Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Sitka-Kodiak radio, 1941-1942 Transcripts of 18 Interviews Relating To Early Radio Stations in Alaska.

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The papers consist of one medium, three-ring notebook dictionary, arranged alphabetically by English word or terms followed by Inupiaq expression or word, phonetically rendered. Some special and/or related terms are grouped at the end of the volume. One final page is a "List of School Children at Council, 1912". The twenty photographs include views of White Mountain and Council, Alaska, the graduating classes of 1928 and 1929, and Mr. McCollister and other U.S. Government educators.

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Views of Cordova, Sitka, Killisnoo, Shakan, Metlakatla, Kootsnahoo, the Yukon and Tanana Rivers and Illiamna. Tlingit canoes, a war canoe, Killisnoo Cemetery and a witch doctor’s grave are included in the images.

Scope and Contents The album contains 67, mounted, black and white images (7 ¼” x approximately 9 ½”) taken by Glen McCreary, George Noland, and Michael Strong from 1941 to1945 while serving as U.S. Signal Corps photographers in Alaska. The images depict Seward, Fairbanks, Mt. McKinley Hotel, the Alcan (Alaska) Highway, the Yukon River, boats, birds, wildlife and Alaska scenes. Some of the photographs were captioned by the photographers. Other information about the photos was transcribed from Post-It notes...

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Bethel Housing Project, 1968. The 8x10 inch black and white photos record the various stages of the project, from unloading the barge to the nearly completed houses. Several are aerial views of Bethel and the surrounding area. Eskimo carpenters and laborers are shown working on construction. Each view includes detailed information. A summary of the detailed information is provided in the inventory section in brackets.

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5 black and white 8x10 photos of the wreck Courtney Ford. 5 small photos, Nome, Kodiak, Treadwell, Umnak Pass, Cordova.

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Transcription of the diary of J.B. McIntosh, assayer, for the Schwatka Exploration Expedition in Southeast, Alaska, and the Yukon River, 1883. Short daily entries about the people, activities, trials, and weather of the expedition. Descriptions of Native Alaskans and First Nations people and their lifestyles, including gardening, trade, and linguistic abilities.

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Includes diary about life in the Pribilof Islands and biographical references.

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20 black and white photographs show a gold mining operation, pack team moving supplies, and other photographs of southeast Alaska.

Scope and Contents The Charlie H. McNeil collection is a gathering of family records contributed by several branches of Charlie McNeil descendants. The collection--photographs, legal documents, letters, and ephemera--reflects his time in Alaska from 1898 through 1924 and includes evidence of his residence at Iliamna, his prospecting activities—gold, copper, and oil and gas and other money-making activities—stream watchman at Chenik, hunter and trapper. The collection is comprised of manuscript and photograph...