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Postcard from Alaska; Sled Dog Team

Description: Copy negative of people preparing to leave on a cross country trip in Alaska. There is one woman sitting under a blanket on a sled that is attached to a sled dog team. There is writing on the bottom half of the photograph with a description of events addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Perini. There is a building in the background to the right and snow on the ground.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[3 Travel Maps]

Description: Three travel maps which are meant to accompany a text about expeditions in the area. The first map shows the north pole and northernmost parts of North America and Greenland; some exploration routes and geographic features are noted. The second map shows exploration and discoveries in the Arctic Sea area with regions and some geographic features noted. The third map is a nautical chart of the Port of Lievely with depths marked in fathoms and some relief of surrounding land marked.
Date: 1855
Creator: Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Johnson's North America.

Description: Map shows existing and proposed railroads, major roads, cities and towns, North American Indian tribes, U.S. Mail and Pony Express routes, and pre-statehood boundaries for contiguous western United States. Alaska is among "Russian Possessions" and Canada is "British America." Mexico, Central America, Greenland, and West Indies are also pictured. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:15,840,000].
Date: [1866..1879]
Creator: Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett), 1827-1884
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of North America showing its political divisions and recent discoveries in the polar regions

Description: From: Mitchell's general atlas. Map shows major cities of the North American continent and the Russian America, Danish America, British America, and Central American boundaries dividing it during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:28,000,000].
Date: 1860
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of North America: from the latest authorities showing the proposed railroad routes from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century major cities, existing and proposed railroad routes, Mexico, British America, Russian Possessions [Alaska], Central America, the West Indies, areas of Indian habitation by tribe with populations numbers, western U.S. territories. Includes table of distances, geographical statistics, notes, and 1 illustration. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:15,000,000].
Date: [1849..1854]
Creator: J.H. Colton & Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Koyukuk River, Alaska: from explorations in 1885 of party commanded by Lieut. H.T. Allen, 2n. U.S. Cavalry.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century Alaska trails and route traveled, camp stops, fishing stations, and notable physical features along the Koyukuk and Yukon Rivers. Relief shown by hachures and by notes. Scale [ca. 1:760,000].
Date: 1887
Creator: Allen, Henry T. (Henry Tureman), 1859-1930
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Alaska and adjoining territory.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century Alaska boundaries, ice fields, settlements, coastal detail, volcanoes, and readings for the Bering Strait and Sea. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. Inset: [Aleutian Islands]. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000].
Date: 1887
Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Amérique.

Description: Map shows major cities and areas of Indian habitation for Greenland, New Britain, the United States, the islands of the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and Russian America [Alaska]. Inset: [Map of the Aleutian Islands]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1870]
Creator: Delamarche
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Maps of Alabama and Alaska]

Description: Map shows geography, cities, and towns in early twentieth century Alabama. Includes index to "Counties of Alabama" and Principal Cities and Towns of Alabama." Verso side shows Alaska and includes an index to "Principal Cities and Towns of Alaska" and an inset depicting the Aleutian Islands. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca.1:10,138,000] and [ca.1:2,087,000].
Date: 1917
Creator: L.L. Poates Engr'g Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: None
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Alaska, north of the 60th parallel showing the explorations of the party commanded by Lieut. H.T. Allen, 2d U.S. Cavalry.

Description: Map shows exploration routes, settlements, notable geographical features, and coastal details. Inset: [Overview map of Alaska]. Includes text notes. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:1,400,000].
Date: 1885
Creator: Allen, Henry T. (Henry Tureman), 1859-1930
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Oral History Interview with Buck Gibson, October 19, 2002

Description: Interview with Buck Gibson of Waco, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War Two. The interview includes some of Strauss' background before and after the war as well as his personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of his training, life in the Navy, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and what happened after he was rescued.
Date: October 19, 2002
Creator: Cox, Bill & Gibson, Buck
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Buck Gibson, October 19, 2002

Description: Interview with Buck Gibson of Waco, Texas, a veteran from the United States Navy during World War Two. The interview includes some of Mr. Gibson's background before and after the war as well as his personal experiences while in the Navy, including memories of his training, life in the Navy, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and what happened after he was rescued.
Date: October 19, 2002
Duration: 56 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Cox, Bill & Gibson, Buck
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Map of the Iditarod placer fields, Alaska, 1910.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century Alaska settlements, trails, travel distances, settlements, and placers; course of Iditarod River, Otter and Bonanza Creeks, and tributaries; porphyry dike location and surrounding watershed. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:110,000].
Date: 1910
Creator: Dodds, C. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from Douglas M. Herrera to Mr. and Mrs. John J. Herrera - 1969-07-20]

Description: Letter from Douglas M. Herrera to his parents, John J. and Olivia C. Herrera, dated July 20, 1969 and mailed from Ketchikan, Alaska to Houston, Texas. Douglas informs his parents of a new job he has acquired on a salmon fishing boat and comments on the moon landing.
Date: July 20, 1969
Creator: Herrera, Douglas M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Douglas M. Herrera to John J. Herrera - 1969-05-16]

Description: Letter to John J. Herrera from his son, Douglas M. Herrera, dated May 16, 1969. Douglas details his plans to leave university for summer work in Alaska. The letter is handwritten on loose leaf paper and mailed from the University of the Americas in Mexico to Houston, Texas.
Date: May 16, 1969
Creator: Herrera, Douglas M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Alaska.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century Alaska settlements and military posts. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: [1868..1888]
Creator: Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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