Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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The George L. Harrington letter was written at the Alaska-Canada boundary near Eagle City, Alaska, July 3, 1909. George Harrington describes his Alaska experience, while working with the Alaska Boundary Survey, and includes some humor current for that time period. The letter was sent to Mrs. W.E. Harrington of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The pages are written on birch bark and should not be handled as they are very fragile. There is a transcription that can be read instead.

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This collection includes the album “Record of Trip To Alaska” which documents the voyage of Marcia A. Truesdell, in 1940, on the C.P.R. S.S. Princess Louise and her trip on the White Pass & Yukon Railroad. Included is information, photographs, and post cards detailing her visits to Victoria, Vancouver, Alert Bay, Prince Rupert, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Taku Glacier, Juneau, Skagway, and White Horse.

Scope and Contents The photographs collected by Captain Luebben include Fort Liscum grounds and army personnel (three panoramic views of the fort and soldiers), ships, and Keystone Canyon. Community views include Juneau, Valdez, Ruby and Telegraph Creek, B.C. Photographs were taken by Winter and Pond Co., Case and Draper, J.E. Thwaites, Private Basil Clemons, U.S.G.N.A., Post Photographer at Fort Liscum and others. News clippings of Valdez events are included at the end of the file. The collection is...

Scope and Contents The papers are comprised of typescripts of 164 letters written by Mr. Gile to his family in 1943 while he worked as a bookkeeper and timekeeper in the Yukon for the E. G. Elliot Company, one of several contractors building the Alcan. The letters reflect the routine of being a general worker on the project, but also mirror the concerns of a person far from home in a rugged wilderness during World War II. The papers also include typescripts of his journal, with short daily notations, and 31...

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Views of Nome, Anvil Creek, Unalaska and SS GARONNE; Eskimo and Athapascan portraits.

All of the prints are 6 ½" x 8 ½" in size and are mounted on 11" x 13" mount boards. Four of the views were taken by E.A. Hegg, an early Alaskan photographer.

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Photos of 1964 earthquake in Anchorage taken by Robert Girardot, Air Force photographer stationed on Elmendorf AFB.

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Six lantern slides, some hand tinted, depicting a cruise on the steamer Queen in Glacier Bay, Alaska.

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Preliminary guide, photographs, and U.S.G.S. microfiche of glacier photos.

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The collection contains images of miners and placer mining, residents and community celebrations in Ruby, Iditarod, Long, and Fairbanks, from about 1913 to 1921. Many of the photographs were taken by photographer, Basil Clemons. No information about the owner of the photographs is available.

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A typed manuscript of a daily journal written by a nameless author who journeyed to the Klondike Goldfields over the White Pass Trail out of Skagway, Alaska, during the Klondike Gold Rush. The diary describes the climate, people, general trail conditions and the weather along the journey.