Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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The collection is divided into three parts.

Part 1: Views of the mining operations of the Bear Creek Mining Co. in the Upper Kobuk Valley, taken by Mac's Foto, Anchorage.

Part 2: Selected views from Nellie Brown's collection of Knik, Ship Creek and Anchorage areas, 1915-1917.

Part 3: Views of buildings and people at St. Michael and Fort St. Michael collected by a Mr. Grenfel when he was stationed there as an engineer in the military service, 1913-1914.

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Manuscript contains recollections of Condit's work in Alaska, 1896-1954 at Juneau, Tanana Valley, Fairbanks, Barrow, Sitka, and other locations in Alaska.

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Southeast, Alaska; Inside Passage Tour

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Basil Clemons photographs of Anchorage, Fort Liscum, Fairbanks, Iditarod and Ruby Mining Districts, Ophir, and the Copper River and Northwestern Railway.

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The photographs taken by Mohr, primarily depict military life in the Juneau area in the early 1940’s while he was serving with the Alaskan Defense. Photographs include views of the Mendenhall Glacier, Auke Lake, military aircraft, and the Juneau airport. Gustav Mohr wrote the descriptions; information in brackets was supplied by the Librarian.

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45 black and white views of various Alaskan scenes, circa 1940s. Included are images of Nome, Copper Center, Valdez, transportation and subsistence activities.

Scope and Contents The Ethel Montgomery Collection, circa 1934 to 1989, is arranged in four parts: ANAC Files (Box 1-3, 8-12) ; Personal Papers (Box 4-7) ; Clippings and publications. (Addition, currently boxes A1-A9) ; Photographs (PCA 348). The ANAC files include correspondence, administrative and business records, newspaper clippings, personnel information, biographical information on artisans, catalogs, price lists, publications, advertising, and crafts catalogs from other outlets. Ethel...

Scope and Contents Box 1: The photograph collection, ca. 1934-1989, contains black-and-white and color photographs, slides, illustrations, and graphics from ANAC and Montgomery's personal papers. Subjects include Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative Association, Inc., Tlingit Indians art, Alaskan Eskimos art, Alaskan natives industries, tuberculosis in Alaska. Box 2: Before her death Ethel Montgomery documented her adoption by Chilkat weaver, Jennie Thlunaut (pronounced Kla-naut) and her...

Scope and Contents A majority of the slides were taken in Southeast Alaska, with the bulk of these focusing on the Juneau area, including many scenic images of the city of Juneau and of surrounding mountains, glaciers, and trails. There are photographs of other Alaska communities, as well, including communities whose artisans created handicrafts for sale at the Alaska Native Arts and Crafts Cooperative Association, also known as The Cache, which was owned and operated by Ivil and Ethel Montgomery. The subjects...

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This collection contains 30 negatives and prints made from them. The Alaska State Library Historical Collections had them printed in 2002. The photographs are of scenery, people, homes, totem poles, and boats in Ketchikan, Alaska, ca. 1918. There is one photograph of two native Yukon River pilots dated June 8, 1898.