Caption reads: "Taken - Camp John Hay." A woman stands at the top of a staircase surrounded by plants and a chair, possibly on the porch of a house? Camp John Hay is the common name of John Hay Air Station. According...
A steamship floats in a sea of ice. There are three men standing on ice in the foreground with tools, possibly trying to reach the stranded ship. This is probably the S.S. Portland. Photos UAF-1985-122-151 to...
Title from verso. Image shows members of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first successful ascent of both peaks of Mount McKinley in 1932. The men are shown looking for the body of Allen Carpe, who also climbed Mount McKinley in 1932...
Family photograph of John Minook, his family and home. Identifications made by Robert E. King, cousin to Sally's husband Samuel Heeter, with the data Alfred Mayo's last surviving child, Mrs. Antoinette (Mayo) Roberts Woods of Rampart & Fairbanks,...
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...
Chart of the Yukon River, from its mouth to above Fort Reliance. Includes key and explanatory notes on navigation and history. One map on 63 sheets, both sides. (126 segments, including title sheet with notes and section map on verso; 62 sheets...
This postcard consists of three photos. The top left shows gold and is captioned, "100 pounds, solid gold from the great Patch." The top right shows flowers made out of gold and is captioned, "Real flowers reproduced in...
[Governor Egan presents Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Clarence L. Anderson with a Bancroft "History of Alaska" upon Anderson's retirement.]
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 &...
(2:37 min.) (01 of 12) Ada's Background and Statehood Nome -- born; education -- Nome; Boston Tea Party -- learned in fourth grade; "taxation without representation"; Statehood; married -- aviation in Alaska; three children -- raised;...
(2:20 min.) (02 of 12) Toast Mistress Club and the Statehood Issue debating committee; debate -- Statehood issue; rules; politics, religion; appoint a committee to study issue of Statehood; too political -- couldn't study Statehood; Dr. Moberg...
(3:01 min.) (03 of 12) Ada studying Statehood Packets Hawaii -- Statehood for Constitutional Convention; State Constitutions -- compared all articles; Treaty -- Russia and the US; purchase of Alaska -- 1867; Article 3 -- Alaskans could choose...
(2:08 min.) (04 of 12) Benefits of Statehood Territorial days -- governed by the Department of the Interior; policies constantly changed; no money -- exploration and development; no set regulations or policies --prevented business growth;...
(3:53 min.) (05 of 12) Experiences working towards Statehood; Senate of the United States; arguments for and against Statehood; Statehood Bill passed -- June 30th, 8 pm 1958; American -- Alaskan; worked towards Statehood -- no blood shed;...
(2:39 min.) (06 of 12) Types of development in Alaska after Statehood and the Resource Article development -- resources; 33 -- strategic minerals; undeveloped minerals -- Alaska; oil on Arctic Coast; 1920 -- husband forced down; Prudhoe Bay --...