LarVern B. and George L. Keys papers, 1896-1935.

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LarVern B. and George L. Keys papers, 1896-1935.

The LarVern B. and George L. Keys Papers consist of photographs, correspondence, newsclippings, and memoirs relating to the Keyses' involvement in the early years of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (now University of Alaska Fairbanks) and their lives in Alaska. Manuscript material includes the couple's memoirs from the time of George L. Keys's arrival in gold rush Alaska as a young boy in the 1890s, notes on the visit of President Harding to the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, and notes regarding construction of the college's first power plant, 1922-1925. Photographs include images of campus life and provide a glimpse of the early campus buildings and layout.

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Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines

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Harding, Warren Gamaliel, 1865-1923

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Warren Gamaliel Harding (b. November 2, 1865, Blooming Grove, Ohio-d. August 2, 1923, San Francisco, California) was an American politician who served as the 29th President of the United States from March 4, 1921 until his death in 1923....

Bunnell, Charles E. (Charles Ernest), 1878-1956

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Keys, LarVern B.

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LarVern B. Keys was secretary to Charles Bunnell, the first president of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, from the 1920s through 1935. George L. Keys was chief engineer at the college from 1925 until 1935. From the description of LarVern B. and George L. Keys papers, 1896-1935. (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 314194516 ...

Keys, George L.

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