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Alaska Packers Association records

Notes on Arrangement

The Alaska Packers Association records are organized in accordance with the following series and sub-series arrangement: 

Series I: Corporate and Administrative records 1864-1961 (1893-1961)
1. Agreements 1893-1910
2. Stock Records 1908-1949
3. Administrative Record Books 1864-1941
4. Internal Correspondence 1958-1962

Series II: Financial records, 1893-1968
1. Accounts 1902-1967
2. Financial Statements 1893-1950
3. Cash Records 1933-1968
4. Tax and Insurance Records 1929-1967
5. Fish Prices 1905-1963
6. Sales 1963-1965

Series III: Property records, 1841-1989 (1892-1960s)
1. Real Estate 1859-1945
2. Company Assets 1893-1981
3. Vessels 1894-1982
4. Native Land and Fishing Rights 1935-1954
5. General Property and Area Maps 1841-1987
6. Survey Maps 1893-1937
7. Cannery Maps 1903-1969

Series IV: Personnel records, 1894-1972 (1907-1972)
1. General employment data and correspondence 1950-1961
2. Contracts and Agreements 1911-1963
3. Payroll Records 1913-1972
4. W4 Cards ca. 1947-1969
5. Personnel Cards 1894-1951
6. Seasonal Employee Records 1953-1961
7. Retirement Records  1940-1959
8. Medical Records 1919-1970

Series V: General Cannery Operations, 1878-1982 (1893-1974)
1. Superintendents' Records  1926-1963
2. Pack Records 1878-1972
3. Labor Requirements 1958-1962
4. Equipment and Machinery 1912-1982
5. Supply and Shipping 1952-1975
6. Work Orders 1963-1964
7. Log Books 1905-1975

Series VI: Fishing Operations and Activities, 1792-1982 (1903-1967)
1. Alaska Fisheries Operations Files 1920-1946
2. Karluk ca. 1900-1945
3. Legislation and Regulations Files 1889-1958
4. Alaska Fishing Matters Conference files 1926-1951
5. Correspondence re: Fishing Operations  1940-1946
6. Navigational Records 1792-1982
7. Fish Trap Records  ca. 1904-1931

Series VII: Engineering records, 1922-1985 
1. Buildings 1945-1985
2. Vessels 1931-1961
3. Equipment and Machinery 1922-1972

Series VIII: Reference files, 1741-1983 (1898-1967)
1. Company History Files  1893-1983
2. Publications and Reports 1906-1978
3. Professional Organizations and Activities 1959-1963
4. Newspapers and Clippings 1898-1982
5. Salmon Can Labels & Trademarks 1893-1972
6. Photographs ca. 1905-1960
7. Ephemera 1910-1967