(4:17 min.) (07 of 08) Unions and changes in the engineering job Marine Engineers Benevolent Association; MEBA Union Hall; union meetings; strike -- Alaska Steam; strike -- American Mail Line; animosity -- company, union representatives;...
(5:38 min.) (04 of 27) Early work history
Left Cordova to go to school at Alaska School of Mines and Agriculture (UAF). Took civil engineering courses. By the time he had graduated, the railroads had shut down and there were only jobs in...
[A check for $5,168,967.71 is presented to Governor Egan by Lyle F. Gones, Chief of the Bureau of Land Management, Division of Engineering. The Check represents Alaska's share of Federal Revenues obtained from public lands under the Mineral...
"Wainwright. Left to right: captain, engineering officer, government nurse, (who travels by dog-team) two school-teachers, our doctor, navigator. The nurse is nice, and just as rugged as they come." Photograph possibly taken on USCG Spencer, 1939.
Close up view of beacon on rooftop of Cape Spencer Light Station in southeast Alaska. From verso: "Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress negative) Jet Lowe, Photographer." Photographer: Jet Lowe. Original photograph size: 7" x...
Close up view of outbuilding and base of crane at Cape Spencer Light Station in southeast Alaska. Writing on building reads: "Restored to full ops by the Ketchikan Ind. A Team [?] Conklin 6-19-89." From verso: "Historic American Engineering Record...
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages. 16 cm.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
From verso: "Military and civilian personnel of U. S. Engineers in Alaska at Headquarters of Alaska Defense Command, Fort Richardson, following award of the Distinguished Service medal to Col. B. B. Talley, Officer in Charge Alaska Construction,...
Group of men at unfinished bridge holding sign reading, "Anchorage-Fairbanks Special". James Wickersham is fourth from right. "Cap" Lathrop stands alone in lower left. Image: A.E.C. [Alaska Engineering Commission]. Photographer's number 35.
Includes cost estimates for construction. Relief shown by contours. Oriented with north to the upper right. Includes two profiles. House Doc. 610; 64th Cong., 1st session, Map XVI.