Kay Mcfarland Jackson Slides, B2017.029
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REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH REPOSITORY NAME: Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center 625 C Street Anchorage, AK 99501 Phone: 907-929-9235 Fax: 907-929-9233 Email: [email protected] Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Archivist TITLE: Kay McFarland Jackson Slides COLLECTION NUMBER: B2017.029 OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Dates: 1974-1999 Extent: 3 boxes; 3 linear feet Language and Scripts: The collection is in English. Name of creator(s): Kay McFarland Jackson; William Jackson; Jean Petersen; Reggie Hibshman Administrative/Biographical History: Kathryn (Kay) Audrey McFarland Jackson (1918-2008) came to Anchorage in 1967 and worked as Recreation Director for the city’s Parks and Recreation Department until her retirement in the 1980s. She served as Ambassador to Anchorage’s Sister City of Incheon, South Korea, and was director of the Anchorage Pleasure Faire (later known as the 3 Barons Renaissance Fair). She founded the Alaskanette Baton Corps and was an active member of the Alaskan Prospectors Society. Scope and Content Description: The collection consists of 2991 35mm color slides taken by McFarland during her service with the city of Anchorage and during her travels throughout Alaska. For more information, see Detailed Description of Collection. Arrangement: Arranged by subject and date. CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use. Physical Access: Original items in good condition. Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials. A lightbox may be used to view transparencies. Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use: The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Anchorage Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners. Preferred Citation: Kay McFarland Jackson Slides; Anchorage Museum, B2017.029 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Acquisition and Appraisal Information Donated by daughter Karen Taylor in November 2017. Processing Note Original tray indexes housed in accession file. Per donor, slide organization not well maintained. No index received for boxes 2 or 9. SUBJECTS Fur Rendezvous (Anchorage, Alaska) Tourism—Alaska—Anchorage Parks—Alaska—Anchorage Outdoor recreation—Alaska—Anchorage Dredges Gold mines and mining Sealing—Alaska—Pribilof Islands Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska) Anaktuvuk Pass (Alaska) Anchorage (Alaska) Arctic Village (Alaska) Bettles (Alaska) Big Lake (Alaska) Copper Center (Alaska) Cordova (Alaska) Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska) Diomede (Alaska) Eagle (Alaska) Fairbanks (Alaska) Gambell (Alaska) Girdwood (Alaska) Haines (Alaska) Hatcher Pass (Alaska) Homer (Alaska) Hope (Alaska) Independence Mine State Historical Park (Alaska) Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska) Juneau (Alaska) Katmai National Park and Preserve (Alaska) Kenai River Region (Alaska) Klukwan (Alaska) Kobuk (Alaska) Kodiak Island (Alaska) Kotzebue (Alaska) Matanuska Valley (Alaska) McCarthy (Alaska) Naknek (Alaska) Ninilchik (Alaska) Nome (Alaska) Palmer (Alaska) Petersburg (Alaska) Portage Valley (Alaska) Prince William Sound (Alaska) Prudhoe Bay (Alaska) Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska) Saint Paul Island (Alaska) Savoonga (Alaska) Seldovia (Alaska) Seward (Alaska) Shishmaref (Alaska) Sitka (Alaska) Skagway (Alaska) Talkeetna (Alaska) Tanana (Alaska) Valdez (Alaska) Venetie (Alaska) Whittier (Alaska) Dawson (Yukon) Keno Hill (Yukon) Mayo (Yukon) Detailed Description of the Collection B1/B1 .1 – Kodak loves me [still life with camera, rolls of film, slide carousels; print date Nov 77] .2 – E Fork Chulitna, my special spot, mile 185 [scenic, bird’s eye view of river canyon; print date Aug 75] .3 – [Larry Beck performing on stage; print date Sep 80] .4 – Larry Beck [performing on stage; print date Sep 80] .5 – Miss Alaska [Sandra Lashbrook playing guitar on stage; print date Sep 80] .6 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976, Sandra Graham [belly dancer performing; print date Dec 76] .7 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976, Sandra Graham [belly dancer performing; print date Dec 76] .8 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976, Sandra Graham [belly dancer performing; print date Dec 76] .9 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976, Sandra Graham [belly dancer performing; print date Dec 76] .10 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976 [four women in costumes playing homemade musical instruments; print date Dec 76] .11 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976 [woman in costume playing homemade musical instrument; print date Dec 76] .12 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976 [two women in costumes