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B2021.004.Box6.Page3b
"Police chief to discuss minorities"
Keywords: History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, NAACP, Anchorage
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2013.063.1.2
[L-R: Dan Thomas, Chief Thomas' wife nee Ketzler, Chief Thomas. copy neg]
Collection: B2013.063
B2013.063.1.1
[Group portrait of seven Athabaskan men seated, 6 in beaded and fringed coats, named (l to r)]Chief Alexander of Tolovana, Chief William of Tanana, Chief Thomas of Nenana, Paul Williams, Tanana; Chief Evan of Coskaket, Chief Charlie of Mintu [Minto], Chief Alexander William of Tanana. copy neg]
Collection: B2013.063
B1994.009a.shakestotem
C106. Famous Chief Shake's totem, Wrangell, Alaska.
Collection: B1994.009 Ray / B1994_009a
B1994.023.015
(unalaska )(Chief Alexai Yachmanenoff ca 1920s)(Unalaska_outside altar)
Keywords: church, russian orthodox, chief, ceremony, religion
Collection: B1994.023
B1989.016.1388.1
44. Tanana Indian Chief. Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. c. Geo. L. Johnson, Anchorage, Alaska [chief in regalia, standing on skin]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2021.006.26
Ret. Chief Master Sergeant Al Harvey and wife Starella Harvey
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Chief Master Sergeant, Al Harvey, Starella Harvey, Family, Couple
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1970.073.013
Chief Shakes Totem, Wrangel, Alaska, Copyright 1898 by Winter & Pond.
Collection: B1970.073 Minnesota Historical Collection
B1998.014.1.1240
"O60 Chief Johnson Totem at Ketchikan" [structures, houses in background; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2013.063.2.1
Chief Evan of Nenana, father of Dinah Albert, Lillian Preston [copy print]
Collection: B2013.063
B2021.006.21
Photo of Supreme Court, Chief Justice in center. Left, Alex Brenner, Mike Wolverton, James Wanamaker, to right of Chief Justice, Karl Johnstone, Presiding Judge Larry Card
Keywords: BIPOC, BPOC, HistoryMakers, History Makers, Black Alaskans, Alaskans, African Americans, Judge Larry Card, Larry Card, Judge Card, Anchorage, Supreme Court, Chief Justice, Alex Brenner, Mike Wolverton, James Wanamaker, Karl Johnstone
Collection: B2021.006 Judge Larry Card Collection
B1971.071.57
Ketchikan, Alaska Chief Johnson's (Kadjuk) Totem pole - of the Kadjuk House of the Raven Clan. Carved and erected in 1901 by Chief Johnson. Community house with crest whale design later built.
Collection: B1971.071 Alice Butler
B1990.014.5.TV.97.5
King Island Daughter King Island Chief - w/baby Agnes Kunnuk - mother 10435
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990_014_5_TV
B1998.014.1.1258
O67 Chief Kian totem, Ketchikan [totem situated next to structures; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2021.004.248
Photographs from March 14, 1980 NAACP meeting with Anchorage Police Chief Brian Porter
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, Police Chief, Brian Porter, NAACP, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.249
Photographs from March 14, 1980 NAACP meeting with Anchorage Police Chief Brian Porter
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, Police Chief, Brian Porter, NAACP, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2021.004.250
Photographs from March 14, 1980 NAACP meeting with Anchorage Police Chief Brian Porter
Keywords: Ed Wesley, Anchorage, Police Chief, Brian Porter, NAACP, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1962.001A.495
Chief Goodlata-Tarral Siwash, Copper River, Alaska. Guy F. Cameron, V27, copyright 1908 [Goodletaw (Ahtena Chief); Ahtena Indians] [Studio portrait. Ahtna. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Chief, Chief Goodletaw, Goodletaw, Taral, Siwash, Atna, Copper River, Studio, Portrait
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1998.014.1.1241
(O60 Ketchikan, Chief Johnson totem) [actually, is Chief Kian totem; totem situated near sign for "Public library, council chambers, city engineers," likely wolf on bottom; raven above wolf]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1998.014.1.1244
(O60 Ketchikan, Chief Johnson totem) [actually is Chief Kian, same totem as .1241, side view with possibly cormorant at top, raven in middle, and wolf at bottom situated between structures, railing]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1974.005.084
Here are a lot of Susie's type. Chief Thomas and family, Tanana Indians. 1926 or 1928. [RPPC]
Collection: B1974.005 Edward Coke Hill
B1998.014.1.1245
(O60 Ketchikan, Chief Johnson Totem) [totem situated near dirt road; houses in background]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2016.006.1844
[carver working inside building, possibly King Island Chief Aulaġana (John Olarana); 1950s]
Keywords: carving, artists
Collection: B2016.006
B2016.024.078
Chief Demert, Klawak, Apr. ’53 [man posed next to railing, buildings in background, Klawock]
Keywords: people, Klawock
Collection: B2016.024
B1975.090.033
From verso: BuAer 78303 Aug 1943. Conference of US and Canadian Army and Navy Chiefs before the landing on Kiska.
