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PO001: Naa Kahidi Theater Photograph Collection

This display is a sample of images from our Naa Kahidi Theater Company photograph collection, all circa 1990-1992, which contains around 500 original images in the form of slides, negatives, and photographs.

Jan 31, 2008

Photos: 19

PO006: Samuella Samaniego Photograph Collection

This collection contains over 2,500 page proof photographs and negatives taken by Samuella Samaniego at Celebration festivals held in 1982, 1988 and 2000, some of which from 2000 were used in her publication Celebration. The bulk of the collection consists of images from Celebration 2000, while those from 1982 and 1988 comprise two folders. At present these photographs are stored in two boxes, the first contains Celebration 2000 page proofs and photographs as arranged by Samaniego, and the second is arranged chronologically and contains negatives and page proofs from Celebration 1982, 1988, and 2000.

Jan 26, 2008

Photos: 56

PO007: Postcard Collection

This artificial collection consists of postcards and greeting cards that concern the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people of Southeast Alaska. This collection continues to grown on an ongoing basis as more postcards are acquired.

Jan 25, 2008

Photos: 35

PO010: Nancy Jackson Photograph Collection

This collection contains nine reproduced black and white photographs and fourteen negatives, the originals of which are presumed to held by Nancy Jackson. These photos and negatives contain images of Nancy Jackson’s grandparents seated for a studio portrait, some of Jackson’s family and friends of Haines in traditional clan dress, people attending a funeral and potlatch, and images of the “Blood and Fire, The Salvation Army” Native musical band. People in these photographs were identified by John Marks (Kooteix’téek).

Jan 22, 2008

Photos: 14

PO014: Linn A. Forrest Photograph Collection

This display hosts a selection scanned photographs from the Sealaska Heritage Institute’s PO014: Linn A. Forrest Photograph Collection. Amounting to 124 photos, the collection documents the 1939-1940 U.S Forrest Service and CCC restoration project of the Shakes Island Tribal House and Totem Park at Wrangell, Alaska and at the Sitka Totem Park. Oversaw by Juneau architect Linn A. Forrest, these photographs were taken, collected by, and/or kept by Forrest for this project. Some of these images show construction on the meeting house, views of totem carvers at work, views of totems being raised, and photos capturing the dedication ceremonies of the completed House wherein a war canoe and specific Native elders gathered for dedication. Items 1-98 concern work at Wrangell and Items 99-124 concern work done at Sitka. The photographs were donated to Sealaska Heritage Institute on Dec. 31, 2007 by MRV Architects, the firm originally founded by Linn A. Forrest.

Jan 18, 2008

Photos: 50

PO018: Bessie Visaya Photograph Collection

SCOPE: This collection contains 24 historical photographs of Tlingit Natives, primarily studio photographs taken at Sitka and Juneau between 1880-1910. Nearly all of these photographs are unlabeled and most of the people in these photographs are currently unidentified. However, these photographs primarily concern a few Tlingit families from the Sitka and Juneau areas, and many photos contain the images of the same people. One photograph contains the words “Seward-Kunz” and another “Mrs. Annie Thompson, Sitka”. Identified photographers consist primarily of Winder & Pond and Landerkin & Winter. These photographs were originally owned by Bessie Visaya prior to their donation to SCRC in 1995, and presumably these photographs concern her family. If you are able to identify any of the people in these images please contact SHI's archivist.

Jan 14, 2008

Photos: 26

PO020: Frances Vlahos-Rohm Collection

This collection contains six photographs concerning the 1971 raising of the "World's Tallest Totem" in Kake, Alaska. These photos were removed from a large picture frame along with two items which explain the totem raising. These photos were donated to SCRC by Frances Vlahos-Rohm on 5/7/08.

Jan 13, 2008

Photos: 8

PO023: Oversized Historic Photograph Collection

SCOPE: This collection contains historic original oversized images. This collection may grow as more images are obtained by SHI.

Jan 9, 2008

Photos: 4

PO024: eBay Collection

This artificial collection consists of various historical photographs and postcards documenting the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian that were purchased on eBay by SCRC since Feb 2008. These items date to between 1876 and circa 1970.

Jan 8, 2008

Photos: 81

PO025: Jon Lyman Slide Collection

This collection consists of 27 color slides attributed to Jon Lyman. The slides date to between 1971 and 1972 and seem to show a potlatch gathering and dancing at Angoon. Some of the slides are labeled and names mentioned include Bob Zuboff, Jimmy George, Bill Samatto, and Minnie and Sam Johnson.

Jan 7, 2008

Photos: 27

PO026: John DelGado Collection

This collection contains various historic photographs obtained from John DelGado.

