Written on front: To my friend Ernest Gruening with best wishes William E. Beltz. Verso: William Ernest Beltz, a 47 year-old native of the Eskimo village of Unalakleet, is president of the Alaskan State Senate as Alaska makes the complicated...
Verso: William Earnest Beltz, a 47-year-old native of the Eskimo Village of Unalakleet, is president of the Alaskan State Senate as Alaska makes the complicated transition from territorial to State government. Beltz's father, a native of...
Ms., ink on paper. Includes place names in Aleut. Oriented with north to the upper right. Annotation on verso: Amlia Island, easterly one of the Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands.
Title from verso. Photograph of the site of a former Aleut village. Verso reads: "Expanse of water and grass was all that met first Japanese who occupied Kiska Island in the Aleutians. This is the site of a former Aleut village. W...
Title from verso. Photograph of canvas umiaks shuttling cargo from a Navy vessel to St. George. Verso reads: "Five of 16. Last Long Mile -- Although cargo to the Pribilofs arrived at destination aboard a modern Navy transport which also...
Title from verso. Photograph of a load of gasoline drums being lowered into an umiak. Verso reads: "Four of 16. Gasoline for Pribilofs -- A slingload of gasoline-filled drums is lowered into a waiting bidar, a 40-foot canvas covered...
Title from verso. Alternate title from verso: "Navy ship resupplies Pribilof Islands and brings back seal skins(Nine of 16)" Children swing as other children look on from a boat landing. Verso reads: "Nine of 16. Bering Sea Playground...
(4:01 min.) (01 of 27) Family history: Grandfather
Grandfather from Virginia, fought for Union, was a soldier at Sitka during the signing in 1868. Father stayed and married a Creole, part Aleut. Got a Job with the A. C. Co. Grandfather...
Four native men in two skin boats, probably Aleut men (Unangan), paddle up to another ship (note rigging in upper right corner. Both kayaks are of the three seat versions and both have a harpoon attached to the right front of the bidarka.
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 frame reads: "Elmer Rasmuson speaks to school children about what it means to be an Alaskan". Elmer Rasmuson speaks to school children about Alaska, including how the word Alaska is from the Aleut language for 'The Great Land'. 64-second...
From caption: "Half-breed fisherman's boat at Larsens Bay." From verso: "Aleut children and their father’s (Grumpy Joe?) fishing boat." View of several children on a beach near an anchored sailboat. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936...
Title taken from caption. View of a traditional style Aleut home, constructed of wood. From verso: "Aleut House, Barabara Style, sweat bath in rear." Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition...
Title taken from caption. According to May, Father Kochergin was one of only two Aleut (Unangan) priests serving the Russian Orthodox Church. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Top image shows Aleut man in single baidarka with spear and paddle; bottom shows three Aleuts in one baidarka From: Sarychev, Gavriil Andreevich, "Atlas of the Northern Part of the Pacific Ocean," compiled by the Imperial Navy Department, 1826
Original 1846 edition of the fundemental work on the Aleut language, the Eastern (Fox Island) dialect.
Published in 1846 in St. Petersburg, Russia by the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Physical description: 237p. File type: PDF 44.44MB
Title and description taken from accompanying materials. Two Anglo females, possibly school teachers. Peter Kewan in rear of bidarka; a Sugpiaq born in Afognak or Katmai area about 1873, killed by a bear in Afognak area about 1921. Another...