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Acquisition Information
Access Restrictions
Processing Information
Original and
Related Materials
Bibliography
Acquisition Information Whatcom County Park and Recreation Board transferred the bulk of the Alaska Packers' Association records to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies in August 2001. CPNWS staff merged these records with one linear foot of APA records donated by Rick Metzger in 1995, and
microfilm and microfiche previously in the John McFarlane Cuthill Collection.
Access
Restrictions
Personnel records containing social security numbers and other
sensitive information are restricted until further notice (see
inventory for details). Processing
Information Ruth
Steele processed the Alaska Packers Association
records for the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies in 2002
with assistance from Jason Viers, Amber Raney and Jamie
Cartwright. During processing, Center staff merged materials
donated by Whatcom County Park and Recreation Board with
materials donated by Rick Metzger in 1995, and microfilm and
microfiche previously in the John McFarlane Cuthill Collection. Textual records, maps, drawings, microfilm,
microfiche and oversize volumes are now described in one
comprehensive finding aid.
The bulk of the APA records were in good original order when
donated to the CPNWS. During processing, Center staff
removed all duplicate materials from the collection, including textual records duplicated on 35mm microfilm. Of the sales invoice records from Blaine (1951-64), the CPNWS retained a sample of only 1 in 10 records. Runs of the following publications were also removed from the collection: American Food Institute: Weekly Digest (1954-1961), Better Business Bureau Bulletin, 1954-1961), Business Management (1964), Compost Science (1962), Contamination Control (1963), The Fish Boat (1961-1964), Food Engineering (1963-64), Food Processing (1963-64), Food Technology (1964), Industrial Improvement (1963-1964), Inplant Food Management Magazine (1962-1963), Kiplinger Washington Letter (1954 - 1961), Nation's Business (1964), National Fisheries Institute Yearbook (1946-48, 1950), Package Engineering (1964), Fishing Gazette (1962-1964), Food Engineering (1963) and World Port and Marine News (1963).
Original
and Related Materials The microfilm and microfiche in the CPNWS collection was generated in 1983 through a duplication project by Alaska State Historical Library. In 1970, the Alaska Historical Library received a select number of APA records housed previously housed at San Francisco, California and Semiahmoo, Washington. In 1983, the Alaska Historical Library created microfilm copies of these records, together with microfiche copies of additional APA records held at Semiahmoo. The APA records at the CPNWS include the microfilm
and the microfiche produced by the Alaska Historical Library. Microfilm contents are described in the APA inventory in accordance with the Collection's main series and subseries arrangement.
To facilitate access to the microfilm, the collection file at the CPNWS contains a list of microfilm contents in the order that they appear.
Researchers should note that an additional collection of Alaska Packers Association Records
is available at the Alaska Historical Library in Juneau Alaska.
The Alaska Historical Library's APA collection contains the
master copies of the microfilm and microfiche available at the
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, as well as additional
textual information. Detailed description is contained in a
published guide by Phyllis DeMuth and Michael Sullivan (see
bibliography section, below). The John McFarlane Cuthill Collection at the Center
for Pacific Northwest Studies also contains related
material regarding APA property and that of its successor
company, DMC Properties.
Bibliography
Historical Notes by Ellen Greenberg and Michael Sullivan, in
A Guide to the Alaska Packers Association Records 1891-1970,
prepared by Phyllis DeMuth and Michael Sullivan (Juneau, Alaska:
Alaska Department of Education Division of State Libraries and
Museums, July 1983).
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