Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

Scope and Contents The collection evolved as Stanley and Evelyn Peratrovich researched the genealogy of James Peratrovich and Kathryn Jackson Peratrovich -- parents of Stanley. The collection includes a set of albums containing genealogical material for individual family members, related research notes and images collected for the genealogy. The collection also includes information on Tlingit-Haida and Sealaska organizations, Celebration 90, 92, 94, 96 (Juneau), Wrangell Institute, Sitka Training School, and...

Scope and Contents Scrapbook compiled by Roy Peratrovich, Sr., includes news clippings, correspondence, draft legislation, and his speeches and writings relating to native rights and interests in Alaska. Subjects include the landmark anti-discrimination law providing for equal accommodation privileges to all citizens (1945 Session Laws of Alaska Chapter 2), the establishment in 1988 of Elizabeth Wanamaker Peratrovich Day (February 16), and activities of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood. Folder 7...

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This collection includes information about individual vessels and an index.

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Letters to and from various Alaskans as well as Alaska business activity. Businesses include: Alaska Mercantile Co., Anvil Hydraulic and Drainage Co., and Nome Mining Co.

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Mostly black and white photographs of Fort Liscum, and Valdez, Alaska, printed on postcard stock. Also some colorized postcards of Alaska life and peoples, including one of the old Log Cabin Church, Juneau, Alaska. They are from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Seattle 1909, F.H. Nowell, photographer.

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This collection includes letters to Alma Delaney; speeches and writings by Arthur Delaney; newspaper clippings and notes concerning Father William Duncan.

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Original charts of fish trap locations in parts of Southeast Alaska, 1921-1930. Southeast Alaska locations: Stephens Passage: Frederick Sound, Chatham Strait, Windham Bay, Hobart Bay, Admiralty Island, Pybus Bay, Shipley Bay, Sumner Strait, Prince of Wales Island, Kosciusko Island, Port Houghton, Point Highland, Murder Cove to Herring Bay, Wrangell to Skagway, Warren Channel.

Scope and Contents The Peterson Family Papers provide a glimpse into the discovery and development of the Peterson mines in Prairie Basin near Juneau from 1889 through 1957. The collection also includes personal, business and financial records which extend beyond mining activities.The collection is arranged in the following series:John G. and Marie Jensen Peterson Personal Papers Folders 1 - 4 Peterson Mine Records Folders 5 - 11 Charles and Irma Peterson Olson Papers Folders 12 -...

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The John G. Peterson homestead, the Peterson and Olson families, other Juneau residents, mining, homestead activities, Peterson Creek, ca. 1912-1950.

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Nome-Seward Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. Petition to locate home for aged prospectors at Kruzgamepa Hot Springs, Second Division, 1916.