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B2021.004.Box6.Page5
"African violets to go on display" 3/27/1981; "Black students will compete" 3/27/1981 [Afro-American Cultural Technological Scientific Olympics, ACT-SO, NAACP]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Afro-American Cultural Technological Scientific Olympics, ACT-SO, NAACP
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.189
Ed Wesley, M. Ashley Dickerson and others with Rosa Parks [Rosa Parks next to Ed Wesley in bowtie. NAACP "Black is Brilliant" ACT-SO (Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics) banner in background]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Rosa Parks, M. Ashley Dickerson, NAACP, Black is Brilliant, ACT-SO, Afro-Academic Cultural Technological and Scientific Olympics, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.Box6.Page2
.251-253 [Photographs from July 10, 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Robert B. Atwood,
editor and publisher of The Anchorage Times] ; "Publisher to be speaker" 7/8/1981
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage, NAACP, Robert B. Atwood, Publisher, The Anchorage Times
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.269
Photographs from August 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Bob Hughes, a mediator for the U.S. Department of Justice, and Brian Porter, Anchorage Police Chief
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, NAACP, Meeting, Bob Hughes, Mediator, U.S. Department of Justice, Brian Porter, Police Chief, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1990.014.2018.1.162.003
53-3 Oct. 31 Hal & Sal in cold storage; 12 sec @ f4.5; 20 sec @f9 [frozen halibut and salmon; likely Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.162.004
53-3 Oct. 31 Hal & Sal in cold storage; 12 sec @ f4.5; 20 sec @f9 [frozen halibut and salmon; likely Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.162.005
53-3 Oct. 31 Hal & Sal in cold storage; 12 sec @ f4.5; 20 sec @f9 [frozen halibut and salmon; likely Ketchikan, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.176.004
59-1 Dec 9th, 1940; Super XX 30 min @ 70° in DK20; Interior of fish lab, showing equipment [Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.176.005
59-1 Dec 9th, 1940; Super XX 30 min @ 70° in DK20; Interior of fish lab, showing equipment [Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; sink; bottles in cabinet]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.177.001
59-2; Interior of fish lab - dedication ceremonies [Man wearing pin-stripe suit stands in Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; December 9, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2021.004.267
Photographs from May 1981 Visit to Anchorage NAACP members by Virna Canson, national representative of NAACP
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Virna Canson, National Representative, NAACP, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1990.014.2018.1.164.003
54-3; Pigeons in Indian Town [birds feeding from ground; Indiantown Ketchikan; 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.164.004
54-3; Tatsuda's steps [view of wood steps between structures beginning at street level and extending into the distance; Ketchikan; likely 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
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
B1990.014.2018.1.176.002
59-1 Dec 9th, 1940; Super XX 30 min @ 70° in DK20; Interior of fish lab, showing equipment [Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; includes faucets; hood, chair]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.176.003
59-1 Dec 9th, 1940; Super XX 30 min @ 70° in DK20; Interior of fish lab, showing equipment [Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2021.004.186
Ed Wesley, M. Ashley Dickerson and others with Rosa Parks [Same as .188 and .195] [New Hope Baptist Church, Anchorage]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, M. Ashley Dickerson, Rosa Parks, New Hope Baptist Church, Church, Anchorage, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2022.001.076
Certificate of Appreciation, presented to Mayfield [Quality] Cleaners for 176th Wing Holiday Luncheon 2008 [Condition Note: small coffee stain on right edge] [Dated January 20, 2009]
Keywords: Mayfield Evans, BIPOC, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Honor, Award, Certificate, Mayfield's Quality Cleaners, Certificate of Appreciation, Appreciation, Recognition, Gratitude, Presented, Mayfield Cleaners, 176th Wing Holiday Luncheon, Holiday, Luncheon, Donation, Generous, Support, Air Force, USAF, Charles Foster
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.175.002
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; upright piano and bench; round table and chairs; radio; clock; rugs; floor lamps]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.175.004
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; upright piano and bench; round table and chairs; radio; clock; rugs; floor lamps]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.175.005
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; upright piano and bench; round table and chairs; radio; clock; rugs; floor lamps]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2021.004.174
[Ed Wesley and family. Left to right: unknown, Ed Wesley, unknown, Wendell Wesley, unknown, Chairita Wesley, Fran Wesley]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Fran Wesley, Wendell Wesley, Chairita Wesley, Family, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.270
Photographs from August 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Bob Hughes, a mediator for the U.S. Department of Justice, and Brian Porter, Anchorage Police Chief [Ed Wesley on left]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, NAACP, Meeting, Bob Hughes, Mediator, U.S. Department of Justice, Brian Porter, Police Chief, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1990.014.2018.1.177.002
59-2; Interior of fish lab - dedication ceremonies [Man wearing pin-stripe suit stands in Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; December 9, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.176.001
59-1 Dec 9th, 1940; Super XX 30 min @ 70° in DK20; Interior of fish lab, showing equipment [Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.177.003
59-2; Interior of fish lab - dedication ceremonies [Man wearing suit stands in Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; December 9, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.177.005
59-2; Interior of fish lab - dedication ceremonies [Men wearing suits seated in Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; December 9, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.178.001
59-3; Interior of fish lab - dedication ceremonies; 7 sec med [Men wearing suits; one standing while others are seated in Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; December 9, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.175.003
58-3; Interior of Frank Shelton's house [Ketchikan, 1940; room furnished with sofa; upright piano and bench; round table and chairs; radio; clock; rugs; floor lamps]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.188.003
61-5; Marg [toddler stands at table containing cake and one candle; window and rocking chair in background; likely January 1941, Ketchikan]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2010.023.591b
"Bundles of dry grass (Elymus mollis) for many uses. Fig. 50 (fig. 82) VanStone, James W. 'Nunivak Island Eskimo (Yuit) Technology and Material Culture" Fieldiana: Anthropology New Series 12 (1989) 96"
Collection: B2010.023
B2021.004.268
Photographs from August 1981 Anchorage NAACP meeting with Bob Hughes, a mediator for the U.S. Department of Justice, and Brian Porter, Anchorage Police Chief [Ed Wesley second from left]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, NAACP, Meeting, Bob Hughes, Mediator, U.S. Department of Justice, Brian Porter, Police Chief, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1990.014.2018.1.177.004
59-2; Interior of fish lab - dedication ceremonies [Men wearing suits seated in Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; December 9, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.2018.1.177.006
59-2; Interior of fish lab - dedication ceremonies [Men wearing suits, one standing on stage while others are seated; in Ketchikan Fish Products Technology Laboratory; December 9, 1940]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018