Daylight comes in through a window made of ice. A large door on one end allowed the boat through. The holes for the lashing were handmade. This driftwood frame was lighter than with modern techniques. Workshops were heated with seal oil lamps....
1954 Roll 1.Title taken from accompanying inventory. Local name reported by Lieutenant Commander Moser (1901, pl. 43), U.S. Navy (USN). Heads at Harlequin Lake, flows SW to Gulf of Alaska, 25 mi. SE of Yakutat Bay, Malaspina Coastal Plain....
Exhibition: ASM 7-8/70 Descriptive Narrative: A certificate presented by Mathew Murav'ev, Chief Manager of the Russian-American Company, to Matvei Naushketl, a Tlingit chief. The certificate was given along with a silver medal "Soiuznye...
The Candace Waugaman Collection consists of historical manuscripts, photographs, memorabilia, and ephemera donated by private collector and local historian Candace Waugaman. The collection focuses upon the history of Alaska...
Large birch bark container with handle; 9 1/2" tall; sealskin strap handle attached at sides; sealskin patches at pressure points on bottom; tear mended with sinew; shows use; dirty.
Written in pencil on side: "Merry Xmas to Olive Glover(?)...
Topp, Roger (photographer). Video, 31 seconds MPG format. This kittiwake is a widely distributed breeder across the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It builds nests of grasses, seaweeds, mosses, and mud on small ledges on vertical...
Title from caption. Photograph of Tanana's main business district. Visible as seen from their own advertisements are the Lincoln House Hotel and Restaurant, the ER House, also probably a hotel and restaurant and a headquarters, possibly related...
01 Began flying (2:43 min.) (01 of 09) On her way to school she was able to see airplanes taking off from the local airport. She thought that was what she wanted to do with her life. She saved up the $125.00 but the flight school closed...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of an earthmover on the beach near Point Hope. Additional donor notes read: "This 1958 [?] attempt at constructing an airstrip -- a project planned elsewhere with no local consultation -- was frustrated...
Title taken from text. Photograph of a teamster and his team with a sledge loaded with logs at the side. Caption reads: Corporal Cavanaugh arriving from Fairbanks, 82 miles away, with supplies. The transportation problem was probably the most...
Members of Douglas Island Miners Union Local 109, Western Federation of Miners, taking part in the July 4th, 1907 street parade on Front Street in Juneau, Alaska. Miners are led by a person carrying a United States flag, while other flags hang from...
Title from sleeve. Dwayne Carlson (left) of Anchorage Carpenters Local 1281, shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan. Photographer's number: 22585. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
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...
Title from indexer. "First quota National army local board No.17, Fairbanks, Alaska. Inducted June 27th, 1918." Cataloguer's note: Notice the young boy in the foreground.