"Souvenir of our trip to Alaska on the Ancon. Sept. 1885." on cover of album. Photograph album of a trip to Alaska on the Steamship "Ancon" in September, 1885, containing commercial views of Glacier Bay, Sitka, Harrisburg, Kassan Bay, Holcolmb Bay, an Ind
Box 1 contains the Correspondence series and the bulk of the Lectures and Photographs series. 2 (Broadside oversize) contains a large printed map of Alaska. and The papers include correspondence regarding Bernard Rosecrans Hubbard's journeys to Alaska, as well as lectures notes, writings, research files, and photographs of Alaska. The bulk of the correspondence is Hubbard's letters to his travel companion Edgar R. Levin; the correspondence also includes one 1950 letter from Levin to Hubbard and correspondence regarding the Alaskan voyages, including letters on supplies and Hubbard's lecture series. The Lectures and Photographs series includes Hubbard's lecture notes; research materials, including two printed maps of Alaska; manuscripts on "the Eskimo language" (possibly Inupiaq); notes on weather and salmon canning; and photographs of the Alaskan landscape and people. Accompanied by Hubbard's 1962 Washington Post obituary.
Alternative Title:
Photographs (6 of 7)
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Description and travel, Alaska--Discovery and exploration, and Alaska--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Hubbard, Bernard Rosecrans,--1888-1962 and Jesuits--United States
Subject (Topic):
Eskimo languages, Explorers--Alaska, Geologists--United States, Indians of North America--Alaska, Inuit language, Inupiaq dialect, and Salmon canning industry--Alaska
Photographs of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway
Container / Volume:
Folder 7
Image Count:
2
Description:
The Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, also known as "the Moffat Road" after its creator David Moffat, crossed the Continental Divide over Rollins Pass, northwest of Denver, Colorado. Construction began in 1903, and the line reached Steamboat Sprin
At foot of sheet: "Photographs by Case & Drahen [i.e. Draper] and H.C. Barley, of Skagway, Alaska.", Contents: Skaguay [Skagway], Alaska, the Gateway to the Klondike -- Miles Canyon, Alaska -- Shooting Whitehorse Rapids, Alaska -- First Passenger Train to reach Log Cabin July 6, '99, White Pass & Yukon R.R. -- Juneau, Alaska -- First Passenger Train on the White Pass & Yukon Route to the summit -- Musharankdorfotoo, Chief of the Chilkat Indians -- Lewis Lake, Alaska -- Warehouse belonging to Keelar, the Money King of Alaska., Date of publication based on printed cover date space: "Date [blank] 190 [blank].", From the L.S. Humes Klondike Collection. Stamped postmark: "Skagway Jun 30 6PM 1910 Alaska." Addressed to Sr. Mary Ida de Jesus, St. Ann's Academy, Vancouver B.C.; from Gundrun Andersen, June 29, Skagway, Alaska., Nine Alaskan scenes on eight panels, folded and tipped into a green mailing envelope requiring 1-cent stamp., and Title from cover; also found as caption on top of sheet.
Publisher:
[Case & Draper and H.C. Barley?]
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Barley, H. C. (Harrie C.), -1909 and Case & Draper
