Captain Lockert collected photographs and papers during the years he served the Alaska Marine Highway System, continuing his interest in Alaska maritime affairs until his death in 1990. The papers are mostly 12 scrapbooks from 1964-1978 and one box...
Papers focus on several Tlingits from Angoon, Admiralty Island, 1878-1911 when the Navy was in charge of the territory. Two letters and the "lost" note relate to the bombardment of Angoon by the Navy vessel U.S.S. Adams in 1882; also mentions the...
ASL-MS4-2-3b-5 Item 5 (acc. # 10213) Physical description: [68]p. Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975 The following are stitched together as one booklet.
1. Title page bears the following inscription. File Re....
Second volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Nov. 22, 1915-Jan. 14, 1917. [166] pages ; 16 cm.
Title created by cataloger. Title created by cataloger. Photograph of Klondike Kate. An attached caption reads: "Klondyke Kate, of Dawson, is today Aunt Kate of Bend, Oregon."
Photo of a Tanana Valley Railroad Company train at an Ester railroad ticket office. Postcard is postmarked from Ruby and is addressed to Mrs. Alice Clemons, Ridgeway, Texas. Written on the verso is, "Ruby, Alaska. Dec....
Title from caption. Photograph of Moore's Wharf showing five steamships. An advertisement for Moore's Wharf Co. is attached. Caption reads: "Moore's Wharf Skaguay Alaska 4 years after completion. July 4th 1904 date of this photo. No. 1....
Included in this collection are pictures of the Rodebaughs, Noel and Ralph Wien, A.A. Bennett, Ed Hudson and Fred Mueller. There are also images of the various planes flown in Alaska during this era of newfound commercial aviation and notable...
Two Unangax^ basket weavers with several baskets and the grass they use to make it. They are standing in front of a rounded structure (maybe a barabara?) with a window between them.
A duplicate of the photograph in UAA's Alan May papers...
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 donor's caption. "Julia Silverfriend, age 16 (Mrs. Ocha Potter)". "An overnight visit to my broken hearted mother who could see no reason why I should give my life to save Cuba from the Spaniards. Mother threatened to...
Title taken from donor's caption. "1905 Steamer Santa Ana". "Our first trip to Alaska - 16 days to Valdez. The boat was small, only 700 tons, and it was slow. We were to land at Valdez, a thousand miles north and seven hundred miles west,...