Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Letter written to friends of Fitz and Margaret Fitzhugh reporting on the 1964 earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Interior views of the Treadwell Foundry, Treadwell Mines, Douglas Island, Alaska and a photocopied reproduction of an interior view of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Douglas, photographed by C.L. Andrews. Three of the photos were taken by Mary Fleek in the early 1930s. Also included are photos of the Juneau Douglas ferryboat “Teddy” and a Chinese Grave Marker in a Douglas Island cemetery.

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Original blueprint drawn by C.B.L., traced by A.L. Meggs.

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Three notebooks containing shorthand developed by Folta while working for the territorial governor and as a court reporter.

Scope and Contents Letters, reports, petitions, photographs, logs, inventories, diagrams, supply lists, lawsuits, and assessment records.Contents: 1. Copper River and Yukon River canneries and Native concerns, 1916-1921 -- 2. Report on Fisheries of the Central District, 1916 / E.M. Ball -- 3. Nushagak Bay fisheries, 1913 -- 4. Mexicans employed in Alaska canneries, 1916-1931.Contents: 5. Contract labor, herring fisheries in southeast Alaska, fox farming on St. George Island, 6. Fur seal...

Scope and Contents This album consists primarily of photographs taken during the construction of Ft. Egbert, a fort established near the town of Eagle, Alaska, to maintain law and order during the Klondike gold rush, ca. 1899-1912. Ft. Egbert was a vital link in the Washington - Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System (WAMCATS) from 1902-1911. The images show construction, transportation and arrival of goods by steamer, activities and personnel around the Fort, views of Eagle, Nome, St. Michael....

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Correspondence with Hudson Bay Co. and U.S.G.S., excerpts from publications, and an aerial photo.

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Many of the photographs are of soldiers from the 22nd Infantry, A and F Company, at Fort William H. Seward in Haines, Alaska, 1908-1909. The images include portraits of the soldiers, the men reading and playing cards in their barracks, and the 22nd Infantry Regimental Band and their instruments. One photograph is an image of Co. F leaving March 27, 1908 for Treadwell, Alaska, for duty in connection with a miners’ strike there.

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This collection contains sixty black and white photographs. Several are commercial photos by photographer Ordway. The rest are photos taken and collected by Edward Foster. The photographs are of buildings in Haines, crew members, and construction of the Alaska Highway near Haines.

Scope and Contents The photographs include fur and fox farming scenes from Brothers Island, Sumner Island, Behrs Island [Chain Is.?], Donkey Bay, Kake Cannery, Pybus Bay and Monte Carlo Fox Farm. There are also images along the Inside Passage, including Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan, and Kake. Names mentioned include: Charlie Zimmerman, Mrs. Zimmerman, Nellie Lutro, Peres, John Hadlund, the Hadlund family, Skok-ish-Tin (Wrangell), the Gomoll family and others.Note per Paul Converse: Behr’s Island...