Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Correspondence of James Huntington, related to the publication of his book On the Edge of Nowhere, 1963-1967. Principal correspondents are James Huntington, Toni Strassman, and Lawrence Elliott.

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These 64 color photographs from the early 1970's show Iditarod's abandoned gold rush buildings, deteriorating boats and equipment, views of an old cemetery, and a black and white image of the old Iditarod Pioneer printing press. The photographer is unknown.

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Contains photocopies of municipal legal documents such as articles of incorporation, name change, annexations, petitions, boundary descriptions and boundary certifications, etc.

Scope and Contents This early Alaskan collection includes forty-three original photographs by Reuben Albertstone, Edward DeGroff, the Partridge brothers, and unidentified photographers. The Partridge views, which list Portland, Oregon as the publisher's address, may have been taken by William H. Partridge (see PCA 88) during the summer of 1886, which he spent in Sitka and Glacier Bay. DeGroff (PCA 91), a Sitka merchant, began taking pictures of Sitka in 1886 and continued this profitable hobby until 1890....

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Tells the story of Bishop Innocent from 1827 when as Joann Veniaminov he came as a new missionary to Unalaska through 1842, when he returned to Alaska as a Bishop.

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The photographs in this collection depict a settlement somewhere in interior Alaska along a river. The river looks like the Yukon River. Some of the photographs show the settlement being flooded by high river water. There is an interior view of a cabin as well as exterior views, a dog sled team hauling goods, and Native people.

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Interviews with Stan Price, transcribed from audio tapes recorded in 1974 at Mr. Price’s homestead, Pack Creek, Admiralty Island.

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Includes original handwritten volume and 54-page translation listing type and location of furnishings ; lists names of personal residences; also includes entries for some later dates and a child's scribblings.

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Kodiak - Afognak District Records; 1920's - 1950's

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Late 1940s-1961, bulk 1950. Fanny [Fannie] Island, Juneau, Yakutat areas. Alaska landscapes, unidentified persons, boats and harbors, labor equipment, hunting, salmon fishing.