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On to Alaska with Buchanan : building citizenship
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Public buildings, Sitka, Alaska
Visual Materials
Photographs of the American West, dating from the 1870s to the 1890s, collected by Carl S. Dentzel (1913-1980), director of the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, California, including a disbound album of photographs of Alaska taken by A. L. Broadbent. These views show Revenue Cutter Service ships and officers; Alaskan natives; towns; scenery; the fur trade and mission schools. Other notable photographs in this collection include portraits of John C. Frémont, Harrison Gray Otis, and John A. Sutter; a series of Lake Tahoe card photographs; and views of early western settlers around the time of the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. The collection also depicts Alaskan native graves; missionaries; walrus hunting; whaling ships; totem poles; officers in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service; vacationers throughout California; the logging industry; Kingston, New Mexico; Greek Orthodox church buildings; the first grand jury in Nome, Alaska; James Gilchrist Swan; and a portrait of one of the collection's photographers, Alfred Lee Broadbent. Photographers who contributed to this collection include William C. Billington, Alfred Lee Broadbent, F. Davey, Edward De Groff, Charles D. Kirkland, D. S. Mitchell, C.H. Shaffner, Julius Ulke, and Raper James Waters.
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Buchanan, James C., and Buchanan, Katherine. 1 letter to Smith, Denise, 1920-2004. (1996, Jan. 10). Also return address
Manuscripts
The collection has several strong subject points for the purpose of research including journalism and the writing process and the history of Los Angeles. There are many letters written during World War II that discuss life in America as well as abroad, especially Iwo Jima. The bulk of the collection includes correspondence to Smith from his readers, many of whom were persons of note, and Smith's own subject files of topics often discussed in his columns. The manuscripts include a number of Smith's notebooks as well as drafts of essays and monographs. The ephemera includes appearances of Smith's columns, photographs of Smith's work and family, and printed materials related to Smith's work and family life.
mssSmith, Jack papers
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Arthur L. Bell photographs of Alaska
Visual Materials
A disbound album containing 179 photographs by photographer Arthur L. Bell documenting views, people, and events in and around Nome, Alaska, including Alaskan indigenous people, dog mushing, mining and dredging activities, ships and boats on the Bering Sea, winter sports activities, and town scenes. Photographs of indigenous peoples show them catching and cleaning fish, herding reindeer, and posing in front of an "Eskimo School" and igloos. The images of dog-racing include nine teams of dogs who competed in the 2nd All-Alaska Sweepstakes, the start and finish of that race, and the Hot Spring Race 1909. Photographs of mining activities show Little Creek, Wonder Creek, Dry Creek, Bourbon Creek, and the Nome District, among others. The ships and boats include several vessels pulled on shore for the winter, the wreck of the steamer "Sadie", and ships, including the "Corwin," offloading both in port and on the ice several miles out to sea. Winter activities also include horse racing, long distance foot races, sledding, skiing with a makeshift sail, and using an auto sled invented by W.A. Boice. The Nome photographs include the 4th of July parade and games, the Pioneer Parade, the Court House, the fire department working in winter, passengers being loaded onto a ship with a wire contraption, the wireless station, a captured brown bear. Some of the group photographs are labeled with the slang term "sourdough".
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