Historical photographs from U.S. Forest Service research and development activities in Alaska

This database includes scanned historical file photos on index cards from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service research activities and topics of interest from 1948-1980 for the Pacific Northwest Research Station, Juneau Forestry Sciences Laboratory (FSL) in Juneau, Alaska. This includes research sites, sites of local interest, cultural and natural features, people, equipment, businesses, and daily work and life. The photos were taken at various locations throughout Alaska, including the Tongass and Chugach National Forests and the interior of Alaska. Documentation such as date, description, location, people, keywords, and more is provided for each photo as available. The description for each photo was transcribed from the original photo cards.

The USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Juneau FSL has been organized under several names. To aid in the search and understanding of the images contained in this database, a brief history of the Juneau FSL organization during the 1948-1980 timeframe follows. The Juneau FSL was first established at Juneau in 1948 as the "The Alaska Forest Research Center," which also included research programs in Fairbanks. On July 1st, 1961, it was reorganized as the “Northern Forest Experiment Station.” In 1966, the Experiment Station was assigned to the Pacific Northwest Research Station (also known as the Pacific Northwest Forest Experiment Station, and the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station) as its “Institute of Northern Forestry.” Just one year later, in 1967, it was established as a “Forestry Science Laboratory.” The Alaska Forest Inventory and Analysis unit was housed at the Juneau Lab until being transferred to Anchorage in 1978, creating three established Pacific Northwest Research Station offices in Alaska: Juneau, Fairbanks, and Anchorage.
Preserve historical photos from multiple scientists and studies mostly in southeast Alaska in the Tongass National Forest, but also including projects in the interior of Alaska and the Chugach National Forest, Alaska.
This package was published on 10/19/2021. Minor metadata updates were made on 10/27/2021, 11/05/2021, and 04/09/2025.

本数据库收录了美国农业部（USDA）林务局（Forest Service）太平洋西北研究站（Pacific Northwest Research Station）旗下阿拉斯加州朱诺林业科学实验室（Juneau Forestry Sciences Laboratory, FSL）1948年至1980年间的历史扫描档案照片，内容涵盖该时期内的林业科研活动及相关关注议题。照片涉及研究场地、本地关注地点、文化与自然景观、人物、设备、企业，以及日常工作与生活场景。拍摄地点遍布阿拉斯加全境，包括通加斯国家森林公园（Tongass National Forest）、楚加奇国家森林公园（Chugach National Forest）以及阿拉斯加内陆区域。每张照片均附带可获取的元数据（metadata），包括拍摄日期、照片描述、拍摄地点、出镜人物、关键词等相关信息，照片说明均转录自原始档案卡片。

美国农业部林务局太平洋西北研究站朱诺FSL曾使用多个机构名称。为便于用户检索并理解本数据库中的影像资料，下文将简要介绍1948年至1980年间朱诺FSL的机构沿革。朱诺FSL于1948年在朱诺成立，最初命名为“阿拉斯加森林研究中心（The Alaska Forest Research Center）”，同时涵盖费尔班克斯的研究项目。1961年7月1日，该机构重组为“北部林业实验站（Northern Forest Experiment Station）”。1966年，该实验站被划归至太平洋西北研究站（亦称太平洋西北林业实验站、太平洋西北林与牧场实验站），成为其“北部林业研究所（Institute of Northern Forestry）”。仅一年后的1967年，该机构正式更名为“林业科学实验室（Forestry Science Laboratory）”。阿拉斯加森林资源清查与分析单元（Alaska Forest Inventory and Analysis unit）曾设于朱诺实验室，直至1978年迁至安克雷奇，自此太平洋西北研究站在阿拉斯加设立了三处办公地点：朱诺、费尔班克斯与安克雷奇。

本数据集保存了多位科研人员及多项研究的历史影像，拍摄区域主要覆盖阿拉斯加东南部的通加斯国家森林公园，同时也包含阿拉斯加内陆及楚加奇国家森林公园内的相关项目。

本数据包于2021年10月19日正式发布，后续分别于2021年10月27日、2021年11月5日及2025年4月9日完成了小幅元数据更新。