Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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The studio-mounted photographs in this collection are from the Alaska Photo Company, which operated a studio in Douglas, Alaska, in 1897. Individual photographers are not identified. Images include Douglas, Sitka, Ft. Wrangel (Wrangell), scenics, ships, people, and Alaska Native culture. The majority of the original photographs are mounted on boards and many are badly faded.

Content Description A black leather photograph album composed mostly of black and white photographs taken by commercial photographers, and some personal photographs of towns and geographical features along the Inside Passage and into the interior of Alaska. Views include mining camps, fox farms, landscapes, roadhouses, Juneau scenes, men on horses, gold dredges, and glaciers. Places identified include: Paxson’s Lake, Richardson Roadhouse, Savage River Camp, Gold Stream, Fairbanks, Healy River Coal, Nellie...

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This collection of private and commercial photographs show images of various towns in southeast Alaska, glaciers, Fort William H. Seward, and Alaska scenics. Photographers include Winter & Pond, Ordway, and Alaska Scenic Views. There is also a business card from Alaska Premier Fur Farm – Rudy’s Ranch and a metal token saying “Raincheck – good for one snort”.

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Portraits of members. W.H. Case, photographer, Juneau, 1908.

Scope and Contents This collection contains commercial postcards of various places and subjects around the state of Alaska such as Haines, Taku Inlet, Taku Glacier, Inside Passage, Lynn Canal, Denali, Chilkat Valley, Colombia Glacier, Dog sleds, Malamutes, Reindeer, Kodiak bears, Arctic Native girls, Mendenhall Glacier, Ketchikan, Princess Louise, Skagway, Juneau at night, Mt. Eccles. Three postcards have handwritten notes. Full personal names on postcards are: Mrs. Edwin Pollengil, Mrs. J. Traziser (?) in...

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Power projects, damsites, Alaska communities, agriculture, industry, Alaska Native culture, circa 1950-1970.

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Includes articles of incorporation, by-laws, contract negotiations, demonstration and strike information, candidates' statements, salaries and benefits, and miscellaneous materials., Juneau, 1959-[ongoing]. Includes material under earlier name Alaska State Employees Association. See also MS 117.

Scope and Contents The collection was made from a notebook created in 1961, providing a photographic documentation of each construction project, organized by community. Also included is a complete history and outline of the project, a table of expenditures by location, a table of expenditures by type of project (schools, streets, etc.), a numerical summary of the projects may be found in the collection that includes facilities by type of project, location, pictorial reviews, each completed project, typical...

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Special file on Alaska history (1764-1967) collected by the Alaska Purchase Centennial Commission for the celebration, 1967. Selections include portraits of historical figures, images from early exploration, towns, industry, natural resources and environment, Alaska native communities and art, and maps.