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. ...
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
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Physical description: 2pages Source: Ch2 SLA 1945
Remainder of title: and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same. At head of title: 40th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Ex.Doc....
Title taken from verso. Photograph of a Native Alaskan cemetery with Russian Orthodox Crosses. Some of the graves are enclosed in their own fence and others, like the one in the distance, have several graves within one fence.
Relief shown pictorially. Woodcut. Alternate title on verso within ornamental border. Based on discoveries by Verrazano. First map to show the two American continents as being attached, also names the Pacific Ocean and depicts Japan. Predominant...
Cover title: Map of Alaska. Shows transportation routes to and within Alaska, roadhouses, post office, cities and towns, air fields and mineral resources. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Inset: [Aleutian Islands]. Includes legend. ...
Relief shown by spot heights. Shows locations of various government offices, Native schools, hospitals, reindeer stations, national parks, national monuments, and areas mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey. Includes legend. Inset: Aleutian...
Title by indexer. Image shows a view of a farm taken from the air. Large cleared fields, trees, fenced-off pens, wooden corrals, farm buildings and a dirt road are visible within the facility. A group of musk oxen are shown inside one of the...
Title from cataloger's notes. Image shows a metal can with a raised handle placed within rows of plowed dirt. Markers are visible in the dirt. Behind the dirt rows a dirt road curves around a corner on the left side of the image. A wooden...