Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.41.076
Accession#:
2005.41
Credit Line:
Donated by Floyd Dryden Middle School Librarian Pat McLear.
Object Name:
Booklet
Title:
"Glimpses of Alaska As It Was and As It Is," 1937
Creator:
Alaska Territorial Chamber of Commerce
Date:
01/01/1937
Scope & Content:
Booklet, 111 pages, bound with staples down central crease. Printed on cover: "Glimpses of Alaska As It Was and As It Is — Issued by Alaska Territorial Chamber of Commerce" and list of member organizations, consisting of Chambers of Commerce from Anchorage, Cordova, Craig, Douglas, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Nome, Petersburg, Seldovia, Seward, Sitka, Skagway, Valdez, and Wrangell. Table of contents on first page lists chapters as follows: History, Population, Labor Conditions, Fisheries, Mining Industry, Mining Laws, Timber, Wild Life Resources, Reindeer Service, Homesteads and Homesites, Matanuska Valley Project, Agriculture and Marketing Condition, Roads and Trails, National Parks and Monuments, Government of Alaska, Territorial Taxation, Territorial Schools, University of Alaska, Health Department, Schools and Medical Relief for Natives, Museum and Historical Library, Radio Communication, Aviation, Transportation Accommodations, Recreation and Scenery, Municipal Government, Churches, Fraternal Organizations, Alaskan Cities, Bibliography.
Dates of Creation:
01/01/1937
People:
Dryden, Floyd
McLear, Pat
Search Terms:
Archival
Booklet
City
Demographics
Douglas
History
Ketchikan
Natural History
Territorial
Tourism
Transportation
Weather
Wrangell
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