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B2021.004.159
Note on back: “1971” [Ed and Fran Wesley]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2015.008.962a
Note especially the heavy 1914 line of the Barry Glacier and former tributaries and
progressive recession shown by lines of previous years. Letters show the photographic
stations of Grant and Page whose map it is. (Enlarge if possible) [Map of Harriman Fiord, Port
Wells (1909)]
Keywords: note
Collection: B2015.008
B1990.014.004.animals.24.Jun91.037
Reindeer: rangifer tarandus. note ear coding on female.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4 / B1990_014_004_animals_24
B2021.004.164
Note on back: “Edward & Fran Xmas 1975”
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Christmas, Party, Celebration, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.170
Note on back: “Chairita at church” [Ed Wesley's daughter]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Chairita Wesley, Church, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1979.002.4878
(Cronin#4 Tanana River breakup at Nenana note fish traps in ice)
Keywords: winter, river, ice
Collection: B1979.002 AK Railroad and AEC
B2009.009.476
[dog with face full of porcupine quills. Partially legible note on verso]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B2009.009
B2022.001.011
Willie Mae Evans [Note on front: With All My Love Willie] [Studio portrait]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Alaskans, Willie Mae Evans, Studio portrait, Inscription, Handwritten
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.037
Mayfield Evans, left, Guam [Note on back: Dad & Friend]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Guam, Overseas, Serving, Air Force, Service, USAF, Friend
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2021.004.122
Note on front: "Edward & Fran, Xmas of 75 at Vince & Lois"
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Christmas, Party, Celebration, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2022.001.041
Alice Hemphill, seated, Murphy Evans [sticky note on back: Mayfield’s Parents]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Parents, Alice Hemphill, Murphy Evans, Portrait, Studio portrait
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.4.Science.8.37871
Note thinning of Picea Mariaana and increase in Salix & Betula Nana to Arctic Mts.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B2021.004.123
Note on front: “1972 Bud Bilikin Parade” [Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley on left]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Bud Bilikin Parade, Parade, Celebration, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.002.034
Greg Fleming, Ester, 1956 [note on back: "This is where we went to get the rocks for our walkway. 8 miles from Fairbanks."
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Gregory Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2021.004.161
Note on back: “EJ Birthday party at the Post 34 Amr. Legion” [Ed Wesley in center]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Dancing, Party, American Legion, Post 34, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2022.001.091.envelope
Christmas card from President Obama and family [Condition Note: something stuck on envelope] [Envelope front]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Christmas, Christmas card, Card, President Obama, First Family, Obama Family, Envelope, Address, The White House, Postage, Stamp, USPS
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.002.11
Handwritten note on back of photograph: School Reunion 2019, Class of 1959 Little Flower Academy]
Keywords: Cal Williams, Sister Mary Consuela
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B2022.002.15
Cal Williams when he was President of NAACP Anchorage, 1968 [Cal Williams smoking a cigarette, wearing a dashiki, Condition note: photograph torn near Cal Williams’s lips, handwritten note on back: 1968 President of Anchorage NAACP]
Keywords: Cal Williams, NAACP Anchorage
Collection: B2022.002 Cal Williams
B1990.014.004.0043047
43047 Polar Bear Dr. Jim Brooks after noting info will mark the bear with black spray paint.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990.014.4
B1991.011.543
Newtok; note fish racks; driftwood racks; Sept 1958 [structures, boats, people near shore]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B1998.014.1.2260
"Mink on rack, 1942 (under cache)" [similar to .2257; snowshoes; note deterioration of negative in form of spots]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2001.041.170
In the Good old Winter time Nome Alaska (note Kisten Ave){Street and buildings covered with heavy snow}
Keywords: winter, Nome, snow
Collection: B2001.041 Goetze
B2008.013.8
Indian Book at Tyonek, May 1898, note necktie [young Alaska Native man standing near tents]
Collection: B2008.013
B2009.017.2003.04.12
“Note to the Legislative Liposuction Squad: Remove the fat, not the brain” ©2003 4-12 [Longevity Bonus, U.A.]
