PCA 532: Margo Waring Photograph Collection, 1970s-1980s Alaska State Library

Alaska State Library

Historical Collections

Waring, Margo

Margo Waring Photograph Collection, 1970s-1980s

PCA 532

1 Box / Processed by: Anastasia Tarmann and
b&w photographic prints / Alli Rosen, Jan. 2010
Color prints
Color slides

ACQUISITION: Margo Waring donated the collection January 11, 2010. Accession number: 2010-03 and Acc. 2013-021.

ACCESS: The collection is unrestricted.

COPYRIGHT: Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.

PROCESSING: This collection has been described at the folder level. Original order maintained. Photographic prints placed in Mylar, slides placed in sleeves, and all items placed into pH-neutral folders.


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Margo Waring moved to Anchorage in 1969. She and her husband travelled much around the state, for work and pleasure. They lived in Kotzebue in 1970. They moved to Juneau December 30, 1972. Her husband was a planner with ASHA. Margo worked for HSS and the Governor’s office and the Legislature.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE

Photographic prints of various Alaska communities and areas, and geographic features. Governor Sheffield’s inaugural ball, 1983.

SUBJECTS

Juneau, Anchorage, Sitka, Glacier Bay, Granite basin, Governor Sheffield, Skagway, Dillingham, Petersburg

INVENTORY

Box 1

1-3. [Text from verso; b&w photographic prints of Governor Sheffield, Willie Hensley, Rich Listowski, Margo Waring at front table. [Negs]

1983 Gov. Sheffield Inaugural, Willie Hensley speaking

Hensley, Gov., his date, Rich Listowski, Margo Waring

4-5. 6/21/72 Midnight Anchorage [Taken from verso]

6-12. [Anchorage from D & 20th, 1972?]

13-16. [Newly opened Parks Hwy]

17-24. [Glacier Bay 1971]

25. 3/28/83 My land? [Taken from verso]

26-29. Mt McKinley 1983 3/83. From Parks Highway [Taken from verso]

30-50. Train Ride, Anchorage to Fairbanks 1972 [Mt. McKinley, train, mountain landscapes, bridge May/June 1972]

51-53. Juneau view from 313 7th Street, 1976 [double exposed]

54-58. [Granite Basin Jan. 1975, #56 includes a woman]

59. [Glacier Bay? Jan. 1975]

60-61. [Glacier Bay Jan. 1975]

62-65. [Sitka Jan. 1975]

66-67. [Juneau from Mt. Jumbo 1973]

68. [Juneau from W. Juneau 1973]

69-73. [Treadwell vegetation 1973]

74. [Gastineau Channel 1973]

75-88. [Coastline views from Southeast Alaska]

89-91. [Gardens, fields, airplane, Gustavus?]

92-95. [Aerial views of Southeast Alaska]

96-130. [Coastline views of Southeast Alaska and whales]

131. [Auke Bay, Juneau from the water]

132-133. [Point Retreat?]

134-137. [Aerial view of Sitka(?)]

138-142. [Coastline view of SE Alaska]

143-160. [Scenes of Sitka: Town, houses, bridge, Sheldon Jackson College, Totem Park, beach

and harbor]

161-164. Aerial views of SE Alaska]

165. [Boat, Sitka?]

166-169. [Aerial views of SE Alaska, lighthouse, glacier]

170-172. [Aerial views of glaciers]

173. [Bridge, White Pass, Skagway?]

174-181. [White Pass, Skagway from train?]

182-183. [White Pass/Yukon Route train and station in Skagway from train]

184-185. [Skagway]

186-192. [Aerial views of SE Alaska, Skagway, lighthouse, glaciers, mountains]

193-201. [Sandy Beach, cruise ships from Sandy Beach and Juneau from Sandy Beach, Douglas Island, Juneau]

202-225. [Coastline views, whales near Douglas Island, Juneau, other SE Alaska places]

226-243. Mt Village Anch – Chugach [with negatives]

244-248. Turner Lake

249-253. Homer Workshop [249 verso reads: Liz Berry Homer Workshop with negatives]

254-276. Mt. Juneau & Rural AK [with negatives]

277-282. 1973 Skagway

Color slides

283. TAPS Pipe Valdez

284. Bridal Veil Falls Rd to Valdez

285. Horse Tail Falls Rd to Valdez

286. Glacier

287. Glacier

288-289. [Glacier]

290. AK Roadside Flowers

291. Sunset Kotz May 1970

292. May & Russel Williams Kotzebue

293. Williams Family

294. May Williams Margo Waring Kotz

295. May Williams + Husband Kotz

296-313. Seward Kotz Hope Anchorage Feb 70

314-330. Hope Rd. Upper Omalley Dillingham Spring 70 [written on slide 317: Earl Finkler]

331-350. Dillingham Spring 70

351-363. Emmonak Mt Village St Mary’s Spring 70

364-377. Mt. Village 1970

378-387. Talkeetna Kotzebue Fall-70

388-399. Eklutna Anchorage Winter 69-70

400. Anch – C St Looking North

401. Anch. D + 22 Looking N

402-429. Stikine Aug 77 From Telegraph to Wrangell by raft + kayak

430-450. Prudhoe Bay Summer ‘78/79

451-465. Prudhoe Bay Summer 78 or 79

466. Mtn Vill

467-474. Liberty Falls Indep Mine K+M+R Mt. Vill

475-484. Petersburg

485-491. Herring at Auke Bay, Spring 1973

INVENTORY OF ORIGINAL NEGATIVES

Negatives stored in freezer in Vault

1 Box: 60 images on 16 negative strips

1 to 3, 238-242, 244, 256, 260-266, 269-276

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