Description: wood; beads; metal; glass beads
Descriptive Narrative: Abacus (Russian: shchety). 12 rows of beads strung on metal tubes. The first 7 rows, row 10, row 11 have 10 beads. Row 8 & row 12 have 4 beads each. Row 9 has no beads. 2...
Title taken from caption. View of J. W. Shipley setting up and using his chemical laboratory. Identity based on fact that Shipley is the only chemist listed as part of the 1917 expedition. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the expedition collecting gas samples. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during a National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1917....
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
Title taken from verso. View of Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction from within pipe located under Glenn Highway at Glennallen, Alaska. Also from verso: "Note refrigerant tubes to keep line and surroundings frozen." March 26, 1976. Photographer:...
Title taken from verso. Construction crew working on bridge pier at bridge construction site at Yukon River during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. Also from verso: "Note heater tubes to plastic to aid in curing the cement."...