From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...
Title by cataloger. The city of Fairbanks, Alaska, is named after Charles W. Fairbanks, who was a popular political figure of his time. He is seen here seated and wearing a dark suit, white round collar and a distinct polka-dotted bow tie. He...
"Peter John elected chief and his wife Susan in Arctic Village, The tall man is Guilbert Joseph a man from Anvik who married a woman from Arctic Village. The other man is unidentified." Visible in this photograph is a cabin with a flag out front...
In 1949 the Alaska statehood committee was established and preparation for the drafting of the state constitution began. On November 8 1955, fifty five elected delegates from all over the state met in the Constitution Hall at the University of...
This image shows Article III of the constitution of the state of Alaska which recognizes the office of the governor (elected for four years) as the executive power of the state. See also UAF-2004-25-4-1
This is an image of Ordinance No. 2 which stipulated that two U. S. Senators and a Representative should be elected to serve as a " shadow" delegation until statehood. This Ordinance passed 15,011-9,556.
Second volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Nov. 22, 1915-Jan. 14, 1917. [166] pages ; 16 cm.
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
Formal studio portrait of Frank R. Ferguson, a Democrat from Kotzebue, District L; elected to Alaska House of Representatives 1970, 1972; to Alaska Senate 1974, 1978, 1982
Formal portrait of William E. Beltz, a Democrat from Unalakleet, who was a member of the territorial legislature and later elected Senate President of the 1st Alaska State Legislature