Title taken from caption. View of an Alaska Native woman standing next to a clothesline with grass hanging to dry. There is a wooden building in the background. From May's journal, dated July 12th: "The grass that is cut for making baskets, is cut...
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Gisberg, 'Snake,' 'Doc,' and 'Mac.'" View of crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa on a fishing trip to Kenai Lake. From May's journal, dated June 7th: "One old timer there told me...
Aerial of commercial fishing boats of the Frustrated Independent Fish Harvesters (F.I.S.H.) attempting to blockade an oil tanker from docking, protesting oil spills that were preventable. Not allowed to fish because of mousse and oil debris found...
Aerial of commercial fishing boats of the Frustrated Independent Fish Harvesters (F.I.S.H.) attempting to blockade an oil tanker from docking, protesting oil spills that were preventable. Not allowed to fish because of mousse and oil debris found...
Aerial of commercial fishing boats of the Frustrated Independent Fish Harvesters (F.I.S.H.) attempting to blockade an oil tanker from docking, protesting oil spills that were preventable. Not allowed to fish because of mousse and oil debris found...
Aerial of people on shore watching commercial fishing boats of the Frustrated Independent Fish Harvesters (F.I.S.H.) attempt to blockade an oil tanker from docking, protesting oil spills that were preventable. Not allowed to fish because of mousse...
Aerial of people on shore watching commercial fishing boats of the Frustrated Independent Fish Harvesters (F.I.S.H.) attempt to blockade an oil tanker from docking, protesting oil spills that were preventable. Not allowed to fish because of mousse...
Title from caption in photo album. Full Caption reads: "The Alaskan Polar Bear Hockey Team 1 Pat O'Neill 'Alaska's native son' (Trainer) 2 Glen Franklin 'We GOT to win this game fellows' (Manager) 3 Doc. L. L. Hufman 'Judge of scotch'...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
View over the housetops, looking toward the school and shed up on hill; also shows retaining wall of cedar around play ground; according to the teacher, Tenakee "exists because of the mineral health springs"
This school was not used after 1936; according to the teacher's report, "After the school was closed from 1936-1940, it was thought desirable by the community to hold school in the lobby of the hotel belonging to the estate of Mr. Asbjorensen,...
1 v. (47 p.), handwritten, in Russian script. Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop. Further volumes not found....
Photo caption: 20 Feb 1948 Anchorage, Alaska 10th and East G - - privies and shacks predominate in this scene. Poor housing is one of the major factors in the high degree of illness of children under 10 years of age in this portion of...