Don. C. Foster photographs circa 1944-1964

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Don. C. Foster photographs circa 1944-1964

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This collection contains color slides of the Pacific Northwest and Washington D.C., photographed by Don C. Foster and others from circa 1944-1964. There bulk of the photographs consist of Alaskan landscapes, wildlife, and peoples, as well as various locations in the state including the Aleutian Islands, Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, Kotzebue and the Alcan Highway. The images also depict Alaskans engaged in a variety of activities from ice fishing, reindeer racing, and walrus hunting to training in hospitals and attending school.

.55 cubic feet (1,683 color slides in 2 boxes)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6379221

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United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was formed in 1824. An agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior, it is responsible for the administration and management of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American Tribes and Alaska Natives. From the guide to the Navajo Land, motion picture, undated, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) A Statistics Section was organ...

Foster family

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Foster, Don C., 1895-1971,

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Don C. Foster, a long-time resident of the northwestern United States, is notable for his lengthy career in public service with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Born in 1895 near Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Foster attended Oklahoma State University and New Mexico State University. After serving in the Army during World War I, he held several jobs during the 1920s and early 1930s, including managing his father's Oklahoma ranch, acting as superintendent of Floyd Consolidated School in New Mexi...