Relief shown by contours and spot heights. From Alfred H. Brooks, The geography and geology of Alaska : a summary of existing knowledge (professional paper) Inset: [Aleutian Islands]. Ancillary map: [Alaska survey index]. "Professional Paper No....
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Conic projection. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 480, plate XI. Handwritten note: "This map formerly used in the field by Dr. Alfred Brooks." Stamped on verso: "Copy furnished in lieu of original."...
Relief shown by contours, land forms and spot heights. Oriented with north to the upper left. Includes 2 profiles of sections. Surveyed in 1908 under the direction of Alfred H. Brooks. "Bulletin 525, plate XI." In color. Mounted on linen. 41 x...
Shows towns, rivers, mountains, elevations, lakes, glaciers, rivers, and railroads. Relief shown by hill shading, form lines and spot heights. Library copy contains portions of other maps and was cut from larger sheet. Stamped: Alfred H. Brooks,...
Left to right: Little Frank Walley, Mrs. Frank Walley, Billy Walley. Mrs. Wm. (Kitty) Sibley, Billy Sibley. "Mrs. Walley lived to be 96. She's half Indian, half...
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Full note reads: "1948 10 Bobby Jo Crabaugh - Nancy Crabaugh with our dog, Kobuk on the school grounds @ Shungnak, Alaska. With the Brooks Range in the background."
Full note reads: "1948 11 Eskimo Grade school girls with Brooks Range in background @ Shungnak, AK. This was taken on the playground on the north side and the Kobuk River is on the right side of the picture."
Full note reads: "1948 11 Local Shungnak Eskimo students with Brooks Range in background @ Shungnak, AK. I was the second person on the left in the spotted parka."
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 from verso. Group of men testing oil from a seepage near Anchorage, Alaska. Verso reads: Oil geologists examining seepage at Anchorage. 1. Alfred H. Brooks, U.S. Geo Surv. 2. Ed Nolan, chief geologist Genrl [sic] Petrol [...] co. ...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "We've arrived. Mt. Brooks as seen from McGonagall Pass. This is THE opening to our route up the Muldrow Glacier (and eventually the summit)."
Title taken from caption. Brooks Memorial Mining Building is seen here to the far right and the power plant is situated directly ahead. Evidently, the styles and models of the automobiles are good indicators of this time period.
Title taken from caption. View of the dirt covered roof of a cabin. Caption also says: "Cabin belonging to Mr. Grant in which we stayed one night. This cabin is located in the portage between Naknek and Iliuk (Brooks) Lakes." Photo taken in what...
Title hand-written on slide. This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk on June 14, 1961 and depicts the Sheenjek River in the Brooks Range of Alaska. The image shows pink flowers in the right foreground and mountains in the background. The...
Title handwritten on slide. This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk on June 8, 1961 and depicts naturalist Margaret "Mardy" E. Murie (1902-2003) standing in front of a lake near the Sheenjek River in the Brooks Range of Alaska. There are...