The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
A group of Inupiaq, mostly children, are sitting in the grass as a walrus skin is stretched and dried. Visible in the background are several buildings and a semi-subterranean sod house (far left on horizon). On the right side of the photo are two...
59 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Stevens Collection, 1968?". Film shows a Yupik family entering and exiting a sod house on Nunivak Island, with a close-up of the enterance.
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
Title is based on caption in Thomas W. Benham's handwriting. View of a barabara, a traditional Unangan semi-subterranean sod house, in Unalaska. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch.
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,...
Mound of earth and other material with what appears to be a chimney and slabs of wood that could be doors. Debris is scattered on the ground near the igloo. Nearby is a log building. A pile of logs and a white house...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a house built underground. The house is covered with sod and grass. Buildings, perhaps caches, can be seen behind it. Caption from finding aid reads "Sod house inland with river/cabin in background"....
Title taken from front. View of Eskimo family standing outside barabara in Northern Alaska. Photographer's number P9-1610. 1920's? Photographer: A. Eide. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5".