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Alaska. Department of Fish and Game

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Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Amos Burg papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1759
Abstract

Papers of Amos Burg (1901-1986), including diaries, travel logs, notes, correspondence, published materials, and ephemera. Burg was born in Portland, Oregon, and lived there until after World War II, when he moved to Alaska. He traveled on multiple rivers in North America, and was a writer, photographer and filmmaker who worked for the National Geographic Society, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Erpi Classroom films, and later the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Dates: circa 1855-1989; Majority of material found within 1908-1986