Title from sleeve. People fill the stage and the seats in the Sydney Laurence auditorium during an event celebrating statehood. Photographer's number: 8114. 4 X 5 B&W negative.
J.S. "Skip" MacKinnon speaks from the podium; behind him, uniformed men hold the U.S. and Alaskan flags while others on stage hold their hands over their hearts
Color photograph of envelope with four "First Day of Issue," 7-cent U.S. Air Mail stamps, celebrating Alaska Statehood; Juneau, Alaska, January 8, 1959.
Title taken from caption. Group photograph of people attending the statehood ceremony for the inclusion of Hawaii as the 50th state at Punchbowl Cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii. Identified people in the front row are left to right: Mrs Lorrin P....
Verso: Statehood hearing before Senate Committee on (Interior & Indian?). Secretary Oscar Chapman testifying. In rear at left Gov. Earl Warren; at right Senators Corden, Ore.; Butler, Neb.; Anderson N. M.
Delegation celebrates Alaska's Statehood by posing in front of a 49 star flag. Identified are Representative Ralph Rivers (far left), Ernest Gruening (beneath flag), Bob Bartlett (next to Gruening in light colored suit), Bob Atwood (holding flag),...
Color photograph taken at the Anchorage International Airport, July 15, 1958, showing: Dick Kennard, President of C of C; Bill Sanders, American Legion; Joe Hong, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Bob Atwood, Anchorage Times, Statehood Commission; Anton...
40 second film clip, color/silent, of statehood celebration activities. Anchorage Daily Times front page. Reading Daily News Miner. Newsboy selling papers. United States and Alaska flags hung from upper stories of building. Fire engine in a...
(2:39 min.) (06 of 12) Types of development in Alaska after Statehood and the Resource Article development -- resources; 33 -- strategic minerals; undeveloped minerals -- Alaska; oil on Arctic Coast; 1920 -- husband forced down; Prudhoe Bay --...
(3:05 min.) (11 of 12) Working behind the scenes -- behind the Convention and the effects of the Constitution on Alaska inexperience -- parliamentary law; rules; behind the scenes; 6 men -- spoke at length; time to think; delegates -- speaking...
(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;...
32 second, color/silent, film clip of the statehood parade in Nome, Alaska. The parade includes marching soldiers, children on bicycles, and cub scouts. One of the floats depicts Hawaii, with hula dancers and a ukulele.
(4:49 min.) (02 of 09) 2. Important issues. Les was interested in statehood and getting a fair share for Alaska; he was less interested in specific issues. Proponents of statehood wanted to get out from control of the Department of the...
(4:27 min.) (07 of 09) 7. Most wanted statehood A majority in Fairbanks and Anchorage wanted statehood. Southeast was the only part of the state with reservations. One delegate resigned just prior to ratification because he objected to a...
"U. S. Delegation visiting Hawaii for Statehood Celebration, Nov. 25, 1959, paid an official call to Gen. I. D. White, at Fort Shafter, Oahu, Hawaii. Left to right: Lt. Gen. T.J.H. Trapnell, Dep. Cdr. in Chief & Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Pacific;...
Title taken from caption. Crowd of spectators at bonfire in celebration of Alaska statehood on Delaney Park Strip in Anchorage, Alaska. 1958. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.