Portrait photograph of Ralph Rivers. This was taken when he served as a delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention, held in Fairbanks at the University of Alaska, November 8, 1955 - February 6, 1956.
Title taken from news clipping. Rep. Ralph Rivers receives an award of a scout badge from Peter Trawicky. An article related to this photograph details Boy Scouting opportunities in Alaska.
Photograph of Rep. Ralph Rivers, Mrs. Martha Rivers and the North Carolina delegation at the Democratic National Convention, Los Angeles, July 1960. Left to right: Mrs. Whitener, Mrs. Jordan, Rep. Whitener (N. C.), Senator Jordan (N.C.), Mrs....
Verso: Alaskan Congressional delegation members, Senator Ernest Gruening, left; and Representative Ralph J. Rivers, right, are shown with Alaska District Engineer, Colonel Christian Hanburger. They were part of a study group who visited Rampart...
Delegation celebrates Alaska's Statehood by posing in front of a 49 star flag. Identified are Representative Ralph Rivers (far left), Ernest Gruening (beneath flag), Bob Bartlett (next to Gruening in light colored suit), Bob Atwood (holding flag),...
Title from sleeve. William Egan and Ralph J. Rivers stand with two unidentified Alaska Natives in front of a car parked outside 'Alaska Constitution Hall' at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The Native man holds a drum. A dogsled sits next to...
Title taken from news clipping. Photograph used in a February 17, 1959 issue of The Washington Daily News. The news paper clipping also had a capion that read: "A push for Washington 'home rule' got under way this morning when two models...
Title taken from clipping. Photograph used in a news clipping showing Sen. Bob Bartlett, Melba Philleo, Rep. Ralph Rivers and Fred W. Ford, the FCC Commissioner. Miss Philleo won the Alaska Voice of Democracy broadcast scriptwriting contest.
Photograph of Governor William Egan signing a document in front of the media with a band from the University of Alaska to the side. Rep. Ralph Rivers can be seen behind the table to the far right.
Verso: Philip J. Smith of Cordova receives congratulations on being the Alaska winner of the 1959-60 Voice of Democracy broadcast scriptwriting competition and one of four National Finalists. Philip is shown at the national Awards Luncheon in...
Caption: What Happens When A Territory Becomes A State? - In a radio interview with Washington correspondent Stuart Finley, offical representatives of the new country of Ghana and the 49th state of the United States discuss the similaritites and...
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, probably signing the Alaska Statehood, (seated center) with Vice-president Richard M. Nixon (seated left) and the Alaska delegation behind. Alaska delegation includes left to right Ralph Rivers, Ernest Gruening and...
Photograph with verso caption: "Alaska Statehood backers jubilant-Members of the U. S. Congress who led the fight to make Alaska the 49th state of the Union join with Alaska's Govenor and Congressmen elect in celebrating the final passage of...
37 second, color/silent, film clip of President Eisenhower signing Alaska into statehood. Among the notables that can be identified are: President Dwight Eisenhower, Vice President Richard Nixon, Senator Bob Bartlet, Senator Ernest Gruening...