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Alaska

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Gene Heiple photographic collection on Seward, Alaska

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1103
Abstract

Four black and white photographs of Seward, Alaska, and environs.

Dates: circa 1903-1908

The inside of a house in Oonalashka

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5048
Abstract

Three engravings in various sizes, made from the same drawing by John Webber, artist for the third voyage of James Cook. The image, titled "The Inside of a Home in Oonalashka," depicts Native adults and children at various activities inside a dwelling with a thatched roof in Unalaska.

Dates: circa 1785

Kirke E. Johnson letters

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2611
Abstract

Manuscript letters, 1897-1899, primarily to Kirke E. Johnson's mother in Wisconsin, regarding his experiences as a telephone line construction worker, surveyor and prospector in Alaska and British Columbia during the 1898 gold rush.

Dates: 1897-1899

James and Helen Judge in the Pribilof Islands photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 892
Abstract

Twenty-two black and white photographs, primarily of James and Helen Judge in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. James Judge (1866-1910) was the Assistant United States Treasury Agent to the Seal Fisheries at Pribilof Islands.

Dates: circa 1894-1910

Killin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1586
Abstract Collection includes manuscript correspondence between Benton Killin and family, the Oregon State Horticultural Society, the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Thomas M. Gatch, C. E. Dentler of Oregon State University, and John H. Mitchell, 1894-1910, regarding Benton Killin's work in agriculture in Oregon and Alaska. Also included are speeches, circa 1900-1901; manuscript notes on Kodiak, Alaska, partially in Russian; medical diary of Dr. Frank B. Kistner, 1902; and marriage and other...
Dates: 1873-1910

Kingsley family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2343
Abstract Collection consists of photocopy newspaper articles written by Edward Daniel Kingsley, regarding preparation for life in the Alaska gold rush; biographical and genealogical information; a will, death certificate, and birth certificate for George Archibald Kingsley; and miscellaneous documents relating to Kingsley family members. Edward D. Kingsley (1868-1940), originally from Illinois, came to Portland, Oregon, in 1900. In 1902, he organized West Oregon Lumber Company. In 1835, he...
Dates: 1896-1980

Lithograph of Native man in winter dress from Costume of the Russian Empire

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5040
Abstract

Hand-colored lithograph depicting a Native man of the Aleutian Islands in winter attire. The lithograph is Plate 60 from the 1811 edition of "Costume of the Russian Empire," published by Edward Harding.

Dates: 1811

Lucius Pease sketches of Alaskan miners

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 5351
Abstract

Pen, ink, and pencil sketches of miners at Seventy Mile, Alaska, inscribed by the artist. Lucius Curtis Pease (1869-1963), an American editorial cartoonist and journalist during the first half of the 20th century. He was a miner in Alaska for 5 years before beginning a career in art, and was an illustrator for the Oregonian newspaper.

Dates: 1899

Paul J. F. Schumacher archaeological papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2844
Abstract

Collection includes reports, blueprints, field notes, etc. regarding archaeological digs that Paul J. F. Schumacher participated in, including several in Alaska, Fort Clatsop, and Fort Vancouver.

Dates: circa 1957-1974

Arthur Robert Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1074
Abstract

Papers relating to journalist Robert Arthur Smith's research and writing on Senator Wayne Morse. Includes copies of Morse's correspondence; Smith's correspondence and notes concerning Morse; materials relating to Morningside Hospital in Portland, Oregon; the Alaska Mental Health Bill of 1954; and typescript of Smith's 1962 book "The Tiger in the Senate."

Dates: 1931-1966