Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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The Nelson Collection includes wildlife management reference material used by Pete in his work, personal writings, field diaries as a wildlife biologist, duck stamps, and photographs; also, the scrapbooks and diaries of Charles Sprague, Alaska's first Territorial Fish Commissioner and Superintendent of Hatcheries are part of this collection. Books received in the Nelson Collection have been added to the holdings of the Alaska State Library for statewide use.

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Log, written in pencil, of James Noland's daily account of his experiences on the M.M. Morrill and published version of Noland's log with an account by Capt. Edward Cantillion.

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Letters, fact sheets, clippings, personal testimony, guidelines and press releases.

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Includes activity guide to Stefansson-Anderson expedition, 1908-1912, and Canadian Arctic expedition, 1913-1919; calendar/guide to Stefansson correspondence.

Scope and Contents The papers are largely comprised of letters written to family in Montana detailing Brewster’s work and experiences as the reindeer official at Nome. The controversy fed by Ernest Wlker Sawyer’s report to the Congressional Reindeer Committee with accusations against the Lomen Reindeer Corporation and other problems are topi cs in the papers. The Brewsters were very active in Nome social life and their letters tell of daily events in Nome and people there. Lyman is asked to give the high...

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Includes ledger (1917-1918) with workers' names; also includes grocery lists, legal forms, and credentials for Windham Bay delegate to attend 1903 Alaska Territorial Convention.

Scope and Contents The papers include a compilation of letters and writings of Dr. Newhall during his years in Barrow. Frank Newhall prepared an index listing to this material. Additional material not listed by Frank Newhall is included in separate folders. This includes Dr. Newhall's recollections on Simeon Oliver, a trip to the whaling station at Akutan, and other writings. The collection includes some miscellaneous material and writings of others, including an incomplete manuscript describing the flu...

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Papers document Annahootz and Sitka Indian Police Force in the 1880s, Swineford’s trip on the Thetis, and his political interests after his Governorship. His daughter’s notes on her memory of the school in Sitka while her father was Governor.

Scope and Contents Nearing graduation from the University of Washington, Mr. Morton sailed with other scientists on the 1937 Arctic cruise of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter NORTHLAND. The papers describe his responsibilities as an oceanographer testing temperature and chemical characteristics of water at oceanographic stations in the Arctic. His letters and diary describe the cruise and-impressions of various locales which include in part, the Inside Passage, Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Golovnin Bay, King...

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This file is composed of Xerox copies of original letters in the C.L. Andrews Collection at Sheldon Jackson College. A manuscript journal titled Another Man's Life, by C.A. Bryant is MS 4 Box 5 #1 in the Alaska Historical Library.

These letters include the reminiscences and views of two friends who were also long time Alaskans. Most of the letters are handwritten by Bryant with some typescript copies of Andrews letters to Bryant.