Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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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.

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Includes prospectus with photographs and consolidated report with index; includes historical background from 1911, assessment of the quality and colors of the marble, production costs, etc.

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Includes walrus pin, pamphlet titled "You too can be a Walrus," and a certificate for presentation to Alaska visitors signed by Gov. Walter J. Hickel.

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The collection contains photos primarily of southeast Alaska, ca. 1910-1940s. It includes photos of the Cordova and Hyder areas, Alaskan sled dogs, a few British Columbia scenes and various other areas of Alaska. There are panoramas of the Hoonah Packing Company cannery and the Chilkat Oil Company’s refinery near Katalla. The collection also includes photos of glaciers, rivers, and scenics.

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Scenes of the Chilkoot Pass, Port Chilkoot (Haines), Chilkat, Porcupine and Haines Alaska, mining, and the Chilkat and Sitka Indians.

Scope and Contents There is one photograph in this collection, and R.N. DeArmond has identified the individuals pictured as Jack Dalton, his wife, Estelle Richey Dalton, and Ed Hanley. The bulk of the collection consists of the research files on Jack Dalton, collected by R.N. DeArmond and Patricia Roppel. Included are pages of research notes, biographical data, timelines, newspaper articles, personal correspondence, copies of U.S. General Land Office documents pertaining to the Dalton Trail, and published...

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Slides depict an Alaskan voyage on the steamer Queen, about 1890.

Content Description Series One: Stereographs [more information below] Series Two: U.S.S. Haida photographs Series Three: Early 20th century photographs Series Four: Antique photographs of Alaska and the Arctic Series Five: Antique cabinet photographs and others Series Six: Papers and memorabilia Series Seven: Lantern slides, Alaska, early 20th century Series Eight: Marion Morgensen Jacobsen, U.S. Navy Nurse, Elmendorf Air Force Base, ca. 1954-1955; Album: Visit Beautiful Alaska; [ongoing]Series...

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Articles, documents, and notes, mostly relating to fish and game policy in Alaska.

Scope and Contents Just About Me/Just About Us, Volumes I, II, III, are Bertrand Wilbur’s compiled memoirs. Volume II includes the period between 1894 and 1901, when Dr. Wilbur was employed by Sheldon Jackson Training School in Sitka. The volume includes significant content relating to Dr. Wilbur’s friendship with Rudolph Walton. Rudolph Walton lived in “The Cottages” adjacent to the school campus, and became widely known as a master Tlingit artist. Happy Days and Special Events of the Wilbur...