Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Includes correspondence, diagram of car ferry designed by Phil Brinck and Assoc., and news release to Marine Digest, May 27, 1961, on ferry system in British Columbia.

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Correspondence with The Thiel Detective Service concerning the past history and citizenship investigation showing John Alexander Strong to be a British subject, also related letters. Jan.-March 1918.

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Juneau, Alaska and other views, ca. 1913.

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Cape Nome prospecting life.

Scope and Contents All of the photographs in the bound photo album document a large-scale mining operation. Only four of the photographs have identifying notes. The first three photographs, which show horse teams pulling loaded sleds across ice, are labeled Tagish Lake. Photograph number 31, which shows a man standing beneath a flume, is labeled J. Cropley. The 3 ½ by 4 ½ black and white photographs are mounted one per page to black album pages. The images include scenes of hydraulic mining, the harvesting...

Scope and Contents The Richard G. And Mary S. Culbertson Papers are primarily the correspondence of the family while living on St. George and St. Paul (Pribilof Islands) from 1924-1931. Mary wrote most of the letters to family back home. The Papers also include a description of the Pribilofs titled “The Mist Islands,” written by Richard.The Culbertsons taught Aleut school children in the Pribilofs. Richard also worked as U.S. Commissioner; this position included many different functions, such as...

Scope and Contents The Richard G. And Mary S. Culbertson photograph collection primarily depicts life on St. George and St. Paul (Pribilof Islands) from 1924-1931. The Culbertsons taught Aleut school children in the Pribilofs. Richard also worked as U.S. Commissioner; this position included many different functions, such as storekeeper, jailer, and “keeper of the spirits.” The 1999 addition to the collection include 53 official U.S. Navy photographs taken during World War II in Sitka, Adak, Amchitka, and the...

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This collection includes 20 images of Eskimo portraits, activities and villages.

Scope and Contents Maynard Dahlstrom’s collection is a reflection of his life in Alaska from the mid-1940s to the late 1970s. The papers are grouped in three series: his work as a civilian at Elmendorf Air Force Base, the trips he took with the photography clubs – Alaskan Trails Club, Alaskan Prospectors Society and his personal life including family, friends, and the details of constructing his house in Spenard. The collection includes employment papers, such as an induction notice, certificates, awards, work...

Scope and Contents Maynard Dahlstrom’s collection is a reflection of his life in Alaska. Many images reflect the trips he took with the photography club(s) – Alaskan Trails Club, Alaska Photography Club, ATP Club. Slides and prints depict flora, fauna and scenics in and around McKinley Park, walrus hunting around Little Diomede Island, moose trips, aircraft and life around World War II at Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage, Fur Rendezvous (Rondy) in Anchorage, dog racing, and trips on the Alaska Highway....