Photograph label reads: "Mr. Fredrick D. Browne a man of long experience in railroad construction was then placed in charge and from the time of his taking charge work was very rapid and great strides were made - he taking...
Title from caption. Photograph of Mrs. Rivenburg and Mr. Decker on the mail launch. Narrative in photo album reads: "Mrs. Rivenburg and Mr. Decker on the N. C. mail launch. She went to Tanana on this launch with Mr. Decker & Mr. Franzell. ...
Photo is of a handwritten essay on a person's experience exploring the land via mushing. There's a photo of an Alaskan malamute in the center of the page and six other dog mushing photos bordering the writing.
(3:01 min.) (03 of 12) Ada studying Statehood Packets Hawaii -- Statehood for Constitutional Convention; State Constitutions -- compared all articles; Treaty -- Russia and the US; purchase of Alaska -- 1867; Article 3 -- Alaskans could choose...
(6:12 min.) (06 of 12) Lack of experience to arctic conditions Casualties due to cold--4 D-8 dozers stuck in tundra--Attu was a disaster, fiasco--Got winter supplies, shoe packs later--men stuck for 8 or 9 days --Japaneese were better equipped...
(4:43 min.) (08 of 27) Start of contracting
First job was building the bridge between Illinois St. and College Road over Noyes Slough. Lots of paperwork, everything was an emergency since there was no experience with how to do the simplest...
(4:27 min.) (07 of 09) 7. Most wanted statehood A majority in Fairbanks and Anchorage wanted statehood. Southeast was the only part of the state with reservations. One delegate resigned just prior to ratification because he objected to a...
Title taken from caption. "Over 200 years of Accumulated Trapping Experience. Fort Yukon Old Timers. Left to Right: Front, Fred Schroeder, Porcupine River, Pete Nelson, Black River, Bill O'Brien, Black River, Jack Warline. Rear, John Roberts,...
Title taken from caption. "9208 -- (26) The White men who made packing a business on the Dyea trail in 1898 carried from 75 to 150 pounds at a time, while the Indian packers carried from 100 to 250 pounds each. At short intervals on the left of...
Daryl Miller is interviewed by Dave Krupa on April 27, 2000 in Talkeetna, Alaska. Miller discusses his personal background and how he was introduced to climbing; his first climbing experience on Denali; not summitting on his first attempt and the...
Berle Mercer talks about Berle talks about growing up in Thedford, Nebraska and first coming to Alaska with the Army, growing up in Nebraska, and Claire, growing up in New York, meeting and having a double wedding with their twins,settling in the...
Brian Okonek talks about his introduction to outdoor activities and involvement in high school mountaineering club, exploring the Talkeetna area, meeting Dave Johnston, his trip in the Alaska Range, relationship with his dad and hopes for a...
Title taken from caption on Album. A close- up shot of George C. Thomas Memorial Library which was Fairbanks' only public library for 68 years. Named for a man who had never been to Fairbanks, Thomas was a Philadelphia banker who once saw a...
Title taken from donor's caption. A cabin stands next to two tents. Behind them are trees and mountains; in front, possibly piles of fuelwood and a rack hung with skins or fish for drying. "The unwritten law of the early day Alaskan...
Title taken from front. Portrait of Dr. Willis E. Everette, Alaskan doctor, taken in Washington, D.C. From verso: "In memory of our "Alaskan experience!" Willis E. Everette, M.D. June 3, 1886. Wash[ington], D.C." From border of photo: "Johnson...
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...
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.
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] 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.
View of tourist on giant block of ice at Arctic Ocean, Point Barrow, Alaska. From verso: "Giant ice cakes are thrust up in pressure ridges on the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow. This photo shows a tourist by one of them. Many visitors this winter...