Jan 6, 2008

Photos: 18

PO027: Ronald John Collection

This collection contains four historic photographs documenting the family and friends of Ronald John of Angoon, Alaska between circa 1940-1951. These images were donated to SCRC on May 13, 2008.

Jan 5, 2008

Photos: 4

PO029: Arthur J. Demmert, Sr. Photograph Collection

This collection contains eight photographs concerning Arthur J. Demmert, Sr. (1914-1985) and primarily document his attendance at the Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka, Alaska. Mr. Demmert, born at Wrangell, AK, graduated from Sheldon Jackson in 1933 and later went on to Central Washington University for a degree in education and became a teacher; he taught primarily in Southeast Alaska but also in other parts of the state. These images were donated to SCRC on May 23, 2008 by Arthur Demmert, Jr. (the son of Arthur Demmert, Sr.) and his wife Virginia Demmert.

Jan 4, 2008

Photos: 8

PO031: Yuxwch'ee Yakw Photograph Collection

As part of the bicentennial of the Constitution celebration of 1987, the National Park Service and the Sealaska Heritage Foundation (now Sealaska Heritage Institute) sponsored the carving of a Tlingit canoe using traditional tools and methods at Bartlett Cove, which is near Hoonah, Alaska. The canoe, called Yuxwch’ee Yakw in Tlingit, means Sea Otter Canoe, which was the indigenous canoe of Hoonah and was photographed by the Harriman Expedition in Glacier Bay in 1899. The canoe was constructed at Bartlett Cover in August 1987. George Dalton, Sr, born in Hoonah in 1879, and other elders with personal knowledge of canoe making traditions served as cultural advisors to the project. Lead carvers Nathan Jackson, Steve Brown, Richard Dalton, and Mick Beasley carved the canoe using a Sitka Spruce log using traditional tools, such as the xot’ah or Tlingit adze. This collection contains 69 photos and newspaper clippings documenting this project that were removed from a SHI photo album.

Jan 2, 2008

Photos: 55

PO032: Brian Wallace Photograph Collection

This display hosts a sample of photographs taken by professional photographer Brian Wallace, or donated by Wallace, which comprises SHI’s Brian Wallace Photograph Collection. The collection contains a few thousand digital images of Celebration 2008, which Wallace took for SHI via a contract-for-hire arrangement, as well as a few hundred historic photos donated by Wallace in memory of his parents, Amos Louis Wallace (1921-2004) and Dorothy Wallace (1916-2005).

Jan 1, 2008

Photos: 92

PO037: Bill Hess Photograph Collection

This collection consists of photographs taken by professional photographer Bill Hess at the Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Celebration 2004. Hess was hired by SHI to shoot Celebration 2004 and after the festival Hess turned over the photographs contained in this collection. The collection contains around 300 images, all in digital format and on two CD-Rs. All images are of high resolution and named by Bill Hess. Many of the images in this collection were used in SHI’s book Celebration: Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian Dancing on the Land, which was published in 2008.

Dec 28, 2007

Photos: 52

PO039: Dance Regalia Documentary Project Collection

This display consists of a few photos from a the larger collection which consists of approximately 500 digital photographs on seven CD-Rs which were taken at the Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Celebration festival in 2004. The pictures in this collection were taken by a special team working to document and photograph Native regalia and the history behind specific regalia pieces. The project was known as the Dance Regalia Documentary Project and was managed by Clarissa Hudson. The project was funded by the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Artstream Cultural Resources, and the Alaska Humanities Forum. Pictures on these CD-R discs include individuals and families in various poses displaying/wearing their regalia. All individuals are identified and signed a waiver granting SHI rights to use these photographs for educational purposes. These photos are arranged on the discs by the day on which individuals posed for pictures. Photographs were taken by Donna Foulke and Clarissa Hudson.

Dec 25, 2007

Photos: 18

PO043: 67th Grand Camp Convention Photograph Collection

This collection consists of photos taken at the 67th Annual Grand Camp ANB/ANS Convention held in Juneau, Alaska in 1979. Images capture pictures of the banquet, speakers, ANB and ANS officers, and other.

Dec 24, 2007

Photos: 46

PO044: Wrangell Totem Project Photograph Collection

This collection consists of approximately 50 color photographs showing events at the July 2, 1987 totem pole raising which was the concluding event of the Wrangell Totem Project. The photographs show how people gathered, carried the totem, dedicated through dance, and helped raise a totem (the Kilteen Totem) at the Kiks.ádi Totem Park in Wrangell, Alaska. The photographer of these images is unknown, but it is presumably a Sealaska Heritage Institute employee, who took special effort to photograph Sealaska Heritage Institute Board of Trustee members who attended the totem raising.

