Verso: Alaska's William Randolph Hearst Scholars--Senator Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska) congratulates (left), Loren Leman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Leman of Ninilchik and Tom Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Anderson of Anchorage who were chosen...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "Jack London's cabin in Fairbanks. Several of us spent last night in the Traveler's Inn."
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak 1936, the “gang”." From May's journal, dated May 24th: "Today the Doctor spent quite a time taking pictures of the "gang", - we should look pretty tough as none of us have shaved since arriving...
Title taken from caption. "11539 -- (41) In thinly-populated Alaska, the native villages are to be found along the streams. This is readily accounted for by the fact that the water affords the Indian natives almost their only source of...
Title taken from caption on Album. "Moses Cruikshank, was a youth of Fort Yukon he had spent nine years at St. Mark's Mission. He was big, strong and reliable and knew dogs and sledding. He was Archdeacon Drane's assistant and trail companion,...
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Terrified at the thought of staying indoors after fleeing from the Alaskan earthquake area, the David Wilson family of Portage fled inland and spent the night sleeping out in the open. ...
Title from verso. Photograph of spent shell casings from U.S. bombardment of Kiska Island. Verso reads: "Here's the aftermath of a bombardment of Jap-held [ Japanese held ] Kiska Island in the Aleutians by U.S. Pacific Fleet cruisers and...
Title from verso. "Rear Admiral Konstantin Rodionov draws a bead on a tempting ball during a game of 'smoker' [snooker?] pool at the officer's club of the Army Air Base, Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command, Great Falls, MT, where the Russian...
Title from verso. "Standing alongside a C-47 (Douglas Skytrain) emblazoned with the Red Star, members of the Russian delegation returning from the Dumbarton Oaks conference pose for a final picture at the Army Air Base in the Air Transport...
Title from donor notes. Photograph of Jim VanStone with Chrismas decorations and gifts. Additional donor notes read: "Dr. James W. VanStone spent a year, 1955-56, at Point Hope. His book, 'Point Hope: An Eskimo Village in Transition' was...
Title from cataloger. Photograph of the stern wheeler Susie at Eagle, Alaska. The narrative in the album states: "The boat below is the 'Susie,' an oil burner, which carried us from Dawson to Stevens Village. This view was taken at Eagle, the...
Portrait photo of a native girl with long hair brushed to one side. She's holding the ends of her hair with her right hand. Postcard is postmarked from Iditarod, Alaska on Feb. 14, 1914 and addressed to L.J. Clemons,...
Title from caption. Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rice standing next to a cabin. Mrs. Rice is holding a rifle. Narrative in photo album reads: "Mr. & Mrs. John Rice by the cabin in which they spent a winter in the Yukon Flats absolutely...