Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Papers include two letters to Mrs. Whipple from the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; one medal of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion and one bound set of The Alaska Bulletin, published in Sitka in 1875 (on cover: “Presented to Captain S.G. Whipple by Corporal J. W. Huff, Co. “L”, 4th U. S. Artillery, Sitka, Alaska, June 14, 1875”).

Scope and Contents Two bound journals (each 5” x 8”) and one bound master’s dissertation entitled The School in Eskimo Culture comprise the bulk of the papers. One folder includes two photographs of Sue Prince, her master of arts diploma, and a copy of Indian Education (10/15/1965 issue). One journal contains her census of the residents of Point Hope (1958) and of Wainwright (1962). The contents are arranged by village and then alphabetically by family name. The second journal is a brief diary followed by...

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The collection primarily consists of Kennecott Mine operation records ranging from 1920 to 1942. Besides monthly mine production data, there are employee payroll and nationality reports for 1927-1935. Surveying, hospital and administrative records are also included, as well as a small amount of correspondence and a territorial publication. The addition includes various business records including samples of invoices received and two requisition books.

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Papers on Alaska fish and wildlife management, 1912-1969.

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Correspondence, travel itineraries, questionnaires on community interests, evaluation of program presented, and newspaper accounts of a tour of Alaska (1974-1975) by Brebner and Philip Sheridan, actor and writer, sponsored by Alaska State Council on the Arts as part of its Artists-in-Schools Program, together with letters of Brebner to his wife, further describing the tour and his impressions of places visited and people in Bethel, Dillingham, Fairbanks, and other Alaska locations.

Scope and Contents These materials provide special insight into an Alaskan pioneer and Territorial Governor whose service and life in Alaska covered seventy-seven years. The Governor George A. Parks papers include a scrapbook kept by his mother of clippings, articles, etc.; a daily journal for 1916 briefly recording appointments and work for the General Land Office with some personal references; a small file of letters received including letters from three U.S. Presidents, Bishop Crimont, Ben...

Scope and Contents The collection includes about 300 photos taken in interior and northwestern Alaska in 1911-1914 by Governor Parks when he worked for the U.S. Land Office. These include views of villages, mining operations, and vessels on the Yukon. The first 92 views (album) in the collection record a trip taken during May and June of 1928 by Governor Parks, Malcolm Elliott, President of the Alaska Road Commission and R.J. Sommers, Territorial highway engineer. A portion of the trip was in a one-engine...

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Includes images of people and scenics from Sitka, Juneau, Ft. Wrangell, Killisnoo, Douglas, Wrangell, Treadwell. Also includes portraits, totems, and Chief Shakes’ funeral. Additional comments, explanations, history and identifications by Steve Henrikson, curator, Alaska State Museum, Feb. 1996, have been included with the individual items in ArchivesSpace.

Scope and Contents The collection includes Alaska photographs of the Yukon River area, Tanana, Ruby, Fort Gibbon, Fort Liscum, Cordova, Tonsina. Also included are images of road houses, Valdez-Fairbanks Trail, Copper River and Northwestern Railroad, Alaskan Native culture, and portraits. An album (Vol. II) contains snapshots of family and activities. Many of the photographs are captioned in ink.An oversize scrapbook contains both clippings and photographs from around Alaska, various subject. The...