(4:00 min.) (20 of 24) 20 Purchasing agent
Nicky Jones was the purchasing agent, but he got too sick to do the job. They hired a replacement from Boeing. Buying for an airplane company was very different from buying for a ship. He quickly...
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...
1 min, 29 sec film clip, black & white/sound. Mark Ringstad discusses the excitement every year in Fairbanks when the ice on the Chena River broke up and began flowing.
01 Began flying (2:43 min.) (01 of 09) On her way to school she was able to see airplanes taking off from the local airport. She thought that was what she wanted to do with her life. She saved up the $125.00 but the flight school closed...
63 second, color with sound film clip. Title from title frame. From television series "Alaska On-Line: Conversations with 'Red' Boucher". UAA/APU Consortium Library catalog indicates: "Alaska On-Line began as the idea of H.A. 'Red' Boucher in...
89 second, color with sound, film clip. Title from title frame. From television series "Alaska On-Line: Conversations with 'Red' Boucher". UAA/APU Consortium Library catalog indicates: "Alaska On-Line began as the idea of H.A. 'Red' Boucher...
134 second, color with sound, film clip. Title from title frame. From television series "Alaska On-Line: Conversations with 'Red' Boucher". UAA/APU Consortium Library catalog indicates: "Alaska On-Line began as the idea of H.A. 'Red' Boucher...
159 second, color/sound film clip. Title from title frame. From television series "Alaska On-Line: Conversations with 'Red' Boucher". UAA/APU Consortium Library catalog indicates: "Alaska On-Line began as the idea of H.A. 'Red' Boucher in...
77 second, color with sound, film clip. Title from title frame. From television series "Alaska On-Line: Conversations with 'Red' Boucher". UAA/APU Consortium Library catalog indicates: "Alaska On-Line began as the idea of H.A. 'Red' Boucher...
115 second, color/sound film clip. Title from title frame. From television series "Alaska On-Line: Conversations with 'Red' Boucher". UAA/APU Consortium Library catalog indicates: "Alaska On-Line began as the idea of H.A. 'Red' Boucher in...
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Title taken from caption. "9065 -- (1) In the summer of 1897 our Uncle Samuel began to discern what a bonanza he had bought from Russia 30 years before. From Sitka to Siberia the vast country seems to glitter with gold. There is said to be...
Title taken from caption. "Cutters Corwin and Walcott". Cataloguer's note: This picture depicts the two cutters which are well known in Alaska Military history. They are seen here probably during an annual cruise which began in the 1880s.
Title by cataloguer. "Mining short course." "The Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines along with the standard four year courses began offering short courses. The ten weeks short noncredit courses were offered between late November...
Title taken from photograph.
Photograph of the 1951 Annual Luncheon of the [General] Federation of Women's Clubs, Shoreham Hotel, Washington D. C. At this lunch the Women's Clubs began supporting the bid for Alaskan Statehood.
Title taken from caption. "13 Apr 45. [WACs setting type for printing]."
World War II changed the lives of women in significant ways. The war not only drew American women to the labor force, but it also brought them into the organized...
In 1949 the Alaska statehood committee was established and preparation for the drafting of the state constitution began. On November 8 1955, fifty five elected delegates from all over the state met in the Constitution Hall at the University of...
Title taken from caption. " S. S. Edith arriving at Valdez, Aug. 10, 1905 with railway materials. " Cataloguer's note: The S. S. Edith was one of Alaska Steamship Company's iron freighters. On one of her voyage from Nome to Tacoma in late...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Heavy Cargo -- Civil Defense members of the earthquake stricken community of Seward strain to shift some of the heavy cargo airlifted into the area by men and...
Title taken from accompanying note. "Rescue workers comb through a demolished home in the Turnagain area following the Alaska Earthquake 3/27/64". Additional notes read: "HQ AAC -- ROUND THE CLOCK SEARCH -- Shortly after the devastating God...