Note on slide reads "Kasigluk." A young woman sits at a desk in front of a chalkboard with an opened book in front of her. An older woman sits at another desk in front of a file cabinet. She also has an opened book...
Written on front: To my friend Ernest Gruening with best wishes William E. Beltz. Verso: William Ernest Beltz, a 47 year-old native of the Eskimo village of Unalakleet, is president of the Alaskan State Senate as Alaska makes the complicated...
Title from caption and verso. Caption appears to read "Van" but may also be "Yan" or "Xan". Verso reads: "3-. #30. Galena, Alaska, 1955." Image shows a man in uniform seated at a wooden desk in front of lamps and electronic equipment.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows children in a school room. An American flag, a couple of portraits, a large stove and writing on a blackboard can also be seen.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows children in a school room. An American flag, a couple of portraits (including one apparently of Abraham Lincoln), a large stove, and writing on a blackboard can also be seen.
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from caption. Photograph of Lawyer Rivenburg at his desk. He is working as a U. S. Marshall. What looks to be a cat is watching from atop the bookshelf. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below, my office as U. S. Marshall-(tax collector,...
Title from caption. Photograph of the corner of Ben Moore's bedroom. Caption reads: "One corner view of my bedroom in Skaguay home, note the bunch of fine red, cross, silver gray, black & white fox pelts at left of wardrobe, also several pair...
"Born in Alaska and thus unable to vote for previous presidential elections, William Egan is shown as he marks an absentee ballot to be recorded in his hometown of Valdez."
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 Ernest Gruening at his desk in his Haiti office during his tenure with the Islands and Territorial Possessions. A man stands behind against the wall.
Title by cataloguer. "Patty, 35 mm NRG. 77-201." Cataloguer's note: A view of an empty classroom. The instruments on the teacher's desk and the information on the black board suggests this may be a science (physics or chemistry) classroom.
Verso: A call at the Governor's office is one of the first items of business. Acting Governor Hugh J. Wade (left), Alaska Secretary of State, sits in on the meeting during the illness of Governor William A. Egan. At right are (from left) Senator...
Title by cataloguer. A view of a small desk cluttered with books, notebooks, loose papers, folders, and other odds and ends. In the right hand corner on a small ledge, there are a few framed photographs these seem to give a hint of...
A close-up shot of two boys in a class-room. Both boys appear to be writing, one boy is smiling towards the camera the other boy with a curious expression looks straight ahead.