Title from previous photograph UAF-2009-123-353, current caption in album: "Aug 1 - Another exposure". Photograph shows Mt. McKinley in the distance, with some small trees and shrubs in the foreground.
Transcript of diary kept by Myrtle Ryan (later Bunger) in 1900 that describes her journey to and life in Dawson in the Yukon Territory and Nome, Alaska. Myrtle recounts how she traveled from Los Angeles, California to Skagway by boat in January...
Title taken from caption. View of several Native men and women in the process of drying seaweed. There is also a white woman apparently tasting some of the seaweed. Photograph most likely taken in southeast Alaska. Photograph taken between 1890 and...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "A pickup immersed by the waters off the point of Nyman's Peninsula aboard the Naval Station, Kodiak, forced two seamen, William D. Maule of Canoga Park, Calif., and Bruce Reid of Selah,...
(03 of 09) 3. Coal; constitutional convention Coal was needed in Fairbanks and was shipped to Korea. Les believed that he was in the middle in terms of political knowledge. He believed there was some political maneuverings to make Bill...
(5:20 min.) (05 of 09) 5. The convention It was a cold winter. Les drove some of the delegates to the University, where the convention was held. Sessions lasted most of the day and near the end there were evening sessions. Les briefly...
(06 of 09) 6. Consultants and committees There were consultants at the convention to offer advice and assistance, including some consultants who were pushing an agenda. Each of the committees made a good effort and the document as a whole...
(3:45 min.) (08 of 09) 8. Rural/Urban divide The borough concept might have been an error. There are some problems between the city and the Borough. Les felt a young state needed a strong executive.
Title from verso. "New gold rush." Children and women are digging. The young woman in the foreground appears to be wearing rubber boots and carrying some type of spoon or shovel. The building at left has the words "Nome Nugget" over the door.
Kathleen, Harold and Madge Newton visit with some goats, their living quarters in the background. The quarters are located behind the store. What appears to be livestock pen or coop stands behind the children.
Title from caption in album: "May 24 - North slope of some of the mts. at head of moose from ridge below". Photograph shows snow covered hills. From album #7, page 71, bottom left.