Robbins-Mills Collection of Herbert Wendell Gleason
Photographic Negatives, 1899-1937

Concord Free Public Library — Special Collections

Series XIII – Alaska, 1901-1926

 
ALASKA TOWNS
 
KILLISNOO
 
XIII.A.i.1901.1
Box 164
Indian traders on wharf of Killisnoo, Alaska
August 29, 1901
Emulsion peeling.
 
XIII.A.i.1901.2
Box 164
Catching salmon from deck of "Queen," Killisnoo, Alaska
August 29, 1901
Emulsion peeling at bottom.
 
XIII.A.i.1901.3
Box 164
Indian women selling baskets, Killisnoo, Alaska
August 29, 1901
 
KODIAK
 
XIII.A.ii.1914.1 FILM
Box IX
Cluster of wild roses, Kodiak, Alaska
July 25, 1914
 
SITKA
 
XIII.A.iii.1901.1
Box 164
From bow of steamer, Sitka, Alaska
August 26, 1901
 
XIII.A.iii.1901.2
Box 164
Deck of "Queen," Sitka, Alaska
August 26, 1901
 
XIII.A.iii.1901.3
Box 164
Approaching Sitka from Peril Strait, Alaska
August 30, 1901
John Muir Illustration
Vol. 10, p. 151
Emulsion peeling.
 
XIII.A.iii.1901.4
Box 164
Old Russian Block House, Sitka, Alaska
August 30, 1901
Two plates taped together. Both negatives cracked in the middle.
 
XIII.A.iii.1901.5
Box 164
Old Russian Trading Post, Sitka, Alaska
August 30, 1901
Emulsion peeling at right edge.
 
XIII.A.iii.1901.6
Box 164
Forest bordering a stream, Indian River, Sitka, Alaska
August 30, 1901
John Muir Illustration
Vol. 3, p. 148
 
XIII.A.iii.1901.7
Box 164
Spruces and hemlocks by path along Indian River, Sitka, Alaska
August 30, 1901
John Muir Illustration
Vol. 3, p. 258
Negative flaking at edges.
 
XIII.A.iii.1901.8
Box 164
Sitka Harbor, U. S. Revenue cutter, "Rush," Alaska
August 31, 1901
John Muir Illustration
Vol. 10, p. 325
Sold: H. M. Co.
Negative flaking at edges.
 
XIII.A.iii.1901.9
Box 164
Mountains from ocean side of Sitka Harbor, Alaska
August 31, 1901
Emulsion peeling.
 
XIII.A.iii.n.d.1
Box 164
Luxuriant coastal vegetation along shore, Sitka Harbor, Alaska
John Muir Illustration
Vol. 3, p. 87
Negative cracked at right bottom corner.
 
XIII.A.iii.n.d.2
Box 164
Islands of Sitka Harbor, Alaska
Emulsion peeling.
 
SKAGWAY
 
XIII.A.iv.1901.1
Box 165
Al Brackett's vegetable garden & sweet peas, Skagway, Alaska
September 13, 1901
Negative discolored.
 
XIII.A.iv.1901.2
Box 165
Al Brackett's vegetable garden & sweet peas, Skagway, Alaska
September 13, 1901
 
WRANGELL
 
XIII.A.v.1901.1
Box 165
Indian chief and totem-pole, Wrangell, Alaska
August 26, 1901
John Muir Illustration
Vol. 3, p. 90
Sold: H. M. Co. August 1915
 
XIII.A.v.1901.2
Box 165
Totem pole in cemetery, Fort Wrangell, Alaska
August 26, 1901
John Muir Illustration
Vol. 3, p. 33
 
XIII.A.v.1901.3
Box 165
Wrangell, Alaska
August 26, 1901
John Muir's "Travels in Alaska"
Sold: H. M. Co. August 1915
Positive image.
 
XIII.A.v.1901.3a
Box 165
Wrangell, Alaska
August 26, 1901
 
XIII.A.v.1901.4
Box 165
F. T. Wrangell, Alaska
August 26, 1901
 
NATURAL FEATURES
 
XIII.B.1901.1
Box 165
Clouds drifting along mountains, from steamer, Alaska
August 28, 1901
Emulsion flaking.
 
