Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "McKinley as viewed from Oastler Mt. (Oastler Mt. and McGonagall Mt. form McGonagall Pass). Pierre Juillerat (left), Marie Working, & Pete Haase. Note: To the right of Pete's...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Terrified at the thought of staying indoors after fleeing from the Alaskan earthquake area, the David Wilson family of Portage fled inland and spent the night sleeping out in the open. ...
View of a sign in Anchorage, Alaska after the March 27, 1964 earthquqke. Sign is visible in what appears to be a collapsed building. Sign reads - I knew it was tough to make a living in Alaska, we'd go 'into the hole' this bad. Broken glass,...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Larson’s Bay: Dr. H. and the major seen thru bug nets, uncovering a fireplace, June 9." View of Ales Hrdlicka and Alan May cleaning out a fireplace. Both men are wearing head netting, and May is smoking a...
Title taken from album. View of a car ploughing through deep ruts on a muddy road in the vicinity of Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, with buildings in far left background. 1949. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3".
Title taken from caption. Handwritten sign posted on a building in Anchorage after the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. The sign reads: "I knew it was tough to make a living in Alaska, but I didn't think we'd go 'in the hole' this bad!"
View of a sunken building in Anchorage, Alaska damaged by the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Hand-made sign reads I knew it was tough to make a living in Alaska, but I didn't think we'd go "in the hole" this bad. Shadow of photographer seen at the...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Second volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Nov. 22, 1915-Jan. 14, 1917. [166] pages ; 16 cm.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.
Title taken from front. View of rock slide along railroad construction route at Nenana River, Alaska. Also from front: "On river ... 17112. Looking into slide." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number 95. Dec. 10, 1919....
Title taken from front. View of Nenana River along railroad construction route south of Garner, Alaska. From verso: "South of Garner 1/2 mile." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number 108. Photograph property of Cook Inlet...
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...
1 v. (47 p.), handwritten, in Russian script. Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop. Further volumes not found....
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,...