Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Includes list prepared at Cornell University and 3 letters to and from National Park Service officials.

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The journal is the account of two trips to Alaska in 1898 by Martin Bjornstad. The first trip, which began in January, is a trip to the Klondike including Skagway and Dyea; Bjornstad stopped short of the gold fields when he realized he was ill-prepared. For the second trip, Bjornstad joined a U.S. Army expedition, led by Capt. W.R. Abercrombie, to explore the Copper River area, from April to November.

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The album belonged to Charles Newbold Black of San Francisco and may have been a souvenir of a hunting trip taken in Southeast Alaska in 1919. The majority of the photos were probably taken by Winter and Pond, early Juneau photographers; however only five are signed. Mostly scenics, the subjects include Thane, Alaska, Perseverance Mine, fishing, fish processing, the yacht "Aquilo," and others.

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International Boundary Survey of Chitna Valley

Content Description Many of the slides show hunting and mining activity in the Talkeetna area and across the Susitna River where Blair had claims on Dutch Creek in the foothills of Mount McKinley. There are also views of people, landscapes, and activities, etc. at Talkeetna, Hope, Fairbanks, Valdez, Chitina, Nome, etc.Helen Blair taught school in a number of villages, and the collection includes her photographs of the schools and children at Aniak, Fort Yukon, Glennallen, Crooked Creek, and other...

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MS 4-4-13 includes correspondence, manuscripts, poems, newspaper clippings and photographs. Correspondents include: Marie Drake, Father F.M. Menager, James Ryan, Margaret Harrais, Gov. Ernest Gruening, Lurline Wilkins, C. "Rusty" Huerlin, and others.

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Studio portraits taken December 6, 1944 by Amy Lou Blood of Elizabeth Peratrovich and her sons Frank and Roy Jr. and her daughter Loretta.

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Ledgers in this collection include customers' names, goods purchased, prices of goods purchased.

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Includes photocopy and typescript of original letter, photocopies of photographs, and Manual pro Diverse Formulas.

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Includes first real estate license issued in Alaska and a letter of explanation from Glenn A. Willacy written in 1989.