XIII.B.1901.2
Box 165
The Pacific (Mts. clear) from Peril Strait, Alaska
August 30, 1901
John Muir Illustration
Subject: "Cape Spence from Cross Sound"
Vol. 3, p. 294
Negative cracked at right corner.
 
XIII.B.1901.3
Box 165
Towards Pacific Ocean (Mts. Clouds) from Peril Strait, Alaska
August 31, 1901
Emulsion flaking at edges. Ink stain at bottom left corner.
 
XIII.B.1901.4
Box 165
Storm Clouds, Peril Strait, Alaska
August 31, 1901
Negative discolored.
 
XIII.B.1901.5
Box 165
Sun drawing water, Chatham Strait, Alaska
August 31, 1901
 
XIII.B.1901.6
Box 165
All Aboard steamer "Queen," Rodman Bay, Alaska
August 31, 1901
 
XIII.B.1901.7
Box 166
In Glacier Bay, towards Muir Glacier, large iceberg in f.g., Alaska
September 1, 1901
John Muir Illustration
Vol. 3, p. 174
 
XIII.B.1901.8
Box 166
Taking lump of ice on board the "Queen," Glacier Bay, Alaska
September 1, 1901
 
XIII.B.1901.9
Box 166
Boat securing ice for steamer "Queen," Glacier Bay, Alaska
September 1, 1901
Image partially masked.
Emulsion flaking at edges.
 
XIII.B.1901.10
Box 166
[Missing word; torn enclosure] in Glacier Bay, Alaska
September 1, 1901
Emulsion flaking at top edge.
 
XIII.B.1901.11 FILM
Box IX
Early morning in Glacier Bay, Alaska
September 1, 1901
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 337
 
XIII.B.1901.12
Box 166
Icebergs in Icy Strait, Alaska
September 1, 1901
Negative discolored.
 
XIII.B.1901.13
Box 166
Railroad wreck from rear of train, White Pass, Alaska
September 10, 1901
 
XIII.B.1901.14
Box 166
Davidson Glacier, Alaska
September 14, 1901
Emulsion flaking at top edge. Negative discolored.
 
XIII.B.1901.15
Box 166
Gulls, Wrangell Narrows, Alaska
September 15, 1901
Negative discolored.
 
XIII.B.1901.16
Box 166
Patterson Glacier with...[loss of caption; torn enclosure] along shore, Alaska
September 15, 1901
 
XIII.B.1901.17
Box 166
Patterson Glacier, Alaska
September 15, 1901
Negative discolored.
 
XIII.B.1915.1
Box 166
Map of Alaska (U. S. G. S.)
March 22, 1915
 
XIII.B.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
Overlooking lower portion of Muir Glacier (copied)
June 16, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 319
 
XIII.B.1925.2 FILM
Box IX
Ice cliff, foot of Muir Glacier (Near View), (copied)
June 16, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 340
 
XIII.B.1925.3 FILM
Box IX
Steamer "Queen" at dock with native canoes (copied)
June 16, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 331
 
XIII.B.1925.4 FILM
Box IX
Herd of Reindeer in Alaska (copied)
June 16, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 229
 
COPIES FROM OTHER WORKS
 
ALASKAN RAILROAD
 
XIII.C.i.1926.1 FILM
Box IX
Bend in track along (west) shore of Turnagain Arm near Anchorage, Alaska Railroad (Copy 1926)
[?] 1926
Negative discolored.
 
XIII.C.i.1926.2 FILM
Box IX
Hanging glacier and track at Mile 25, Alaska Railroad (Copy 1926)
[?] 1926
 
XIII.C.i.1926.3 FILM
Box IX
Overlooking "The Loop" from Deadman Glacier, Mile 50, Alaska Railroad (vert.) (Copied 1926)
[?] 1926
 
XIII.C.i.1926.4 FILM
Box IX
High Trestle over Hurricane Gulch (384 ft.- span of arch, 300 ft. above creek; 250 miles from Seward) Alaska Railroad (Copy 1926)
[?] 1926
Negative discolored.
 
