Journal kept by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, commanding officer of the 1898 U.S. Army Expedition to Cook Inlet in southcentral Alaska. June 29-Oct. 23, 1898. [228] pages ; 23 cm. The main task of the expedition was to explore the country north of Cook...
Shows tracks of various voyages; much of coastline of Greenland and northeastern Canada blank, with western Canada and Alaska labeled "parts unknown." From: Navigantium atque intinerantium bibliotheca…/by John Harris. Insets of Nova Zemblia and...
This image shows Article XII of the constitution of the state of Alaska which attempts to clarify definitions of terms, state boundaries, the prescription of the oath of office and merit system.
Title by cataloguer. This photograph captures a basketball game in progress. A man is seen off the ground as he attempts to shoot the ball into the basket, while the other players, in motion are watching in suspense.
Title from verso. Photograph of bomb damage from an air raid on Kiska Island. Verso reads: "Aleutian Islands -- Pillars of smoke rise from Japanese barracks and military installations on the Island of Kiska, as bombs from U.S. Army...
Title from verso. Photograph of bombs falling on Kiska Island and Japanese military positions. Verso reads: "Aleutian Islands -- A long line of heavy bombs drop toward their target -- Jap [ Japanese ] installations on Kiska Island -- in...
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...
Title taken from donor's caption. "George Potter and Bighorns at our camp on McCarthy Creek. Occasionally the monotony was relieved by a sheep hunting expedition but sheep were few in number and wary. Once we shot a big, shaggy mountain goat...
Title taken from verso. View of different insulating materials used in attempts to inhibit thawing of permafrost during road construction and Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction near Hess Creek in Interior Alaska. Sept. 7, 1970. Photographer: Steve...