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Title
U.S.M.S
.
NORTH
STAR
Scrapbook
.
Display Full Album
16 mb PDF:
http://www.library.state.ak.us/hist/hist_img/albums/asl_p471.pdf
Identifier
ASL-P471
Collection Name
Captain S. T. L. Whitlam Collection, ca. 1930-1940. ASL-PCA-471
Description
From
1932
until
1941
,
when
she was
transferred
to the
Coast
Guard
, the
NORTH
STAR
,
sturdy
service
vessel
of
Office
of
Indian
Affairs
,
sailed
from
Seattle
to
points
north
,
making
50
stops
on the
outbound
journey
to
Barrow
and also
stopping
in
St
.
Lawrence
and the
Diomedes
on the
return
, a
round-trip
journey
of
10,000
miles
. The
NORTH
STAR
made
the
news
for her
two
voyages
to
Antarctica
,
carrying
supplies
for the
United
States
Antarctic
service
,
headed
by
Rear
Admiral
Richard
E
.
Byrd
. The
scrapbook
contains
photographs
,
clippings
, and
correspondence
.
Scrap
book
maintained
on
board
the
U.S.M.S
.
North
Star
of the
United
States
Maritime
Service
.
Includes
photos
of
Captain
S
.
T
.
L
.
Whitlam
,
Frank
Bliss
,
director
of the
Alaska
Rural
Rehabilitation
Corporation
Matanuska
Colonization
Project
,
1935
,
photographer
Otto
Geist
, and
Jack
Allman
.
Charcoal
drawing
of
Captain
Whitlam
by
Josephine
Crumrine
.
Album
contains
press
clippings
about
the
preparations
of the
vessel
North
Star
for an
expedition
to the
Antarctic
with
supplies
for the
Byrd
Party
.
Includes
correspondence
from
Arthur
Upicksoun
and
Harold
L
.
Ickes
.
Creator
Whitlam, S.T. L.
Contributors
Crumrine, Josephine
Subject.TGM
Ship captains
Ships
Icebreakers
Mail steamers
Ship letters
Logbooks
Scrapbooks
Clippings
Discovery & exploration
Subsistence activities
Subject.LCSH
Icebreakers (Ships)
Matanuska Valley Colony (Alaska)
Personal Name
Bliss, Frank V.
Geist, Otto W. (Otto William), 1888-1963
Allman, Jack
Ickes, Harold L.
Upicksoun, Arthur
Corporate Name
North Star (Ship)
United States Maritime Service
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
Matanuska Valley Colony (Alaska)
Location
Barrow (Alaska)
Kivalina (Alaska)
Nome (Alaska)
Anchorage (Alaska)
Ukivok (Alaska)
Unalaska (Alaska)
Sledge Island (Alaska)
Region
Alaska
Time Period
1913 to 1939
Type
Image (Photographs)
Image (Photograph albums)
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Ordering & Use
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Holding Institution
Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571;
mailto:asl.historical@alaska.gov
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