Title taken from image (handwritten by Thomas W.Benham). View of the U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service cutter "Bear" with steam launch heading out to sea. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch.
Title taken from caption. View of an open sided, rectangular shaped building. Large wooden poles provide the structural support; two walls and the roof are covered with skins. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch.
Title is based on caption in Thomas W. Benham's handwriting. View of a barabara, a traditional Unangan semi-subterranean sod house, in Unalaska. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch.
Title taken from image (Thomas W. Benham's handwriting). View across the harbor to the town of Wrangell, along the waterfront. Original photograph size: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch.
Seated: J. H. Kinkead, Governor of Alaska. Standing (l. to r.): Edwin W. Haskett, District Attorney of Iowa; Munson C. Hillyer, U.S. Marshall of Nevada; Ward McAllister, Jr., Judge of California; Andrew T. Lewis, Clerk of Court of Illinois....
Cover: "Scrap-book, belonged to George Kostrometinoff ('Father Sergius') who was in the employ of the Russian gov't. and also the United States gov't.in the early days."
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...
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 of March...
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 of March thirtieth, eighteen hun- dred and...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of protecting and conserving the fisheries of the United States...
History: Found in the collection with no documentation. The name "Kow-ee" (Kaawa.ee) was given to several prominent men of the L'eeneidí clan, Teel' Hít (Dog Salmon House), Aak'wkwaan (or Auke Tlingit). Such signs were attached to the residences...