Shows land and sea routes from Seattle to Alaskan destinations. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: [Routes from Prince William Sound to Fairbanks, Alaska]. Illustrated with cartoons and captioned with humorous notes. Map is 52 x 72 cm.
(3:16 min) (03 of 17) Army, teaching and Fish & Game Trained in Sta. Maria California (Moffitt Field) finished in 1942. James C. Ryan old instructor talked about jobs. Got out of Army during WWII to teach school, took Gov. Gruening and Rep....
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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02 Next step (3:39 min.) (02 of 09) During 1940, the U.S. Government was getting ready for war -- the Civilian Pilot Training program was started. They allowed one woman in each class of ten. While at Marshall College she learned how to do...
(4:46 min.) (11 of 28) 11. Back to the U.S.
Military wanted them to stay and offered George a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. He wanted to get back home for at least a visit, so he flew back with a cargo of latex rubber. Engine problems...
Title from cataloger's notes. Full note reads: "Presentation of trophy awarded to hockey team winning the games three different years, which Ladd Field Hockey Team won. University Bus Lines offered the trophy. Left to right - University...
Title taken from caption. "9210 -- (15) In this view we are offered a more comprehensive idea of that section of the canyon in which Sheep Camp was located. Every portion of available space is occupied by tents, stores, restaurants, warehouses...
Title by cataloguer. "Mining short course." "The Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines along with the standard four year courses began offering short courses. The ten weeks short noncredit courses were offered between late November...
Ocha Potter, age 20. "In the early spring of 1898 came rumors of war with Spain. Soon war was declared. My father and grandfather had been Civil War veterans. An earlier ancestor had been an officer with George Washington's staff. Another had...
Title taken from caption on slide. "Fort Wainwright HHC 171st August 1967." This appears to be an aerial photograph. Additional note attached indicates that these photographs were taken by Mark C. Glunz, who was at the time assigned to the...
Title taken from caption. Crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa perform repairs on the ship's anchor hoist. From May's journal, dated June 15th: "Something has happened to the machinery that raises and lowers the anchors on the...
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from label on matting. View of sheep grazing on farm in Matanuska Valley, Alaska, with farm buildings in left background. Also from label: "Post-war plans of the Department of the Interior include the development of suitable farming and...
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...