Port Graham Village Council

The Native Village of Port Graham will use their grant funds to begin identifying and inventorying material relating to Port Graham’s history held in a variety of Alaskan repositories and early visitors’ personal collections. The librarian will receive hands-on training in research and basic archival management at several Anchorage archives that hold materials of interest to Port Graham. A research consultant will work with the librarian to conduct at least two Elder gatherings during the project, the first one focusing on the Smith Collection of photographs from the late 1920s and early 1930s, now held at the Pratt Museum in Homer, AK. Community youth will be invited to witness the history as it is remembered and discussed by their elders. The sessions will be recorded, transcribed, and added as a complement to the archival materials, providing a fresh look at the region’s local history from many personal perspectives.