CURTIS, ASAHEL
 
XIII.C.ii.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
Akutan Pass, Alaska,
Copy from A. Curtis, Boston
June 27, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 4
 
XIII.C.ii.1925.2 FILM
Box IX
Unalaska
Copy from A. Curtis, Boston
June 27, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 6
 
XIII.C.ii.1925.3 FILM
Box IX
Dutch Harbor (S. S. Victoria), Unalaska
Copy from A. Curtis, Boston
June 27, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Vol. 7, p. 6
 
XIII.C.ii.1925.4 FILM
Box IX
St. Paul Island, Prilofs, Alaska
Copy from A. Curtis, Boston
June 27, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 6
 
XIII.C.ii.1925.5 FILM
Box IX
Group of fur Seals
Copy from A. Curtis, Boston
June 27, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Vol. 7, p. 20
 
XIII.C.ii.1925.6 FILM
Box IX
Eskimo women and child
Copy from A. Curtis, Boston
June 27, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Vol. 7, p. 28
 
XIII.C.ii.1925.7 FILM
Box IX
Group of Walrus
Copy from A. Curtis, Boston
June 27, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 73
 
XIII.C.ii.1925.8 FILM
Box IX
Eskimo woman and two children
Copy from A. Curtis, Boston
June 27, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 75
Image masked.
 
XIII.C.ii.1925.9 FILM
Box IX
Flowers on the Alaskan Tundra
Copy from A. Curtis, Boston
June 27, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 126
 
XIII.C.ii.1925.10 FILM
Box IX
In the Ice Pack
Copy from A. Curtis, Boston
June 27, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 181
 
CURTIS, EDWARD S.
 
XIII.C.iii.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
Sunset in Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska
Copy from E. S. Curtis, Boston
June 27, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 177
 
XIII.C.iii.1925.2 FILM
Box IX
Near view of ice front of Muir Glacier with canoe, Alaska
Copy from E. S. Curtis, Boston
August 15, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 317
 
XIII.C.iii.1925.3 FILM
Box IX
Stranded bergs at foot of Muir Glacier, Alaska
Copy from E. S. Curtis, Boston
August 15, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 325
 
XIII.C.iii.1925.4 FILM
Box IX
Forest being uprooted by advance of Columbia Glacier, Alaska
Copy from E. S. Curtis, Boston
August 15, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 341
 
XIII.C.iii.1925.5 FILM
Box IX
Trees being overturned by advance of Columbia Glacier, Alaska
Copy from E. S. Curtis, Boston
August 15, 1925
GILDER, W. H.
 
XIII.C.iv.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
Eskimo drawing of St. Michael's, Alaska
Copy from Gilder's "Ice Pack & Tundra"
July 15, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 88
 
XIII.C.iv.1925.2 FILM
Box IX
Survivors of the Jeannette
Copy from W. H. Gilder's "Ice Pack & Tundra"
August 4, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 11
Image masked.
 
XIII.C.iv.1925.3 FILM
Box IX
Map of Wrangell Island
Copy from W. H. Gilder's "Ice Pack & Tundra"
August 4, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. xix
Image masked.
 
HEALY, CAPT.
 
XIII.C.v.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
Eskimo and a bidarka [kayak]
Copy from Capt. Healy's Report on the Cruise of the Corwin, 1882
August 4, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 66
Image masked.
 
XIII.C.v.1925.2 FILM
Box IX
Fairway Rock, Bering Strait, Alaska
Copy from Capt. Healy's Report on the Cruise of the Corwin, 1882
August 4, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 215
 
HOOPER, CAPT.
 
XIII.C.vi.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
Eskimo pipes
Copy from Capt. Hooper's Report on the Cruise of the Corwin, 1881
August 4, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 30
 
XIII.C.vi.1925.2 FILM
Box IX
Eskimo hut at Waukerem Siberia
Copy from Capt. Hooper's Report on the Cruise of the Corwin, 1881
August 4, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 179
 
LA ROCHE, FRANK
 
XIII.C.vii.1902.1 FILM
Box IX
Ice cliff, foot of Muir Glacier, Alaska
Copy from La Roche 1902
[?] 1902
 
XIII.C.vii.1902.1a FILM
Box IX
Ice cliff, foot of Muir Glacier, Alaska
Copy from La Roche 1902
[?] 1902
Positive image on film.
 
