Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Photographs and personal papers of John W. Leedy, collected during his time in Valdez.

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Letter written by George T. Emmons at age 90; provides information about the tinneh, a copper shield that is highly prized by the Northwest Coast Indians.

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Includes letter, both holograph and typescript, and accompanying information about the letter writer and circumstances around which the letter was written.

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Thorp wrote the letter in 1896 to F.P. Kendall, Seattle. Letterhead is Pacfici Meat Market and lists J. Kill as proprietor.

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A letter dated April 1925 from Caspar Malmberg, Eklutna, Alaska, to Miss Nita Johnstone, Cordova, Alaska, regarding biographical information about Horse Creek Mary.

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Letter contains information on commercial salmon fishing.

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Letter regarding of Mr. Sam Lord and unidentified legal transaction. Letterhead for Sour Dough Hotel, Dawson, Yukon Territory

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Includes letterheads, seals, notary public bonds, oaths of office, and signatures; firms represent all kinds of businesses in Alaska, city, federal, and territorial government, transportation companies, steamships, and fisheries.

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Correspondence from the Governors' General file between Sitka and the main office in St. Petersburg concerning the reorganization of the Atka Division.

Scope and Contents Letters written by employees of the Russian American Company. | Contents: -- Letter from Mikhail Dmitrievich Teben'kov, 1847, to G. Archemandritoff, skipper of the steamer Nicholai I, regarding transport of freight to the Stikine River and meeting of the English and the Stikine River Indians, -- Letter from A. Teben'kov, 1864, to Stepan Ushin [Nushagak?] regarding Ushin's request for books for educational programs, -- Letter from Dmitrii Petrovich Maksutov, 6/2/1864, to Stepan Ushin,...