(2:12 min.) (12 of 12) Final comments for the record -- proud of Alaska; working within the government; obtained Statehood -- without revolution; Alaska -- finest state in the Union; delegates -- thinking of the future; resources -- Natives;...
May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
3 min, 57 sec film clip, black & white/silent. A man takes a shovelful of dirt from several dredge buckets and runs it through a rocker box, then pans the dust for gold. According to the catalog record for the film containing this...
35 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Phillips Collection". Film shows planes at Northern Consolidated Airlines at Weeks Field in Fairbanks, including a person running, and a mechanic working on a plane. From catalog...
53 second film clip, color/silent. Clip shows Howard Hughes at Weeks Field in Fairbanks during his record setting around-the-world flight, July 13, 1938. Scenes include a ground crew checking the plane and loading supplies.
69 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Phillips Collection". Film shows men and fire engines trying to put out a hangar fire at Weeks Field in Fairbanks. According to the catalog record, the fire is at an Alaska...
89 second, color with sound, film clip. From title frame: Excerpt from "Report from the Aleutians", a 1943 War Dept. film produced, directed, and narrated by John Huston. Note from catalog record: Produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps. ...
"An unusual record of achievement has been established by eight native Alaskans, who were graduated August 10 by the RCA Institutes in New York. Members of a pilot group, sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, they scored a notable success in...