"Hidden Treasure" Panoramic Photographs of Alaska Territory (2017 April 12)
"Hidden Treasure" Panoramic Photographs of Alaska Territory (2017 April 12)
Join Richard Schneider from Preservation Programs as he discusses historic panoramic photographs taken by topographers with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1910 to 1932 in the Alaska Territory. A special exhibit featuring these panoramas are on indefinite display at the National Archives at College Park, MD.
Sam Rushay, Supervisory Archivist at the Harry S. Truman Library, will discuss the historical significance of the Truman Doctrine in observation of its 70th anniversary.
⇒ Event Evaluation Form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KYREventEval
⇒ Presentation Slides: https://www.archives.gov/files/calendar/know-your-records/handouts-presentations/april12-schnieder-presentation.pdf
⇒ “Hidden Treasure” exhibit information: http://www.archives.gov/news/topics/alaska-exhibit
⇒ “Hidden Treasure” exhibit promotional video: https://youtu.be/jaGotzDEV7g
⇒ More panoramas from the Still Picture holdings: https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/panoramic_photography/panoramic_home.html
⇒ BBC World News America “Alaska Photos” broadcast from August 1, 2017: https://vimeo.com/228273184
⇒ Transcript taken from the captioning is available upon request to KYR@nara.gov.
⇒ Learn more about the Know Your Records program:
http://www.archives.gov/calendar/know-your-records/