Acquisition Note: Source: Richard Wood. The material in the collection was purchased by SHI from Richard Wood of Juneau, Alaska, operator of Alaskan Heritage Bookshop. Items 1-2 were purchased 5/4/09; Items 3-20 were purchased 5/28/09; and Items 21-35 were purchased 11/13/09; Items 36-73 were purchased on 1/26/2010; Items 74-77 were purchased on 5/13/2011; a digital copy of Item 78 was donated on 7/25/2011; Items 79-89 were purchased on 10/20/2011; Items 90-96 purchased on 10/26/2012;
Scope and Contents: This collection contains historic photos obtained from the operator of Alaskan Heritage Bookshop, Juneau and rare photo and book collector Richard Wood. The photos in this collection date from the late nineteenth-century to the mid-twentieth century and all concern the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people. Images include scenes of Native villages, regalia, individuals, gatherings and other.