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.
"Waiting for the plane in Wiseman because Speaks is going out; up on the glacier;" Ike Speaks - far left, Mary Orok English seated next to Speaks holding Benny Ulen ?, Mrs...
Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russians to the United States of America; Concluded March 30, 1867.
Left to right: Sammy Hope, Carl Frank, Ludie Hope, Harold Wilcox (rear), Mrs. Bejanich, Bob Jones (rear), Tishu Ulen, Elizabeth White, ? (rear), Mrs. Pingle, George Hooey,...
Title taken from caption. View of the top of the door of the church in Nikolski. English writing reads: Saint Nicholas the Thaumaturge. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title supplied by cataloger. Sign has text in English and French and has historic photograph. Slide printed 7/1995. Slide carousel labeled, 'Chilkoot Trail June & July 95.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title by indexer. Photograph of a sermon given in St. Thomas Church, Point Hope, Alaska. Full donor notes read: "Donald Oktollik served as interpreter during sermons, for the benefit of the older people (and also younger people, mostly...
Hand colored. Latin and English with text in French on verso. Includes decorative cartouche, small illustrations of ships throughout, and coat of arms and dedication to Guilielmo Backer de Corneliis. From the Blaeus' Theatrum orbis terrarum,...
Relief shown pictorially. Place names in Latin, English and Dutch. Includes decorative cartouche and empty cartouche, and four views of whaling industry. Hand-colored. Text in Latin on verso. Published in Amstelodami [Amsterdam], Ioannem...
Ms., mounted on cardboard. Relief shown by shading. Shows portion of Clarence Strait, based on descriptions from the steamship Nikolai I in 1839. With (on verso): Karta Baltiiskago Moria [Map of the Baltic Sea]. Signed by George Davidson,...
Remainder of title: and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same. At head of title: 40th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Ex.Doc....
Physical description: 13 pages, handwritten on yellow legal-sized sheets. Places mentioned: Auk Bay (Alaska) ; Auk Village (Alaska) ; Berners Bay (Alaska) ; Cape St. Elias (Alaska) ; Douglas (Alaska) ; Douglas Island (Alaska) ; Fairheaven...
Woman's reindeer parka with wolverine fur trim. Made by donor's mother "Akurak" (Mary English). She used pieces of lynx legs for cuffs. It was caught in a trap and was eaten by another animal except for legs (!) Approx. 32" from shoulder to...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty of March thirtieth, eighteen hun- dred and...