XIII.C.vii.1902.1b FILM
Box IX
Ice cliff, foot of Muir Glacier, Alaska
Copy from La Roche 1902
[?] 1902
Film shows clouds and sky only. Mountains masked by separate film used as an overlay (housed separately in accompanying materials).
 
XIII.C.vii.1902.1c FILM
Box IX
Ice cliff, foot of Muir Glacier, Alaska
Copy from La Roche 1902
[?] 1902
XIII.C.vii.1902.1a and XIII.C.vii.1902.1b combined to form image.
 
XIII.C.vii.1902.2
Box 166
Ice cliff, foot of Muir Glacier, Alaska
Copy from La Roche 1902
[?] 1902
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 321
Image partially masked.
Mountains outlined with red paint.
 
XIII.C.vii.1902.3
Box 166
Ice cliff and stranded bergs, Muir Glacier, Alaska
Copy from La Roche 1902
[?] 1902
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 192
Emulsion flaking at bottom edge.
 
XIII.C.vii.1902.4
Box 167
Chilkat Mts., Alaska
Copy from La Roche 1902
[?] 1902
Negative discolored.
 
XIII.C.vii.1902.5
Box 167
Metlakahtla, Alaska
Copy from La Roche 1902
[?] 1902
Image partially masked.
Mountains outlined with red paint.
 
XIII.C.vii.1902.6
Box 167
Madonna Icon in Greek Church, Sitka, Alaska
Copy from La Roche 1902
[?] 1902
Image masked.
 
MCMILLAN, DONALD B.
 
XIII.C.viii.n.d.1 FILM
Box IX
Polar Bear on iceberg
Copy from neg. by Donald B. McMillan
 
MARTIN, L.
 
XIII.C.ix.1914.1
Box 167
U. S. Capital against Childs Glacier
Half tone copy from L. Martin 1914
[?] 1914
 
XIII.C.ix.1914.2
Box 167
Bunker Hill Monument & Ice Front of Columbia Glacier
Half tone copy from L. Martin 1914
[?] 1914
 
XIII.C.ix.1914.3
Box 167
Relief map of Malespina Glacier & Yakutat Bay
Half tone copy from L. Martin 1914
[?] 1914
 
XIII.C.ix.1914.4
Box 167
Map of Prince William Sound showing former glaciation
Half tone copy from L. Martin 1914
[?] 1914
 
XIII.C.ix.1914.5
Box 167
Map of Prince William Sound & Copper River
Half tone copy from L. Martin 1914
[?] 1914
 
XIII.C.ix.1914.6
Box 167
Mt. Fairweather
Half tone copy from L. Martin 1914
[?] 1914
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 257
 
XIII.C.ix.1914.7
Box 167
Railroad running along edge of Allen Glacier
Half tone copy from L. Martin 1914
[?] 1914
 
MERRIAM, C. H.
 
XIII.C.x.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
Pavlof Volcano, Alaska
Copy from C. H. Merriam
August 15, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 9
Colored glass plate originally attached to negative and used as an overlay (housed separately in accompanying materials).
 
MUIR, JOHN
 
XIII.C.xi.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
East Cape, Wrangell Land
Mr. Muir's sketch [Copied in Boston]
August 15, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 184
 
XIII.C.xi.1925.2 FILM
Box IX
South Coast of Wrangell Land
Mr. Muir's sketch [Copied in Boston]
August 15, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. xxviii
NEWCOMB, R. L.
 
XIII.C.xii.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
Officers of the "Jeannette"
Copy from "Our Lost Explorers," Newcomb, 1883. Boston
July 29, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 7
Image masked.
 
NOURSE, J. E.
 
