Title from verso. Verso reads: "3-. #30. Galena, Alaska. Toxic." Image shows two men wearing gloves standing on several barrels in a yard full of oil barrels. Barrels may contain waste materials. Lids of the barrels are labeled in...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Toxic. Galena, Alaska. 1955. $4. #30." Image shows five men in military uniform sitting and taking a break on top of oil barrels. Some of the men are wearing gloves. In the distance hundreds of barrels are...
Title from verso. Verso reads: "Galena, Alaska. 1955. Toxic relaxation. $10. #30." Image shows five men in military uniform sitting and taking a break on top of oil barrels. Some of the men are wearing gloves. In the distance hundreds of...
Title taken from photograph. Photo taken from deck of ship. Image shows the Taku Glacier 1910-1912. Written on the page of the photo album is the following text. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The...
Title taken from image. Color postcard of the Taku Glacier. Postcard shows glacier and the ice that has calved off. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The following pages contain vews of our trips to and from...
Title taken from image. Color postcard of the Tanana mail team. Nearly all pictures were taken, developed and printed by myself. The following pages contain vews of our trips to and from Alaska and our four years residence there. The...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Naturalist Charles Sheldon (1867-1928) was an authority on big game animals, particularly Alaskan mountain sheep and bear. He participated in a drive which eventually led to the creation of Denali National Park (originally Mt. McKinley National...
The Coleen M. Platner Photographs (ca. 1909-1920s) contain photographs of pioneer children and their families living in Alaska, chiefly Iditarod, Chatanika, Little Eldorado City, and Eldorado Creek. There are also photographs from Nome and the...
Title taken from caption. "9299 -- (39) Here we see the miners digging loose the bank and shoveling the dirt into the stream. Sometimes blasting is used to loosen the bank. The stream carries the soil with the gold which is in it to a sluice...
Title taken from caption. "A homestead near Palmer, on the Matanuska Branch of the Government Railroad. The many sacks noted in the distance contain the harvested potato crop. The oats in the foreground have been partly cut. The farmers in...
Ttitle hand-written on slide. There is also an alternate title written on the slide that says, "Mardy + CEM cooking after storm." This color slide was taken by Olaus Johan Murie (1889-1963) and depicts Charlotte E. Mauk (right, in dark jacket and...
Title supplied by cataloger. Sweepstakes. Riddles wears a blue parka and red headband and appears to be drinking Vodka from a jug. Shelves behind her contain supplies and gear. Slide printed 4/1983. Original format: 35mm color slide
2 boxes 3"x5" typed index cards.
The files contain Kinky Bayer's colorfully annotated references to historical and current events in Alaska towns. Some examples of topics are: Aboriginal rights claims, Canadian versus American duties, building...
One file drawer of 3"x 5" typed index cards.
The files contain annotated references related, but not limited to Alaska, maritime, and military topics. Examples of topics: Air Bases, Airplanes, Dew line, Explosions at Sea, Sailing Vessels. Other...
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,...
Captain Lockert collected photographs and papers during the years he served the Alaska Marine Highway System, continuing his interest in Alaska maritime affairs until his death in 1990. The papers are mostly 12 scrapbooks from 1964-1978 and one box...