Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Photographs and postcards are primarily of Juneau with a few other southeast Alaska towns included. Winter & Pond, W.H. Case and C.W. Beyers, Ordway, F. Matheson, and Kirk[?] photographers are represented in the collection. A photograph listing on W.H. Case letterhead follows the photographs, however, only photographs 1-27 were received by the Library. Also included is a description of The Beaver Pole. The bulk of the photographs were from the 1907-1935 time period.

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The five pen and pencil drawings show views from the back, front, side, and interior of the house Kivetoruk Moses has sketched for the Alaska State Housing Authority. The drawings are annotated with descriptive details and signed, Eskimo Artist, Kivetoruk Moses, Nome, Alaska, P. O. Box 814.

Content Description The papers are primarily personal letters written by Mr. Moss to his fiancée, Elsie Krey in Duluth, Minnesota. Elsie, the daughter of John Krey who is chief engineer for the Katalla Company, later joins her parents in Katalla. These letters concern the life of R.W. Moss at Katalla and Cordova, his job and activities. The file includes miscellaneous letters, maps, and meteorological records of Katalla in 1907. Related photographs may be found in PCA 11. The images include construction of...

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Photographs (PCA 11) include construction of the railroad, Katalla, Cordova, survey teams and other people working for the Katalla Company, view of Indians of the area.

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Includes report of the president and correspondence from Supt. W. Bertram Hancock to Pres. James J. Godfrey.

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Studio mounted photographs of Juneau, Sitka and other Alaskan locations or subjects taken by various commercial photographers: Winter and Brown, Winter and Pond, Edward de Groff, Partridge, F. Jay Haynes, Reuben Albertstone, Mayo and Weed and Case and Draper.

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The album, titled, "Treadwell Mine Days,” compiled by Mrs. Harry J. Wood, includes personal snapshots and commercial photographs from the Merrill Studio in Sitka and Case & Draper among others. The photographs, taken between 1906 and 1923, show Treadwell, Alaska, the Treadwell Mine, club, stage and natatorium, the first flight over Juneau, President Harding and party in Sitka, and other locations and individuals, perhaps friends and family.

Scope and Contents Through the estate of William Muncaster of Haines, the Alaska Historical Library received the papers and photographs of Frances N. Muncaster in 1968. The Alaska State Museum received a significant collection of ivory and artifacts largely collected by Frances and Thomas Noyes while living at Candle, Alaska. Unfortunately there is limited information on when and where the artifacts were obtained.A petite and attractive woman, Frances Noyes Muncaster was born in Saint Paul,...

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Photographs include mining and life with Tom Noyes at Candle and Nome, also her life with Bill Muncaster, in McCarthy and Haines whom she married in 1919. Family members and various views of Frances including her early years in the theater are also included.

Scope and Contents First issued in 1974, this publication calendars the Alaska-Yukon sheet music and songs located in one manuscript collection (MS75), entitled Alaska Songs and Music, in the Alaska Historical Library, which is a section of the Alaska State Library. This 1990 edition adds over ten new titles. The collection, consisting of sheet music commercially published between 1897 and 1969, focuses primarily on the Klondike, the Yukon, or Alaska. The materials have been gathered from various...