Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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The collection includes photographs of the Nome, Candle, Deering and the Seward areas. The photograph subjects cover mining, family life, types of homes, sled dogs, reindeer, horses, schools, and hospitals of the period from 1910 to 1916. Photographers represented in the collection include J.E. Thwaites, Lomen Bros., and Winter & Pond.

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Engineering maps of railroads and proposed railroads in Alaska

Content Description Photos of life in the Yukon Territory. Photos of mines and towns, miners, teachers, grocers, ministers and their families at work, on the road or trail, and in town. Some photos of Native peoples, dog teams, camps. Scrapbook of clippings about the Klondike Gold Rush. Includes two commercially produced photo albums: Dawson of Today, 1901, leading business firms recommended to the public. [20 leaves, 40 photographs]; Views on the White Pass and Yukon Route…, The Only Railroad...

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This collection documents the activities of Richard and Nora Dauenhauer between 1971 and 2005. The subjects include many Alaska Native individuals, special events such as language workshops and cultural gatherings, and ANB/ANS functions. The slides also record family activities at home and on vacation.

Scope and Contents Records of Daughters of Rebekah, Perseverance Lodge 2-A, Juneau, Alaska, 1906-1981 The records include the minutes of meetings, annual reports, membership applications and one book of financial records. The minutes books date from 1907 and list officers, membership, and brief notes on activities. The annual report books contain yearly financial reports and list member names. The cash books detail the financial records of the lodge. Membership information was compiled by Betty J. Miller,...

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The records include the minutes of meetings, secretary files with correspondence and clippings, a written history and yearbooks of the Juneau Chapter, and annual state reports. The minutes, dating from 1959-1991, contain officer and member lists and notes on activities. The bulk of the correspondence is with other DAR chapters and the National Society DAR.

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Includes scans of paintings of Charles E. and Helen Beede Davidson by artist Ruby Khutchill, photoprints of Will and Sally Webb in Nome, Council City, Bluff and 4 letters from Charles E. Davidson to "Friend and Bro, " from Six Mile [Sixmile] Creek and Juneau, Alaska, 1896-1897. Also includes a Goetze and a Simmer photoprints. Includes log building housing Kinne Photographer in Nome and general merchandiser, Sanborn Marshall and Co.

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Letters describing his trip to Sitka in 1885, comments on teaching, the school, life in Sitka, hunting, and the people; includes a letter from F.L. Moore, a Tlingit Indian, to Pres. Cleveland, 2/26/1893, recommending A.J. Davis for governor of Alaska.

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Indian Songs of Alaska (Southeast), 1922. Indian Songs of Alaska is a collection of Tlingit music written down by Carol Beery Davis. Rev. Andrew P. Kashevaroff collected the English and Tlingit lyrics. The notebook containing the songs is dated 1922.

Descriptive Booklet Alaska Historical Museum, published by the Alaska Historical Association, undated, was inscribed by Father Kashevaroff to Mrs. Trevor (Carol Beery) Davis in thanks for her work on this project.

Scope and Contents This collection includes items from the life of Carol Beery Davis, Trevor Davis, and their daughters in Juneau, Alaska. The bulk of the materials cover the period from the 1940’s to the 1980’s. Correspondence of both Carol and Trevor Davis, original and copied music scores written by Mrs. Davis, music programs and concerts, three scrapbooks, logbooks from their boat Cordelia, and metal printing plates for some of her published sheet music are in the collection. A Poetry Society notebook,...