Sheldon and Lorena Turner -- Alaskan Survey Expedition Collection contains forty photographs and 1 report relating to the 1932 Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition. The report, "The Land of the Williwaw," was written by Lieutenant R. H. Harrell,...
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
The 72-foot steamer Flosie was built at Seattle in 1898 for the Juneau Ferry and Navigation Company of Juneau which operated passenger ferries between Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell, and other points on Gastineau Channel. The Flosie was built...