Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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The earthquake, which hit Alaska on March 27, 1964, caused extensive damage to Southcentral Alaska, including Anchorage, the state's largest urban area. Richard Wilke toured the Anchorage area immediately following the earthquake to inspect any damage done to federally maintained roads and bridges. These 35 mm color slide transparencies and black and white photographs, taken by Mr. Wilke, record some of the damage done by the earthquake.

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The collection includes ornithology research, field notes, bird lists, correspondence, photographs, and a stamp collection containing Alaskan first issues and cancelled postmarks.

Content Description Though the bulk of the collection is from 1928-1940s, the collection extends to 1983. The collection contains many images of flowers, most are identified by their botanical name. In addition are images of the places in Alaska that Maxcine traveled, to collect flower specimens. The collection includes images of Ann Coleman, Ada “Bob” Sharples, Lydia John-Hanson, Dr. J. P. Anderson, Mary Joyce, and Dr. Eric Hult΄en. A few pictures of the raising of the Str. Islander in 1934 are included....

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This manuscript collection includes writings of Maxcine Williams and various reprints or publications on botanical subjects.

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Correspondence, ca. 1913-1920, interviews, speeches, etc., 1931-1936.

Scope and Contents The 51 photos (approximately 4x5 in size) showing camp life at the Windham Chief Con. G.M. and M. Co. mine, ca. 1918. Most of the photos are captioned. The collection includes a small map showing the location of the Windham Chief Con. G.M. and M. Co. Photographs include mining and mining camp scenes, scenic views of the Inside Passage and miscellaneous Northwest Coast areas, miscellaneous California residential scenes and a map titled, "Map showing location of the Windham Chief Con....

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The Windsor photograph collection includes personal photographs of Colt Island and the Mendenhall Valley in Juneau, Alaska. The collection also contains commercial photograph postcards of several Alaska towns and one postcard showing the Steamship Al-Ki wrecking on rocks.

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Conference was organized by Ted Spencer of Anchorage with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to bring aviation pioneers together. The audio tapes provide accounts of 15 persons involved in Alaska's aviation history as bush pilots, airline owners; also includes American and Japanese accounts of military aviation during World War II in Alaska.

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Includes photographs of Winn family and friends, newspaper clippings including an obituary for Grover C. Winn, and a letter from Burdett Winn in Hurley, NM to Anna Winn in Juneau, dated 3/25/1945.

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The collection contains four publications and a photocopy of a publication from the Winter & Pond Co., dating from 1896 to 1915.