(4:35 min.) (20 of 24) 19 Labor negotiations
The steamship companies retained lawyers to negotiate. Alaska Steamship Co. had Bogo, Bogo and Gates to represent them. Some of the smaller companies would represent themselves. John had a good...
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
(4:14 min.) (07 of 08) 7. Population dislocation. Average person in Anchorage has lived here less than five years, only came to take advantage of the money, and plans to retire elsewhere. The less educated people raised in rural Alaska...
Title taken from verso. Women in costume and several service men at roulette wheel with fake money during "Bonanza Days" in USO building in Anchorage, Alaska. Also from verso: "Bonanza Days. Helen Lawrence & Martha Stowell at gambling table. Note...
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
(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;...
Title taken from caption. "Lenny Lane in foreground, Guy Oomittuk behind. All the money available for the project was put into a new bank account - a first for Point Hope - entirely controlled by the church council, who also hired the crew for...