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,...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title taken from caption. View of two members of the expedition pulling dinner out of the fumarole (vent) they used to cook it. The Katmai eruption destroyed all the wood within a dozen miles, so members of the expedition had to use geothermal heat...
Title taken from caption. View of windmill and buildings in Russian Mission, Alaska. Also from caption: "Russian Mission, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert Fortuine.
Title taken partially from verso: "Freak wind accident in front of Morrison Knudsen dining hall. Merrill Field. 1943-1944." View of flipped small plane leaning partially on the side of the Morrison Knudsen dining hall building at Merrill Field,...
Title taken from front. View of Marsden matting (interlocking steel plates which provide a stable place for airplanes to take off and land) on runway, damaged by high winds, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, during World War II. Also from front: "IPF 3G294...
Title supplied by cataloger. Dog team stopped on the trail. Appears very windy. Slide taken from a slide box labeled, 'Incomplete, 41-80 Box #2, #3,' inside a carousel box labeled, 'Iditarod.' Slide labeled, '75.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title from image caption Man and his dog walk along Nome waterfront during storm; waves pound two barges grounded in shore ice Photographer number 230; signed SV[H] Photo
Ta'giuqtigapta Tuapaktusu'gmi Immersion Camp: Iñupiaq Land Use Values and Resources Video: 1 minute and 15 seconds, MPG-1 format. Fannie Akpik enjoys a cup of coffee while keeping her back to the wind. The crew is tending to the camp as the wind...