Collection Name	Ernest H. Gruening Papers, 1914-[1959-1969] 1974
Identifier	UAF-1976-21-55376
Title	Portrait photograph given to Ernest Gruening
Description	Written on front: To my friend Ernest Gruening with best wishes William E. Beltz . Verso: William Ernest Beltz, a 47 year-old native of the Eskimo village of Unalakleet, is president of the Alaskan State Senate as Alaska makes the complicated transition from territorial to State government. Beltz's father, a native of Pennsylvania went to Alaska during the Yukon gold rush. His mother was an Eskimo. A carpenter by trade, Senator Beltz has been active in labor affairs and in the welfare problems of the native Eskimo, Indian and Aleut populations. Senator Beltz served for one year in the 1949 Territorial House of Representatives, and has been in the Senate since then. He is married to a former New York State girl and is the father of three children. Senator William E. Beltz, newly-elected President of the Alaskan State Senate, tries out his new desk and the gavel with which he calls the Senate to order.
Subject.TGM	Legislators Desks Gavels Indigenous peoples
Subject.Local	Alaska Natives--Western Alaska--Central Yup'ik
Personal Name	Beltz, William E.
Location	Juneau (Alaska)
Region	Southeast Alaska
Time Period	1959 and later
Type	Collection Image (Portrait photographs)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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Portrait photograph given to Ernest Gruening

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