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: "No. 1 above Discovery Cleary Creek, Alaska, Fairbanks mining dist." Written on front of postcard, " Showing mode of dumping the buckets of gravel which is taken out of ground. Sluice boxes on troughs are laid at side of...
(3:22 min.) (02 of 24) 02 Dellwood returned to cable ship duty. Laid cable from Seattle, Washington to Adak, Alaska. Fell overboard and almost drowned. Stripped down and kept moving to avoid freezing. Sergeant found a dugout and they...
(3:55 min.) (03 of 24) 03 Worked for Alaska Steamship Co. during WWII Laid cable for Alaska Communication System [ACS]. Worked on a troop transport (possibly the Chinook Victory). Delivered soldiers to and from Truck Island; the ship...
Lettering on boat reads: "RUTH 31E842". Additional comments from village presentations read: "Harry Brown (white man) came up to the Upper Kobuk in the early 1940s. He owned the first store in Kobuk. He married...
05 A plane of her own (5:30 min.) (05 of 09) There was no flight instruction in the winter so Pearl was laid off. She spent the winter of 1945 at the University at Fairbanks. She saw the Russian pilots flying the lend lease planes. Margaret...
The collection consists of 42 photographs and brief descriptions, taken during an archaeological dig in Fairbanks. Photographs depict fossils, artifacts, rock and soil formations, gold mining operations and equipment, and landscapes. Persons...
Title taken from caption. "The camp at Rainbow Creek, Mile 94 on the Government Railroad. The body of water is Turnagain Arm, and on the opposite shore the town of Hope is located. The route of the Government Railroad was designated under the...
Title taken from caption. "Jim VanStone later commissioned and published as a monograph an autobiographical account written by Luke Koonook while he was for a time laid up with an injury [broke an arm, possibly?] and thus couldn't hunt."
Title taken from caption on Album. "Out of door meal at wood River." A group of men, women, and children sit on the grass outside a cabin, around a cloth laid with foods.
Title taken from accompanying note. "Damaged Turnagain area Anchorage Ak., following the Alaska Earthquake 3/28/64". A house and a car are tipping on the settled ground. Broken pieces of a wooden fence are laid across the gaps in the earth...
Title taken from a commemorative monument. "1897 - 1929. Carl Benjamin Eielson was born at Hatton, North Dakota on July 20, 1897. He was educated in the public schools of Hatton and at the University of North Dakota, receiving his B. A. Degree...
Title taken from creator's notes. Photograph of Gold Dredge no. 8 with the caption: These pictures (of what is today Gold Dredge 8-we confirmed this with the manager, Gideon Garcia in August 1999) were taken when the gold dredge laid idle and...
Title by indexer. A man in the woods holding a fishing pole. Eight fish are laid out on the log he rests his foot on. To the left appears to be a clothesline with sheets hanging.
Title taken from caption. View of the interior of a tent where members of the expedition are weighing out gold dust. The gold dust is to be used to pay for provisions. The provisions are laid out on tables in front of the expedition members. Photo...
Title taken from caption. View of bull kelp plant laid out with a six foot long stick beside it for scale. Photo taken at Kodiak Island during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1917. Photographer: Robert F. Griggs.
Title taken from caption. View of two tents next to the frame of a cabin being built. In front of the cabin there is a man carrying a large bundle of dried grass on his shoulders. The boards to finish the cabin are laid out around the cabin and in...
Title taken from image. A crowd is gathered around the base of a flagpole or monument in Palmer, watching the cornerstone being laid. A wheelbarrow is parked beside the man laying the cornerstone. On image: "P-548" and "Hewitts Photo Shop,...
View of the interior of one of the National Geographic expedition tents with sleeping bags and gear laid out on beds of straw. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve during National Geographic Society...
Title taken from caption. View of the boat the "Minnie B" at anchor in Kodiak Harbor with the town of Kodiak, Alaska in the background. There is a crew member working on the mast, about two thirds of the way up the mast and on the right. There are...