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Box PCA 303

 Container

Contains 20 Results:

Weldon and Cathy Morgan.

 Item — Box: PCA 303
Identifier: ASL-P303-41
Scope and Contents

Weldon is now (1988) a school superintendent somewhere in Teller, Alaska. They succeeded the Kahl’s as teachers.

Dates: 1956-1963
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 303, Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide Collection, 1956-1963

Spring play day at the school.

 Item — Box: PCA 303
Identifier: ASL-P303-42
Scope and Contents

A shaggy track meet which drew everyone in the vicinity. A great day of fun for onlookers as well as participants. Bea Kahl standing at the right. People are sitting on the steps of the teacherage.

Dates: 1956-1963
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 303, Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide Collection, 1956-1963

Jossilin Olin doing the long jump; teacherage in background.

 Item — Box: PCA 303
Identifier: ASL-P303-43
Scope and Contents

The woman in the red jacket is Harriet Amundson who was the third teacher in the system with Kahl's (two years) and Morgan's (one year).

Dates: 1956-1963
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 303, Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide Collection, 1956-1963

Town cleanup day organized in the spring by the Kahls.

 Item — Box: PCA 303
Identifier: ASL-P303-44
Scope and Contents

The house in the background was owned by Steven and Catherine Attla.

Dates: 1956-1963
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 303, Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide Collection, 1956-1963

Dogs being lined up for loading into Cessna mail plane.

 Item — Box: PCA 303
Identifier: ASL-P303-45
Scope and Contents

According to Mrs. Keller, transporting the dogs was a first step to the North American dog race.

Dates: 1956-1963
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 303, Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide Collection, 1956-1963

George Attla Jr. with dogs and sleds piled in Wien's Pilatus Porter aircraft.

 Item — Box: PCA 303
Identifier: ASL-P303-46
Scope and Contents

Madeline Attla, his sister, sits in front of him. She was on her way to Hughes to be married to ? Williams.

Dates: 1956-1963
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 303, Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide Collection, 1956-1963

A racer, Bergman Sam I think, finished during the Huslia New Year's race.

 Item — Box: PCA 303
Identifier: ASL-P303-47
Content Description From the Collection: The collection reflects the Keller family and their experiences while living in Huslia and traveling through the interior regions of Alaska. Descriptions, written by Mrs. Keller, capture the residents of the villages and their daily activities and contain much historical information. The collection includes views of Huslia, Tetlin, Minto, Tanana, Alaskan villages on the Koyukuk River, Koyukon families and members of the Episcopal church, 1956-1963. Included in the collection are...
Dates: 1956-1963
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 303, Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide Collection, 1956-1963

A frosty George Attla Jr. having just finished the Huslia race.

 Item — Box: PCA 303
Identifier: ASL-P303-48
Scope and Contents

It was so cold we had to place our cameras inside our jackets.

Dates: 1956-1963
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 303, Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide Collection, 1956-1963

Cue Bifelt with his trophy after winning in Anchorage.

 Item — Box: PCA 303
Identifier: ASL-P303-49
Scope and Contents

He had just returned a few months earlier from treatment for tuberculosis, which included the removal of one lung so this was a real triumph. He had also won the seal parka he is wearing.

Dates: 1956-1963
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 303, Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide Collection, 1956-1963

Richard Derendoff with a load of winter wood

 Item — Box: PCA 303
Identifier: ASL-P303-50
Scope and Contents

Dogs were very utilitarian and necessary as well as used in racing. Within a few years snowmobiles replaced dogs for many people as working vehicles.

Dates: 1956-1963
Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 303, Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide Collection, 1956-1963