Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Thesis includes statistics, photographs, articles of incorporation, and a bibliography.

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Includes list of teachers in Juneau schools, 1885-1945 as taken from the newspapers, Douglas teachers and enrollments, 1887-1902, teachers and enrollment for Juneau Seventh Day Adventist School, 1959-1973, photos of schools, and information on school events; Section I, Juneau City Schools, 1885-1945, is largely based on the unpublished History of the Juneau Public Schools by A.B. Phillips, superintendent of Juneau Public Schools from 1934-1947.

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Activities of a gold mining party, which landed at Saint Michael, built a steamboat in July of 1898, traveled up the Yukon and Koyukuk Rivers, completed a cabin in early October, and prospected for gold above the Arctic Circle. Included are photographs of another party of prospectors, the Beaver Party, which followed a similar path, beginning at Saint Michael and wintering above the Arctic Circle. The photographs are not in chronological order.

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The views, taken ca. 1919, include 13 photos by John E. Thwaites, a Cordova view by C. E. Rosswog, Valdez view by Philip Wischmeyer and Kenai Peninsula views of A Summons. There are also views of Latouche, Ketchikan, Nushagak, Kodiak, and Seward. There are a few views of canneries and cannery ships; the U.S. Hatchery at Letnik, Alaska; U.S. Navy Radio Station at Wood Island; C. Emswiler, hunting guide at Seward, native dwellings, views of native life and reindeer herding.

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Includes diary of the Holdsworths' experiences while living in the Philippines and as Japanese prisoners of war from 1942-1945; also includes a presentation to Phil Holdsworth as Eighth Outstanding Alaskan of the Year.

Scope and Contents The Margaret Felder Holland manuscript is a draft copy of a manuscript for a book titled Yukhta and the Littlest Sourdough, 1977. It is a story of Margaret's life growing up in Bethel, Alaska, and her family history based on memory and family letters and diaries. Margaret’s father left the family farm in Illinois in 1903. From California he went to Bethel in 1908 to run a company trading post in Bethel. Included in the manuscript are descriptions of people, schools, and living conditions...

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Charles E. Holmes Alaska Photograph collection contains 94 black and white photograph prints from the original negatives. They depict a steamship passage to Alaska and mining activity in Red River, Clearwater River, and Susitna Valley area, ca. 1916.

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The collection contains 28 photographs, some of which are attributed to Lomen (Lomen Bros.), and 26 letters. The letters from John Holmes were saved by his mother, Alice Maude Lathrop Holmes, and by his sister, Nellie McCreery. The letters were then passed on to Nellie’s son, William. William McCreery’s wife, Anita Derby McCreery, gathered the letters and pictures into a portfolio to share with family members, sending the originals to the Alaska State Archives.

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Images include members of the Dalton Trail expedition in 1898 or 1899, camps in which they stayed and sights along the way, life in the camps and on the trail, the Chilkoot Trail and the summit. Some images were taken in Seattle and Victoria, B.C.

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Letter describes Brown's visits to Haines and Skagway, talking to potential Baha'i members.