According to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, there were no living quarters provided for the teacher; she goes on to write: "To go into a new community and rent a house; then clean it up and assemble a few necessities for housekeeping...
Arrie Tillet (Arie Tillet according to the 1910 census) with her dog and Sylvia Sexton's dog playing in the deep snow in Seward, Alaska. Original size of photograph: 4 1/4" x 3 1/4".
ASL-MS004-2-3b-5
Item 5
(acc. # 10213)
Physical description: [68]p.
Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975
The following are stitched together as one booklet.
ASL-MS4-2-3b-5 Item 5 (acc. # 10213) Physical description: [68]p. Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975 The following are stitched together as one booklet.
1. Title page bears the following inscription. File Re....
Caption on back says, "Wiseman 60 miles inside Arctic Circle." According to Robin Mills and Steve Lanford, BLM, this is actually Coldfoot [which would make it about 49 miles north of the Arctic Circle].
Cyanotype portrait of an unidentified man and Alaska Native woman,and three children sitting on a bench draped with animal hides and skins in the village of Knik on Knik Arm. The man has a mustache, and the women and two younger children have...
Depths shown by soundings. Polar projection. Depths shown for Bering Sea only. "Published according to act of Parliament by Capt. Hurd, R.N., Hydrographer to the Admiralty, 14th. Feby. 1818."
Descriptive Narrative: Section of totem pole. Figure of Abraham Lincoln Notes: "The so-called Lincoln Totem Pole from Tongass Island was, according to a report by judge Wickersham, a figure of Abraham Lincoln. The carving of the pole was...
Eight students pose along the fence outside the McCarthy School; according to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, McCarthy "is an outfitting point for miners, hunters, trappers, and prospectors. It started as an outgrowth of the...
Family photograph of John Minook, his family and home. Identifications made by Robert E. King, cousin to Sally's husband Samuel Heeter, with the data Alfred Mayo's last surviving child, Mrs. Antoinette (Mayo) Roberts Woods of Rampart & Fairbanks,...
Female Doll with wood stand. !
(A) Doll. Wood face, lightly carved with black ink for eyes
and red ink for mouth. Plastic black hair across face. Large
red fox ruff, shaved beaver parka, white cloth with flower
decoration around bottom edge with...
Group portrait of ten members of the U.S. Army at Ft. Davis near Nome, Alaska. According to a caption on a similar photograph, O. C. Nerby is fourth from last (right?) and Chris Dahl is third from last. All are wearing ice skates.
High-knee caribou boots with a strip of beaver fur along the
top of the boots. These boots have soft soles probably
caribou skin. The draw string at the top of the boots is
probably caribou skin with blue and white yarn ends. There
are two strips...
Illustrated. In color. No. 2 from E. Wells' A new sett of maps both of antient and present geography. "Dedicated to his Highness William, Duke of Gloucester." "Delin. M. Burghers, Sculpt. Univ. Oxon." Double-hemisphere map of the world, with...
In 1932, Goddard, according to the teacher's report was "a post office, hotel, and health resort. The hot springs here are noted for their medical values. The school is situated 3/4 of a mile southeast of the hotel. The Forest Service maintains a...
Klukwan cemetery with eight grave houses, one with frog totem decorations. According to Louis Shotridge’s notes, this was designed and carved by a Dakl’aweidí carver named Naakushtáa. The same carver made the screen and houseposts inside the...
Longwood School enrolled 71 children in 1937; according to the Historical Record, "the Kodiak Baptist Orphanage, a home for Alaska children, supported by the Women's American Baptist Home Mission Society, at present having 69 children. Note, this...
Mathematic map data: Scale ca. 1:12,672,000 Publication info: [Washington? D.C.] : U.S.C.S. Dept., 1880. Physical descrip: 1 map : col. ; on sheet 31 x 39 cm. General Note: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year...