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Yukon Archives Arc tic L ib ra ry Po rta l Wo rksho p Wa shing to n, D.C. De c e mb e r 2016

Yukon British Columbia Board of Trade. Alaska Mining and Trading Company. “Klondyke, Cassiar, Omineca, and “Klondike Gold Prospectus.” 1897. Cariboo Gold Fields.” 1897.

Yukon Archives

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www.yukonarchives.ca

www.yukondigitallibrary.ca

Alaska Highway F-2. Canada. Special Commissioner for Defense Projects. Alaska Highway Maintenance Activities. 1944

Alaska Highway Yukon Archives. Robert Hays Fonds, #5689

Alaska Highway Yukon Archives. K. Voight Penberthy fonds, 94/127 #9

Alaska Highway YA, Donald C. Amos fonds, 82/349 #68

Arctic Holdings at Yukon Archives (YA) - examples Ve ry c o mpre he nsive pub lishe d c o lle c tio n o f b o o ks, • a rtic le s, the se s, a nd pa mphle ts a b o ut the a rc tic re g io n in Yuko n a nd the c irc umpo la r no rth – so me o f it g re y lite ra ture whic h is like ly uniq ue to YA – c o nte nt re la te d to histo ric a l, c ultura l, sc ie ntific , o il a nd g a s, e c o no mic a nd o the r to pic s a nd issue s 3 Bib lio g ra phie s o f so urc e s he ld b y YA re la ting to • Be a ufo rt Se a o il a nd g a s de ve lo pme nt a nd re la te d issue s ha ve b e e n c re a te d sinc e 1986

Arctic Holdings cont’d Pho to g ra ph a nd a ma te ur film c o lle c tio ns c re a te d • o r c o lle c te d b y the lo c a l white o r indig e no us po pula tio ns, RCMP o ffic e rs, c le rg y, sc ie ntists, e tc . do c ume nting life a b o ve the Arc tic Circ le fro m la te 1800s to pre se nt Re c o rds re la ting to the US Air F o rc e Dista nt E a rly • Wa rning (DE W) L ine Syste m in Yuko n, 1952 -1993 E xplo re r & Histo ria n Ala n I nne s-T a ylo r re se a rc h file s • a nd pho to c o lle c tio n do c ume nting his wo rk o n no rthe rn to pic s inc luding mitig a tio n o f c o ld we a the r e ffe c ts o n huma ns

Arctic Holdings cont’d Yuko n g o ve rnme nt re c o rds - Oil a nd Ga s re la te d • file s a nd re po rts re : drilling in the Be a ufo rt Se a a nd o the r a re a s, la nd c la ims a g re e me nts with F irst Na tio ns pe o ple , wildlife ma na g e me nt ma te ria l do c ume nting the Po rc upine Ca rib o u He rd in no rthe rn Yuko n, file s re la ting to the de te rmina tio n o f the ro ute a nd c o nstruc tio n o f the De mpste r Hig hwa y to I nuvik; do c ume nta tio n o f histo ric a l a nd he rita g e use o f He rsc he l I sla nd, a fo rme r wha ling sta tio n

Arctic Holdings - digitization So me o f this ma te ria l ha s b e e n dig itize d (a dhe ring • to na tio na l sta nda rds) a nd is a va ila b le fo r re se a rc h use So me o f the ma te ria l (se le c te d file s, pho to g ra phs • a nd 8mm a nd 16mm films) a re po te ntia lly g o o d c a ndida te s fo r dig itiza tio n in future Othe r ma te ria l (la rg e se rie s o f g o ve rnme nt file s) a re • no t a g o o d c ho ic e fo r dig itiza tio n unle ss it a ll c o uld b e c o mple te d. Dig itiza tio n o f ite ms fro m within wo uld re mo ve the m fro m the ir c o nte xt No pro je c t pla nne d to dig itize this ma te ria l a t the • mo me nt o the r tha n thro ug h a pub lic dig itiza tio n o rde r

Thank you Lesley Buchan Yukon Archives Government of Yukon Whitehorse, Yukon Canada (867) 667-5641 Lesley.Buchan@gov.yk.ca www.yukonarchives.ca Prospector Bert Cluett near Burwash Landing, 1943. Yukon Archives. Richard Harrington fonds. 79/27 #274