The history, beginning with primitive Alaska Eskimo life, includes some "book facts," personal anecdotes, and stories told by others. It describes life in the northern regions from early times until ca. 1937-1940 when the history was written. ...
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Physical description: 1v. (13 leaves), handwritten on yellow legal-sized sheets.
Summary: Joseph relates the story of the Aukquon, Auk tribe of Tlingit Indians, beginning at the Stikine River in the 15th century. He mentions settlements...
(4:37min) (01 of 08) Family background and history father -- blacksmith from Scotland; worked -- Minnesota; moved to Pacific County, Washington; Lebam, Washington -- mother; mother's -- family history; Judson, Beebee -- great-great aunt; family...
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A short history of the Aleutian Islands and the people who live there, and a teacher's guide / written by Dennis Remick ; produced by the Aleutian Region School District.
Descriptive Narrative: A small brass box with embossed cover containing two metal vials for annointing oils, a small scissors, annointing brush, and sponge. Cover is engraved with crucifixion scene.
Culture: Russian
History: Collected...
Object Name: book
Subject: Russian Orthodox Church
Found: Juneau
Accession Number: 73-27
Used: Juneau
Description: paper; ink; printed; bound
Descriptive Narrative: TLINGIT OLD & NEW TESTAMENT READER from St. Nicholas Church,...
Photograph of the opening of the Alaska Centennial Exhibition at the Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Museum. Visible left to right are Sen. E. L. Bartlett; S. Dillion Ripley, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; and Sen. Ernest...
61 second film clip, black & white with audio track narration Clip of reindeer herding. Narration briefly describes the history of reindeer herding in Alaska.
The Alaska History Nugget series was created in 2004-2005 as a cooperative...
Descriptive Narrative: Tea strainer of gold-washed silver.
Description: silver
Made: Russia
Notes: Manufactured by Peter Uhrwader, a Finnish metalsmith working in ST. Petersburg, Russia; made prior to 1822 (attributed and dated by...
Accession Number: 98-11
Made: Russia
Used: Sitka
Found: Sitka; Finland
Description: wood; painted; lacquer
Descriptive Narrative: Box, wooden or paper mache. Lacquer: black on outside, red on inside. Rectangular shape....
Found: St. Paul
Photo: negative, black and white
Description: hand-lettered
Accession Number: 57-10
Descriptive Narrative: Hand-lettered Divine Liturgy of the Russian Orthodox Church. Text in Church Slavonic.
Exhibition: ASM 1/71-6/72 ...
Accession Number: 50-68
Made: Russia
Descriptive Narrative: Brass cannon, mounted on a wooden support with iron mounts. Bore is 8cm diameter.
Found: Kodiak
Inscription: "No 1" inscribed on top surface of cannon....
Old Num: LC.344-1.1
Description: wood; paint
Found: Sitka
Culture: Aleut; Alutiiq
History: From the collection of Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff, curator of the Alaska Historical Library and Museum from 1919-1940. Purchased by...