Shows tracks of various voyages, including Bering and Chirikov. Relief shown by hachures. "Republished by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to his Majesty." Considered to be the first English edition of a map published by the Royal Academy of Sciences...
Relief shown by hachures. Considered to be proof plate of Teben'kov's Atlas, 1852, no. 17. Insets: Port S. Diego -- Port Monterei. On verso: Karta Kamchatskago berega with insets: Zaliv Avacha; Port Petropavlovsk. Manuscript annotations are...
Title from verso. Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first successful ascent of both peaks of Mount McKinley in 1932. The men are shown looking for the body of Allen Carpe, who also climbed Mount McKinley in 1932...
Title taken from verso. Full caption on verso reads, "Camp where Koven was found, near head of Muldrow Glacier, photo by Merl LaVoy, Summer 1932, Farquhar Collection." Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first...
Title taken from verso of identical photo (UAF-1981-208-7). Verso reads, "Camp where Koven was found, near head of Muldrow Glacier, photo by Merl LaVoy, Summer 1932, Farquhar Collection." Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition...
Double hemisphere showing "Pars Borealis" and "Pars Australis". Relief shown pictorially. Double cordiform projection. Considered the most influential polar world map published in the sixteenth century; prototype for Mercator's double cordiform...
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: The open-cut mining which was new at the time, was generally considered as more efficient. It involved the stripping, thawing and extracting of the gravel. The surface dirt was hauled away, in...
Title taken from attached note and back of photograph. "Main building approximately 1935 - 1940. Extreme left - Mrs. Clifford Smith, Mrs Harold Jesting (?) from Baltimore, Mrs. Woole, Mrs. Clausen, Mrs Cremeans, Mrs. Austin Gills, Mrs. Rogge,...
Title taken from caption on Album. "The John A. Davis residence." Also identified as Mary Lee Davis Home this house is located on Cowles Street. The Davis residence which had a sprawling front yard, a large veranda, polished oak floor and...
Title taken from caption. View of the Bunker Building in Whittier, Alaska. From verso: "From: US Army Engineer District, Alaska, PO Box 7002, Anchorage, Alaska. Phone: Anchorage BRoadway 6-6091 or Elmendorf 754-4182. For Lease -- The Army Port of...
Journal kept by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, commanding officer of the 1898 U.S. Army Expedition to Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska. June 29-Oct. 23, 1898. [228] pages ; 23 cm. The main task of the expedition was to explore the country north of Cook...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads: "Slumped polygonal frost cracks in the frozen silt, turf-mantled coastal plain along the Arctic coast in the vicinity of the 141st meridan. The deepest slumps are along systems of frost cracks that drain out...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads: "Slumped polygonal frost cracks in the frozen silt, turf-mantled coastal plain along the Arctic coast in the vicinity of the 141st meridan. The deepest slumps are along systems of frost cracks that drain out...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads: "Slumped polygonal frost cracks in the frozen silt, turf-mantled coastal plain along the Arctic coast in the vicinity of the 141st meridan. The deepest slumps are along systems of frost cracks that drain out...
Title taken from caption. Caption reads: "Slumped polygonal frost cracks in the frozen silt, turf-mantled coastal plain along the Arctic coast in the vicinity of the 141st meridan. The deepest slumps are along systems of frost cracks that drain out...
Photographer's notes: Killisnoo. Nick Prokopeuff. Born at Attu. Evacuated from Atka in Navy bomber which led to his remark "Now I know how it feels to be a duck." Was considered the village wit.
This was a very talented club and is considered to have been one of the finest in the then territory. However, stern opposition came from Artillery teams Battery B; Battery C and Battery D; U. S. Marines; Army Camp Riley; USN Patrol Squadron; Army ...
This photo has been identified as Chief Kowee, in Juneau, with his wife Ok-lak and her sister (who was also his second wife). That identification, on verso, is considered to be incorrect. Verso: Kow-ee - Died Feb. 27, 1892. Wife "Ok-lak" and...
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel; Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau; Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah; Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah; Chief Shoo-we-Kah from Juneau; Chief Ah-na-tlash from Taku;...