Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Photo of, left to right, Private Fred Wildon Fickett, Lieutenant Henry T. Allen and Sergeant Cady Robertson, members of the Copper and Tanana Rivers Expedition. Photo taken in Saint Michael, a village on St. Michael Island, Alaska. Annotations on...
The Alaska ferry, Wickersham, was purchased by the State of Alaska from the Swedish Stena Line for $6,960,000.00 in April, 1968, having only been built and in service for 6 months. Originally named M.V. Stena Brittanica, the ferry left Gothenberg,...
Title from caption. Portrait photograph of Edith Moore age 8 years and 7 months. Caption reads: "My daughter Edith taken at Tacoma, 8 years & 7 months old."
Title from cataloger. Photograph of Lawyer Rivenburg seated at his kitchen table reading a book. Visible behind him is a pantry full of canned food, a plant, and a still life poster. Narrative in album reads: "Here is a flashlight of myself...
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 verso of a similar photo. "The Red Star of Russia is a familiar sight at East Base and has been for months and months. With the lifting of military secrecy, this southern station of the Alaskan Division, ATC, has been disclosed as...
Title from verso. "The Red Star of Russia is a familiar sight at East Base and has been for months and months. With the lifting of military secrecy, this southern station of the Alaskan Division, ATC, has been disclosed as the funnel for a vast...
Title taken from caption. View of an Alaska Native woman standing next to a clothesline with grass hanging to dry. There is a wooden building in the background. From May's journal, dated July 12th: "The grass that is cut for making baskets, is cut...
Title taken from caption: "Taking the mail ashore at Cape Sarichief [sic] Lighthouse. This is the first mail reaching the lighthouse for six months." View of three men in small boat with large bag of mail behind rower in front of boat, rowing...
Title taken from donor's caption. "1905, looking up Lakina River from 4 miles below our camp, Blackburn Mountains in distance". "There would be no possibililty of communication with the outside world for two months. We were as completely...
Title taken from image. Photograph of a student's slate tablet with a handwriting sample and sketches. This photograph may have been made at the request of school administrators for publication, to show the progress that missionaries had made...