic Anchorage Hotel
(2014 Federal Grants).
Frank Kameroff Moves Into a New Home
(1971),
filmed protest by a Yu’pik elder on inadequate housing administered by the state government to the residents of Emmonak, Alaska
(2023 Federal Grants).
Lester O. Gore Collection
(1933–34),
home movies made by a federal judge during his travels throughout the Alaska Territory
(2013 Federal Grants).
Native Alaskan Life
(1955–61),
footage of Eskimo villages by Jack Dunham, a teacher for the Bureau of Indian Affairs
(2002 Partnership Grants).
Punahou School Trip to Alaska
(1933),
the expedition of twelve boys from Hawaii down the Yukon River, preserved from a 35mm nitrate print
(2000 Partnership Grants).
Richard I. Miller Collection
(1933–36),
home movies by a steamboat agent of life in remote Mitkof island, off southeastern Alaska
(2020 Federal Grants).
Some Problems of Women
(1971),
filmed discussion by five Yu’pik women on the difficulties of household economics and suggestions for changes to food stamps and other programs
(2023 Federal Grants).
William and Evaline Gill Collection
(1930s),
home movies documenting the Matanuska Colonization Project, the New Deal program for relocating dust bowl farmers to Alaska
(2009 Federal Grants).
William Trader: Children Leave for School
(ca. 1971),
successful film protest of the child separation policy inflicted by state government upon Native families in rural Alaska
(2019 Federal Grants).