playing homemade musical instruments; print date Dec 76] .13 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976 [two women in costumes playing homemade musical instruments; print date Dec 76] .14 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976 [two women opening presents, one wearing nametag Pat Martin; print date Dec 76] .15 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976 [three women and man sitting at table, looking at gold pan, nametags reading Alice Iliff, Jerry Fairley; print date Dec 76] .16 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976 [woman holding gold pan sitting at table, man next to her warding off camera with his hands; print date Dec 76] .17 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976 [two men and woman at party, older man with nametag E.E. Baer; print date Dec 76] .18 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976 [three women sitting at table drinking wine; print date Dec 76] .19 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976 [three women sitting at table drinking wine; print date Dec 76] .20 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976 [two women at party; print date Dec 76] .21 – Prospectors Club Christmas 1976 [man drinking wine out of bottle; print date Dec 76] .22 – ANC Senior Center [woman making light switch plate; print date Nov 77] .23 – ANC Senior Center [woman painting dog portrait based on Alaska magazine cover photograph; print date 2/6/86] .24 – ANC Senior Center [woman drawing llama based on photograph; print date 2/6/86] .25 – ANC Senior Center [interior of art lab, with some students at table; print date 2/6/86] .26 – ANC Senior Center [two women setting up art lab; print date 2/6/86] .27 – Anch. fm. G. Hill [view across Alaska Railroad yards in winter, Anchorage skyline in background, with J.C. Penney’s parking garage and Anchorage Westward Hotel; print date Jan 76] .28 – 4th Ave. [moose antlers in back of GMC pickup truck on Fourth Avenue at D Street, passing Polaris Travel Agency and Paul’s Jewelers; print date Aug 76] .29 – [bird’s eye view of Fourth Avenue looking west, with signs including Ellen’s Jewelers, 515 Cocktail Lounge, Zales Jewelers, Stewart’s Photo Shop, Koslosky’s, Woolworth’s, 4th Avenue Theatre; print date Aug 76] .30 – [close-up of building demolition, possibly on Fifth Avenue at Barrow Street; print date Mar 81] .31 – [Anchorage skyline as seen from Coastal Trail; print date Jun 81] .32 – Summer, Anch. [Anchorage skyline as seen from Coastal Trail; print date Jul 81] .33 – Anch. [Anchorage skyline as seen from Coastal Trail; print date Sep 81] .34 – [downtown Anchorage as seen from Westchester Lagoon at Minnesota Drive; print date Sep. 81] .35 – [downtown Anchorage as seen from Westchester Lagoon at Minnesota Drive; print date Sep. 81] .36 – [downtown Anchorage as seen from Westchester Lagoon at Minnesota Drive; print date Sep. 81] .37 – [downtown Anchorage as seen from Westchester Lagoon at Minnesota Drive; print date Sep. 81] .38 – [bird’s eye view of downtown Anchorage, with Hunt Building under construction in lower right, J.C. Penney’s parking garage and Nordstrom’s in center, Chugach Mountains in distance; print date Mar 82] .39 – [Anchorage skyline, with Hunt Building under construction at left, Anchorage Westward Hotel and Nordstrom’s in center, James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse at right, Cook Inlet in background, baseball fields in foreground; print date Sep 82] .40 – [Anchorage skyline, with Hunt Building and ARCO Tower under construction, Chester Creek Sports Complex in center, residential area possibly on E 23rd Avenue in foreground; print date Sep 82] .41 – [Anchorage aerial, Capitol Glass Company on Gambell Street at center left, Shiloh Baptist Church at right, Fairview; print date Sep 82] .42 – [Anchorage skyline, with Hunt Building and ARCO Tower under construction; print date Sep 82] .43 – [Anchorage skyline, with Anchorage Westward Hotel and Hunt Building under construction; print date Sep 82] .44 – [passengers boarding Alaska Railroad train at Anchorage depot; print date Dec 82] .45 – [Anchorage Welcomes You sign, with flower plantings, International Airport Road; print date Aug 84] .46 – [Anchorage Welcomes You sign, with flower plantings, International Airport Road; print date Aug 84] .47 – [view across Town Square Park to Egan Center, with flower plantings; print date Aug 84] .48 – [view across Town Square Park to Egan Center, with flower plantings; print date Aug 84] .49 – [view across Town Square Park to Egan Center, with flower plantings; print date Aug 84] .50 – [view across Town Square Park to Egan Center, with people sitting at picnic tables in middle ground; print date Aug 84] .51 – [view across Town Square Park to Egan Center, with people sitting at picnic tables in middle ground; print date Aug 84] .52 – [exterior of Log Cabin Visit Anchorage