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 collections listed in this guide are the papers of poets or literary organizations that supported the work of poets. Many other collections in the Archives have poetry content. You can use the search box on each page linked below to keyword search through all the collection descriptions.
Ann Chandonnet papers; 1942-2007. HMC-0085. Personal papers, writings, and research files of an Alaskan poet, author, and journalist.
Richard Dauenhauer papers; 1961-1985. HMC-0099. A portion of the collection relates to Mr. Dauenhauer’s poetry work.
Ruben Gaines papers; 1952-1983. HMC-0110. Papers and recordings of an Alaskan poet and storyteller.
Harpoon records; 1978-1982. HMC-0130. Documents related to an Alaskan literary journal.
Literary Artists Guild of Alaska records; 1981-1982. HMC-0164. Records of an organization that arranged workshops and conferences for Alaskan writers and promoted and publicized the works and products of Alaskan writers
Margaret G. Mielke papers; 1942-1980. HMC-0176. Papers of the first Alaskan Poet Laureate.
Dale A. Stirling papers; 1980-1986. HMC-0235. Records of the editor and publisher of an informal literary journal, Poetry North Review.
Joanne Townsend papers; 1962-2015. HMC-0246. Papers of a former Poet Laureate for Alaska.
Thomas William papers; 1972-1994. HMC-0129. Literary papers of an Alaskan author and poet.