Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

Scope and Contents The collection includes a letter book (1877 1878) of Capt. John W. White's, from his service on the Steamer THOMAS CORWIN, which covers lifesaving station management in California, Oregon and Washington.The James T. White papers consist of records and journals kept from 1900-1902, while he served as surgeon and quarantine officer on the U.S.S. NUNIVAK. The papers describe life at St. Michael and include a descriptive account of the cruise in 1900 up the Yukon River to the winter...

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Letter describes life and experiences of missionary work in Juneau.

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Many of the views in this collection were used to illustrate Sam White’s story of his work in Alaska; serialized in the ALASKA SPORTSMAN magazine from December 1964 through November 1965. Most depict airplanes and villages in interior Alaska. Subjects include Alaska Game Commission personnel and offices, airplane crashes, the Wien brothers (Merrill, Sig and Noel), and localities, such as Ft. Yukon and Tonzana.

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Letter includes comments on personal contacts with: Jack Dalton, J.M. "Si" Tanner, Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, Frank Reid, and Michael Heney; eye witness account of the Smith-Reid duel and stopping the strike mob on the White Pass and Yukon Railway.

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Skagway, White Pass and Yukon Railroad construction and trains, ca. 1898-1902.

Scope and Contents Scrap book maintained on board the U.S.M.S. North Star of the United States Maritime Service. Note from first page: Contributions of photos, clippings, et al are not only welcome, but expected from each voyager. Includes photos of Captain S. T. L. Whitlam, Frank Bliss, director of the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Matanuska Colonization Project, 1935, photographer Otto Geist, and Jack Allman. Charcoal drawing of Captain Whitlam by Josephine Crumrine. ...

Content Description The James Wickersham Family Papers, 1884-1970, contain some correspondence and material of the immediate Wickersham family and Ruth Allman, his niece by marriage. The bulk of the collection covers the work and activities of James Wickersham. There is some documentation on his law practice and activities in Washington Territory from 1884-1900. However, the major coverage of the papers concerns his work and life in Alaska from 1900 until his death in 1939. While letters...

Content Description The collection includes photographs collected by Wickersham and some that were taken by him. These photographs were compiled in numbered albums with a broad subject area designation. Album No. 3 was not received in the collection acquired by the state. Loose photographs were gathered together in album/box file 18. While indexes have now been prepared to assist the researcher, the following is a list of the broad title/subject assigned the albums by Wickersham. By Album Number : ...

Scope and Contents President and Mrs. Harding began their journey at Tacoma, Washington, aboard the U.S. Navy transport HENDERSON. They spent 15 days in the Territory of Alaska, visiting Metlakatla, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Seward, Anchorage, Wasilla, Willow, Nenana, Fairbanks, Cordova, and Sitka. While in Alaska, President Harding drove the last golden spike in the newly built Alaska Railroad.Photographs numbered 1-76 are affixed to the original album pages and are located in the...

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Manuscript includes photographs, diagrams, drawings, and maps; transmittal letter accompanies manuscript.