Ms., mounted on cardboard. Relief shown pictorially; depths shown by soundings. Shows Goodnews Bay and the coast north from Cape Newenham. Shows course of cutter Baranov in 1821, with soundings and notes of character of bottom along that...
Pilot chart of the Yukon River, showing wood storage sites and the amount of wood, cabins, villages, gravesites, sawmills, mines and creeks along the riverbanks. Sand bars and various features of the river are drawn in, and a dashed line indicates...
The O'Keefe collection contains photographs and slides taken primarily on Adak Island during World War II. Scenes include landscapes, persons, buildings, plants, animals and ships.
Grace O'Keefe made three trips to Alaska – as a Navy...
Title from margin notes. Photograph shows a child in a fur parka running on a dog sled race course. A sign above the race course reads "Alaska Dog Mushe[rs] Start (Fairbanks Winter Carnival) Finish".
02 Next step (3:39 min.) (02 of 09) During 1940, the U.S. Government was getting ready for war -- the Civilian Pilot Training program was started. They allowed one woman in each class of ten. While at Marshall College she learned how to do...
(5:25 min.) (07 of 28) 7. Across the Atlantic Georgetown, French Guyana was the next stop, not Africa. The ship was zigzagging; the Captain and First Mate would open orders each day and set a new course. On board was a Pan Am navigator;...
Title by cataloguer. "Mining short course." "The Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines along with the standard four year courses began offering short courses. The ten weeks short noncredit courses were offered between late November...
Title taken from donor's caption. View of a Valdez commercial street with some people walking in the distance; a mountain is in the background. "Valdez was a typical, busy Alaskan town of the early pioneer days -- wide open of course. Most...
Title taken from caption.
Photograph of a section of forrest with the following caption: A desolate scene from trail 54 miles above Fairbanks. No signs of civlization in sight; heavy 'wind-fall' in foreground, timber all fire killed except a...
Title taken from sign in photo. Woman sits under sign advertising "Date Nite" at USO building in Anchorage, Alaska, with men on either side offering her cigarettes (left) and beverages (right). Also from sign in photo: "Every Sat[urday] night,...
View of White Alice Communications site at Northeast Cape Air Force Station at Northeast Cape on Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska, looking north. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link system...
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.
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.
Title taken from front. Postcard shows view of Valdez, Alaska from dock. Handwritten inscription on verso reads: "Am now farther away from home than ever. Have been very busy and have not had time to write. Will write to you from time to time of...
Aerial view of Anchorage golf course in Anchorage, Alaska, with golfers on course and Anchorage High School (later renamed West Anchorage High School) in upper center of photo. July 26, 1965. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size:...