Title from verso. Photograph of soldiers resting while others take up the advance in the background. Verso reads: "Attu Island -- Sleepy-eyed American soldiers crawl wearily into sleeping bags behind an embankment on Attu Island. After...
Title from verso. Photograph of men and landing craft during the liberation of Kiska Island. Verso reads: "Canadian and American troops landed from these craft on Kiska beach go to hunt Japs, only to find that the little men weren't...
Color photo of the Pacific Ocean with a ship in the distance. The sun is setting behind a blanket of clouds. Postcard is postmarked from Juneau, Alaska on Jul. 5, 1909 and addressed to Miss Esther Clemons, Ridgeway,...
(6:33 min.) (05 of 12) Building bases and prep for Attu 30,000 men working total--civilian contractors did lots of work--DeLong--General Tally--Cold Bay task force to retake Attu--General Buckner--Alaska scouts--12,000 men in first two...
(5:15 min.) (05 of 27) Alaska Road Commission
Alaska Road Commission -- access in Alaska authority of U. S. Army. Started with authority to create WAMCATS. Three Army officers were to maintain building roads and trails, almost no...
(3:20 min) (15 of 17) Change and familiarity
Man ran out onto ice and was waving arms Red thought something was wrong so landed and man just wanted to say hello. On a trip to Huslia with a fur buyer.
Includes illustrations, coat of arms and dedication to Guilielmo Backer de Corneliis. French text on verso. Thought to be v. 1, pt. 1, p. 1 from J. Blaeu's Le grande atlas.
Published in [Amsterdam?] by [J. Blaeu?] in [1667?]. Scale not...
(5:24 min.) (05 of 24) 05 Move West Moved west at about age 19 or 20. Started with the Alaska Steamship Co. as a summer hire -- back then the company wanted you to start at the bottom and work your way up. Started as utility man doing...
Edward Mulligan Photograph Album contains 80 images (74 photographs and 6 images clipped from publications). Subjects include streetscapes and views of beach mining at Nome, Alaska, in 1899-1900; the revenue cutter "Bear" and its crew in 1896 and...
01 Began flying (2:43 min.) (01 of 09) On her way to school she was able to see airplanes taking off from the local airport. She thought that was what she wanted to do with her life. She saved up the $125.00 but the flight school closed...
(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...
Title taken from notes provided by Peter Haase, September 22, 2004. "2nd camp on the trail. It's in the middle of a caribou trail (only place with semi-level ground). Al Randall & Bob Working. I left my old boots (use cold weather Lowa boots...
Title by Cataloguer. A group of Japanees detainees are seen some time after their detention. The location is thought to be a detention camp in Crystal City, Texas.
Further information was provided by Ron Inouye, co-investigator on the...
Title taken from caption. Cataloguer's note: A colossal structure made of firewood, crates, lumber, tires and other flammable materials, stands at least fifty feet above ground. It appears as thought this is a carefully constructed bonfire....
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 taken from donor's caption. "George Potter and Bighorns at our camp on McCarthy Creek. Occasionally the monotony was relieved by a sheep hunting expedition but sheep were few in number and wary. Once we shot a big, shaggy mountain goat...
First volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. June 18-Nov. 12, 1915. [143] pages ; 16 cm.
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.
Fourth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. May 19, 1917-Jan. 2, 1918. [199] pages ; 15 cm.
Fifth volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 1-Sept. 5, 1918. [191] pages ; 15 cm.