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: H. R. Phillips Photograph Album

COLLECTION NUMBER: B2013.076

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Dates: 1952

Extent: 1 linear foot; 1 box

Language and Scripts: The collection is in English.

Name of creator(s): H. R. Phillips

Administrative/Biographical History:
The album was compiled by H. R. Phillips, who was an Alaskan bush pilot. Nothing else was
known about Phillips at the time of processing.

Scope and Content Description:
The collection consists of one album in hand-tooled leather covers, measuring 12 x 7”,
containing 10 black-and-white photographs of scenes in or around Teller, Alaska, in 1952. For
more information, see Detailed Description of Collection.

Arrangement: Not applicable


CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS AND USE

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

Physical Access: Original items in good condition.


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

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
The Anchorage Museum is the owner of the materials and makes available reproductions for
research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the
Anchorage Museum before any reproduction use. The Anchorage Museum does not
necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission
for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation:
H. R. Phillips Photograph Album, Anchorage Museum, B2013.076

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Acquisition and Appraisal Information
Purchased from Voyager Press Books in November 2013. Seller lists provenance as H.R.
Phillips, 1952.

SUBJECTS
Phillips, H. R.
Airplanes—Alaska
Bush pilots—Alaska
Inupiat—Alaska—Teller—Social life and customs
Post office buildings—Alaska—Teller
Dogsledding—Alaska
Teller (Alaska)

Detailed Description of the Collection
 1 — [H.R. Phillips? standing next to airplane, wearing goggles, fur-trimmed parka, and tall lace- up boots, spectators standing behind airplane]
2 — [Inupiaq man wearing fur parka, mukluks, and snowshoes carrying harpoon and pulling seal carcass, standing with Inupiaq woman wearing fabric parka and mukluks on tundra, Teller. At AFN 2015, woman tentatively identified as Eva Eyak]
 3 — [crowd gathered on shore next to airplane with floats]
 4 — [H.R. Phillips? standing with woman, possibly his wife, both wearing fur parkas, fur pants, and mukluks]
5 — [flight crew loading bedrolls and other supplies onto sled outside building with sign “General Merchandise, Teller Post Office,” man at right probably proprietor, snowshoes propped against wall at right, Hills Bros. Coffee advertisement on wall at left]
 6 — Eskimos in skin boat, Alaska [Inupiaq in large umiak with mast in open water]
 7 — [man wearing fur parka and mukluks leading reindeer pulling sled, building in background]
 8 — [several dog teams with sleds on tundra, possibly lined up for race, buildings in background]
 9 — [sled dog tied near building, wagon wheel half buried in snow]
 10 — [dog team with crewmen pulling large wooden boat with supplies across tundra] Guide updated: November 5, 2015