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image thumbnail Beaded Gloves One pair of leather work gloves that have a beaded section on the front, bordered with brown beaver fur. The beadwork design shows two flowers at the top and a bush plane below. There is a white background and the section is bordered with red and white beads. The beadwork is done on white felt. Measures 29 x 19 cm each.<br><br> Ethnology;
image thumbnail Bear Claw Necklace String necklace strung with bear claws and white plastic beads. Bear claws have holes drilled near base of claw. Claws are filled with different material, including a green putty ? , white putty ? and a grey putty ?. Some are polished to shine. There is one tooth, maybe bear tooth ?. There are 50 claws and one tooth. Dimensions: 43 x 13 x 4 cm. Ethnology;
image thumbnail Bennett-Rodebaugh Co., Inc. Title by indexer."Bennett-Rodebaugh Co., Inc. Airplane Service Fairbanks, Alaska Chas. L. Thompson, Mgr. Passenger and express rates--1928." This card lists the destinations (to and from Fairbanks) and prices for the Bennett-Rodenbaugh Company. Hand-written at the bottom of the card: "Bennett Rodebaugh schedule 1928" and "Noel Wien Photo". Destinations include: Livengood, Chena Hot Springs, Nenana, Palmer Creek, Manley Hot Springs, Circle Hot Springs, Circle City, Beaver, Kantishna, Minchumina, American Creek, Tanana, Rampart, Fort Yukon, Bettles, Wiseman, Ruby, Chandalar, Eagle, Tetlin Lake, McGrath, Tacotna, Ophir, Flat, Iditarod, Sleitmut, Nulato, Bethel, Nome, and Kotzebue. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation Photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Cat train on the Hickle [sic] ice road stops for night to repair and refuel - train enroute to Bettles. Title taken from verso. View of men with train of Caterpillar construction vehicles on ice road (also called Hickel Highway) stopping while bound for Bettles, Alaska, during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. Truck at left carries manufactured housing. March 1970. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Cat train passing thru Anatuvak [sic] Pass enroute Bettles to Happy Valley pipe line camp. Title taken from verso. View of Caterpillar vehicles and trucks in Anaktuvuk Pass enroute from Bettles, Alaska to Happy Valley pipeline construction camp during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. March 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Chief Ivan of Coschaket. Title taken from caption on Album. "Bella, Bettles Chief Ivan of Coschaket. [The Chief was one of the head council during the Tanana Chiefs Conference (first conference of Native land rights, held on July 5, 1915). See UAF-1989-166-384, UAF-1989-166-385, and UAF-1968-12-9.] Frederick B. Drane Collection;
image thumbnail Convoy passes Fox on way to Livengood where they take the Hickle [sic] ice road to Bettles. Title taken from verso. View of construction machinery convoy passing through Fox, Alaska, during trip to Livengood where they will take Hickel Highway (ice road) to Bettles during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. Sign in center reads: "Schlitz. The beer that made Milwaukee famous. Fox Bar." March 1970. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". Steve McCutcheon Trans Alaska Pipeline System Construction Collection
image thumbnail Demientieff, Claude interview (05/17/1985) (04 of 09) (9:17 min.) (04 of 09) Business history Crooked River; Talkeetna; oil company; haul fuel; Bettles; Hanson Brothers; Evans, Charlie; Walker, David; Brown, Chuck; railroad; retirement; President Reagan; construction; North Slope; Anchorage; business loan; self-employed; Cushman Street; Nobel Street; Wendell Street Bridge; 1970; Nulato store; Oral History Interviews, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections
image thumbnail Dog team outside of Bettles Photograph of a dog team and musher on the outskirts of Bettles, Alaska. Dr. Ernest A. Cook Photograph Collection
image thumbnail Doll Female Doll with wood stand. ! (A) Doll. Wood face, lightly carved with black ink for eyes and red ink for mouth. Plastic black hair across face. Large red fox ruff, shaved beaver parka, white cloth with flower decoration around bottom edge with red fox trim. Mittens and boots made of smoked moosehide with yellow, blue and red bead decoration (flower?). Legs are made of a felt? wool? material. 29 x 17 x 8 cm. ! (B) Wood Stand. Circular (not perfect circle) slice of Birch tree trunk with bark attached. Large nail nailed in center. Doll slips over nail to hold it upright. 16 x 10 x 10 cm.<br><br>03/06/2007: See paper file for article written by donor on her trip to Bettles, on which she purchased the doll. CRS. ! 5/21/2007: See Donor Questionnaire in file. "The doll was made by the new chief of the Clan of the Bear [Wolf, acc. to Elders; 11/12/2009 AJL] - Bettles, Alaska - related to "Tabook"[Tobuk is the correct spelling of this, acc. to Elders. AJL 11/12/2009]." AJL! 11/12/2009: According to Florence Nictune, an Elder from Bettles who visited the museum today, her daughter Mabel Shanahan was most likely the maker of this doll, not her as described by the donor/collector. As a result, the attribution of maker is changed to Mabel Shanahan today. AJL! Ethnology;
