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Alaska Film Archives

About the Collection

Over the past half century, the University of Alaska Fairbanks has built the largest collection of archival films in and about Alaska. The collection combines hundreds of donations of film and videos to UAF by individuals, organizations and institutions. Materials range from professional productions to amateur home-movies, made in and about Alaska from the earliest days of filmmaking through today. Since 1993 these materials have been held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library. Films and videos selected for this portal project are a sampling of the thousands available for checkout on DVD through the Rasmuson Library. Unless otherwise noted, items are presented here in their entirety, unedited and uncut. Short, popular clips from the collection can be viewed on our YouTube channel. Read more about the Alaska Film Archives.

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Alaska Review 39
Alaska Review 39
Alaska Review examines folklore surrounding wolves and the history of interaction between humans and wolves. Conservationists, activists, and biologists debate the appropriateness and effectiveness of aerial wolf hunting as a wildlife management tool in Alaska. A bulletin issued by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game regarding the failure of the 1980 aerial wolf hunt due to poor snow conditions is mentioned at the end of the program. Those interviewed include: Will Anderson of Greenpeace Alaska; Bob Hinman of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Ed Andrews, executive director of the Wolf Country Foundation in Boulder, Colorado; Carol Gates, speaker at a 1979 Alaska Department of Fish and Game public hearing; Sam McDowell of the Izaak Walton League; Dr. Gordon Haber, wildlife ecologist; Floyd Tepton, speaker at a 1979 Alaska Department of Fish and Game public hearing; Bruce Snodgrass, speaker at a 1979 Alaska Department of Fish and Game public hearing; Bud Burris, management coordinator for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Fairbanks; Jim Davis of Fairbanks, caribou research biologist; Bill Gasaway of Fairbanks, moose research biologist; Bob Stephenson of Fairbanks, wolf research biologist; Jack Jonas of Jonas Bros. Taxidermy in Denver, Colorado; Jim Pitts of Anchorage, realtor and activist; and Jack Grieb, director of the Colorado Division of Wildlife. The program contains views of wolves and moose, Greenpeace headquarters, and a Colorado taxidermy shop. The program also contains Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about litter and trash pick-up in Alaska and about Juneau history, featuring the story of Juneau photographer Trevor Davis.