Title from caption. Photograph of sun dogs as seen from Stevens Village. Narrative in photo album reads: "These two pictures show the most beautiful phenomenon I ever saw. The central spot is the sun, while on either side is a sun dog. These...
Title from caption. Photograph of sun dogs caught on two separate photographs and overlapped to show both sides of the effect. Narrative in photo album reads: "These two pictures show the most beautiful phenomenon I ever saw. The central spot...
This series was designed to invite instructors to explore the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act with Students. The Teachers Guide accompanies six video episodes that vary in length from 14-25 minutes.
39 second film clip, black & white/silent. The clip shows scenes from Chatanika in 1935. Scenes include a man standing in front of a bus identified as Billy Root's, sled dogs in their harnesses and a puppy in training.
68 second, black & white/silent, film clip. The clip shows Will Rogers and Wiley Post with a group of unidentified people in Fairbanks, Alaska, August 1935.
Two minute, 4 second film clip, black & white/silent, of life in Anchorage, 1915-1917. Clip is in a film newsreel format and shows Anchorage street scenes, the 3 in 1 Laundry, a pie eating contest, some Anchorage houses, the Alaska Labor Union of...
32 second, color/silent, film clip of a blanket toss in Nome. The Glue Pot Soda Fountain, the Nome Nugget Office and the Wien Alaska Airline Office can be seen in the background.
34 second, color/silent film clip of ivory carvings made by King Island carvers. The items shown include: small animal and bird figurines, dog teams and sleds, a cribbage board, knives, and hunters in kayaks.
31 second, color/silent film clip of the King Island Dancers performing at Nome. The drummer in the red and black checked shirt is Chief Olanna. He is the father of Agnes Kunnuk, the woman dancer in the fur parka with the light blue head scarf....
55 second, color/silent film clip of an ivory carver cutting, shaping, carving and polishing a piece of walrus ivory. Among the tools used are: saws, chisels, files, and a bow drill that he supports against his chin. The result is two small ivory...
32 second, color/silent, film clip of the statehood parade in Nome, Alaska. The parade includes marching soldiers, children on bicycles, and cub scouts. One of the floats depicts Hawaii, with hula dancers and a ukulele.
39 second, color/silent, film clip of a reindeer roundup. Hundreds of reindeer circle around the corral; some reindeer come through a chute; two men tag a reindeer.
42 second, color/silent, film clip of King Islanders attaching a skin hull to an umiak frame. The film opens with men dragging the wooden umiak frame across the snow. Then one of the people cuts the skin and several lace it onto the frame.
Title taken from text. A view of Delta from bluff. Album caption: The work to and including the station was done a year later; 1913. Owing to an accident the films showing new fixtures and work were lost.
Title from caption. From verso: "Pan Am Electra at Fairbanks with dog teams and probably Mary Hanson (Standing at right) and mentor Carnival [Queek] circa 1936 or 37. Hylen Photo Shop, Kodaks, Films. Tinting, Enlarging Fairbanks,...
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.
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.