"Jack got a good snap of a cow moose one day above the camp. They were a common sight on most of the creeks. Sometimes a dozen could be seen on short trips up and down the creeks."
Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the Eskimos. The Japanese serve fish raw. ...
Five young women identified as left to right: Kuzrere or Grace (Mrs. Percy Blatchford of Nome), Koot egweena, Angnohok, Oo me eeuk, Ang arolok or Bessie (Mrs. Henry Miller of Teller).
Two women identified as Nora (left) and Angnolok (right).
Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the...
Caption: Eskimos are not Indians, but Mongoloids. Both have all inherent reverence for their ancestors, the Japanese possessing the characteristic a degree stronger than the Eskimos. The...
Photograph signed by Hubert H. Humphry with the lines: To Ernest Gruening - a stalwart Democrat, a remarkable American, and good friend. Hubert H. Humphry.
Dogsled team on the Chena River near the Cushman Street Bridge in Fairbanks, Alaska. Many onlookers are present. Visible in the background is Samson Hardware with a sign advertising Good Year Tires. The steeple of the...
Dogsled team on the Chena River near the Cushman Street Bridge in Fairbanks, Alaska. Many onlookers are present. Visible in the background is Samson Hardware as well as the steeple of the Immaculate Conception church. A...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Shows religious denominations assigned sponsorship of mission schools in Alaska locations, areas of good reindeer pasturage in Alaska, and existing herds of domestic reindeer in eastern Siberia. "To accompany reindeer report by Sheldon Jackson,...
Shows land and sea routes to locations on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Cover title: Map of Sumner Peninsula, northwestern Alaska : including the mining districts of Cape Nome, Port Clarence, Cape York, Arctic, Kougarok, Good Hope, Council City,...
"It was from this man from whom I obtained the medicine box, with the contents of which (as he told me) he could cure any ailment of any individual on the island. it had been used by a good many Angakoks before him." Note from Harold McCracken.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a herd of caribou. The herd has a couple of bulls with large antlers. Caption from finding aid reads "Caribou with good sized bulls". Location is unknown.
The O'Keefe collection contains photographs and slides taken primarily on Adak Island during World War II. Scenes include landscapes, persons, buildings, plants, animals and ships.
Grace O'Keefe made three trips to Alaska – as a Navy...