(4:41 min.) (08 of 28) 8. Getting to Africa The ship shuddered, then listed and water came in the portholes. They had run into a submarine [u-boat]tender. The Santa Paula was eventually sunk by submarines.
1 v. (47 p.), handwritten, in Russian script. Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop. Further volumes not found....
1 v. (47 p.), handwritten, in Russian script. Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop. Further volumes not found....
35 second, color/silent, film clip of a whale hunt, 1951-1959. The men look for whales with the aid of a telescope, shoot a small white whale, pull it to shore with some type of grappling hook, and eventually pull it onto shore with ropes. A...
Arthur Hansin Eide standing by a portion of map of Alaska, with three pieces from the Alaska Collection, Cook Inlet Historical Society Museum, Anchorage, Alaska. Cook Inlet Historical Society Museum, which was eventually incorporated into the...
Crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa prepare to launch a surf boat to investigate a distressed vessel. From May's journal, dated June 1st: "By radio we hear that two boats have been reported missing, and we are now searching for them....
Naturalist Charles Sheldon (1867-1928) was an authority on big game animals, particularly Alaskan mountain sheep and bear. He participated in a drive which eventually led to the creation of Denali National Park (originally Mt. McKinley National...
Title from caption. Photograph of a totem pole in Ketchikan. Caption reads: "One of the finest carved totem poles in S. Eastern Alaskan [sic], situated at Ketchikan. These totem poles represent the history of the tribe that erect them &...
Title from verso. "It didn't quite make the ATC field at Nome, but it was repaired and eventually reached the Russo-German front to kill Nazis. Photo by US Army Air Forces."
Title taken from caption. " S. S. Edith arriving at Valdez, Aug. 10, 1905 with railway materials. " Cataloguer's note: The S. S. Edith was one of Alaska Steamship Company's iron freighters. On one of her voyage from Nome to Tacoma in late...
Title taken from caption. Beulah Marrs (later Beulah Marrs Parisi) gets help washing and drying dishes from service man John Chrisman in 'Bee Hive' in Anchorage, Alaska. Also from verso: "Beulah 'Bee' Marrs getting dishwashing help from John...
Title taken from caption. Man walking near mouth of stream which eventually overflowed and caused flooding, during National Geographic Society expedition to what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Also from caption:...
Title taken from caption. Man walking near mouth of stream which eventually overflowed and caused flooding, during National Geographic Society expedition to what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Also from caption:...
Title taken from caption. "Tanana Valley R. R. Trains at Fox, Alaska. Hand colored." Business signs visible include: "Chesley & Ryan General Merchandise, Miners Supplies - Steam Fitting" and "P.C.S.Co Market".
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 verso. Verso reads: "Looking up stream on Budd Creek. 'Tailing' of the old 'Cambell' Hydraulic-lift are int he background. This old operation was unsuited for this ground and was eventually drowned out by water breaking into the...