‘It’s very bright and very beautiful’: A 1937 time capsule discovered in UAA/APU donation

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A recent donation to the UAA/APU Consortium Library revealed a 1937 Mt. McKinley National Park brochure.

The almost 90-year-old document is in near perfect condition, with no obvious damage or fading of color.

“This isn’t just created to document what Mount McKinley National Park was at the time,” says Arlene Schmulent, head of the Archive at the Consortium Library. “This was deliberately intended to speak to a tourist and to encourage them and to give them information that would be meaningful to them.”…

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