(3:01 min.) (03 of 12) Ada studying Statehood Packets Hawaii -- Statehood for Constitutional Convention; State Constitutions -- compared all articles; Treaty -- Russia and the US; purchase of Alaska -- 1867; Article 3 -- Alaskans could choose...
5 pages of hand written notes, taken by James Wickersham during a conversation with Taku chief Aanahalaash, and 2 photographs. Subjects include: Chilkat Blanket weaving,including the origin of the design and the manner of dying the wool; the Swan...
A print from the painting by Emanuel Leutze showing the Alaska Purchase. Shown left to right; Robert S. Chew; William. H. Seward (Secretary of State), William Hunter; Mr. Bodisco; Baron de (Eduard) Stoeckl (Russian Diplomat); Charles Sumner and...
Accession Number: 72-96-16
Description: spruce root; grass; black; orange; blue-green; woven; decorated
Descriptive Narrative: One large Tlingit spruce root basket. Three bands of false embroidery in several different colors of dyed...
The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
Captain Lockert collected photographs and papers during the years he served the Alaska Marine Highway System, continuing his interest in Alaska maritime affairs until his death in 1990. The papers are mostly 12 scrapbooks from 1964-1978 and one box...
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,...
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...