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...
A Woman of Oonalaska (sic) [engraved portrait by John Webber of Aleut woman with tattooed face and linked nose labret.] From: Cook, James A. (Captain) 1728-1779, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean…
Title from verso. Two women walking among grave markers. Many of the graves are marked by orthodox crosses. The cemetary is bordered by a fence woven from saplings.
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.
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 1:07 minutes MPG format. About 350 miles off the western coast of Alaska, in the Bering Sea, lie the Pribilof Islands. The more northerly of these windswept, treeless, volcanic islands is St. Paul Island. Clouds...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 58 seconds MPG format. About 350 miles off the western coast of Alaska, in the Bering Sea, lie the Pribilof Islands. The more northerly of these windswept, treeless, volcanic islands is St. Paul Island. Clouds...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 1:01 minutes MPG format. About 350 miles off the western coast of Alaska, in the Bering Sea, lie the Pribilof Islands. The more northerly of these windswept, treeless, volcanic islands is St. Paul Island. Clouds...
"The home of a Sea Adder hunsher [sea otter hunter]" Two children sit outside of a home. House is constructed of milled lumber, driftwood, and turf. A cache is behind and right of the house, which is also constructed of mixed construction...
Group of unidentified Unangan individuals posing with a Russian Christmas Star on an Unalaska beach. One person is standing on the stones that support the Christmas Star and appears to be taller.
Title from indexer. Photograph of woman and child holding hands. The child is wearing a life jacket. Verso reads: "Victims of war are these Aleuts who were evacuated from their homes during the installation of Alaskan defenses. Natives...
Title from verso. Photograph of a young woman from Savoonga. The photo has been marked for cropping. Verso reads: "Seattle, Wash. -- The Coast Guard Cutter, Northwind, "battle-scarred" veteran of polar region expeditions, recently...
A small fleet of Unangan sea otter hunters. Some appear to have been successful. Not all bidarka crews seem to have harpoons onboard, and the middle or rear crew member may have been the harpooner.