Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Photographs by Mary Allen and J.E. Worden of Wrangell, Sitka, Port Armstrong, mainly. Most of the photos are of landscapes, ships, villages and people. Some photos are thought to be by Frank Byerly.

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Typescript, map, and photographs by Richard T. Young about a summer working in the Porcupine Mine near Haines, Alaska.

Scope and Contents Record Book with a letter attached to inside front cover. The letter is to John H. Kinkead, Governor of Alaska, dated July 23, 1884, from M. S. Joslyn, Acting Secretary of U.S. Department of the Interior, regarding the Commission established by Act approved May 17, 1884. Act established a civil government in the District. The Commission was " to inquire into and report upon the condition of indians residing in said territory, what lands, if any should be reserved for their use, what...

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Includes letters, telegrams, Fraction Lode claims and plats, prosecution notes, memos, and Memorial Day program dated May 30, 1896 at Juneau. Correspondents include S. Hall Young, James H. Condit, W.J. Lewis, John Rustgard, and W.G. Beattie.

Scope and Contents Records of schools (102) are loose-form data sheets (37 x 42 cm) with the following sections to be completed: historical record, additions and installations, the school year -- ending date, length of term, enrollment, average daily attendance -- description of school building, photographs of buildings, teachers’ living quarters, description of the community, estimated population of the community, community aid to the school.Not all forms have been completed fully. In some cases...

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Report and files of House Special Subcommittee on Communications in Alaska (1974), chaired by Milo Fritz; energy information file of House Special Committee on Energy (1974), maintained by member Millie Banfield, including report of consultant Milton Lipton.

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Collection includes articles of incorporation and by-laws, minutes, correspondence, treasurer's reports, news releases, and brochures as well as information on running the library. Several files contain information on activities such as gifts and donations, the library building, and the transfer of governance to the Juneau Library System.

Scope and Contents The records pertain to both the Hall of Alaska Lodge A-1 and the Hall of the Silver Bow Lodge No. 2. The volumes, mostly bound, include minutes, benefits records, and membership rosters, which contain officer and committee lists, brief notes on activities, and guest registers. There are also cash books, check books and Register of annual reports which record the financial activities of the lodges. The membership books list some personal data, such as occupation, age, death, etc. Many of...

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Surgery record. (name, diagnosis, treatment) May 8, 1905 July 12, 1906. IV. Record. (name, diagnosis, treatment) May 8, 1905 August 22, 1908. IV. Record (name, diagnosis, treatment) May 24, 1907 Nov. 24, 1909. IV. (medical cases) (name, diagnosis, treatment) April 11, 1908 August 2, 1913. IV. (diet of the abdominal operation on p. 300).

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Includes records of the Alaska Association of Churches from 1957-1958, constitution, assembly and committee minutes, and correspondence; primarily records of council presidents, Fred McGinnis and R. Rolland Armstrong. Also includes material from the National Council of Churches Alaska Committee, the United Church Men of Alaska Constitution, and minutes of the Greater Anchorage Council of Churches.