Collection: B1975.090
B1980.041.020edit
[Athapascan man posed outdoors holding rifle. At AFN 2016, man tentatively identified as Chief Chimovisky]
Collection: B1980.041 Dorothy Stauter
B1998.014.1.1260
O69 Chief Kian totem, Ketchikan [side view of totem next to structures, fence; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B2013.058.356
[man, probably pilot, sitting on lift struts of Golden Eagle Chief airplane, same airplane as in .354]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2013.058
B2016.006.1842
[carvers working inside building, possibly King Island Chief Aulaġana (John Olarana) at left; 1950s]
Collection: B2016.006
B2016.006.1843
[carvers working inside building, possibly King Island Chief Aulaġana (John Olarana) at left; 1950s]
Collection: B2016.006
B1983.146.104
Chief Nikoli Talkeetna, The Sydney Laurence Co. Anchorage Alaska. [Chief wears fur parka and knit cap, sitting on stump or stool. Men wearing suspenders in background near wooden building. Moving Chief's house for Alaska Railroad?]
Collection: B1983.146 Pyatt Laurence Negatives
B2021.004.Box6.Page1
"Porter faces NAACP questioning" 3/14/1980; .248-250 [Photographs from March 14, 1980 NAACP meeting with Anchorage Police Chief Brian Porter]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, NAACP, Brian Porter, Anchorage, Police Chief
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B1995.010.3188
[crosses, spirit houses, and grave markers in cemetery, including marker for Chief Philip, died 1920, and Maggie Andrew]
Collection: B1995.010
B1986.096.110.17
Fire Dept. commendation. L-R: John Franklin Fire Chief?, Bob Goldberg Attorney Labor, [rest unknown]
Collection: B1986.096 Anchorage Public Information Office
B2014.016.15
Chief Needahbah below falls, Brooks River, Alaska [man standing in river, fishing next to falls. Cf. .518-533]
Collection: B2014.016
B1962.001A.492
Chief Soby with his pappoose and favorite wives [Ahtena Indians] [Family outside camp tent. Woman on left wearing Dentalium jewelry. Ahtna]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Women, Wife, Wives, Child, Son, Chief Soby, Family, Camp, Tent, Dentalium, Jewelry, Earrings, Necklace, Winter, Midwinter, Snow, Snowy
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson
B1998.014.1.1243
(O60 Ketchikan, Chief Johnson Totem) [Actually, images is of the lower portion of The Loon Tree from Saxman Totem Park; rocks around base]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
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
B2000.012.007
Ellen on decorated bike 1st prize Marshal's office & Jail where P O was Chief of Police Municipal Bldg 4th of July Anchorage Alaska
Collection: B2000.012
B2009.009.659
Tanana Indian Chief, c. Geo. L. Johnson [man wearing beaded jacket, moccasins poses holding a bow(?) while standing atop an animal hide]
Collection: B2009.009
B2021.004.Box6.Page12
"Police, minorities agree to work together" 8/6/1981; .268-270 [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]
Keywords: Ed Wesley, History Makers, HistoryMakers, African Americans, Black Alaskans, Anchorage, NAACP, Bob Hughes, U.S. Department of Justice, Brian Porter, Police Chief
Collection: B2021.004 Wesley
B2012.036.18
Home of the FBI's chief clerk. The house appears to be sound but after a week of continuous aftershocks the house too was lost over the edge [automobile and house, Turnagain, Anchorage, 1964 earthquake]
Collection: B2012.036
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
B2022.001.114
Thank you letter from Department of Defense, Defense Commissary Agency, 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, Thank you, Gratitude, Appreciation, Barry Evans, Department of Defense, Defense Commissary Agency, Virginia Beach, Virginia, MacDill Commissary, Commissary, DECA, DeCA, Contract, Contracting, Pricing, Response, Responsive, CONUS, Employees, Crew, Team, Outstanding performance, Support, Robin J. Myers, Robin Myers, Chief, CIBA Contracting
Collection: B2022.001 Mayfield Evans Collection
B1980.050.24
(Portrait of Chief Thom (Sitka) He is dressed and equipped for the dance called YAKE-OO-TI or The Spirit Dance)(Hat is in the Alaska State Museum Collection)(Blanket in the Sheldon Jackson Museum Collection)
Collection: B1980.050 Roy Barron
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
B1962.001A.141
Copper River Native, Alaska. P.S. Hunt, E286 [verso:] Chief Goodletaw [studio portrait of Ahtna man. Ahtena Indians] [Indigenous Alaskan man, likely Ahtna. Atna (Copper River)]
Keywords: Ahtna, Ahtena, Indigenous, Man, Blanket, Portrait, Studio, Copper River, Chief Goodletaw, Chief, Goodletaw, BIPOC, Atna
Collection: B1962.001A Crary-Henderson