Includes notes and daily records of glacier advance. "In
charge of party: Otto Wm. Geist; Robert E. Lyle, Deputy Mineral Surveyor; Louis Giddings [and] John Cray, Ass'ts." "Drawn by Olavi V. Kukkola, Univ. of Alaska." Oriented with north to the...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers at the front of the advance against Japanese defenders. Verso reads: "Washington D.C. -- This photo, one of the first taken of the landing of U. S. troops on Jap-held [ Japanese held ] Attu Island...
Title from verso. Photograph of men waiting for a lull in the fighting to advance. Verso reads: ""Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of Holtz Bay, the Jap [...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 6 seconds, MPG-1 format. The advance group boards the boats with most of the equipment everyone will need at the camp. Vernon Brower...
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 39 seconds, MPG-1 format. The advance group leaves the monument campsite and heads for Tuapaktusuk, called the Skull cliffs, where they can...
Title from verso. Photograph of a camp during the advance across Attu Island. Verso reads: "As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay." "Attu Island--When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and...
Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers resting while others take up the advance in the background. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- Sleepy-eyed American soldiers crawl wearily into sleeping bags behind an embankment on Attu Island. After...
Title from verso. Photograph of a soldier taking cover behind rocks. Verso reads: "As Americans advanced on Holtz Bay. Attu Island -- When American forces landed on Attu Island early last May at two points, Massacre Bay, and north of...
Title from verso. Photograph of men and landing craft during the liberation of Kiska Island. Verso reads: "Canadian and American troops landed from these craft on Kiska beach go to hunt Japs, only to find that the little men weren't...
(4:53 min.) (10 of 24) 10 Main job of the Steward was in the dining room and the cabins Steward had to deal with the people, had to do the ordering, had to balance all the overtime. On the "North Sea" had to print up the menus. Had to sit...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from caption. "9715 -- (29) The majority of those who crossed the pass stopped either at Lake Linderman or Lake Bennett for the purpose of constructing boats for the journey down the Yukon. The advance of the crusaders rendered it...
Title taken from caption. "Copyright, 1897, By Keppler & Schwarzmann J. Ottmann Lith. [Lithography] Co. Puck Building New York". This color cartoon drawing/poster captures a large man towering over a mining site while digging and seemingly...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Junior Red Cross boxes brought smiles of delight to the faces of Aleut children in the Red Cross shelter at Camp Denali while plans were being made for their return to Old Harbor. Gift...
Title taken from sign in photo. Woman sits under sign advertising "Date Nite" at USO building in Anchorage, Alaska, with men on either side offering her cigarettes (left) and beverages (right). Also from sign in photo: "Every Sat[urday] night,...
Title from postcard caption Full caption: "An advance survey party on the Alaska Highway built through Canada’s wilderness by a welcome invasion army of U.S. soldiers"
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel; Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau; Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah; Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah; Chief Shoo-we-Kah from Juneau; Chief Ah-na-tlash from Taku;...