54 second film clip, black & white/silent, of a miner hauling wood to feed a steam engine. The steam was used to thaw the frozen ground and enable the miners to chip out the rock and earth. A bucket is seen coming out of a mine shaft and...
View of welcome sign at Bettles Field, Alaska. Sign reads: "Welcome to Bettles Field, Alaska. 66 [degrees]-54' N. 151 [degrees]-31' W. 35 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Population 51. Elevation 665'. Lowest recorded temp[erature] Jan. 1947 -65...
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.
Title taken from caption. " Upper end of Klutena city, Alaska. Showing caches and smoke houses 1898." Photographer: P. S. Hunt, photo No. 54. Reproduced from glass plate.
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Sept 1 - Trophies". Photograph shows a hunting camp. Many hides and Dall sheep skulls and horns are laid out in front of a tent.
Title from previous photograph UAF-2009-123-521, current caption reads: "Sept 1 - Same". Photograph shows a hunting camp. Many hides and Dall sheep skulls and horns are laid out in front of a tent.
Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russians to the United States of America; Concluded March 30, 1867.
One map on 2 sheets. "By Robt. Morden & Will'm. Berry." Shows California as an island; much of the Arctic is blank. Relief shown pictorially. Ancillary map: [Polar projection of the arctic and subarctic]. Decorative cartouche including Captain...
One map on 2 sheets. Shows California as an island; much of the arctic is blank. Relief shown pictorially. Ancillary map: [Polar projection of the arctic and subarctic]. Decorative cartouche including Captain John Wood's coat of arms. Many...
Title taken from caption on Album. "Some of the people at Tanana Crossing."
The men are identified in "Crow Is My Boss" by Kenny Thomas and Craig Mishler (Norman: Univ. of Okla. Press, 2005), p. 54. Top, L-R: Follet Isaac, Henry Luke,...
54 second, color with audio, film clip. The clip shows various types of heavy equipment and snow removal techniques. The clip was taken from the movie "Rendezvous with Destiny", 1969-1972.
ASL-MS004-2-3b-5
Item 5
(acc. # 10213)
Physical description: [68]p.
Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975
The following are stitched together as one booklet.
(5:54 min.) (16 of 24) 16 Passengers Dropped off Father Hubbard and his assistant, Sam Levenson [?] (later mayor of Irvine, CA). They climbed Mt. Katmai. Engine room boy served as alter boy. John Ford rode the ship; he was a good enough...
2 min, 54 sec film clip, color/sound. Title frame identifies clip as color/silent. Senator Ted Stevens discusses an amendment proposed by Sen. Paul Tsongas to the Alaska Lands Act, particularly, its effect on mining operations and...
54 second, color/silent, film clip. Clip shows men loading wood onto the sternwheeler from the shore, feeding the boiler, and the operations of the sternwheel.
Title taken from caption. View of Alaska Engineering Commission power house and shop in Nenana, Alaska. Sign over door on far right reads: "Boiler House." Caption also reads: "No. 54, A. J. Johnson, Official Photographer A.E.C."