Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Includes journal and 2 manuscripts.

Contents: Folder 1. Clarence J. Tjernagel journal, 1906-1909 -- Folder 2. Breezes from Alaska by H.M. Tjornagol [sic] (pastoral missionary, 1871-1940, and uncle of C.J. Tjernagel) -- Folder 3. Frost Among the Eskimos, 1926-1961 by Helen C. Frost (Carlsbad, CA), 1969.

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Journal and letters of Col. Charles S. Bulkley during the U.S. Army Telegraph Trail Expedition, 1865-1867, which attempted to survey a route for the Western Union Telegraph Company to lay a line to Europe via Alaska and Siberia. Volume 1 includes map (very fragile).

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Journal and letters from the Klondike gold fields and Nome, Alaska, 1896-1901.

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Includes photocopy of original, typescript and photographs of drawings; also includes personal comments and descriptions of people, buildings and life in Sitka including the Tlingit culture.

Scope and Contents The collection contains journal entries related to a woman’s voyage to southeast Alaska. The first entry begins in Tacoma, Washington, described by the author as, “the termination of the Pacific Coast of the Northern Pacific Railroad and our place of embarkation for Alaska.” From Tacoma, the ship, likely a Pacific Steamship Company vessel, sailed to Seattle, Nanaimo (British Columbia), and on to Wrangell, Juneau, Haines, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Killisnoo, and other Native villages along the...

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This collection contains two journals that document the construction of the Cape St. Elias Light Station. One journal contains only penned records of each day’s work. The other journal contains photographs with penned captions.

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Holograph journals written in ledgers; some typescripted.

Contents: v. 1. W.F. Doty, Aug. 14, 1898 to July 12, 1899; P.H.J. Lerrigo, Sept. 1, 1899 to Aug. 18, 1900. -- v. 2. P.H.J. Lerrigo, Aug. 19, 1900 to June 18, 1901; William A. Egan, June 23, 1901 to May 11, 1902; E.O. and Frances L.K. Campbell, July 1, 1902 to June 1903. --v. 3. E.O. and Frances L.K. Campbell, July 1, 1903 to June 30, 1904. -- v. 4 E.O. and F.L.K. Campbell, July 1, 1905 to June 3, 1906.

Content Description The Mary Joyce Collection contains personal photographs, documents, correspondence, and newspaper and magazine clippings spanning Ms. Mary Joyce’s lifetime. This collection contains materials held in Ms. Joyce’s possession during her lifetime. Additional materials were added by Ms. Mary Anne Greiner, Ms. Joyce’s cousin, following Ms. Joyce’s death in 1976. Most materials in the collection are directly related to key figures and event in Ms. Joyce’s life, cover the Alaskan regions of...

Scope and Contents The slides primarily depict Jund’s life outside her work as a public health nurse, including road trips and scenics. There are a few images of public health buildings in Anchorage and some public health employees and departmental outings. Friends and family are also shown, including Dr. C. Earl Albrecht. Locations include Anchorage, Matanuska Valley, including views of Spenard Lake, downtown Anchorage, Knik River Bridge, agricultural experimental farms in the Mat-Su Valley.Other...

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Taku Glacier; Mendenhall Glacier; Auk Lake; Juneau, Alaska; Ketchikan, Alaska; bear cub, Governor George A. Parks, Carl Ben Eielson.