You may be able to find additional resources on this topic by searching the guides to all of our collections on our website, or using the search box below.
Little Brother (Bob Engles), brokendown. Image of man standing beside a bulldozer, during the construction of the Alaska Highway. Lyle Sherman Leseberg photograph albums, Alaska Historical Society collections, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
A construction worker poses next to a cable excavator and a dump truck with driver. Thomas Saplak photographs, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
1964 Alaska earthquake collections
1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill collections
African American history in Alaska collections
Alaska Constitutional Convention and statehood collections
Alaska Highway construction collections
Alaska state legislators and legislation collections
Anchorage charter commissions collections
Anchorage winter Olympics bids
ANCSA, ANILCA, and D-2 collections
Businesses, clubs, and organizations
Cold War era (1945-1992) collections
Fishing, fisheries, and canneries collections
Fur Rendezvous related collections
Fur trading, trapping, and farming
Gardening and botany collections
Geography and environmental studies collections
Hope and Sunrise, Alaska related collections
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race related collections
Mapping and surveying collections
Medicine and health collections
Non-English language collections
Petroleum and natural gas related collections
Senior Citizen Issues and Advocacy
Seward, Alaska related collections
Skiing and mountaineering collections
Student newspapers, Anchorage Community College and University of Alaska Anchorage
Women’s organizations and women’s issues collections
World War II in Alaska collections
The Alaska Highway runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Delta Junction, Alaska, where it joins the Richardson Highway before reaching Fairbanks. The original military highway was built by the U. S. Army and civilian contractors in 1942 to 1943.The following collections deal primarily with the early construction of both the Alaska Highway. The archives also holds collections related to early travelers and tourists on the Alaska Highway, which was opened to civilian traffic in 1947. Follow the links to collection descriptions and inventories. You can keyword search all of our collection descriptions and inventories by using the search box available on each of the pages below.
For collections at archives, libraries, and museums across Alaska related to construction of the Alaska Highway, please visit the guide to Alaska Highway construction primary sources on Alaska's Statewide Library Electronic Doorway (SLED)
Please note: if you're seeking information about an individual who worked on the Alaska Highway construction, you might want to read our blog entry about that topic before planning a visit. If you're in search of military records about the construction--personnel or otherwise--you'll probably want to start your research with the National Archives. Many of the other Alaska archives also hold records from individuals involved in the construction, so please be sure to search those as well.