Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Photocopies of original diary and typescript of diary; also includes biographical information and a Boulder, CO newspaper clipping about the diaries.

Scope and Contents The collection contains papers from the BIA Alaska Native Service, including letters from BIA personnel to herders, contracts with herders, loans to herders, reindeer counts, partnership agreements between herders, contract terminations, purchase orders, receipts for repayment of reindeer loans, and an Individual Indian Accounts Application. Descriptions of reindeer ranges include the following: Stalker Range (Noatak), Commack Range (Noorvik), Skin Range (Selawik), Sheldon Range...

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Aerial photographic slides of Northwest Coastal areas of Washington, British Columbia and Alaska. Photographic prints of aerial views of photos taken for the U.S. Forest Service: Sumdum, Sitka, Taku River, and Juneau.

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The images include the Friends Quaker Missions at Douglas and Kake, government school at Noorvik, school children, government teachers and early Metlakatla views, 1897-1919. Photographers represented in the collection include: Landerkin & Winter (Juneau), Alaska Photo Co. (Douglas), Benjamin A. Haldane (Metlakatla), Thomas Eaton, Jr. (Metlakatla) and Edward deGroff (Sitka).

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The collection contains photographs from an album belonging to E. G. Riebe. The photographs depict various sights in a number of towns in Alaska such as Akiak, Bethel, Anchorage, Tanana, Cordova, Juneau, and Hollis.

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Slides and photo prints documenting bridge construction in the area of Portage, Alaska. Photos taken by Earl D. and Dorathea M. Rieck.

The collection includes images of camp life as well as the visit in the summer of 1949 of Mrs. Rieck and her two children Charlotte and Gerald. Collection contains an illustrated narrative by Gerald Rieck.

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Report from New Guinea, dated January 6, 1944, relating to Riegle's posting in Juneau, Alaska; relates social and military activities, and personnel information in Juneau during World War II.

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Fish and Wildlife Protection News Clippings Scrapbook, 1964-1966 The scrapbook of newspaper clippings was assembled by Don Roberts during his tenure as enforcement officer for the Protection Division, Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, from 1964-1966. The clippings are from the Anchorage Daily Times, Ketchikan Daily News, Sitka Sentinel, and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, The clippings mostly relate to his work with the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game.

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Color slides of Alaska scenes, primarily Southwestern Alaska, ca. 1944-1946. Photographs (black and white) and papers related to the February 1946 S.S. Yukon wreck, rescue, and medical care of survivors.

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This collection contains hand-written short story manuscripts and journals of Charles M. Robinson, a letterpress book, a photo album of what appear to be Alaskan photos, postcards, and album photo duplicates.