"An unusual record of achievement has been established by eight native Alaskans, who were graduated August 10 by the RCA Institutes in New York. Members of a pilot group, sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, they scored a notable success in...
Title taken from caption. "Chilkoot natives, Kyak, Alaska." Outdoor group portrait. ["Chilkoot natives" would usually be Tlingits from Southeast Alaska, where the Kayak Islands are located. But UAF-1959-866-44 identifies the "Kyak"...
Governor Swineford collected the photographs during the 1887 voyage he and his wife, Minnie Swineford, took aboard the Thetis. Included are views of the Thetis and its crew,Alaska Natives from various regions of the State of Alaska, seal...
Verso: An experiment in adult education was concluded successfully with the graduation August 10 of eight native Alaskans from the RCA Institutes in New York. All completed an 18-months course in Industrial and Communications Electronics. Here,...
Title taken from caption. "Yakatai natives on Kyak Islands near Copper River, Alaska." An outdoor group portrait. [See note in UAF-1959-866-46 for place and people identification.] Caption in album reads: "35 mm neg. 75-604". 5 x 8 cyanotype.
ASL-MS4-2-3b-5 Item 5 (acc. # 10213) Physical description: [68]p. Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975 The following are stitched together as one booklet.
1. Title page bears the following inscription. File Re....
1 v. (47 p.), handwritten, in Russian script. Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop. Further volumes not found....
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Junior Red Cross boxes brought smiles of delight to the faces of Aleut children in the Red Cross shelter at Camp Denali while plans were being made for their return to Old Harbor. Gift...
View of dancers performing in Barrow, with drummers and spectators in background. Identified on photo verso as an Alaska Federation of Natives convention, but subsequently identified as the box drum or Wolf Dance at Christmas time or at Kivgiq...
Group of ivory carvings made at Nunivak Island, Alaska, including figurines (one of walrus), letter openers decorated with seal figures, and crochet hook decorated with fish figure. From information with photo: [Photo used in article entitled]...
Article describes the events of February 5, 1945; debate on the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate regarding the "Equal rights" bill, House bill 14. Roy and Elizabeth Peratrovich testify about conditions in Alaska, along with statements from...
Title from verso. Verso: Jumping For Joy-When the news of statehood reached the arctic village of Kotzebue, the town started jumping. Here pretty Laura Mae Beltz goes aloft, via walrus hide blanket toss, carrying a flag that will soon have a...
Caption attached to this photograph relates: Graduates of the electronic technician pilot class undertaken by the Bureau of Indian Affairs are greeted by Senator E. Gruening at RCA Headquarters in Anchorage. The class has just returned from RCA...
"Natives at Wainwright preparing to race us. We used one of their boats which are covered with walrus skin. They won by a boat length." A large group of people prepare for an umiak race, several other boats are visible on the beach and just off...
Title from cataloger's notes. Image shows an elderly man wearing glasses and a parka with fur ruff, standing near a dirt road and holding a baseball cap. Power lines, buildings, an automobile, oil drums and boating apparatus are visible in...