Relief shown pictorially. Inset: the north part of Norway, Lapland and Greenland. Includes 5 large illustrations and a brief text description of the lifestyle of the Laplanders. "According to the newest and most exacting observation by H. Moll,...
57 second film clip, black & white/silent, of a float plane arriving at the shore of Harding Lake. Sigmund Levanevsky and several others climb out of the plane, take a brief walk on the shore, greeting the crowd, and then climb back into the...
The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
80 second, black & white/silent film clip. Clip shows a float plane arriving at the shore of Harding Lake. Sigmund Levanevsky and several others climb out of the plane, take a brief walk on the shore, greet the crowd, and then climb back into...
Title taken from caption. "9357 -- (13) In Spring of 1898 the ice disappeared from the upper lakes during the latter part of May, and on the 30th of that month the first grand section of the Yukon flotilla set sail from the headwaters of Lake...
Photograph of Perry Island still smoking after rising from the sea. Now known as the Metcalf Cone, a brief addition to the Aleution Islands. Metcalf Cone exploded in late 1906 or early 1907 and was replaced by McCulloch Peak. McCulloch Peak also...
Bogoslof Island (left) with prominant Castle Rock outcrop of stone and Fire Island (right) with Perry Island in center erupting. Photograph of Perry Island now known as the Metcalf Cone was a brief addition to the Aleution Islands. Metcalf Cone...
Five men pose on either Bogslof or Fire Island soon after the rise of Perry Island from the sea. Perry Island, now known as the Metcalf Cone, was a brief addition to the Aleutian Islands. Metcalf Cone exploded in late 1906 or early 1907 and...
Title by cataloguer. This document gives a brief description and overview of the new construction developments during the early years, of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Based on the description, coupled with the date of the document, the...
30 second excerpt shows the roadhouse built, owned and operated by Italian immigrant Maurice Morino (1870-1937) at McKinley Park (later called Denali National Park and Preserve); the backside of the entrance sign to McKinley Park; the McKinley Park...
Notes on the Tlingit and Kad'iak languages and some on others within the Russian-American possessions, with appended Russian-Tlingit dictionary. Compiled by Ivan Veniaminov in Sitka. 1st ed. St. Petersburg, 1846.
An attempt to...
Two boxes of 3"x 5" typed index cards.
The files contain brief and annotated biographical notes, police blotter style news, obituaries, local news and anecdotes, historical biography of prominent people. Entries often emphasize scandalous,...
African-American soldiers stand at attention on the Klondike Company's wharf in Dyea. Note from Karl Gurcke: They were (in Dyea) for a brief period of time (July 1899) before they were burned out by a forest fire and had to move to Skagway.