Tlingit bear mask carved of wood and painted. Mask is hollowed out with an adze from a single piece of wood. 32 inset shell teeth; abalone pupils. Ears show bear profiles and are each edges with 12 wooden pegs which secure a tuft of dark red-brown...
Title taken from verso. Workmen digging in front of one of three large buildings. Two women and a child are crossing the open area between buildings. Verso: John Beaver Mertie.
Title taken from label on matting. View of memorial to Jackson Takite in shape of bear in front of building in Klawock, Alaska. Monument reads: "Joe Haglan. Jackson Takite." Photographer's number 8424. 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original...
Title taken from caption. "9272 -- (31) On March 28, 1898, the government reindeer relief expedition landed at Haines Mission. The herd then numbered 525.
From the date of the landing of the deer at Haines Mission the story of the...
Title taken from building in image. Verso: Sheldon Jackson's Museum. Outside painted by Indian boys. Caption: Museum Old. Probably photographed by Elbridge W. Merrill.
Title from sleeve. Robert C. Reeve sits on a couch with six children. On another couch, two women sit with three children and Dr. Jackson. 4 X 5 B&W negative.
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...