Keywords: education, economy
Collection: B2009.017
B2022.001.044
Mayfield Evans, U.S. Air Force [Condition Note: folds in original visible] [In Box 2 Oversized]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, U.S., Air Force, USAF, Portrait, Studio Portrait, Uniform
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.059
Mayfield Evans with Alaska Governor Tony Knowles. [Note on front: Mayfield, Great work! Tony Knowles]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Governor, Alaska, Governor Tony Knowles, Governor Knowles, Tony Knowles, Politician, Alaska flag, American flag, Signed
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.281.002
86-4 Mrs. Cloudy [portrait of Doris Cloudy; November 1942; Ketchikan; note: spot on face is on film]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1991.011.1203
Point Hope, May 1947; Ester Lane & her 2 brothers; note sod house in background [parkas, tundra]
Collection: B1991.011 Christine Heller Collection
B2017.011.193
Alaska ’47 – Sitka, view of Silver Bay from highway. Note cross of snow on mountain peak [scenic]
Collection: B2017.011
B2021.002.016
Right to left, Sargent Minor, Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, early 1950s [note on back: Sam Sargent Minor.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990, African Americans Military Service
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2021.002.024
Samuel Fleming, 20 years old, Fairbanks, October 1951 [note on the back: dressed and ready for platoon inspection.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990, African Americans Military Service
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2021.004.237
Ed Wesley with Tony Knowles and one other Note on front: “To my good friend Ed who got me to the church on time. Best Tony”
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Tony Knowles, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2022.001.091.back
Christmas card from President Obama and family [Condition Note: something stuck on envelope] [Back of card with QR code]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Christmas, Christmas card, Card, President Obama, First Family, Obama Family, QR Code, QR, Code
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2015.008.956a
From Greeley’s Handbook of Alaska. 1. (Enlarge) Proposed gov’t. ry. routes. Note limit
of winter ice, showing ice free harbors only where mountains and glaciers bar the way to the
Yukon Valley. Valdez is seen at the head of the Gulf of Alaska. The two existing railways run
from Cordova (for 196 m.) and Seward (for 72 m.) [map of Alaska with inset of Aleutian
Islands]
Keywords: map note
Collection: B2015.008
B2015.008.959a
(Enlarge) Prince Wm. Sound. College Fjord & Harriman Fjord are at the head of Port
Wells (left, top). Valdez & glacier e. of top centre. Columbia Glacier w. of Valdez. The glaciers
once filled the sound [Map of Prince William Sound, Alaska (1913). With stamp of Dora Keen]
Keywords: note
Collection: B2015.008
B2021.002.006
Margaret Fleming, 34 years old, Anchorage, 1962 [in front of family car, note on back: 4/29/62, Anchorage, Alaska.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Margaret Fleming, Anchorage, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2021.004.121
JUN 73. Note on back: “The first summer in Alaska, Marys Apt. Tr. #3, Fran, Ed & Chairita”
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Frances Wesley, Chairita Wesley, Family, Alaska, Summer, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2022.001.010
Mayfield Evans, Guam [Note on front: Forever Loving you Mayfield] [Studio portrait likely taken while serving in the U.S. Air Force.]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, Alaskans, Guam, Travel, International, Studio portrait, Overseas, U.S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, Inscription, Handwritten
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.035
Mayfield Evans with granddaughter, Jamila Evans Reynolds, November 1988. [Note on back: Grandaddy & Jamila, Nov 88]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Jamila Evans Reynolds, Granddaughter, Infant, Baby, Girl, Family, Grandpa, Grandfather, Family, House, Home, Interior, Room
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.091.front
Christmas card from President Obama and family [Condition Note: something stuck on envelope] [Front of card, opens like double doors.]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Christmas, Christmas card, Card, President Obama, First Family, Obama Family, Double doors, Wreath
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.091.interior
Christmas card from President Obama and family [Condition Note: something stuck on envelope] [Card interior with Obama family signatures]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Family, Christmas, Christmas card, Card, President Obama, First Family, Obama Family, Signatures, Malia Obama, Sasha Obama, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Dogs, Bo, Sunny, Holiday, Holiday season, Presidential seal, Seal
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.097
Letter to E&S Diversified Services and Mayfield Evans from Lois Andrews [Condition Note: small coffee stain at top of document]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, E&S Diversified Services, Business, Letter, Loise Andrews, Gratitude, Appreciation, Customer, Employees, Crew, Team, Work crew, Workmanship, High standard, High quality
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2009.010.Box3.45
No 10 - 80 An unusual Aerial View of the south slope of Mt Foreaker [SIC, Foraker] in the Alaskan Range. At upper right hand corner you will note a cloud formation depicting a charging Polar Bear. Note wind blown glaciel [SIC, glacial] formations in foreground.
Collection: B2009.010
B1989.016.2090
[two moose in winter near body of water. black-and-white interpositive with photographer's note "T50, ST P.9, faint sun, 12.4"]
Keywords: animals
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1996.011.356a.neg
St. George village, 4:30 P.M. note fox [view of buildings along cliffs, Arctic fox near fencing in middle ground]
Collection: B1996.011 Dr_ Edward A_ Dunlap
B2021.002.064
Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, Alaska, early 1950s [Samuel Fleming preparing to leave for work, note on back: getting ready to go to work.]
Keywords: Samuel Fleming, Fairbanks, African American Families, African Americans 1950-1990
Collection: B2021.002 Samuel Fleming Collection
B2022.001.023
Mayfield Evans, Cancun, Mexico, March 2005 [Note on back: Pop-Chillin at the Pool, Cancun, Mexico, March 2005, 4-05]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Cancun, Mexico, Vacation, Relaxation, Relaxing, Chillin, Pop, Father, Dad, Pool, Lounge chair, Deck, Reading
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B2022.001.030
Willie Mae Evans, Vera Randolph in England, c. 1970-1974 [Note on back: Church in England, Chicksand, Willie Mae/Mrs. Randolph]
Keywords: BIPOC, Black Alaskans, African Americans, African American families, Willie Mae Evans, Vera Randolph, England, Travel, International, Overseas, Church, Religion, Chicksand, Fur coat
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection