Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Cover title. Oriented with north to the upper left. Shows detailed water and overland routes to the gold fields. Includes key to mineral resources. Inset: Sketch map showing all lake routes [Skagway...
Journal kept by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, commanding officer of the 1898 U.S. Army Expedition to Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska. June 29-Oct. 23, 1898. [228] pages ; 23 cm. The main task of the expedition was to explore the country north of Cook...
Physical descrip: 1 v. (various foliations), 30 cm., 172 p.
Third floor priority transition issues by department -- Office of Management and Budget transition issues -- Legislation-state, federal-transition issues -- Litigation transition...
Title from verso. Verso: A study group visiting the Rampart Canyon site of a proposed hydroelectric development project on the Yukon River are shown at Texas Creek Bridge. Across the stream is the camp set up by Army Engineers this winter as a...
This is a photograph of George Glass and his seventeen year old son Ophir with their dog teams at the summit of Rainy Pass while traveling on the Iditarod Trail with Irving Reed in March 1920. Related Rainy Pass...
Map of the coast of B.C. and the Yukon, showing travel routes to the Klondike, and listing approximate distances between points on the journey. Compiled from the latest official reports for the British Columbia Board of Trade, Victoria, B.C. by...
Shows portion of B.C. and the Yukon Territory in the vicinity of the 60th parallel, with trails and railroads marked. Relief shown by hachures. From Department of Interior annual report for 1901. Compass rose. In color.
Title from verso. Photograph of a landing craft carrying equipment for the men on Attu Island. Verso reads: "Attu -- The American flag flutters from a mast in this captured Jap [ Japanese ] landing boat as our men bring it ashore on the...
Title from verso. Photograph of a man speaking into a microphone connected to a loudspeaker; a megaphone is just to the right of the speaker. Verso reads: Attu -- Landing boats bringing American troops to the rocky shores of Attu,...
Title from verso. Photograph of an artillery unit as they watch U.S. aircraft pass over their position. Verso reads: "Attu -- All eyes focus anxiously on the Aleutian skies as American fighting men watch their air arm fly into battle. ...
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of landing barges bringing supplies to the American forces fighting on Attu Island. Verso reads: "Attu -- Crates of supplies litter the beach of Attu as landing barges bring more supplies ashore to...
Title from verso. Photograph of Japanese transport ships, one of which is burning and smoking. Verso reads: "Black smoke hangs over Kiska Harbor as it rises from a Jap [ Japanese ] transport hit by bombs from U.S. planes during a raid...