Alaska State Library – Historical Collections

Scope and Contents Papers focus on several Tlingits from Angoon on Admiralty Island beginning at the time when the Navy was in charge of the territory in 1878-1884 and on through the early 20th Century. Two letters and the "Lost" note relate to the bombardment of Angoon by the Navy vessel U.S.S. ADAMS in 1882. Others mention a coal mine discovery on Admiralty Island and the Indian Police Force. Several of these letters can be termed "skookum papers," since they provide a testament to the good character of...

Scope and Contents This collection contains a scanned copy of selected materials concerning the life of Elizabeth deCourcy Annis. With the manuscript is a copy of a Gastineau Heritage News publication, Volume 17, No.1, January 20, 2014. This issue is dedicated to a biography of Betty Annis: “Betty Annis in Her Own Words: Life at the Empire, 1955-1957,” and a couple of the articles she wrote for the Daily Alaska Empire: “War Buddies” and “The Hub of the City” (about the opening of the Baranof Hotel in Juneau in...

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Program from anniversary ball held in commemorative observance on completion of the 714th Railway Operating Battalion's one year's service with the Alaska Railroad.

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People, places, and events in Iditarod, Alaska, 1914-1915.

Scope and Contents The files contain correspondence relative to business activity, salmon cannery development and other topics. There are major files of letters regarding Applegate's concerns about several government employees: H.G. Seller, a sanitary officer and teacher for the U.S. Bureau of Education at Atka; N.E. Bolshanin, deputy collector of customs, Unalaska. For additional material on Harry G. Sellers and wife, Kathryn D. Sellers, who served as U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs teachers at Atka, see...

Scope and Contents Two unpublished manuscripts.Contents: -- A shipwrecked sourdough: an adventure of Nome gold rush days (introduction and addenda by Minnie Lee Archer) -- RecollectionsPartial contents: Recollections: -- VIII. Klondike gold stampede, Skagway Trail, Miners' meeting, Dead-Horse Hill, We make the boat "Rue-Lillian, " -- IX. Storm on Lake Bennett, Down the Yukon, Shooting White Horse Rapids, Old Fort Selkirk, -- X. Dawson and the gold fields, Cabin "Hillrest, " Locate...

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Arctic Gun Club: Juneau, Alaska: Minutes of Meetings, July 18, 1895 – October 2, 1895. The booklet includes a list of new members, club laws and expenses.

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Letter describes search for gold and copper and asks for capital investment to fund further exploration.

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Includes photocopies of letters, diary excerpts, and the published version, Klondike Letters.

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Prospectors’ papers, ca. 1920’s-1960’s This collection consists of two separate recollections made by Ashby and Senator Aldrich of their time as prospectors. English to Chinook language dictionary is also included in this collection.