Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a row of cabins along the shore in the Copper River Delta. Mountains and a glacier sit in the background. Caption from finding aid reads "Copper River Delta community fishing cabin". Location is in...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a glacier and mountains in the distance as seen from an airplane. What kind of land directly underneath the plane is hard to determine. The wing of the airplane can just barely be seen. Caption from...
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
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,...
Photograph of the Tanana River at the mouth of the Big Delta River with that specific information written on the photo as well as the WAMCATS route, the ferry route and the direction to Donnelly. Photo was taken from atop the McCarty Bluff.
Title taken from caption. View of Robert F. Griggs trying to cross the Katmai River. In his book The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes Griggs states "After working our way to within a hundred yards of the trees in the distance we had to turn back"....
Title taken from caption. View of one of the expedition members walking out of the mud of the Katmai River in what is now Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1915.
Title taken from caption. A view of the Katmai River from the ruins of Katmai Village. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1915.
Title taken from caption. A view of the Katmai River from the ruins of Katmai Village. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1915.
Title taken from caption. View of Valdez from over the bay. Photo taken from the plane of Bob Reeve owner/founder/pilot of Reeve Airways, later Reeve Aleutian Airways. Written on the photo are the captions "Valdez-Alaska" and "Dow-9".
Aerial photograph of the original location of the town of Valdez, on the delta of the Valdez Glacier. The view is looking up valley toward the Valdez Glacier and the Chugach Mountains. Two docks extend into Port Valdez in the foreground. Original...
Title taken from caption. Man walking near mouth of stream which eventually overflowed and caused flooding, during National Geographic Society expedition to what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Also from caption:...
Title taken from caption. Man walking near mouth of stream which eventually overflowed and caused flooding, during National Geographic Society expedition to what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Also from caption:...