Fine Arts collections   Tags: african_american_artists, art, artists, painters, women_artists  

1964 Alaska earthquake collections

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Benzie Ola “Rusty” Dow papers; circa 1910-1989.  HMC-0397.  Papers and photographs of Palmer artist who was also the first woman to drive the Alaska Military Highway from Fairbanks to the Yukon Territory in 1944.

Kuumba Black Artists Network, Inc. records; 1981-1983.  HMC-01457.  Records of a non-profit organization that supported African American cultural education and African American art in Alaska.

Sam McClain papers; 1942-1994.  HMC-0429.  Papers and artwork of Anchorage artist specializing in pen and ink drawings and watercolors.

Howard Rock oral history interview; 1976.  HMC-0210.  Interview conducted in 1976 with Point Hope ivory carver.

Diana Tillion oral history interview; 2005.  HMC-0882.  Interview conducted in 2005 with Alaska watercolor artist and resident of Halibut Cove.