The photographs primarily relate to Valdez and the Copper River country during the period 1899-1905. Included are photographs of towns, buildings, camps, social events, mining, packing supplies and equipment, people, and scenery.
(2:48 min) (26 of 27) Road has adverse effect on Native lifestyle Has adverse effect on Native lifestyle but not necessarily to Native people. Not everybody will fare equally.
(4:48 min.) (09 of 24) 09 Food and health on-board the ship Beef served frequently and caused complaints. Sometimes it was the waiter's fault, sometimes it was the traveler's fault, and sometimes it was the sea. The nurse had to help lots...
06 Crash took six weeks to repair aircraft (4:58 min.)(06 of 09)
In the mean time took a job teaching in McGrath that keep her busy through the winter. In the spring went to lower 48 to get an airplane. In Seattle went to Northern Commercial...
1954 Roll 1.Title taken from accompanying inventory.Named in 1869 by G. Davidson, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), because it appeared to be a shallow lagoon fed by silt laden glacial streams. In 1778 Captain James Cook (1785, v. 28, p....
3 maps on 1 sheet. Shows detailed features of ancient living spaces at the Kukuliak archaeological site. Includes key and detailed notes. "Drawn from field notes and plans." Components: Plan view of excavation -- Elevations of excavation, sec....
3 maps on one sheet. Shows Tongass Island, Kanagunut Island, Sitklan Island and portions of Chichagof Island. Relief shown by hachures. "From a sketch by George Davidson…" "Drawn by H. Lindenkohl." Components: Passages to Fort Tongass --...
48 second color/silent film clip, of a trip on the Riverboat Discovery in Fairbanks, Alaska. Clip shows passengers loading, Jim Binkley talking on a microphone, Mary Binkley talking to passengers about fur, and a trip to an Athabascan fish camp.
48 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Romig Collection, 1930-1932". Film shows the arrival of Matt Neimanen with his wife and child in Anchorage, Alaska, on a ski plane. On the side of the plane appears to be...
48 second film clip, black & white/sound. From title frame: "Gruening Collection, 1961-1964". Film shows Ernest Gruening telling Philleo Nash that the problems of Alaskan Natives differ according to geographic location.