A large, intricately designed screen, with an oval opening behind which regalia and treasures were stored; [S’igeidí X’een (Beaver Screen) made for Took’ka Hít (Needlefish House) and S’igeidi Hít (Beaver House) of the Deisheetaan in...
Named for Carlile P. Patterson, the PATTERSON was a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ship, rigged as a barkentine, in operation between 1883 and 1918
Papers focus on several Tlingits from Angoon, Admiralty Island, 1878-1911 when the Navy was in charge of the territory. Two letters and the "lost" note relate to the bombardment of Angoon by the Navy vessel U.S.S. Adams in 1882; also mentions the...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "Extensive corrections April, 1893, Sept. 1895." Stamped in bottom margin: Issued with corrections in 1898. "No. 904." "367."
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "Extensive corrections, April 1893, Sept. 1895." Stamped in margin: This chart corrected to Jul-5 1898." No. 904, p. 367.
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. "First published in 1883." Stamped in lower left margin: Aids to navigation corrected for information received to Oct. 21, 1898." Inset: Port Althorp, Cross Sound. "8311."
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
United States atlas: maps and charts accompanying the case and counter case of the United States, by the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, and published by the United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1904.
Color photo shows three islands, captioned left from right, "Castle Rock 1779", "Perry Isl. [Island] 1906," "Fire Isl. [Island] 1883," with a volcanic eruption occurring on Perry Island. Postcard is addressed to Miss...
Title from image caption Named for Carlile P. Patterson, the PATTERSON was a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ship, rigged as a barkentine, in operation between 1883 and 1918
Title from image caption Photographer's number 3106 Mariposa, built in 1883, was in service with the Alaska Steamship Company when she struck a rock ledge in Fitzhugh Sound, British Columbia, in 1915
Title from image caption Photographer's number 3108 Mariposa, built in 1883, was in service with the Alaska Steamship Company when she struck a rock ledge in Fitzhugh Sound, British Columbia, in 1915
Title taken from caption. " Panorama of Ship Creek, Alaska S. S. Mariposa, Bertha and Explorer." Cataloguer's note: Built in 1883, this Alaska Steamship Company steamer would voyage the Seattle - Cook Inlet route. Photographer: P. S. Hunt,...
View of (left to right) customs house, castle, and barracks in Sitka, Alaska. From front of image: "Office of Fred W. Fickett," "Valuable picture," and "Custom house - castle or U.S. Signal Office - barracks in Sitka." Fickett's office was in the...