(4:14 min.) (07 of 08) 7. Population dislocation. Average person in Anchorage has lived here less than five years, only came to take advantage of the money, and plans to retire elsewhere. The less educated people raised in rural Alaska...
(5:35 min.) (06 of 08) 6. Urban-rural divide The divide was not an issue until the majority of population moved to the city. Clem sees states outside Alaska as being willing to take advantage of Alaska's resources. Diane thinks that many...
85-second, color with sound film clip. .Emil Notti interviewed in a public place about how the Nixon budget cuts will impact the Departament of Labor, the Rural Electrification Administration, and community infrastructure.
A man [the teacher?] stands outside school; children in the background; in 1942, the school enrollment was 11 students; the teacher reported that, although the view was fine, the wind was terrible
A teacher's note in the Historical Record noted: "It is in a very desirable location in what will no doubt be the heart of the town if the place becomes a town."
According to the teacher's report in the Historical Record, there were no living quarters provided for the teacher; she goes on to write: "To go into a new community and rent a house; then clean it up and assemble a few necessities for housekeeping...
Aerial view of Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colony homes and tents at Palmer, Alaska. Knik River is in distance. From verso: "Sept. 22, 1935. Palmer, Matanuska Valley. Air view 2500 feet up. Tent camp. 10 transient workers....
Aerial view of Matanuska Valley, Alaska, near Palmer, Alaska. Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colony homes and tents barely visible through trees. Part of airplane visible at top right. From verso: "Palmer, Alaska. 9/22/35....
Almer J. Peterson standing in front of living quarters at Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colony, Palmer, Alaska. From verso: "Palmer, Alaska. May 16th. Where I now stay and eat." From caption: "Dad - where he boards and...
Almer J. Peterson standing next to wash tub and washboard doing laundry in Palmer (known earlier as Warton), Alaska, with buildings in background. Buildings are at Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colony. From verso:...
Almer J. Peterson, carpenter for Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Colonization Project, standing in front of his law office in Palmer, Alaska. From verso: "Palmer, Alaska. Sept. 22, 1935. Carpenter, lawyer & druggist. Oldest...
Arvo Wahto and students outside school; seated on fence, L to R: Violet Maki, Ed Maki, Norval (Ole) H. Nelson, Charles McLeod, Lawrence Swanson, and Axel H. Nelson Fish Creek School opened in 1936, and records show it was still open in 1943,...
Attached: Andrew Ningealook, President of the Ki-Kat-Ta-Muet Cooperative at Shismaref, an Eskimo community located on the Seward Peninsula, shows how he carves ivory at the 3rd annual Cooperative Crafts Exhibit - an October Co-op Month event held...