Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Shows western tip of the Aleutians, from Attu to Semisopochnoi Island. Shows tracks of Billings and Sarychev. Inset: Note sur les Iles Aleutiennes [giving short descriptions of the topography, exploration, native peoples, and resources of the...
Title and description (except in brackets) from photo verso. [Fishing vessel Alaskan Monarch capsized under a wave that hit the ship.] USCG Storis (WMEC 38) and the 96 - foot crabber Alaskan Monarch. Alaskan Monarch went aground Mar. 15, 1990 on...
ASL-MS004-2-3b-5
Item 5
(acc. # 10213)
Physical description: [68]p.
Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975
The following are stitched together as one booklet.
1 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....
Ms., mounted on cardboard. Relief shown by shading; depths shown by soundings. On verso: Plan gavani I bukhtu pri Ostrovie Mednom [Copper Island region (Commander Islands)] and Plan gavani pri Ostrovie Amchitki [Amchitka Island...
Relief shown by hachures. Illustrations by J. Marchant; engraved by J. Rogers. Map drawn & engraved by J. Rapkin. Includes decorative border, and numerous detailed illustrations around the map. Hand colored; outline color.
Shows Alaska and parts of northern Canada as islands. Relief shown by hachures. Possibly from Zatta's Storia dell' America Settentrionale. Annotation: iS. Illustrated with exotic animals. Hand colored. Borders mounted on paper. 29.5 x 38.5...
Possibly from Mitchell's New universal atlas. Inset: Wilkes' discoveries [in Antarctica] Decorative border. Colors indicate nationality of ownership. Hand colored. 29 x 38 cm.
Published in [Philadelphia] by [S. Augustus Mitchell] in...
Shows routes of various explorers. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. From: The Century atlas of the world. Insets: Spitzbergen -- Smith Sound and Robeson Channel -- Franz Josef Land. "No. 3." Text on verso...
5 maps on one sheet. Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography." Components: Chart of the new northern archipelago, discovered by the Russians in the seas of Kamtschatka & Anadir -- Chart of...
38 second film clip, color/silent, of the Alaska Territorial Guard [ATG] moving a house on skids through the streets of Nome, Alaska. They are using a bulldozer; other heavy equipment can be seen in the background.
Title from caption in album: "Jan 25 - Looking down Wounded Bear cañon - old camp mt.". Photograph shows a steep valley with some trees and other vegetation. It is surrounded by snowy mountains.