Title taken from donor's caption. "Headquarters camp. Arriving at Valdez in mid-February, we were soon on the trail to McCarthy Creek. We reached the spot I had selected for headquaters in late May, something over 90 days out of Valdez. (In...
Title from accompanying note. "'After the Tragedy - This group of men, all of whom figured prominently in the life of Ben Eielson, are shown as they stood together at an unidentified location in Fairbanks after Eileson's and Borland's bodies had...
Title taken from front. Group of people enjoying watermelon, Barrow, Alaska. From photographer's notes: "Picture taken at midnight in Pt. Barrow, Alaska, 1921. Sandy Smith? second from left came over land and bought a watermelon. No. 1 from left,...
Tikhon, appointed as bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska in 1898, returned to Russia in 1907. In 1917, he was elected to the office of Patriarch, an office he held until his death in 1925. The Orthodox Church in America refers to him as St. Tikhon,...
Tikhon, appointed as bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska in 1898, returned to Russia in 1907. In 1917, he was elected to the office of Patriarch, an office he held until his death in 1925. The Orthodox Church in America refers to him as St. Tikhon,...
Built in 1917, the Lighthouse Tender/Patrol Vessel CEDAR was acquired by the Navy in 1917 and returned to Lighthouse Service in July 1919; she was reclassified as USCGC CEDAR in 1939 and, during World War II, designated WAGL-207
Flat was at the center of mining activities around the Iditarod River; families moved to district mining camps the middle of May and returned to Flat about September 15
1 v. (47 p.), handwritten, in Russian script. Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop. Further volumes not found....
Comments by R. N. De Armond: . The name on the life ring is RESEARCH. The MacBride list (Alaska Weekly, 9/l/44) lists RESEARCH as being an iron hull with propeller. Went to the Koyukuk in 1898 and returned there in 1899; went to St. Michael in...
Title from accompanying materials. Notes with image: Jack McCord and I had just returned from a trip up the Tolovana River. A chief of the Tolovana tribe and one of his friends welcomed us on our return. It was on this trip that Jack McCord...
He had just returned a few months earlier from treatment for tuberculosis, which included the removal of one lung so this was a real triumph. He had also won the seal parka he is wearing. Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.
Title from notes with original negative. Corresponds to photo 419.
Returned Platoon from St. George. Alaska National Guard, Priblofs, Sept. 1942-Sept. 1943. Information taken from notes with corresponding envelope for photo # 418-419.
Title from notes with original negative. Corresponds to photo # 418a.
Returned Platoon from St. George. Alaska National Guard, Priblofs, Sept. 1942-Sept. 1943. Information from notes with corresponding envelope for photos # 418-419.