The official papers of the Governor of Alaska are typically held by the Alaska State Archives. Additional records related to governors that are not considered part of the official records, including personal papers, campaign papers, and other materials may be retained by the Governor when he or she leaves office and may eventually be transferred to an archival repository. This is a list of the known collections of Alaskan Governors' papers held by archives. If you represent a repository that holds publicly accessible collections of papers related to these governors that are not listed below, please contact us to be added to the list.
In general, the Alaska State Archives holds the official records from the office of each governor. Holdings at other institutions may or may not have content related to the individual's time in office.
If an online guide to the collection is available, it is linked below. Otherwise the holding institution's main website or searchable catalog is linked.
John Henry Kinkead, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1884-1885
Alfred P. Swineford, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1885-1889
Lyman Enos Knapp, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1889-1893
James Sheakley, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1893-1897
John Green Brady, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1897-1906
Wilford Bacon Hoggatt, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1906-1909
Walter Eli Clark, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1909-1913
John Franklin Alexander Strong, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1913-1913
Thomas Riggs, Jr., Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1918-1921
Scott Cordelle Bone, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1921-1925
George Alexander Parks, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1925-1933
John Weir Troy, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1933-1939
Ernest Gruening, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1939-1953
B. Frank Heintzleman, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1953-1957
Waino Edward Hendrickson, Acting Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1957
Mike Stepovich, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1957-1958
Waino Edward Hendrickson, Governor of the Territory of Alaska 1958-1959
William Allen Egan, Governor of Alaska 1959-1966
Walter J. Hickel, Governor of Alaska 1966-1969
Keith Harvey Miller, Governor of Alaska 1969-1970
William Allen Egan, Governor of Alaska 1970-1974
Jay Hammond, Governor of Alaska 1974-1982
Bill Sheffield, Governor of Alaska 1982-1986
Steve Cowper, Governor of Alaska 1986-1990
Walter J. Hickel, Governor of Alaska 1990-1994
Tony Knowles, Governor of Alaska 1994-2002
Frank Murkowski, Governor of Alaska 2002-2006
Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska 2006-2009
Sean Parnell, Governor of Alaska 2009-2014
Bill Walker, Governor of Alaska 2014-2018
Mike Dunleavy, Governor of Alaska 2018-present