Arville Schaleben Papers, 1929-1996

Container Title
M2010-076
Part 2 (M2010-082): Additions, 1935-1986
Alternate Format: Selected photographs available online: Wisconsin to the Matanuska Valley, Alaska Territory - Image Gallery Essay

Physical Description: 1.1 cubic feet (1 records carton and 1 oversize folder), and 354 photographs and 406 negatives (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions to the Arville Schaleben papers, consisting primarily of material from the series he wrote and photographed for the Milwaukee Journal in 1935 chronicling the initial journey and settlement of families from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan who were moved to the Matanuska Valley, Alaska, as part of a New Deal project; these materials were used by a film company which produced a documentary film about the settlement titled Alaska Far Away.
Box   1
Folder   1-3
Matanuska series clippings, Milwaukee Journal, 1935
Box   1
Folder   4
Magazine articles regarding Matanuska, 1935-1946
Box   1
Folder   5
Matanuska series, Milwaukee Journal, 1945
Box   1
Folder   6
Photo story submission to NEA, 1935
Box   1
Folder   7
Telegrams, wire stories, 1935-1938
Box   1
Folder   8
Photo captions and expenses (notebook)
Box   1
Folder   9-11
Notes on stories, 1935
Box   1
Folder   12
Pulitzer submission
Box   1
Folder   13
“In Paradise with Pioneers” drafts
Box   1
Folder   14
“Pioneer's Progress,” circa 1938-1939
Box   1
Folder   15
Script draft, 1948
Box   1
Folder   16-17
Photo captions
Box   1
Folder   18
Colony trip ephemera, 1935
Box   1
Folder   19
Colony programs and notices, 1935
Box   1
Folder   20
FERA Colony press release, 1935
Box   1
Folder   21
SERA selection memo, 1935
Box   1
Folder   22
Colonists' letter to La Follette, 1935
Box   1
Folder   23
The First Three Years (pamphlet), B.J. Bingle, 1938
Box   1
Folder   24
The Problem of Alaskan Development, Department of the Interior, 1939
Box   1
Folder   25
AP photos, 1935
Box   1
Folder   26
Matanuska clippings, no bylines
Oversize Folder  
Matanuska clippings by others
Box   1
Folder   27
Jack Allman photos and stories, circa 1938
Box   1
Folder   28
Clippings regarding Schaleben and Matanuska, 1935-1981
Box   1
Folder   29
50th anniversary, 1985
Box   1
Folder   30
Osborn, Chase
Box   1
Folder   31
Rogers, Will
Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   32
Allman, Jack
Box   1
Folder   33
Campbell, Stew
Box   1
Folder   34
Colony trip, 1970
Box   1
Folder   35
Gamble, Mary, 1936
Box   1
Folder   36
General, 1935-1986
Box   1
Folder   37
Palmer residents, 1936
Box   1
Folder   38
Publishing
Box   1
Folder   39
“In the Wake of Drake,” manuscript
Box   1
Folder   40
Non-colony papers and clippings
Box   1
Folder   41
Plate of Arville Schaleben
Photographs
Box   2
Folder   1-3
Alaska colony prints by Schaleben and others
Box   2
Folder   4-5
Matanuska photos/negatives
Box   2
Folder   6
Non-colony photographs
Box   2
Folder   7
Photocopies
Box   2
Folder   8
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