Expedition journal, 95 pages. 5.5 inches wide by 8.25 inches high. Volume spine is broken and many pages are loose. This volume begins with Fickett's leaving Portland, Oregon, to go to Alaska for the start of the expedition to explore the Copper...
Expedition journal, 73 pages. Dates from June 14 to September 30, 1885. 3.75 inches wide by 5.75 inches high. Continues the description of the Allen Expedition to its arrival at Fort St. Michael on Sunday, August 30, 1885, as well as the trip from...
Expedition journal, 50 pages. Dates March 20-June 13, 1885. 4 inches wide by 6.75 inches high. Discusses the Allen Expedition up the Copper River and describes their activities and hardships; it also contains weather and other scientific...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936, fire place, west banks." From May's journal, dated June 9th: "The Doctor uncovered a nice fireplace from which I saved a lot of seed found in a shell which was used for food. This is is the...
Title taken from caption. View of two members of the National Geographic expedition displaying one of the trout they have caught at Naknek River, Alaska. Behind them and to the left is a tent and to the right can be seen the river and part of their...
Title from photo album. Photograph of Lawyer Rivenburg in a birch-bark canoe. Narrative in the photo album reads: "These canoes weigh but fifty to sixty pounds and are from fifteen to eighteen feet long and about eighteen inches to two feet...
31 second, color/silent film clip. Title from title frame: "Liquid sunshine gauge at Ketchikan". Shows the "tallest barometer in the world", located in Ketchikan, Alaska. The barometer/billboard reads at the top: "Busted in 1949 202:55 inches"....
Title and spelling taken from caption. View of Alan May sitting near a whale vertebrae, and eating a sandwich. There are shovels propped up next to him. From May's journal, dated July 11th: "Turned out the grandaddy [sic] of all whale vertabrae...
Laurence, Sydney Mortimer (artist). Frame reads "Mount McKinley by Sydney Laurence. Presented by A. E. Lathrop." New frame added 1953, and cleaned and varnished by Rusty Heurlin in same year.
Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title taken from caption. Alan May poses for a photograph wearing a kamlayka, and holding a pair of snowshoes and mukluks. May explains receiving these gifts in the following journal entry, dated July 20th: "Agefangle Prokopioff brought in a pair...
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title from caption. Photograph of Old Eliza taking salmon from her net. Narrative in photo album reads: "Above is Old Eliza cleaning salmon on the beach of the Yukon River. Her canoe is in the water near her. These squaws are very expert in...
Interior shot. Two servicemen stand in the middle of the photography lab at Ft. Richardson. Sign on the door reads "Film ?". Original photograph size: 6 3/4 X 9 1/4 inches.