Alaska and Arctic-Related Illustrations, Maps and Miscellany, ca. 1730-[ongoing]
Scope and Contents
(Some of the images are photo reproductions.) Receipt acknowledgement of Alaska purchase check for $7,200,000.00, image of endorsement signatures on verso of the Alaska purchase check, Skagway news articles about the "Soapy" Smith shooting, Henry W. Elliot watercolors, Tlingit, Eskimo, and Aleut images, early maps and charts. Some of the artists represented include: Frank Alfred Golder, J. Webber (sailed with Capt. James Cook), Benjamin Russell, Von F.H. Kittlitz, W. John Harris, Solomon Rapinski, W. Ellis, C.L. Andrews, William Smyth, Levashev, Gavriil Andreevich Sarychev, Nina Crumrine, I. Rodinov, E-too-ach-in-na, and others.
Dates
- circa 1730-[ongoing]
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available for viewing, however, the photographs may not be photocopied.
Extent
322 Photographic Prints (322 items)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 047, 061, 121, 124-128, 182-184, 186-191, 196-199, 202-204a, 278, 284-285, 317, 321
Processing Information
The items are numbered and inventoried.
- Title
- Finding aid for the collection of Alaska and Arctic-Related Illustrations, Maps and Miscellany, ca. 1730-[ongoing]
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Processed by Staff. Revised April 2009 and by Jim Simard on June 20, 2011. ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by Freya Anderson
- Date
- 2019 May
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov