Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Letter regarding management of Indians, arms and liquor, working with Indian leaders.

Content Description Twenty-six (26) atlases (Located in MS Oversize): Maps and reports and lists bound together, covering the following:National Forest Examiners land classification reports of the Tongass and Chugach National Forests comprise the first nine volumes of this collection. The land classifications date from approximately 1920 through 1928. Three deal with the Chugach National Forest (volumes 1-3), the remainder with the Tongass National Forest (volumes 4-9). Each report contains a...

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20 Pana-Vue color slides of Southeast Alaska.

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The collection contains sixteen black and white photographs mounted on board and with descriptions on versos, possibly written by Ark Tower. The images show Fort Egbert at the turn of the century, fellow soldiers (many are identified), military life on the base, the Fort Egbert school, missionary teacher and students, and the Fort Egbert Native village. The collection also includes a diary kept by Ark Tower, from Jan. to June 1903.

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Travel brochures and promotional materials for Alaska, the Yukon and the Inside Passage south to Seattle, Washington. Includes advertisements and brochures published by airlines and government agencies, 1899 to present. Other travel and tourist related brochures may be found in the Community Files, MS 112.

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Alaska-Yukon Trips, 1962, 1966 : The black and white photographs were taken by Wilson D. Ellis of Berkeley. They document two tours of Alaska, Vancouver, and the Yukon Territory. The 1966 tour was taken by the Travel Club of Southern California. There are images of southeast communities as well as Fairbanks, Anchorage, Skagway, Yakutat, and Whitehorse, B.C. Many of the photos are captioned and some club members are identified.

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This small collection of 3 x 4 inch and smaller, black and white photographs records a family’s trip to Alaska aboard the Pacific Steamship Company’s S.S. ADMIRAL ROGERS. No information is available regarding the family. The collection contains both snapshots and commercially produced Winter and Pond scenics.

Abstract The photographer/collector of this photograph album is uncertain. Within the album is a name card for I. W. Mason of Seattle, Washington with his signature on the reverse side. In 1910, a trading post was opened by George Fredericks on the Kuskokwim River northwest of Sleetmute. Later it was named Georgetown and a post office was established there in 1912, but was discontinued in 1913.Most of the photos are postcard size and the quality ranges from poor to good. ...

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Diary of a trip up the Stikine River from July-November 1902.

Scope and Contents The bulk of the pictures in the album were taken by Doyle Tripp during his trip to Alaska with the Commissioner of Fisheries in the summer of 1940. They show the communities, ships and boats, float planes, fishing activities including a salmon weir and king crab, sea lions and a beluga whale. Locations include Ketchikan, Matanuska, Nunivak Island, the Pribilofs. People include Charlie Jackson, Commissioner of Fisheries, Laritz Melchior (famous opera singer on a guided hunt), Dr. Ira...