XIII.C.xiii.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
The "Jeannette" in the ice
Copy from wood-cut in "An Exploration in the Ice Zones" 1884. Boston
July 29, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. xi
 
XIII.C.xiii.1925.2 FILM
Box IX
Map of Wrangell Island
Copy from "An Exploration in the Ice Zones" Boston
July 29, 1925
 
XIII.C.xiii.1925.3 FILM
Box IX
Wrangell Land Sketch by Capt. C. L. Hooper
Copy from "An Exploration in the Ice Zones" J. E. Nourse. 1884. Boston
July 29, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. xvii
 
NOWELL, FRANK H.
 
XIII.C.xiv.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
Chukchis on the Corwin at East Cape, Siberia
Copy from F. H. Nowell
August 15, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 54
 
XIII.C.xiv.1925.2 FILM
Box IX
Steamer Corwin anchored at East Cape, Siberia
Copy from F. H. Nowell
August 15, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 109
 
XIII.C.xiv.1925.3 FILM
Box IX
Kiualik Spit, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska
Copy from F. H. Nowell
August 15, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 134
 
XIII.C.xiv.1925.4 FILM
Box IX
Bering Strait through Diomede Islands, Alaska
Copy from F. H. Nowell
August 15, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 215
 
XIII.C.xiv.1925.5 FILM
Box IX
King Island, Bering Sea, Alaska
Copy from F. H. Nowell
August 26, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 131
 
XIII.C.xiv.1925.6 FILM
Box IX
Cape Lisburne, Bering Sea, Alaska
Copy from F. H. Nowell
August 26, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 146
 
RAY, LIEUT.
 
XIII.C.xv.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
Eskimos at Point Barrow, Alaska
Copy from Lieut. Ray's Report 1884
August 4, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 202
 
XIII.C.xv.1925.2 FILM
Box IX
U. S. Signal Station at Point Barrow, Alaska
Copy from Lieut. Ray's Report 1884
August 4, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 218
 
XIII.C.xv.1925.3 FILM
Box IX
Ross's rosy-breasted Gull
Copy from painting by J. L. Ridgway in Lieut.
Ray's Report 1884
August 4, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 218
 
XIII.C.xv.1925.4 FILM
Box IX
Ice-arch & Eskimo dog team at Point Barrow, Alaska
Copy from Lieut. Ray's Report 1884
August 4, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 222
 
XIII.C.xv.1925.5 FILM
Box IX
Ice on beach at Point Barrow, Alaska
Copy from Report of Int. Polar Expedition to Pt. Barrow by P. H. Ray 1884
August 4, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 219
 
SIERRA CLUB
 
XIII.C.xvi.1925.1 FILM
Box IX
Alaskan Coast Range from summit near Glenora Peak (copy from Sierra Club Bulletin, E. Mallinkrodt photo) Boston
July 31, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 115
XIII.C.xvi.1925.2 FILM
Box IX
Mr. Muir's sketch of Alaska Coast Range from Glenora Peak (copy from Sierra Club Bulletin), Boston
July 31, 1925
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 117
 
WHEELER, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
 
XIII.C.xvii.1902.1
Box 167
Juneau, Alaska
Copy from A. O. Wheeler 1902
Image masked.
 
XIII.C.xvii.1902.2
Box 167
Juneau [Alaska]
[Copy from] A. O. Wheeler 1902
[?] 1902
Emulsion peeling. Negative discolored. Vertical line at center.
 
XIII.C.xvii.1902.3
Box 167
Treadwell Mine, Alaska
Copy from A. O. Wheeler 1902
[?] 1902
Image partially masked.
Mountains outlined with red paint.
Negative discolored at bottom.
 
WINTER & POND (LLOYD WINTER AND E. PERCY POND)
 
XIII.C.xviii.n.d.1 FILM
Box IX
Muir Glacier, icebergs in f.g.
Copy of photo by Winter & Pond, Juneau
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 7, p. 259
D. A.
 
XIII.C.xix.1914.1
Box 167
Salmon crowding upstream & leaping falls (2), Ketchikan
[?] 1914
John Muir Illustration
Subject: same
Vol. 3, p. 258
Two images on negative.