Title hand-written on slide. This slide depicts a detail of Tlingit totem pole at Saxman Totem Park (now Saxman Native Village) at Saxman, Alaska on Revillagigedo Island. Color slide taken by Charlotte E. Mauk circa 1944.
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from caption. View of a lean-to being used to cover the kitchen area of the National Geographic expedition's Savonoski Camp. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1919.
Title taken from caption. View of four crewmembers of the U.S.C.G. Bittersweet inspecting a mechanical device (pump?) on the deck of the ship. Also from caption: "Neal, Vicchione, Gay, Vanderberg."
During the 1920's, many of the original totem poles in Kake were burned. After many years of not having totem poles, the residents of Kake, Alaska organized to acquire and place a 132-foot pole in the town. Alaska Indian Arts, Inc. of Haines,...