[A check for $5,168,967.71 is presented to Governor Egan by Lyle F. Gones, Chief of the Bureau of Land Management, Division of Engineering. The Check represents Alaska's share of Federal Revenues obtained from public lands under the Mineral...
"Governor Egan looks over a brass totem pole presented by the chamber of commerce of Hermosa Beach, Ca., for Alaska's cooperation in the "Hermosa Holidays" celebration which honored Alaska and Hawaii."
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Insets: [North America showing Alaska's location in relation to the United States] -- Diagram of the Middle States. Text on verso: "Province of Canada, no. 1. Alaska, late...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
10 min, 2 sec film clip, color/sound. Ted Stevens gives an update on current work in the Senate to authorize development on Alaska's coastal plain; thanks long-time staffer Marie [Matsuno] Nash, who recently retired as director of Stevens's...
9 min, 3 sec. film clip, color/sound. Ted Stevens gives an update on current work in the Senate to authorize development on Alaska's coastal plain; thanks Janet Halverson; recognizes deployed U.S. military personnel; comments on regime change...
44 second color with audio track film clip showing Governor Jay Hammond off loading passengers from a small aircraft and walking to his log home on Lake Clark. Sound track in background is narrator describing Governor Hammond's background...
(4:03 min.) (02 of 08) 2. Statehood convention Issue revolved around who should be in control of Alaska's resources, the territory or the Federal Government. Finds that Alaska Department of Fish & Game manages far better than Federal Fish...
(5:35 min.) (06 of 08) 6. Urban-rural divide The divide was not an issue until the majority of population moved to the city. Clem sees states outside Alaska as being willing to take advantage of Alaska's resources. Diane thinks that many...
Title from verso. Photograph of an oil drilling family and some equipment.
Verso reads: "They drill Alaska's oil wells. The man in the middle is Tom White The Sourdough driller. He drilled the first oil well in Alaska. The woman is...
Title from verso. Full comment from verso reads: "Prudhoe Bay State No. 1, the discovery well for the giant Prudhoe Bay field, is enclosed in a metal building in this 1969 photograph. The discovery well, drilled in 1968 by ARCO/Exxon,...
Title from verso. Full verso caption reads: "First development at Prudhoe Bay, on Alaska's North Slope, is pictured above in 1969. At center is ARCO's operations center, and adjoining it is a small topping plant to produce diesel fuel for...
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Drill rig is illuminated in Arctic sunset/sunrise during winter of 1969-1970. During 56 days in winter, the sun never rises above the horizon in Alaska's far north."
Title from verso. Full caption from verso reads: "Equipment used for seismic exploration on Alaska's North Slope in 1969 includes a shot hole drill, at left foreground, and a Nodwell tracked vehicle at center. At right in one of the portable...