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Educational Resources
Collections & Educational Resources
Supporting Education & Research For All Ages
Palmer Museum staff work year-round to compile educational resources that tell the story of our community.
Explore scanned letters and newspapers from our collection, see finding aids to our collections, browse our historic photo project, and more!
Yearbooks
This collection of scanned and transcribed yearbooks includes names and photos of the administrators, staff, teachers, students, and others who attended the Palmer Territorial (Central) School from 1933-1957.
See the Yearbooks
Finding Aids
Finding aids are tools that help a user find information in a specific record group, collection, or series of archival materials. Our finding aids include details about each photo, magazine, or newspaper clipping in our archives.
Go to Finding Aids
Newspapers
Newspapers, magazines, and article clippings help to tell the story of the Palmer area. Our collection includes material from early print sources in the 1910s to papers still in circulation in Alaska today.
Browse the Newspapers
Colonist Letters
Letters, diaries, and other personal writings offer valuable and unique perspectives on our community’s story and illustrate joys, sorrows, and everyday routines in the past. Read transcripts of original letters sent by colonists in the 1930s.
See the Letters
Art Collection
The Palmer Museum of History and Art collects quality pieces made by local artists or depicting the Palmer area. We are proud to live in a community with such a passion and talent for the arts, and we seek to promote, preserve, and exhibit that creativity.
Browse the Art Collection
Kids' Activity Book
Discover the history and culture of the Palmer area with this printable activity book, including coloring pages, a maze, a word search and family-friendly recipe. Print on 8.5×11″ paper as single pages or as a booklet.
Printable PDF (12 letter size pages)
Printable PDF Booklet (3 letter size pages double sided)
Matanuska Maid
The Matanuska Valley Farmer’s Cooperative Association was formed in 1936 and adopted the trade name Matanuska Maid, by which it was known for 70 years.
See the Mat Maid Archive
Other Historical Resources...
Alaska Digital
Archives
Alaska’s Digital Archives presents a wealth of historical photographs, albums, oral histories, moving images, maps, documents, physical objects, and other materials from libraries, museums and archives.
Go to Alaska's Digital Archives
Palmer Historical Society
The Palmer Historical Society is dedicated to our hometown of Palmer, Alaska, a quaint little town, nestled in the beautiful Matanuska Valley and surrounded by the Talkeetna and Chugach Mountains.
Go to the Palmer Historical Society
Nay'dini'aa Na'Kayax History
Chickaloon Village shares information about thier history and continues to document their Ahtna language and cultural lifeways.
Go to Ts'utaetne (Honoring Ancestors)
Matanuska Valley Historical Photo Project
Since 2017, we have been working on connecting over 10,000 photographs in the Palmer Museum collection to our community as the Matanuska Valley Historical Photo Project database.
Go to the Historical Photo Project
Coming Soon
Check back soon for more educational resources including l
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Palmer history books
A general overview of the history of Palmer
Photo of the Month / Artifact of the Month articles
More partner organizations
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