Contents: A [skookum] paper for Shaikes [Shakes], the Stickeen Chief, with comment on his character. Letter by Ed C. Hughes, purser, SS California, 1879 Dec. 28. Letter from I.S. Oakford, deputy collector of customs, Wrangell, Oct....
Letters regarding the Tanana Chiefs Council of 1915.
Contents: Letter from Commissioner Elmer E. Brown, November 1, 1910. Letter from George E. Boulter, January 31st, 1911. Letter from L.A. Kalbach, March 15, 1911. ...
Papers focus on several Tlingits from Angoon, Admiralty Island, 1878-1911 when the Navy was in charge of the territory. Two letters and the "lost" note relate to the bombardment of Angoon by the Navy vessel U.S.S. Adams in 1882; also mentions the...
Contents: A [skookum] paper for Shaikes [Shakes], the Stickeen Chief, with comment on his character. Letter by Ed C. Hughes, purser, SS California, 1879 Dec. 28. Letter from I.S. Oakford, deputy collector of customs, Wrangell, Oct....
Title from image. Postcard of Skagway with AB Mountain in the background. Narrative in photo album reads: "On the mountain peak may be seen roughly the letters A. B. which members stand for Arctic Brotherhood. Picture at right...
Title by indexer. The nose of the aircraft is visible in the foreground. Under the nose of the jet are a pallet of boxes and two carts loaded with boxes and bags. In the middle are elevated platforms with "igloos" (cargo containers), apparently...
Title from verso. "Eskimo girls, Barrow, 1963." A large sign at left reads: "Top of the world Hotel Barrow Alaska". The three young girls are dressed in parkas and long boots and are standing on top of the stairs. The sign on the door...
Title by indexer. This is a poster for Wien Air Alaska. In large letters, it reads: "High Adventure in Alaska's Arctic. Wien Air Alaska." In small letters at the bottom of the photo, "Eskimo blanket toss in the Arctic." Images of a group...
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.
Iosif Martin (Moscow). To the Yakut Nikolai Grieshnukin (Verkhnyi-Char, Olekminsk system), 30 February 1888. To "Dear Boris," the Yakut Boris Grieshnukin (Verhknyi-Char, Olekminsk system).
Decrees issued in East Siberia 1917-1921, copied in pencil; extracts from books on East Siberia, copied in ink; two letters regarding effort to emigrate
from Japan to the U.S., July 1920; poem by Vinokouroff, "Na more," (On the Sea), written en...
From 1932 until 1941, when she was transferred to the Coast Guard, the NORTH STAR, sturdy service vessel of Office of Indian Affairs, sailed from Seattle to points north, making 50 stops on the outbound journey to Barrow and also stopping in St....