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...
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...
Shows missions, mining districts, and land and sea routes to the gold fields. Includes list of approximate distances between points. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Insets: From Juneau to Forty Mile Creek -- Continuation of Aleutian...
Includes sailing directions and notes describing the islands of the Aleutian chain. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. At head of title: Pacific Surveying Expedition, Lieutenant John Rodgers commanding. ...
Title from caption. Photograph of Chilkoot Pass with a dusting of snow. Narrative in photo album reads: "At right is Chilkoot Pass used during the gold rush from Skagway to Dawson. It is reliably stated that one could go from bottom to top by...
75 second film clip, color with audio track of Jay Hammond relating a story to Red Boucher about the first time he flew into Talkeetna in 1946. He also stated that he told this story to a graduating class at Talkeetna's high school.
Title taken from caption. View of two men butchering a bear, on a rocky beach, Kodiak Island, Alaska. One of the men is Paul Rarey Hagelbarger and the other is A.F. Nyman who is identified as the captain of the "Nimrod" by Robert F. Griggs. In his...
Title taken from caption. View of two men butchering a bear, on a rocky beach, Kodiak Island, Alaska. One of the men is Paul Rarey Hagelbarger and the other is A.F. Nyman who is identified as the captain of the Nimrod by Robert F. Griggs. In his...
View of a woman walking on a log to cross a stream. Robert F. Griggs in his book "The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" stated that three of the expedition members' wives visited the park in 1919 and that these were the only women to do so during this...
Title taken from caption. View of a dead bear being propped up by A.F. "Gus" Nyman, on a rocky beach, Kodiak Island, Alaska. Nyman is identified as the captain of the Nimrod by Robert F. Griggs. In his book "The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes"...
Title taken from caption. View of buildings from aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ariadne. From May's journal, dated June 9th: "The Navy leases some of the Kanaga Trading Company's buildings here. It is stated that this company has invested...
Title taken from caption. Photograph of a driftwood container. From May's journal, dated July 29th: "On showing [Hrdlicka] the tobacco box that was given me at Atka, he stated that it was copied in shape from the old Russian snuff boxes, but is...
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.
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.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.