Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Relates her story of arriving in Alaska, seeking employment, hiking and encountering bears.

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The flag bearer, unpublished novel, 1970s. Unpublished manuscript of a novel placed in the Aleutian theater of the Second World War, during which the author served as a bomber pilot.

Scope and Contents League of Women Voters of Alaska Records, ca. 1962-1978. The League of Women Voters of Alaska records collection contains newsletters, meeting agendas and notes, membership lists, bylaws, study materials, and publications. The local chapters include Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, and state, and national organizations. The collection includes ca. 1962-1978, although some of the records are not dated. The records show activities in the local chapters and the support received from...

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Photographic prints in a small leather bound photograph album and 34 separate black and white photographs of Wrangell, Ketchikan, Sitka and Cordova. The separate photos are mostly of the Wrangell area. The large river may be the Stikine River. Most of the photographs are undated, but two are dated 1930 and 1939. There are several commercial photographs, but the photographer of the personal photos is unknown.

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Photographs and personal papers of John W. Leedy, collected during his time in Valdez.

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Letter written by George T. Emmons at age 90; provides information about the tinneh, a copper shield that is highly prized by the Northwest Coast Indians.

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Includes letter, both holograph and typescript, and accompanying information about the letter writer and circumstances around which the letter was written.

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Thorp wrote the letter in 1896 to F.P. Kendall, Seattle. Letterhead is Pacfici Meat Market and lists J. Kill as proprietor.

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A letter dated April 1925 from Caspar Malmberg, Eklutna, Alaska, to Miss Nita Johnstone, Cordova, Alaska, regarding biographical information about Horse Creek Mary.

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Letter contains information on commercial salmon fishing.