Tells the stories of Alaskan women who have contributed to the state's economic, social, and political development, and who may serve as role models for younger women. Contains 12 lengthy question-and-answer profiles, 43 shorter profiles, and 12...
Description: wood; carved; abalone; inset; painted Descriptive Narrative: Headdress frontlet carved in a close grained hard wood. The slightly rectangular back plaque is convex vertically and concave horizontally. The face of a young woman is...
Shows Franklin's route in 1819, 1820 and 1821. Dedicated to Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Captain of the Shannon (the British ship that defeated the Chesepeake in the War of 1812), by Henry Martin Leake.
Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Pagination (4) is printed backwards. Decorative border. Hand colored. 35 X 28...
Title from caption. Photograph of Cora Rivenburg standing in front of her house in Rampart. Narrative in photograph reads: "Above: Mrs. Rivenburg in summer apparel in front of our house early in summer."
Title from image. Photograph of gold miners shoveling dirt and gravel into a flume for washing. Narrative in photo album reads: "At the left are 2 pictures of placer mining in the ordinary manner in creek beds. Sometimes to conserve enough...
Title from caption. Photograph of Dr. Hudgin seated in front of a tent. Narrative in photo album reads: "At right: Dr. Hudgin, a medical doctor who 30 years before was told in the East he had only a few months to live on account of...
Title taken from stereograph. "246-(11530) -- Arctic City is near the Arctic Circle on a branch of the Yukon River. You would know by everything in this view that you are in a cold climate. In the background are the snow-covered mountains with...
Title taken from caption. "11560 -- (38) The Klondike district, as well as other camps in the interior of Alaska, has a method of placer mining different from that which prevails in other sections of the United States. The ground, which is...
Caption on photograph: To E. L. "Bob" Bartlett, a true Alaska pioneer, sincere best regards, Noel Wien. Verso: July 1924, from left: James Rodebough, owner of the two planes. Eddie Hudson, Fairbanks born son, taking flying lessons & pilot Noel...
Title taken from caption. Anchorage Mayor Tony Knowles presents Shirley Belyea with award for Anchorage Garden Club participation in beautification of historical Oscar Anderson House (in background) in Anchorage, Alaska. People are gathered in...
Wilma Knox leans on a bridge in McCarthy, Alaska, with buildings in the background. From caption: "It was very early morning in McCarthy when Bob got this picture of me leaning over the old bridge at the edge of town. Notice the beautiful white...
This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk in the summer of 1963 and depicts a tent camp next to the water in Glacier Bay, Alaska. There is a woman in the foreground opining a bag and a man sitting on a wheeled cart cleaning his shoe. Three...
View of pilot Noel Wien in Fairbanks, Alaska, preparing for first commercial flight between Fairbanks and Nome, with Fairbanks Mayor Dr. de la Vergne in derby. From verso: "The personal service which is a watchword with Wien was evident even in...
Title taken from verso. View of J.C. Penney store and other businesses damaged in March 27, 1964 earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska, with cars crushed under debris and pedestrians in background. Signs on buildings in background read: "Craig's" and...
Full title: Dinjii zhuh ginjik nagwan tr'ilts¸a¸i¸i =|bGwich'in junior dictionary /|ccompiled by Katherine Peter as a joint project of the National Bilingual Materials Development Center and the Alaska Native Language Center ; illustrated by J....