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B1989.016.2569
#16 General View Campus [Eklutna Industrial School, exterior].
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.239.9
Fur Rendezvous at Anchorage, Alaska, No. 9. Hewitt's Photo Shop. P.A.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2015.008.1024
[bird’s eye view of hay field during mowing, bales on truck in foreground at right]
.1025
Keywords: farm, vermont
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.002.07
Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, 1959 [Copy of photograph of Williams in bow tie, cap, and gown. Handwritten note on back: 1959 Little Flower Academy Graduation]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1989.016.1114.2
P-382B. Lucky Shot Mine. Hewitt's Photo Shop [mine complex in distance, with mountains behind]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2022.002.08A
Little Flower Academy seventh and eighth grade graduating class, 1955 [Four rows of students in caps and gowns, Cal Williams, second from left in first row of male students, Franciscan priests in belted robes on either side of first row, Father Ardwin Hillard on right side]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Little Flower Academy, Father Ardwin Hillard
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.001.003
Mayfield Evans and Willie Mae Evans, General Daniel “Chappie” James. American Legion Post 34, January 2005. [Dena'ina Elnena, Dena'ina Territory, Dgheyaytnu (Anchorage)]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Families, Family, Couple, Married, WIllie Mae Evans, General Daniel James, Daniel "Chappie" James, General Daniel "Chappie" James, American Legion, Post 34, Anchorage, Dgheyaytnu, Dena'ina Elnena, Dena'ina, Territory
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1989.016.2035.7
(Monument, Anchorage-Palmer Highway) [man wearing three-piece suit and fedora with woman, presumably from the Daughters of the American Revolution, standing next to stone marker]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2422
"Christmas cards" [similar to .2419, with log cabin photograph]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.992
Prof. E.C. Jacobs, with blind Nydia purebred Arab, bred by Spencer Borden [man and
horse in field. Jacobs was a Vermont geologist. Excised from photo album. Cf. .327]
Keywords: farm, vermont, horse
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.002.06
Cal Williams, seventh from right, at his Kindergarten graduation from Martin Temple Baptist Church and Kindergarten, 1946. Teacher, Miss Lily Florence far right in row behind students, school principal in center [black and white photograph of children in white caps and gowns with tassels, three adults behind them, standing in front of door to brick schoolhouse. Handwritten note on back: Calvin Williams First school pitcher (sic) 5 years old]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Martin Temple Baptist Church
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1998.014.1.2163
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, 2 adults and boy" [similar to .2162; boy wearing hearing devices stands on chair between mand and woman; man hands woman $250 check from Alaska District Engineers Federal Credit Union dated April 4, 1966]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2019.003.026
“Eklutna Industrial School, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs” Eklutna from the river [distant view of buildings in trees in winter, possibly fish trap visible through ice of river in middle ground] [Dena'ina Elnena, Idlughet]
Keywords: Dena'ina, Dena'ina Elnena, Tanaina, Idlughet, Eklutna, Eklutna Industrial School, Eklutna school, Eklutna Vocational School, Boarding school, Education, U.S. Government, U.S. Government Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, B.I.A., BIA, Eklutna buildings, River, River view, Eklutna from river, Winter, Mountain, Mountains, Mountain range, Icy river, River ice, Fish trap
Collection: B2019.003
B1998.014.1.2154
"Alaska Crippled Children Association, 1966 Easter Party, 2 children and adult" [child wearing apple-patterned shirt removes jacks game from package, boy wearing western-style shirt and possibly hearing aid plays harmonica; woman between chilldren]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2015.008.097
2427(92414)(12pm)(Baker Glacier)
Keywords: Prince William Sound, College Fiord, Glaciers, icebergs
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.001.16
[Left to right: Jacqueline Evans, Barry Evans, Melphine Evans, Mayfield Evans, Willie Mae Evans, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson] [Family picture, Anchorage]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, African Americans, Black Alaskans, BIPOC, Family, Jacqueline Evans, Barry Evans, Melphine Evans, Willie Mae Evans, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, JBER, Base, Military, Anchorage, Alaska
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.002.04
(Left to right) Eddie Williams and his mother, Lillor Culpepper, Cal Williams and his paternal grandmother Lillor Culpepper, Cal Williams and Lillor Culpepper on camping trip with the Bedoit Family, also pictured are Eugene Bedoit and Nancy Bedoit [Cal Williams and paternal grandmother with Bedoit children standing in front of camper with canopy]
Keywords: Eddie Williams, Lillor Culpepper, Eugene Bedoit, Nancy Bedoit
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2015.008.976
German war ace and G.W Handy at Curtiss Field, Mineola, L.I., N.Y. [George wearing
coveralls and aviator goggles standing at left, pilot wearing aviator goggles and sweater
standing at right next to biplane tail number 1043. Excised from photo album]
Keywords: farm, vermont, biplane
Collection: B2015.008
B2022.001.108
Letter to General Manager of Mayfield’s Quality Cleaners from Department of Defense Department of the Air Force Pacific Air Forces, signed by Adam S. Roberts, Capt., USAF, Chief, Design and Construction, November 12, 2003
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Business, Letter, General Manager, Department of Defence, Air Force, USAF, Pacific Air Forces, AFB, Elmendorf, Adam S. Roberts, Adam Roberts, Captain, Captain Roberts, Captain Adam Roberts, Thank you, Appreciation, Gratitude, Recognition, Company, Community, Gift
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.109
Letter to E&S Diversified Services from Department of Defense, Defense Commissary Agency, Eastern Region, Virginia Beach, Virginia, signed by Robin J. Myers, Chief, CIBA Contracting, July 24, 2003
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Business, Letter, Department of Defense, Defense Commissary Agency, Eastern Region, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Barry Evans, Thank you, Appreciation, Gratitude, Diligent, Effort, MacDill Commissary, Commissary, DECA, Response, Specifications, Timeline, Exceptional, Deadline, Feedback, CONUS, Team, Employeesm Crew, Outstanding, Performance, Recognition, Robin J. Myers, Robin Myers, Chief, CIBA Contracting, Contracting, Contract
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.110
Letter to E&S Diversified Services from Defense Commissary Agency, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, signed by Hector Granado, Store Director, June 27, 2003
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Business, Letter, Defense Commissary Agency, DECA, DeCA, MacDill Commissary, Commissary, Air Force, USAF, Air Force Base, AFB, Hector Granado, Store Director, Thank you, Appreciation, Gratitude, Company, Joe Sablan, Employee, Crew, Team, High standard, Standard, Recognition
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.002.05
Cal Williams (first man in second row) with fellow soldiers in Personal Equipment Specialist training for Titan 2 missiles, Chanute Air Force Base, 1964 [Cal and eight other soldiers holding helmets, first row squatting, second row standing, note on bottom right of photograph: Personal 05063A Equip 27 Aug 63. Stamped on back: Instructor’s Copy]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Chanute Air Force Base
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1970.019.472
Mrs. Porter & Anna Mans in cache at Simonsons' ranch near Campbell Creek, 10/25/25 [women sitting in elevated wire cage]
Keywords: food
Collection: B1970.019 J_J_ Delaney Collection