Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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The photographs were taken by J. Malcolm Greany for the Alaska Health Department in the late 1940s and early 1950s to document substandard housing in the Willoughby area of Juneau.

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Images include equipment, construction, mobile camps, aerial views, Dept. of Highway employees and construction workers. The collection also includes a typescript "The History of the Haul Road."

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Dept. of Fish and Game employees photographed or acquired the images in this collection. Many of the first 155 photographs have individual descriptions while the remaining views are arranged by subject. Subjects include Dept. of Fish & Game vessels, tagging and other activities of the department, hatcheries, canneries, southeast Alaskan islands, coves and bays, birds, marine animals, game and hunting.

Scope and Contents This collection of photographs includes views taken from 1960-1975 by photographers in the Alaska Travel Division and used for tourism activity. The black and white photograph prints and negatives were placed in the library in 1976. The collection is arranged by subject groups as received from the Division. Among the photographs are views taken by Fred Belcher when he was state photographer. His photographs are included within the subject groups and a special collection attributed to him...

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Includes official and sample ballots, official returns, number of registered voters per district, and newspaper clippings. Folders arranged in chronological order.

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The collection of contact prints show the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. in operation, design and construction, machinery, railways, power plants, warehouses, mills, the surrounding area including Gastineau Channel, Salmon Creek, Sheep Creek, Annex Creek, Mahoney Lake.

Scope and Contents Correspondence from the Alaska Empire Gold Mining Company is their file for 1937 arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent or subject concerned with in the letter. For example, under 'M' are letters by H. W. Merrin, the mining company superintendent. Under 'G' are a number of letters written about W. W. Gibson of San Francisco and problems regarding equipment purchased from him.Several exceptions should be noted. Under 'F' are letters from 1935-1937 regarding...

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[Photocopies of documents from National Archives.]

Scope and Contents The federal government operated hatcheries at Yes Bay, this collection includes eleven logbooks of the station operation from 1906-1934. Three logbooks related to the Quadra Hatchery, which was a mandatory hatchery, are included in this collection. The logbooks cover the years 1908 - 1935. Also included is a logbook of the Hetta Hatchery on Prince of Wales Island, a voluntary enterprise, which closed in 1918. Copies of correspondence and a history of the government operated Afognak...

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Alaska Folk Festival memorabilia, programs, posters, and backdrops.