Tips for finding historic photos of the Tlingit and Haida

If you're looking for historic photos of the Tlingit or Haida, the archivist at the Sealaska Heritage Institute Special Collections has some tips for you. In addition to these tips, he made this welcome announcement:

"In the next few months we aim to launch an online searchable catalog that will allow people to search our collection holdings."

This is exciting news and I'm sure librarians across Alaska will be eagerly awaiting the arrival of this new finding aid.

Sealaska Heritage Institute Collection Upgrades

The SHI Archivist announced that the Sealaska Heritage Institute Special Collections in Juneau were receiving some welcome upgrades:

For patrons this new facility will host a more accommodating research area or Reading Room, which consists of a room for patrons to come in and sit down at a workspace, obtain computer access, and conduct research by using our materials. We plan to use the Reading Room to host other small educational events as well. The move to the new facility is especially great for Special Collections because we are getting more storage space for our growing collection holdings.

Congratulations to SHI Special Collections on this new development. I look forward to their educational events.