With an appendix containing an historical account of the Dutch, English, and American whale fisheries; some important observations on the variation of the compass, &c.; and some extracts from Mr. Scoresby's paper on "Polar...
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel; Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau; Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah; Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah; Chief Shoo-we-Kah from Juneau; Chief Ah-na-tlash from Taku;...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty of March thirtieth, eighteen hun- dred and...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows Hudson's Bay & Great Lakes area, including southern tip of Greenland & Baffin Island. From Cape Blanco north there is only a dotted line extending to the northeast toward Rankin Inlet, with no indication of the...
Title from caption. Photograph of Dr. Hudgin seated in front of a tent. Narrative in photo album reads: "At right: Dr. Hudgin, a medical doctor who 30 years before was told in the East he had only a few months to live on account of...
Title from caption. Photograph of the sternwheeler Nora negotiating the Five Finger Rapids. Caption reads: "Small steamer coming up the Yukon river. This particular point of the upper river derives the name of 'Five Fingers' on account of...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows some large and small building that appear to be part of a community as seen from a frozen river. Caption from album reads: "Koyukuk consists of a store, U.S. Government schoolhouse, telegraph station,...
Title taken from photograph.
Verso: Virginia Maru, of Mitsubishi Steamship Company, loading Ketchikan Spruce Mill's first export cargo to Japan at Ketchikan (2,340,000 Ft. BM), for account of Wrangell Lumber Company. The information above...
Verso: Virginia Maru, of Mitsubishi Steamship Company, loading Ketchikan Spruce Mill's first export cargo to Japan at Ketchikan (2,340,000 Ft. BM), for account of Wrangell Lumber Company.
Title taken from caption. "Jim VanStone later commissioned and published as a monograph an autobiographical account written by Luke Koonook while he was for a time laid up with an injury [broke an arm, possibly?] and thus couldn't hunt."
Title taken from caption. "Lenny Lane in foreground, Guy Oomittuk behind. All the money available for the project was put into a new bank account - a first for Point Hope - entirely controlled by the church council, who also hired the crew for...
Berle Mercer talks about Berle talks about growing up in Thedford, Nebraska and first coming to Alaska with the Army, growing up in Nebraska, and Claire, growing up in New York, meeting and having a double wedding with their twins,settling in the...
Title taken from text.
Album caption: "Cut-in" pole at junction of Delta loop with main line. The telegraph line between Valdez and Fairbanks carries two wires. As Delta is about 2 1/2 miles off the main line it is necessary to 'loop'...
Title taken from text.
Before part of a before and after photograph with the caption: Before and after cutting right-of-way at 69. Necessary to abandon old route to the right account encroachment of Tanana river and put line to the left on a...
Title taken from text. After part of a before and after photograph with the caption: Before and after cutting right-of-way at 69. Necessary to abandon old route to the right account encroachment of Tanana river and put line to left on a very...