Rights: Restrictions: This collection is open to research according to the general policies of the Sealaska Heritage Institute. Some images in this collection may be copyrighted by professional photographers and SHI cannot reproduce these images without consent of the copyright holder.
Acquisition Note:
The postcards in this artificial collection were obtained, donated, or purchased by SHI. Items 1-4 and 6 were transferred to SCRC on 10/15/07; Item 5 was donated by archivist Zach Jones on 11/7/07; Items 7-9 were purchased from Hearthside Books, Juneau on 2/28/08; Items 10-19 were purchased from Déjà vu Antiques, Juneau on 2/28/08; Items 20-25 were transferred to SCRC on 5/1/08; Item 26 was donated by Zachary R. Jones on 5/30/08; Items 27-28 were transferred on 7/8/2008; Items 29-30 were mailed to SHI in December 2008; Item 31 was mailed to SHI on 5/15/09; Item 32 was donated by Zachary R. Jones on 6/24/09; Item 33 was transferred to SCRC from the SHI Language Department on 9/10/09; Item 34 was donated to SHI by SHI employee Donald Gregory on 6/13/2011; Items 35-41 were donated to SHI by the Brant Mackley Gallery on 8/15/2011; Items 42-46 were donated to SHI by Dorcas I. Stein on 9/9/2010; Items 47-48 were donated by Larry and Martha Stevens on 10/25/2012;
Scope and Contents: This collection consists of postcards that capture historic and contemporary images concerning the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Indians of Southeast Alaska and date to between 1930 and 2011. Included are postcards showing village communities, Native art, individuals, and other. This collection continues to grown on an ongoing basis as more postcards are acquired.