Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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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.

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Petroglyphs are carvings or inscriptions on rocks and are often called picture writing." These pictures represent human figures, animals, birds, fish and "Y" faces and were carved by the prehistoric inhabitants of Alaska.

Most petroglyphs are found along the ocean beach near salmon spawning streams.

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The images depict Fairbanks and surrounding area; individuals, businesses, the Agricultural Experiment Station, floods; agriculture; schools and school children, 4th of July (1916), parades and other community activities. 1911-1918. Some views came from the Margaret Kennan Harrais Estates. Mrs. Harrais was the Superintendent of Schools in Fairbanks from 1916-1918 and wrote the unpublished manuscript, Alaska Periscope (Historical Collections, F909.H36).

Scope and Contents The collection contains 92 black and white, mostly 8x10, images of military installations, construction, personnel and activity on Kiska Island during World War II. The collection includes photos of landing craft, wrecked Japanese aircraft, bombed-out areas, a submarine beaching railway, and a small Japanese shrine. Places on Kiska Island include Jeff Cove, Navy Town, Gertrude Cove, Witchcraft, Wilson Point and Broad Beach. Most of the photos were taken in August and September 1943 by...