Jack H. Floyd Collection

Physical prints housed at:
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: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

• Dates: circa 1916-1923
• Extent: 4 boxes; 1.3 linear feet
• Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.
• Name of creator(s): P.S. Hunt, Henry G. Kaiser, Sydney Laurence, Alaskan Engineering Commission, Marcus V. Tyler
• Administrative/Biographical History:
• Nothing was known about the donor at the time of processing.
• Scope and Content Description:
• The full collection at the Anchorage Museum consists of 465 photographs and 33 negatives, primarily of Alaska Railroad operations, including many AEC series photographs as well as snapshots. There are also several images of early construction on the Richardson Highway. 
• PLEASE NOTE: not all materials from the Jack H. Floyd Collection are included in the Ugheldze Le Cilaes Database, only those images that were virtually repatriated during the Decolonizing Museums: A New Vision for Collections Access Project (2021-2024).

RELATED MATERIALS 
Alaska Railroad Collection, B1979.002
Wennerstrom Collection, B1994.002

SUBJECTS
Alaska Railroad
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Alaska Northern Railway
Alaska Central Railway
Railroads – Design and construction – Alaska
Railroads – Equipment and supplies – Alaska
Alaska – Frontier and pioneer life
Anchorage (Alaska)
Richardson Highway (Alaska)