The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
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...
2 min, 54 sec film clip, color/sound. Title frame identifies clip as color/silent. Senator Ted Stevens discusses an amendment proposed by Sen. Paul Tsongas to the Alaska Lands Act, particularly, its effect on mining operations and...
Berle Mercer talks about Berle talks about growing up in Thedford, Nebraska and first coming to Alaska with the Army, growing up in Nebraska, and Claire, growing up in New York, meeting and having a double wedding with their twins,settling in the...
Title from caption in album. Also from album: "Raven ~ Tribal Chief ~ Frog ~ Hawk ~ Whale Killer ~ Owl". Sitka National Historical Park (Sitka, Alaska)
Title from caption in album. Sitka National Historical Park (Sitka, Alaska). There are two gate or marker posts between two totem poles and two benches.
Title from caption in album. A totem pole made to shame or ridicule someone. The totem pole is beyond a log barrier/fence. Sitka National Historical Park (Sitka, Alaska)