Amason, Alvin (artist). Audio, 2:36 minutes MP3 format. Alvin Amason talks about how he named his painting "Oscar Scared Him with His Icon" at a UA Museum of the North Geist lecture
Berle Mercer talks about Berle talks about growing up in Thedford, Nebraska and first coming to Alaska with the Army, growing up in Nebraska, and Claire, growing up in New York, meeting and having a double wedding with their twins,settling in the...
Title taken from donor's caption. "1905, looking up Lakina River from 4 miles below our camp, Blackburn Mountains in distance". "There would be no possibililty of communication with the outside world for two months. We were as completely...
Title taken from creator's notes.
Color photograph of a sternwheeler with the following notes: This riverboat connected Fairbanks with Anchorage. The captain notified the military when they could come to pick up their shipments. This included...
Title from accompanying notes. "21 April. Moving up from Camp 2 to Camp 3 at the Col."> Hikers going up the mountain, snow and wind obscuring some of the view, two yellow flags mark the trail.
Title from caption. Photograph of the buckets on a gold dredge. Narrative in photo album reads: "Above is a general view of a gold dredge. At center & right is shown the business end of the machine. Dredges are used in mining 'low pay'...
Title from caption. Photograph of the sternwheeler Yukon as the crew picks up ice. Narrative in photo album reads: "Our boat the Yukon stops to pick up river ice, June 21st, to make ice cream for dinner."
Title from caption in album: "Oct 9 - From high up S. E. slope of rams mt. - Across Toklat East - Outside mt. and creek leading up to Geological Divide East". Photograph shows a snow-covered hillside with very little vegetation. Snowy...
Title from caption in album: "Aug 18 - Looking up cañon where 2nd + 3rd rams rolled from top of bluff at right - Kodak pointed up does not show incline of cañon". Photograph shows a jagged mountain ridge encircling a small rocky valley....
Title from caption in album: "May 12 - Down from higher up where track had led up same slope - Old Camp mt. and Clearwater Divide". Photograph shows mountains.
Title from verso. Photograph of a submarine docking at Dutch Harbor while a band prepares to welcome the submarine. Verso reads: "Strike up the band. Dutch Harbor, Alaska -- The Navy band was right on hand to strike up a merry tune and...
(10:14 min.) (09 of 09)
Learning about the barging business
Eskimo boy hunting; beach; tied up the boat; land downstream on the barge; Demientieff, Martha; summer; advice; barge business; safety net; schooling; adventure; educated children in both...
(6:24 min.) (07 of 12) Supplies from Massacre Bay Winched up ridge--Lt. Col Green--disposition of Japanese forces--Getting supplies up to engineer hill--Building a switch back road--each man going up carried K-rations, bullets or mortar...
Full note reads: "1949 03 Malamute Dog sled on Kobuk River up river from Shungnak, AK. This was taken one bend up the river as the trail came back down to the river. About 1 mile from the village."