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)
Related Materials	Alaska State Library Catalog: http://jlc-web.uaa.alaska.edu/client/asl/search/results?qu=%22272398823%22
Ordering & Use	http://library.alaska.gov/vilda_rights.html
Holding Institution	Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571; mailto:asl.historical@alaska.gov

U.S.M.S. NORTH STAR Scrapbook.

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