Photograph of Kodiak after Katmai volcanic eruption. Statement on verso states that "The dead color on ground and mountains is volcanic ash. This is a view at Kodiak two years after the eruption of Katmai Volcano."
Title from image. View of Katmai crater during an eruption. Reverse of a postcard related to this images states: "Vol. Katmai that upset this part of the country last year (1912). Taken this June (1913), a year after. The 1st pictures taken of...
Title from verso. Photograph of a volcano erupting. Verso reads: "Umnak -- Shooting hot volcanic ash bombs high into the air, a long-dormant crater nearby Mount Tulik gave soldiers at this Aleutian base some anxious moments this summer. ...
Title from verso. Mt. Veniaminof blows black smoke. The eruption is photographed from an airplane. Verso reads: "Mt. Veniaminof, Alaska -- Out on the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula Mt. Veniamanof, oldest known volcano and estimated to have...
Color photo shows three islands, captioned left from right, "Castle Rock 1779", "Perry Isl. [Island] 1906," "Fire Isl. [Island] 1883," with a volcanic eruption occurring on Perry Island. Postcard is addressed to Miss...
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,...
Photograph of Perry Island still smoking after rising from the sea. Now known as the Metcalf Cone, a brief addition to the Aleution Islands. Metcalf Cone exploded in late 1906 or early 1907 and was replaced by McCulloch Peak. McCulloch Peak also...
Bogoslof Island (left) with prominant Castle Rock outcrop of stone and Fire Island (right) with Perry Island in center erupting. Photograph of Perry Island now known as the Metcalf Cone was a brief addition to the Aleution Islands. Metcalf Cone...
Five men pose on either Bogslof or Fire Island soon after the rise of Perry Island from the sea. Perry Island, now known as the Metcalf Cone, was a brief addition to the Aleutian Islands. Metcalf Cone exploded in late 1906 or early 1907 and...
Title by cataloger. View of active volcano. Visible are smoke plumes and snow sprinkled with ash. The volcano closely resembles one identified as Mount Shishaldin (on Unimak Island) in "North Pacific: Japan, Siberia, Alaska, Canada" by...
Title taken from caption. Three islands on the Bering sea. Captions read: "Castle rock, 1779", "Perry island recently thrown up in Behring Sea, 1906", and "Fire Island, 1803". Black & white postcard.
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the expedition using the geothermal heat to cook with in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during a National...
Title taken from caption. "Taking the temperature of a hot one. Our thermometer read only to 360 centigrade. Not that the steam does not condense for some distance from the vent." View of two of the expedition members trying to get temperature...
Title taken from caption. View of a man to the right of a large fumarole (vent) issuing gases and vapors. Photo taken, near Baked Mountain, at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during a National Geographic...
Title taken from caption. View of Knife Peak near the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. It was later renamed Mount Griggs for Dr. Robert Fisk Griggs (1881-1962), botanist, whose explorations of the area, after the eruption of Mount Katmai in 1912,...
Title taken from caption. View of a chunk of pumice thrown out from Novarupta, with a pickaxe nest to it for scale. The pumice is located somewhere in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the expedition walking up the valley at the head of Takkala Lake. Native name (Dakavak Lake) reported in 1904 by G. C. Martin, USGS. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and...