Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

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Photographs related to Alaskan places, subjects, and people. This collection is continuously growing.

Scope and Contents The collection of early Alaskan photographers was created by the Library in its early days. Since that time, separate collections were developed for some of the larger collections. Many of the images are copy prints; original prints are noted in the inventory. If an accession is known, it is also indicated. Photographers represented in the collection include: Reuben Albertstone, Guy F. Cameron, Cann, George G. Cantwell, F.D. Cheney, Asahel Curtis, George Davison, B.B. Dobbs, J. Malcolm...

Scope and Contents The atlas was prepared from aerial photographs on file at the Bureau of Land Management used in its various public land management responsibilities. Some of the aerial obliques came from the Federal Aviation Agency.The images include Alaskan villages and communities photographed from 1950-1973. Each page contains the latitude and longitude and population figures based on the 1960 census. Post-1964 earthquake photographs of Seward, Valdez and Whittier are included. Updated images...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of portraits of doctors that practiced at St. Ann’s Hospital in Juneau during its years of operation, 1936-1969. The photographs were taken by Henry Wilde and his wife on various occasions. Please note the discrepancy in the photograph descriptions. The first description for each photograph was taken from the information written on the back of each photograph. The second description for each photograph was taken from the short biographies written by Dr....

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Photographs and slides, both color and black and white, are arranged according to the year and the event. The collection includes pictures of the Games in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, and 1996. At times the higher numbered images come before lower numbers because the photos or slides were received later, e.g., 1972, 1991. Collection is arranged in chronological order. Records form a separate collection, MS 187.

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The views of Wrangell, Juneau, Taku Inlet, and Taku, Windham, Davidson and Muir Glaciers, Sitka, The S.S. Queen, Tlinget (sic) totems and Tlinget (sic) Indians are mounted on boards in an album titled "Picturesque Alaska."

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The Pigg family photos include photos of Dr. W.J. Pigg, his wife Lena and son Henry, and photos of Father Bernard R. Hubbard. Many of the photos were taken on the Mendenhall/Taku Glacier crossing by Henry Pigg, Father Hubbard, and Jack Koby. Additionally, there is also a photo of Babe Ruth in Juneau, and several glacier and mountain scenes. The photos date from 1914-1950s.

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All photographs and postcards relate to Rex Beach’s stay at Rampart, Alaska, ca. 1910. Plaque is from the Northern Light, Rex Beach’s steamboat.

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White Pass and Yukon Railroad; Klondike Gold Rush: S.E. Alaskan Indians. 1898.

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Four-ring binder containing a series of maps and text.