Kobuk: Images

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image thumbnail Woman standing in water. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Woman in bathing suit standing with skiff. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Woman at the water edge. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Williams, H. O. (Red) interview (03/07/1985) 09 of 17 (5:27 min) (09 of 27)Flying for fur buyers Leo Kay member of the Koslosky family. Fairbanks, Ruby, Hughes, Kobuk, Shungnak, Kiana, Kotzebue then Nome. Maime Wig's Roadhouse ran into Jim McGoffin, & (Muskrat) Johnnie Schwagler. Took off early to make sure and get the furs. Doiminic Vernetti, had an attractive wife. Furbuyer kept flirting, Did same thing in Shungnak with the teachers wife. Red Williams was worried that their hosts would kick them out into the cold. Oral History Interviews, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections;
image thumbnail Uqalhich Full title: Uqalhich / aglaangi Paniattaum ; agliitrat aglaangi Paniattum ; mumiksangich Atangaiyim Ipii·liumlu. Publication: Fairbanks, Alaskami : Pi·liangat Alaskam Iñupiangisa Uqa·gningatta Savaangat, Ilanga Iñupianik Kangiqsiñia·gvium Alaskam I·lisagvia, 1976. Physical desc: 31 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. General Notes: In Eskimo (Kobuk Iñupiaq). Added title page in English; written by Edna A. MacLean, illustrated by Edna A. MacLean ; translated into Kobuk dialect by Violet Pungalik and Angie Newlin. A production of the Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. Alaska State Library. Alaska Native Language Materials. ASL.
image thumbnail Two-story building. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Two women setting net in hole cut in river ice. Title from accompanying note. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Two people by hole in river ice. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Two girls with two dogs. Title from accompanying note. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Trimaran. Title from photo caption. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Track vehicle pulling a trailer. Title by indexer. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Summer camp on Kobuk River at Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 Summer camp on the Kobuk River @ Shungnak, AK." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Summer camp on Kobuk River at Shungnak. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 Summer camp on the Kobuk River @ Shungnak, AK." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Students leaving for school. Title from verso. "[Dressed in their mail order catalogue finery, these self confident Eskimo teenagers board a Wien Air bush plane to head south to attend high school.]"Students leaving for school from a sand bar airport of the Kobuk river. Shungnak village in background." Identifications made by Sally Custer, Neal and Margaret Sheldon, Edna Commack, Josie Woods, Robert Lee, and Mildred Black, elders from Shungnak, Alaska: L-R: George Cleveland Sr., Lena Commack Coffee, Angeline Douglas, Genevieve Douglas Norris, Wynita Woods Lee, Virginia Douglas Commack and Harold Barry. This photo was taken on the sandbar near Shungnak. They would then fly to Dahl Creek near Kobuk where there was a bigger airstrip. They were going to Chemawa, Oregon for boarding school. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Students at Shungnak leaving for school. Title from verso. "[The little Eskimo girl in the left foreground watches the big girls board a Polatis porter bush plane at Kobuk.] Wien Air Alaska photo by Frank Whaley Fairbanks, Alaska." Identifications made by Sally Custer, Neal and Margaret Sheldon, Edna Commack, Josie Woods, Robert Lee, and Mildred Black, elders from Shungnak, Alaska: L-R: little girl?, George Cleveland Sr., Lena Commack Coffee, Wynita Woods Lee, Virginia Douglas Commack, Genevieve Douglas Norris. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Snow-covered house. Title by indexer. A building after a heavy snow fall. The sign next to the door reads "Kobuk Post Office". To the right of the stairs, a spade sticks from the snow; to the left, a snowshoe. A box (or rectangular can) labeled "Blazo" sits on the porch, and barrels can be seen at the far left and right. Identifications made by Sally Custer, Neal and Margaret Sheldon, Edna Commack, Josie Woods, Robert Lee, and Mildred Black, elders from Shungnak, Alaska: This is Harry Brown’s store and PO in Kobuk. Kay J. Kennedy Aviation Photograph Collection;
image thumbnail Small boy in fur ruff. Title from accompanying note. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Shungnak. Title from sleeve. View of the buildings of Shungnak, seen from the Kobuk River. Houses from left to right identified as Ola Gray, Albert and Edna Commack, Irene and Johnny Douglas, Herman Tickett, Carl Tickett, Robert Cleveland and Evans Commack. Photographer's number: 13357. 2 1/4 B&W negative. AMRC. Steve McCutcheon Collection
image thumbnail Shungnak. Title from sleeve. View of the buildings of Shungnak, seen from the Kobuk River. Small boats are tied up along the shore. 2 1/4 B&W negative. AMRC. Steve McCutcheon Collection
image thumbnail Sheep hunt. Title from accompanying note. Richard and Florence Collins Papers
image thumbnail Seine fishing for chum salmon on Kobuk River. Title from accompanying note.Full note reads: "1949 08 Seine fishing for Chum salmon on the Kobuk River. This fish was dried on rocks for the winter food for the sled dogs. It was the mainstay for these animals and was heated and fed twice per day to them." Charles Crabaugh papers
image thumbnail Scraper Bone, tapered and rounded one end; used for removing bark from wood. 1cm x 14cm x 2cmCollected in the field for the Modern Alaskan Native Material Culture Project undertaken by the UA Museum. 12/6/2011: In the field notes and paper file the "place" is listed as Kobuk, but it is unclear if this was the place of collection, or if this is only place of origin and use. MES Ethnology;
image thumbnail Scrapbook of miscellaneous memorabilia. The Clarence L. Andrews Papers consist of diaries, notebooks, a scrapbook, photographs, publications and manuscripts. They document Andrew’s library research as well as his observations of Eskimo lifestyle, reindeer herding, arctic flora and fauna, and life in Sitka, Skagway, Eagle, Deering, Kivalina, Nome and Barrow, Alaska.Mr. Andrews’ title for the scrapbook is “Historical Souvenirs—Dyea, Skagway, and along the Trail to Whitehorse, 1899 to -,” although the book contains letters to and from Mr. Andrews dated 1898. There is no logical order to the scrapbook. One hundred seven pages contain items pasted in the book by Mr. Andrews. The book is not in date sequence nor in place or location sequence. The earliest item may be found on page 45, a copy of the Sitka Program, July 4, 1895.Clarence Leroy Andrews (1862-1948), a writer, photographer, U.S. Customs officer, Eskimo-rights advocate and teacher, spent many years traveling in, photographing, and writing about Alaska. Clarence L. Andrews Papers, 1890-1949
image thumbnail S.S. Saidie loading the John Reilly for Kobuk. Title from caption. "'S.S. Saidie' loading the 'John Reilly' for Kobuk Sept 29th '03." The creator's mark reads "Nowell 112." The ship on the left is marked "John Reilly [San Francisco] on the aft deck. This was probably taken in Kotzebue Sound or Hotham Inlet. Perry D. Palmer Photograph Album, ca. 1903-1913;
image thumbnail Rope Alder-tanned moose hide rope. Hide is braided and pink-colored. Rope is coiled. See remarks field. Measures (as falls) 4.1 x 26.2 x 22.8 cm.Note from donor with object: "Alder tanned moose hide rope - Kobuk river area - Ambler probably" Ethnology;

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