Hughes & Huslia: Images

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	Town cleanup day organized in the spring by the Kahls.	The house in the background was owned by Steven and Catherine Attla. Dogs were a very important part of the town economy. Huslia's racers, starting with Jimmy Huntington became a real force in Alaska dog racing both in Fairbanks and Anchorage. Fishing for dog food in the summer was a serious business with the families and they moved out of town to fish camp when the fish were running. Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	Williams, H. O. (Red) interview (03/07/1985) 15 of 17	(3:20 min) (15 of 17)Change and familiarity Man ran out onto ice and was waving arms Red thought something was wrong so landed and man just wanted to say hello. On a trip to Huslia with a fur buyer.	Oral History Interviews, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections;
	Sidney at rest in his sled as he moves to the next trap.	Title courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	Sidney clowning with a good sized beaver.	Title courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	Sidney "wipes" the beaver in the snow to clear ice and water from the pelt.	Title courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	Having retrieved a set with beaver, Sidney removed his gloves to work on retrieving beaver.	The parka Sidney is wearing was made for him by his wife, Angela, from wolf skins he had acquired in a poker game with several white wolf hunters who were weathered in at Huslia.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	Sidney and Carl Huntington "parked" at a beaver set.	Sidney is digging and chopping down to the set itself. Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	Richard Derendoff with a load of winter wood.	Dogs were very utilitarian and necessary as well as used in racing. Within a few years snowmobiles replaced dogs for many people as working vehicles.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	Cue Bifelt with his trophy after winning in Anchorage.	He had just returned a few months earlier from treatment for tuberculosis, which included the removal of one lung so this was a real triumph. He had also won the seal parka he is wearing.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	A frosty George Attla Jr. having just finished the Huslia race.	It was so cold we had to place our cameras inside our jackets.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	A racer, Bergman Sam I think, finished during the Huslia New Year's race.	Title courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	George Attla Jr. with dogs and sleds piled in Wien's Pilatus Porter aircraft.	Madeline Attla, his sister, sits in front of him. She was on her way to Hughes to be married to Bill Williams Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	Dogs being lined up for loading into Cessna mail plane.	According to Mrs. Keller, transporting the dogs was a first step to the North American dog race	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	Saa_n _Gaa_ga, Ghonoyee, Look’a Yil	Full title: Saa_n _Gaa_ga, Ghonoyee, Look’a Yil / developed by Alaska State Operated School System ; specialist Tupou L. Pulu ... [et al.] ; illustrated by J. Leslie Hanson. Publication: Anchorage : Alaska State Operated School System, 1975. Physical desc: 25 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. General Note: In Central Koyukon Athabaskan (Huslia area).	Alaska State Library. Alaska Native Language Materials. ASL.
	Jossilin Olin doing the long jump; teacherage in background.	The woman in the red jacket is Harriet Amundson who was the third teacher in the system with Kahl's (two years) and Morgan's (one year).Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	Spring play day at the school.	A shaggy track meet which drew everyone in the vicinity. A great day of fun for onlookers as well as participants. Bea Kahl standing at the right. People are sitting on the steps of the teacherage.Title and description courtesy of Mrs. Keller.	Connie and Rev. Pat Keller Slide collection, 1956-1963. ASL-PCA-303
	Hughes village & airstrip.	Title taken from slide mount. Muddy landing strip with buildings in background.	Alaska Dept. of Health & Social Services. Photographs, ca. 1940s-1960s. ASL-PCA-143
	Letters from the collection of George Shakes, Tlingit Chief.	Contents: A [skookum] paper for Shaikes [Shakes], the Stickeen Chief, with comment on his character. Letter by Ed C. Hughes, purser, SS California, 1879 Dec. 28. Letter from I.S. Oakford, deputy collector of customs, Wrangell, Oct. 30 1881. Letter from I.S. Oakford, deputy collector of customs, Wrangell, Nov. 2, 1881. Letter from Wm. G. Thomas, Deputy U.S. Marshall, Wrangell, Mar. 4, 1894. Letter from Wm. A. Kelly, Supt. of Schools, Sitka to Shakes, Jan. 29, 1898. Letter from Governor John Brady, Sitka to Shakes, Nov. 22, 1898. Letter from Governor John Brady, Sitka to Kootwat, Yutkook and Shatrich, Sept 2. Physical description: 8 letters: 9 p.	George Shakes, Tlingit Chief. Letters received, 1879-1898. ASL-MS-0004-06-004
	Hughes Post Office, store, and hotel, 1951.	Hotel is building on left	Alaska Territorial Department of Education: Records of Alaska Schools, 1931-1951. ASL-MS146
	Angeline, Vanessa, and Richard Derendoff. Huslia, November 1982.	Title by indexer.Photo of a family group.	Alice (A.J.) Lynch Photograph Collection
	Angeline Derendoff, Vanessa Derendoff, Alfred Starr, and Richard Derendoff. Huslia, November 1982.	Title by indexer.Accompanying note identifies a man in fur hat as Alfred Starr from Tanana.	Alice (A.J.) Lynch Photograph Collection
	Alfred Starr, Wendy Arundale, and A. J. Lynch. Huslia, November 1982.	Title by indexer.For related images, see UAF-1998-18-91, UAF-1998-18-95.	Alice (A.J.) Lynch Photograph Collection
	Alfred Starr, Wendy Arundale, A. J. Lynch, and Eliza Jones (?). Huslia, November 1982.	Title from accompanying note.For related images, see UAF-1998-18-91, UAF-1998-18-94.	Alice (A.J.) Lynch Photograph Collection
	After the tragedy.	Title from accompanying note."'After the Tragedy - This group of men, all of whom figured prominently in the life of Ben Eielson, are shown as they stood together at an unidentified location in Fairbanks after Eileson's and Borland's bodies had been returned to Alaska. They are from left to right front row: Peter Nickoloff, Joe Crosson, Mat Neimenan, Bill Hughes, Sam Macauley. Second row: Commander Slipnev, man with Mustache unidentified, Fahrig (Russian) Third row: R - L Harrold Gillam, Mayor De la Vargne, President Bunnell and Otto W. Geist.' From Eielson Friendly Times July 26 1957 Memorial Edition. [Illegible] On steps of Old Main building." In the front row, the second man from left is identified as Joe Crosson. In fact, Crosson is the second man from right.	Kay J. Kennedy Aviation Photograph Collection;
	Abraham and Martha Oldman.	Title by indexer. Description from cataloger's notes. Abraham and Martha Oldman. Children unidentified. Taken in Hughes in the mid-1950's by an unknown photographer. Abraham Oldman was Johnson Moses real brother, and like Johnson, he was adopted by another family, in this case, Johnny and Kitty Oldman. Martha was a daughter of Leon and Ida.	Bertha Moses Collection;

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