Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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This photo collection shows the living conditions and mining operations that are typical of remote mining camps during the 1890s. Mrs. Jessie C. “Kate” Trowbridge possibly lived at Sumdum during the summer months as many of the photographs also feature the Trowbridge children and family gatherings.

Content Description Papers and personal correspondence, 1933-1939: Correspondence concerning Alaska political activity, appointments for office, the Democratic Party, special requests for favors from individuals, and letters from friends. Correspondence includes special files concerning Anthony J. Dimond (Alaska's delegate to Congress), letters of congratulations on Troy's reappointment as governor, resignation as governor, and Democratic Party political file. These personal papers are primarily...

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Portraits of prominent Alaska politicians and businessmen, photographic images of peace negotiations between clans mediated by Territorial offices.

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Group photographs of basketball and baseball teams from Alaskan communities, primarily Sitka and other Southeast towns and cities.

Scope and Contents According to John B. Branson, park ranger/historian with the National Park Service, Lake Clark Nat'l Park and Preserve, this collection may contain the earliest extant photographs of Tanalian Point, now known as Port Alsworth, and what is now Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. Two letters sent from Tanalian Point to A.S. Tulloch, from Otis M. "Doc" Dutton and Joe Kackley, provide some information about the region and the men. The collection contains several pictures of Walter Crane, Dean...

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The Andrew Tweiten collection contains 13 photographs, papers regarding Andrew Tweiten including: a short biography, a short history of the Bergmann Hotel, a copy of an application for membership to the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo #6 and a copy of Andrew Tweiten’s U.S. naturalization application.

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Correspondence between the school teachers Jim and Geri Baenen and Mary Harris between early October, 1971 and mid-March, 1972. Topics about village life include child rearing, salmon fishing and preservation, and village activities.

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The collection includes images of military forts, telegraph stations, World War II, Army personnel, prisoners of war, and general views of Alaska. Photographs numbered 1-41 are from the National Archives and 42-193 are from the Pentagon.

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Map has penciled squares representing houses in Unalakleet. List below drawing has corresponding numbers and names owner of house. Also noted are privies, wells, caches, dog barns, warehouses, oil tanks, garages, footpaths, roads. The photograph is an aerial view, fading color.

Scope and Contents The collection includes photographs of the Fairbanks and Nenana areas, Eskimos, Will Rogers-Wiley Post plane wreck, Mary Hansen's Siberian dog team, bears, and Army camps for road building. Also included are photographs of bridges in Alaska, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon. There are a number of photographs related to the Canol Road & Pipeline Project during the period of its construction from 1943 to 1945. The Canol photographs include images of various geographic features,...