Verso: Statehood hearing before Senate Committee on (Interior & Indian?). Secretary Oscar Chapman testifying. In rear at left Gov. Earl Warren; at right Senators Corden, Ore.; Butler, Neb.; Anderson N. M.
As the chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Development of the Senate Public Works Committee, Senator Gruening inspects a housing project in Bethel while in the town to hold hearings.
“Among some 200 volunteers who worked round-the-clock in Seattle to process more than 30,000 inquiries from anxious relatives of Alaskans living in areas affected by the Good Friday earthquake were (from...
“Anchorage – Army Private Ralph T. Frye, Hamlet, N.C., briefs Red Cross disaster nursing staff on how to get to isolated Alaskan communities hard hit by Good Friday’s earthquake and tidal waves. Left...
(2:20 min.) (02 of 12) Toast Mistress Club and the Statehood Issue debating committee; debate -- Statehood issue; rules; politics, religion; appoint a committee to study issue of Statehood; too political -- couldn't study Statehood; Dr. Moberg...
(3:53 min.) (05 of 12) Experiences working towards Statehood; Senate of the United States; arguments for and against Statehood; Statehood Bill passed -- June 30th, 8 pm 1958; American -- Alaskan; worked towards Statehood -- no blood shed;...
(6:09 min.) (14 of 20) (Wholesaling structure/DEW line and Pipeline--DEW line--Pipeline--Alaska Steamship did DEW line project (single employer)--Pipeline was handled by different contractors and subcontractors that each did their own...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of women at a rummage sale. Additional donor note reads: "The church often received contributions of used clothes, which were in fact helpful to cash-poor Point Hope families. All these contributions...
Title by donor notes. Photograph of women at a rummage sale in Point Hope, Alaska. It appears to have been held in a gymnasium; note the basketball hoop on the wall. Additional donor notes read: "The church often received contributions of...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of a woman purchasing items at a rummage sale in Point Hope, Alaska. Full donor notes read: "The church often received contributions of used clothes, which were in fact helpful to cash-poor Point Hope...
Title from verso. Photograph of boat flung inland by the tsunami generated by the 1964 earthquake. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- FLEET DEMOLISHED -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages...
Title from verso. Photograph of a Civil Defense team as they move cargo destined for aid and reconstruction after the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- HEAVY CARGO -- Civil Defense members of the...
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of Seward, Alaska showing damage following the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- END OF The LINE -- Rail lines and a fuel tank farm suffered almost complete...
12 min, 19 sec film clip, color/silent. Senators Ted Stevens and Pete Domenici speak and take testimony at a committee hearing on high energy prices. The first witness is Lee Raymond (Chairman, CEO Exxon Mobil Corporation).
8 min, 12 sec film clip, color/sound. Senators Ted Stevens, Pete Domenici, and Lisa Murkowski speak and take testimony at a committee hearing on high energy prices. The first witness (continuing from part 1) is Lee Raymond (Chairman, CEO...
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...
(03 of 09) 3. Coal; constitutional convention Coal was needed in Fairbanks and was shipped to Korea. Les believed that he was in the middle in terms of political knowledge. He believed there was some political maneuverings to make Bill...