Content Description From the Collection: Collection consists of 24 black and white photos of Eskimo National Guard members and construction of armories in the following Alaska villages: Alakanuk, Arctic Village, Hooper Bay, Koyuk, Noorvik, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, St. Michael, Teller, Unalakleet. Members of the U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, Western Alaska Residency assisted members of the Alaska Eskimo Scouts Battalion in constructing 48 prefabricated metal buildings, which would serve as armories in remote northern Alaska...

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The new armory at Teller blends well with the Alaska winter scene. Dog teams and sleds still are important at the far northern village. The team show above is typical of many dog teams still at work in Alaska.

Content Description From the Collection: Collection consists of 24 black and white photos of Eskimo National Guard members and construction of armories in the following Alaska villages: Alakanuk, Arctic Village, Hooper Bay, Koyuk, Noorvik, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, St. Michael, Teller, Unalakleet. Members of the U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, Western Alaska Residency assisted members of the Alaska Eskimo Scouts Battalion in constructing 48 prefabricated metal buildings, which would serve as armories in remote northern Alaska...

Scope and Contents Brig. Gen. Thomas T. Carroll, standing third from the left, is shown with aides and U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, personnel at Alakanuk, a village on the Lower Yukon where an armory isbuild. Shown from the left, standing, are Earl Tinkey, Army Engineers; Maj. Orris F. Haynie, Resident Engineer for the District’s Western Alaska Residency; General Carroll, Adjutant General of Alaska; Major Robert, National Guard; Warrant Office Richard J. Mueller, National Guard; M/Sgt. Clem C. Joseph,...

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(8 pages total) Photo copies made of same due to the rapidly deteriorating condition of the carbon copies.