image thumbnail Eyeglasses Case Oval shaped, 6 3/4" x 3 1/2", smoked moose hide, white flannel on inside of case, beadwork sewn to white felt, pink and green beaded edging, white beaded background with fluorescent pink and burgundy flowers, and green beaded leaves, the beads are "seed beads". For storing eyeglasses.<br><br>Exhibit label:! Eyeglass Case! Smoked moosehide, textiles, glass beads, thread! Koyukon Athabascan! Maker: Lill Fickus! Bettles!1983-84! UA84-003-0043! 11/12/2009: According to Elders from Bettles, Lill Fickus was originally from Arctic Village and her beadwork designs reflect this. AJL! Ethnology;
image thumbnail Frank and Dora Tobuk in front of their house in Bettles. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Frank and Dora Tobuk in front of their house in Bettles in 1978. Photo by Curt Madison. It appears on the back of Frank's biography by Curt Madison and Yvonne Yarber written for the Yukon Koyukuk School District. Bertha Moses Collection;
image thumbnail Grading the ice road from Four Corners to Bettles - on the Hickel Hiway [sic]. Title taken from verso. View of grading machinery working on ice road (also called Hickel Highway) between Four Corners and Bettles, during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Interor Alaska. March 1970. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Green's Camp at 4 Corners on the ice road. Title taken from verso. View of airplane, manufactured buildings, and trucks at Green's Camp at Four Corners on ice road (Hickel Highway) near Bettles, Alaska, during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. Also from verso: "West to Bettles, north to Wiseman and east to Prospect Camp site." March 12, 1970. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Group of children. Title by cataloger. "Bettles, De Cassembert, George, Rosa." [Probably near Cos Jacket. See also UAF-1991-46-635.] Frederick B. Drane Collection;
image thumbnail Hickle [sic] ice road. Title taken from verso. View of trucks with materials bound for Bettles and Prospect Creek Camp on ice road (also known as Hickel Highway) during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. Also from verso: "Material enroute to Bettles and Prospect Camp." March 10, 1970. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail In front of Bettles. Title by indexer. A sign on top of the boat reads "DOOLEY". Description from cataloger's notes. "This is the scow right there in front of Bettles." Jack? "He had a store in Bettles." Tishu V. Ulen collection;
image thumbnail James L. Anderson Title from verso. "By James L. Anderson photo Bettles, Alaska yr. Photo [reproduced] by Jerome Lardy June 1979. Kay J. Kennedy P.O. Box 80805 Fairbanks, Alaska 99708." Kay J. Kennedy Aviation Photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Job in Bettles. Title from verso. "Job in Bettles, 1962 Al Blackett." A color photograph of a camping area with a tent and various metal canisters and other cooking utensils scattered in front of the tent. Three men wearing work clothes and hard hats are seen standing around. Bruce Haldeman Papers, 1953-1989
image thumbnail Johansen, Woodrow interview (04/17/1985) 19 of 27 (4:15 min) (19 of 27)Haul Road -- Bettles Once they made it to Bettles they had to refit equipment. There was too much wind north of Bettles, canvas was okay for a while but had to build with more substantial metal and wood. Snow ramps to get to the river bottoms when too steep. Concerns with Anuktuvuk Pass Village. Oral History Interviews, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections;
image thumbnail Making road through Anaktuvuk Pass for a winter ice train from Bettles to Franklin Bluffs. Title taken from verso. View of crew with construction machinery making road through Anaktuvuk Pass in Brooks Range in Northern Alaska for travel between Bettles and Franklin Bluffs during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction. March 30, 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail On top Beaver Co. Alaska. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. No names but the man on the right "had the store at Bettles"; writing on the front says "On Top - Beaver [or Bearer] - co. Alaska". Tishu V. Ulen collection;
image thumbnail Readying an equipment train for the ice road to Bettles. Title taken from verso. View of Trans-Alaska Pipeline workers loading manufactured building onto truck while preparing equipment train for travel on ice road (also known as Hickel Highway) to Bettles, Alaska. March 1970. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;
image thumbnail Standing on the Banks of the Yukon River. Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. See the numbers on the photo: 1. Tishu (Stokes) Ulen; 2. Nellie McNeal "Little Nellie ... she stayed for the summer with us." 3. Jay ?; 4. Madame Melbourne; 5. Mrs. Brown; 6. Mary Smith. Photo shows them all standing on the banks of the Koyukon River at Bettles. The river scow has just left the bank and headed north, up the river. This particular boat is the next-to-last one of the season, in fall 1919. "We [Tishu and Nellie] are gonna go to school now." McNeal may be spelled "MacNeal" elsewhere in this collection. Tishu V. Ulen collection;
image thumbnail The "Four Corners" on the Hickle [sic] ice road. Title taken from verso. View of construction equipment at Four Corners, Alaska, located on ice road to Bettles (also called Hickel Highway), during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. March 1970. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10". AMRC. McCutcheon Collection;

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