Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Provenance unknown. This collection contains one postcard album. The inscription on the inside of the front cover of the album reads: “Received Mar 6 – 1919 from Hal Meredith in far off Germany.” The postcards, and original photo prints, contain images of Southeast Alaska and Northern Alaska. An exceptional series (37 – 49) depicts activities at the Akutan whaling station photographed by W.J. Lind.

Content Description The slides in this collection document Theodore Merrell’s travels throughout Alaska as a field project leader and fishery research administrator. He traveled to Bristol Bay, Prince William Sound, Yakutat, the Yukon River, Cordova, Valdez, Aleutian Islands, Katmai, Northwestern Alaska, Arctic and Yukon River villages, and Southeast Alaska towns and field camps. MS 228: Materials in the collection include field notes, engineering reports, archeological reports, bioenvironmental...

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The slides in this collection document Theodore Merrell’s travels throughout Alaska as a field project leader and fishery research administrator. He traveled to Bristol Bay, Prince William Sound, Yakutat, the Yukon River, Cordova, Valdez, Aleutian Islands, Katmai, Northwestern Alaska, Arctic and Yukon River villages, and Southeast Alaska towns and field camps.

Scope and Contents Travel from Anchorage to North Slope Alaska, August 1-13, 1969. Subjects of the images include: Yukon River, Peters Lake, Arctic Game Range, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) North Slope oil drilling rigs, oil exploration tundra scars, Brooks Range, National Petroleum Reserve (NPR), Sagwon, Umiat, Fort Yukon, Bettles, and environmental impacts of the “Hickel Highway” ice road, such as irrevocable damage caused by tundra tracks. A “Travel Report” describing day-to-day events is included...

Scope and Contents Photographs include Sitka, Tlingit Indian culture, Russian Orthodox Church and schools, ca. 1897-1929.E. W. Merrill photographs are found in many Northwest collections, but original glass plates are located at the U.S. National Park Service and Sheldon Jackson College at Sitka. There are approximately 200 glass plates at the Park Service and about 900 at Sheldon Jackson.In 1978, the National Park Service's Merrill collection was copied in a cooperative project with...

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The papers contain deeds, legal notices, naturalization papers and ownership documents of Gustav Messerschmidt and family members.

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Klondike Gold Rush views from Dyea to Dawson, 1896-1899.

Scope and Contents These views were taken around 1930 by an unknown individual who may have traveled aboard the German Merchant Marine vessel, Seezunge HH 46 in the 1930s. The collection shows images of Inuit living near Teller, with caribou and sleds; mining equipment on the beach in Teller; Nome; Juneau waterfront images; the Matanuska River bridge at Palmer; the first Juneau-Fairbanks airmail flight (PAA Airlines), and a small panorama showing men selecting sled dogs for the Byrd Expedition. Most of the...

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Photographs from early to mid 20th century of various airlines and airplanes from throughout Alaska.

Scope and Contents Documents, clippings, articles, and first draft of The Story of the Alaska Communication System, 1900-1943.Partial contents: --The eighteenth engineers regiment (combat) in Yukon Territory, 1942-1943 by Fred Rust, --History of the western defense command, v. 1, --Aleutian naval operation, Mar. 42-Feb. 43 (from Japanese monograph, No. 88), --History of the eleventh fighter squadron activation [Jan. 1941] through 31 December 1943, --Sources of information about World War II in...