Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Photographs by Rick Kiefer (1-11) and photographs by Larry Stevens (12-20) of the Kimball organ dedication in the Atrium on the 8th floor of the Alaska State Office building. Also included are the dedication program and “A Brief History of the Organ,” by J. Allan MacKinnon.

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Family photograph collection documents the Alaskan activities of the King and the Liebing families. Locations include Craig, Knik, Wasilla, Susitna Valley, King Lake, Independence Mine/Hatcher Pass.

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This collection includes views of Nome, Council City, Ophir Creek and scenes along the Niukluk River (also known as Keukluk or Neukluk River). Subjects include sluicing, dredging, mining claims and several portraits of Inuit women and children.

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July 4, 1908 photographs of Treadwell, Alaska, including the Alaska Treadwell Mine and the Mexican Mine. Includes Fourth of July activities, Treadwell mine interiors, mining machinery, Juneau, Douglas and Fort Seward, Alaska. Photographers represented in the collection include: W.H. Case, Case and Draper, Winter and Pond, Hegg, and Elliott.

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Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Co., Treadwell Ditch, mill construction, Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co., Nugget Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant

Scope and Contents The photographs in the albums were taken and postcards collected by Hiram B. Kirkeby when he was employed as a cook during the construction of the Alcan Highway between Dawson Creek and Fort Nelson, B.C. (1942). While many of the items are labeled, some small snapshots are not. Kirkeby used the term Alaskan Highway for what is now known as the Alcan Highway. There are images of road construction, machinery, workers, the camps, eating halls, wildlife, and scenics of the towns and the...

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Photographs of U.S. Army Alaskan Flying Expedition from New York to Nome, 1920.

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The collection of turn of the century photographs contains snapshots as well as studio- mounted images from Winter and Pond, Dobbs, Nowell, Kinne. Subjects include miners, mining and mining camps, Tlingits from Southeast and Eskimos from Nome, and unidentified landscapes. Locations range from the Bering Sea to Southeast Alaska and include Anvil, Nome, Koyokuk River, and many unidentified towns. Two images of the Nome Artic [Arctic] Railroad and the Wild Goose Railroad are included.

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Scenes from Skagway to Dawson relating to the Klondike Gold Rush. ca. 1897-1910. The collection is arranged by areas starting with Skagway and the White Pass. Dyea and Chilkoot Pass are followed by mining operations in the Dawson area and other miscellaneous views Most of the photographs are copy prints and better images may be found in other collections such as:

P.E. Larss PCA 41 Winter and Pond PCA 21 AND 87 Paul Sincic PCA 75 E.A. Hegg PCA 124 Charles Metcalf PCA 34

Scope and Contents The Charles F. Knapp Collection contains correspondence written by Charles F. Knapp to his family during his stay on the Chilkoot Trail and enroute to the Nome gold rush, 1899-1900. The papers also include correspondence from Charles F. Knapp’s mother “Little Grandmother” to Earl and Hazel Knapp, 1897, and from Lyman E. Knapp to Charles F. Knapp, 1904.Also included in the collection are 2 watercolor paintings done by Martha Severence Knapp, wife of Gov. Lyman E. Knapp, a...