(3:08 min) (18 of 19) Put the gas car out of business Cost $0.25 a round trip in gas between the school and Fairbanks. Fall of 1932 he ordered a 32 passenger bus. Ran it as a bus in the winter and switched the chassis to a cargo vehicle for...
(4:18 min.) (14 of 28) 14. Pacific Alaska Airways
Joe Barrows set up this airline; he wanted Pan Am to take it over for him. He wanted to fly clipper flying boats. His wife stayed in Alaska and was the first woman (Mary Barrows) to get...
(4:20 min) (18 of 24) 18 Strikes and Seattle in the 1930's
Smith Towers. Strikes caused lots of problems with tourists; they only had limited time and couldn't afford the time loss. The Steward and the Purser would have to work things out...
(5:18 min) (17 of 27) Haul Road II
Bids to build from Yukon River north were too high so Juneau said go ahead and finish it. The crew got more equipment and people and fuel. The temperature dropped to -70 degrees. Juneau kept asking --...
(5:36 min.) (18 of 28) 18. Virginia's students
Virginia's students were varied -- a man who became a jet pilot, a prostitute, and a construction worker named Bullwinkle. She discusses some of her flights to Manly and other interior...
1 v. (47 p.), handwritten, in Russian script. Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop. Further volumes not found....
13 min, 43 sec film clip, color/sound. From introduction voice-over in part 1: "This edition of The Alaska Report also features a floor statement delivered by Senator Robert Byrd in honor of Senator Stevens's 82nd birthday [November 18,...
18 min film clip, color/sound. Interview in a parked van between some apparent staffers of Ted Stevens or Frank Murkowski and an elderly couple (one of them perhaps Mr. Hartman); they discuss President Reagan and electoral politics. The man...
18 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Alaska Review Collection (Alaska Review #17, 1978)". Film shows a helicopter flying low over a herd of reindeer.