Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Correspondence and records of customs agents; first-hand description of events preceding and following the exchange of Alaska from Russian to U.S. administration of the Customs Service at Sitka. Includes appointments of William Erskine, Charles C. Waldron, John Hanson, Capt. Everett Smith, and Frank Kayner.

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Includes name, address, education, special training, areas of service, and preparedness courses.

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The photos were taken by C.W. Amos enroute to Cape Spencer and during the time he was stationed there as a Coast Guard radioman and weather observer. Photos include travel to the Cape Spencer Lighthouse, winter storms, accident off Five Finger Lighthouse, Christmas celebrations, other members of the lighthouse crew, and daily activities.

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Harold and Helen honeymooned on the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. ship "Spokane"and collected postcards from the various stops on the route. This album of postcards, photographs, and steamship brochure clippings records their honeymoon trip through the Pacific Northwest, southeast Alaska, British Columbia and Alberta.

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Includes v. 1 only.

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The 76 black and white photographs and post cards in this collection include scenes in Anchorage, Cordova, Juneau and Ketchikan, Dr. Charles H. Thompson, and several group photos of baseball teams. There are six 8 x 10 black and white photographs.

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Loose photos, post cards and commercial albums of prints taken during construction of the Alcan Highway from 1942-1944. Photo prints of Anderson and others feeding wild bears that hung around the camp, photos around camp, some scenery and construction shots. 149 items. Some photos are described on verso. There are several commercial photos by Taylor and W.I.B.

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Includes autobiographical sketch, paper on ferns, and an incomplete paper on Alaska's territorial flower.

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This collection contains black and white photographs and slides of Tom Anderson’s 1932 journey from San Francisco to the Kuskokwim River area in Alaska aboard the schooner Lottie Bennett. Many of the photographs were used in Tom Anderson’s book, Shiyak! published in 1987.

Also, included in this collection are black and white photographs from the San Francisco area related to the Wander Bird, ships around the Bay, and Bay bridge a-buildings.

Content Description The C.L. Andrews collection includes photographs from many places in Alaska, circa 1892-1940 and reflect the time he spent in Sitka, Skagway, Eagle on the Yukon River, and in the arctic while working for the School and Reindeer Service. Mr. Andrews' photographic collection includes his own photographs in Alaska and also photographs he collected by fellow photographers. A variety of subjects, i.e., bidarkas, fisheries, glaciers, Tlingit Indian arts, totems, as well as portraits of...