Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

The collection contains 12 glass plate negatives and 35 mounted photographs of Juneau, Sitka, Dyea, Skagway, the Chilkoot Trail, and the Yukon Territory. A 28-page, bound scrapbook published in 1909 by Winter & Pond contains prints and photographs of Juneau and the surrounding area. The collection also contains a few of Ruhe’s manuscripts.

Materials in the collection include letters, pamphlets, clippings, and records primarily related to aviation history and maritime activity in Alaska, particularly the Southeast region.

Materials in the collection include images primarily related to aviation history and maritime activity in Alaska, particularly the Southeast region. There are 71 negatives of the Goldstein Building and the Coliseum Theatre/Apartments fires.

This collection contains slides and photographs taken by various photographers before and during the Aleutian campaign of World War II. Included are images of U.S. Naval officers and enlisted men, many who are identified, and locations in the Aleutian Islands, including some aerial views and bomb damage.

The first 37 slides were copied from a set of 59 positive glass lantern slides.

Records from the Russian American Company, 1802-1867; includes annotated bibliography of Russian-American Company records concerning Aleuts and correspondence of the Governors' General, both received and sent.

The photographs show the construction of two schools, at Russian Mission and Pitkas Point (originally "Petkas Point), in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta during the 1970's. Also shown are some of the local residents. The photographer is unknown. No additional information is available on the project.

It is estimated there have been at least 150 Russian Orthodox Churches in Alaska’s history, with churches built in nearly every village under Russian influence, from Sitka to Attu, to St. Michael, and along the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers. 106 of these churches, many of which are no longer in existence, are represented in this collection. Two additional watercolors, of a nautical theme, complete the collection.

Includes correspondence, reports, maps, statistics, and brochures.

This collection includes pages of original writings that may have been used in Hjalmar Rutzebeck’s publications about his time in Alaska. A letter to Rutzebeck regarding land in Haines he was interested in homesteading is also a part of this collection.

The pages in this collection are difficult to decipher. Two pages are only partial pages and written on the backs of Wanted posters. Some pages appear to be letters, and some appear to be stories.

The photographs follow the Olsen and Sadlier families and their lives in Alaska from 1898-1990, but primarily from 1898 to the 1950’s. Manuscript materials include Joe Sadlier’s field notes from his work in the Land Office survey party (Federal), Ryus Drugstore (Ketchikan) notes, correspondence, poetry by Joe Sadlier, and other memorabilia. A taped interview with Joe Sadlier conducted by Marie Darlin, January 7, 2000 and a video of the return of the LST-325 are also included.