Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Maps, plans, charts – hand drawn originals, bluelines and photo reproductions from various sources. Some of these items may be found in other collections. Noted if known. Includes copy of official floor plans of Fort Wrangell. The collection is ongoing.

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Includes photocopies of sketches by Aurel Krause, letters from Margot K. McCaffrey, Croton-on-Hudson, NY to Doris Ward, Haines, AK in 1978 concerning the donation of the drawings to the Sheldon Museum and comments on her grandfather Aurel Krause, a list of the drawings, and a photograph of Aurel Krause; drawings include: the Chilkat Indian culture, Alaskan glaciers, birds and fish.

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Combest photographed the Treadwell mine, Juneau and sites in southeast Alaska including Speel River and Snettisham. He also photographed the 1911 Valdez flood, Copper River & Northwestern Railway, and the Wrangell Mountains. There are a few views of Canada including the White Pass & Yukon route. The collection includes some photographs by Alaskan photographers Elbridge Merrill, L.H. Pedersen and others.

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Russian manuscript with 3 different handwritings; looks like an original composition. Handwritten on inside cover, in pencil, in English: "History of the church."

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Guide to correspondence files of the collector of customs at Sitka, 1867-1869. Includes authority file, data entry protocol, sample scans, abstracts entered into computer file, and abstracts not entered into computer file.

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Video tapes, audio cassettes, and a booklet covering the conference. Partial list of speakers: Morgan Sherwood, William Workman, Douglas Regar, James Kari, Claus Naske, Robert Frederick, and Kenai Native Association representatives.

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Portraits (individual and group), members of the 1st Alaska territorial legislature and the House Committee on Committees, ca. 1913. Photographs by A.C. Mercer.

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This collection contains photographs taken by Ed Conrad during his prospecting expedition to the Klondike, as well as one hand drawn map of Unalaska and Dutch Harbor, and two letters home to Conrad’s wife that were published in the "The Hammond News." In his letters home, Conrad mentions the men he travels with, having to build sluices and cabins, and trade for supplies. All this is captured in his photographs.

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This collection contains black and white photos and publications relating to Wheat Hall sports complex at Attu, Alaska, Naval Air Station and Farragut, Idaho, Naval Training site (some persons identified). Documents and clippings related to WWII, Aleutians, baseball, boxing, Fleet Air Wing Four, Attu, Aleutians, ca. 1940s.

Scope and Contents Item contains 37 pages of records, 1913-1916, which detail the contributors to the organization, the minutes of the meetings, and the bylaws adopted.Page 1 of the tome begins: Pursuant to a call issued by the Territorial Committeeman for the First District, a number of Democrats met in Room 1 of the Malory Building, in Juneau, at 8:00 PM. H. A. Bishop called the meeting to order, and read the call which was as follows: There will be a meeting of Democrats of...