Dec 23, 2007

Photos: 9

PO047: Curry-Weissbrodt Photograph Collection

Scope and Contents: This collection consists of photographs removed from the Curry-Weissbrodt Papers Collection, also held by SHI Special Collections. Many of these photographs were curling and in need of proper preservation storage, which promoted their separation from the main collection. The photos consist of an image of James E. Curry, seven images a 1941 Tlingit and Haida meeting at Hydaburg, Alaska, and 107 images taken by William L. Paul, Jr. of "cannery housing conditions". Paul took these 107 photos to document how poor conditions were for cannery workers and fisherman in Southeast Alaska.

Dec 21, 2007

Photos: 20

PO049: Richard Wood Photograph Collection

This collection contains seventy-three historic photos obtained from the operator of Alaskan Heritage Bookshop, Juneau and rare photo and book collector Richard Wood. The photos in this collection date between 1878 and 1920 and all concern the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian people. Images include scenes of Native villages, regalia, individuals, gatherings and other.

Dec 19, 2007

Photos: 91

PO057: Rosa Miller Photograph Collection

This collection consists of approximately 200 photographs dating to between 1928 and 2000 that were obtained from Tlingit Native American Indian Rosa Miller, though this online photo display shows only a few images from the collection. As of 2009 Miller lived in Juneau, was an active member of the Auk Kwaan Clan of the Tlingit, and was active with the Alaska Native Sisterhood (AN). This collection consists of photographs collected by or taken by Rosa Miller, and most photos in the collection concern the Alaska Native Sisterhood. While there are some older images in the collection of family dating back to 1928, most date between 1950 and 1965 and show members of ANS or ANB (Alaska Native Brotherhood) at various meetings and grand camp conventions. Most all photos are unlabeled, but a small portion contains information penned on the reverse of the images. Contact SHI if you would like to learn more about these photos.

Dec 11, 2007

Photos: 19

PO061: Peter R. Barril Memorial & Barril Family Photograph Collection

This collection consists of over two hundred images associated with donors of the collection, Tiny and Divina Barril, of Olympia, Washington. Tiny Barril (Tootseeake) is a Tlingit Indian of the T’akdeintaan Clan, and Divina Barril (Kukundagein) is a Tlingit Indian of the Wooshkeetaan Clan. The Barrils are both active promoters of the Tlingit culture and in 2010 served as leaders of the Tlingit dance group Kuteeyaa Dancers. This donation was made on behalf of the late Peter R. Barril and the Barril family. The photographs comprising this collection were donated to SHI Special Collections in digital format, with the Barril family retaining the originals. Shown here are around forty images from the collection concerning two or three Tlingit cultural celebrations, circa 1960-1990, which show Tlingit dancers performing in traditional regalia.

Dec 7, 2007

Photos: 41

PO063: Kake Historical Photographs Collection

This collection consists of 22 historical photographs documenting the Tlingit village of Kake, Alaska. The images dating to circa 1900 and up to circa 1971. The collection contains an assortment of images, including four postcard photographs, photographs documenting the raising of the World’s Tallest Totem Pole in 1971, photographs documenting some families at Kake, and Christian missionary activities in Kake. Some of the photographs were reportedly sent to the community of Kake by some missionaries who labored in the Kake, and then the images were retained by some Kake individuals. Copies of these images were donated to SHI by an individual from Kake.

Dec 6, 2007

Photos: 39

PO064: ANB Grand Camp Photograph Collection

Scope and Contents: This collection consists of 49 photographs showing Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) and Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) members and functions from 1938 to 1966. Although most photographs in the collection do not carry photographers signature or label on the reverse, it appears that most all of the images in this collection were taken by William L. Paul Jr., unless otherwise stated. This collection was donated to SHI by ANB Grand Camp in March 2011. Note: For those further interested in the photography of William L. Paul Jr. and the history of ANB and ANS, please see the digital display created of William L. Paul Jr. photos. Some photographs in this collection are also found in this digital display. The original photos used in this display are currently held by Ben Paul, the son of William L. Paul Jr. Link: http://www.sealaskaheritage.org/collection/photo_album_paul.htm

Dec 5, 2007

Photos: 49

PO067: Hoonah Tlingit Subsistence Protest at Glacier Bay Slide Collection

This collection consists of twenty-one photographs documenting the May 1992 peaceful protest and demonstration carried out at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska by the Tlingit Indians of Hoonah, Alaska concerning their right to engage in subsistence gathering and fishing within Park lands. These photographs were taken by Misty Jack of Hoonah, the donor of the collection.

Dec 1, 2007

Photos: 21

PO068: Twyla Burger Photograph Collection

Jan 31, 2006

Photos: 37

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