REFERENCE CODE: AkAMH

REPOSITORY NAME:
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
Bob and Evangeline Atwood Alaska Resource Center
625 C Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-929-9235
Fax: 907-929-9233
Email: resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org

Guide prepared by: Sara Piasecki, Photo Archivist

TITLE: Glenn Expedition Photographs

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2002.004

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: 1898-1899, 1920

Extent: 5 items, 0.01 linear feet

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): United States Army

Administrative/Biographical History:
Edwin F. Glenn was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. He graduated from the United States
Military Academy in 1877 and obtained a law degree in 1891. During his military career, he
served on the Western Frontier and in the Philippines, Mexico, and World War I. Captain
Glenn commanded exploratory expeditions to the Cook Inlet region of Alaska in 1898 and
1899.

Scope and Content Description:
The collection consists of five copies of photographs from exploration expeditions in Alaska in
the period 1898-1920. Four of the images are from Captain Edwin F. Glenn’s expedition in
1898. One photograph shows men at Camp Separation, Alaska, circa 1920.

Arrangement:
Not applicable


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

Restrictions on Access: The collection is open for research use.


Physical Access: Items in good condition.

Technical Access: No special equipment is needed to access the materials.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
Photographs taken by U.S. Army, now in public domain. Copies provided by the National
Archives.

Preferred Citation:
Glenn Expedition Photographs; Anchorage Museum, B2002.004

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Donated by Chuck Canterbury, Media Relations Officer, U.S. Army Alaska, Feb. 16, 2000.


SUBJECTS
Glenn, Edwin F. (Edwin Forbes), 1857-1926
Cook Inlet Exploration Expedition
Cook Inlet Region (Alaska)
Sunrise (Alaska)
United States--Discovery and exploration

Detailed Description of the Collection

	1 —	Alaska Explorations 10: Major General Edwin F. Glenn, who as captain explored southcentral Alaska, 1898-1899 [Glenn on horseback]
	2 —	Alaska Explorations 15: Exploration party under Lt. Henry G. Learnard crossing Portage Bay, 1898 [men on skies with sled]
	3 —	Alaska Explorations 16: Camp Separation, about 1920 [men, dog, horses]
	4 —	Alaska Explorations 14: Sunrise City, with a population of about 800 miners in 1898, during Capt. Glenn’s explorations of Cook Inlet [log cabins]
	5 —	Alaska Exploration 9: Army exploration party under Captain Edwin F. Glenn, 1898, possibly at Melishe’s Cabin [men in front of log cabin]