Photograph of the opening of the Alaska Centennial Exhibition at the Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Museum. Visible left to right are Sen. E. L. Bartlett; S. Dillion Ripley, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; and Sen. Ernest...
Caption: What Happens When A Territory Becomes A State? - In a radio interview with Washington correspondent Stuart Finley, offical representatives of the new country of Ghana and the 49th state of the United States discuss the similaritites and...
Verso: Alaska's William Randolph Hearst Scholars--Senator Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska) congratulates (left), Loren Leman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Leman of Ninilchik and Tom Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Anderson of Anchorage who were chosen...
Some Alaskans holding a sign advocating for Adlai Stevenson for the 1956 democratic nominee. Identified in this photograph are left to right Hugh Wade, Bob Sachs, Katherine Nordale, Jim van der Heydt, Bill Egan, Alex Miller, McNabb, Gruening,...
Verso: Aloha, Hawaii--Congratulations are extended to the newly-elected Senator Oren Long and Rep. Daniel Inouye by (from l. to r.): Sen. Ernest Gruening (Alaska); Senator Long, himself; former Deleg. John Burns (Hawaii); Rep. Inouye, himself; Sen....
Title from sleeve. Juneau. L to R: Mrs Gruening, Governor Gruening, Sen. Pres. Andrew Nerland, Harold Gronroos, Alum of UA, Bonnie Gronroos, Secretary of the Senate, Unidentified. 4 X 5 B&W negative.
Businessmen from Anchorage, Alaska seated at banquet, Washington, D.C. From verso: "1946. Washington D.C. Local businessmen chartered a flight to Washington D.C. to petition for an international airport for Anchorage. Sen. Gruening at far end of...
By Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska, 1939-1953. Alaska the United States Colony Keynote address Alaska Constitutional Convention University of Alaska, College, Alaska, November 9, 1955.
From verso: "Top scorer of his unit, an Alaska National Guard corporal is congratulated by Governor Gruening during the award presentation of the Governor's Day ceremonies."
From verso: "Governor Ernest Gruening presents Eisenhower Trophy to men of Company D. Sitka, during battalion review of 208th Infantry Battalion, on Governor's Day at Juneau. Provost Marshal Lt. Verne Metcalf accompanies the governor."
From verso: Shown left to right, reviewing the 208th Infantry Battalion on Governor's Day, are Lt. Col. Dwight W. Dean, Governor Ernest Gruening, and Col. L. Lars Johnson, Alaska National Guard
Accompanying new item: Alaska's governor, Mike Stepovich, and congressional advocates for statehood for the northern territory were jubilant Monday after Senate passage of the Alaskan statehood bill by vote of 64-20. Celebrating over a 49-star...
Accompanying new item: Alaska's three prospective congressmen, shown with optimistic car sticker, are (from left), Senator-elect Ernest Gruening, Representative-elect Ralph Rivers, and Senator-elect William Egan. The women are Mrs. Rivers (left)...
Senator John F. Kennedy speech. November, 10th, 1958
at Gross 20th Century Theatre, Juneau, AK. Introduction by Ernest Gruening. Recorded on ¼” reel-to-reel.
Senator John F. Kennedy speech. November, 10th, 1958
at Gross 20th Century Theatre, Juneau, AK. Introduction by Ernest Gruening. Recorded on ¼” reel-to-reel.